Today Don't Forget to Be Awesome

“Be the one who nurtures and builds. Be the one who has an understanding and a forgiving heart one who looks for the best in people. Leave people better than you found them.” 

Marvin J. Ashton

Life Is Happening Right Now ... Feel More Alive

"I wouldn't put it past me to fling myself off the side of a mountain."

We were talking about hang gliding, in case you're wondering.

There's something I love about the things in this life that remind me how small and insignificant I am. That, in the grande scheme, I don't really matter. Things like mountain peaks that tower so high above me I momentarily forget to breathe, and the ocean that runs so deep it throws off my sense of balance just to try and comprehend. And the stars... oh, how I love the stars.

I think it's this same appreciation for immensity that triggers my inner daredevil. A desire to do the things that make you feel alive and remind you just how fragile life really is. That cause your entire body to buzz as every single cell is activated. Snapping yourself instantly out of the daze of the day to day and into the moment like you rarely ever experience.

Nope, I wouldn't put it past me to fling myself off the side of a mountain.

There are often times as I'm climbing mountain trails and pausing to appreciate the many peaks that surround me that I think this very thing. How I just want to fly off the side of a mountain. That I want to see the world from the sky and feel the exhilaration that comes with barreling towards the earth.

But there are better ways to feel alive... Simple ways really, and they all begin with presence and courage.

Presence is about being here now.

Presence is experiencing everything the moment has to offer... from the miracle that is breath to the beauty that is a sunset to the pain that is heartbreak and loss. Seeing the detail in the things that litter our everyday and the uniqueness of every individual that graces us with their presence. Feeling the feelings and experiencing the richness that is this life and world. Presence will make you feel alive and allow you to tap into a space in yourself that guides you to passion and love and fulfillment.

Miracles and inspiration and beauty are in the tiny details we often overlook because we're in too much of a hurry to get on to the next. Depth and connection are in the simple looks and subtle phrases we can't seem to register when we're multitasking or thinking about our response. Divine guidance and intuitive hits exist in the body, which we fail to connect with when we're mentally juggling the to do list and dinner menu and the calls we forgot to return last week.

Presence is about living life fully and completely, moment to moment. Because as cliche and overused as it may be, this moment is all we have.

Courage is about showing up fully.

It's not just reserved for those that go to war and run into burning buildings. Courage is something we can all choose, every single moment of every single day. It's about putting ourselves out there and risking what feels safe and comfortable for that which feels passionate and truly fulfilling on a cellular level. Courage is about putting yourself on the line and, as Brené Brown says, "vulnerability is our most accurate measure of courage."

And the fact is, you're not really living if you're not getting vulnerable. Exposing your heart to the ones you love. Expressing your fears and failures. Speaking your truth and owning your story. You're not living if you're playing it safe.

The thing about flinging yourself off the side of a mountain is that you're forced to face the moment. You're forced to face the things you've been avoiding and the dreams you tucked aside. You're forced to see that life doesn't last forever, and that time really is limited.

Life is happening right now, and chances are you've lost yourself in the day to day and the many items that make up your to do list.

I'm not asking you to throw out the to do list or fling yourself off the side of a mountain. I'm simply asking you to pay attention as best you can... to bring yourself into the moment as fully as you're able, and to be a little more courageous with the people in your life.

To live life a little more fully, and with a lot more intention.

Created by Stephenie Zamora Media and published by HuffPost GPS of the Soul 

The Power of your Mind, the motor of your Life

"Most of the people take the limits of their vision to the limits of the world. A few do not" Arthur Schopenhauer

Our present life is a consequence of our past acts but is not necessarily a statement of our future. We all have the power to shape our life by the actions we can take on a daily basis in our present. But how that can happen?

Change is a constant, we all grow daily physically and mentally; knowledge is accumulated in our mind collected from every good and bad experience that we have. This experience can be used in our favor if we pay attention to what we can do with this newly acquired knowledge. 

Our mind is a source of ideas, created by inspiration, comparison or simple logic.  This ideas are only ideas if we don't have the self believe to make then happen, and when we take control of "the making", then we can affect the present moment by creating the small steps to the future change and achievement. 

Let's take for example our health. To be healthy is not purely down to luck,accepting that somethings are out of our hands. However, in accordance withe basis of asian medicine, we all can work on preventing health diseases by taking actions today to avoid future problems.  Exercising, eating well, keeping the mind calm may sound like cliches or a very easy way to think, but when we train our body and mind, we are taking care of our future. With every healthy day that we make, we are creating a better future for our being. If we don't eat properly we are not building a solid health base of our future. So then the daily actions are creating and sharing a brighter tomorrow. 

We can talk about other examples like work, personal relationships or happiness, any of these aspects of life are all affected by today's actions. If we create the best environment around us adding great feelings, positive ideas and actions, we can start shaping the results we are looking for. 

Our mind is a powerful achiever. If we think and act negatively, the results will not match our dreams. If we don't believe in what we are doing, if we don't love or completely get involved in what we are doing, we will not be able to achieve great results, because our mind  will not create the right determination upon concrete actions.  

Take for example a sportsman participating in a hight demanding sport. Despite that all the participants have the same skills, knowledge and abilities, only the mental power will define the winner. Only those with the right mental determination will be able to compete at their best. Only the ones who will be able to adapt to the conditions of the game or race will be able to achieve their goal.  Only those prepared to win will win.

We are all sportsman in the same sport: Life; and our most important skill should be our mind and it's power to achieve actions. Because we can all dream and dream about our future, but those prepared to take steps and actions are the ones who will cross the line of achievements. 

We want to leave you with three important points that will help you to focus the power of your mind in tune to your dreams: 

1) Visualize your Dream:  Our mind works better when it can read our dreams, so place your dreams on paper, write what you want and how you think you can achieve it. Visualize the steps and the short term actions. If you want to climb a mountain start training yourself, knowing everything about that mountain and visualizing your climbing success. Small steps will make the climb easier and more achievable. 

2) Stay in the Present Moment: To stay in the present is crucial for the achievement of your dreams. If you expend all of your time in the past or in the future, you will never be able to complete the necessary actions toward your dreams. Training your mind with Mindfulness or Meditation practices can help you to stay and enjoy each moment, allowing you to use all available knowledge you can collect in your daily observations. When we are completely focused in our present, we are able to build the steps to reaching our goals.

3) Believe in yourself: Knowing who you are, where you are in your life and where you want to be is very important for any goal achievement. Its not valid to keep saying to yourself " I don't know who I am".  We may never be able to completely understand the total of our mind, but we need to take a step forward and  and believe in the person we want to be. 

We create our being and our future by our own actions, habits, ideas and beliefs.

From this base we can look forwards and start writing our future, don't wait until the moment comes to you, create it from the bases of your own believe, of your own dreams  but more importantly of your own actions and the power of your mind. Believe in you :) 

Created by D.Oballos / Huellas de Luz Blog

Mindfulness: What It is and What it can Do for You

Everybody is talking about Mindfulness, even chefs and business leaders, but what really does this word mean  and how can we benefit from it in our every day lives.

Mindfulness is the act of paying attention to our senses, with the idea of training our mind to live and experience the now, the present moment.  Our mind is very volatile, it can travel between the past, present and future in a second, and when we are not able to control it, it can cause us stress, anxiety, ego or jealousy. 

The same way we need to take care of our body with exercise and healthy food, or our skin from the sun and winter; our mind needs also care to keep it calm and happy.  If our mind is not calm or balanced, it can cause us problems such as stress and anxiety, but more important health problems. Our body directly responds to all impulses of  our mind, if we are stressed, immediately our body organs contract and they can develop problems like low defenses, pain and bad functionality. 

When we practice mindfulness, we can train our mind to stay calm and react correctly to a challenging situation. We certainly cannot change what the world has in store for us, but we can change the way we react to each challenge, keeping calm and taking the better and wiser decisions will help us to grow and accept any of life's changes. 

Mindfulness teaches our mind to use our senses to maintain balance in our mind. Like meditation, mindfulness uses simple exercises to slow down the crazy flow of ideas that can disturb our mind and cause us anxiety. 

When we slow down, we can appreciate simple things in our daily life, we find joy in observation and we can learn to disconnect from states of anxiety or stress by practicing mindfulness or meditation practices. When our body and mind are in balance, we  can find the real happiness that our body and mind needs to make us feel completed. 

Lets concentrate now on how we can practice mindfulness, in 7 easy steps. Please read all the steps and then find the place and required elements to start practicing this simple but effective routine. The idea of mindfulness is to use our 5 senses to train our mind to be in the present moment. 

1) Find a quite place and sit comfortably in a chair or in the floor. Breathe in, breathe out and repeat this exercise in a sequence of 4 breaths and then 7. Listen to each exhalation, put total attention to the sound of your breathing and the sequence. Try to clear your mind and just keep the breathing and sequence in your mind. 

2) Now that your mind is calmer, lets start with Taste: Take a glass of water your hands, close your eyes and take a sip. Start by feeling the temperature of the water, the texture or sensation that it produces on your tongue and mouth. Feel the sensation but more importantly try to find a taste that defines it. Sip as much water as you want and repeat the exercise This will help you to calm your mind while slowing things down, and by living in the moment of tasting water. 

3) With your eyes closed, lets start with exercise our Sound: Start by carefully listening to all the sound around you, listen carefully to any variation of sound, any tone and any other eco around you. Pay attention to that sound, it could be your breathing or a bird outside or the sound of the fan. Pay attention to how the sound makes you feel, bring that sensation into your mind. Repeat the exercise noticing the different sounds around you. 

4) Open your eyes and lets use our Sight: See what is around you, pay special attention to the details of the elements. Pick one  object and try to feel the  textures and colours of it with your eyes, try to memorize the shapes, understand the form and memorize the moment. Use your eyes like scanners to bring the sensation of the image into your mind. Repeat the exercise with another object. Deep breath and relax. 

5) Take an object in your hands, or if you have the opportunity walk into a garden barefoot,  feel the grass, and put your sense of touch into action. Feel the object or grass touching your hands or feet. Feeling the temperature  the texture and bring the sensation into your mind. Try to picture in your mind what your hands are telling you about the object. Feel it and create a memory to your mind.  Repeat the exercise with another object or  plant. Deep breathing and relax. 

6) Close your eyes and Smell: In the garden or in your room, experience the smells around you, pay attention to the fragrance, try to identify what it is, where it comes from. Discover as many details of the fragrance that you can, find the sensation and bring it into you mind. Make your mind feel the moment. Repeat the exercise with another smell or another place. Deep breathing and relax. 

After this session, your mind and body will feel calmer and relaxed. So find a place in your daily agenda and start practicing this technique to train your mind as well as your body.  Take care of the mind, it control everything in our lives. 

Created by D.Oballos /Huellas de Luz Blog.

The right Attitude...

A great Day starts with a great Attitude .. 

10 Ways to Let Go of the Need to Control

Many of us hold onto control for dear life. We attach ourselves to outcomes, push for things to happen the way we want them to go and try to run the show.

The reality is that things go much more smoothly when we allow them to happen instead of making them happen.

When we are able to trust that we are okay no matter the circumstances, we open ourselves up to possibilities. These are possibilities that weren't there when we attached ourselves to what we deemed was the "right" path. Often times, the path we so desperately want to be on is not the most valuable or productive one.

Letting go of control means more joy, freedom, peace, connection and support.

So here are 10 ways to let go of control and embrace the art of surrender:

1. Use imagery.

When you notice yourself in the control mindset imagine trying to climb the steepest mountain there is. Think about the amount of energy, time, and headspace that is consumed with trying to climb this mountain. This is control. Embrace the freedom that comes with letting go and not having the need to climb this mountain.

2. Write down a fear list.

Control is rooted in fear. We try to control things because we are scared about what might happen if we don't. Remember that fear is an allusion. It is false evidence appearing real. What are you really afraid of?

3. Write down what presence means to you.

Presence conquers all. With presence, you are able to embrace gratitude. By embracing gratitude, there is trust and faith that you will be taken care of. This triumphs fear.

4. Ground yourself.

You are living in the future with the control mindset. You are already attaching yourself to expectations and setting yourself up for disappointments. So focus on grounding yourself. Maybe this means taking a walk in nature, calling a friend, or getting out of your home or office.

5. Embrace trust.

Trust means belief. And belief means you honor and respect yourself. This is where your self-worth comes in and you can let go of the need to control.

6. Use affirmations.

Affirmations are helpful. Practice saying these in front of the mirror:

I trust that everything will happen as it is intended to.

I honor and love myself.

There is no need to control.

I am thankful for the opportunities I have been given thus far.

7. Do esteemable acts.

It is by doing esteemable acts that we gain self-esteem. So focus on doing these acts to combat the need to control. Maybe it means cleaning your home, organizing things that need to be organized, reaching out to a loved one, or journaling.

8. Reach out for support.

We were not put here to be or feel alone. The more we feel as though we are stuck in a vacuum, the more the need to control takes over. So reach out to someone you value and trust and talk about how you're feeling.

9. Internalize the notion that you are not alone.

This ties into asking for support. You are not alone. Trust and accept this and practice saying it to yourself. There are eight billion other people in the world. Trust me, you are not alone and everything that happens is just the way it is intended to.

10. Make a freedom list.

Freedom means surrendering. It means you are at peace with yourself and have trust. What does freedom mean to you? Write down a list and remember the need to control minimizes everything on this list.

This article was created by Lauren Stahl @LaurenSPARKITE and shared by Huffington Post 

Move on...

"You can travel the world but If you can let go of the past, you will never move on" Gerald Freeman

Gratitude is the Best Attitude

“The very joyful thing about seeing ourselves and life from a place of gratitude instead of entitlement— is that this way of breathing allows us to be forgiving of difficult circumstances in life and of those people who delivered such difficult circumstances to us. Gratitude allows us second chances at joy; not with the same circumstances or those same people; but it alleviates the burden of bitterness that comes with not receiving what one believes he/she was entitled to have. We can instead look forward into life and see that there will be many good things and we will be grateful for them.” 

 C. JoyBell C

5 Steps to Shining from the Inside Out

Many of us have heard the phrases, "shine your light," "discover your passion" or "follow your bliss." But what do these terms actually mean, and how can you go about doing them? 

Less than a year ago, I was in a toxic relationship, working a job I hated and felt disconnected from my body and myself. My wake-up call came in the form of ugly crying in my bathtub where I realized I could no longer do things the way I had been doing them. Despite my intense fear of the unknown, I knew that it was time to truly live the life I knew inside I was capable of living. I ended that toxic relationship, left the dead-end job and discovered a deep love and acceptance of myself. The past year has stretched me, pulled me, and challenged me more than I ever thought possible, but today I am more grounded, vibrant, connected and authentic than ever before with the unshakeable confidence to match, and I teach my clients to do the same. This is shining from the inside out. 

Here's how I did it (and you can too):

1. Eat well. Know the saying, "You are what you eat?" -- turns out, it's true! The food we eat contributes to the energy in our cells and up-leveling the quality, love, and attention of what nourishes our bodies ends up nourishing our souls as well. 
2. Get enough sleep. Sleeping improves memory, reduces anxiety, and supports weight loss. Getting between 7 and 9 hours of sleep a night can ensure you reap the benefits.
3. Make time for self-care. In an over-scheduled world full of distractions this can be difficult, but it is a critical step. Techniques like exercise, time with friends and family, or even just a walk outside recharges your batteries and improves happiness.
4. Get to know yourself. Practices like journaling and meditation are crucial to discovering what really matters to you. And when you know what really matters, you can prioritize and go after it. 
5. Follow your intuition. You know, that little voice that says, "apply for that job," "send that email," or "that guy is creepy, swipe left"?! Your gut instinct is usually right, and learning to tap into and follow it is one of the best things you can do to shine from the inside out.

Following these tips can help you feel great, look even better, and create a life you truly love. Pick one and start today!

This great article is original shared by Natalie Ann Taggart, Women's Holistic Health & Wellness Coach, Speaker, and Author, in HuffPost Healthy Living .. Check this article HERE

10 Ways To Make Big Decisions You'll Never Regret

Life is filled with choices, and we’re not even aware of many of the ones we’re actually making. For example, when I was expected to see 40 patients per day in my old job as a doctor, I thought I had no choice. I had asked if I could see fewer patients so I could have more time with each person, and my boss told me no. 

So I felt helpless, at the mercy of a ruthless system. But actually, I was making a choice every day — choosing the comfort and security of my job over listening to my own integrity, that voice that said, It’s not right to give a patient only 7 ½ minutes!

I finally realized I had a choice. I could quit my job. It didn't feel like a good choice, because my then-husband wasn't bringing in a paycheck, and I had a newborn daughter and a mortgage to pay. But it was a choice. I was choosing to violate my integrity as a healer in order to pay the bills and feel secure. Trading integrity for security made me sick and depressed. So I finally made a different choice and quit my job. 

But jeez — it was scary! At the time, most of my loved ones and colleagues thought I was being reckless. Looking back, we all realize it was the best choice I ever made, because instead of being ruled by my fear of uncertainty, my financial fear, and the fear of what everybody would think, I trusted my soul’s guidance. It was a leap of faith, and it got pretty hairy for a while there. But now I'm grateful that I listened when my soul (and my body) asked me to leave. 

Are you in the process of making a similarly scary decision? Here are some tips for how to make aligned decisions that you’ll never regret. 

1. Be aware that you have a choice.

The first step is to realize when you’re making a choice! If you feel helpless or victimized, you may not realize that you're making an unconscious choice. Make the unconscious choice conscious. For example, if you’re unhappy at your job, you may be choosing security over happiness. Recognize that you’re in choice and that you can always change your choice. 

2. Question your choice.

If you’ve been making a choice (consciously or unconsciously) to do something that doesn’t feel good, be sure to inquire within yourself whether you wish to continue to make the same choice. When I realized I had a choice whether I saw 40 patients each day, that choice became conscious, and it hurt to keep choosing to violate my soul’s integrity. 

When you question your choice, you can simply be curious. Stay open. Don’t judge yourself. Notice your thoughts. Pay attention to what hurts and what feels good. Don’t attach to even finding an answer. Just be curious. 

3. Be aware when fear is taking the lead.

The Small Self (some call it the “ego” or the “protective personality”) always wants to be in control. It wants to weigh in, vacillate, doubt, argue, make lists of pros and cons, and, most of all, avoid uncertainty and loss at all costs. The Small Self is terrified. 

If you’re not aware that your Small Self is making decisions based on fear, you’ll keep choosing what your Small Self deems certain and secure, even at the expense of your health, happiness, life purpose, and financial potential. 

4. Surrender your decision.

When you decide to let your soul make your decisions, you’ll likely have to drag your Small Self with you, kicking and screaming. It does not trust that we live in a friendly universe where the soul can make even better decisions. It can help to practice the art of spiritual surrender, which Tosha Silver teaches in her new book Change Me Prayers, for which I wrote the foreword. Surrender your decision to the Divine. Ask your soul to help you make your decision. Then be on the lookout for inner and outer guidance. 

5. Ask for help.

Once you’ve surrendered your decision to Something Larger than your Small Self, ask for help. I imagine that on the other side of the veil between the human world and the spirit world, an army of unemployed spirit guides are just lolling around, waiting for us to ask for help, as if they’re not allowed to guide us until we make the request. Something magical happens in the wake of the request. It’s as if spiritual guidance leaps up and smacks us in the noggin sometimes! 

Sometimes we need human help, too. A good therapist, life coach, or spiritual counselor may be able to hold up a mirror for you and skillfully guide you to the decision that already lies within you. 

Keep reading this great article, via Mind Body Green, HERE

7 Tips To Talk Your Way To Happiness

Negative language is everywhere — in social media, reality television, and everyday life. People use negative words to agitate, complain, put down, and express anger and frustration. But in my years of experience with patients, I’ve found that those who use the most negative and absolute language tend to be more irritable and at greater risk for depression. So if you want to start feeling better, stop the badmouthing and say something good. It’s actually simple — but it takes practice.

Language doesn’t just reflect our emotions, it affects them too. Speaking in absolutes, complaining, trash-talking, arguing and raising our voices can have an incredible impact on how we feel, who we are, who we spend time with, and how we move forward in the world. But by consciously shifting from negative to positive language, you can talk your way to a happier and healthier self. 

Read more about this interesting article HERE, via Mind Body Green 

What your skin says about your health

While sophisticated MRI and X-Ray machines leave little to the imagination, they haven’t been around that long. Human disease and disorders, however, precede them by millennia. Instead, ancient medical practitioners have used nuanced observational diagnoses to quickly narrow down symptoms to specific imbalances within the body and help prevent or correct future disease.

The same techniques can still be used today to read the skin on your face to help determine what’s causing flare-ups or blemishes. “Face mapping,” an ancient practice rooted in Ayurvedic teaching, connects a point on your face to an organ or body part so you know what to treat internally for clear external results.

Read more about this article HERE 

How Walking in the woods Benefits your Health

Walking among trees makes us more relaxed, nicer people.

It should come as no surprise by now that walking among trees has health benefits. Shinrin-yoku or "forest bathing" is a practice in Japan, where people are encouraged to visit and spend time in a forest to improve their health.

"Studies have confirmed that spending time within a forest setting can reduce psychological stress, depressive symptoms, and hostility, while at the same time improving sleep and increasing both vigor and a feeling of liveliness," reports Mother Earth News. 

"These subjective changes match up nicely with objective results reported in nearly a dozen studies involving 24 forests—lower levels of cortisol and lower blood pressure and pulse rate."

Just the smell of trees has health benefits. "Chemicals secreted by trees, known as phytoncides, have been linked with improved immune defense as well as a reduction in anxiety and increase in pain threshold," reports Slate in an article on the health benefits of nature. Studies have also shown that children with ADHD who play in a green outdoor environment, rather than an indoor or constructed environment, show a decrease in their symptoms. Even just living around more trees means a healthier overall mental state. A recent study showed that Londoners who live near trees take fewer antidepressants.

Of course, being in a forest also means there's a certain amount of exercise going on. Exercise is a proven solution for many ailments including fatigue, depression, anxiety and of course obesity. Combining the benefits of movement with the benefits of a forest setting is an extra-strong prescription for many health issues.

If there is one good thing you're going to do for yourself today, perhaps it should be heading out the door to go take a walk in a forest or a tree-lined park.

Read more via Mother Nature Network HERE

8 Things to Be Happy with Yourself

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“When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.” Lao Tzu

Live your Truth..

“Live your truth. Express your love. Share your enthusiasm. Take action towards your dreams. Walk your talk. Dance and sing to your music. Embrace your blessings. Make today worth remembering.”   Steve Maraboli

10 Ways to Bring Joy into your Day

Here are Ten simple actions to a better, more joyful and proactive life: 

1. Smile! 

I was going to write smile ending with a period, but what I really mean is to smile with an explanation point. This means no fake smiles. No smiles where you don't see your teeth. A real full face mood lifting smile.  Smile at people you pass. Smile at your reflection. Smile at babies. Smile at dogs. Smile at the squirrel running across the road. 

Try it for one day and see how you feel. If you hate it and smiling brings you no joy, then you never have to smile again.

2. Put on your favorite happy song and do a happy dance. 

My go to song is "You Make My Dreams Come True" by Hall & Oates. It's impossible for me to be pissed off when I hear that song and it's impossible for me to not dance. 

What's your happy song?

3. Write yourself a thank you note. 

You are freakin' awesome and it's about time you thank yourself for all the amazing things you do.

4. Get rid of the clutter. 

Don't go crazy getting rid of everything in your home. Find a couple of things that are adding to your clutter and either throw them away, give them away, or donate them. Maybe it's an article of clothing that every time you put it on, you don't like the way you feel in it. Maybe it's something from an ex that you stare at everyday and it makes you mad. Maybe it's something someone bought you and you really didn't need it or want it, but for some reason you feel bad getting rid of it.

Now is the time. Make room for the things that bring you massive amounts of joy.

5. Make a list of 10-20 things that make you happy. 

It's your own personal joy list. If you are feeling really down, pull out the list and do something on it. That way you won't have to waste any energy trying to think of what to do. 

No excuses!

6. Start each morning by having a joy party in your bed. 

My friend Suzanne Boothby introduced me to the idea of starting each day with a party. To do this, wake up a couple of minutes early and spend some time doing things you love. My joy parties consist of activities such as watching funny YouTube videos, writing in my gratitude journal, jumping on my bed, dancing and singing to music, listening to inspiring podcasts and meditating. 

What would your morning joy party look like? 

7. Take a mini vacation in your head. 

Turn off the computer, put your phone on silent and close your office door. Take a couple of minutes and daydream about a vacation you want to take. Really dive into the visualization. 

If your daydream vacation is to go to the beach, then smell the ocean, feel the sand in between your toes, feel the warm ocean breeze on your skin and listen to the sound of the waves crashing. It's amazing what a little brain "getaway" can do for the soul.

8. Do a good deed. 

Doing nice things for others has an amazing side effect...it makes you feel good, too!  It's pretty much a win-win for all involved.

9. Laugh. 

What makes you laugh? Talking to a funny friend? Watching a funny movie? Looking at clips of laughing babies on youtube? Listening to your favorite comedian? Whatever it is that hits you in the funny spot and makes you laugh...make time to do it. 

10. Wear a color you feel fabulous in. 

It's amazing how different you feel when you wear all black compared to when you wear hot pink or bright green. Put on an outfit in the color of your choice and strut your fine self around town.

Created by Taraleigh Weathers