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07/01/2026

Every time we eat calorie rich food we get a hit of dopamine, a chemical that says, “This is excellent; please do it again.” Dopamine is not, strictly speaking, a happiness chemical so much as a motivational one. It doesn’t make us feel satisfied; it makes us feel curious about having more.

This can make for a confusing situation. A stressful day might lead us before we know it to scan the fridge or reach for the snacks. We may not be hungry but our wiring knows that a fatty or sugary bite will temporarily alleviate that feeling.

Another complication is that the brain is not especially good at distinguishing between different kinds of internal discomfort. Mild dehydration, boredom, fatigue, and hunger all produce similar low-level sensations, which the brain often resolves by suggesting food, because food has worked before.

So if we want to eat well asking ourselves what the different cues might be helps to match them appropriately. Am I thirsty / tired/ bored ? Do I need to get out and move? Before you know it you have moved on to something else.

With kindness,
Angharad

05/01/2026

As Christmas recedes in the rear view mirror many of us may be rethinking our recent eating habits. Celebrating mid winter festivals with warmth, light and feasting stems from times when these now taken for granted essentials were anything but normal.

From an evolutionary point of view dinner was something we chased across the countryside, not down the cereal aisle. As a result, much of our neural hardware is still convinced that famine is just around the corner and that any opportunity to eat should be seized with enthusiasm and possibly gravy.

Overeating is all about ancient wiring meeting modern abundance. The endless availability of food is viewed as a brief and miraculous window of plenty that could slam shut at any moment. Better to eat now than risk being sensible and hungry later.

From an evolutionary standpoint, this was once an excellent strategy. When we want to eat healthily it really helps us to ask ourselves where these hunger cues might be coming from.

With kindness
Angharad

02/01/2026

Welcome to 2026. If you have been making new plans and resolutions do remember a good resolution should make your days a little better rather than a lot harder. It should fit into real life, with its forgotten alarms, bad weather, and general chaos. If a resolution makes you feel faintly pleased with yourself on an average Tuesday, it’s probably a success. And if it quietly fades away by February, well, that’s all right too.

There will always be another New Year, standing by, optimistic and slightly delusional, ready to try again.

With kindness,
Angharad
#2026

31/12/2025

A New Year’s Eve arrives and many people think resolutions. They are appealing because they suggest that the mess of the previous year can be solved with a single, well-phrased sentence. “I will exercise more.” “I will be more organized.” “I will eat healthily” These statements glow with possibility, largely because they require no immediate action, until tomorrow.

The good thing about resolutions is that they are genuinely hopeful. They allow us to imagine a future version of ourselves who behaves more in line with our best hopes. For a few shining days, we believe this person is not only possible but imminent. All that stands between us and greatness, it seems, is January.

And January is typical cold and dark. So let's reduce the pressure resolutions put on us on and instead be curious about our goals and ponder on the first steps. That way we can navigate our way more hopefully through the winter days and come into the daylight more positively.

With kindness,
Angharad

29/12/2025

Perhaps the real value of the week between Christmas and New Year is that it gives us permission to drift. It is a rare pause between what was and what is supposed to come next. In that pause, we can be unproductive, overfed, mildly reflective creatures who don’t yet have to try very hard.

And so we emerge into the New Year slightly heavier, slightly more tired, and armed with a list of intentions that may or may not survive the month. That’s all right. The strange, timeless week has done its job. It has reminded us that time is flexible, expectations are optional, and there will always be next year—waiting patiently, clipboard in hand, ready to see how we do.

With kindness,
Angharad

26/12/2025

Well being in winter is improved when we slow down, sleep and are gentle with ourselves. Not every season is meant for blooming. Some are meant for resting, reflecting, eating. This time between Christmas and New Year is a perfect time for it. Unless of course you are working providing vital services and are an unsung hero.

Variety is good, movement is good, nature is good - it always helps to get the right gear on and get out for a stomp in the weather, blow some cobwebs away before retreating back to some cosiness.

With kindness,
Angharad

24/12/2025

Christmas is nearly here. Here is my annual picture of our totally imperfect tree. I enjoy the season, but not everybody does. Often people feel that everything has to perfect. The food, gifts, decorations fit for a TV commercial. The pressure to provide all of this can feel quite overwhelming.

If you are struggling this festive season, it can help to remember that nothing is ever perfect. Happiness is found in the smallest and often most surprising of things. I wonder what will make us pause and smile this week?

With kindness,
Angharad

22/12/2025

The longest night has just passed! Do you love it or hate it?

It can be hard with only brief daylight hours shrink and the damp and windy weather to muster the energy to be as active as in the other seasons. But do we have to? Winter can be a time to find a blanket, a good book, film, TV series, board game and snuggle up.

Winter doesn't last indefinitely and sometimes taking the pressure off and listening to the urge to hunker down can be a thing of joy.

With kindness,
Angharad

19/12/2025

Positive relationships are a cornerstone of positive psychology. Humans do better when we work together. Even small daily interactions, like chatting with the cashier or smiling at slow moving pedestrians and holding doors open, can strengthen our sense of connection.

Connection ro others helps us to feel good, add to this a sense of purpose and we thrive. Meaning, whether it comes from raising children, rescuing cats, perfecting sourdough, sport, DIY, work gives a framework that feels meaningful. One purpose is not superior to another, in a world too vast for most of us to comprehend a sense of purpose keeps us focused on the now with some joy.

With kindness,
Angharad

17/12/2025

A flow state is positive psychology's description of that marvellous experience where we are so absorbed in an activity that hours pass unnoticed. We might access it while painting, walking in nature, running, gardening, or, occasionally, assembling flat-pack furniture —though in that case, the sensation may also include mild swearing.

Flow is linked to happiness because it aligns skills with challenges just difficult enough to keep us engrossed but not enough to worry us. Often we access and develop strengths which are often hidden by the everyday noise of life.

With kindness,
Angharad

15/12/2025

Positive psychology began as a simple question: instead of spending all our time analysing and understanding what goes wrong with people, what if we studied what goes right?

It was a bit like discovering that your house has a sunny side after years spent exclusively complaining about the drafty windows. Once scientists began poking around this sunnier side, they found—much to their delight—that humans possess an impressive array of strengths that seldom make the headlines.

When we are struggling we will focus on the problem, but to help us thorough creating a habit to take a moment to also appreciate the good things—warm socks included—can nudge the brain into a more optimistic gear. It is, in fact, scientifically approved grandmotherly wisdom.

With kindness,
Angharad

12/12/2025

Anyone experiencing grief knows that you cannot avoid sorrow or always be able to march bravely through it. It is an unpredictable process of allowing yourself to be changed, tenderised perhaps, in a way that storms change a coastline.

We emerge with a deeper sense of mortality and yet with a real wonder of being alive. We develop a deeper understanding that love has a lasting gravity and although none of us ever choose to visit this strange and painful country in our travels we enhance a quiet wisdom that helps make just a little bit more sense of the rest of our lives and our place in the world.

WIth kindness,
Angharad

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