{"id":1637,"date":"2015-02-15T10:36:40","date_gmt":"2015-02-15T10:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happiness-speaker.co.uk\/?p=1637"},"modified":"2015-02-15T10:36:40","modified_gmt":"2015-02-15T10:36:40","slug":"boost-your-happiness-little-happiness-ingredients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/building.happiness-speaker.com\/?p=1637","title":{"rendered":"Boost your Happiness | #LittleHappinessIngredients"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\">There are many ways to boost your happiness<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\">This blog post is dedicated to one: <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Doing things you Enjoy <\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #f59329;\">(#LittleHappinessIngredients)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It may seem really obvious, but sometimes we forget: Doing things you enjoy helps boost your happiness!<\/p>\n<p>Simple, really, isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>But when we get busy, over-worked, stressed, tired, or are feeling low, we tend to forget this simple remedy. \u00a0We tell ourselves we don&#8217;t have time to do things we enjoy, that we should be doing something productive.<\/p>\n<p>I often wonder why we understand it is important to work on our careers, businesses, projects, diets and relationships, but not our emotional well-being and resilience.<\/p>\n<p>Even the UK&#8217;s National Health Service <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/stress-anxiety-depression\/pages\/feel-better-and-happy.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(NHS) recommends doing things you enjoy as a stress-buster<\/a>!<\/p>\n<h4>Some of the <span style=\"color: #f59329;\">#LittleHappinessIngredients<\/span> in life don&#8217;t have to take much time at all<\/h4>\n<p>It could be 18 minutes spent watching an uplifting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TED video<\/a>, or indulging in a hot bath, or five minutes spent watching a funny YouTube video or doing laughter yoga exercises, or even a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/0-14788\/a-one-minute-meditation-to-silence-your-mind-calm-your-energy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one-minute meditation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One of my biggest <span style=\"color: #f59329;\">#LittleHappinessIngredients<\/span> is cooking: If I feel a bit low on energy, struggle with a creative process or need a mood lift, I get into the kitchen. \u00a0I also know I enjoy a long soak in a hot bath, watching my favourite TV shows with my family, spending time with friends, reading books and many more.<\/p>\n<h4>What are YOUR <span style=\"color: #f59329;\">#LittleHappinessIngredients?\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Make a list of them. \u00a0Identify what they are so that when you need them the most, you don&#8217;t have to think about what to do. \u00a0You can just go to your list.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.happiness-speaker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Little-Happiness-Ingredients.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1638\" src=\"http:\/\/www.happiness-speaker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Little-Happiness-Ingredients.png\" alt=\"Little Happiness Ingredients | Boost Happiness | Things you Enjoy\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have found this post useful and are interested in finding out how we could work together, please <a title=\"Contact\" href=\"http:\/\/www.happiness-speaker.co.uk\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">get in touch<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many ways to boost your happiness This blog post is dedicated to one: Doing things you Enjoy (#LittleHappinessIngredients) &nbsp; It may seem really obvious, but sometimes we forget: Doing things you enjoy helps boost your happiness! 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