Learn to Be Happy
Appreciating ourselves and others can help us to learn to be Happy and increase our self-esteem.
I believe one of the reasons we experience low self-esteem is because we forget how totally awesome we are. In Teal Swan’s video How Do I Discover Self Worth?, she suggests setting an intention to look for things we appreciate about ourselves. Continue reading “Appreciating ourselves and others”
“I am happy because I’m grateful. I choose to be grateful. That gratitude allows me to be happy.”
– Will Arnett
Practising gratitude is a great way to achieve Happiness. As my friend and previous life coach Katrina Love once said to me, “You can’t be in fear and gratitude at the same time.” When we practise gratitude on a regular basis it helps us reprogramme our brain. The more we practise gratitude, the more we will find that our brain starts automatically noticing things we can be grateful for.
Practising gratitude also helps us get what we want. We start focusing on what we have got, instead of what we haven’t got. When we focus on what we’re grateful for, the universe gives us more of the same.
It can also be helpful to be grateful for anything we’re finding difficult in our life. For example, if we are unhappy at work, focusing on the good things about our job can help us to reframe things and see things in a more positive light. There is nearly always, if not always, something to be grateful for. If nothing else, we can be grateful for the learning experience.
Since the beginning of this year I have been practicing gratitude more consistently. I’ve been writing down what I’m grateful for and what I am proud of in my journal. I have really noticed an improvement in my levels of Happiness.