Psychologies

I PUT ON MY PARTY DRESS TO SPREAD POSITIVITY

“No matter how positive you are as a person, there will be times when you succumb to pessimism. came January year, as I endured another Groundhog Day of freezing walks through muddy parks with my two sons, Ralph and Max, then aged four and 18 months. Pandemic fatigue had set in and we were all miserable.

The mental load of lockdown, homeschooling, running my own business and a cancelled Christmas reunion with my family meant the miserable January weather was a challenge too far. Instead of my usual can-do

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