Move to Lift Your Mood

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Having a bad day? Feeling down or maybe just not in the best mood?  Maybe you’re just a little tired and feeling low, but can’t get a nap. There is something you can do that is better than that energy drink.  Move.  Seriously, get up and move, dance, walk, or run, but move.

Recent University studies have shown that movement can improve your mood. In fact several of these studies have shown improvement in the outlook of patients diagnosed with severe mental illness such as depression, bi polar disorder and schizophrenia.  At Indiana University, a study found that any physical activity throughout the day has a link to improvement in mood.  This study found that low to moderate activity was adequate to improve the mood of patients with serious mental illness.  Read more... (365 words, 1 image, estimated 1:28 mins reading time)

Overwhelmed! Part II

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In the last part of Overwhelmed! I talked about how busy I have become and some of the small changes I’ve made in my daily routine to get more done and feel more relaxed each day.  I focused on the small changes I’ve made to my “To Do” Lists, in Part II, I will focus on the small changes I’ve made in my life to feel less overwhelmed.

Take Time For You

Overwhelmed! Part I

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It seams like sometimes in life, there just aren’t enough hours in the day.  I know this has been true for me lately.  I have gotten myself involved in more projects and “to do’s” than I feel like I can handle.  Some of this is my own fault.  I seem to offer help in areas that follow my passion.  This means that I am now involved with a feature film project, a television project, and a short film project, along with a few other small parts in other films that are being filmed in my area.  Read more... (1044 words, 1 image, estimated 4:11 mins reading time)

My Cheap Valentine

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It’s Valentines Day again, and it’s time for us all to remember how important love in our lives really is.  If you don’t want to break the bank, but you still want to do something to remind your Valentine how much you love them, here are some ideas for Valentines that are personal and won’t cost an arm and leg.  Read more... (684 words, 1 image, estimated 2:44 mins reading time)

What Can You Fail at Today?

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Failure

Why is it so scary? Why does it paralyze so many of us from doing what is needed to achieve our dreams? And how can we move through the fear of failure in order to have what we want in life?

The mere mention of the word can stop most of us in our tracks and keep us from doing even the simplest of things toward what we want. Many of us will even act in self defeating ways in order to avoid failure. Inadvertently we set ourselves up for failure by trying to avoid it. Failure plays such a huge role in what we believe to be our social status, what people think of us and how people feel about us as a person. After all, who wants to be seen as a failure?

A Grocery List for Life

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I went to the store the other day without a list and realized it takes me 3 times as long to get my shopping done when I don’t have a list.

Discouraged?

We all get discouraged, no matter who you are, from the most successful billionaire, to the guy just struggling to make ends meet, we get discouraged.  I know personally there have been many days that I feel that I just can’t reach my goals, just can’t do enough to achieve my dreams.  It’s on days like this that I like to see videos as inspiring as the one below.

Watch it once and then tell me that you don’t think you can achieve whatever it is you want to do.  Read more... (141 words, estimated 34 secs reading time)

How to Deal With Disappointment

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What do you do when disappointment attacks in a big way?  What do you do when you feel like your hard work has been taken away from you and you are left holding a big pile of nothing for your time?  I may not have the answer to these questions, but I do have a simple process that has helped me time and again regain my footing after big and small disappointments.

Have you been validated lately?

So I just found this short film on YouTube, and it is Absolutely amazing.  I Loved the message, and I hope that you will too.  I don’t have much more to say as it speaks volumes for itself.  Here it is.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbk980jV7Ao

Have a FANTASTIC day!

Ryan M. Hall

A Simple Question Can go a Long Way

Yesterday was Gratitude Day!!!!

So I’ve added the Appreciation Exercise to my daily routine.  It’s been very refreshing to wake up and spend just a couple minutes appreciating the things I have and the things that I have experienced.  I’ve also been spending the minimum 5 minutes per night just finding things to appreciate, and that has been a great way to settle down before I meditate and go to bed.  Read more... (321 words, estimated 1:17 mins reading time)