Learning to let go of sadness and love again can sometimes be difficult, but never impossible No one intends to get sucked into a poisonous relationship, but no matter how sweet things may start out, sometimes they turn sour. Whether it’s the adrenaline-rush of the drama you crave, or…
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HAPPIFUL HACKS
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Recognise Your Fight or Flight (or Freeze) Responses
When facing imminent danger, our instincts take over. We can’t control these feelings, but we can learn from them As humans, we have evolved a “fight or flight” response to potential dangers. It’s what helped our hominid ancestors decide whether to do battle with predators, or flee quick-sharp…
Neutralise Your Road Rage
Carved up at the crossroad? Brake-tested on the back lane? Learn how to control your descending red mist Figures from Tyreshopper found a staggering 80% of Brits have fallen victim to road rage in the past year alone. Worryingly, the same poll shows 66% of traffic deaths are down to…
Combat Your Gambling Urges
The thrill of a win can become addictive, but the odds won’t always be in your favour. Here’s how to curb those gambling urges before they spiral out of control Problem gambling can be defined as an activity whereby individuals are unable to resist impulses to gamble, thus…
6 Key Benefits of Cycling to Work
We could all do with some useful hints and tips to improve our lifestyle, but did you know that it may be as simple as hopping on your bike and cycling to work each day? Cycling provides an easy way of getting in exercise before the day has even begun.…
Physiotherapy Exercises You Can Try at Home
Just as your car needs fuel to work, your body also needs regular care to keep it functioning healthily Physical problems arise due to a range of factors like injury, illness, ageing, disability, bad posture and stress. Physiotherapy is a golden tool to treat and manage all of our physical…
How Crystals Can Brighten Your Life (Even for Non-believers!)
We’ve all seen those chunks of purple Amethyst in people’s homes. But what are they actually used for? If you’ve ever visited an alternative healing shop, chances are you’ve seen heart-shaped pink stones and clear quartz crystals on the shelves. As a great believer in the…
Tactics to Overcome Your Hypochondria
Learn to cope with your health worries in a realistic way so they don’t take over your life Health anxiety, or hypochondria, is estimated to affect 6% of our population – in fact, a recent study by the University of Nottingham estimates that excessive worrying over dreamt-up diseases is costing…
Science-Backed Methods to Get You to Sleep in Minutes
One in three Brits have trouble getting to sleep at night. Are you that one in three? If so, we have the solution We all experience those nights where our minds are whirring and we just can’t seem to get to sleep. “Did I attach that document to the…