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I will during August 2018 post a daily reflection and/or activity to inspire increased wellbeing:
Mondays: life goals and reflections
Tuesdays: performance, stress and exhaustion
Wednesdays: rest and mindfulness
Thursdays: anxiety and depressive mood – importance of thoughts and behaviours
Fridays: selfesteem and selfimage
Saturdays: Feelings
Sundays: rest and celebration
Another important part of this day is to access your creativity. Creativity feeds the feelings interest and joy and hence increase positive emotions which often also increase wellbeing. It is also a mindful activity where the essence is being in the here and now. Creative activities can also impact how you view yourself as well…
There has been much research into the field of happiness since it is closely connected to perceived wellbeing. There are correlational findings about human happiness identified by psychologist Martin Seligman, one of the thought leaders within the field of positive psychology. He proposes the following 5 dimensions: 1. The importance of pleasures in daily life…
Merry Christmas to all of you celebrating today. For many, this day is about giving. Yesterday was about considering to take 5 minutes to think about what you can give yourself, both symbolically and as a promise of a new mindset and behavior to start make important changes in your life. It can…
Better self-esteem: Find inspiration for change among 10 important life areas (1 minute read) This post “Better self-esteem: Find inspiration for change among 10 important life areas” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by achieving your goals and improve your life. Better self-esteem: Find inspiration for change among 10 important life areas…
Sunday – time for celebration, rest and peaceful self-supportive reflection. Another way of enhancing your reflections, which you then can use in honouring yourself, but also in planning what you would like to change in your life, is analysing critical or important incidents. This exercise, which is adapted from Hatcher 1996, focuses on analysing an…
A common first step in traditional CBT is to be aware of how you are doing/the mental status of your life at that moment, i.e. how you are feeling at a given time. If you want to improve your ability to be aware of this, you can try this exercise: Try for one week to…