As we wish one another a Happy New Year, let’s notice where contentment comes from, and be open to the extraordinary happiness to be found in the most ordinary of places.
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We’re often told that giving is better than receiving, but I’m beginning to understand that gratitude itself is the true gift.
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You might be concerned about the effect clutter has on our personal and planetary wellbeing, but that doesn’t mean you can’t give and receive generously this Christmas.
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As Brexit approaches, many of us are storing a few extra tins or stashing the medicines on which life depends. But what we’ll really need in the coming weeks and months is compassion. Here’s some help.
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There are well-founded fears that as sea levels rise, so will anxiety levels. But as we wake up to the global climate crisis we can make a difference to our personal and planetary health by investing positively in the future.
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We can’t change the weather. We can’t control it. But we can control how we respond to it. Acceptance is the key to restoring peace to our minds and taking even greater challenges in our stride.
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When my children were born, I didn’t shed any tears. I swallowed them. I was in the delivery suite as new life began, first for my son and then a few years later, for my daughter and I heard their first cries. But I didn’t cry, because I was living by the old rules.
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As I get older, I spend more time thinking about ageing, and how to do it well. I find that shifting the emphasis from my own mortality to how I can best use the time I have productively, positively and meaningfully is both helpful and exciting.
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Growing up has never been easy, and now more than ever the pressures of managing life online and off are taking a toll on young people. Working alongside people to inspire healthy behaviours and thoughts, can be beneficial whatever our age.
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Sometimes stress is an entirely appropriate response to a situation, but most of the time Stress arrives prematurely and is unhelpful. Learning to thank Stress for showing up, before sending it on its way, will free you from the stresses that don’t serve you.
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Sympathy is an easy and unsatisfying emotion. We have to listen to step into someone else’s shoes, get a precious glimpse of the world through their eyes and feel what they feel. Empathy is challenging, but rewarding because it restores equality and balance to our relationships.
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A week after Time to Talk day is Valentine’s Day, and what better way to show love than to listen? Valentine’s Day can be painful, whether you’re in a relationship or not, and encouraging people you care about to talk can give a dreaded wintery day a much-needed shift in perspective or beam of light.
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