Planet Mindful

Planet Mindful magazine brings you eight issues a year of wonderful, friendly advice on how to slow things down, strengthen your relationships and treasure your mental health and wellbeing. Each issue is divided into three sections: Mind & Body, Relationships and Living. We hope you’ll enjoy what we’ve crafted as we bring you the ideas and trends that are longer-lasting and more powerful as tools in keeping you happy.

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THE HAPPY PLACE • POSITIVE NEWS STORIES, MINDFULNESS TECHNIQUES AND OTHER SMALL WAYS TO BOOST YOUR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELLBEING

MY YOUNGER SELF

nurture yourself • DISCOVER THE MANY WAYS YOU CAN PRIORITISE YOUR SELF-CARE WITH ADVICE FROM EXPERTS IN THE WORLD OF WELLBEING

12 ways to reduce anxiety • STUDIES SHOW MORE OF US THAN EVER ARE EXPERIENCING ANXIETY AND PANIC – OUR EXPERTS SHARE THEIR TIPS FOR STAYING CALM

THE Perfect GIFT FOR Christmas…

Nordic wellbeing • WHEN IT COMES TO HAPPINESS, NOBODY DOES IT BETTER THAN THE DANES, SWEDES AND NORWEGIANS. JOIN IN WITHOUT HAVING TO TRAVEL, SAYS JENNY STALLARD

NORDIC SELF-CARE: 5 THINGS TO TRY THIS WINTER

Winter serenity • AS LONGER NIGHTS AND COLDER DAYS TAKE HOLD, PAUSE TO SAVOUR THE PLEASURES OF WINTER CALM, SAYS WRITER JUDY DARLEY

FINDING CALM IN THE CHAOS • THE RUN-UP TO THE FESTIVE SEASON DOESN’T HAVE TO BE STRESSFUL. ALI MCDOWALL AND FINN PREVETT, BETTER KNOWN AS THE POSITIVE PLANNERS, GIVE THEIR TIPS ON HOW TO ARRIVE AT CHRISTMAS EVE FEELING THAT LITTLE BIT MORE ZEN…

HOW TO DO A BRAINTANGLE

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Embracing dark skies • JANICE HOPPER EXPLORES HOW WE CAN AVOID SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER BY EMBRACING THE WONDERS OF THE NIGHT SKY

DECODE YOUR FATIGUE • TIRED ALL THE TIME? AUTHOR ALEX HOWARD HELPS US GET TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM…

Ancient wisdom for modern times • PHILOSOPHIES PENNED OVER 2,000 YEARS AGO MAY NOT SEEM RELEVANT TODAY, BUT AS JACQUELINE STEELE DISCOVERS, WE CAN LEARN A LOT FROM WRITINGS OF THE PAST

protect the planet • HOW TO HAVE AN ECO-FRIENDLY CHRISTMAS, SHOP LOCAL, DITCH PLASTIC AND UP YOUR RECYCLING GAME…

PLANNING AN ECO-FRIENDLY CELEBRATION • THE FESTIVE SEASON CAN TAKE ITS TOLL ON THE PLANET, BUT AS RACHEL ENGLAND EXPLAINS, ADOPTING A MORE SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO PARTY PLANNING DOESN’T HAVE TO COME AT THE EXPENSE OF A GOOD TIME

ECO PARTY ESSENTIALS

The Refill Revolution • THE TIDE IS TURNING ON THROW-AWAY BEAUTY PACKAGING AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE EMBRACE A NEW, SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO LOOKING AND FEELING GOOD. WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF REFILLABLE BEAUTY, SAYS SARAH DAWSON

5 REFILL ESSENTIALS

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LOCAL HEROES • BUYING FROM LOCAL INDEPENDENT SHOPS ISN’T JUST BENEFICIAL FOR THE COMMUNITY ON YOUR DOORSTEP, IT’S ALSO BETTER FOR THE PLANET, SAYS JENNY OLDAKER

SEASONAL EATING • AS WE EMBRACE THE WINTER SEASON, OUR COLUMNIST EMILIE WOODGER-SMITH EXPLAINS HOW SHE’S UPPING HER GAME

10 things to know about recycling • ALTHOUGH THE SYSTEM IS COMPLICATED, WITH A FEW SIMPLE STEPS WE COULD ALL BE RECYCLING MORE SAYS RAE RITCHIE

embrace the moment • FROM MEDITATION TO MAKING CAKES, THIS SECTION IS FILLED WITH PRACTICAL IDEAS AND MINDFULNESS TECHNIQUES TO HELP YOU RELAX AND UNWIND

NATURE’S HIDDEN CHARMS • IN HER NEW BOOK, LIZ DEAN EXPLORES HOW WE CAN CONNECT MORE DEEPLY WITH NATURE AND FIND HIDDEN MEANINGS IN THE TOKENS WE FIND

CHARMS AND THEIR MEANINGS

My mindful home • ILLUSTRATOR AND AUTHOR BECKI CLARK LETS US PEEK INSIDE HER COLOURFUL AND CREATIVE HOME, FILLED WITH HANDMADE CRAFTS AND VINTAGE FINDS

A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO MEDITATION • HOLISTIC LIFE COACH CAROLINE MEASURES EXPLAINS HOW MEDITATION CAN BE MADE...