HELLO's former Editor-in-Chief Rosie Nixon spent 15 years at the helm of the magazine, before realising her happiness was beginning to wane. Taking on a brand new challenge helped her reset – here's what she learnt along the way
March 08, 2023 - 15:49 GMT Rosie Nixon I like to spend the long month of January staying as warm as possible, hibernating – if it works for the animal kingdom, it's good enough for me – and it is also a time to solidify my ideas, start to formulate priorities and think about what I might like to achieve in the year ahead.
I was motivated to do this by a quote I read last year in Gretchen Rubin’s brilliant book, The Happiness Project. Gretchen says:"My research had revealed that challenge and novelty are key elements to happiness. The brain is stimulated by surprise, and successfully dealing with an unexpected situation gives a powerful sense of satisfaction.
I missed challenging myself on a deeper level and venturing into unknown territory. So, 2023 felt like the right time to explore some new things to boost my happiness – to learn again.Reading about Gretchen's research into the importance of challenge to happiness helped convince me that I should stretch myself to tackle a large, difficult goal. I signed up to study for an Associate Coaching Diploma through Optimus Coach Academy, and in February I began the course.
After the initial excitement of signing up to the course – a fairly intensive four months of studying and coaching practice sessions – I felt quite daunted ahead of the first session. I hadn't felt out of my comfort zone like this for a long time. I wasn't sure if it would have the desired effect – can you be happy and nervous at the same time?But after those first three hours of training over Zoom, I felt exhilarated and ready to tell the next person I met about what I had learnt.
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