4 Steps to help you have a happier new year.

by
Aisling Grimley.

Some good advice here on achieving a happier new year - including allowing yourself to experience painful emotions such as anxiety, sadness or envy - just prove you're not a robot or a psychopath.

The way to make meaningful change is to take action!

This Irish Times article by Tal Ben-Shahar, positive psychologist and best selling author, gives 4 steps to make 2016 an even happier year. It's split into 4 fairly obvious headings, but there's some nice detail and original thinking in the body of the article. Also some useful practical techniques. Here are the broad headings:

1 Give yourself the permission to be human

2 Wherever you go, there you are

3 Exercise – just do it.

4 Appreciate the good – and the good will appreciate

Read the full text here, I hope you enjoy it and find some inspiration.

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