Regular exercise is important to your psychological health because it relieves symptoms of stress and anxiety, boosts mood and can help prevent depression. It’s also a great way to achieve as it provides you with opportunities to work on goals and challenges. It can even improve body image  and do wonders for your .

“Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.” Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
What is emotional eating?

Food glorious food. If you are reading this then you are one of the fortunate people that has access to plentiful amounts of food. You can go to your cupboard or fridge and find something to cook up. Else you can drive to the shop or phone up for a take away. Anyway, the point is, there’s lots of it around. The next point is eating is a pleasure. It is a chance …

‘Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body.’ Oliver Wendell Holmes
I love finding easy, simple things that people can do to boost their health, happiness and overall wellbeing. And listening to music must be one of the most effortless things a person can do. Music can benefit you in different ways. So try to use the music you listen to, to your advantage.  Below I’ll outline some …

W hen I worked in an office, one of my favourite boredom busting activities was to make things out of paper clips. Did it relieve my boredom, get my work done or make the job any more exciting? Definitely not. It seems when we are bored we have this tendency to engage in activities that will increase  our  boredom and make us feel worse about ourselves, especially when we realise hours have passed and we have produced nothing meaningful. You may rummage around the web and find yourself reading things …

As part of my regular exercise routine I keep a written record of my workouts. I use these to record the progress I am making, where work still needs doing as well as how much I enjoyed the workout. I was looking through some entries recently and noticed how often I would write ‘a fun workout’, or ‘enjoyable’.  Such observations took me by surprise – were they all enjoyable? Was I really having fun? So I decided to observe how I was feeling actually during my next few workouts (rather …

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. Aesop
Has someone been kind to you today? Feels good doesn’t it? When someone does something generous, you feel for their action and pleased that they thought of you. Perhaps your partner bought you a cup of tea in bed or a stranger let you in ahead of them when you were in your car waiting at a busy junction. Remember this good feeling as you continue reading through this article.
If you want to be happy but are not …

Positive psychologists Chris Peterson and Martin Seligman have identified 24 strengths which can be seen as character traits. All of these strengths can be developed.  A great deal of research has gone into looking into these strengths and how they can benefit happiness and wellbeing. Seligman suggests that we identify our signature strengths (our top strengths) and use these regularly in our lives. You can do this by visiting the Authentic Happiness website and completing the VIA Signature Strengths questionnaire. Using your signature strengths will feel effortless as they are …

The majority of people watch television. It is such an easy thing to do. Press a button on your remote, sit back and enjoy. However, does it bring us happiness?
The problem with watching television
If you want to increase your levels of happiness, watching hours of television is probably not the way to go. The nature of TV means we are not actively engaged in the activity. We just sit there, watching.  A great way to bring about happiness is through a flow experience. These are those experiences where you are …

What is flow experience?
Flow experience is a concept defined by Csikszentmihalyi to describe those moments when you are completely and totally absorbed in an activity. As such, everything else is forgotten. You have total concentration and nothing else matters. You are no longer aware of what is going on around you. The rest of the world is forgotten.
When you are in a flow experience, your focus is so complete that you forget all about sleeping and eating. You are not even aware of yourself; you are immersed in the activity …

You could begin by taking a personality test. There are many available on the Internet, or you can buy a book. Else you can take the time to reflect on who you are.
Try to do what feels right for you, not what you feel you  are expected to do.
Do the things that deep down make you happy and you feel  comfortable with.
Be yourself.
Try to find a job that suits your personality. Not doing so  can make you feel very uncomfortable and unhappy.
Accept other people. Do not assume that your personality …