Stroke your hands down the sides of your arms from your shoulders to your elbows, down and up, again and again. I drained the entire colour out of that image of the hospital room, made it black and white and shrank it down to the size of a postage stamp.

This is a natural cycle of rest and alertness that occurs roughly every 90 minutes — tapping into it can give you a restorative break.Take at least three slow and gentle breaths into your heart, focusing on the feeling of your hand in the center of your chest. And even before that, statistics showed nearly 8 in 10 people regularly experience stress’s physical effects. Drain the colour out of the image, so it is black and white, and shrink it down until it’s as small as a postage stamp. Mindvalley aims to teach people how to live happy and fulfilling lives by helping them recognize what matters most.

If I have a creative problem, I will often do self-hypnosis to help me unlock whatever is blocking the free flow of my thoughts. But if anxiety becomes your dominant state, you’ll be on permanent guard – you will subconsciously prepare for emergencies that don’t necessarily happen, your brain and body chemistry keeping you tense and preoccupied by thoughts of what might go wrong. Most people want more quality time with loved ones, to better invest in their mental health and general wellbeing and to be open to new opportunities. Commonly, people lose awareness of time, they stop focusing on things going on in the external world and they start focusing on things in their internal world. For each statement, come up with its positive opposite, such as ‘I’m great at giving presentations’ or ‘I’m really good at that’.The Mindvalley Everyday Bliss Quest by Paul McKenna is delivered quickly, so feel free to pause the video anytime you need more time for notes or self-reflection. You’ll experience Paul McKenna’s signature techniques like self-hypnosis and EFT for reprogramming your mind and body’s response to stress and anxiety. Today is the first of a new year – a time for making resolutions and thinking about what your hopes and priorities for 2023 might be. Sleep Better: finally, enjoy deep, restful, uninterrupted sleep – free of the untreated stress that causes sleep problems in countless people. So, if you are constantly telling yourself ‘I’m an anxious person’ or ‘The world is going to end’ or ‘Life is terrible’, repeat it in a Mickey Mouse voice inside your mind.