Praise
Praise yourself and others for effort, strategies, progress, hard work, persistence, resilience, learning from a mistake, or rising to a challenge. These are areas that develop a growth mindset and encourage the brain to grow.
READ MOREAttend to your own self-care – you will feel more energy and more focused. Some ideas are visiting your favourite place for a walk or tea, going to your favourite fitness class, starting a hobby you have always wanted to try. Self-care will keep you healthy and help you feel the joys in life.
READ MOREAll of us live busy lives. Occasionally we might be late for an appointment or date. When possible give yourself lots of time to arrive for your appointments – it is respectful of the time of others.
READ MOREAnnoyances. Just thinking about them gets you frustrated! Scratch small ones around your home off the list e.g. sew on a button, replace a chipped glass, fix a squeaky door!
READ MORE“Please” and “Thank you” are so easy to say but often forgotten. Who can you say these words to this week?
READ MOREI recently lost my best friend Joanne, days before my birthday and just months before my wedding. She was very excited to be a part of everything in my life that not having her around, especially for my wedding, reminds me of her lose every-single-day
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