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Things You Can Do This Week to Be a Happier Person
Things You Can Do This Week to Be a Happier Person
Gabrielle Bernstein shares her
tips on how to meditate your way
to happiness daily.
By Tiffany
Ayuda
There’s more to leading a healthy lifestyle than following
an eating and exercise plan.
Finding happiness in your
everyday life can also make a
positive impact on your overall
health. According to a study in
the Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences,
happiness has a positive effect
in lowering cortical levels, the
stress hormone that is related
to health conditions like type 2
diabetes, hypertension, and
autoimmune diseases. But if you
aren’t feeling that happy on a
daily basis, what can be done to
change that?
RELATED: Laugh Your Way to Good Health
Gabrielle Bernstein, New York Times best-selling
author of May Cause Miracles,
believes personal happiness or
as she refers to it,
“miracles” can be achieved
through meditation. In her
newest New York Times best-seller, Miracles
Now, she writes that
meditation helps “because it
gives you time to reflect, bring
inner peace, and make a true
assessment of where you are in
your life and where you can go.”
Indeed, a study from JAMA
Internal Medicine shows that
meditation can help reduce
stress and ease symptoms of
anxiety and depression, which
are related to myriad health
conditions.
Make your first thought of the day a happy
one. “When
we look at ourselves in the
mirror every morning and think
of all the things we want to
change, that’s a choice we
make,” says Bernstein. “Make the
commitment to think differently
about yourself and make
happiness the first thing of the
day.” She recommends listening
to music to begin your morning
instead of watching TV. Create a
positive, uplifting playlist to
help boost your mood and
brighten your spirit. If you
have a few minutes, sit still
and meditate while listening to
a song or two.
Snap out of a negative mindset. Plagued by
undesirable or destructive
thoughts about yourself or
others? Bernstein recommends
employing her “Snap Out of It”
meditation technique, in which
you wear a rubber band on your
wrist, and whenever you start to
think negative thoughts about
yourself or towards another
person, flick the rubber band
against your arm. This will
literally help you “snap” out of
the negative thoughts.
RELATED: 5 Steps to Finding Calm
Unleash your inner child. Whenever you feel
stressed about your
responsibilities and
commitments, unplug from the
world, shut off your computer
and phone, and tap into your
inner child. When we become more
childlike, we grow our capacity
for curiosity and creativity.
Bernstein recommends taking a
dream break during the day, in
which you sit alone and spend
five to 10 minutes thinking your
way into a cool experience you’d
always hoped to have. “Open up
to silliness and having more
fun. That childlike energy
brings us a much more positive
perspective and releases
tension,” Bernstein says.
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