Your Weekly Dose of Mental Sunshine
The mind works best when it is in a state of mental sunshine.
“… no mental growth can take place without mental sunshine. Accordingly, we should resolve to be happy no matter what may transpire. We cannot afford to be otherwise. Sunshine will melt the most massive iceberg if the rays are direct and the clouds are kept away; and it is the same in daily life. No matter how cold, disagreeable and uncongenial your present environment may be, plenty of mental sunshine can change it all.” Christian D Larson
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Rest: Mental Sunshine, April 2026
The big day is almost upon us – this time next week it will be Christmas Day! I will be taking a break over Christmas, so your next dose of Mental Sunshine will be in the new year. I think it’s important to take a proper break and really just chill out over Christmas. You […]
Enjoyment
Are you enjoying the festive season so far? At this time of year, it seems like there are treats wherever you turn. Whether it’s party food or those big tubs of sweets, festive food is everywhere. It can be so easy to munch your way through loads of chocolates, and not even realise it – […]
Visualisation: Mental Sunshine, April 2026
Welcome to this week’s Mental Sunshine email, which is all about cultivating a positive mindset and visualising what you want to happen. If you stop and think about it, we can spend a huge amount of time imagining what could go wrong. We think about making a big speech, and imagine terrible things befalling us. […]
Gratitude: Mental Sunshine, April 2026
Today is Thanksgiving in the US and although I’m not American, I do appreciate the prompt to think of all the things I have in my life to be grateful for. Gratitude is something that a lot of people talk about these days – and with good reason! When we feel grateful, we trigger the […]
Tension
The colder mornings mean colder outdoor swims for me – something I’m fully embracing by spending a few days wild swimming in icy cold lochs up in the Cairngorms next week. I appreciate this is not everyone’s idea of Mental Sunshine (though I would definitely say: don’t knock it until you’ve tried it!) I’m sure […]
Breathe: Mental Sunshine, April 2026
This week’s Mental Sunshine tip is something you can do just about anywhere, Hopefully, it will make a difference both in the moment and over the longer term. It’s a breathing exercise which is designed to get your body into the “rest and digest” state (and out of “fight or flight” where so many of […]
AI
Each week I send out this email with a tip for something small you can do to improve your mood. These tips often involve doing something that reinforces our connection to the world around us – because humans need to feel connected in order to thrive So this week’s tip might seem a bit… incongruous. […]
Acts of Mental Sunshine
A lot of the Mental Sunshine emails I send involve doing something for someone else Because actually, the act of bringing Mental Sunshine into someone else’s day helps to improve your mood too When we see or feel that we have had a positive impact on someone else’s day, it makes us feel good. With […]
20 Minutes
Can you spare 20 mins a day? For this week’s Mental Sunshine, I want to tell you about something really simple I’ve been doing for the last few weeks. On days when I’m working at my desk all day, it’s easy to end up hunched over like a prawn, staring at my screen and wondering […]
To Do List
For this week’s Mental Sunshine I want to remind you of a tool you can use to help you power through your to-do list. If you’re anything like me (and most of the people I know), you have an endless to-do list, where you might manage to tick a couple of things off each day, […]