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A well-known research study at Duke University showed that going for a brisk 30-minute walk three times a week is as effective as taking antidepressants to improve your mood. And they found that the group that exercised had more long-lasting benefits than those that took antidepressants.
Why? Exercise increases the release of endorphins and the mood-enhancing neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain, the same chemicals that antidepressants manipulate to make you feel better.
Researchers also discovered that during exercise there is an increase in brain emission of alpha waves that are associated with a relaxed, meditation-like state. This feeling appears about 20 minutes into a 30-minute exercise session.
Bounce Back Assignment: Take some steps toward improving your mood today. Step outside for a walk or a run.
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Okay. I must confess. I have a huge crush on Wayne Dyer. I just discovered his book “Your Sacred Self” - and what he says in this quickie passage makes a wonderful inspiring BOUNCE BACK TIP reminder - so I’m sharing it here with all you!! Voila. Wayne Dyer:
The ancient spiritual writings in the Kabbalah have a very pertinent teaching that I would like you to come to know. It is suggested in them that our purpose here is to move from lower levels of living to higher and higher planes. But in order to move to the next level we must actually fall down first-to acquire and generate the necessary energy to propel ourselves to the next level.
Thus every single fall that you experience is really an opportunity to acquire energy. The added energy provides the turbo boost to move up and fulfill your purpose on the next level. Your sacred self knows that your falls are necessary for the achievement of this goal.
(…)The fall is always in divine order. Whether we choose to acquire the energy to move to a higher spiritual level is entirely up to each and every one of us. My message is clear. Use your falls to come to an awareness of the higher power and loving presence that is always with you. The energy that you acquire is similar to what the high jumper gets when he falls way back in order to propel himself over the bar at a higher level than before.
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Yup. You gotta love Wayne Dyer. With all he shares above, know if you’re feeling hurt from a particular fall in your life, that you can with conscious awareness use your fall to push yourself up higher than ever. If you’re in the midst of a fall now - use it to jump for joy - because with the right empowering insights, you’ll be on a path to becoming your highest self.
Are you asking yourself questions that further weigh you down?
Why didn’t I . . .?
What if . . .?
Why me?
Would you accept some of the mean and nasty questions you ask yourself if they came from an outside source?
If not, then stop and swap them immediately for these questions that bounce you upward:
What can I do to move forward?
How can I grow from this challenge?
What’s within my control to change?
Happiness Assignment: Next time a question pops into your head, ask yourself, “Is this a non-bounceable question?” If it is, drop it. And watch out for your toes!
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