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The Daily Bell

 

Does your mind ever feel like this? If it does, you might like the free Daily Bell

 Since 2012, thousands of people have been getting the Daily Bell’s tips for aware living.

To them, the free Daily Bell email brings tips to help them live more harmoniously with themselves and others and to deal more effectively with life’s challenges.

  • The tips are drawn from mindfulness, psychology, philosophy and other sources. I am Padraig O’Morain and I write the Daily Bell. I am the author of books applying the lessons of psychology and mindfulness to daily life. I am also a counsellor. I was an award-winning journalist with The Irish Times.

  • The heart of The Daily Bell is just a couple of paragraphs long. For many readers over the years it has become a valuable tool for self-care through helping them take a healthy attitude to their thoughts and feelings.

  • The Daily Bell goes out by email every morning at 5.30am Ireland/UK time to more than 11,000 readers. I’ve noticed that many people forward the Bell to family and friends so I don’t know what the actual readership numbers are.

 

Some Daily Bells:

Resolve that for twenty minutes you will ask yourself of worries that arise, ‘Does it really matter?’ Sometimes it really will. But I predict that you’ll be surprised at how often it doesn’t.

What have you worried about in the past half hour? Does it really matter?

Acceptance opens up possibilities by freeing up the energy we lose to grumbling in our head about this and that. After accepting we can direct our energy towards something useful or just having fun.

What could you accept in your life or just in your day to free up your emotional energy?

If you set conditions you must meet before being compassionate to yourself, you might just deny it to yourself forever. So drop the conditions and give yourself the gift of self-compassion - of being a good friend to yourself, no matter what - starting now, as who you are right now.

Reflect on whether you’ve been setting conditions on your own self-acceptance and happiness and whether these conditions are worth it.

“ … I have been a Daily Bell subscriber for many years and … it has really enhanced my life in many small ways which add up to big impact in my day to day happiness and contentment overall … “

Reader comment February 2026

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