Gratitude is a strategy through which we express our appreciation for what we have in our lives. Like any other useful tool or technique, in order to fully enjoy its benefits, we need to practice it and transform it into a habit.

We do this by raising our awareness and by setting the specific goal of looking at what is working in our lives and noticing even the small things that we sometimes take for granted.

Lack of energy, motivation and boredom can happen to each of us, whether it lasts a day, a week, or a more extended period. We’re only human and our resources and energy are limited and heavily influenced by what’s happening in our lives.

The important thing is to focus on managing the factors that contribute to your lack of energy and on finding strategies that work for you to recharge your batteries.

Practicing these six strategies in your daily life will help you improve your energy levels and wellbeing. Be sure to apply these habits mindfully and to look at the progress you make every day.

Take a tour of Positive Emotions!

Let’s reflect together on our positive emotions!

• Which positive emotions do you experience often in your life?

• Which ones would you like to cultivate more?

• How connected are you with your positive emotions?

The beauty of kindness is in its simplicity. And the amazing thing is, it influences both the giver and the receiver. If you need extra motivation for doing kind acts, think about these inspiring benefits that it can bring to your life.

The Kindness Challenge - Bring kindness in your life in a mindful way!

Plan and put into practice two acts of kindness every day. One directed towards yourself and one towards someone else in your life.

At the end of each day, spend some time to reflect on the impact your kindness has made on yourself and others.

How can you manage your negative emotions and stop struggling with them?

Having more information about your emotions is an important step in learning how to manage them. But you can only do that if you try to move away from your impulse of avoiding what you are feeling and take a positive step towards letting your emotions manifest.

Allowing space for your emotions means acknowledging what you are feeling in a specific moment. It comes with the realization that you, like everyone else in this world, might experience negative emotions from time to time, and that is perfectly normal.

These are just a few of the explanations why you might be struggling with your negative emotions. Take a few moments to reflect what is true for you and how you are approaching negative emotions.

We want to be in a place where we make space from our negative emotions, understand why they are there, acknowledge the lesson they are trying to teach us, integrate them in our lives along with the positive ones and work towards having a balanced emotional life.

Why do we need negative emotions?

Nobody likes to feel bad or to experience negative emotions. We look for please and try, at all costs, to avoid suffering. Why wouldn’t we? Anger, anxiety, shame, guilt – they all make us feel very uncomfortable. And we try to push them away, avoid them, suppress them or just hope they will go away.

What are you missing when you run away from negative emotions?

How writing things down can be helpful!

The purpose of the journaling is to be able to identify and analyze your thinking, emotional and behavioral patterns, but also to find ways to adapt, change and manage them.

Writing promotes self-awareness and self-understanding, as well as personal development, unconditional self-acceptance and goal achievement. It can also lead to releasing tension and bring clarity about the situation you are in or the problem you are facing.

Self-doubts are most often just negative thoughts that your mind may use to stop you from making changes and to keep you within the comfort zone.

Self-doubt thoughts might come from childhood and early experiences, from different attempts in the past that we might have not been so successful in and are reinforced by repetition. It's doesn't matter where these thoughts come from, it matters how you deal with them when they come into your mind and start affecting how you feel and behave.

Prevention is better than intervention!

For optimal mental health, it’s vital to establish and maintain positive mental health habits which act as a buffer against negative life events and inevitable stressors. When you reflect on how you’re taking care of your mental wellbeing, try to consider new habits that might be helpful for you.

Need inspiration? Below you can find five simple and effective ideas for improving your mental wellbeing.

What is keeping you in your comfort zone? What are some of your obstacles, reasons for why you stay? Why is it hard or uncomfortable to step outside of it?

The more you know about where your comfort zone ends, the greater your ability to understand yourself and to start to make changes will be.

Understand why you stay in your comfort zone, what are the benefits of stepping outside of it and discover 5 practical and fun activities to start with.

Uncertainty is an unavoidable part of life. Dealing with the unknown can be difficult because it's strongly connected to our need for control and predictability. Keep reading to discover my top six tips for how to deal with uncertainty.

Dealing with uncertainty is hard. Use self-compassion and acceptance, stay in the present and practice self-care, learn from the past and plan for the future. Find strategies that work for you and practice them as often as possible so you can feel better prepared to deal with unexpected situations and events.