You might have heard someone say to you that if you improve your wellbeing, you’ll be a lot happier.

But is this true? Moreover, is it really possibly to alter our mental wellbeing, especially if we feel so low?

According to the professor of public health at the University of Warwick, Sarah Stewart-Brown:

“Feeling happy is a part of mental wellbeing. But it’s far from the whole.”

“Feelings of contentment, enjoyment, confidence, and engagement with the world are all a part of mental wellbeing. Self-esteem and self-confidence are, too.”

Mental wellbeing, then, is not something we are – but something that we do. Continue reading →

It’s hard to feel confident in every challenging situation that you find yourself in. The way you feel about yourself can be determined by a number of different factors including certain negative experiences from your childhood, personality traits, and media representations of beauty and success.

People do a lot of questionable routines in order to improve their confidence, but often overlook their physical health as an important factor.

When you take the time to think about it, you will see that your mind and body are connected in a vast number of ways. When you’re emotionally hurt, you will often turn to junk food and harm your body as well. Continue reading →