100 laughs are equal to 10 minutes of aerobics. Have some silly wear handy for when you are taking yourself too seriously. Laughter is excellent for cardiac health. A recent study in Japan showed laughter helps diabetics. Giggling can help enhance your creativity and problem solving abilities.
Turnaround Techniques to Take You from Crabby to Happy
Trot to your local thrift store or consignment store and buy a wedding gown (or if that gives you the heebie geebies, buy a second hand ball gown). If you have a task you dread (like cleaning your oven or preparing your taxes) put on your handy wedding gown. Your mood can’t help but lift.
“Studies show that visual cues can affect your emotions. If you add laughter to the mix you have a powerful combination” says Eli Davidson, M.A. author of Funky to Fabulous: Surefire Success Strategies for the Savvy, Sassy, and Swamped (Oak Grove Publishing).
It’s hard to take yourself as seriously when you are walking around with a six foot train of silk trailing behind you. Changing your clothes into celebration wear automatically boosts your mood.
Wedding Gown Therapy is a Pattern Interrupt Technique founded in the principles of Neuro Linguistic Programming. You can disrupt a bad mood by giving yourself an upbeat cue and putting on some celebration wear.
Color Me Happy
Keep an item close that is the color of happiness. Color is a powerful unconscious motivator. It is one of our fastest signaling systems. Green on the grass is great. Green growing on your hamburger is gross. Think of your favorite color and your mood will improve. Since there is a powerful link between color behavior and mood keeping, a “happy color” close to you can help short circuit your stressors.
Change Your Outfit-Change Your Outlook
A wedding gown may not be the perfect thing to slip into at the office. By slipping into a different pair of shoes, or changing into a vibrant sweater, you are short circuiting a negative pattern.
“By taking dominion over your behavior even in a simple act like putting on some lipstick, you are giving yourself a new cue.” suggests Eli Davidson. “If I am having a crazy day, I will go home at lunch and change my clothes. I come back to the office refreshed and redirected” says art foundation director, Barbara Holden, of Austin, Texas.
That new signal overrides the existing one and reminds you that you are the one that determines your mood. You can then more easily direct yourself in a more positive direction.
Get Goofy
100 laughs are equal to 10 minutes of aerobics. Have some silly wear handy for when you are taking yourself too seriously. Laughter is excellent for cardiac health. A recent study in Japan showed laughter helps diabetics. Giggling can help enhance your creativity and problem solving abilities.
Consider keeping a goofy pair of glasses (my current favorite) for the drive to and from work.
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