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Getting ready to quit smoking
Are you ready? Change is one of the constants in your life and getting ready to quit smoking signifies the start of your journey. Over 20 years ago two alcoholism researchers, Carlo C. DiClemente and J. O. Prochaska, developed a model of change to help with addiction...
What is the easiest way to stop smoking?
It's easy to stop smoking, just stop! Yes, that sounds simple but it can be quite the opposite. It about finding out what is the easiest way to stop smoking for you. We are all unique and there is definitely a way for you to do this, your way. So, what is the easiest...
Busting the myths about quitting smoking
I’ve busted the myth “It’s too late” – Now I’m busting some other myths about quitting smoking that hold you stuck in the habit.
Facts to help you quit smoking after a heart attack
How long have you smoked? Being a smoker since the age of 14 it took my heart attack at 52 to make me decide once and for all to quit smoking. I had heard and read about some of the facts, the good reasons to quit, but it hadn’t made a difference until it happened to...
How to help yourself and help others as you recover after a heart attack and stents
The next couple of activities come from my feeling good handbook. They are about how to help yourself and help others as you recover after a heart attack and stents. They are about how our shared experiences can boost the feel good factor in ourselves and the people...
5 ways to feel good enough after a cardiac event
Continuing on from my last post How to feel good for 12 days at Christmas, I am reminded it's not just at Christmas time that you can feel overwhelmed. Maybe it's going on holiday; the planning, the packing, the arrangements, going away and then coming back home to...
How to feel good for 12 days at Christmas
How to feel good for 12 days at Christmas. Learn quick and simple ideas to be calm, happy, relaxed and yet energised and focussed through the festivities.
Colour me healthy and happy
Have you noticed that sometimes you get compliments and you’re not sure why? It can often be when you are wearing something you have had in the wardrobe for years. I hear myself saying ‘what this old thing’. Self-care was never high on my agenda I had been feeling...
Get a good nights sleep
Not only is lack of sleep and poor sleep quality frustrating and debilitating, but it also affects your mood and your well-being. It has been found that lack of sleep can increase the risk of heart attack along with many other health issues. In relation to heart...
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