Acceptance - Be comfortable with who you are. "Learning to accept ourselves, warts and all, and being kinder to ourselves when things go wrong, increases our enjoyment of life, our resilience and our well-being. It also helps us accept others as they are." Action for Happiness In our...
In the second of our interview series around World Mental Health Day 2018 we spoke to Charlotte Underwood, writer, blogger and mental health advocate. Charlotte openly talks with us about her own mental ill health, views surrounding it and the everyday awareness of wellbeing. Tell us...
Positive emotions - like joy, gratitude, contentment, inspiration, and pride - are not just great at the time. Recent research shows that regularly experiencing them creates an 'upward spiral', helping to build our resources. Action for Happiness claim: "Although we need to be realistic about life's ups...
World Mental Health Day 2018 is just around the corner, here at Be Empowered we have been busy talking to a whole host of inspirational people with varied backgrounds about mental health and what it means to them. To kick off our interview series we spoke...
We all experience stress, failure, trauma, and loss in our lives. It‘s how we respond to these experiences that can impact on our happiness. Action for Happiness claim: 'We often cannot choose what happens to us, but in principle we can choose our own attitude to what...
Feeling good about our future is important for our happiness. Action for Happiness claim: 'It helps to know what you’re looking forward to' Today's blog is all about helping you gain a sense of direction in life. We all need a sense of direction and our dreams and goals...
Action for Happiness claim that you will feel happier if you: 'Find time to lose yourself in what you love’ Today's blog is all about learning new things! You might think learning is something we do as part of our job, or to gain formal qualifications or...
Living life mindfully. Action for Happiness claim that ‘Learning to be more mindful and aware can do wonders for our wellbeing in all areas of life’. "An integrative, mind-body based approach that helps people to manage their thoughts and feelings and mental health. It is becoming widely...
Our body and our mind are connected. Action for Happiness claim that ‘Being active makes us happier, as well as being good for our physical health’. We all know that regular exercise is good for the body. But exercise is also one of the most effective ways...
Connecting with others is one of our basic human needs. Action for Happiness claim that ‘When we’re together, everything is better’. How does relating to others make you happier? Having close relationships with family and friends contributes to our feelings of self-worth and having broader networks contributes to...
Believe it or not, the more you do for others the better you feel. Action for Happiness claim that ‘If you want to feel good, do good’ So kicking off our series of Ten Keys to Happier Living is...
What is resilience and can it be taught? The common misconception with resilience is believing that ‘If I am resilient then I do not become angry or upset and it means I am happier’. I believe in the latter, it can make us happier, however being...
The World Federation for Mental Health will be focusing the World Mental Health Day 2018 campaign on young people and mental health in a changing world. Can you imagine growing up in our world today? Young people face many challenges that put their mental health at...
The UK will host the first ever Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit in London in October, coinciding with World Mental Health Day on the 10th October. The summit will aim to help countries work together to increase the evidence for different treatments, and to ensure healthcare...