Lets start with a few facts and figures. It seems a sense of loneliness is rife amongst men. The stats below from mind journal are quite clear: “According to a 2019 survey by YouGov in the UK, almost one in five men (18 percent) admitted to having no close friends, and one in three (32…
Category: Mindfullness
Blog: What do you need?
Self worth. Your own value. Contentment. Self care. Self love. These are powerful statements, but many people view these as selfish. To focus on yourself is viewed by many as selfishness and quite ignorant. Yet these views are completely untrue in the case of self care. Putting this into simple terms: if you do not…
Blog: No signal available
Hello World I hope everyone is well, and happy Friday. Today I visited National Trust Formby. This beautiful and (at least today) quiet, peaceful and silent beach was just stunning. It was so great just to relax and just be with my thoughts, having a long beach walk and then my lunch sat on the…
Action for Happiness Calendar: August 2021
This month’s action for happiness calendar is called Altruistic August 2021. This gives you an action point for each day of the month to boost your wellbeing. You can find out more over on their website here
Blog: How I stop negative thoughts
I hope you are all having a good week, but if you are not, I hope you are finding ways to cope through difficult times. We all have negative thoughts. In the short term they can be overwhelming – in the long term they can cause more serious mental ill health conditions. How we deal…
Blog: Social Media
Hello World Happy Friday – I hope all is well. We often hear about the pros and cons of social media. I’m not entering into that debate today, but I have been refining my own social media presence to only interact with value adding sources and people. It has certainly enhanced the time I do…
Blog: Digital Wellbeing
I have been beta testing a new Wellbeing app recently, and I have learned a few things by doing so. I don’t very often use Wellbeing smart phone apps, but I love technology and have a long history of beta testing both at work and video games. What smart phone wellbeing apps do you use? Certainly…
7 OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP SOMEONE WHO’S GOING THROUGH A TOUGH TIME
We often talk about looking after oursleves, methods to cope and get through the tough times. When it comes to helping someone else it can often be a little trickier – we cannot read the thoughts of someone else. Head over to the IDONTMIND Journal for a great article on helping others. Check it out…
Change: my friend, my enemy.
In life we often want to make changes. Sometimes they can be huge changes, lots of them and all at once. Change is a natural part of the journey of life. It is often one of those things we hate, and sometimes it is not our decision. How we react may be more in our…
Blog: Summer Sun
Happy Tuesday. I hope you enjoyed the long weekend. I am writing this on a beautiful sunny day. Its Tuesday 1 June, and I am in Beverley sat in a park. Over the long weekend I have been spending a lot of time outdoors, walking and relaxing. Its finally felt like summer is putting in…
Better Days Wellbeing 