Mental Sunshine

Games

I love sending out this weekly email with a little tip. Something you can try that might make things a bit more sunny in your head. This week’s tip is one of those things you might think has nothing to do with improving your mood… but bear with me! This week we’re talking about brain […]

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Look Up!

The heat wave seems to have died back a bit, and we’ve returned to normal early-May weather… But there are still plenty of reasons to smile! For this week’s Mental Sunshine I want you to try something really simple: Look up! I think it’s really easy to get used to just walking around, watching the

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Change

Welcome to May! Summer, and physical sunshine, is definitely on the way… Today’s Mental Sunshine is all about making a change. I don’t mean changing your job or moving to a new town. I’m talking about small changes we can all make right now. The kind of change that might seem insignificant And it might

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Evenings

We are officially in Bank Holiday season – a series of four-day weeks! Hopefully we’ll even have some sunshine too! This week’s Mental Sunshine is all about making the most of the lighter evenings. It’s free and really easy to do. Now that the clocks have gone forward, we have lighter evenings – and hopefully

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Happiness

For today’s Mental Sunshine, I want to ask you a question: What are you relying on, to make you happy? If you are feeling good today because the sun is shining… what will you do when it rains? You’re happy because your family are around you – but what if they moved away? If you’re

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Technology

This week’s Mental Sunshine is all about working with tech. I know I’ve sent emails before suggesting we might benefit from limiting screen time… But I’m a realist and I know you were probably on a social media app this morning before you’d even had breakfast! The problem with social media is that some very

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Spring

The clocks have gone forward; the evenings are lighter; spring is definitely here! I love this time of year; it’s always filled with so much hope as the daffodils begin to pop up everywhere. What do you mean, you’re struggling to get over the lost hour from last weekend? Ok… maybe I am a little

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Curiosity

This week’s Mental Sunshine is one of those things that requires a little bit of practice. But I think it’s worth it in the long run. This week we’re talking about curiosity. There are two sides of this. The first is the idea that we can be curious instead of being judgmental. When we meet someone

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200

This week is my 200th Weekly Dose of Mental Sunshine A milestone I’m really proud of. Around 4 years ago, I started sending out a weekly email with the aim of bringing a little “mental sunshine” into people’s days Spreading a little joy and making the world a little brighter. And also finding tips to

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