“We came up with SHINE because we both found that taking charge of our mornings helped us to take charge of our lives and turn things around when we were struggling,” Toby explains. “Transforming our mornings helped us to feel happier and experience a greater sense of wellbeing, as well as achieve more of the things we wanted to do.”

The key premise behind the SHINE method is simplicity. There are multiple ways to practice each aspect of the SHINE method – for example, happiness could involve doing anything that helps to boost your mood – allowing readers to put together a morning routine that suits them and their circumstances.

“The idea when writing the book was to create a menu of things that people could choose from, so it wasn’t one size fits all,” Kate says. “In fact, in one of the chapters of the book, we help people to think about particular challenges that they might have in their lives and what particular combination of practices would work for them.”

Morning routines: this 5-step method could help you to build a routine that sticks