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Mindfulness can help us stay calm and respond wisely, especially in difficult times 🙏 Join us for and find ways to live each day with awareness and kindness

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Love people, not things 💕 Join us for Friendly February and find ways to boost your relationships & encourage more togetherness

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Even when facing difficult times, we can still take positive steps forward and find reasons to be hopeful 🌈

Join us for and enjoy daily actions to boost your wellbeing and bring happiness to others ☀️

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Queens' College lit the Mathematical Bridge tonight for the NHS and key workers as part of and also for with a quote from Queens' Alumnus, Stephen Fry “The more you encounter kindness, the better the world always is”

Many thanks to the team that made this possible: The Crane Eventt Pink Lamp - Event Lighting & Production Specialists Blueshed JMPS and JezO's.

Finding happiness in the crisis and beyond - with Sir Anthony Seldon

A free online event next Wednesday hosted by Action for Happiness. Sir Anthony Seldon is one of the co-founders of this amazing organisation we are proud to be part of - and if you haven’t heard Sir Anthony speak before this free event is a great opportunity to do so.
You can register your free online place using the link below 🙂

eventbrite.co.uk Join us for an inspiring evening with Sir Anthony Seldon as he shares ideas to help us be happier during the crisis and beyond.

💚 Kindness is defined by doing something towards yourself and others, motivated by genuine desire to make a positive difference 🌞. Kindness, therefore, is not just an emotion, but is defined by our actions.

😊Evidence shows that being kind really does improve your wellbeing.

🤝With this in mind, we’re suggesting that we all try to help others for once a day for a week and see if it makes a difference to how we feel.

📱Here are a few examples of things you could do on social media:

💚Take time to reach out online to people you haven’t seen for a while
💚Write something nice or encouraging on a post you appreciate
💚Acknowledge and validate someone’s story – if they are having a difficult time you don’t have to have all the answers, sometimes a like or a brief ‘I’m sorry to hear this, is there something I can do?’ is enough to make them feel heard
💚Think about what you share - look at the source of the post, and the tone. If it isn’t kind, think twice. If something could upset others and you feel you need to post it, use a trigger or content warning
💚Think about your comments and replies. Try not to say nasty things, or pile on where somebody questions another persons actions.

👉 Read more about the benefits of kindness in our guide: https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-week/kindness-matters-guide

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REMINDER! A Happy Cafe online session this morning!
If you've always fancied finding out about, or trying Laughter Yoga, this session is for you! 😊😊😊

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Noticing nature is the greatest gift you can get from lockdown | Lucy Jones

theguardian.com Summer holidays abroad look doomed, but there is comfort and reward to be found just by being curious about your surroundings, says journalist Lucy Jones

How to Change Habits with Kindness

happiful.com It’s easy to focus on the negatives and what’s wrong with our behaviours, but to ensure real, lasting change, perhaps it’s time to allow kindness to lead the way...

Here's Why "Joy Triggers" Should Be In Your Vocabulary

thriveglobal.com And how they can help you get through this bleak time.

Founder of Museum for Happiness, Vicky, is holding an online workshop this Thursday evening where she will be sharing and exploring how mindfulness, gratitude and self-compassion have helped her live a happier life. There is a link to join in the piece below.

Mental Health Awareness Week starts today, to reduce the stigma of something that effects millions of us around the world.

Research in 2016 estimated that 1 in 6 people have experienced a common mental health problem like anxiety, stress, depression, bipolar or schizophrenia.

And given the extra challenges and experiences of , we all need to show extra care and kindness to ourselves and others.

Which is why the Mental Health Foundation's theme this year is really close to our hearts - kindness!

We're holding an online workshop this Thursday evening, where our founder Vicky will talk about mental health and how gratitude, self-compassion and mindfulness have really helped her to live a happier life.

Come and join us!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/happy-minds-matter-tickets-105234244458

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Action for Happiness

10 Keys to Happier Living (in a crisis & beyond): Giving 💌 Relating 🤳 Exercising 🌿 Awareness ☕️ Trying out 🥗 Direction ✅ Resilience ☔️ Emotions 👍 Acceptance 💕 Meaning 🌈

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Action for Happiness

‪Note to self: You are worthy, capable and one of a kind‬

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Why did we pick kindness as the theme?

mentalhealth.org.uk Research shows kindness and our mental health are deeply connected.

Wishing everyone a kind, happy and healthy week ahead.

Gratitude: Thank someone who helped you

sfchronicle.com Bay Area writer Nancy Davis Kho, author of ‘The Thank-You Project,’ talks you through a thoughtful path to happiness in four steps that worked for her.

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Our fourth online Happy Cafe Ely session is taking place at 10.30am next Wednesday, May 20th 🙂
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Action for Happiness

Meaningful May - Day 14: Show your gratitude to people who are helping to make things better 🌈👏

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10 Days of Happiness

A free online coaching programme and a new resource published by today.

10daysofhappiness.org Free online coaching program for challenging times

Action for Happiness

‪Meaningful May - Day 12: Be grateful for the little things, even in difficult times 🌈

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Wishing everyone a healthy, hopeful and happy week ahead.

Private gardens open virtually amid lockdown

bbc.com Lockdown has caused the annual garden visits to be scrapped for the first time in 90 years.

There are some super resources on this website if you'd like to take a look...

May is . Friends, please remember to be kind to yourself, today and every day! 🧡

For ways to safely spark happiness & spread kindness right now, check out our website: https://www.randomactsofkindness.org/

Action for Happiness

Meaningful May - Day 7: Let someone you love know how much they mean to you

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Spending time in the garden linked to better health and wellbeing

medicalxpress.com Spending time in the garden is linked to similar benefits for health and wellbeing as living in wealthy areas, according to a new large-scale study.

Finding happiness during the coronavirus crisis

Sir Anthony Seldon, one of the co-founders of Action for Happiness, is interviewed here. He always has words of wisdom to listen to!

itv.com Despite the coronavirus pandemic and the devastation it has been causing, many people are rediscovering that elusive quality, happiness. Our presenter Kylie Pentelow caught up with Sir Anthony Seldon, the founder of Action for Happiness, and asked him what was the secret to a happy life during Covid...

Bird Therapy: On The Healing Effects Of Watching Birds

We often post about the benefits of being connected to, and mindful of, our natural surroundings. In the week where the dawn chorus has been in the news, here is a reminder of one man's transformative relationship with the bird world.
also has a dedicated website for those of you keen to find out more.

forbes.com An uplifting and hopeful memoir about how becoming connected to the natural world helped teacher and author Joe Harkness to deal with serious mental health issues, and could help you too

Action for Happiness

‪Meaningful May - Day 4: Focus on what you can do rather than what you can’t do

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How to feel like things are moving when life is on pause - The Aesthetics of Joy

aestheticsofjoy.com Sometimes life seems to flow with a smooth rhythm. We’re in the groove, we have things figured out (at least some things), and it feels like our lives are moving forward. And then we hit a speed bump — an unexpected layoff or breakup, or say, a global pandemic — and suddenly that smooth flow o...

The quiet splendour of Nordic islands

Some beautiful photos of the natural world to enjoy today.

bbc.com The breathtaking landscapes of Iceland, Greenland, Norway and the Faroe Islands.

calendar ready for tomorrow.
Please share amongst family and friends because everything helps at the moment!
Thank you.

We can't control what's going on around us, but we can choose how we respond 🌈 Join us for Meaningful May and find ways to respond to the crisis with a sense of purpose

www.actionforhappiness.org/meaningful-may