Wellbeing Life Hacks
Wellbeing Life Hacks are simple evidence-based ways to build wellbeing and are accessible to everyone! Built around a wellbeing model of PERMAH, each Wellbeing Life Hack will build a different component of wellbeing: Positive Emotions, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, Accomplishment, and Health.
Designed with a variety of learning styles in mind, they are designed to introduce a skill in 2 minutes. They can be learned anywhere – at home, with family, on a commute, in common workspaces, in a meeting, through everyday conversation, just about anywhere!
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Life Hack #42: Train the Strength Response
Our natural tendency is to focus on the negatives in most situations. And while this has an evolutionary advantage in order to escape threats, this bias often isn’t helpful and can hurt us.
Life Hack #41: Meet People in Their Space
How often do you go into a conversation with expectations of how it will go? Do you ever interact with someone already knowing what you want the other person to do or what you think they should do?
Life Hack #40: Post Your Strengths
Do you know your strengths? With a brain designed to pick out negatives more readily than the positives, there could be great benefit to literally posting our strengths in front of us.
Life Hack #39: Challenge Over Threat
There’s important research that shows this internal dialogue really matters – not only in how we respond to stress in the moment, but also how it affects us over time.
Life Hack #38: Make Decisions Based on Values
Sometimes we think we “have to” or “should” be doing something, that the pressures of work, family, society dictate our choices. We end up not feeling truly happy or fulfilled.
Life Hack #37: Not Right Now
Have you ever found yourself just not interested in taking on a new challenge? Have you ever lacked motivation to engage in something you know is good for you?
Life Hack #36: Finding Flow
Flow is associated with improved mood, creativity, motivation and other mental health benefits. Finding flow is sometimes challenging in a busy and hectic world.
Life Hack #35: The Name Game
How did your parents choose your name? Where does your last name come from or what does it mean? How about your middle name?
Life Hack #34: Values Check
Have you ever found yourself assessing your priorities after or even during a crisis? One of the reasons that post traumatic growth is so powerful is that experiences can lead us to examine our values.
Life Hack #33: Move
Did you know that more people sit more often than they move? Does this sound like you? Experts recommend at least 20 minutes of moderate activity per day.
Life Hack #32: 3 Good Things
When you reflect back on your day, what comes to mind more often, the struggles or the wins? How easy is it for you to notice the good things that happen to you?
Life Hack #31: Stretch
How many times have you been sitting for hours and when you finally get up, you feel stiff?
Life Hack #30: Clarify Your Values
Have you ever thought about what you value? Values can help us find our why…and then guard us like guardrails as we navigate the journey of life!
Life Hack #29: Get Comfortable Saying No
While saying no is sometimes easier said than done, but it can be helpful for our mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing.
Life Hack #28: The 10/5 Rule
If you’ve ever worked in hospitality, you may know the 10/5 Rule. When someone is within 10 feet of you, smile and make eye contact and then 5 feet, verbally greet them warmly.