I love Gemma Correll's work, which actually makes you smile at the darker issues some of us go through. I know the last thing we feel like doing is laughing when feeling low, but if you can find a little humour from time to time, it really helps. I'd say my 'funniest' moment when I … Continue reading Seeing humour
Over 12 days in the lead-up to Christmas, I’ll be writing 12 posts all about boosting your wellbeing… On the 5th day of Christmas my true love gave to me… 12 quotes to inspire and live by, 11 song lyrics and movie quotes to boost and motivate, 10 websites for when life gets tough, 9 ways … Continue reading 12 Days of Xmas Wellbeing: Treating low mood
If you go through life hoping to be like somebody else, you are never going to be the best you could be. Much better to focus on improving yourself so you can be the best version of you possible. Your self-esteem will never be high unless you embrace who you are and what you are capable … Continue reading Boost of the Day #101: Don’t be second-rate
To keep your mental health strong, one useful tip is to write down what you are grateful for in life. Try to either write down or think aloud three things per day. No matter how small a thing this may be, it might just help you to see the light instead of the darkness at … Continue reading Boost of the Day #95: Listen
In my post about a useful, practical way of raising low self-esteem, I said I would write a follow-up article on how to find alternative perspectives to negative predictions. It can be really hard to think of an alternative perspective when you strongly believe something negative. Asking yourself the following questions may help... I will use … Continue reading Booster tip #7: Finding alternative perspectives
Raising self-esteem is not easy, and you will struggle with the journey without doing practical exercises to change your inner beliefs. Doing this simple predictions and precautions exercise will help you better understand what is the cause of your problems and how to challenge your core beliefs which are resulting in low self-esteem. Below is a … Continue reading Boosting self-esteem tip #6: Predictions and Precautions
Wise song title from Mr Springsteen! Running is an exercise I believe everybody and anybody can do. I hear many people say they can’t run but I think what they really mean is that they won’t run. We are all born with the ability to run (after learning how to crawl and walk of course!)… Yes, … Continue reading Weekly Fitness Boost #2: Born to run? Hell yes!
Similar to the weekly fitness boosts, I wanted to share some of my favourite nutrition tips from the sister site Boost Health. Food is an incredibly important part of taking care of yourself, and improving how you feel about you. If you constantly stuff yourself with sugar, bad fats etc., it is only natural that … Continue reading Weekly Nutrition Boost #1: Take on some tuna
People pleasers. Parents, friends, men, colleagues, even strangers - you want everyone to think good of you. The thought of doing something that makes someone think badly of can make you very anxious. Being a people pleaser is not good for your self-esteem. Your mood and worth becomes dependent on how others react and think about you. So … Continue reading 5 tips to stop being a people-pleaser
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