This is a really interesting question as the answer makes a huge difference to your wellbeing. How often have you heard people say “think positive” or even caught yourself saying it to yourself to a friend when they aren’t feeling at their most optimistic? This is not something that has...

Accepting how you feel is a positive way to diffuse potential negativity. By accepting low mood you recognise that it has the power to darken your day, but now you are in control.

How do you control the self-critic to avoid undoing the benefits of exercising?

It’s perfectly acceptable to have feelings that are heightened when change is happening, you are a human being and you are responding to your environment and change.