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The research is convincing: gratitude makes you feel better, even in tough circumstances. It could be for a warm smile from a shop assistant  or for an unexpected blue sky. As a way of being mindful it can make you more alive to your world.

Try: Pause each morning to consider something you can feel grateful for, however small, and notice how that feels. What are you grateful for right now?
The practice of gratitude helps lower anxiety and develop a more positive and optimistic attitude among other benefits, the research shows. Learn about the benefits and some ways to cultivate gratitude at this 1hr 15min event on Zoom from 7pm to 8.15pm. The event will be recorded (the recording won't identify participants) and everybody who books will receive a link to the recording. This is a donation event. Learn more
Yesterday's Daily Bell
Our mental and emotional spaces gather clutter - old memories, irritations, failures - that gets in our way. Pausing to bring awareness to the present moment (perhaps through observing your breathing) can clear the clutter.

Try: When mulling over unhelpful memories, ask if they are clutter in your mind and, if so, come back to the present moment through your breathing.
New book:
Acceptance - Create Change and Move Forward
I read the book from start to finish and I think it might change my life. Ray D'Arcy on RTÉ Radio

My new book, Acceptance - create change and move forward, is available in bookshops and online. Acceptance can not only bring peacefulness but clears a space for movement in our lives. Chapter headings include: Acceptance and relationships; Accepting Uncertainty; Accepting Our Bodies, Sexuality and Gender ;Acceptance In Conflict; The Acceptance Dynamic.
 
You can order at this link (The Book Depository, free postage worldwide).
Easy Mindfulness Online Course
15-lesson course on all aspects of mindfulness - Pay by donation: set your own price. Enhance your life-experience and lower stress with this, my longest-running online course. More about this course

Other online courses: True Friend self compassion | Climate Hope
TRUE FRIEND, 15-lesson online course on self compassion - pay by donation: set your own price. Sometimes the loudest voice in the mind is the harsh self-critic but you can turn down the volume with self compassion. Student comments include ' ... a life saver ...' ' ... has helped me enormously ...' ' ... super easy to use and follow.'   More about this course

Other online courses: Climate Hope | Easy Mindfulness 
How I use the Daily Bell
"The daily bell sets me up for the day.   I read it on waking and it helps me to start my day in a positive, kind, compassionate way.   I remind myself all the time about what I read. It is a great help in self regulation." KL
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