Summer months are lazy months. Kids are home from school and all they want to do is sleep late and then when they finally do get out of bed, they plop down on the sofa to television. And I fall right into the trap with them! Especially if there’s housework to be done. Procrastination is often my adversary. When I start feeling like a sloth… {Read More}
Tips to a Happier You in 2012~Made to Crave
7 July, 2012 by 6 Comments
Here are a few things I know about taste and mood: It makes us happy to eat something sweet…a comfort food. If we eat a healthy diet, we feel better and are therefore happier. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. We feel happier—more satisfied—when our stomachs are full. And last but not least… Food is often about relationships. Relationships between us and God, us and friends, and us and our own soul. There have been tons of {Read More}
Tips to a Happier You in 2012~The Power of Touch
30 June, 2012 by 1 Comment
I’m back to my posts on how we can use the five senses God gave us to fight depression and made us happier. Today it’s the power of touch. The touch of Jesus is illustrated through story after story in the Bible. The story from the prescriptions verse above where he touched the leper and healed him. The story of Peter when he stepped out of the boat to walk on water. When he took his eyes off Jesus, he {Read More}
Tips to a Happier You in 2012~Choosing to See Truth
16 June, 2012 by 1 Comment
As a pharmacist who became the patient for seven years, I gained quite the understanding on depression. If you’ve never experienced it, I’m rejoicing with you! It’s not a place you want to go. If you have experienced it…well, I’m right there with you. In the gloomy pit of despair and hopelessness that is depression, desperation is born. The desire to be out of that pit is overwhelming. We will do anything to get out. Prozac, one of the most {Read More}
Tips to a Happer You in 2012~When life gives you lemons, sniff them!
9 June, 2012 by 54 Comments
“Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived.” – Helen Keller God gave us five senses—hearing, sight, taste, touch, and smell. All of these senses send direct messages to our brains. Consider the information given by the Social Issues Research Center on the subject of fragrance and emotion: The association of fragrance and emotion is not an invention of poets or perfume-makers. Our olfactory receptors are directly connected to {Read More}
