The Life Design Studio

Is Laughter the Best Medicine? | The Natural Way to cure the Blues

When was the last time you had a really good laugh?  Do you laugh every day?  Once a week ... a month?  There's lots of evidence to prove how good laughter is for our health and wellbeing.

Where do you Start?

Where do you start if you're out of practice with laughter?  Where can you find inspiration?  Has life become too serious?  It’s easy to get into a pit of worry with all the doom and gloom news on the TV lately, so think what would tickle you.  Learning to laugh again takes practice.

The Excuses We Make!

Have you ever heard yourself saying anything like this?  – I have!

“They asked me to write a blog but I don’t think I can, I haven’t got the time to prepare for it you see … I’m  far too busy. 

"I will find the time if I can of course but  ... I am a perfectionist you see; to get it right will take far too much of my time.  I know that having to have things just right is getting in my way and it’s not that I don’t want to change I have tried everything but it’s just the way I am. 

"I am too old to change now.  I suppose I could try, but deep down I know I haven’t got the will power. I’ve always been that way, never could get down to things properly at school with all that Who Ha going on between Mum and Dad at home, I couldn’t cope then so I can’t expect to now.

"I’ll just have to wing it – if it’s not brilliant I am sure everyone will understand – in the circumstances.”

Excuses Excuses - What Are Excuses About?

We use reasons like these all the time to explain why we’re not making the changes in our lives that we need to.  They sound valid enough - we’re all pressed for time and money, and there’s a limit to what we can do surely?  But all too often they are simply excuses, a way of absolving ourselves of taking action. 

WEIGHT LOSS : Setting Goals for Success

In my last post on this subject I talked about how to keep your motivation powered up after your first enthusiasm for losing weight begins to wane.  (Click here if you missed it)

I promised that I’d help you with goal-setting which is another very important factor when it comes to maintaining that steady weight loss.

We often set a goal of X number of pounds or stones and this is useful up to a point.  For instance if you set your goal at 2 stone, it could seem too big a goal and too far away to be attainable.  Result : loss of motivation.