Take time out and start your day with the One Minute Smilence and feel good.
What you need to do your One Minute Smilence
* A quiet place where you can sit and get into a relaxed sate
Life is what you make it, and in the backdrop of challenges you many be going through, keep hope alive, make time to focus on the positive and keep taking time aside to smile and share a smile with someone else. You will feel better for it.
This christmas why not spend time thinking happy thoughts or recalling happy experiences in your life whilst smiling for a minute. You can do this even if you are celebrating on your own, or if you are sharing with family and friends. You can also do this if like me you are missing loved once no longer with us this christmas – recall the treasured moments you shared.
How to do your One Minute Smilence this Christmas
* Find somewhere confortable to sit down, and if you are doing this with a number of family and friends you could sit round the dinner table or even relax on the floor ( all age groups can do this)
*Get everyone to slowly breathe in and out 7 times
*Set your timer for a minute
* If you are doing this on your own, spend a minute recalling happy moments and thinking happy thoughts whilst smiling for a minute.
*If you are doingthis with a few people get everyone to go round sharing thier happy moments or happy thoughts for a minute each whilst the rest of the group is smiling also.
5.After the minute has gone – just shout excitedly “ WooHoo BoomBoom”
Remember to take time out on a regular basis to do your One Minute Smilence. You can also take a Smilefie and post on twitter using #oneminutesmilence
Take time out and start your day with the One Minute Smilence and feel good.
What you need to do your One Minute Smilence
* A quiet place where you can sit
* A note pad or plain paper, pen and coloured pencils
* Images of people or experiences that make you smile eg holiday snaps
How to do your One Minute Smilence
1.Find a quiet place to sit and take time to slowly breathe in and out 7 times
2.Get your note pad or a plain sheet of paper and write down or draw images of people, and experiences that make you smile.
3.Set your timer for a minute
4.Now just spend a minute focussing on the things that make you smile and keep smiling for the whole minute.
5.After the minute has gone – just shout excitedly “ WooHoo BoomBoom”
Remember to take time out on a regular basis to do your One Minute Smilence
You can also take a Smilefie and post on twitter using #oneminutesmilence
The One Minute Smilence was created by me Genny Jones AKA Confident Queen. I started doing this everyday as a way of me fuelling my day with positivity and good vibes. I also do this when I feel stressed or overwhelmed as it helps me to refocus and calm. I encourage you to take at least a minute each day to Stop, think happy thoughts whilst smiling for a minute.
How to do your One Minute Smilence
You can do this anywhere that you can move around.
You will need your phone or clock to time yourself
You may need some images on your phone to recall happy moments
Remember to take time out on a regular basis to do your One Minute Smilence
You can also take a Smilefie and post on twitter using #oneminutesmilence
For more tips on smiling every day – check out my book Crown of Smiles £4.99 for the hard copy or £0.99 for the kindle version – email me genny@confidentqueen.co.uk
The One Minute Smilence was created by Genny Jones AKA Confident Queen to encourage us to take at least a minute each day to Stop, think happy thoughts whilst smiling for a minute.
What you need to do your One Minute Smilence at home/work/etc * A quiet place where you can sit
* A note pad or plain paper, pen and coloured pencils
* Images of people or experiences that make you smile eg holiday snaps
How to do your One Minute Smilence
1.Find a quiet place to sit and take time to slowly breathe in and out 7 times
2.Get your note pad or a plain sheet of paper and write down or draw images of people, and experiences that make you smile.
3.Set your timer for a minute
4.Now just spend a minute focussing on the things that make you smile and keep smiling for the whole minute.
5.After the minute has gone – just shout excitedly “ WooHoo BoomBoom”
Remember to take time out on a regular basis to do your One Minute Smilence
You can also take a Smilefie and post on twitter using #oneminutesmilence
United Nations International Day of Happiness. #InternationalDayOfHappiness is every March 20 and was founded in 2012 by UN resolution 66/281. http://www.un.org/en/events/happinessday/
What is the One Minute Smilence?
The One Minute Smilence was created by Genny Jones AKA Confident Queen to encourage us to take at least a minute each day to Stop, think happy thoughts whilst smiling for a minute.
What you need to do your One Minute Smilence at home/work/etc * A quiet place where you can sit
* A note pad or plain paper, pen and coloured pencils
* Images of people or experiences that make you smile eg holiday snaps
How to do your One Minute Smilence
1.Find a quiet place to sit and take time to slowly breathe in and out 7 times
2.Get your note pad or a plain sheet of paper and write down or draw images of people, and experiences that make you smile.
3.Set your timer for a minute
4.Now just spend a minute focussing on the things that make you smile and keep smiling for the whole minute.
5.After the minute has gone – just shout excitedly “ WooHoo BoomBoom”
Remember to take time out on a regular basis to do your One Minute Smilence
You can also take a Smilefie and post on twitter using #oneminutesmilence
So you have had a lovely long break from work and now you are dreading going back to work?
Well here are some of my suggestions of what you get in the right frame of mine to get back to work and taken with you some of the Christmas happy vibes!
Start of by writing down all the wonderful things you did and experienced during the time you have had off.
Go to bed thinking how grateful you are to at least have a job and a salary at the end of each month.
2. Wake up in a good mood determined to extend the Christmas spirit of happiness and good vibes to your colleagues,
3. Before you get to the office, you could buy a box of chocolates or biscuits to share with your colleagues
4. When you get to the office smile and wish everyone a happy new year
5. If at any time during the day you start getting that “ I am fed up and hate my job ” feeling, stop, go out for a walk or short break and do the One Minute Smilence – this means thinking or recalling happy experiences you have had whilst smiling for a minute
I hope you have a wonderful day at work and hope that if you really hate your job, you will try and find ways to be happier at work or look for a job that would make you happier! Remember – The grass is always greener on the other side!
We all have times in our lives when we feel like giving up and say a lot of negative things to ourselves which if we are not careful can lead us to sadness and depression.
It during these moments that we have to try and change our thought pattern and switch to being positive. Being positive takes a lot of practise so that in time it becomes part of our lifestyle choice.
How I overcame negative thoughts
I remember years ago I was totally consumed by the negative things my ex was saying about me such as {You are no good, You are a bad mother, no one will want to be with you after I finish with you.} I used to cry so much and on the occasion when my children played up I used to really feel like a bad mother. I was in a sorry state, but was somehow determined to do something about it. I got out my personal development books and started to read about the power of positive thoughts. I then wrote out positive affirmations – like {You are a wonderful mother, You are doing a good Job, You are Loved and Special.} I would read them aloud looking in the mirror and slowly, I started to believe and see myself as that wonderful confident mother. Even on the occasions when I would have negative thoughts, seeing my affirmations on the wall and reading them out loud also helped. I also use to have an elastic band round my wrist, so when I felt negative I would pull it and would remind me to distract from being negative to being positive.
A useful tool to keep yourself from slipping into negativity as I mentioned earlier is to use external reminders. You can, for example, use written notes posted at places you can’t avoid seeing several times each day – your workspace, fridge and mirrors – or put a bracelet on your wrist. I find seeing these quotes around me helped to lift my mood back to positivity. You could also have a small box of positive affirmations which you could carry around you every day, and then take time out to read and focus on them.
Happiness Project – World Smile Day Friday 2nd October.
World Smile Day is Friday 2nd October, so do join in and Be a World Smile Day Ambassador for your area by displaying this badge
Do an act of kindness to help one person smile. Join the Happiness Project kent on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/HappinessProjectKent and Twitter @happinesskent Collect your free smiles from Confident Queen in Gravesend Library on 2nd October from 10am to 1pm!
Gravesend’s Fun Palace 2015 Saturday October 3rd
We’ll be at Gravesend Library on offering free health checks and advice, a giant mural for you to help colour in, a How to be Happier workshop with Genny Jones AKA Confident Queen who is in the Independent on Sunday Happy List as one of the 100 Happy People in Uk who go out to make others feel happy. Their is also a chance to learn how to knit and crochet with Gravesend’s famous expert knitters!
Gravesend’s Fun Palace 2015On Sunday 4th October we move across to St Andrew’s Arts Centre on the river front for a day of activities entitled “Escape to Happiness Island”. There’ll be some guided meditation from Gravesend’s local meditation group, a whole range of arts and crafts projects from Happiness Project Kent, and local students helping you turn your recycling into art! We’ll also have local historian Tony Larkin on hand with some artefacts from Gravesend’s past and plenty of tales to tell about the town’s history. We’ll end the day with a bit of a song and dance – no experience necessary, all are welcome : )
Timings for various activities and further details coming soon, so watch this space..
Confident Queen Genny 