The Ticket to Happiness - for you and your child

Feeling happier is easier than you think. Dr. Glasser, founder of Choice Theory psychology, has a daily challenge to better health and happiness for 2016.  Here’s a tip from a recent post…

“All behavior is total. What that means is that acting, thinking, feeling (emotions) and physiology (what’s happening in your body) all occur simultaneously. When one component, such as acting, is changed everything else changes too.

In other words, if you're feeling blue, or grumpy, or even depressed, and you smile (change your action) your thinking, feeling and physiology will change. Smiling can help you feel better! This is true whether the smile is authentic, faked, or manipulated by putting a pencil horizontally between your lips and teeth.

Other benefits? You are more attractive to other people when you smile. Smiling is contagious, as in smile and the world smiles with you. And smiling reduces your body's stress response.

Today spend your day smiling. Smile at your kids and your pets. Smile at other people, whether you know them or not. Smile while you are driving, reading your emails, washing dishes, walking and playing the piano. Smile while you eat. In fact, every time you see the color red, smile. Don't want to smile at red, then choose another color. And don't forget to smile especially warmly and sincerely when you see and speak with those people you love.”

Other resources to up the happiness quotient in your family!                

      ·      Take one of our popular parenting courses -> Raising Great Parents; Teens: Yes You Can Have a Good Relationship

     ·      Google some laugh tracks and get laughing! Here’s one to get you started.

Make Your Day a Happy One!

Beverley & Doone