‘Words of Gratitude: Mind, Body & Soul’ – Robert A. Emmons & Joanna Hill

​Learning to experience gratitude involves being grateful as an attitude, not as a reaction when good things occur. To be grateful, one does not need to wait until things are perfect. In fact, practicing gratitude makes one receptive to life's blessings, and these blessings continue as we continue to be thankful.

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At this time of uncertainty, please stay safe & look after yourself. How else can HappiMe help you or your child? We offer targeted coaching programmes, which can be really useful for supporting you to develop more helpful thinking patterns. Find out more here.

“Start each day with a positive thought and a grateful heart.” – Roy T. Bennett

Over the past few days, we have shared why gratitude is so fantastic… Now we are going to share our top tips for incorporating gratitude into your life!

1. Start small… At the beginning and end of each day, find 3 things you are grateful for. This could be family, friends, your home, a recent life event, or even a learning experience… Today, I was grateful for my coffee machine as it definitely helped me get out of bed!

2. Journaling… Once you have practiced gratitude for a week, start keeping a journal – it can be an app or a physical diary, whatever you prefer. Try to find as many things as you can every morning and evening that you feel thankful for… By now, you will notice that you think more positively throughout the day, too!

3. Meditate... When you feel comfortable with your practice, perhaps after a few weeks, why not try meditating? Simply sit or lay down, and when you’re ready, take around 5 long, deep breaths. When you reach your “calm point”, allow your mind to float through the memory of your day, smiling each time you find something you’re grateful for.

Try these steps for one month and see if you feel any different!

How else can HappiMe help you or your child? We offer targeted coaching programmes, which can be really useful for supporting you to develop more helpful thinking patterns. Find out more here.

“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” – Aesop
 
Since we are focusing on gratitude this week, we thought we should share some of the amazing health benefits of practicing thankfulness (yes, gratitude improves your health!). Here it goes!
 
1. Gratitude improves your sleep… Practicing gratitude improves your mood as it allows you to release negative energies and emotions. As a result, your mind will become quieter and calmer, which in turn can improve your sleep. Find out more by reading Psychology Today’s great article.

2. Gratitude helps you to heal… Not only by helping you get a good night’s sleep, keeping up a regular practice enhances your view of the world. You’ll find yourself seeking and finding positives in your day. When you think positively, you feel positive… And positive energy heals the body! Find out more in Louise Hay’s amazing book, ‘Heal Your Life’.
 
3. Gratitude encourages a healthy lifestyle… When you’re ‘living in gratitude’ you will find that you want to take better care of yourself as you value yourself and your life more. You’ll notice that you eat less junk and feel more motivated to exercise more… Take a look at this great article for more information.
 
Check out tomorrow’s post for our advice on how to start practicing gratitude daily!
 
How else can HappiMe help you or your child? We offer targeted coaching programmes, which can be really useful for supporting you to develop more helpful thinking patterns. Find out more here.

"Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today & creates vision for tomorrow.” – Melody Beattie

Across HappiMe social media this week, we will be focusing on GRATITUDE.

Firstly, we would like to express our gratitude for all of our amazing followers who ‘liked’ & shared our posts last week, as well as to those who donated to the organisations we suggested. HappiMe is sending you all a big THANK YOU!

Whilst reading some great online content on gratitude today, we found this brilliant article from Berkeley! Definitely worth a read.

How else can HappiMe help you or your child? We offer targeted coaching programmes, which can be really useful for supporting you to develop more helpful thinking patterns. Find out more here.

’18 Books by Black Writers to Read Now’ – Another Mag

While the publishing world still has a long way to go, there’s been a whole host of new black voices and debut authors joining the ranks of more seasoned black writers like Courttia Newland, Musa Okwonga and Jeffrey Boakye in recent years. Though these new voices touch on race, above all they celebrate and showcase the diversity of the black experience. From stories about love and climate change to queer literary debuts and a satirical guide on how to survive in the workplace, here are 18 must-reads by black British authors to add to your reading list.

Check out the full article here. 

We definitely recommend ‘In the Palace of Flowers’ by Victoria Princewill and ‘Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World’ by Bolu Babalola.

At this time of uncertainty, please stay safe & look after yourself.

Check out our Mental Health ‘Just Giving’ page here.

Today's post is pretty damn short...

On a Thursday, we would normally post a special offer. Instead, we have decided to give 10% of all profits made during August to the BLM movement.

Please give what you can too.

“Don’t ignore something because it makes you uncomfortable.” – Dom Roberts

Since this week’s focus is on the BLM movement, we wanted to share this article as we felt carried a lot of important messages.

Thank you, Dom Roberts.

How can you help the movement? Support, share and donate. Take a look at the following organisations to get involved:

• Homeless Black Trans Women’s Fund – Supporting the small Atlanta community of homeless black trans women. 
  
• Emergency Release Fund – Supporting black LGBTQ+ people to post bail. 
  

… And thank you for your support, too.

Check out our Mental Health ‘Just Giving’ page here.

“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.” – Maya Angelou

HappiMe are spending the week focusing on the Black Lives Matter movement. Since we are fighting for social change, we thought that these statistics were important to share:

• In 2018, a British study conducted by ONS showed that, on average, a black person will earn more than a £1 per hour less than a white person doing the same job.
• In the USA, on average, black families earn 13% less than white families (published by Brookings).
• In 2018, 93% of the UK police force were white (published by gov.uk).

What do you think of these statistics? HappiMe want to blow facts like this out of the water… How? Well, please take a look at the organisations you can support below to see how you can help:

• Community Fund - Splitting donations between the organisations who need it most. 
• The Black Curriculum – Reimagining the future of education through Black British history.
  

Thank you.

We're raising money for a great cause too... Check out our Mental Health ‘Just Giving’ page here.

"There comes a time when silence is betrayal.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
 
This week, we will be focusing on arguably the most important topic right now – the Black Lives Matter movement.
 
This summer has seen public tragedy and heartbreak, which has led to more social change than the world has seen in decades, so we wish to use our platform to support this change and help put a stop to the tragic realities the black community have been facing up until now. The team at HappiMe want to stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, and we wish to show this through dedicating this week’s posts to the BLM movement.
 
Firstly, we wanted to share this powerful video created by the UK BLM group. 
 
For the rest of the week, we are going to research and promote different causes we feel more people need to support!
 
So, how can you help the movement? Support, share and donate. Take a look at the following organisations to get involved:

• Black Lives Matter – Donate directly to the BLM movement. 
• Black Minds Matter UK – Donate to pay for BAME therapy sessions. 
• Justice for Emanuel – Donate to the family of a UVE member who died of coronavirus. 

 
Thank you.
 
We are raising money for a great cause too... Check out our Mental Health ‘Just Giving’ page here. 

‘12 Books About Mental Health That Everybody Should Read’ - Cosmopolitan
 
When the world feels like a confusing place, it’s nice to seek solace in books. Here, ‘The Reading Agency’, a charity that believes in tackling life’s big challenges through the proven power of reading, have pulled together a list of 12 books about mental health that should help you to understand yours a little better.
 
Check out the full article here.
 
At this time of uncertainty, please stay safe & look after yourself.
 
How else can HappiMe help you or your child? We offer targeted coaching programmes, which can be really useful for supporting you to develop more helpful thinking patterns. Find out more here.