Joyce Gavin -

What have you done today to make yourself happy, yes yourself – not anyone else! As I write I am gazing at the most wonderful bunch of roses, they are sitting on the table resplendent in all their glory and I am smiling as I made this gesture to myself  I purchased them for myself ! In his Ted Talk Shawn Achor talks about Happiness ‘if I work harder I will be more successful and if I am more successful I will be Happier!’ Shawn goes on to say that this is scientifically broken and backwards – because we keep moving the goal posts for our brain, you have a achieved a good job now you want a better job, ‘if happiness is on the opposite side of success our brain never gets there’ because ultimately we think we have to successful in order to be happy Not the case we can be happy regardless of success Check out this short article about 34 ways you can make yourself happy – Come on step out of your comfort zone and do something for your self  34 ways to b

Step outside of your comfort zone. You won't regret it!

It seems since I wrote my short article on ‘Smoking is thenew Sitting’ more and more similar articles are popping up all over the place. And all including mine are pointing to all the sound research and evidence that is behind the statement. You will know from these articles that hours of exercising before or at the end of the day while keeping you fit and toned do not negate the detrimental effects of hours of sitting. Only moving through out your day will do that Check out this article in the Huffington post by Sarah Klein – if nothing else it will give you some ideas on how to create movement in your day ! How to exercise at work 

Today most of us are living on with a permanent ‘fight/flight’ response, as we are surrounded and bombarded by issues, worries, financial, stimulus [smart phones etc] that cause and add to our stress levels. But unlike our caveman / woman ancestors who got a rest from the ‘fight / flight’ stimulus we don’t and as a results are we are suffering many illness’s that are/can be caused by stress / hormonal imbalance.  Feeling stressed? According to Shawn Achor, an expert in positive psychology and the founder of Good Think, Inc., one of the most positive things you can do when faced with worry or anxiety is to remember what you can affect and what you can’t.  Achor suggests an exercise he calls the Island Experiment to keep you from spending time feeling bad about things you can't change. He suggests you write out a list of stresses and put them into two circles or “islands.” One island holds the things you can control. The other holds the things you can’t. Ignore that second

Fit Tidbit: Research shows that people who exercise regularly have less incidence of insomnia and a higher quality of sleep. Researchers also found that for people who did suffer from insomnia, adding consistent daily exercise significantly reduced their sleepless nights (Sleep Medicine Reviews). Remember: Getting a good night's sleep renews your energy and helps your body repair damage.