Spread the Sunshine! (Music Video)

Bring Me Fun! Sunshine! Love!

Join the Jive Aces; swing your day towards happiness with a lively song sung by Ian Clarkson, with spirited dancers and musicians expressing their flair for wellness.  Stand up, click your fingers, tap your toes, and catch the body-brain boosting beat throughout the day.

Singing in the Rain! (video)

Dance Through the Doldrums

Gene Kelly elevates our spirit, creating sunshine during cloudy days, dancing and singing in the rain.  This classic song resonates today, showing how joyful music and movement inspirits the body and brain.  Stand up now – join in.  
Feel the joy!

Smile, Breathe and Go Slowly

                Reduce Holiday Stress!

Zen Habits website offers dozens of effective ways to simplify and savor life and achieve greater happiness and goals.  Read through the Archive of articles offered by Leo Babauta, suggesting effective ways to live a fuller life.  

Review the Year and Celebrate!

Wellness QUEST for YOUR BEST! Find a quiet moment to reflect on family, friends and other special people who have helped, loved, and inspired you throughout the past year. Celebrate all of them with an expression of gratitude before the year ends.

Health BENEFITS: Gratitude has a unique relationship with well-being. Wikipedia reports research suggesting how grateful people are happier, more satisfied with their lives and social relationships, and more in control of personal growth. They are less depressed, less stressed, and sleep better.

QUOTE: He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. ~Epictetus

HUMOR: An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. ~Bill Vaughan

POST SCRIPT: In addition to being thankful for other people’s positive effect on your life, give yourself credit. Your positive efforts deserve to be celebrated as well.

Note: The Health Cartoon shown above is taken from the perpetual Health Care-toons Calendar by Jeff Haebig and cartoonist Ed Fischer.

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QUEST CRYPTOGRAM answer from December 28th

"Triangle of Fitness... strength, flexibility, aerobics"

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Achieve Happiness (Video)

Why are we happy? Why aren’t we happy?

Dan Gilbert speaking at TED expounds on happiness, relating your feelings to research. Enjoy this lighthearted talk reinforcing our prefrontal cortex’s capacity to manufacture happiness. Interesting how bounded and unbounded ambitions and fears impact us differently. Quite surprising.

Exercise Brain Wellness

Train Your Brain to Be Happier

Alvaro Fernandez writing for Sharp Brains starts his article with the understanding that our ‘mind’ or awareness emerges from the physical brain. Yes! That is why I continue to write “body brain” throughout this blog. The brain without the body is like the Pope without a church… or rain without the sky. From now on, say “body brain” ok? OK! Then pay particular attention to how your body is nurturing your brain to be happy.