WELLBEING
FINDING PEACE OF MIND IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD Written by Judy Piatkus
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any years ago I sat alone in a hotel room in a country very far from my home. I was feeling very sad, grieving for the end of an important relationship. I was still fairly young and had not previously suffered such a major loss. A naturally positive person, it was a new and disturbing experience for me. Later that evening, in a lively bar in the hotel where I was staying, I met up with a client author, a successful businesswoman and also a healer. It was hard to hide my sadness. But that day was to become one I would always remember for the question that this wise lady asked me and which has stood me in good stead all my life.
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‘Whenever you feel unhappy,’ she said, ‘ask yourself – what is the one simple thing I can do for myself in this moment to feel better?’. It was such simple advice and yet it has always been so valuable, and recently has kept me strong and calm throughout the uncertainty of this pandemic. During the months since Covid-19 arrived in the Western world and changed so much of our daily lives and habits, all of us have been tested with major challenges. People have lost much-loved family and friends; good businesses have been destroyed; loyal, capable employees have found themselves out of work; those on their own have endured huge loneliness and
