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#Tip28 – Mood Hoovers

July 22, 2021

Mood hoovers are those small things (and sometimes bigger ones) that give you little doses of sadness, regret or guilt. With guest Dave Rogers, we look at how to remove those mood hoovers from your life to make you feel better

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one thing, prioritise, productivity, focus, the 52 project, caroline laycock, dulcie swanston, iain price

#Tip27 – The One Thing

July 10, 2021

We all know that feeling of becoming overwhelmed because our ‘to do’ list has too much on it and we don’t know where to start. We want to share a tip with you that you can do instead of the worrying, which will actually enable you to use your brain fuel to get the ‘to do’ list down.

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#Tip26 – Ripple Effect

July 4, 2021

We are social creature that have actually evolved to benefit from doing acts of kindness for each other - for others in our tribe or species. When we give, we can actually receive almost more than we give away in the process.

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#Tip25 – Game On!

June 23, 2021

Computer games can get a bad press. We were inspired to find out the real science behind the headlines after a couple of things happened in our real lives. In a nutshell it turns out that playing games (as always we use the caveat “in moderation”) can have loads of different health and wellbeing benefits.

Read more#Tip25 – Game On!
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#Tip24 – Sleeping In Sync

June 23, 2021

Sleep is an incredibly important part of our brains' activities. I mean why would ours spend so much time doing it if not?
We invited professional sleeper, commercial pilot, HIV positive activist and a super The52Project experimental partner James Bushe (aka @bushepilot) to talk about his experiences so that we might all get more in sync with our own body clocks and rhythms.

Read more#Tip24 – Sleeping In Sync
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#Tip23 – Time to Reframe it

June 12, 2021

As Stephen Covey said: "the problem is not the problem; the problem is how we see the problem." In other words, perspective alters our perception and our perception/s alters our reality - in fact our perception becomes our reality, whether it is actually real or not...

Read more#Tip23 – Time to Reframe it
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#Tip22 – Flip it!

June 9, 2021

The idea this week is to use a 21st century tool most of us carry with us most of the time - a smart phone - to take pictures upside down, from down low, sideways, through objects and off reflective surfaces such as puddles. The science here is to challenge and see what else we can see by changing our perspectives.

Read more#Tip22 – Flip it!

#Tip21 – Hugs Matter

June 4, 2021

Now that we're allowed to (carefully) in the UK, we're looking at hugging, scruffy dogs and why physical connection is good for us

Read more#Tip21 – Hugs Matter
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#Tip20 – Roll with it!

May 22, 2021

This week's top tip has so much science involved we can barely contain ourselves - and it's all about how rolling a tennis ball under your feet can reduce stress and more...

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#Tip19 – Blink or you’ll miss it!

May 16, 2021

This week's top tip is that blinking, taking a moment to take a mental 'snap shot', can really help us remember the positive moments in our lives, so that we not only remember them but reflect and see more of these kind of events in the future.

Read more#Tip19 – Blink or you’ll miss it!
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#Tip18 – Sing it Out!

May 8, 2021

Whilst your family might not thank you for belting out your favourite tunes in the shower, or whilst hoovering or whilst dancing at a party after a little too much fizz, you go on ahead - you are doing great things for your immune system and adding to your oxytocin reserves.

Read more#Tip18 – Sing it Out!
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#Tip17 – Colour Matters!

May 5, 2021

The colours we wear, the colours we choose to paint our rooms with those we choose to accessorise our homes and ourselves with can affect our mood and our behaviours.

Read more#Tip17 – Colour Matters!
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#the52tips are a collection of new and existing ideas – some of which are widely publicised online. Some of the tips may not be good for you if you have an underlying health condition. If you are at all unsure, please check with your doctor before trying anything we suggest as we cannot be liable for anything that happens to you.


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