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Hope, Health, and Happiness. Would you like to live your life with less stress and more happiness? Discover how to take small steps towards a healthier, happier, more resilient you. Stress is a powerful force in life. It can bring about illness, destroy relationships and cause chaos. There is not a one-size-fits-all coping strategy for dealing with stress. Our goal is to put a plan together that helps us to deal with the sources of stress, take care of ourselves during those stressful times, and allows us to reach out to those around us for support. The Work Smart Live Smart flash briefing focuses on helping you to Harness Your Energy, Build Your Resiliency and Protect Your Mental Health!
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Monday Jun 17, 2024
Monday Jun 17, 2024
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June is a time of reflection.
The goal of Professional Wellness Month is to encourage you to reflect on how your health and wellness intersect with your professional life.
One of the main sources of stress at work is having too much to do and not enough time to do it in. Examine your workload. Are you working copious amounts of overtime? Have you stop taking breaks? Are you feeling vacation deprived?
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Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Professional Wellness Month:
If workload is the reason you're unable to take breaks or vacation, discuss the problem with your manager to find a solution. It is important to know when to ask for help, rather than letting the stress build to the point of burnout, anxiety or depression.
Eating well, exercising, attending to our health and feeling good, makes you more productive at work. So build in strategies to take care of your biological needs, as well as strategies to give yourself a break from your workplace stress.
Get a life outside of work. Focus on hobbies, friends, and family. Unplug and learn to focus on these activities and relationships. Focusing more on your time away from work will benefit your energy and creativity while you are at work.
Remember, If you like today’s wellness tips, let me know. You can leave me a review on amazon or through your #alexa app.
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Sunday Jun 16, 2024
Sunday Jun 16, 2024
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Some days when things are so hectic, I forget where I am supposed to be or I leave important notes and items back at my office. I struggle daily with trying not to be a perfectionist. Sometimes my total focus is on family issues and I haven’t tackled any of the jobs on my desk. Other times when I am so pressured to meet a deadline, that even saying good night to my family seems too much of a distraction.
There are habits and strategies that I use to keep me, and my family organized, and to maintain my health. My afternoon nap allows me to recoup from my working day and gear up for my evenings spent teaching karate. Spring and summer are my favourite time of year and there is nothing better than a day spent away from my office gardening, cutting the grass, or just sitting on the patio.
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So Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Rebuild Your Life Month:
Finding the right balance is important for ourselves and for our organizations.
Life is busy and often we are pulled in many directions. Balance is not about equality in all areas of life. It is about making choices and living in a way in which you feel motivated and satisfied with the way your life is going.
If your life is not exactly how you want it to be, take the time to rethink your strategies and look for ways to rebuild your resiliency.
Remember, If you like today’s wellness tips, let me know. You can leave me a review on amazon or through your #alexa app.
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Saturday Jun 15, 2024
Saturday Jun 15, 2024
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Want to live longer?
Then smile more.
Smiling is contagious. It changes our mood. It fights stress and builds your resiliency. Smiling boosts your immune system. It lowers your blood pressure and blocks pain.
Part of National Smile Month is about maintaining good oral health. I just recently went to see my dentist and I didn’t have it in me to lie about flossing my teeth. I just don’t take the time, especially as life gets busy and rushed. And I am not the only one.
Currently, research shows that a significant number of us have taken time off work in the last five years due to poor oral health. Most problems with teeth and gums are preventable with a good daily routine. Furthermore, a quarter of all adults have not visited a dentist in the past two years and a similar number only brush their teeth once a day.
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Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating National Smile Month:
The Oral Health Foundations recommends that we brush our teeth right before going to bed at night and on at least one other occasion throughout the day with a fluoride toothpaste. We should also cut down on how much sugary food and drinks we have, and how often we have them. And finally, we need to go to see our dentist regularly.
Ultimately, the aim is to help us achieve good physical and mental wellbeing by improving our oral health.
A smile might be a small gesture, yet it can have a remarkable effect on our state of mind, as well as the emotional happiness of others.
Remember, If you like today’s wellness tips, let me know. You can leave me a review on amazon or through your #alexa app.
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Friday Jun 14, 2024
Friday Jun 14, 2024
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Today is a world-wide celebration to honour and thank those people who donate their blood without any reward, except the knowledge that they have helped to save lives.
This day has particular significance as it is the birthday of Karl Landsteiner, the Nobel Prize winner who discovered the ABO blood group system.
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So Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Blood Donor Day:
Get others involved and it makes it easier to remember to donate, and less anxious for those who have never gone before.
Get your office or organization involved and promote it through your on-line or internal communications
Get your family involved – go together and make it a family-giving project
Be a role model for others – I love how my mom still goes regularly to donate.
With our lives being so busy it is easy to forget to do this simple little act of kindness. But this little act can mean the difference between life and death.
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Thursday Jun 13, 2024
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
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“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”
This quote by Edith Wharton encourages us to bring light to someone who has been touched by the darkness.
Many are living in darkness while struggling with illness. These illnesses may be depression, chronic pain, or battling cancer and the struggle they are facing may be draining the light from their life.
Random Acts of Light encourage everyone to show a random act of light for a friend or loved one with cancer or other illness. Initiatives are being taken across the country to show support, one person at a time.
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So Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Random Acts Of Light Day:
Light The Night showcases the progress being made in the cancer arena along with the importance of supporting patients, one at a time.
Bring light to someone you know. This can be any random act, big or small.
Surprise someone at the hospital with a meal, gift certificate or kind gesture.
Gift a cancer patient or survivor with tickets to a sporting event, or gear from a favorite team.
Treat a local survivor or patient or colleague to a manicure, pedicure or massage.
Take those in need out for coffee, ice cream, breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Sometimes it takes just one gentle word or small token to help overcome darkness.
Remember, If you like today’s wellness tips, let me know. You can leave me a review on amazon or through your #alexa app.
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Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It’s Superman.
Superman has always stood for what’s best about humanity and for bearing adversity and emerge stronger on the other side.
Though we may not be superman, we may be suffering with the Super-Human Syndrome.
Are you running on empty and lying to yourself saying, “I can handle this”?
- Do you believe you can, should and must do it all?
- Feel you could and should do more?
- Neglect your personal needs because others are more important?
- Or believe that if I don’t who will?
If so, you are probably dealing with the Super-Human Syndrome and are risking your physical and mental health.
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So Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Super-Human Day:
There is a saying that I love – How thin can I spread myself before I know longer exist?
We must take care of ourselves first and foremost if we want to be in a position to take care of others.
Sometimes we need to let go of those things that are causing us to get stressed – unnecessary tasks and unrealistic beliefs and expectations
What is it that you need to let go of – the need for control – approval - to do it all – to be superhuman – and get is all done?
Start by knowing what is important to you and then actively decide how to make those things a priority.
Sometimes all that is needed is some fine tuning – some simple strategies that energize or relax us and enable us to enjoy the life situations that we are facing.
Remember, If you like today’s wellness tips, let me know. You can leave me a review on amazon or through your #alexa app.
Discover how to take small steps towards a healthier, happier, less-stressed, you by visiting my website at worksmartlivesmart.com
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Tuesday Jun 11, 2024
Tuesday Jun 11, 2024
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Today is a day dedicated to encouraging and celebrating those who are making life beautiful. Whether you’re creating beauty through your art, music, relationships or helping others achieve personal success.
One small action can lead to a ripple effect.
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So Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Making Life Beautiful Day:
Help someone achieve a personal goal.
Donate time to a worthy cause.
Clean up a community space.
Create a work of art.
Refinish and repurpose something old.
Plant a garden or send someone some flowers.
Connect with a friend.
Thank a colleague.
Share a smile.
Expect the best, not the worst.
Choose joy. Making life beautiful starts with you and choosing joy will get your attitude on the right track to making an impact in the world.
There’s no real wrong way to celebrate National Making Life Beautiful Day, as long as you do something and keep focused on making life beautiful.
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Monday Jun 10, 2024
Monday Jun 10, 2024
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Men tend to deal with stress differently than women.
Women tend to share, while men tend to bottle the stress up inside of them. This can eat away at them causing high blood pressure, gastrointestinal issues, sleep issues and a loss of perspective. According to the Centers for Disease Control, men die at higher rates than women from the top 10 causes of death, with stress being one of them.
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So Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Men’s Health Week:
Men need to develop positive outlets to relieve their stress while they are at work.
Many men suffer from ‘terminal seriousness’ in the workplace. Terminal seriousness can hamper communication, problem solving and teamwork. So incorporate a play break and have fun. This break can help to increase productivity and creativity, while decreasing stress.
The purpose of Men’s Health Week is to heighten the awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys. Finding outlets to work out stress throughout the day, such as squeezing that stress ball or throwing that paper airplane, can prevent stress from building and negatively impacting your health.
Lighten up and play – your body and mind will thank you.
Remember, If you like today’s wellness tips, let me know. You can leave me a review on amazon or through your #alexa app.
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Sunday Jun 09, 2024
Sunday Jun 09, 2024
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Beauty is only skin deep or in simpler terms, a pleasing appearance is not a guide to character. However, our skin is vital to our health.
Your skin is the largest organ of your body. Your skin covers your entire body and acts as a shield from the elements. It bends with ease, warns you when something is too hot or too cold, repairs itself when broken, and plays a huge part in your appearance.
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So Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Beautiful In Your Skin Month:
Wear sunscreen daily. There are plenty of sunscreens, but the right kind of sunscreen can effectively protect your skin from the damaging UV rays. Choose a sunscreen that has an SPF of 30 and don’t forget your neck and hands.
Getting rid of dry, dead skin cells can leave your skin looking smoother and supple but don’t over exfoliate. Be gentle to your skin and treat it with care.
Hydrate. Drinking 6-8 glasses of water daily does not necessarily mean that your skin will be automatically hydrated.
Stay away from tanning beds and the sun. Do a spray tan instead if you are looking for a glow.
Examine your skin regularly for signs of skin cancer. Look for new or unusual spots, as well as anything changing, itching or bleeding.
Remember, If you like today’s wellness tips, let me know. You can leave me a review on amazon or through your #alexa app.
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Saturday Jun 08, 2024
Saturday Jun 08, 2024
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We will sit by the camp-fire and sing a song or two. There will be peace and happiness. It will be a wonderful bonding experience. And everything will be right in the world…
Not bloody likely! as my European friends say.
I love camping, but it certainly never matched my expectations of what a family camping trip should be like. We were closer to the Griswold’s with everyone arguing and sometimes wishing they were somewhere or with someone else.
So why do we still go?
Because camping is really no different than the rest of our lives. We have moments of chaos, arguing and not getting along, mixed with other moments of happiness, laughter and peace. Many memories have been made through frantically packing up in the rain, backing up over a deer antler and blowing a tire, and cooking our dinner by the fire. We have enjoyed kayaking, canoeing and swimming races and our bets on who could catch the biggest, most and ugliest fish. We have sat on the beach, and in folding chairs by the fire and have snuggled under the covers.
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So Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating National Camping Month:
Try to go with the flow and let go of your mental picture of what camping should look like.
Chaos Aside, Camping Is A Great Break
Even with all of the effort and potential for chaos, camping represents a break from the everyday for me. I enjoy some family time and some alone-time, and I get a chance to appreciate nature and all of the beauty it offers.
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Friday Jun 07, 2024
Friday Jun 07, 2024
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Time off is essential to our mental health, yet three in ten put our holidays on standby and we leave them unused.
More hours spent on the job can often mean less quality time with friends and loved ones and can negatively impact our mental and physical health.
When we do not use our allotted time, we may experience more stress related symptoms such as mood swings, frustration, irritability, pessimism, feelings of being rushed, pushed or tired, more headaches, sleep difficulties and gastrointestinal disorders. Being overworked and vacation deprived may result in not communicating as effectively, problem solving as efficiently and are being as creative or energized as those who do take their allotted vacation time.
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So Here are today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Our Mental Health:
Many of us are working under the false belief that more in always equals more out. Unfortunately our bodies and minds can only work at peak efficiency for so long before they start to break-down and shut-down. Make sure that you use all of your allotted vacation time.
It may not be the employee that is not valuing the benefits of vacation time. There are some leaders who see vacation time as a nuisance and a disruption to the productivity of the group. Employers can minimize vacation deprivation by lightening their workload and by encouraging them to take time off.
Vacation usage is one of the most common corporate wellness programs. Vacation usage needs to be evaluated, as it can be an early indicator of individual and team difficulties, which may negatively impact the corporate bottom line.
Remember, If you like today’s wellness tips, let me know. You can leave me a review on amazon or through your #alexa app.
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Thursday Jun 06, 2024
Thursday Jun 06, 2024
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I have some great memories of going to the drive-in with friends. Staying up late for the dusk to dawn movies on the long weekends. I loved taking my own kids to see the latest Disney flick at our local drive-in, one of the few remaining ones in our area. The boys would be dressed in their jammies, pillows and blankets ready, popcorn to snack on as we waited for the sun to set and the movie to begin.
Even now, my husband and I will head to the movies during the summer for date night.
Did you know that the creator of the drive-in did so to help his mother enjoy the theatre in a more comfortable seat way back in 1933. These drive-ins saw their heydays in the 50’s to 80’s, but sadly, with movies on demand, many of these local drive-ins have closed.
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So Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Drive In Movie Day:
Gather your family together and head to the drive-in. Enjoy the experience of watching a movie on an outdoor big screen. And if you do, use #DriveInMovieDay to post on social media.
If you don’t have a drive-in close by, plan a trip and take in this unique experience before many of these local treasures shut down.
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Wednesday Jun 05, 2024
Wednesday Jun 05, 2024
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Maintaining a healthy lifestyle and being productive at work depends on us staying active. Running is a great way to become active and fit.
Some people use running as a form of meditation, a way to block out the work to-dos and the conflict and to focus solely on their breathing and the sound of their steps. They finish their run feeling mentally refreshed.
As meditative as running can be, it can also be tedious.
There are always going to be those mornings when you lace up your sneakers and find that your heart’s just not in it.
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So Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating National Running Fitness Week:
Pick A Pack. See if you can create a running team. It is still possible to run and maintain social distancing. Make it a safe, social gathering as well as a fitness goal.
Start off slow and gradually increase your tolerance and distance.
Add variety to your running by sprinting stairs, or go off roading.
And finally, if running is just not your thing, that’s okay. Find another fitness activity that gets your heart rate up and promotes strength and flexibility. The idea is just to stay active.
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Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
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What if you couldn’t connect using your computer or your cell phone? How would that impact your communication?
Interesting questions and a bit of a reality check as a while ago I found myself with no internet service. I felt very lost, as I had to change the way I carried out my business and they way I communicated with family and friends.
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So how does this all relate to effective communication?
Two studies were released within days of each other that I found interesting. One found that we are working more non-standard hours and that we are feeling time crunched. The other saying that almost half of us are feeling vacation deprived, yet we are not using up all of our allotted vacation time.
We need to be more deliberate in our communications and connections with others.
So Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Effective Communications Month:
Take the time to slow down and talk to your family about their day. Let the elderly members of your family know that you care about them not just care for them.
We often take our ability to communicate with others quickly and effectively for granted. However, recent research has shown us that we are often connected when we should be disconnected.
Vacations are a great way to get reconnected so take all that you are allotted. However, turn off your phone and put away your laptop. Take the time to find out what is important to the people around you. This can only be done by talking, listening and sharing.
Remember, If you like today’s wellness tips, let me know. You can leave me a review on amazon or through your #alexa app.
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Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
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“Control the events in your life or the events in your life will control you.”
In these busy times, leaving early may seem like a death sentence to your career.
We know that in spite of the advances in technology, many of us are working longer hours than our parents and chronic illnesses such as burnout, heart disease and depression are on the rise.
In order to maintain our health and our productivity, we must ensure that we have energy.
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So Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Leave The Office Earlier Day:
Leaving early is just one strategy in an attempt to not let time control you. By consciously planning to leave early one day this week, I am betting that you will be much more focused and will feel a renewed sense of balance in your life.
What would you do if you had 20 minutes of ‘free time’ time today? What would you do if you had 1 hour or 2 hours extra?
What priority would you focus on – your health – your kids – your spouse – your gardens – your dog – your community?
Leaving Early Day is an awareness of how time slips away from us. It’s about failing to make our priorities a priority in our life. Our work is important, and we owe it to ourselves and our employer to be present, creative and healthy. How? Control your schedule and be purposeful with your time.
Remember, If you like today’s wellness tips, let me know. You can leave me a review on amazon or through your #alexa app.
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Monday Jun 03, 2024
Monday Jun 03, 2024
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There are all kinds of headaches.
Some are sharp and painful.
Others are a long, slow ache from somewhere deep inside.
Chronic headache sufferers know that headaches can interfere with work, social activities and even completing the simplest task such as getting dressed.
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So Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating National Headache Awareness Week:
Learn what triggers your headaches – Is it conflict, noise, food, wine, odours or all of the above
Keep a headache journal to give you some clues as to the triggers
Let go of anger and frustration and try to lower your stress
Get plenty of sleep
Eat a balanced diet
Get outside
Exercise
Learn relaxation techniques such as utilizing pressure points, deep breathing, visualization and muscle relaxation.
Talk to your doctor or pharmacist about your headaches to see if you have explored all the possible treatments.
Finally, deep breathing is one of the easiest and effective relaxation techniques available to reduce headaches. Learn how to utilize this skill to reduce your headaches and improve your life.
Remember, If you like today’s wellness tips, let me know. You can leave me a review on amazon or through your #alexa app.
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Saturday Jun 01, 2024
Saturday Jun 01, 2024
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It has been six months since the hats, horns, bells and whistles that rang in the New Year. With all that has been going on, the commitments and promises of making changes that were destined to make us healthier, happier or more connected to the people around us, may have moved to the background of our lives.
I like the quote that says, “Who you are in each moment creates your future.” This gives you the opportunity to restart and refocus each month, each day, or even each hour.
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So Here are Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating New Year’s Resolution Recommitment Day:
Examine your life. What are your priorities and over-riding values?
Know why you want the things you want. Too many people resolve to do things because they think that they should rather than because they feel that it is the right thing for them.
Know what the benefits are of making this change or correction. What will the ‘new’ picture of your life look like and feel like?
Share your picture with others – post it, talk about it, find others who have a similar picture.
Re-commit, don’t quit. If you have lapsed for a day or two or fallen off the path completely, so what. Re-picture and jump in again.
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Friday May 31, 2024
Friday May 31, 2024
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What you think upon grows. Philosophers through the ages have said that 'thoughts are things' and 'as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.' We are the master weavers of our circumstances and our thoughts can set us up a life of ignorance and pain or enlightenment and happiness.
But it is not just as simple as thinking positively to attract what you want. It is also about tapping into the emotions of life and monitoring them to see how satisfied you are with what is happening in your life. Simply dreaming about happiness isn't going to necessarily bring more happiness. Thinking and focusing on all the ways we can be happier and taking steps to bring in and allow more good stuff to happen, may bring in more opportunities for happiness.
Certainly the opposite is also true. Focusing on pain, will reinforce the strength of that pain. You will notice more the impact of that pain. Your attitude and motivation may sink as you feel helpless to get rid of the pain and then you will let that pain engulf everything about the world that you are in.
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So Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating What You Think Grows On You Day:
Our reality today is based on our thoughts from yesterday.
Today’s belief creates tomorrow’s reality. Become your ideal person, as if you have what you are desiring. How would a happy employee act? How would a loving partner respond? What way would a caring parent see their children?
What would be on your bucket list for work, your relationships, your health, your personal life? Describe them in detail. Our mind will look for ways to make these a reality for us.
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Thursday May 30, 2024
Thursday May 30, 2024
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I am missing my family reunion. Living so far away means that it is tough to make it to this family function. I have some wonderful memories of family reunions. The games that we would play. The prizes that were given out. The laughs that we would have, and the food. The awesome, glorious, delicious potluck that would follow.
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Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Family Reunion Month:
Family reunions can be a cherished tradition. But being around your family or going back to the town in which you grew up can stir up implicit memories that can automatically trigger feelings we felt in our past. No matter how mature we feel, memories of our 10 or 15-year-old selves can cause us to act like we did when we were 10 or 15.
If we fail to recognize how we are affected by old emotions and negative early experiences, we run the risk of projecting our past onto our present interactions and relationships.
So all of this is to say that family reunions can be fun and a point of real connection, but be aware that there is the potential for past memories and experiences to interfere with this enjoyment. Being aware of your triggers and emotions is the first step in being present and just enjoying the moment for what it really is…a chance to create a new memory.
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Wednesday May 29, 2024
Wednesday May 29, 2024
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Gone are the days that some well-meaning teacher would take their knuckle and drive it into the middle of your back and tell you to sit up straight.
The Chiropractic Association has found that even young children are suffering from back pain much earlier than previous generations. Though a major cause of back and neck pain is kids and their backpacks, it is also our overall poor posture.
Hours of computer slouching, hunching over while texting and laying around as a couch potato have serious repercussions on our posture.
The good news: there are easy things people can do to Reduce Your Stress By Correcting Your Posture.
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So Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Correct Posture Month:
Practice the wall stand.
Back up to a wall so your heels, buttocks, shoulders and head all lightly touch the wall while you keep everything level, relaxed and aligned– and take 3 slow breaths, feeling your body’s best posture.
Shoes matter.
For women, there is no such thing as a good high heel for your posture. Trade in the stilettos for a shoe that gives you the proper support.
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