Hello! My name’s Emma (18) and I’m taking part in the Being Grateful experiment. The idea is to spend a few minutes every day for a week to think about what you’re grateful for and see the difference that can make. This is the seventh post of a short series on what being grateful means to me. So here goes! Thursday I grateful of where I work I’ve mentioned before I work or rather volunteer in a charity shop and this week marks a year since I started. In that time I’ve learnt

Hello! My name’s Emma (18) and I’m taking part in the Being Grateful experiment. The idea is to spend a few minutes every day for a week to think about what you’re grateful for and see the difference that can make. This is the sixth post of a short series on what being grateful means to me. So here goes! Wednesday I am grateful for a good book I’ve always loved reading, ever since I picked up an Agatha Christie for the first time. You can always find a book beside my bed and

Hello! My name’s Emma (18) and I’m taking part in the Being Grateful experiment. The idea is to spend a few minutes every day for a week to think about what you’re grateful for and see the difference that can make. This is the fifth post of a short series on what being grateful means to me. So here goes! Tuesday I am grateful that my mum understands me. I’m an argumentative person and one with probably too many options but I’m lucky that my mum always listens to me. Whether I

Hello! My name’s Emma (18) and I’m taking part in the Being Grateful experiment. The idea is to spend a few minutes every day for a week to think about what you’re grateful for and see the difference that can make. This is the fourth post of a short series on what being grateful means to me. So here goes! Monday I am grateful of other people’s generosity Every week for the past year I’ve spent one day volunteering in a charity shop in the town close to where I live. And like

Hello! My name’s Emma (18) and I’m taking part in the Being Grateful experiment. The idea is to spend a few minutes every day for a week to think about what you’re grateful for and see the difference that can make. This is the third post of a short series on what being grateful means to me. So here goes! Sunday I am grateful for the chance to say goodbye It’s not easy to find something to be thankful for at a funeral but after all it’s the chance to say goodbye, a chance that

Hello! My name’s Emma (18) and I’m taking part in the Being Grateful experiment. The idea is to spend a few minutes every day for a week to think about what you’re grateful for and see the difference that can make. This is the second post of a short series on what being grateful means to me. So here goes! Saturday I am grateful to be part of something I started my day by watching a Youtuber called Markiplier celebrating 8million subscribers and it honestly it brought me to te

Hello everyone! It´s Sam here (from Smart Choice Student Support). I hope you’ve been keeping your study gratitudes! I know it can be hard to get into the habit of doing them, so here’s a positive study hack that’s much easier- it requires no real effort! Study Playlists We all have those days don’t we? Those days where the thought of doing our homework makes us cry. We'll drag ourselves to our desks to then merely slug out half hour of page staring and then bury our forehead

Happy Friday and happy birthday to Sam Martin, from Smart Choice Student Support who is back this week with some more positive study hacks. Over to Sam..... You came back - thanks! If you haven’t read the intro, go back and have a quick look. But if you did then you’ll know that when we are in a positive state of mind we are more intelligent, productive, creative and energetic! With this knowledge, I made a huge effort in my final year of university to increase my positivity

Hey you out there, READ THIS! UN launched the new World Happiness Report 2015 on April 23rd. The report shows a study about the aspects of child development that are most important in determining whether a child becomes a happy, well-functioning adult. The study followed children from birth into adulthood and shows that of the three key features of child development (academic, behavioural, or emotional), emotional development is the best of the three predictors, and academic

EXERCISE: Before you read this whole article write down 5 positive emotions in 30 seconds. Than do the same thing with 5 negative emotions... Even though there are equally as many positive as negative emotions, you will find that it is often much easier to name the negative ones. Why? Because we have taken upon this evolutionary package from thousands of years back, when we had to worry about our survival - "Is this dangerous / how can I avoid it?". Our brains are wired to av