Planet Mindful magazine brings you eight issues a year of wonderful, friendly advice on how to slow things down, strengthen your relationships and treasure your mental health and wellbeing. Each issue is divided into three sections: Mind & Body, Relationships and Living. We hope you’ll enjoy what we’ve crafted as we bring you the ideas and trends that are longer-lasting and more powerful as tools in keeping you happy.
Welcome… • Life is busy and demanding, and I admit that self-care is usually the first thing to be knocked off my radar when the going gets tough. So this issue, we’re reminding ourselves of its importance.
THIS MONTH I AM…
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THE HAPPY PLACE • POSITIVE NEWS STORIES, MINDFULNESS TECHNIQUES AND OTHER SMALL WAYS TO BOOST YOUR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELLBEING
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The Self-Development BOOK CLUB • IN THE MOOD FOR A FRESH PERSPECTIVE? THE SELF-DEVELOPMENT BOOK CLUB IS CHARLOTTE WILLIS’ WELLBEING CATALOGUE OF BRILLIANT BOOKS TO BRING ABOUT MINDSET SHIFTS AND INSPIRED OUTLOOKS.
nurture yourself • DISCOVER THE MANY WAYS YOU CAN PRIORITISE YOUR SELF-CARE WITH ADVICE FROM EXPERTS IN THE WORLD OF WELLBEING
12 joyful things to do in spring • AS THE DAYS LENGTHEN AND GET WARMER, JENNY OLDAKER SUGGESTS THE BEST WAYS TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR TIME THIS SPRING
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The Beginner’s Guide to Mindfulness • START YOUR JOURNEY TOWARDS A MORE MINDFUL LIFE WITH SIMON ALEXANDER ONG TO GUIDE YOU THROUGH YOUR FIRST STEPS AND BREATHS
BOUNDARIES IN THE WORKPLACE • MICHELLE ELMAN REVEALS HOW TO TAKE BACK CONTROL AT WORK AND RESET BOUNDARIES WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES
Welcome more laughter into your life • LIFE HAS BEEN ALL TOO SERIOUS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT DEBORAH GRAY REVEALS THAT LAUGHTER IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF LIVING
12 MORE WAYS TO FIND LAUGHTER
FINDING YOUR VOICE • SPEAKING UP WHEN STRUGGLING WITH A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE IS DIFFICULT, BUT IMPORTANT, AS CHRISTINE SWIFT FROM BATH MIND EXPLAINS
Uncovering OCD • GEMMA BLUEITT REVEALS THE FACTS ABOUT OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER AND HOW BEST TO GO ABOUT TREATING IT
HOW TO TAME YOUR INNER VOICE • IN THE SECOND PART OF HER FEATURE ON HOW TO WORK WITH AN INNER VOICE THAT FEEDS YOU NEGATIVE THOUGHTS, CATHY FERGUSON SETS A QUIZ TO REVEAL HOW SELF-LIMITING YOU ARE
Sorry – the hardest word? • CAROLINE KELLY DISCOVERS THAT SAYING SORRY MAY NOT BE EASY, BUT DOING SO CAN REAP CONSIDERABLE RELATIONSHIP REWARDS
DEALING WITH MONEY WORRIES • IF MONEY CONCERNS ARE DOMINATING YOUR THINKING, THEN FINANCIAL COACH KIM UZZELL CAN HELP YOU SORT THINGS OUT
protect the planet • GET INVOLVED WITH THE FIGHT TO SAVE OUR WORLD BY CHANGING YOUR ENERGY AND BEAUTY USE AND HELPING CARE FOR RAINFORESTS
Become more energy efficient • WITH ENERGY PRICES RISING FAST AND CLIMATE CHANGE NOT GETTING ANY BETTER, IT’S TIME TO CUT DOWN GAS USAGE – NOT JUST FOR OUR POCKETS, BUT FOR THE PLANET. OCTOPUS ENERGY JOINS US TO SHARE ITS TOP TIPS
HOW TO HELP SAVE TROPICAL FORESTS • DEFORESTATION HAS BEEN A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR YEARS NOW, BUT ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS RAINFOREST CONCERN NEED YOUR HELP
REVIVE & REPAIR • WANT TO START THE NEW YEAR AFRESH, BUT YOU DON’T WANT TO WASTEFULLY THROW THINGS AWAY? EMILIE WOODGER-SMITH SHOW US HOW IT’S DONE
embrace the moment • FROM PAINTING TO COOKING AND FOREST BATHING TO YOGA, THESE PRACTICAL IDEAS AND MINDFULNESS TECHNIQUES WILL HELP YOU RELAX AND UNWIND
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FOREST SCHOOL FOR GROWN-UPS • THE WOODLAND IS YOUR CLASSROOM AND RICHARD IRVINE IS YOUR EXPERT GUIDE TO MINDFUL ACTIVITIES TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR LOCAL...