A Good Mood Boosts Creativity
Need to solve a problem or come up with a clever idea at work? Want to move a little easier through the little challenges that can pose big problems during your day? Take a minute then, to watch a funny film clip or listen to music that makes you feel good. Contrary to being a [...]
Decide to have a good day and you probably will
Every morning, as we eat breakfast, my daughter Sweet P checks the weather report in the newspaper. She can’t read yet. But, she can tell by the little graphic whether it’s going to be sunny, or snowy, or partly sunny, or rainy – as it often is during an Oregon winter. She runs down the [...]
Dumb and Tired? How Sleep Makes You Smarter
Here’s another tidbit from the Sleep-IS-Good-For-You file: Sleep can make you smarter. We already know sleep helps us to manage stress, improve health, fire-up our problem solving abilities, end impatience, boost productivity and minimize general crankiness. And, we also know, as I can attest, that it isn’t always easy to come by. But, here is [...]
Meditation Eases Pain
Meditation has long been known to ease pain in those who practice it. Now the Big Wigs say that it isn’t that the pain goes away, it’s just that those who are meditating don’t dwell on it. As a result, the pain doesn’t affect them as profoundly as those who don’t meditate. “We think that [...]
Make Resolutions Stick By Asking Why
Are you setting a goal, declaring your resolve, making a plan for change? Maybe you want to lose weight, workout more, nag less, earn more, quit smoking, quit eating, quit worrying. The question is: Why? Researchers say you should consider why you want to accomplish a goal before you set up your goal-setting plans and [...]
A Couple of Things About Music and Goals
Here are a couple of bite-sized bits of info that may not change your life, but could make you cool at a cocktail party. Why Music Gives You Chills Inspiring or thrilling music can evoke many things in people – even the chills. Researchers looked at why music gives some people goose bumps and determined [...]
Living in the present, prepares you for the future
My favorite football team won a big game Saturday. Their twelfth Big Game. And while fans and sportscasters have been speculating about the team’s future for weeks now – the coaches and players did not look ahead. They took one game at a time and stayed true to their mantra “Win the Day.” Now whether [...]
The good thing about bad emotions
I write and talk a lot about ways we can feel better in our lives. I believe that when you feel better, happier, less stressed, you do better and have more to give. But, I don’t want to give negative emotions a bad rap. They can be motivating, illuminating, and often provoke positive action. The [...]
Giving your best in the moment is good for everybody
I always tried to dump the beets. As a child the annual Christmas canned food drive was a prime opportunity to rid the pantry of the limas and the beets by tossing them into the sack for another unsuspecting family. I was about 10 when my Mom caught me adding the items I considered “bad [...]
Three ways to feel more grateful
Today as I prepare the turkey and the stuffing and those green beans that everyone makes and gear up for the friends and family and food that will soon be around my table, it’s easy to be grateful. It wasn’t so easy for me last week when I was stuffy and headachey and worn out. [...]
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