11 Tips To Increase Your Inner Power and Lift Your Mood

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No matter what’s going on in your life, it’s possible to lift your mood and feel happier very quickly, even when the circumstances of your life are depressing and hard. Lifting your mood, even if it's just a little, goes a long way to help you make the changes in your life that lead to long-term happiness. In this video I give you five practical things to do, starting today.

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[ecleland]

Watch the video, it's good!
1 - Get up one hour earlier
2 - Journal to release fears & resentments (Commenter speaking here: personally, Anna's daily practice is an essential emotional regulation tool and I highly recommend it)
3 - Meditate
4 - Exercise
5 - Do anything outside, especially exercise
6 - Do your movement in a group
7 - Eat protein with every meal
8 - Make a list
9 - Fight the urge to talk about anything negative
10 - Ask yourself what you're avoiding
11 - Practice anonymous acts of kindness

[_gypsysoul]

Great information! Also, most people are critically low in vitamin D3 and magnesium. I take 5000-10000iu of vitamin D3 and 500-600mg of magnesium citrate. This is life changing.

[cjsrescues]

I have several journals. A dream journal, a fear and regrets notebook and a journal that I list every morning 3+ things I'm thankful for.

[oldyeller]

It’s the TRUTH about vigorous exercise. I was never very athletic until I bought a road bike and began riding with a group. From there I went back to swimming and got connected to a group that did triathlons. I’ve done two triathlons now! I’ve never felt so great or had so much fun. I love not only the exercise but the camaraderie! Have you ever noticed that athletic types seem more together or happier? It’s because they ARE! No room for depression when your pushing your body as hard as possible to break your own record and SUCCEEDING👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[dianaantal]

One of the things I find helpful is to always have something planned that is enjoyable. It can be small like meeting a friend for a movie or going to a bookstore. Little touchstones of joy can be uplifting.

[Healingpath]

I wrote them down - thank you Nicole Ireland 🇮🇪 I’m really in a place of healing years but now I’m using practical tips - talk therapy for years didn’t work it was only re traumatising me. I’m grateful for your work - I’m in 12 steps :30 years - Blessings 💜🙏

[Wiggywags]

This is one of your best. Clear, concise help is what most CPSTD people want. It tracks with your practical approach - paraphrasing ' maybe a little less talk and a little more action" - this is suggesting what I should do. When you have CPTSD sometimes you want and need suggestions on what to DO, not solely what to THINK. Thanks Anna.

[pamlure]

One of my solutions (I have taught my children and many friends this) is to just say I’m grateful or thankful. When I see the trauma is winning, crippling, or paralyzing I start. Anything at all. I’m grateful for my home, thankful for my caring kids, grateful for the sun shining on my face. Its super simple, sounds stupid, but very, very helpful.

[VintageQuirky-qlhc]

Fairly recently I started trying to hold my tongue when I wanted to say something negative, ask myself if there was anything positive about the situation I could say instead. I am getting better at this and it has had the positive side effect of making my love for my husband stonger. Anna is right, trying to be less negative about what you say does improve your mood.

[diana]

Wow. You're saving my life!! I never would have found the tools or words to explain it to myself let alone anyone else. My own mother destroyed my younger brother by getting him diagnosed with schizophrenia and then convincing another psychiatrist to sign a paper to his employer for disability. She then convinced my brother to open a joint bank account and began taking his money as he slid into drug addiction because of losing his job. She hid this from others and me until she got caught by me. He'll never be the same. I am strong for the most part, but I cry a lot.

[PhoenixAurelius-]

8:40 This is, IMO, the single biggest reason people don't continue with meditation. I remember during a daily practice call I participated in a couple months ago, this woman was so angry and she kept saying she couldn't do it. Others, including myself, tried to gently explain that one doesn't have to be perfect or do it the "right way." All one has to do is sit with eyes closed for 20 minutes... That's it! Everyone can do that. But she kept getting angrier and angrier, feeling perhaps that she was the only one there struggling with meditation. It's such a mirror for me, because I've been there before (we all have). Taking the first step to healing requires we do things that are different, and even when they're essentially easy, it can seem like an impossible chasm to cross.

[lindalogan]

Thank U, thank U, thank U❣ I have found my tribe... finally!! I'm 70 years old and couldn't vocalize how I was/am feeling. I've watched three of your videos and have started to feel hopeful about understanding and correcting my response to certain situations and people. Thank you so very much!!!

[metagasm]

I can definitely attest to the benefits of movement. I started doing yoga at home about a month ago and the rewards were such that I consider it a part of my regimen, like, “take medicine, do yoga”. Instead of feeling like exercise was separate from my mental health routine, it became part of it!
I also have chronic pain and chronic fatigue, to the point that my body always felt stiff and tired and hurting. Doing yoga reduced my symptoms significantly!
More protein also helped a lot with pain and fatigue. Every morning, I mix protein powder into my latte and include protein-rich ingredients in what I eat as much as possible.

[claires]

Yes to working out! Lifting heavy weights and other proprioceptive activities (for me mowing and vacuuming, specifically) have helped me so much with my dysregulation.

Eating a very low carb diet has also helped tremendously.

[cynthiahoag]

Don't we all need this? A way to feel better regardless of how crappy things are this minute? A way to get re-regulated despite the swirling chaos? So relevant. The timing could not be better for me.

[LizzyBee]

I've often categorized myself as an optimistic nihilist. 😅Like many here, I've had struggles in my life. Just two weeks ago, we lost a member of our family, but even in grief, I'm trying to recognize the good in the everyday.

Unfortunately, the daily practice was not for me, but watching these videos provides a lot of insight. Thank you so much for this content.

[bernadettebohan]

Instead of writing which feels heavy to me like an assignment, I keep a small bag of soil and some little pots on the counter in the kitchen. I find that when I have my coffee and instead of anxiety, I get calm but planting, watering and spritzing my plants and enjoying my coffee. Then I power on my computer for work, look at my calendar then get in the shower and start getting ready and check email and just ease into my morning. I get work done and have meetings and go back to the plants outside, walk my dogs to stretch my legs but the plants are a meditation.

[yonitznkc]

Since I started meditation, and then yoga more recently, I have to agree with Anna about this. 🙏

[jacquelinemarie]

Thank you for this. I find myself getting so disregulated at work and in my marriage, and left like I have no safe place to turn to to cope with either one and the stressful feelings that come up. Life is just feeling very unstable for the past several months. I will try my hardest to follow these tips and report back at the end of January!😊

[surfrby]

This was another wonderful video, thank you, I do some of these things in my routine these days already, I get up early take a , cold shower ( that's hard)😬)10 minute meditation, then. three mile walk with dog 23:01 sometimes the order changes, I then sit down write a list of my intentions for the day, and circle two to prioritize, If I only get one thing done, I'm ok with that, I don't I watch, read minimal news, and limit myself on social media, I work out regularly and try to eat more protein vs carbs, I made a pact with myself that I wouldn't speak or write negative comments about anything or anyone, no reacting ( that's hard) so negative energy, I'm trying to get involved in volunteering at a hospice and animal rescue, also every day I write 3 gratitudes in the morning and 3 before bed, I don't get this right every day, it's a work in progress, and I dont beat myself up about it if I dont, anyway I've seen a difference in my mood and perspectives going to keep going with it, I hope this helps some people