How to prevent decision fatigue
Do you ever feel like you’ve got too many decisions to make every day? Here are some tips on how you might be able to lessen decision fatigue and be your best self for loved ones.
Save the best for now
Join me for a little list-along! This is a video for entry #41 from my book, List Yourself Happy: "Save The Best For Now". Don’t wait to enjoy all the beautiful things you already have in your possession. Use them now!
5 secrets for stressless goal setting
Goal-setting has become a part of my creative process and happiness practice. I’ve tried many different methods over the years, and I’m sharing my top tips to help you set and smash your goals too.
Introducing The Bright Life with Jess on YouTube!
Welcome to my new happy little corner of the internet! Subscribe to The Bright Life with Jess for useful lifestyle tips and tricks, party planning ideas, organisation and list making, mindset hacks, and lighthearted entertainment.
My life stock-take ritual
I swear by this exercise, because once you know where you've been and how far you've come, the goals you set for the coming year / quarter will feel so much more possible. I encourage you to celebrate these wins, and give yourself a hug for the challenges.
Radio appearance: Resonance FM
I chat about growing up in Connecticut, discovering my voice, wanting to be Madonna, and the birth and evolution of my most successful outputs, Indeedy Musical Bingo and List Yourself Happy. Hear about the successes and failures that lead me to where I am today.
Fall in love with yourself
What things can you do today for your favourite person = you It's so easy to forget that we can choose how to live our lives. This is a gentle nudge for you to put yourself in the driver's seat and treat yourself with absolute love today.
6 Practical Tips to Find Balance Right Now
Consider the concept of 'balance' as a state of mind, a perspective. Here are my top tips for achieving balance, or to help you reframe your perception and realise you're actually balancing wonderfully.
Planning (for happiness)
Sometimes it can feel like you’re just running your life and not really enjoying it. Did you know that you can plan for happiness? In a 2014 study for the journal Emotion, researchers coined this approach as “prioritizing positivity”.
The relaxation response
The 'relaxation response' is the opposite of the body's fight-or-flight response, and tells our brain and nervous system that we are safe. Here are some ways you can engage the relaxation response to feel instant inner peace.
Listen: Jess on BBC Radio with Jo Good
The interview is quick, and while I did want to weigh in on Jo’s question ‘which home from a film or TV set would you like to live in?’ but I didn’t get the chance. My answer would have been Blanche’s house from The Golden Girls.
List Yourself Happy in Stylist Magazine
“List Yourself Happy is the ultimate guide to turning your to-do list from painful to productive.” - Stylist Magazine. My book and six helpful list samples have been featured in Stylist, it’s a great sneak peek into List Yourself Happy!
Listen: Jess on TalkRadio Europe
I was pleased to be a guest on Selina McKenzie’s Lifestyles show on TalkRadio Europe to share about my book, List Yourself Happy.
Jess Indeedy on Fempreneurs in Action
I had the pleasure of joining Joyce Osei and Luisa Martínez Lopez of Fempreneurs In Action. We talked about my book, List Yourself Happy, and how as entrepreneurs we can use lists to stay healthy, empowered, and organised.
I met my book in person!
I am utterly delighted to tell you that I finally got to meet List Yourself Happy in person this week! It’s quite something to actually physically hold a book you’ve created after working on it digitally for a whole year.
6 tips to thrive during difficult times
Life sure throws us some interesting challenges! This article will help you focus on your own patch, on things that are actually within your control, to be able to maintain your own mental health and happiness levels no matter the storm.