Happy Mental Health Awareness Week!
Yeah, it’s not super catchy… But given one in four people suffer from a mental health issue in their lives, it is well worth spending a week focusing on it. I’m a bit late with this blog – we’re nearly at the end of MHA week...
Simple Happiness Exercise
You ready? OK, so here is something guaranteed to give you a little glow. If not, I’ll give you your money back….oh, wait… 1. Get a pen and paper. 2. Think of someone who has been kind to you but you have never thanked properly. 3. Write them a...
Gratitude – the evidence
BREAKING NEWS!!! The Gratitude Garden is now out for user testing in Canada. Are you Canadian? If so please tell your friends, neighbours, the postman etc. So why the big deal about gratitude? Well, it seems to be closely linked with happiness. I’ll be...
Risking Being Mocked
As someone who wants to rabbit on about happiness, how to be happier, and actually wants people to listen, one of the first things I realised I needed to do was to admit that I didn’t start from a place of happiness. Otherwise I ran a serious risk of being...
Quick way to be happier – get better sleep
So an admission… I came home last night night after a lovely evening, had a relaxing bath, and then watched TV in bed (The Voice if you must know) until the early hours of the morning. I woke up this morning feeling disorientated and guilty. On the one hand, I...
How to find out your strengths and work with them
Why is it important to know our strengths? Well, research indicates that when we do something we are naturally good at, we get energy, enthusiasm and confidence. When we do something we are not good at it saps our energy and makes us feel less confident across the...How to avoid burn-out
How can you avoid burn-out? Especially in a high-pressure environment with a need to take care of others? I felt burnt-out after several high-pressure jobs in the Foreign Office, where the end goals seemed so important that I put them ahead of my own wellbeing....
10 Happiness Tips
Most of these tips are pretty obvious, but the key is to take the time to think about what might work for you and make it a priority to try different ideas out. There is no one-size-fits-all tip, so be your own experiment. 1. Get enough sleep, exercise, eat well,...
Competition – the good, the bad and the ugly
I wrote last time about competitive happiness. I came to the conclusion that it was a Bad Thing and counterproductive. However I don’t think all competition is bad. I am pretty naturally competitive. I love competitive sports and have been known to instigate...
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