Managing your stress and anxiety is healthy for your mind, body, and soul. Our bodies have a natural ability to respond to stress and anxiety by releasing hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol. These hormones can be harmful to the body after long periods of time causing health issues such as weight gain, sleep problems, heart disease, and much more. In[...]
You have arrived at your meditation practice. It's quiet and you are ready to get your inner peace on. You close your eyes and start breathing like Dark Vader. Then your mind starts getting flooded with thoughts. You think to yourself, "Geez, my mind was quieter before I started this meditation, what gives?" Now you politely tell your brain to "shut up" o[...]
It is the last five minutes of yoga and now it is time for final relaxation. This is the time to quiet the mind and reflect on the practice. Marissa lies down and closes her eyes in an attempt to enjoy these final moments of peace. Then she hears her phone buzz, it could be an email, a text message, or a voicemail, who knows? Maybe it’s her kid’s scho[...]
Imagine that you are a bus driver in a busy city. Passengers come in and out of the bus. Some are rude and obnoxious, criticizing everything, while others are nice with a friendly smile and attitude. As the driver, you are responsible for learning each passenger’s needs and taking them wherever they want to go. Regardless of who comes on the bus, you re[...]
When I hear people say: “I can’t meditate.” I always say, “Yes, you can, you probably already do it and don’t even know it.” There are many ways to meditate. The basic skill in meditation is just letting go and getting lost in the flow of the moment. Now if you want to get fancy and have a formal meditation practice, then it will require that[...]
Here is an exercise for you. Pull out your journal and write a sentence with these words. Resistance. Fear. Habit. Power. Hope. When you are done writing this sentence, scroll down and continue reading this blog post for a meditation exercise. You can even write your sentence in the comments below. What sentence did you write? Did you use all o[...]
Sofia is sitting in her office looking out the window, counting the minutes until 5 o'clock! She thinks to herself, “This week sucks! I wish it was already next month so I could go on my vacation, and then I’ll be happy.” Poor Sofia, wishing her life away for a one week vacation. What will she do when she gets back to work after her vacation, wish fo[...]
As a happiness coach, people always ask me, “Are you ever not happy.” I usually respond with “Heck yeah, I go through the array of emotions just like everybody else, just ask my kids.” The difference is that I have trained my brain to be aware of these emotions so that I don’t stay in them for too long. It is something I work on daily for several[...]
Meditation is so good for the mind and the body. The research has proved this time and time again. When I started meditating, I didn't know what I was doing or if it was working. Eventually, as time went by, I started to see subtle changes in my mind and body. Like I could breathe better when I ran or I was calmer with my children. There were some defini[...]
Here is some bee happi coaching rhetoric for you. Imagine that there is something that you want to change, but you haven't done anything about it. Now maybe in your heart, you are longing for this change. Yet something always gets in the way like: fear, lack of confidence, or any other limiting belief. Next, look deep into the future and think about what li[...]