Planet Mindful magazine brings you eight issues a year of wonderful, friendly advice on how to slow things down, strengthen your relationships and treasure your mental health and wellbeing. Each issue is divided into three sections: Mind & Body, Relationships and Living. We hope you’ll enjoy what we’ve crafted as we bring you the ideas and trends that are longer-lasting and more powerful as tools in keeping you happy.

Welcome • As we near the end of an unprecedented year, I hope our new-look issue offers you hope and inspiration for a wonderful Christmas – albeit, perhaps a slightly different celebration to the one that we’re used to. At times like this, we realise the important things are people, not possessions.

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THE HAPPY PLACE • DISCOVER THIS MONTH'S POSITIVE NEWS STORIES, LEARN HOW TO MAKE SMALL CHANGES FOR THE GOOD OF THE PLANET AND TRY FACIAL MASSAGE…

A NEW KIND OF CHRISTMAS

nurture yourself • TAKING TIME OUT FOR SELF CARE IS ESSENTIAL, NOT SELFISH. LEARN HOW TO LOOK AFTER YOUR WELLBEING AND REDUCE ANXIETY, STRESS AND WORRIES

12 ways to have a slow Christmas • EXHAUSTED AT THE THOUGHT OF ENDLESS SHOPPING, COOKING AND RUSHING AROUND OVER THE FESTIVE SEASON? THIS IS THE PERFECT YEAR TO CHANGE THE PACE AND ENJOY A MORE MINDFUL CELEBRATION

On a starry night • STEP INTO OUR COVER ILLUSTRATION AND LET YOUR IMAGINATION TAKE YOU TO A PLACE OF CALM AND STILLNESS.

'Tis the season to treat yourself • Subscribe today and get a FREE Gift Set from THE BODY SHOP, worth £47!

Learning to love winter • DO YOU DREAD THE SHORT, DARK DAYS OF WINTER? LEAH LARWOOD OFFERS HER ADVICE FOR COPING WITH THE SEASONAL BLUES

Coping with loss at Christmas time • GRIEF EXPERT LIANNA CHAMP SHARES HER ADVICE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LOST A LOVED ONE

LOOK FOR THE HELPERS • ANGELA YOUNGMAN EXPLORES HOW WE CAN HELP LOCAL AND NATIONAL CAUSES THIS CHRISTMAS BY OFFERING OUR TIME AS A VOLUNTEER

Finding calm in a busy world • STEPHANIE LAM, AUTHOR OF NEW BOOK UNFRAZZLE, EXPLAINS HOW WE CAN REDUCE OUR STRESS LEVELS BY LETTING GO OF PERFECTIONISM AND SLOWING DOWN OUR PACE OF LIFE

How to live well in uncertain times • LOUISE CHUNN LOOKS AT HOW WE CAN LEARN TO COPE WITH CHANGE AND LET GO OF CONTROL TO FEEL BETTER

THE KINDNESS CHALLENGE • THIS CHRISTMAS, YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO YOURS AND OTHERS’ MENTAL HEALTH JUST BY BEING KIND. BERNADETTE RUSSELL SHOWS US HOW

protect the planet • DISCOVER NEW WAYS TO REDUCE YOUR IMPACT ON THE EARTH AND IDEAS FOR A LOW WASTE CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION

OH, CHRISTMAS TREE • THIS 16TH-CENTURY TRADITION IS STILL ONE OF OUR FAVOURITE WAYS TO WELCOME IN THE FESTIVE SEASON. BUT IS IT ETHICAL IN 2020? TIFFANY FRANCIS-BAKER LOOKS AT THE OPTIONS

Gift wrap green • GO ECO WITH YOUR WRAPPING THIS YEAR WITH THESE UNIQUE IDEAS FROM CAMILLE WILKINSON

CLEANING UP • DON’T LET LITTER GET YOU DOWN – BECKY SKUSE HAS SOME SMART IDEAS FOR HOW TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE RISE IN RUBBISH CAUSED BY COVID-19

SPREADING THE ECO MESSAGE • IF YOU’RE FEELING ALONE IN YOUR FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE, FIND OUT HOW TO INFLUENCE OTHERS AND KEEP A POSITIVE MINDSET

A gift to remember • THIS CHRISTMAS, GET CREATIVE AND GIVE THE GIFT OF LEARNING AND ADVENTURE INSTEAD OF MATERIAL THINGS, SAYS SARAH DAWSON

12 ways you can reduce your carbon footprint this Christmas • WANT TO ENJOY A MORE PLANETFRIENDLY CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR? AUTHOR HARRIET DYER SHOWS US HOW

Make your own Christmas decorations • TAKE SOME TIME OUT DURING THE MONTH AHEAD TO CREATE SOME HAND-CRAFTED, ECO-FRIENDLY CARDS AND DECORATIONS

embrace the moment • FROM COOKING AND CRAFTING TO YOGA AND TRAVEL, THIS SECTION IS FILLED WITH PRACTICAL IDEAS FOR ENHANCING YOUR...