For December 2025, Action for Happiness are focusing on ‘encouraging you to carry out small acts of kindness’. The charity has produced it’s wellbeing calendar, the theme is ‘Do Good December’. Each day there is a suggested action to take. This calendar might help you spread kindness during the month of December. I’ve attached the calendar…
Category: Christmas
Christmas and Coeliac Disease
As someone with Coeliac Disease, I personally still struggle being “that person” having to disclose dietary information when going out with family and friends. I have found a great article from lifeonaricecake.com it is a great read and something that can be shared with those around us about just how life is for us ‘Coeliacs’….
Blog: It’s been a while
Apologies for not posting for some time, life has got in the way recently. Like many, I’ve had good days and bad days over the last few months. Since relocating overseas, my days have become busier, meaning I’m having less ‘me time’. It took me a while to actually recognise that I needed to stop…
Blog: Not everyone celebrates Christmas
Happy Friday – I hope everyone is well. Its almost the weekend. For some, today will be their final workday before Christmas. For those who are celebrating, I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year. For those who are not celebrating Christmas, I hope you enjoy the long bank holiday weekend. I…
Christmas Wellbeing
Happy Christmas to those celebrating, to those not celebrating, I hope you enjoy the long weekend. The festive period can be a time of joy and spending time with loved ones but it can also be a stressful and lonely time. Therefore it’s important to look after your own mental health and wellbeing. The team…
Advent of Kindness
As we head into December, many of us are looking forward to Christmas and many find it a struggle. The team at Charlie Waller have developed a kindness calendar with some ideas to spread kindness and self care in the run up to the festive season that I wanted to share with you: https://charliewaller.org/media/xssddy3g/0039-advent-of-kindness-2022-adult.pdf
Gay Santa ad highlights big shift in Norwegian society
Hello and Merry Christmas for all those who celebrate this day. I wanted to do something a little different and share a story on LGBTQ+ rights in Norway through a great article over at the BBC. Check it here and also watch the video it refers to please! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av-embeds/59738542/vpid/p0bcdzb3
Happy Weekend or Happy Christmas
I hope everyone is well, its very close to the long weekend now. However you are spending this weekend, I hope you have a great time. I just wanted to mention that if anyone is having a particularly difficult time, we do have an email address on this website. All of our support and resources…
Blog: Ready for a break
We are once again facing uncertain times, I for one am ready for a break in more ways than one. My mental health isn’t the best at the moment, I find the the run up to Christmas difficult, I lost my dad back in 2014 and I’ve found that I take a “dip” just before…
Blog: Not everyone celebrates Christmas…
Happy Friday – I hope everyone is well. Its almost the weekend 🙂 For some, today will be their final workday before Christmas. For those who are celebrating, I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year. For those who are not celebrating Christmas, I hope you enjoy the long bank holiday weekend….
Better Days Wellbeing 