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10 Ways to Relax after Work

Posted by Anjana Lala on
 January 20, 2018
10 ways to relax

Relaxing after work is one of my goal for 2018

We into the 3rd week of Jan 2018. I don’t know about you guys, but before the exhaustion of the commute and work pressure get you down. Here are some ideas how to unwind after work.

In 2017, I used to just bite the bullet. Convince myself that this is just life and that I had to keep going no matter what.

But over the holidays, I realized that if I want to be top my game, I need to make my overall well-being a priority. I need to make time to unwind when I get home, time to relax and de-stress.

Life was so much simpler when we were kids. But we were in a hurry to be adults. We thought adulting would be fun and free.

Adulting has been a lot harder. Relaxing is just not on the cards.  I’d get home and think about all the zillion things I wanted or needed to do, so taking a breather wasn’t on the cards. So, if that sounds like your life and you need some help in the de-stressing department, here are

10 easy ways to relax after a long day at work:

Listen to Relaxing Music

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Change into Comfy Clothes

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Enjoy A Glass of Wine 

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Unplug for 2-3 Hours

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Light Up Some Soy Candles

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Use Essential or Aroma Therapy Oils

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Take a Bubble Bath

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Meditate/Do Yoga

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Read A Book

Read a Book

Get Crafty

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My favourite way to relax is listening to soothing music in my comfy cloths sipping tantalising red wine.

How do you unwind after a long day? Let us know in the comment section

We Breaking Up with Sugar

Posted by Anjana Lala on
 November 14, 2017
breaking up with sugar

I am BREAKING UP WITH SUGAR on this World Diabetes Day

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IT’S BEEN A GREAT LOVE AFFAIR.

Sugar has comforted me, consoled me, made me happy, celebrated life with me, boost me up when I was down. YES! I am still breaking with sugar! from a distance oh wow it’s the best relationship you could have, BUT EVERYTHING IS NOT ALL SWEET & SEXY ABOUT SUGAR. We were told sugar is harmless (I know and we believed it) My Dear Friends It’s a BIG FAT LIE! It causes weight gain, inflammation, exhaustion, etc. Oh, dear so many unhealthy things. It’s scary.

Let Break-Up with Sugar to feel great about ourselves. We don’t need to sugar to love ourselves. We don’t need sugar to celebrate life, we don’t need sugar to boost our energy. We don’t need sugar to make us happy.  I am doing this for ME. I am choosing health. I am committed to my health. What are you going to do for yourself?

The great love affair is over.

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I can make myself happy. I celebrate life in a new way. I have great friends, a new way of living and to keep myself motivated I am listing the reasons I am breaking up with sugar:

1.             CAUSES WEIGHT GAIN
2.              MAKES YOU HUNGRY
3.              LOWERS IMMUNITY
4.              MOOD IMBALANCES
5.              LOW ENERGY/FATIGUE
6.              INFLAMMATION
7.              DIGESTION ISSUES
8.              TOOTH DECAY AND CAVITIES
9.              DIABETES COMPLICATIONS
10.           HEART DISEASE/STROKE/METABOLIC SYNDROME
11.           CANCER
12.           KIDNEY DISEASE
13.           FATTY LIVER
14.           OSTEOPOROSIS
15.           HORMONE ISSUES
16.           ACCELERATED AGING

17.                  BRAIN FOG
18                   POOR MEMORY
19                   SLEEP ISSUES

 

If this does not convince you? What will?

So, Are you breaking up with Sugar?

5 Ways to Colour Your Life with Happiness

Posted by Anjana Lala on
 March 12, 2017
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Colour Your Life with Happiness.

Soon it will be the festival of colour or Happy Holi, celebrated by Hindus all over the world.

This year it’s on 21 March 2019

 

In the Southern hemisphere, we are in full force summer. Abundance of colour all around us. Caressing the eyes, soothing the senses, igniting our lives with passion and excitement. The vivid hues tantalising our taste and thirst for a vibrant life. Dazzling our dreams with pulsating energy. At times calming our minds and warming our hearts. A gentle glow glimmer of hope.

I love infusing colour in my life to create Happiness, Hope and Harmony. Every morning when I awake I ponder my day and select the colour that is needed for the day. Some days are filled with positive events and activities that are full of bright colours. Other days are filled with challenges that are dark and sombre. I love to use the rainbow of colours to start the day. It’s fun and easy way to create positivity and richness in your life. Colours invoke our emotions – either positively or negatively. Let’s see how we can use colours to impact our lives and happiness. (Scientist say colours can influence your mood)

 5 Ways to colour your life with Happiness

  1.  Add a pot plant or buy flowers to brighten up and happy up your surroundings.
  2. Wear colourful cloths and if colour is not your thing wear happy socks
  3. Use colourful dinner set or breakfast utensils. Colourful mugs for your tea or coffee. Drink water in a blue glass
  4. Try a new colour nail polish or lipstick
  5. Eat colourful foods

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The effects of 9 basic colours on your happiness: –

  1. Red is a vibrant colour that invokes passion, power, romance, drama, bravery
  2. Orange is a warm colour that conveys friendliness, fun, energy, creativity, innovation
  3. Yellow is a sunny colour that incites positivity, happiness, softness, hospitality, upliftment
  4. Green is a soothing colour that encourages growth, relaxation, renewal, safety, gentleness
  5. Blue is a versatile colour that delivers tranquillity, reflectiveness, dependability, intelligence, strength
  6. Purple is an enigmatic colour that arouses eccentricity, sophistication, excitement, calmness, luxury
  7. Brown is an organic colour that evokes earthiness, resilience, comfort, warmth, familiarity
  8. Black is a mysterious colour that invokes confidence, authority, seriousness, stability, safety
  9. White is a cool colour that conveys timelessness, purity, neutrality, cleanliness, freshness

The above colours incites these blissful emotions into my life.

Colours invoke pure pleasure and happiness. Infusing hope for something possible. There are many colours that might make you happy but the colours that I find to simply bring the greatest amount of happiness, hope and harmony into my life are red, black and orange.

How do you colour your life with happiness?

Book a FREE coaching call on how we can help you Colour Your Life with Happiness.

Let us show you how to infuse some brightness or calmness into your life.

What do you need?

 

 

April is Stress Awareness Month

Posted by Anjana Lala on
 April 3, 2016
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April is Stress Awareness Month – A month of taking Action to manage your stress

This is a great opportunity to assess the origins of stress, anxiety or tension in your life, learn about effective coping skills and work on ways to reduce the stress, anxiety or tension you experience on a daily basis.

Stress is your response to the world around you – like a situation or an event. It is also a response to a thought or feeling. While stress can be related to good or bad events, our body’s response can be the same. Like a race car at a starting line, the body gears-up to meet the challenge of the stressful situation.

Recognize that you have the power to make decisions, to more effectively manage your stress levels

Firstly you need to Recognize your personal Stress!

We can experience stress on 4 levels:

Physical Mental  Emotional  Social  
Muscle tension

Headaches

Restless sleeps

Stomach and digestive problems

Skin problems

Back Pain

Stiff Jaws

Twitching in eyes

Emotional eating

Developing allergies

Low Energy

 

Poor concentration

Racing thoughts

Forgetfulness

Overthinking negatively

Anxious mind

Poor Decisions

Irritability

Anxiety

Mood swings

Cynicism

Lack of fulfilment

Loneliness

Low self-worth

 Intolerance for others

Lashing out

Unable to interact with others

We’ve all experienced some of these signs in our lives brought on by varying degrees of stress. But if you have been experiencing these signs over a prolonged time, it’s an indicator that you may  have an unhealthy level of stress and you should take steps to eliminate the stressors.

Getting in touch with your stress:

Daily for the next 2 weeks, journal what stressed you out. What about the situation stressed you out? What thoughts you were having during the stressful situation?

Just list all that comes up without judgement or analysis. Do you see a pattern? Do you see a common situation that is causing you stress? Thoughts or beliefs that are stressing you out?

This is a great way to increase our stress awareness.

My Happiness Manifesto

Posted by Anjana Lala on
 March 20, 2016
I choose Happiness

Today is International Day of Happiness and I am writing my Happiness Manifesto

My friend dared me to write my own happiness manifesto. So I’m picking up the gauntlet she threw down and writing my own Happiness Manifesto. With that… I promise that I love myself enough to do the following to the best of my ability at any given moment:

My HAPPINESS MANIFESTO

Say YES to Life daily

Choose love and happiness—first, last, and always

Say no to drama in my own life Laugh–unabashedly. Sing–LOUDLY. Dance–BOLDLY

Live from my heart

Make memories – Connect with people

Apologize and forgive to maintain inner peace

Give myself permission to feel what I am feeling

Eat well and exercise

Relax and breathe deeply to manage stress

Live simply

Embrace on being happier

Do you what I love doing

Embrace my story, my power and be courageous

Smile often and be kind

Be silly. Read–everything

Grow flowers.

Hang out only with people who uplift my spirit

Not get stuck in a rut of self-doubt or self-recrimination

Not judge how other people live their lives

Intentionally make time for play and fun

Trust in myself and others

Believe in the good in people

Be vulnerable

Be generous and helpful

Watch less TV

Eat lots of chocolate

Cook, both simply and extravagantly.

Explore, discover and Travel

Dream big and bold

Wear ALL the colors. Be sparkly–in clothing and in spirit.

Inspire others to laugh and hope and love

Believe everything will be okay and work out

I Choose Happiness!

What do you choose?

What’s your manifesto look like?

Don’t have one. Try it. It’s pretty easy once you set your pen to paper. Post your manifesto on your page and link it here, or just post it in the comments. I’d love to read it, and with each manifesto we’re changing the world.

 

 

Drink Water Feel Better

Posted by Anjana Lala on
 July 27, 2015
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Water is the essence of Life

Drink water to feel better! Drinking water is essential for optimal mood, staying healthy and happy. Many people underestimate the importance of drinking water for mind, body and spirit. Many people think it is just a “mom’s tale,” like you need to drink your milk.  How much water do you drink only a daily basis?  I drink hot water every morning and just before going to bed to keep healthy and happy. During the day I sip herbal teas and eat water based fruits and veggies. I hope that you feel inspired by tips below, to maintain a happy and healthy lifestyle

1. Keep you energised – if you dehydrated you can feel tired and sleepy. Drink some water to wake up and feel energised.
2. Keep you alert. – Dehydration can impair our attentions span, memory and motor skills. Drinking water can help improve our focus, concentration, memory and refreshed.
3. Clear glowing skin – Our skin are exposed to dry air, sun, extreme weather, harsh chemicals, pollution that can dry our skin and cause skin diseases. One way to keep our skin healthy is to drink sufficient water. Water keeps our skin health, hydrated and happy. Maintains skin elasticity and skin tissues hydrated.
4. Relaxes a person under stress – Whenever a person is emotional, upset or disturbed, the first we do is give them a glass of water. It’s an ancient practice. Drinking water is calming, relaxing and soothing during extreme emotional feelings.
5. Swimming is great workout for body and mind – Swimming has been found to improve long-term physical and mental health.  Water aerobics and deep water running offer cardio workouts with no impact and low stress.  Those seeking peace of mind might consider diving in too; spending time in the pool is believed to reduce depression.
6. Cleansing the body and mind – Water is required for the cleansing and flushing out body of toxins and waste products. Helping keeping your organs, kidneys, bowels, digestive system and the entire body running smoothly.
7. Reducing stress – After a hard stressful or active day, a hot shower or bath can sooth and decrease our stress and anxiety levels leaving us calm and relaxed  Relaxing our tired body and muscles after a workout. Soaking tired painful feet in water can help reduce fatigue.  Allowing you to sleep better
8.  Uplift your self-worth – When you feeling down and lonely, helpless or heartbroken soak in hot bath with some aroma therapy oil, baths salts or bubble bath to sooth the heart. It will make you feel better about yourself.
9. Keep your home and personal things clean – Water is the base for keeping your house, self and personal things clean. It’s non-toxic, healthy and good for the environment if used with natural detergents.
10. Helps with weight loss – Drinking clean fresh water instead of sodas, ready fruit juices, wine, energy drinks can help keep the calories down. Water is a good substitute for snacking when under stress or feeling emotional. It acts a natural appetite suppressant. Water can help making you feel better.
11. Aids with allergies and respiratory illness – Humidifier aids with dry air and moisturise the nasal passage and bronchial tubes. Helps makes breathing easier for people struggling with allergies and breathing problems.
12. Helps to cope with hangovers – Drinking alcohol causes dehydration, which can lead to hangovers. Having a glass of water with each alcoholic drink you sip is one way to offset the dehydration (and the day-after babelaas or hangover)
13. Frozen water used for injuries – Ice is widely used to treat injuries and bruises. Cold compressions are applied to sprains and swelling caused by injuries to reduce pain.
14. Enjoy water based fruit and veggies– Water-based fruits (orange, water-melon, melons, berries, etc.) and veggies (lettuce, cucumbers, cabbage, tomatoes, etc.) are great source of keeping hydrated. It makes the menu also interesting. Water is the basic requirement to prepare food. So cherish and value water.
15. Living near water can help reduce stress – the sound of water is great for reducing stress and can have a meditative impact. It’s been scientifically proven that sound of running water can reduce stress and has therapeutic effect.

Enjoy the essence of life WATER!

Cherish our most valuable resource.

Go ahead Drink Water Feel Better.

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