Chatting with a friend this week I had the priviledge of reminding him of a wonderful technique which he had told me about a couple of years ago. A brilliantly effective way of lifting ones mood and improving ones outlook. This technique I use personally and regularly when coaching clients with Infin8life. It is the technique of being grateful! Otherwise known as too blessed to be stressed 
Sometimes things are tough (hopefully only sometimes). We get stressed, we get tired, we get upset, we get grumpy. Sometimes we can do something about the cause of the difficulty but often it seems outside of our control and when it is outside of our control then all we can really do is change how we feel.
Being grateful really helps! It is physiologically impossible to feel stressed and happy at the same time, so when we are stressed if we can force ourselves to feel happy then the stress feelings have to go away! Being grateful focuses our attention on things that are good in our lives, things that we feel happy about. So even if you start through gritted teeth do start to say / write / sing / shout / paint / draw / dance about all the good things that you are grateful for in your life and do you know what? You will start to feel happier!
Some people keep a happy book where they write down 5 things each day that they are grateful for. They can look at this book whenever they want to feel even more cheerier, some people use the technique when they feel they need it.
So what are you grateful for today? Here are 5 things from me:
I am grateful that I have a lovely, loving family
I am grateful that I have had a relaxing morning
I am grateful that I have a class to teach hula hooping to tonight (cos its loads of fun)
I am grateful that it is dry and bright today
I am grateful that I found some very cheap but proper ink for my printer saving me money!
