Optimism, positive thinking, positive actions | BBC Sheffield

Frederika talks to Toby Foster about optimism, and more importantly the positive actions we can take to improve our mental and physical health, and our lives. She also explores how we can deal with negative news and events around us and still be positive and optimistic. Listen to find out why a ‘healthy dose of anger’ is a useful tool for change.

Some books I've read

Eat, Pray, Love

by Elizabeth Gilbert

This book was recommended to me by a friend, given my interest in all things 'happiness'. I hadn't seen the film - and I must say, it's odd: at no point in the book could I picture Elizabeth as Julia Roberts! It too me a very long tim...

Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal

by Nick Bilton

Wow! What an enthralling read! I was expecting to love this book because I am a bit of a social media geek, but this is truly a book that anyone who loves books about power struggles, corporate intrigue, friendships and betrayal will ab...

Man's Search for Meaning

by Viktor E. Frankl

This is a must-read book! It's not very long and you can read it again and again very quickly to give yourself regular reminders of what's important in life. Viktor Frankl managed to apply his scientific mind to study the psychology...

No Way Back

by Andrew Gross

Having read previous Andrew Gross / James Patterson collaborations, I was expecting this book to be a page-turner, but I actually found it to be far better than I expected! Starting with the excellent and very clever bit of marketing: I ...