Feng Shui Meets Spring Cleaning!
Lose 10 pounds easily with no diet! “Decluttering your outside world helps declutter your inner world.” Me I have instituted this Feng Shui practice at least once or twice a year for about 6 years. It is freeing. I feel as though I have lost 10 pounds, and what’s not to like about that? My home space is more organized, uncluttered,…
Emerging From Our Year Long Cocoon! Shaman style.
Shaman wisdom applied to today. Did you know that in indigenous cultures, the medicine man or woman, known as a shaman, always asks these four powerhouse questions when someone first comes to them. Imagine if our western doctors did this! What are the questions? When did you stop singing? When did you stop dancing or moving your body? When did you…
What You Are Doing Wrong if you Hate Journalling
Journaling as a brain dumping ground Years ago when I first started to journal it was daunting. I was recently reminded of that when a friend of mine told me that someone suggested that she journal. She went through a litany excuses about why she would not and could not do it. She really had a negative reaction to the thought of…
Reduce Risk Of Dementia Dramatically With This Happy Habit
Regular dancing can reduce the risk of dementia! Dancing may be one of the most powerful ways to boost your memory. In a 2003 New England Journal of Medicine in a study of people over 75 for 21 years showed that the benefits of dancing were almost double of reading and even doing crossword puzzles. If you don’t like dancing or…
Brain Food
Move your body. It’s good for your brain. Exercise, and not necessarily strenuous exercise is GOOD for your immune system and your brain. One study in Vermont showed that just 20 minutes of exercise can boost your mood for up to 12 hours. We tend to think that we have to commit to some elaborate exercise plan with classes and a…
Smile: Our Happy Habit Secret Weapon
Smile! It triggers happy chemicals in your body. If you are not using your smile, you are like a man with a million dollars in the bank and no checkbook. Les Giblin I absolutely love this quote. Imagine a world where we all smile more. And it turns out its really good for you! Smiling is FREE, and we can all do…
Happiness One Tiny Delight At a Time
When tiny things give us BIG joy! Gretchen Rubin on her podcast called Happier last week talked about tiny delights. She was talking about small objects that bring us joy. Don’t we all love little things that spark joy, as Marie Condo says? What do you have at home that brings you joy when you look at it? I have…
We Are Not Our Thoughts!
We are the observer of our thoughts. “It takes a little time to create a gap between the witness and the mind. Once the gap is there, you are in for a surprise, that you are not the mind, you are the witness, a watcher.” Osho They call it our monkey mind. It is all of the 60 thousand…
How To Avoid Catastrophizing!
If 2020 has taught us anything it may be that things happen that are beyond our ability to imagine and even worry about. Who would have thought a year ago that we would be in such uncertain times about our work, our schools, and just our normal behavior patterns and routines. Who would have imagined that we would have life changing events…
The Power of a Smile
Smiling is good for your immune system! Did you know that the actual physical movement of smiling turns on happiness neurotransmitters in your brain and helps you feel happier? I find that amazing. If you think about it, though, don’t you feel good when someone smiles at you and you smile back? Have you noticed that your body actually feels better when…