Clare Josa | Author And Keynote Speaker
UK's Foremost Imposter Syndrome Expert, International Keynote Speaker & 8x Author
It’s amazingly easy to put off changing your life.
It can feel like we have to wait to find the ‘right’ seminar or read the ‘right’ book or search out the ‘right’ guru.
But there are 3 simple things you could do today, to make shifts in your life. And they all take less than 5 minutes.
Interested?
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It’s all very well having someone else witter on about how to feel happier, but nobody has all the answers.
And although I’ve discovered plenty of useful happiness techniques and tips over the last few years, I’m always up for learning more.
The thing is that all of us know, deep down, how to feel happier. It’s just that we’re good at forgetting it.
One of the reasons I run How To Feel Happier is to provide inspiration for when people are stuck.
Here are some of my personal favourite ways to feel happier:
- Go for a walk outside and stamp my feet, to get rid of the frustration!
- Imagine it’s a really sunny day.
- Listen to a piece of music (loudly!) that always cheers me up – and dance, too 😉
- Get back “in the moment”, rather than dwelling on the past or worrying about the future. Playing with my boys and giving them 100% of my attention is a great way to do this.
- Eat chocolate – I’m only human…!
And I was wondering if you’d like to get sharing?
What are your favourite happiness quick fixes?
What do you do, think or say when you want to feel happier?
And how do you inspire others to feel happier?
Please feel free to share via the comments box, below. Thank you!
Clare x
Chief Happiness Experimenter for How To Feel Happier.
Have you ever noticed how walking into a room of grumpy people is like standing under a rain cloud?
But walking into a room of people who are genuinely happy and laughing is like an instant mood lift?
In fact, it’s pretty easy to feel happy when you’re surrounded by other people who are happy.
But it’s pretty tough to feel happy if you’re surrounded by others who are miserable.
So what can you do about it?
How about choosing to be the one who lifts the mood?
Whatever the atmosphere in a room, you can easily do your bit to improve it.
All you need to do is focus on something that makes you feel happy. Give it your full attention for a minute or more. Then notice how another, even happier thought easily flows into your mind. Then another. And before you know it, you’re feeling happier. You’ll be smiling. And those around you will notice the shift.
The key is not to become attached to making others feel happier. That rarely works.
It’s about creating an environment that inspires them to feel happier, then letting them get on with making their own choice.
Smiles are contagious. How about giving a few away today?
Think about it: why do we compare ourselves with others?
Maybe it’s because it’s what we were taught to do at school, if we grew up with tests and class rankings?
Maybe it’s something we learned at home, by being compared with siblings?
Maybe it’s something we learned at work, with competition for the best jobs and pay rises?
Whatever the reason, comparing ourselves with others only leads to unhappiness because there are only two possible results:
Comparing ourselves to others is something we all do, but it’s just the ego’s way of creating our identity from the things which are OUTSIDE of us. We can’t change any of those. And we don’t really know what’s going on for the other person at a deeper level.
All we see is the version of reality which is filtered by our ego. Sure, they might have a bigger house, car or pay cheque, but they might feel miserable and unfulfilled inside.
The soul creates its identity from the things which are INSIDE of us, which ultimately leads to a higher level of happiness. You are who you are. Accepting and loving yourself for who you are, right now, is a path to inner peace and happiness.
…whenever you notice you’re comparing yourself to someone else, just stop, take a deep breath in and out, and send them love and gratitude, instead.
Just notice how quickly that makes you feel happier!
Here’s the latest edition of “Happiness Quick Fixes”.
If you’ve ever wanted to discover how a subtle change to your posture and breathing can have a profound impact on your mood, check out this video!
You’ll only need to spend 60 seconds applying the techniques it shows you, to feel happier!
Let me know what you think.
Love,
Clare x
Every day presents its own new and unique challenges.
Some days it’s easy to feel happy. Others you would happy shoot the next person who tells you to “cheer up”.
One of the easiest ways to consistently increase your “HQ” or “Happiness Quotient” is to keep a journal of the (genuine) reasons you feel happy each day. It doesn’t matter if you can only think of one. No matter how bad your day has been, there has to be one reason for you to feel happy.
If you write it down, you’re telling the part of you that manages how you think and feel that happiness is what you most want to focus on. The impact that can have on your thoughts, feelings and actions is profound – it’s like retuning the radio.
Here’s a video blog I did this evening with my personal 3 reasons why I’m feeling happy today. [Read more…] about 3 Reasons to feel happy today
