We can feel like we're a failure - or perhaps like letting down those close to us. After all, if we look around at everything we have, we might conclude that we should feel happy. Yet we often don't. And then we feel guilty about it, which makes things even worse.

So what can you do about it?

The good news is that there's a simple solution to help you feel happier right now. And it takes less than 5 minutes.

Are you ready to discover the 5 secrets of how to feel happier now?

Get Moving And Smile When you're feeling unhappy, it's not just in your head. It's a physical thing, too. One of the easiest ways to feel happier right now is to change your posture. Either standing or sitting, have a stretch and a yawn. Keep your back straight and your head up (all within your own comfortable range, of course). Now for the icing on the cake: give a big smile. When we smile, it releases endorphins, which are nature's way of giving us a happy boost. Our body doesn't care if the endorphins are triggered by the mind / emotions or the body, so smiling for about a minute will give you an instant happiness boost.
Drink A Large Glass Of Water Sometimes when we're feeling low, it's simply because we're dehydrated. Yet often our automatic response is to reach for a mug of tea or coffee. How about giving this one a go: drink a large glass of cool water. Don't swig it down or sip it for hours. Just drink it over the course of a couple of minutes. If you can manage a pint, that's great. Within 5 minutes, it will lift your mood.
Take A Deep Breath When we're feeling unhappy, we slouch, which prevents our diaphragm and lungs from working properly. Sit up straight and put your hand on your stomach, just below your rib cage. Imagine you are breathing in to your hand, at the bottom of your lungs. As you breathe in, your chest will expand, pushing your hand outwards. As you breathe out, your chest will get smaller and your hand comes back in. Most of us do this back to front! Do this for just 1 full minute and you'll notice the difference as you reoxygenate your body and release tension.
Get Into A Happy Memory Close your eyes for a moment and think back to a time when you felt really happy. Spend a few moments getting back into that experience. What can you see? What can you feel? What can you hear? What can you smell? What can you taste? Just allow those happy feelings to wash over you and stay with the experience for as long as you feel comfortable.
Decide: "What Do I Want Instead?" We seem to love telling ourselves a story about how awful or annoying things are. It's as though we're creating our own, private soap opera, cranking up the drama with each cycle, as the story goes round and round in our heads. The problem is that this leaves us feeling lousy. The solution is simple. Press pause on the mental story and ask yourself, "What do I want instead?" Right at this moment, the "how" isn't important. What matters is gently allowing yourself to shift to thinking about what you want instead, so you can move towards that.

These 5 ideas might sound simple, yet they are highly effective ways to feel happier, fast.

Bottom line?
Applying any of these 5 happiness techniques will help you feel happier right away.
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From Clare Josa, seminar leader, expert coach and Chief Happiness Experimenter at How To Feel Happier.