5 Top Tips To Boost Your Spirits
by: Christopher Green
If you?re feeling like everything is getting on top of you, or you?re finding it difficult to cope or function, or you?re feeling down in the dumps, then try these 5 easy-to-do tips to relieve tension and stress and boost your spirits:
1. Take a relaxing bath. Add music, candles and a glass of your favourite drink: beer, tea, hot chocolate, wine or even champagne. Close the door and forget about everything else for an hour or so. This helps to increase levels of calmness and the calmer we feel, the less likely we are to get stressed out or depressed.
2. Comedy night: get in your favourite nibbles: chips, tortillas, salsa, crackers, cheese, pizza, chocolate, cookies, ice cream etc. Crack open a bottle of wine or pour yourself a beer or two and spend a full evening watching your favourite funny films or comedians. Laughter raises our spirits and is a great antidote to the stresses and trials of modern living.
3. Get out of the firing line: Take off for some peace and quiet for a day or better still a weekend or a week. Take a journal, relax and gather your thoughts. When we?re under pressure or struggling to cope with a major situation or event in life, seeing solutions to our problems can be really difficult. Distance from problems can bring clarity and relieve tension. I love going to the coast when I feel like this and it always, without fail, helps me to calm down and find solutions. I don?t know why but there?s something really soothing about being near the ocean. Being near water, come to think of it.
4. Increase calmness and feel great by indulging in massage. Share a massage with your partner ? create a relaxing atmosphere by softening the lights and have oils and towels to hand. Lavender oil is particularly relaxing. Or, treat yourself to a massage from a professional masseur or masseuse.
For a really invigorating massage, visit a Turkish baths if you?re fortunate enough to have one nearby. Massage is very relaxing and increases intimacy between lovers. It?s one huge stress buster as well but be warned, it?s addictive! Not a bad thing to be addicted to though, and it will do you no end of good.
5. Spend a week without watching any television. Television can fill your mind with negativity, bombard you with image manipulation via commercials and give you a distorted view of reality by showing you everything that?s bad about the world. Famines, disasters, murders, violence, war ? the list is endless ? and news programmes and soap operas are full of such events. So give your mind a break from this assault on your senses. Abandon the television for a week and do something more rewarding instead: Read a book, listen to music, socialize, workout, go for a walk or try your hand at something new. If you need to hear the news, listen to a radio news bulletin once a day. But try and avoid them for one week, replace them with something more life enhancing and see how you feel.
The above ideas are very simple to implement but they are also very effective in helping to relieve stress and tension. Give them a try and watch your mood levels rise!
Until next time.
Copyright 2005 Christopher Green
About The Author
Christopher Green is the author of the new book ?Conquering Stress?, a special program which will show you how to conquer stressful illnesses such as depression, anxiety, panic and worry permanently and without taking powerful drugs. For more information, please click here ==> http://www.conqueringstress.com.
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Dessert Parties
Dessert Parties
by: Amanda Baker
Dinner parties are a hot trend and a great way to get together with all of your friends.
But do you and your friends have a serious sweet tooth?
Do you get more enjoyment out of the desserts than dinner?
Why not host an evening dessert party?
A dessert party can actually be hosted any time of the day, but a late evening party is typically best.
With desserts, the tiny touches really do completely the big pictures.
For instance, doilies on dessert plates when serving a fine piece of cake is a beautiful touch.
A nice espresso goes well with pastries.
If have a tasty pound cake and want to make it look beautiful when serving?
Use wine or champagne glasses and a flavor or two of ice cream to serve desserts a la mode.
Serve flavored coffees and teas with some fresh fruit.
All by itself, it can serve as a dessert.
Just don't...
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The Meaning of Solstivus: The Traditional Winter Celebration
The Meaning of Solstivus: The Traditional Winter Celebration
by: R. Paul Wilson
Arg shivered as he finished the last of the boiled weasel skin he brought for his lunch.
His daily hunt had taken him to the end of the Tall Deer creek-bed.
No luck, so far, no game at all.
He turned back down the valley, not looking forward to his evening meal of the rotting wolverine meat in the bottom of the cellar.
His wife Erg and the kids would be disappointed to have no new game.
He knew she would probably just sink deeper into her despair.
The snowfalls and increasing darkness each day had left her unable to cope.
She kept the kids in the hut with her under the furs.
She spoke of slow death and hopelessness.
They were all getting thin and weak.
But every day it seemed he still felt a core sense of hope.
He felt optimistic and self-confident.
As he...
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7-point Checklist For Choosing The Right Candle Holders
7-point Checklist For Choosing The Right Candle Holders
by: Justine van Zyl
While candle holders are obviously key elements in any candle setting, all too often they suffer a sort of benign neglect.
Sometimes they're used "just because they're there", and sometimes because choosing the right candle holder seems a rather daunting task.
If deciding what to use is your problem, then this handy checklist could help to simplify the process.
While glass and metal candle holders are the most popular, there is an absolutely huge variety available, in all sorts of materials.
As you run down the list, you will see that as you make decisions you are led naturally to the right kind of holder and the right kind of candle.
Making your own is also an option if you have the patience and skill - or perhaps just the patience!
1 The event
* Are you going to use the candle holder as an integral part of the event...
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Unwind and Relax with a Spa Gift Basket
Unwind and Relax with a Spa Gift Basket
by: Larry Flynn
When considering a specialty gift ?just for her? look no further than a lovely spa gift basket. These gift ideas come in all shapes and sizes and can be personalized to her tastes and likes. If she deserves to be pampered then consider this gift filled with her favorite bath accessories and spa products.
To create her own personal spa gift, you need to consider her favorite scents. Remember that you are intending this gift be one that calms, soothes and relaxes her in the privacy of her own world. Floral, citrus, berry, vanilla and almond scents are used as they evoke relaxation responses from her senses. The perfect spa begins with natural wax candles to create that ?oh so right? environment.
An assortment of subtly scented soaps, bath salts, shower gels and foot soaks are at the center of her spa experience. Compliment with bath sponges, a bath mitt and a gel mask; remember you...
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Candle Making In School As A Fundraiser Activity
Candle Making In School As A Fundraiser Activity
by: Simon Oliver
Candle fundraiser activities are done by most schools because they are more effective than any other fundraiser strategies. Some schools will sell cakes, cookies, and more, but it?s really not as effective as candle selling. Selling candles is a very effective fundraising activity for your school.
Candle making is being taught in some schools, so it is a good way to start the candle fundraiser because the students are already trained on how to make unique candles with their own styles. You might wonder if people are interested in buying candles throughout the year. Well, candles are not usually bought for lighting. People buy candles for their collections and decoration purposes.
If you want to start a fundraiser in your school, make sure several students will cooperate with the activity. Each member should play their own part so that you have a lot of candles to use for...
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