25 Ways to a Happier, Healthier You

By Penelope Jane Whiteley

A short, easy-to-read and non-scientific guide to having fun and enjoying life, Twenty-Five Ways to a Happier, Healthier You is based on the premise that laughter is the best medicineor, in this case, happiness is the best medicine at any age! The book consists of handy tips on how to get started on a new happiness routine, and create a lifestyle that can provide nothing but health benefits. It teaches you how to lower your stress levels and improve your overall well-being, using one or many of these twenty-five simple ways.

Learn about the happy foods that can lower your stress levels; the benefits of dog walking or cat cuddling; and the real value of sleep, love, and sex. Learn about the importance of playing and having fun, and the benefits of change and living your passion. Learn about the power of the mindbody connection and how something as simple as visualisation can defuse a stressful situation.

Perhaps you will be inspired to start a garden, learn to play a musical instrument, or even join a laughter yoga group.

Will this little book change your life? If youre stressed or burnt out, have health issues, and have had enough of the way you feel, the way you look, and the way you feel

about the way you look, the answer is yes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: May 2, 2014
• ISBN: 9781452595504

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25 WAYS TO A HAPPIER, HEALTHIER YOU

Penelope Jane Whiteley

Copyright © 2014 Penelope Jane Whiteley.

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ISBN: 978-1-4525-9549-8 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4525-9550-4 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2014906221

Balboa Press rev. date: 04/30/2014

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Contents

Gratitude

Pets

Walk the Dog

Walk Somebody Else’s Dog

Music

Read

Garden.

Help

Mind

Visualisation

Yoga

Prayer

Re-frame

Breathe

Standing

Lying down

Eat

Exercise

Laugh

Play

Sleep

Love

Goals

Forgive

Sex

Talk

Join

Change

Passion

Purpose

The Dalai Lama said "The purpose of our lives is to be happy" and it’s important to make somebody happy, so it might as well be you!

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The links between happiness and your physical well being are too big to ignore. If you want to improve your emotional and physical health, happiness is the key … you can liken it to having a scratch for every itch.

On a scientific/psychological level, the Harvard Medical School suggests you Start by focussing on the things that bring you happiness. Scientific evidence suggests that positive emotions can help make life longer and healthier.

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But fleeting positive emotions aren’t enough. Lowering your stress levels over a period of years with a positive outlook and relaxation techniques could reduce your risk of health problems.

This small book will provide you with 25 different ways in which you can improve your health by increasing your happiness … become pro-active and choose just one … or maybe three!

What is Happiness, (or ‘the state of