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TIP 2534 – At The End Of The Rainbow

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Have you lost a beloved pet?

I can remember growing up on the farm and being surrounded by dogs and cats, along with baby cows and horses. But they weren’t really my pets.

It wasn’t until my husband and I bought a house and brought home our first little border collie puppy. We were in love with this little crazy puppy and for 14 years she was a part of our family.

She was there to greet each of my boys when we brought them home from the hospital. She protected them from getting too close to the pool fence by nudging them aside. She kept my kitchen floors amazingly clean.

And then one day she could no longer get up to greet us, eat the food that we set out for her, or wag her long tail to show her appreciation and we knew it was time to say goodbye.

If you have ever had a pet, you know how tough this was on all of us.

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Here are today’s tips for Building Resiliency and Celebrating Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day:

The pain of loss is real. As each person travels through their grief, it is important to remember the companionship and comfort that our pet provided to us.

I love the image of the rainbow bridge where your beloved pet waits for you to join them. For me, it helped me to deal with my grief.

On this day of remembrance, it is okay to take a moment to say thank you or feel gratitude for all that your pet did to bring love into your life.

Take time to enjoy memories of your pet. Look through pictures and celebrate your time together.

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TIP 2533 – Just Because

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Do you over plan?

Do you get stuck in the details rather than getting down to it?

While planning is important, so is being mentally agile. Being mentally agile is being able to shift and turn in a different direction when a challenge or opportunity arises. It is not about going after the next shiny object, but rather being flexible and able to go with the flow of the day.

Practicing spontaneity keeps you mentally agile and it can be beneficial to your mood and well-being.

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Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Just Because Day:

This day is a chance to do something without rhyme or reason. To be spontaneous. Just Because.

So what kinds of things can you do…Just because?

Go for a walk

Have an ice cream cone

Stay in your pj’s

Dress to the nines

Buy a friend some flowers

Call a friend just to say hi

Watch puppy videos

Spontaneous people tend to not stress out over much and tend to be happier.

Spontaneous people make the best of every situation they face, and take full advantage of everything life has to offer. They understand that life goes on, whether it goes as planned or not.

They’re less disappointed when things don’t turn out the way they expected, as they will simply move on to whatever life has in store for them next.

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TIP 2532 – Be Kind And Change The World

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How can you make the world a better place?

The next evolutionary step for humankind is to move from man to kind.

Martin Luther King Jr. is quoted as saying that we have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.

We need to counterbalance the negative things we read and hear about every day.  On the Be Kind To Humankind Week site, the organizer posts, “People need people; it’s as simple as that! In order to have the power to make the world a better place, we must first change our attitudes for the better. We can create our own good news if we choose to do so!”

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Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Be Kind To Humankind Week:

So this week, try to focus on the little things that are kind and good.

Show someone that you care - offer to drive someone who has trouble getting around.

Drive respectfully – try letting another car go ahead of you instead of racing ahead of them

Spread kindness - make a donation to a charity you love

Offer a helping hand – offer to babysit or pet sit

Treat others well – make it a point of saying please and thank-you or holding the door for the person behind you

Say something nice - if you notice something great about someone, give them a compliment!

Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. Desmond Tutu

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TIP 2531 – Before Kiss and Make Up

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We all have spats from time to time with our significant other. And when we do, we often make it a point to kiss and make-up. 

Kiss and Make-Up: means to become friendly again after a fight or disagreement

Did you know that the purple hyacinth means ‘I’m Sorry – Please forgive me’?

One site posted a list of apology notes to send with those flowers.

I like this one…The words are hard to say, but I hope that these flowers pave the way…I’m sorry.

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Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Kiss and Make-Up Day:

Spats and disagreements do occur, but it is important that you never resort to dirty fighting, which includes name-calling, or cursing. Use I statements, and focus on problem-solving.

Beside being able to say sorry and send flowers, the Interpersonal Reactivity Index suggest that empathy is the building block of successful interpersonal relationships.

It suggests these strategies:

First, after your angry feelings resolve, ask yourself whether there isn’t some value to your partner’s side.

Take a moment to feel your partner’s pain. Often, when we watch a movie or read a good book, we can put ourselves into the character’s role. After a disagreement, try putting yourself in your partner’s role.

Finally, if you have lost control in the midst of your argument, try to regain your composure.

Relationship skills come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and it’s possible that you (and your partner) aren’t as empathic as you could be. Before having to resort to the kiss-and-make up” strategy, find more ways to be in tune with your partner’s thoughts and feelings.

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TIP 2530 – Safe and Secure

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If you are a parent, you may remember when your little one learned how to crawl. All of a sudden you started to see danger in every corner, in every wall plug, in every drawer and in every room.

You became super aware of the many potential dangers hiding in your home.

Is that a bad thing to be on guard and to look for danger? No. We are hard-wired to do so.

Early humans faced a lot of dangers, and their ability to detect danger evolved to help them evade or battle those dangers in order to survive.

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Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating National Safe At Home Week:

The purpose of National Safe At Home Week is to raise awareness of the need to stay safe around the home. So here are some recommended tips:

Sound the Alarm: Install smoke detectors on every floor of your home and carbon monoxide detectors near sleeping areas.

Avoid Overload: Check for overloaded extension cords.

Plan Your Escape: Practice a fire escape plan with your family where you identify two exits for every room.

Keep Extinguishers Handy: Place all-purpose fire extinguishers in key locations in your home—the kitchen, bedroom and basement.

Knowing that the space you live in is safe allows your brain to relax and stand down. It allows you to sleep more deeply. And according to research, a safe, secure home promotes emotional security for your children.

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TIP 2529 – Become An Active Bystander

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We all have a responsibility to do something when we see harassment happening.

But too often we turn the other way. We don’t know what to do. We don’t know what to say.

When we intervene, we don’t just reduce trauma for the person being harassed., we also start to chip away at a culture that allows this harassment to be so prevalent.

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Building Resiliency and celebrating Bystander Awareness Month:

These five ‘D’ strategies may be just the thing to help you intervene.

Distract – interrupt the incident. You could engage directly with the person who is being targeted. Start a conversation or ask a question about something completely unrelated. Or you may accidentally-on-purpose spill your coffee.

Direct - You may want to directly respond to harassment by naming what is happening or confronting the harasser. This may be risky: the harasser may redirect their abuse towards you and may escalate the situation, so use this with caution.

Delegate – Look for assistance from someone in authority, like a supervisor, bus driver, security guard or front desk attendant.

Document – It may be helpful to record the incident, but keep safety in mind at all times. And never post the video without the person that was targeted’s permission.

Delay – Even if you can’t act in the moment, you can make a difference for the person who has been harassed by checking in on them after the fact. Ask them if there’s any way you can support them.

it is important that we show up for one another as active bystanders. This lets the person who is being targeted know that they are not alone. However, in any interaction always prioritize your own safety while intervening.

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TIP 2528 – Be An Angel

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Our angels watch out for us. Our angels wipe away our tears. Our angels make our day brighter just being there. And many times we do not recognize that we are looking into the eyes of our angels.

There are probably people in your life that could really use an angel by their side right now. Why not be that person? It’s easy to share love and kindness with the world if you put in a little bit of effort.

On this special day, I am encouraging you to not only be someone’s angel, but to recognize those angels who are already in our lives. They may be our parents, our grandparents, our children, our doctors, our nurses, our teachers, or our friends.

 

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Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Be An Angel Day:

Look for your angels – those who have made your life easier – and say thank you. They won’t want it, because our true angels don’t usually feel like they have done anything exceptional, but we all can benefit from the appreciation of others.

In such a busy society, people forget to stop and listen. You can be an angel to someone today just by taking the time to really listen to what they have to say. Listen with empathy. Listen without judgement.

Speak with kindness. Simply using kind words to spread positivity can lift up others around you.

Angels offer a helping hand to those in need. When we show a small gesture of kindness and compassion to others, we are spreading love.

Those who encounter you will be lifted up by your blessings of compassion and kindness. Being like an angel is easy, if you just put in the effort.

 

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TIP 2527 – Health, Resiliency, and Longevity

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It is awesome to watch those videos of those 100+ who are running in the senior games.

Have you ever wondered what it takes to get there?

A healthy genetic background is a good start – but research also shows that being positive, staying active, being able to relax, using a sense of humour, being organized, involved in hobbies/community, having a spiritual side, and striving to be a continuous learner are all positive traits that can lead to healthy aging and a long life.

It is important to understand how our mind and body work together to keep us healthy.

If the body is not healthy the mind reacts, and if the mind is full of worry the body functions are affected. The mind and body are so tightly connected that it is difficult and often pointless to separate the two.

Taking care of both through nutrition, exercise and/or stimulation, and rest/relaxation, the mind and the body will work more efficiently and in tune with each other, which should result in a healthier aging process.

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Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Senior Citizens’ Day

Besides the obvious of healthy eating and regular exercise, one should also be sure to include:

• adequate sleep so the body and mind can repair itself
• 6-8 glasses of water to avoid dehydration which can affect one’s memory
• a sense of humour which helps to release natural endorphins
• a variety of hobbies to add satisfaction and enjoyment to life

I am fortunate to have several people in my family who have aged gracefully and where longevity seemed to be the norm.

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TIP 2526 – Making Lemonade

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Do you know where pink lemons come from?

Two 12 year-olds were left with a sour taste in their mouths after officials shut them down for not having a permit when they started selling lemonade in a dog park to raise cash for new soccer uniforms for their team.

Today we celebrate Lemonade Day.  A day which is designed to introduce children to having their own business. I still remember when my boys decided that they were going to sell lemonade at the end of the street when we held a garage sale at their great grandpa’s. 

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Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Lemonade Day:

It is May and the weather is getting nicer, but we are not able to set up a lemonade stand…not yet.

What we can do though is talk to our children about what type of business they would run if they could or what kind of business do they think they could run now. The idea is to have a conversation around what would be involved, who their customers might be, and how would they let their customers know that they were open for business.

Fun Fact….

The Greeks were the first to make pink lemonade. They made this so that while the adults were having wine at celebrations, the children would also have a special treat. When the Greeks dyed the lemonade pink by adding wine, the common myth in the community was that this drink was made from pink lemons that grew in a forest that no man could enter and come out alive. They made the children believe that these magical pink lemons were brought back by a noble king. Now there is marketing

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TIP 2525 – Capture A Moment

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Once there was a time when photography didn’t exist.  A time when precious moments couldn’t be captured, uploaded and shared.

I look back at my baby pictures and there were only a handful. My mom and dad had a single picture each and I don’t know if I have ever saw one of any of my grandparents when they were really young. Compare all of that to the albums upon albums that I have of my sons who are now young adults.

Today, we don’t even print all of our pictures, but save them to on-line albums or files to be viewed at any given instant.

Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving.

Photography is a great hobby that can help us build our resiliency. It is something to take our minds off of all of our stressful life situations.

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Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Nature Photography Day:

Photography can be a means to get out and physically active. Use your camera to take note of the awesome or the bizarre. Have some fun looking for the humour in everyday life.

Photography is a good activity to strengthen relationships. Make it an outing and invite others to join you. Visit the park or a natural habitat and spend time discussing what you see.

So what is the funniest photograph that you have ever taken?

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TIP 2524 – Home With Your Kids

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At this point in the summer vacation cycle, some of you are very tired of being home or entertaining or dropping off your children and you can hardly wait until the school bell rings. This doesn’t make you a bad parent.

Being home with your children whether for a day or as a career choice can take a lot of energy and creativity, and it is important for parents to take care of themselves and to support each other. Whether you are a working parent or a stay-at-home parent, both of these decisions take a certain sacrifice and toll.

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Here are today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Stay At Home With Your Kids Day:

Find something fun to do today with your children.

Examine your priorities. Leaving your job may not be an easy decision, but if your heart aches every time you drive away from the daycare center in the morning, it might be time to look at other options.

Financially, there are many more options today. Some parents have chosen flex hours, telework, job sharing, starting their own company, virtual companies etc.

Once you have made the choice make the best of it. Don’t let guilt rule and take the enjoyment out of life. When you are home, be at home. When you are at work, be at work. Be present and engaged.

Finally, on this day, reward yourself and your children. Being a parent is hard – there is no manual and a million right and wrong ways to do just about everything. Give yourself a pat on the back. Look back at what you have accomplished as a parent and take some satisfaction in that. It is not about perfection. It is about raising happy, healthy, well-adjusted children, in the very best way that we can.

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TIP 2523 – Managing the Age Gap

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What does the makeup of your team look like?

Are they mostly from the Baby Boomer or Generation X era?

Do you have any Gen Y’s or even Millennials working for you?

For the first time in contemporary history, there are four generations in the workforce — Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z.

With employees ranging in age from their late teens to their 70s, leaders must tailor their management styles to fit their multi-generational workforce, who work with different value sets and expectations of each other.

This age difference can make it a bit more challenging for leaders to handle.

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Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating our diverse workforce on Baby Boomer Recognition Day

1. Don’t confuse your teams by phrasing orders as suggestions: Boomer managers are often reluctant to give clear, direct, specific instructions. Although you really mean “Do it,” often we use phrases such as “You might want to consider…”, or “Have you thought about…” Gen Xers and New Millennials (Gen Yers) hear these as suggestions. They’re caught off guard when you’re later surprised to find out they didn’t carry out your directive in they way that you intended.
2. Talk with them about more than just work.
3. Be a leader, not a friend: Knowing and being interested in your employees isn’t the same as becoming their friends. What they’re looking for is a role model, a mentor, and a leader—not a buddy.
4. Reward good work quickly: Gen X and Y employees are used to instant feedback and gratification.
5. Think knowledge exchange, not knowledge transfer. As technology changes, your younger generations have the upper hand and experience. Allow them to shine as they show others how to adapt.

With 4 generations in the workplace, a strong leader can juggle these vastly different expectations, communication needs, and views about the workplace.

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TIP 2522 1429 1064 329 – Notice The Details

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Today we honor the insect responsible for more than 1/3 of the food we eat.

The Honey Bee.

Now you may ask what does the honey bee have to do with mental health, stress management or resiliency?

It is all about taking notice. When you go outside, do you stop, look, and listen.

Can you see the bees? Can you hear them buzzing from flower to flower?

Part of building our resiliency is about learning how to pause. August is almost over, have you taken the time to stop, look, and listen for the sounds of summer?

 

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Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating World Honey Bee Day.

Get outside and take a moment to see what nature is busy creating. Listen for the sounds of the bees, the birds, the wind, and the water.

And to celebrate our pollinator:

Visit a beekeeper to become acquainted with their work

Learn more about the value of bees and honey. Did you know that high-quality honey contains many important antioxidants that may be able to lower cholesterol and blood pressure and can promote healing because of its antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties?

 

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TIP 2521 – Relax!

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We finally have a day off.  One that we have been looking forward to.  Only to be struck down with some kind of bug which makes us feel rotten. These symptoms can be a sign of leisure illness and they are often linked to stress caused by work overload and pushing ourselves too hard before taking time off.

Sometimes it is not until we stop the ‘rollercoaster ride’ that our body responds, and we experience these flu or cold like symptoms.

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Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating National Relaxation Day:

Vacations are important to our health and well-being, so don’t wait for the ‘right’ time.  Make plans to use all of your vacation allotment, whether it be a day off, an extended weekend or a longer vacation period.

Do not over-program your days off.  Look for activities that are relaxing and rejuvenating.

Promote relaxation.  Try deep breathing, visualization, yoga or a massage. 

Get involved in a hobby.  Try gardening, fishing, boating, or reading a book.  Reading something uplifting activates the same positive emotion center as experiencing a happy moment first-hand.

Get out and Play. Play is important for all aspects of our lives, including creativity and relationships. When we play, we trigger a mix of endorphins that lift our spirits and the relationships that we form during play remind us that we are not alone in this world. Playing with a pet can elevate levels of serotonin and dopamine, which calm and relax us.

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TIP 2520 – Take A Restorative Nap

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While secretly hiding to catch a nap on the job is irresponsible and dangerous, banning napping altogether may not be the best idea either.

• Are you able to nap at work?
• Are you a good napper?
• Would a napping policy be beneficial?

For some of us, napping is essential. A short nap of 20-30 minutes can help to improve mood, alertness and performance. It can be extremely effective at eliminating fatigue-related accidents and injuries and reducing workers compensation costs. Smart leaders and companies are taking note. They know that plenty of sleep is not for the weak, frail or unsuccessful.

Good Nappers are in good company: Winston Churchill, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison and George W. Bush are known to have valued an afternoon nap.

Naps can be typed into three different categories:

1. Planned naps
2. Emergency naps
3. Habitual naps

Naps can restore alertness, enhance performance, and reduce mistakes and accidents.

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Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating National Napping Month:

Take into account these three things when it comes to napping.

First, The right length: A short nap is usually recommended (20 minutes) for short-term alertness without leaving you feeling groggy or interfering with nighttime sleep.

The right environment that is conducive to sleep

And The right time: If you take a nap too late in the day, it might affect your nighttime sleep patterns and make it difficult to fall asleep at your regular bedtime.

A nap can provide an easy way to get some relaxation and rejuvenation

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TIP 2519 – Admit You’re Happy

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What is your burden to blessing ratio?

How often do you catch yourself complaining about something and how often are you outwardly expressing gratitude?

For most of us, we spend far too much time looking at the negative and the difficult and not nearly enough looking at the positive and the awesome.

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Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Admit You’re Happy Month:

The more that we focus on the positive and the awesome, the bigger the impact it will have on our happiness.

Admitting that we are happy, increases our happiness.

And it encourages others to admit to being appreciative and happy in their lives.

So celebrate the brief moments that make you smile, and the occasions that knock your socks off!

Dr. Amit Sood, Professor of Medicine and the Mayo Clinic, states that life’s happiest moments have one or more of these three ingredients: Creating, Connecting, Caring.

What positive things have happened to you today? Acknowledge all of them.

Be proud of who you are. Celebrate yourself.

Keep a positive mental attitude. You’ll feel better, live better, and be happier.

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TIP 2518 – I Choose Wellness

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I’ll take care of myself when….

Do you neglect your own needs while you take care of others or are busy making a living?

Many of us put our own needs at the bottom of our to-do list and over time, we may actually forget what self-care looks feels like.

Research shows that self-care helps manage stress and promotes happiness and can help you to be more productive and better able to care for the needs of others.

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Today’s Tips for Building Resiliency and Celebrating National Wellness Month:

It is time to focus on our overall wellness, which includes self-care in all five aspects of health:

Physical

Emotional

Social

Spiritual

Intellectual

Small, daily acts of self-care lead to a lifetime of wellness.

Look for small changes that can positively impact your health, like adding more water to your daily intake, taking a moment to breathe deeply, writing in a gratitude journal, connecting with a friend that you haven’t seen in a while, or watching a video on national geographic on the migration of turtles.

To celebrate your commitment, post a picture on your social media feed of you with a sign that says “I choose wellness. #wellnessmonth”. Inspire others to create their own healthy habits.

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TIP 2517 – Is Romance Dead?

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Some say that romance is dead. I don’t think that it’s dead. I just think that our expectations have been lowered. Quick and convenient has polluted our relationships to the point where the effort of being truly romantic is seen as being over the top. We settle for emoji’s, watching TV together, and hanging out.

Romance is so much more.

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Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating National Resurrect Romance Week:

Remind your significant other as to why you cherish them in the first place.

Romance takes effort and a dash of creativity. Here are some suggestions based on the Love Languages that got me thinking:

Verbal appreciation is extremely powerful towards those who have Words of Affirmation as their primary love language. How about leaving a sweet or sexy note in their coat or on the dashboard of their car?

Acts Of Service might be breakfast in bed or even making the bed.

For those you appreciate Gift Giving, try to think of a meaningful gift, that doesn’t cost anything. Be creative like framing a favourite picture of the two of you.

Quality Time together might be setting up a date night, complete with dressing up. Or going out on an unplanned adventure together.

And for the fifth love language of Physical Touch you may try a foot massage or just holding your special someone’s hand while you drive.

Finally, remember that little romantic gestures here and there won't make an ounce of difference to the quality of your relationship if, the rest of the time, you treat your partner in unloving, negative and disrespectful ways.

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TIP 2516 – Lazy, Hazy Days

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I like these lyrics for Lazy Day by Spanky and the Gang:

Blue sky, Sunshine, what a day to take a walk in the park.

Ice cream, Day dream, till the sky becomes a blanket of stars.

What a day for pickin' daisies, and lots of red balloons.

And what a day for holdin' hands and bein' with you.

 

So is it good to have a lazy day?

Though being active is healthy for us and procrastination can cause a lot of problems if it goes unchecked, taking a lazy day can actually be good for our mental health.

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Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Lazy Day:

Taking it easy and indulging in a lazy day, can help to restore your energy and refocus your mind.

But first, you have to let go of feeling guilty, like you are being bad by not doing something productive.

Part of being successful is knowing how to add more joy to your life. Part of this is by learning to slow down and jump off the rollercoaster for a while.

Try sleeping in and repairing some of the ill-effects of sleep-debt

Go for a walk and plan nothing. Just be present and in the moment

Sit outside enjoying nature and read a good book. There is nothing like going camping and reading something that is not designed to improve my business or better my life. It is just a story to get caught up in.

A like the song says, it is a great day for just holding hands.

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TIP 2515 – Holding Hands Reduces Stress

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When it comes to holding hands it’s not all about romance. 

When you hold the hands of another you are sending the message that the other person is valued, important and noticed.

James Coan of the University of Virginia found that when people hold hands, their brains don’t work as hard to cope with stress. 

To hold someone’s hand is to offer them affection, protection or comfort.

A poll showed that more than half of people couldn’t remember the last time they held their grandparents hand and more than a quarter had never done so. However, almost a fifth of respondents, when asked whose hands they would most like to hold, said it would be the hand of a grandparent who has died.

Loneliness and depression are rampant in today’s society.  Holding someone’s hand, especially of someone who is isolated, dealing with an illness or elderly can help them to be more resilient against the impact of stress, promote better health and combat their feelings of isolation.

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Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Hand Holding Day:

Reach out and touch the hand of someone you love or someone in need.  Not only do they reap the benefit but so do you.

Don’t wait until it’s too late and end up regretting that you didn’t grab at the opportunity.

Robert Fulgham (Everything I Learned, I Learned In Kindergarten) said:

. . . Share everything. . .When you go out in the world, Watch out for traffic, hold hands, And stick together. . . .

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