A great friend sent me this and I thought how brilliantly simple life is when you are 5 years old! But he has it in a nutshell because, basically, happiness is what we are all striving for.

We are just very good at making life too complicated. You will be relieved to read that I am not going into some deep psychological discussion about what happiness is, or how to be happy!! However, the way we feel about ourselves has a huge influence on how happy we are. Nobody is perfect and everyone has some kind of hang up. But the more we concentrate on all the things we should be grateful for and stop the negative thoughts, the happier we will be.

And that is why I am so passionate about what I do. I really love helping people to make positive changes that enhance the way they look, and I know from all the lovely letters and e mails I get that this has a very positive impact on how people feel.

And that makes me very happy!

We only worry about the way we look when we don’t feel good in something. Never, ever go out of your door wearing something like that because you won’t have fun and enjoy yourself! Give yourself time to think your outfit through and try it all on to check it works for you. If you are going somewhere nice you want to feel good, then you will enjoy what you are wearing and just have a great time.