We don’t need to pretend everything is perfect, but learning to recognise the things in life that are going well, can really help us to boost our wellbeing.

Focusing on the things we are grateful for, no matter how small, helps to strengthen the positive connections in our brain and helps to boost our mood. We can be grateful and appreciative of little things, even when our world feels upside down.

Life has a tendency to chug along, throwing whatever it feels like at us, whether we signed up for it or not. Often, we are carried along with the waves, which can leave us feeling out of control. Sometimes we get so used to our routines that we forget to ask ourselves the deeper questions.

Use this prompt to have a little check in with yourself and to recognise the whys behind the day to day decisions you make.

Check in with yourself: What are you up to, and why?

Self care looks totally different for everyone, there is no ‘one size fits all’ recipe. Use this prompt to think about the things you do that nourish you, soothe you and the things you feel lost without. Why not write a recipe for your own perfect self care routine, thinking about the different areas of your life and how each activity impacts on your mood.

Remember, your own self care is as unique and remarkable as you are.

A miracle question can help us to figure out what we want or need. It can be a really useful way to get in touch with ourselves and remind ourselves of what is important to us. It’s a technique that can also be used for problem solving.

If you woke up tomorrow and everything was perfect, how would you know? What is the first thing you would notice? If money was no object, what would you do?

What do you really want?