This week we’re chatting with success coach Geeta Sidhu-Robb.

Hi, Geeta! If you could recommend One Good Thing everyone can do to improve their mental health, what would it be?

Accept that uncomfortable emotions will happen. Understand that we regularly get uncomfortable feelings that arise from events, interactions, work or just something as simple as when your favourite dress doesn’t seem to fit you today. These feelings cause acute discomfort, so we tend to try to avoid them in any way we can.

Why is embracing uncomfortable feelings your One Good Thing?

Because change is inevitable, and suffering is optional. What I mean by that is that I know I want to keep getting better at things and be happier, but I can’t do that without changing. So, I have found a way to embrace change, because I understand there’s always ultimately something better at the end of it.

How does your One Good Thing work in practice?

It’s based on the principle that growth does not come through pain. Growth comes through reflection, and reflection usually (unfortunately) comes through pain. So, if we just start on reflection sooner in the process, it makes it all easier and less painful.

One Good Thing: why you need to get comfortable with feeling uncomfortable