20 Easy Ways to Improve Well-being

Wellness is not a one size fits all experience, because each of us relies on our own standards and reference point to draw upon. 

Conditions such as the climate where we live may impact the frequency with which we engage in outdoor exercise. Elements including distance to a park, field, forest, or walking path may take away from time spent outdoors. 

Our genetic makeup can predispose some of us to physical and emotional conditions we have little control over, and cultural conditioning may shape how we define and practice self-care. 

Nonetheless, our ability to easily improve mind-body health and sense of well-being is almost limitless. 

I've found that the key to wellness success is to refrain from comparing myself to others, and reserving as much time as I need to do those things that enrich my health.

What follows are self-care practices and lifestyle habits that research and life experience suggests has helped millions of people (including me) develop and enhance mind-body health. 

Rest assured. This post provides some of the best ways to improve overall well-being.

Love unconditionally

Delight in Nature

Journal for Clarity and Insights

Live with Gratitude

Do Work with Passion and Meaning

Reduce Stress Find Joy with 

Yoga, Tai Chi, Exercise, 

and Meditation  

Recite Affirmations

Amazing Affirmation Post

Attend 12 Step Programs, 

Get Treatment for 

Addictions and Mental Health 

Issues

Laugh, Dance, Sing, Smile

 

Help Others

Take Naps

Rely on Self-Compassion

Nurture Friendships

Eat Color-rich Fruits, Veggies 

Engage in Creative Endeavors

See Beauty in Life

Forgive Yourself and Others

Fill Your Heart with Kindness

Frolic with Colors

Sense the Wonder of NOW

Carefully consider what well-being looks like for you, and prioritize those things that support your personal concept. 

The law of attraction states what we focus on multiplies, and what we release decreases. In other words, we have the power within to attract and manifest our deepest desires so...

Let's go for it!

 

What elements do you feel belong on your list of wellness routines and how often do you use them? Please comment below.

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Create Positive Energy and Health with Affirmations

It's a new year and new decade, and this post will show how to use positive energy of affirmations to enhance your sense of health and well-being. 

Take a few days to look at the big picture. 

Self-appraise the stress and satisfaction levels you experienced in the past year.

Then evaluate and record details about the gap between your current energy level and health, and hoped-for future health.

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One simple way for us to be kind to ourselves as we change self-critical messages about past health habits or sloppy or inconsistent self-care routines is to apply self-compassion. 

Let's use a caring mindset to consider the information and affirmations below. 

Following is a definition of what an affirmation is, research about why affirmations work, and original affirmations. 

Affirmations are positive statements that are recited and repeated aloud to confirm and reinforce that something is already true and bountiful in our lives.

Research from a study published in "Journal of Personality and Social Psychology," indicates temporal landmarks, including a new year, new decade, or birthday, are powerful markers of time. These reference points are perceived by most of us as opportune times to experience the "fresh start effect."

Science backs this up. Study participants who used a temporal landmark to motivate them, had a positive energetic response, and gained momentum to follow through with their future-oriented wellness goals.

Affirmations recited at a temporal landmark are energetic powerhouses. 

Affirmation recitation helps shift thinking, creates "feel good vibes," and helps us see challenges are opportunities to grow.

A study published in "Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience" details how affirmations help convert negative thoughts to more positive ones.

Now on to my original affirmations

I release events, conflicts, stress, and worries from the past easily and effortlessly. 

I am an Optimist and my Self-confidence Attracts Abundance.

Exercise, Nourishing Food, and a Self-compassionate Attitude Keeps my Body, Mind, and Spirit Strong, Flexible, and Energized.   

I radiate health, happiness, harmony, and thrive.

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I encourage you to write your own affirmations. Then, recite them aloud to keep the momentum going.

Please comment below and re-share on social media. 

Thanks for visiting and please come back again. I post on the 1st and the 15th of each month. 

Wishing you a Healthy, Happy, and Harmonious New Year!



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Colors for Self-compassion, Healing, and Recovery

I'm in mourning for my adult son, who died at the end of 2018. From time to time I go into denial. My emotions are strong, as they shift from grief, anger, heartache, anxiety, acceptance, and self-compassion. 

This is Part 3 in my Healing Series and it has
been updated 5/10/2021

A myriad of feelings ebb and flow inside me, as I reflect and honor my emotions and  memories of my dear son.

Healing and recovery through self-compassion is a post that first appeared on this blog on 2/1/19. It lists reasons why self-compassion is effective, especially during challenging times.

My personal experience and research conducted since 1997, when I became a health and lifestyle writer, indicates that color vibrations bypass human reasoning to work at the cellular level. 

Colors are a conduit for positive energy shifts, and serve as a powerful path for healing and recovery.

Specific colors encourage me to make self-care a priority and treat myself with Tender Loving Care (TLC). Colors help me have the motivation to recite affirmations, journal write, and get out outdoors to exercise.

Learn how colors can create a sense of self-compassion for you too with tips below.

This is Part 3 of my Healing Series

BLUE. Brings peace, relaxation, balance, calm, and tranquility. Here's tips to use blue to eliminate pain.

RED. Develops energy, strength, motivation, confidence, will-power, courage, initiative, and focus.

PINK. Soothe your mind, body, and spirit with a color associated with warm feelings, unconditional love, and gentleness. Pink is a mix of red and white combined, and provides a helpful balance of male and female energies that can reduce stress.

ORANGE. Stimulates inner strength, creativity, self-expression, happiness, and puts a new slant on ideas and perspectives. Helpful to relieve depression, negativity, stress, bereavement, and loss.

GREEN. Creates balance, harmony, personal development, self-acceptance, self-compassion, and rejuvenation. Works to lift anxiety, self-pity, and confusion and refresh you.

GOLD. Encourages enthusiasm, balanced thoughts and feelings, and wisdom. It's associated with higher ideals, generosity, and spiritual fulfillment.

TURQUOISE. Reduces stress and fosters cleansing, healing, sharing, friendship, resilience, and tames anxiety and anger.

PURPLE or VIOLET. Symbol of wisdom, dignity, royalty, and spiritual energy. If you seek completion, continuity, or a new beginning, place a purple drawing or representation of a mandala in your home meditation area. Gazing at these hues helps feelings flow freely and enables you to let go of the false illusion of control.

YELLOW. Helps uplift, cleanse, and increases self-confidence. It works on self-control, ability to reason things out, and brings contentment. Yellow stimulates the mind and is healing for depression, despair, fatigue, negativity, sensitivity to criticism, lack of confidence. If you have trouble sleeping, avoid this color as it can produce insomnia or hyperactivity.

Additional Reading and Listening:

Part 2 Healing and Recovery through Self-compassion

Part 4 Tips to Combine Journal Prompts and Quotes to Heal

On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families

Part 1 Awesome-ways-to-use-colors-for-healing

Ways-colorful-flowers-boost-our happiness

Kristin Neff and Compassion Meditations 

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What colors comfort and support you as you travel over the rough patches of life? 

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Awesome Ways to Use Colors for Healing and Wellness

Want to learn awesome ways colors can heal, calm, energize, and empower you?

Specific colors have vibrational properties that speed up, balance, or calm down thinking and behavior. 

In fact, colors can influence your emotions, and motivate you to take better self-care. This is Part 1 in my Healing Series so look for additional posts in the future.

updated 06/12/2022

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 Ways to Use Blue, Green, Red, and Yellow

 for Healing and Wellness.

BLUE
Envision or wear clothes that are a shade of medium blue. Blue is a stress buster and its color energy soothes you, when you're physically, mentally, or emotionally depleted. 

Gazing softly at a blue object calms agitated or chaotic states of mind. That explains why many operating rooms in hospitals are painted blue and the staff wears scrubs of hospital blue. 

Sea blues of azure and sapphire suggest “going with the flow”  as the river, stream, or ocean does.

Want to reduce over-thinking? Think blue and find peace.

Blue is the color of the throat chakra and center for the spoken word (sky blue). The throat is the passageway by which we express feelings through communication. 

Meditating on a blue image before we express ourselves, helps us speak effectively and honestly. Read How to Use the Throat Chakra Here.

Pale blue sheets or blue accent pieces in a bedroom encourages sleep. Blue wall coverings, blankets, or pillows makes the room appear cooler and larger than it actually is.

At the cellular level, blue comforts us emotionally, and helps us detach from things that are beyond our control.

GREEN
Bright green has been adopted by environmentalists to symbolize the planet’s essential need to protect, recycle, grow, and reuse (transform) natural resources. 

Forest green/dark green is often associated with money, prosperity, and ambition. This shade of green works to help us concentrate and suggests prestige, power, and substance.


Green energy often suggests growth, change, and nature. 

Take a cue from nature to visualize the most serene green place you've ever seen. Imagine yourself walking there and travel back to this vision any time you want to feel more tranquil. 

The expression, “to have a green thumb,” means everything thrives in your garden. 

Use your imagination to picture a lush green field, and focus on being present in this scene. Then notice whether your mind and/or body feels more at ease.

Display green accent colors on your business website or computer screen saver. 

Eat green foods including pea soup, green salads, and avocados to fuel your body the green way.

For additional ideas see this post to discover ways to use green energy to refresh your home or office. 

RED

Red is a lively color, one that attracts attention. Red suggests the color of blood, rubies, cherries, love, and romance. 

It has the longest wavelength in the visible light spectrum, and can be seen from a greater distance than other colors.

Red is a good color for night lights, traffic lights, and to warn of danger.

Use red for exercise attire, and participate in aerobic exercise a minimum of 30 minutes on most days for good heart health.

Red speeds up metabolism and gives you pep.

Wearing or seeing red can increase appetite. Unless you need to gain weight, don't get an industrial stove in red or use red plates or utensils. This color can cause overeating.

Red energy is useful when you want more courage, self-confidence, self-love, and will power. Learn more about red energy now. 

YELLOW

Yellow is high up in the list of healing colors. Gazing at daffodils or wearing a yellow tee can stimulate intelligence and also detoxify the body and mind. 

Yellow is particularly helpful with skin problems. Avoid overuse of yellow, as it can hamper digestive health or lead to stomach problems and insomnia. 

The most radiant of all the colors in the visible light spectrum, yellow signals caution. It is used for traffic caution lights and warning signs all over the world. 

When we need nourishment, use the power of yellow energy and munch on yellow fruits and veggies including grapefruit, sweet potatoes, yellow summer squash, and pears. The nutrients in these foods draws on sun energy, and creates clear thinking and liveliness.

Yellow broadcasts a sunny disposition, and wearing it may help you feel alert, flexible, and joyful. 😊

Before you go, let me know which colors appeal to you by commenting in the section below. 

Do you have questions or ideas about colors for healing and wellness? Please share that too.

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Further Reading

Chromotherapy and Its Scientific Evolution

Relax with Aquamarine and Aqua

What Everyone Needs to Know About the Heart Chakra

Yellow for Self-empowerment

Tips to Combine Journal Prompts and Quotes to Heal

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