This week, we chatted with Donna Easton, the founder and head of Joyology, for her One Good Thing.

Hi, Donna! If you could recommend one thing we can all do to improve our mental health, what would it be?

As a joyologist, I layer so many little joyous things into my day, but the one thing that I do daily that has an instant effect has to be ‘dialling up my fizzy’! I imagine I have a SodaStream button on my tummy and press the button to allow a huge burst of fizz and a kaleidoscope of colour into my system.

Why is this your One Good Thing?

I’ve not always been this happy. I have alopecia, so battled crippling self-doubt, and I have suffered with disordered eating and childhood trauma.

For 25 years, I worked in the corporate world. I commuted daily and was often so disheartened at the way we trudge to work, not daring to look up for the terror of catching someone’s eye. I would live for those beautiful moments when a train driver made a joke or some musicians would hop on the Northern line and whip everyone up a jump jive frenzy. I would see people snap back into themselves, smile, notice other people, look up from their phones for a spell.

I decided to head into that commute with my fizzy dialled up, a spring in my step and joy in my heart, and guess what? I started to see not only the shift in myself but in how others respond to me too.

One Good Thing: learn to ‘dial up your fizz’ to bring more joy to your life