Tuesday Truth or Dare: It's a Joy Thing

Truth: Life is meant to be enjoyed. Happiness is a beautiful, creative state of mind. Happiness is strongly linked to PLAY! Just look at children playing, they're laughing, smiling and joyful.  When you sit and watch a group playing any sport or game, they are completely living in the moment.  And Living in the Moment is where you want to be living.

As adults, we have lost touch with play and that's sad.  Our lack of spontaneous laughter, movement and engagement with others has led to increased levels of stress and depression.  

Playing is holistic medicine and it calls for a daily prescription. 

Dare: Add PLAY to your day. Dance. Skip. Be Spontaneous. Swing. Get a group of friends together for a game of good old-fashioned tag or touch football. There are many ways to add Play to your day. 

Yesterday, Charley (my wee dog) and I went to the park and I spontaneously decided to go for a swing.  It was amazing!  I smiled as soon as I started to go higher.  The kids joined in and we laughed and challenged each other. 

For the rest of the day, I felt energized and couldn't help but smile every time I thought about swinging in the fresh air.

7 day Challenge: 

Wake Up and Smile!

Commit to adding Play time 

to your day.

Sing, Move, Play catch at lunch, Sit on the Swings 

 

Plan a "Play Day" at work or with friends and family!

Sign up for a sport you played as a kid.  Get out there and play.

Make it a Great |Day!

How will you add PLAY to your Day?  

Add your ideas to the comments and let's begin to play and have fun and Smile.

Tuesday Truth or Dare: It's a Play Thing

Truth:  Life is meant to be enjoyed.  Happiness is a beautiful, creative state of mind.  Happiness is strongly linked to PLAY! Just look at children playing, they're laughing, smiling and joyful.

Dare:  Add PLAY to your day.  Dance. Skip. Be Spontaneous. Swing. Get a group of friends together for a game of good old-fashioned tag or touch football.  There are many ways to add Play to your day.  Yesterday, I splashed through all the wonderful puddles.  Charley & I had a blast.

How will you add PLAY to your Day?

Post in the comments how you added play to your day.

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The 3 Amazing Benefits of Having Fun

It's officially Spring and I've decided to focus on having fun and lightening up. Spring is the perfect time to smile, have fun and dream big.

Personal growth doesn't have to feel like hard work - it can be fun and energizing!  In fact, some of my best lessons have been learned while I was being silly, laughing and simply letting go!

3 Benefits of Having Fun

Having fun helps you get out of your left brain and into your right brain.  That shift will help you see your problem from a different perspective....sometimes the solution is right in front of you and a little laughter and light-heartedness can help you see your goals or dreams or inspiration more clearly. 

Having fun helps you de-stress and relax. When you stress out, your immune system functions less efficiently.  So having fun can boost your immune function which improves your overall health!

Having fun releases endorphins and they send signals of confidence and satisfaction to the brain.  Yes, having fun can also help you feel more confident.  And who doesn't want to feel more confident?!

This Spring, commit to having fun and bringing joy and light-heartedness into your daily life.  You will notice a new spring in your step and you will radiate self-confidence and joy.  The benefits of fun are priceless!

And the best part about having fun.....

It's free!

So let's have some fun!

Truth: Life is meant to be enjoyed. Happiness is a beautiful, creative state of mind. Happiness is strongly linked to PLAY! Just look at children playing, they're laughing, smiling and joyful.


Dare: Add PLAY to your day. Dance. Skip. Be Spontaneous. Swing. Get a group of friends together for a game of good old-fashioned tag or touch football. There are many ways to add Play to your day. Yesterday, I splashed through all the wonderful puddles. Charley & I had a blast.

How will you add PLAY to your Day?  

Add your ideas to the comments and let's begin to play and have fun and Smile.

About Susan Ball:  Susan inspires her clients to live the life of their dreams with passion, joy, and love. Susan is an experienced international Life Coach helping people Live a Baggage-Free Life.

Learn more about Susan by visiting her Online, on Facebook

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In this fun and informal workshop, Susan will help you focus and visualize your ideal life’s vision filled with what you want to be, do, or have. You will open your Inspired Imagination and see, feel, hear and touch your personal vision for your life.

Your inner artist will be inspired by Sadie, a passionate and colourful artist. She will open your artistic senses and give you the tools to put your passion on paper.

You will have fun creating your own personal vision board that visually represents your goals and dreams.

The vision board will help you focus your intent and help you start to manifest your dreams into reality. Your vision board will help you attract the things you want in your life.

It's time to liberate your imagination, manifest your goals, and soar with your dreams!

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Time: 10 am to 3 pm
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Cellphones, Email and Your Not-So-Well-being

In our age of technology, there are very few places where you can go and not see someone on the phone either texting or talking, studying their tablet, or checking their e-mail.  It is overwhelming for me to watch 90% of the population completely controlled by their electronic devices. 

It got me reminiscing about the "olden days".  I remembered how exciting it was when the phone rang and   you picked it up in anticipation of who was on the other end.  You were going to engage in a real conversation with a real person!  The phone could bring great news and feelings - a new job, a date, your mom's voice, a good friend.  It was there when you needed someone special to talk to and all you had to do was dial a seven-digit number and voila! a conversation was in the making.  There was no caller ID or voicemail, you either picked it up or you didn't.  Of course, when you didn't you wondered if you had missed the call of a lifetime!

The phone was magical and it allowed families and friends to communicate across the miles making separation from each other easier.   It brought news, good and bad and could be banged down when you were angry or disappointed.  The banging down of a phone receiver was cathartic.

The amazing thing about the phones of the good old days was You Would Leave Them at Home When You Left.  You went out to meet people and enjoyed face-to-face interactions.  You had a good time and there was no beeping, ringing and vibrating interruptions.  When you wanted to check in with your parents, spouse or babysitter, you walked to a payphone and dialed.  You spoke with the interested person, hung-up and went back to your socializing. 

When you went for a hike, or to the cottage, or on a vacation, you left your phone at home and you enjoyed new sights, relaxing in a natural setting, joining in with groups to discover new adventures.  You were free from attachment and free to explore without interruptions.  The best kind of exploration.  Healthy, encouraging, inspirational, natural, social behaviour is becoming a lost art and it is discouraging.

I have been in meetings and social environments where live conversation is interrupted by beeps and vibrations.  Inevitably, someone says, "Oh, Sorry, I HAVE to take this!".  Really?!?  Have to?  or Want to?  What would happen if you didn't answer your cellphone immediately?  What would happen if you left it at home for an enjoyable evening out?  What would happen if you gave 100% of your attention to the live conversation that is taking place?  

What is so life-altering that it is critically important that you relentlessly engage with an inanimate object - your phone?

Shut it down for a day.  Get out and talk face-to-face, take a walk in the woods free from your phone, play with your children and focus on them only.  

When you do this once, you will do it over and over because you will discover that the caller can leave a message, the text can be answered later, and the email, well, it could actually be left for a few days.  

You will discover a new style of freedom and happiness and it is worth leaving the phone at home!

Rekindle Joy and Playfulness

Spring is here!  Spring  is a magical time of renewal and rejuvenation.  It's the perfect time year to rekindle your sense of joy and playfulness. Being playful reduces stress and stimulates creativity.

• Add Play Days to your calendar.
• Give yourself permission to play and have fun.
• Take "Recess" instead of lunch.
• Live everyday with curiosity.
• Explore more.
• Do something new simply because it looks interesting.
• Share positive and pleasant news with others.
• Savour pleasant experiences and extend positive emotions.
• Let loose and be silly.
• Laugh Lots! You will positively change your outlook, mood and your life!
• Make Friends with and Embrace Change and Flexibility.

Have Fun..... Let Loose........ Celebrate and Embrace your Life!

"Life is playfulness...We need to play so that we can rediscover the magic all around us." Flora Colao

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