Top Tips to Feel Terrific in 2025

I want to share my top tips to feel terrific with you in the hope that it will either give you some ideas or inspire you to come up with your own. I love doing things that help me fast track my way to Happiness. My top tips to feel terrific are:

Ask “what can I do to bring 5% more joy into my life?”

Ask yourself “What can I do to bring 5% more joy into my life?” I have been inspired to do this by my previous coach and mentor Jason Goldberg. I’ll admit, I was sceptical, but I asked myself the question and I thought “5% isn’t much, how hard can it be?”

I started playing an upbeat song from my Music for Manifesting or DJ Samy playlist every morning. I’ve been doing this for the last few years. In the morning, I play them either in the shower or while I’m getting my lunch ready and feeding the cat. I sing and dance along. I don’t always do it but if I’m not in the mood, I just play one song and I usually end up playing a few. It almost always lifts my spirits and sets a positive tone for the day.

Want to know more? Read the blog post Music for Manifesting.

Have a cold shower

I first heard of the cold shower idea from Tony Robbins and more recently, Iceman, Wim Hof. I absolutely love the feeling of the cold water hitting my skin. It is so invigorating.

My tips for enjoying a cold shower are:

• Shower as usual.
• At the end of the shower, turn the shower on to the hottest setting you can bear for a few seconds.
• Then switch the water to cold. Keep making it colder, until it is as cold as you can bear. Do that for as long as you can. Start with a few seconds and work up to two minutes. I usually find the first thirty seconds are the hardest. Once the first thirty seconds are out of the way, the rest of the two minutes is a lot easier.
• Wim Hof says that once you’ve achieved this, you can move on to ice baths. Two minutes in a cold shower I can do. I am not ready for an ice bath though, and to be honest, I’m not sure I ever will be, but never say never! I would love to be able to swim in the sea in the winter, although I’m not quite there yet.
• If it is a particularly cold day, I make sure the heating is on nice and high and/or finish with another blast of hot water, although I rarely find that is necessary. If it’s really cold I have to admit that I tend to skip it.

Go outside

I love getting out by the sea or in nature. As soon as I am by the sea, I can feel a sense of serenity come over me. If I can exercise by the sea or in nature, so much the better. Sometimes just walking or sitting outside of my house or office and being in the fresh air for even five minutes is enough to lift my mood.

Spend time with friends and family

It is important to connect with people or even a pet. I have two friends who I love spending time with. Unfortunately, they both live in other cities, but we see each other as much as we can. We also talk regularly on WhatsApp or video call. When I have spent time with them, I come away feeling as though my soul has been nourished. I have other friends, more local that I love socialising with because they are fun, and we always laugh together.

Spend time alone

It’s a paradox that spending time alone is equally important and nourishing as spending time with friends and family. Everyday I aim to spend at least five minutes, with my phone switched off, doing absolutely nothing, except drink a coffee and cuddle the cats. I do this first thing in the morning. I also meditate most days and/or go for a walk in silence.

MSP goes away a lot, so I often have the house to myself. I turn off the phone, TV, computer etc. In these times I meditate, sit in the garden, cuddle the cats, do colouring or art, have a bath, and more. Learning to enjoy your own company is a key ingredient to happiness. I talk about this in my blog posts Silent Retreat and Overcoming Loneliness.

Create a Happiness Routine

Having a Happiness routine helps me to feel Happy on a more consistent basis. Over the years I have developed many tips, tricks, tools, and techniques that assist with this. I’ve been off antidepressants for over six years after relying on them for 26 years. There are still times when I feel depressed, but these times are much less frequent, and they pass a lot quicker.

My routine includes quiet time, gratitude, meditation, Buddhist chanting, music for manifesting, mindfulness, journaling, exercise, healthy eating, and more. I suggest starting with one thing at a time and doing that for at least 21 days before you add another Happiness habit. Be gentle with yourself. If you miss a day, start again tomorrow. This is designed to help you feel Happy, not another stick for you to beat yourself up with.

These are my favourite tips to feel terrific—what are yours? Who, or what, nourishes your soul? Let me know in the comments or head over to the Happiness Club Facebook group.

If you want to feel Happy on a more consistent basis, then you’ll love the book, Happiness Club: Learn to Be Happy and Get What You Want and the Happiness Club Membership programme.

This blog post was originally published on Happiness-Club.co.uk.