Confidence Challenge with Brita Boost and Poppi UK for Dry January

January seems so long ago but there are still two things the lovely people at Brita sent me to do for me to tell you about. As part of my Dry January challenge they recognised that a lot of people drink to build their confidence. I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t had a sneaky glass of wine before a date or a cocktail before meeting someone for the first time who I wanted to impress. In fact, this was the main area I found most difficult throughout January.

I really struggle with my confidence, more than you will know. If you have met me a few times you will never know this. I come across as the chatty, life and soul of the party. Inside I am the fat, ugly kid who was bullied at school and regularly feels low because I’m battling with my inner thoughts of worthlessness. There are days when I feel so unhappy I just don’t know what to do with myself, I cry and then get frustrated because I’ve let myself feel this way. So when Brita offered to help I snapped their hand off and booked a happiness course with Poppi UK, also known as, Rene Barrett.

Rene believes anyone can be happy, but you have to work at it. It isn’t someone else or something else on its own. Happiness comes from within and there are little things you can do every day to help yourself be happier. I figured happiness from within would help me to feel more confident and I spent 4 sessions with a group of lovely women who wanted to learn about this too.

I loved Rene’s attitude to the course. She told us straight off that it wouldn’t always be easy. We would need to work at being happy every day and get into the habit. We looked into powerful positivity, calming negative emotions and little things we could do that have been scientifically proven to have long term benefits to wellbeing.
It was the science behind happiness that most fascinated me. I’m not one for believing ‘mumbo jumbo’ a lot of the time although I am starting to believe and learn that, sometimes you have to try new things to dismiss them in the first place! More about that another day…

I thought I’d share one of the little things you can do to help yourself be happy. Keep a notebook at the side of your bed and each night, before you go to sleep, write down three things that made you happy that day. Either that or you can sign up to Happy Rambles where you can do the same thing online. It has really helped me to evaluate my day before going to sleep which, in turn, means I wake up happier about my day ahead. Give it a go and see what you think.

I really enjoyed Rene’s course! I learnt so many little things I can do to help myself and met some of the most amazing women. We really bonded and are even booking in a coffee to discuss our progress and share more tips.

If you are interested in Rene’s course you can go to her website here to book. The course I did cost £69 or £115 for 2. This is for all 4 sessions and all the learning materials you will need. An absolute bargain! If you decide a class isn’t for you I suggest you, at the very least, follow Rene on Twitter. She is full of useful tips and regularly posts links to her favourite articles so you can get a taste of what to expect in her class. Huge thanks to Rene and the ladies but also to Brita for helping me to help myself be happy.

What have you done today that made you happy?