Gratitude rituals: Develop gratitude rituals, such as saying grace before meals or expressing gratitude before bedtime. We perhaps turn to psychology in the hope of being surprised out of the furrows in which our habitual thinking can get stuck.

Professional support: Consult a mental health professional to learn personalized coping strategies for managing stress and anxiety. Conflict resolution: Address conflicts openly and constructively, aiming to understand each other's perspectives and find common ground. Helpful strategies from therapy are presented as ways to cope with every-day issues or to improve life in general, and examples are given to better understand how these strategies can help us. Coping strategies: Develop coping mechanisms to manage anxiety and uncertainty during times of change. Active listening: Practice active listening when engaging in conversations, fully focusing on the other person's words and emotions.Gratitude expression: Regularly express gratitude towards your friends and family for their support and kindness.

In A YEAR TO CHANGE YOUR MIND, consultant clinical psychologist Dr Lucy Maddox explains how psychological processes thread through our lives, pinpointing those issues most frequently encountered in each month, and shows us how by reflecting upon past experiences, both joyful and painful, and considering evidence-based ideas from the realm of psychology, we can learn to live a more thoughtful, positive life that better prepares us for the future. Foster a supportive environment: Surround yourself with individuals who are understanding and empathetic towards mental health struggles. Daily purpose reminders: Create visual cues or reminders of your purpose and place them in prominent locations.

Seek professional guidance: If you're experiencing mental health challenges, don't hesitate to reach out to a therapist, counselor, or mental health professional. Grove Press An imprint of Grove Atlantic, an American independent publisher, who publish in the UK through Atlantic Books. And while we’re on this point, it can be infuriating to read accounts of extraordinarily cruel animal experiments whose results are so blindingly obvious they hardly merit testing.

Intellectual challenges: Engage in activities that challenge your thinking, such as puzzles, brain games, or learning a new language.Enjoyable activities: Engage in activities that bring you joy and a sense of accomplishment regularly. Those who count themselves among the “worried well” probably already have the odd wise confidant to process ideas and feelings with, and are well versed in the notion that life inevitably has its ups and downs. Physical activity: Incorporate regular exercise into your routine to release endorphins and boost resilience. genuinely useful, charming, comforting' - Guardian 'Compelling, warm and authoritative' - Viv Groskop, bestselling author of Lift As You Climb 'A compassionate book filled with useful tips to help us through life' - Claudia Hammond, bestselling author of The Key to Kindness Help yourself to live a better life in 2023 Psychology underpins everything we do, determining the decisions we make, the relationships we build, the roles we play and the places we live, and our behaviour is further influenced by the changing seasons, encouraging many of us to fall into unhelpful patterns again and again each year.