Latest news with #positivity
UAE Moments
20 hours ago
- Health
- UAE Moments
Your Health Horoscope for June 28, 2025
Each zodiac sign is linked to a part of our body and can reveal valuable information about how celestial forces influence our well-being. Discover your daily health horoscope based on your zodiac sign. Aries Health Horoscope Take it easy today and try not to push yourself too hard. It is important you focus on your health, Aries. Ensuring you are getting enough nutrients and vitamins, engaging in meditation to help you relax, and focusing on positive emotions are important. Try not to let negativity affect you. When you think positive, positive things will come to you. Taurus Health Horoscope This is an important time for your health and at this time, positive thinking and finding joy in the little things should be your priority, Taurus. When you focus on your feelings and direct them toward positivity, your health will improve in multiple ways. Give it a try. Don't let negative thinking consume you. The more you practice positive thinking, the more you will reach your health goals. Gemini Health Horoscope This lunar energy can bring enthusiasm and excitement so keeping a balance within is important at this time, Gemini. Are you getting enough exercise? There is new energy in the air and this is a wonderful time for trying new things! Meditation is highly recommended and can help you stay balanced and also help with your sleeping pattern. Cancer Health Horoscope Under this lunar energy, the urge to get things moving is strong for you, Cancer. Are you including enough minerals and vitamins in your diet? This is a great day for exploring new health foods. Checking out healthy recipes online and including them in your diet is a good idea. Be creative. There are lots of options available to you. Leo Health Horoscope Great energy fills the area and there may be a few intense moments for you, Leo. Keeping your inner balance is important at this time. Meditation and nature bathing are wonderful ways for you to relax. When you focus on how you feel, your health takes a turn for the better. Make this a priority for yourself and find happiness in the smallest things. Virgo Health Horoscope Are you playing close attention to how you feel? When you feel good within, your health improves, Virgo. What are the things you enjoy doing? What makes you feel good? Positive thinking leads to positive outcomes. Taking time among nature is highly beneficial for you and brings you a sense of balance within. Being near bodies of water also helps to soothe and relax you. Libra Health Horoscope Are you giving your health the attention it deserves, Libra? Including new techniques to help you toward your health goals enables you to implement creative energy into them. This brings new verve and excitement. Make a list of things you can do during the day to boost positive thinking during your day. Scorpio Health Horoscope Today brings the chance to go over your health goals and think about if you want to make changes, Scorpio. This is a wonderful time for trying new things as it is a time of renewal and joy for you. Meditation is highly recommended and will help you to balance from within and bring greater clarity to you. Sagittarius Health Horoscope This lunar energy brings new realization and understanding to your health goals, Sag. Focusing on the positives is important for you at this time. Think about what makes you feel good. When you put focus on your feelings and direct them to a place of positive energy, your health improves and clarity begins. Capricorn Health Horoscope Are you giving your physical body the attention it needs, Capricorn. You may be so busy with daily chores but the message is to slow down and give yourself time to catch up with yourself. This is a powerful time of deeper understanding and awareness. Relaxation techniques are extremely helpful at this time and meditation is highly recommended. Aquarius Health Horoscope This is a day to reassess your health goals and acknowledge where you feel you may be experiencing doubt, Aquarius. Today is a new day. A new day brings new opportunities and the chance to start again. Including buckwheat, sweet potato and nuts in your diet helps you to stay nourished. Miso, sauerkraut and kimchi are highly beneficial. Pisces Health Horoscope Today's lunar energy brings powerful realization in regard to your health goals, Pisces. You are going through a transition and now is the time to give yourself the opportunity to relax and reflect. Take time to engage in meditation as this helps you to balance from within and brings greater clarity to you, especially regarding any questions you have at this time.
New York Times
a day ago
- Lifestyle
- New York Times
Happiness Doesn't Have to Be a Heavy Lift
I've been feeling a little overwhelmed lately, both by the news and by a bit of life stuff. I wish I could retreat to a mountaintop, but my more realistic plan is to seek out the smallest possible things I can do each day to give myself a lift. Every morning, for instance, I open my Merlin Bird ID app to see if any new birds have shown up in my backyard. (This morning I learned about a Northern Flicker, a bird I did not know existed.) Micro-moments of positivity like this really can improve your well-being, said Barbara Fredrickson, director of the Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Laboratory at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Even though these moments are fleeting, she said, they can 'act as nutrients for psychological health and growth, helping you become a better version of yourself, little by little.' Her research, and that of others, suggests that recognizing, cultivating and savoring these bits of happiness builds well-being, resilience and resourcefulness. I asked experts how to incorporate more low-lift, bare-minimum pleasures into your life. 'A pet peeve is something small that disproportionately annoys you,' said Bree Groff, author of the upcoming book 'Today Was Fun.' In contrast, she said, 'a 'reverse pet peeve' is something small that brings you disproportionate joy.' Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
The Sun
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Noel Edmonds' show is poor man's Clarkson's Farm… but he's right about how much modern Britain has changed
THE most extraordinary television scene of the week featured Noel Edmonds stumbling over his affirmations, in the shower, on the other side of the world. 'I am healthy. I am happy. I am loving. I am loved.' 6 6 6 'I am . . . ' Mr Blobby's straight man? The drummer from Brown Sauce? Cheap Cheap Cheap's former host? No. 'I am . . . Jesus.' Apparently. A claim delivered with a laugh, but one that wasn't entirely out of character with the self-confident mood on Noel Edmonds ' Kiwi Adventure, an entertaining ITV series that's drawn some very flattering comparisons with Clarkson's Farm on account of the fact Nolly is attempting to transform 800 acres of exquisite New Zealand countryside into a 'positivity haven'. And if you're wondering what the hell that might be, try to imagine Primrose Valley Holiday Park if the static caravans were replaced by a vineyard, wellness spa, spectacular scenery and bloody great statue of a knight, erected in honour of Noel slaying the bankers. Monstrous self-regard notwithstanding, Diddly Squat is still clearly the vibe Noel's trying to recreate on this show, even if he sounded more like a serial killer when he attempted to go full Clarkson and said: 'The nail gun is a sex toy. Ann Summers should sell them. It is just the horniest bit of kit.' The most obvious contrast, though, is that while Clarkson's Farm is very much an ensemble piece, filled with authentic characters who clearly adore Jeremy, no matter how much he annoys them, ITV's Kiwi Adventure begins and ends with Noel, who is as oddly mesmerising as he is mesmerisingly odd. David Brent and Alan Partridge are two valid comparisons made by almost everyone, but there's also a hint of Ted and Ralph from The Fast Show underpinning interactions with the staff and even his 'earth angel' wife, Liz, who seems to do most of the real graft. Natural Kiwi reticence may explain some of the awkward silences, but every single one of them has clearly understood there's no call for any sycophancy when you're confronted by an ego as vast as the boss's. There is also no need to tell him he looks great for 76 either, because he's probably already told you, 'I am rocking'. And if you're really unlucky, Noel will go on to claim it's down to the cosmos and the fact that: 'All we are is energy systems and that body energy system touches everything around us and how we move into the bigger matrix, the universal system.' Because this Kiwi Adventure is driven by the fact Noel has clearly read Barbel Mohr's Cosmic Ordering Service and swallowed every word of its pseudo-scientific horse s**t. To that end, he's in the process of creating an energy garden using 'structured water', which doesn't actually exist and has already installed a crystal bath that can no more heal your negative energy than playing Mr Blobby's single at 78rpm can cure your dachshund's tinnitus. Noel's perfectly free to spout this nonsense, of course. I would take his positivity guru status a bit more seriously, though, if he wasn't the sort of man who carries grudges like Mary Poppins carries her magic carpet bag and has an ongoing beef with a New Zealand magazine called Stuff that clearly consumes him. There's no denying, though, all the vendettas and cosmic woo-woo lend themselves to a hugely entertaining ITV stitch-up which almost forces you to pick a side. If that's the case and it's Edmonds versus ITV, I am 100 per cent Team Noel here because, whatever his faults, he remains a television genius who, unlike the fools currently mis-managing Britain's main commercial network, made brilliant mainstream television shows that were adored by millions and have more than earned him his place in this Earthly paradise. House Party And should anyone doubt Noel's ability to read the minds of the great British public, who grew up watching House Party in a happier, funnier, friendlier country than the preachy, uptight, litter-strewn mess we now inhabit, then they should listen to the answer he gives when asked if he misses the UK. 'All the things I miss about Britain are the reasons I left. 'Our country changed so much, so fast, so fundamentally, I found myself a quieter country.' Or, as a memorable Sun front page once nearly put it, will the last person to leave Britain please switch off the telly. Janae: 'A chip shop.' Roman Kemp: 'Based in Norwich, UEA is the University of where?' Mickey: 'America.' And Roman Kemp, who was actually looking for Nepal when he asked Catherine: 'The capital of which country is closest to Mount Everest?' But got: 'London.' SATURDAY, Blankety Blank, Bradley: ' Naga (Munchetty), you're still writing. What are you doing? A letter to someone?' That GMB application isn't going to fill itself in, Brad. RANDOM TV IRRITATIONS BBC climate propagandist Justin Rowlatt hopping around like a madman at the first whiff ofsummer. Nick Frost slumming it for the political cred on Transaction. The BBC vanishing all trace of men from its Summer of Sport promos. Olivia Attwood saying: 'Ten years ago, I'd have cut off my left fanny flap for that tan.' With the truly frightening thing being, there's still a long way to go before it reaches rock bottom. WOKE IN A GRAY AREA 6 WHEN Jerry Sadowitz flashed his penis on stage back in 2022, the woke establishment reacted with outrage and the stand-up was banned from the Edinburgh Festival venue. Yet when Jordan Gray flashed his penis on Channel 4 's Friday Night Live, just three months later, the woke establishment reacted with glee and the stand-up was rewarded with a six-part ITV2 sitcom about a chaotic supermarket night shift called Transaction. The clue to this obvious hypocrisy being the Trans half of that title refers to Jordan, who self-identifies as a comedian. And if you're so brainwashed by the gender theory crazies you believe this means I should've written 'her penis' in the second paragraph, then you may also be able to pretend Transaction is a work of comic genius. It'll take a flat-Earther's level of delusion, though, because the cult of woke has no interest in making an audience laugh. It's all about bending them to their deranged political will. Even without the PC handbrake jammed firmly on, however, the darkly unpleasant Transaction would still fail spectacularly on every level as it has no structure, soul, realism, decent characters, work ethic, wit or anything much beyond an endlessly recurring castration joke which leaves you with the distinct impression Jordan's genuinely repulsed by the sight of 'a penis I never asked for'. You'd hope, then, that Jordan now understands Friday Night Live viewers felt exactly the same way. I can offer no other verdict more optimistic here, though, than the possibility there may still be worse television shows to come in 2025. But only if ITV makes a second series of Transaction. BLANKETY Blank, Bradley Walsh: 'Tell us a bit about yourself.' Janae: 'I'm very spiritual. I'm actually a witch, a healer, I'm very good with herbology, numerology, astrology and I'm a Tarot reader.' On second thoughts, don't. CALLUM WILSON: 'Rodri will soon become the player he already is.' Jermain Defoe: 'You always know what Quenda's going to do. I thought he'd shoot here but he didn't.' And Joe Cole: 'He's hit the post but two inches either way and it's in.' (Compiled by Graham Wray) LOOKALIKE OF THE WEEK 6 THIS week's winner is King Charles at Ascot and old man Steptoe. Sent in by Callum Craig, Harrogate. GREAT TV lies and delusions of the summer. This Morning, Ben Shephard: 'Rosie Jones' Pushers is a masterpiece. It'll make you laugh a lot.' Love Island, Sophie: 'Harry's really nice you know.' And Jonathan Ross: 'My next guest is a hilarious stand-up comedian who's always brilliant at everything she does. 'It's Judi Love,' who just so happens to have the same agent as Jonathan. TV GOLD 6 NETFLIX'S Dept Q. Exasperated BBC News anchor Martine Croxall changing 'pregnant people' to 'pregnant women,' live on air. Phil Mitchell 's surprisingly tender reaction to Nigel Bates' Alzheimer's diagnosis, on EastEnders. And ITV4's broadcaster supreme Steve Ryder, bringing all the effortless style and wit that marked his career to a trackside invasion of a geese, at Oulton Park's British Touring Cars Championship, which briefly threatened to halt his final ever television appearance: 'A few crowd control issues. "This kind of problem, you can send off into the long grass. So they're on their way to Canada and we can have a gander at the next race.' What a crying shame neither ITV nor the BBC ever really treated Steve with the respect his great talent fully deserved.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Why the talk around 'Love Island USA' is turning explosive
The team behind 'Love Island USA' wants viewers to focus on positivity and kindness, rather than the harsh online criticism that often accompanies the show. 'We appreciate the fans, the passion for the series, and the amazing group of Islanders who are sharing their summer with us,' reads a statement posted Tuesday on the show's X account. 'Please just remember they're real people — so let's be kind and spread the love!' A similar note was included in the episode. The statement comes as the show's most recent season — which has more than 1 billion minutes viewed across its first nine episodes — has picked up steam and caused a stir among viewers and fans. Peacock posted a similar note last season. Specifically, there's been a lot of talk about the show's episode that aired Sunday on Peacock that saw fan favorites Jeremiah Brown and Hannah Fields exit the show. Fans weren't pleased. 'Love Island USA' — a reboot of the original 'Love Island,' based in Britain — follows the traditional format of putting hotties in a tropical villa, where they're filmed for days hooking up, starting relationships and trying to navigate their emotional baggage. 'Bombshells' — newer and even sexier single people — enter the show to stir the pot as contestants vie for $100,000 and, hopefully, a long-term romance. Here's what you need to know about the recent controversy and why it's caused such a disruption online. Beware of spoilers! This weekend, America's votes left Jeremiah, Jose 'Pepe' Garcia-Gonzalez and Austin Shepard as the least-popular boys, and Hannah, Amaya Espinal and Iris Kendall as the least-popular girls. It was up to the safe Islanders to pick which of them would be leaving the villa. It was quick from there — the girls chose Hannah, and the boys tapped Jeremiah. This was, by many standards, a wild decision. Hannah's departure left her partner, Pepe, single, and immediately forces Andreina Santos, who was chopping it up with Jeremiah, on the hook to find someone else to date. Fans on social media were shocked by the decision, given that Hannah and Jeremiah both seemed to be making connections with other castmates — which is ostensibly the point of a show called 'Love Island.' Some fans suspect Hannah was dropped because she had started to build a relationship with Pepe, and the other women on the show saw her as a threat to win but also as someone who was 'closed-off' quickly once making connections. As for the boys, well, Jeremiah wasn't exactly a favorite in the villa, even though he was one of the original contestants in the season. Fans pointed out that Ace Greene had gripes with Jeremiah for his decision to date Huda Mustafa, Iris and Andreina. Some fans saw Ace's vote against Jeremiah as a play to win the entire season, according to Deadline. And who can forget — possibly the most viral moment of the season happened between Nic Vansteenberghe and Huda when Huda revealed she had a child. (Mamacita?) Later Nic became interested in Andreina. On the most recent episodes — spoiler alert — the girls have entered Casa Amor, where they were met by a group of new men to couple up with, while a group of new Islanders entered the villa to test their relationships with the boys. As of Tuesday, both Nic and another fan favorite, Olandria Carthen, were on the outs. However, it's likely we'll see them again. Some fans think that the producers have rigged the show to favor Huda — a fitness trainer who, despite being criticized by the fan base, has managed to survive on the show, while Hannah and Jeremiah, two favorites, were voted off, and now Olandria and Nic, too. For all of Huda's faults, which include territorial behavior over Jeremiah during their relationship, she has made for entertaining television and is seen by some as a dark horse to win the season — and maybe in a redemption era of her own. Other fans just really want Jeremiah back — plus Olandria and Nic. We all know that someone has to go, but typically on the show, those with the best connections endure, and those without a partner are on the chopping block. Yes. In addition to the statement released Tuesday, the show's host, Ariana Madix, warned viewers to not be haters on the cast. 'Don't be contacting people's families, don't be doxing people, don't be going on Islanders' pages and saying rude things,' she Saturday said on 'Aftersun,' a special episode to discuss what's going on in the villa, after the recent episodes. 'You still have time to delete all that, because the Islanders don't have their phones, because this is an amazing fun and beautiful show, and we should be thanking each of these Islanders every day for giving us themselves, so be nice. Be nice, or I'll come find you,' she said. The warning from the show's producers about online hatred isn't unfounded. The British version of 'Love Island' has a tragic history. For years, experts have worried that the show has psychological effects on its contestants, as it regularly shows their drama to millions of viewers. Previous contestants have died by suicide, according to the Guardian, after facing online abuse they suffered from critics and viewers. British media regulators have received thousands of complaints about the series, including an episode where Islanders watched a clip of one contestant telling a woman on the show that he was interested in her — even though he was supposedly with someone else. 'Love Island' has looked to show that it's considering the mental health of contestants, in both Britain and the United States. In 2021, during the seventh season of the British franchise, contestants received 'a proactive aftercare package' and 'comprehensive psychological support' to support their mental health, according to the Guardian.
Washington Post
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
Why the talk around ‘Love Island USA' is turning explosive
The team behind 'Love Island USA' wants viewers to focus on positivity and kindness, rather than the harsh online criticism that often accompanies the show. 'We appreciate the fans, the passion for the series, and the amazing group of Islanders who are sharing their summer with us,' reads a statement posted Tuesday on the show's X account. 'Please just remember they're real people — so let's be kind and spread the love!' A similar note was included in the episode.
