Quick manifestation tips

I´ve recently read this really cool article on The Huffington Post.

It lists 5 simple secrets of manifestation, which I thought I'd share with you today :)

Secret 1: Know What You Want! This may sound simple, but so often people miss this imperative step. To get the best results, you must not only know what you want, but you must know every single little detail of how it looks and how it feels. Get specific!

Secret 2: Have Faith! Even when you face challenges or hardships, you must absolutely believe that your dreams will be your reality! This makes your manifestations pop up in your life so much faster. So… just… believe :)

Secret 3: Detach Your Happiness and Self-Worth From the Outcome. If your sense of worth and happiness are attached to achieving your goal, this means you're defining your worth by your achievements, rather than by who you really are. So instead of focusing on the goal as a means to bring happiness, focus on feeling happy, peaceful and joyful within yourself, every single day!

Secret 4: Maintain Connection and Take Responsibility for Your Feelings. Being open, maintaining a connection with source and being in touch with your feelings, will help you live in a constant frequency of manifestation. Open your heart <3

Secret 5: Make an Effort -- Take Loving Action. Take action towards your dreams, keep your passion ignited and naturally make choices that support your goals, and watch as your life is flooded with all of the things you desire.

I hope you enjoyed those 5 quick manifestation tips. I challenge you to implement at least 1 of these tips into your life today!

Quick manifestation tips

I´ve recently read this really cool article on The Huffington Post.

It lists 5 simple secrets of manifestation, which I thought I'd share with you today :)

Secret 1: Know What You Want! This may sound simple, but so often people miss this imperative step. To get the best results, you must not only know what you want, but you must know every single little detail of how it looks and how it feels. Get specific!

Secret 2: Have Faith! Even when you face challenges or hardships, you must absolutely believe that your dreams will be your reality! This makes your manifestations pop up in your life so much faster. So… just… believe :)

Secret 3: Detach Your Happiness and Self-Worth From the Outcome. If your sense of worth and happiness are attached to achieving your goal, this means you're defining your worth by your achievements, rather than by who you really are. So instead of focusing on the goal as a means to bring happiness, focus on feeling happy, peaceful and joyful within yourself, every single day!

Secret 4: Maintain Connection and Take Responsibility for Your Feelings. Being open, maintaining a connection with source and being in touch with your feelings, will help you live in a constant frequency of manifestation. Open your heart <3

Secret 5: Make an Effort -- Take Loving Action. Take action towards your dreams, keep your passion ignited and naturally make choices that support your goals, and watch as your life is flooded with all of the things you desire.

I hope you enjoyed those 5 quick manifestation tips. I challenge you to implement at least 1 of these tips into your life today!

30 Ways To Make Life Simple Again

We get together with friends and always talk about how life was so much easier when we were younger. The truth is, life is still easy and it will always be. The fact is that as we get older, we end up complicating life for ourselves. When we were young, we saw the world around us through simple eyes. All this changes as we get older, as we begin to be affected by negative influences, as we stumble and fall and go through experiences. We make our lives so difficult over a course of time that we end up losing touch with who we are and what we need. KEEP READING

6 Ways To Sleep Better

1.Watch what you eat and drink 
2.Schedule your sleep 
3.Take time to relax 
4.Breathe well, breathe deep
5.Exercise but don’t over-exercise
6.Shut off completely
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The Incredible Power of Self Talk

If you want to make an improvement in any aspect of your life; whether related to health, fitness, career success or personal accomplishments, start by changing your self talk – you may be surprised to see what happens. Read more

The Incredible Power of Self Talk

If you want to make an improvement in any aspect of your life; whether related to health, fitness, career success or personal accomplishments, start by changing your self talk – you may be surprised to see what happens. Read more

Keep Your Chakras Open by Learning How to Be Positive

People often wonder how to be positive about themselves and their lives. A lot of things seem to be conspiring against positivity and it can seem almost like faking it to try… so how does one go about being positive? It’s important to self-assess so you can accept the negativity that may be living within…

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Keep Your Chakras Open by Learning How to Be Positive

People often wonder how to be positive about themselves and their lives. A lot of things seem to be conspiring against positivity and it can seem almost like faking it to try… so how does one go about being positive? It’s important to self-assess so you can accept the negativity that may be living within…

Read more »

Factors that influence wellbeing

Every aspect of your life influences your state of wellbeing. Researchers investigating happiness have found the following factors enhance a person's wellbeing:

• Happy intimate relationship with a partner
• Network of close friends
• Enjoyable and fulfilling career
• Enough money
• Regular exercise
• Nutritional diet
• Sufficient sleep
• Spiritual or religious beliefs
• Fun hobbies and leisure pursuits
• Healthy self-esteem
• Optimistic outlook
• Realistic and achievable goals
• Sense of purpose and meaning
• A sense of belonging
• The ability to adapt to change
• Living in a fair and democratic society.
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Factors that influence wellbeing

Every aspect of your life influences your state of wellbeing. Researchers investigating happiness have found the following factors enhance a person's wellbeing:

• Happy intimate relationship with a partner
• Network of close friends
• Enjoyable and fulfilling career
• Enough money
• Regular exercise
• Nutritional diet
• Sufficient sleep
• Spiritual or religious beliefs
• Fun hobbies and leisure pursuits
• Healthy self-esteem
• Optimistic outlook
• Realistic and achievable goals
• Sense of purpose and meaning
• A sense of belonging
• The ability to adapt to change
• Living in a fair and democratic society.
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• Better Health Channel

Mood Swings Remedy

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Have you been feeling an acute change in your mood through the day? Then, you must be suffering from mood swings. Mood swings can be a result of a psychological problem, internal disease, pregnancy, depression, side effect of a medication etc. These generally include sudden change of mood from cheerful to depressed, happy to angry and vice versa.

Here are some simple tips to help you achieve a cure for wild mood swings:

1. Meditate: A great way of gaining inner peace is through meditation which helps you relax and enjoy the maximum value of your rest. Meditation also helps you gain more control over your moods and consequently reducing the frequency of your mood swings. Try reserving a few moments of the day for yourself. Various exercises like yoga or tai-chi will help you meditate if you have not learnt how to meditate.

2. Acknowledge: This should be the first step taken, especially with men in curing wild mood swings. Since mood swings and depressions are more common in women than in men, mostly during menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause, they do not have any difficulties in admitting to having such problems. With men, it is quite different as they think that mood swings are unusual among them and often consider it as a weakness. Unless they (men) acknowledge the problem and become willing to seek treatment curing mood swings will be impossible.

3. Be happy: Happiness is a state that not only involves your emotions but your thoughts and psychological health as well. Being at peace brings you happiness, although it is a state that is not easily achieved. 

4. Exercise: This will come as a surprise to many, but the mere act of briskly walking outdoors for about twenty minutes each day has proven to be more effective than antidepressants. This clearly indicates that the best cures for wild mood swings are not always medical, but can be natural too. Not only does walking outdoors give your body an overall workout, but it allows you to socialize and breathe fresh air.

5. Eat Healthy: Eating the right diet also helps to cure wild mood swings. To maintain a right diet is much easier than most people think, unless you have a medical condition such as hypertension or diabetes that requires a special diet. Healthy eating does not necessarily imply you avoid certain food groups but rather eating moderately as moderation is the key to having the right diet.

• Wine and dark chocolates have their own health benefits therefore, including them in your diet is recommended but in proper amounts.
• Eating fruits more often and drinking lots of water helps to improve your healthy eating habits as water helps remove toxins from your body. As a result, your health and overall well-being is improved tremendously.

If you are feeling happy and healthy, there is no reason for you to suffer from mood swings.

6. Communication: Talking things out will greatly help to reduce the frequency of your mood swings. Communication is more difficult for men than it is for women as women generally air out their feelings rather easily. On the contrary, men are usually unwilling to talk about what is bothering them, much less ask for help.

7. Meditate: A great way of gaining inner peace is through meditation which helps you relax and enjoy the maximum value of your rest. Meditation also helps you gain more control over your moods and consequently reducing the frequency of your mood swings. Try reserving a few moments of the day for yourself. Various exercises like yoga or tai-chi will help you meditate if you have not learnt how to meditate.

Mood Swings Remedy

• Mood Swings

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luv itno luv

Have you been feeling an acute change in your mood through the day? Then, you must be suffering from mood swings. Mood swings can be a result of a psychological problem, internal disease, pregnancy, depression, side effect of a medication etc. These generally include sudden change of mood from cheerful to depressed, happy to angry and vice versa.

Here are some simple tips to help you achieve a cure for wild mood swings:

1. Meditate: A great way of gaining inner peace is through meditation which helps you relax and enjoy the maximum value of your rest. Meditation also helps you gain more control over your moods and consequently reducing the frequency of your mood swings. Try reserving a few moments of the day for yourself. Various exercises like yoga or tai-chi will help you meditate if you have not learnt how to meditate.

2. Acknowledge: This should be the first step taken, especially with men in curing wild mood swings. Since mood swings and depressions are more common in women than in men, mostly during menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause, they do not have any difficulties in admitting to having such problems. With men, it is quite different as they think that mood swings are unusual among them and often consider it as a weakness. Unless they (men) acknowledge the problem and become willing to seek treatment curing mood swings will be impossible.

3. Be happy: Happiness is a state that not only involves your emotions but your thoughts and psychological health as well. Being at peace brings you happiness, although it is a state that is not easily achieved. 

4. Exercise: This will come as a surprise to many, but the mere act of briskly walking outdoors for about twenty minutes each day has proven to be more effective than antidepressants. This clearly indicates that the best cures for wild mood swings are not always medical, but can be natural too. Not only does walking outdoors give your body an overall workout, but it allows you to socialize and breathe fresh air.

5. Eat Healthy: Eating the right diet also helps to cure wild mood swings. To maintain a right diet is much easier than most people think, unless you have a medical condition such as hypertension or diabetes that requires a special diet. Healthy eating does not necessarily imply you avoid certain food groups but rather eating moderately as moderation is the key to having the right diet.

• Wine and dark chocolates have their own health benefits therefore, including them in your diet is recommended but in proper amounts.
• Eating fruits more often and drinking lots of water helps to improve your healthy eating habits as water helps remove toxins from your body. As a result, your health and overall well-being is improved tremendously.

If you are feeling happy and healthy, there is no reason for you to suffer from mood swings.

6. Communication: Talking things out will greatly help to reduce the frequency of your mood swings. Communication is more difficult for men than it is for women as women generally air out their feelings rather easily. On the contrary, men are usually unwilling to talk about what is bothering them, much less ask for help.

7. Meditate: A great way of gaining inner peace is through meditation which helps you relax and enjoy the maximum value of your rest. Meditation also helps you gain more control over your moods and consequently reducing the frequency of your mood swings. Try reserving a few moments of the day for yourself. Various exercises like yoga or tai-chi will help you meditate if you have not learnt how to meditate.

Facts On Honey and Cinnamon

It is found that mixture of Honey and Cinnamon cures most of the diseases. Honey is produced in most countries of the world.

Ayurvedic as well as Yunani medicine have been using honey as a vital medicine for centuries.

Scientists of today also accept honey as a "Ram Ban" (very effective) medicine for all kinds of diseases. Honey can be used without any side effects for any kind of diseases.

Today's science says that even though honey is sweet, if taken in the right dosage as a medicine, it does not harm diabetic patients.

Weekly World News, a magazine in Canada, on its issue dated 17 January, 1995 has given the following list of diseases that can be cured by Honey and Cinnamon as researched by western scientists.

HEART DISEASES: Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on bread, chappati, or other bread, instead of jelly and jam and eat it regularly for breakfast. It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from heart attack. Also those who already had an attack, if they do this process daily, they are kept miles away from the next attack.

Regular use of the above process relieves loss of breath and strengthens the heartbeat. In America and Canada, various nursing homes have treated patients successfully and have found that as age the arteries and veins lose their flexibility and get clogged; honey and cinnamon revitalizes the arteries and veins.

INSECT BITES: Take one part honey to two parts of lukewarm water and add a small teaspoon of cinnamon powder, make a paste and massage it on the itching part of the body slowly. It is noticed that the pain recedes within a minute or two.

ARTHRITIS: Arthritis patients may take daily, morning and night, one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. If taken regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured.

In a recent research conducted at the Copenhagen University, it was found that when the doctors treated their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon Honey and half teaspoon Cinnamon powder before breakfast, they found that within a week out of the 200 people so treated practically 73 patients were totally relieved of pain and within a month, mostly all the patients who could not walk or move around because of arthritis started walking without pain.

HAIR LOSS: Those suffering from hair loss or baldness, may apply a paste of hot olive oil, one tablespoon of honey, one teaspoon of cinnamon powder before bath and keep it for approx. 15 min. and then wash the hair. It was found to be effective even if kept on for 5 minutes.

BLADDER INFECTIONS: Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of lukewarm water and drink it. It destroys the germs in the bladder.

TOOTHACHE: Make a paste of one teaspoon of cinnamon powder and five teaspoons of honey and apply on the aching tooth. This may be applied 3 times a day till the tooth stops aching.

CHOLESTEROL: Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of Cinnamon Powder mixed in 16 ounces of tea water, given to a cholesterol patient, was found to reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10% within 2 hours. As mentioned for arthritic patients, if taken 3 times a day, any Chronic cholesterol is cured. As per information received in the said journal, pure honey taken with food daily relieves complaints of cholesterol.

COLDS: Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon lukewarm honey with 1/4 spoon cinnamon powder daily for 3 days. This process will cure most chronic cough, cold and clear the sinuses.

INFERTILITY: Yunani and Ayurvedic Medicine have been using honey for thousands of years to strengthen the semen of men. If impotent men regularly take two tablespoon of honey before going to sleep, their problem will be solved.

In China, Japan and Far-East countries, women, who do not conceive and need to strengthen the uterus, have been taking cinnamon powder for centuries. Women who cannot conceive may take a pinch of cinnamon powder in half teaspoon of honey and apply it on the gums frequently throughout the day, so that it slowly mixes with the saliva and enters the body.

A couple in Maryland, USA, had no children for 14 years and had lost hope of having a child of their own. When told about this process, husband and wife started taking honey and cinnamon as stated above; the wife conceived after a few months and had twins at full term.

UPSET STOMACH: Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomachache and also clears stomach ulcers from the root.

GAS: According to the studies done in India & Japan, it is revealed that if honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is relieved of gas.

IMMUNE SYSTEM: Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacteria and viral attacks. Scientists have found that honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts. Constant use of honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacteria and viral diseases.

INDIGESTION: Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food, relieves acidity and digests the heaviest of meals.

INFLUENZA: A scientist in Spain has proved that honey contains a natural ingredient, which kills the influenza germs and saves the patient from flu.

LONGEVITY: Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly arrests the ravages of old age. Take 4 spoons of honey, 1 spoon of cinnamon powder and 3 cups of water and boil to make like tea. Drink 1/4 cup, 3 to 4 times a day. It keeps the skin fresh and soft and arrests old age.

Life spans also increases and even a 100 year old, starts performing the chores of a 20-year-old.

PIMPLES: Three tablespoons of Honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder paste. Apply this paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash it next morning with warm water. If done daily for two weeks, it removes pimples from the root.

SKIN INFECTIONS: Applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts cures eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections.

WEIGHT LOSS: Daily in the morning 1/2 hour before breakfast on an empty stomach and at night before sleeping, drink honey and cinnamon powder boiled in one-cup water. If taken regularly it reduces the weight of even the most obese person.

Also, drinking of this mixture regularly does not allow the fat to accumulate in the body even though the person may eat a high calorie diet.

CANCER: Recent research in Japan and Australia has revealed that advanced cancer of the stomach and bones have been cured successfully. Patients suffering from these kinds of cancer should daily take one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon powder for one month 3 times a day.

FATIGUE: Recent studies have shown that the sugar content of honey is more helpful rather than being detrimental to the strength of the body. Senior citizens, who take honey and cinnamon power in equal parts, are more alert and flexible.

Dr. Milton who has done research says that a half tablespoon honey taken in a glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken daily after brushing and in the afternoon at about 3.00 p.m. when the vitality of the body starts to decrease, increases the vitality of the body within a week.

BAD BREATH: People of South America, first thing in the morning gargle with one teaspoon of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water. So their breath stays fresh throughout the day.

HEARING LOSS: Daily morning and night honey and cinnamon powder taken in equal parts restore hearing.

Before it´s news

Facts On Honey and Cinnamon

It is found that mixture of Honey and Cinnamon cures most of the diseases. Honey is produced in most countries of the world.

Ayurvedic as well as Yunani medicine have been using honey as a vital medicine for centuries.

Scientists of today also accept honey as a "Ram Ban" (very effective) medicine for all kinds of diseases. Honey can be used without any side effects for any kind of diseases.

Today's science says that even though honey is sweet, if taken in the right dosage as a medicine, it does not harm diabetic patients.

Weekly World News, a magazine in Canada, on its issue dated 17 January, 1995 has given the following list of diseases that can be cured by Honey and Cinnamon as researched by western scientists.

HEART DISEASES: Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on bread, chappati, or other bread, instead of jelly and jam and eat it regularly for breakfast. It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from heart attack. Also those who already had an attack, if they do this process daily, they are kept miles away from the next attack.

Regular use of the above process relieves loss of breath and strengthens the heartbeat. In America and Canada, various nursing homes have treated patients successfully and have found that as age the arteries and veins lose their flexibility and get clogged; honey and cinnamon revitalizes the arteries and veins.

INSECT BITES: Take one part honey to two parts of lukewarm water and add a small teaspoon of cinnamon powder, make a paste and massage it on the itching part of the body slowly. It is noticed that the pain recedes within a minute or two.

ARTHRITIS: Arthritis patients may take daily, morning and night, one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. If taken regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured.

In a recent research conducted at the Copenhagen University, it was found that when the doctors treated their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon Honey and half teaspoon Cinnamon powder before breakfast, they found that within a week out of the 200 people so treated practically 73 patients were totally relieved of pain and within a month, mostly all the patients who could not walk or move around because of arthritis started walking without pain.

HAIR LOSS: Those suffering from hair loss or baldness, may apply a paste of hot olive oil, one tablespoon of honey, one teaspoon of cinnamon powder before bath and keep it for approx. 15 min. and then wash the hair. It was found to be effective even if kept on for 5 minutes.

BLADDER INFECTIONS: Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of lukewarm water and drink it. It destroys the germs in the bladder.

TOOTHACHE: Make a paste of one teaspoon of cinnamon powder and five teaspoons of honey and apply on the aching tooth. This may be applied 3 times a day till the tooth stops aching.

CHOLESTEROL: Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of Cinnamon Powder mixed in 16 ounces of tea water, given to a cholesterol patient, was found to reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10% within 2 hours. As mentioned for arthritic patients, if taken 3 times a day, any Chronic cholesterol is cured. As per information received in the said journal, pure honey taken with food daily relieves complaints of cholesterol.

COLDS: Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon lukewarm honey with 1/4 spoon cinnamon powder daily for 3 days. This process will cure most chronic cough, cold and clear the sinuses.

INFERTILITY: Yunani and Ayurvedic Medicine have been using honey for thousands of years to strengthen the semen of men. If impotent men regularly take two tablespoon of honey before going to sleep, their problem will be solved.

In China, Japan and Far-East countries, women, who do not conceive and need to strengthen the uterus, have been taking cinnamon powder for centuries. Women who cannot conceive may take a pinch of cinnamon powder in half teaspoon of honey and apply it on the gums frequently throughout the day, so that it slowly mixes with the saliva and enters the body.

A couple in Maryland, USA, had no children for 14 years and had lost hope of having a child of their own. When told about this process, husband and wife started taking honey and cinnamon as stated above; the wife conceived after a few months and had twins at full term.

UPSET STOMACH: Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomachache and also clears stomach ulcers from the root.

GAS: According to the studies done in India & Japan, it is revealed that if honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is relieved of gas.

IMMUNE SYSTEM: Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacteria and viral attacks. Scientists have found that honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts. Constant use of honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacteria and viral diseases.

INDIGESTION: Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food, relieves acidity and digests the heaviest of meals.

INFLUENZA: A scientist in Spain has proved that honey contains a natural ingredient, which kills the influenza germs and saves the patient from flu.

LONGEVITY: Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly arrests the ravages of old age. Take 4 spoons of honey, 1 spoon of cinnamon powder and 3 cups of water and boil to make like tea. Drink 1/4 cup, 3 to 4 times a day. It keeps the skin fresh and soft and arrests old age.

Life spans also increases and even a 100 year old, starts performing the chores of a 20-year-old.

PIMPLES: Three tablespoons of Honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder paste. Apply this paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash it next morning with warm water. If done daily for two weeks, it removes pimples from the root.

SKIN INFECTIONS: Applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts cures eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections.

WEIGHT LOSS: Daily in the morning 1/2 hour before breakfast on an empty stomach and at night before sleeping, drink honey and cinnamon powder boiled in one-cup water. If taken regularly it reduces the weight of even the most obese person.

Also, drinking of this mixture regularly does not allow the fat to accumulate in the body even though the person may eat a high calorie diet.

CANCER: Recent research in Japan and Australia has revealed that advanced cancer of the stomach and bones have been cured successfully. Patients suffering from these kinds of cancer should daily take one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon powder for one month 3 times a day.

FATIGUE: Recent studies have shown that the sugar content of honey is more helpful rather than being detrimental to the strength of the body. Senior citizens, who take honey and cinnamon power in equal parts, are more alert and flexible.

Dr. Milton who has done research says that a half tablespoon honey taken in a glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken daily after brushing and in the afternoon at about 3.00 p.m. when the vitality of the body starts to decrease, increases the vitality of the body within a week.

BAD BREATH: People of South America, first thing in the morning gargle with one teaspoon of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water. So their breath stays fresh throughout the day.

HEARING LOSS: Daily morning and night honey and cinnamon powder taken in equal parts restore hearing.

Before it´s news

Introduction to thoughts and feelings: Self-esteem

Self-esteem is your opinion of yourself. Everyone lacks confidence sometimes but people with low self-esteem are unhappy or unsatisfied with themselves most of the time. Low self-esteem can cause problems including depression and anxiety.

Self-esteem building

Self-esteem is strongly related to how you view and react to the things that happen in your life. Suggestions for building self-esteem include:

• Talk to yourself positively – treat yourself as you would your best friend. Be supportive, kind and understanding. Don’t be hard on yourself when you make a mistake.
• Challenge negative ‘self-talk’ – every time you criticise yourself, stop and look for objective evidence that the criticism is true. (If you feel you can’t be objective, then ask a trusted friend for their opinion.) You’ll realise that most of your negative self-talk is unfounded.
• Don’t compare yourself to others – recognise that everyone is different and that every human life has value in its own right. Make an effort to accept yourself, warts and all.
• Acknowledge the positive – for example, don’t brush off compliments, dismiss your achievements as ‘dumb luck’ or ignore your positive traits.
• Appreciate your special qualities – remind yourself of your good points every day. Write a list and refer to it often. (If you feel you can’t think of anything good about yourself, ask a trusted friend to help you write the list.)
• Forget the past – concentrate on living in the here-and-now rather than reliving old hurts and disappointments.
• Tell yourself a positive message everyday – buy a set of ‘inspirational cards’ and start each day reading out a new card and carrying the card’s message with you all day.
• Stop worrying – ‘worry’ is simply fretting about the future. Accept that you can’t see or change the future and try to keep your thoughts in the here-and-now.
• Have fun – schedule enjoyable events and activities into every week.
• Exercise – it is such a good boost to the brain for all kinds of things but especially in combatting depression and helping you to feel good. Targets need to be step by step, such as starting with a walk round the block once a day, enrolling at a local gym class or going for a swim.
• Be assertive – communicate your needs, wants, feelings, beliefs and opinions to others in a direct and honest manner.
• Practise the above suggestions every day – it takes effort and vigilance to replace unhelpful thoughts and behaviours with healthier versions. Give yourself time to establish the new habits. Keep a diary or journal to chart your progress.