{"id":1086,"date":"2023-07-01T07:15:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T07:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.practicesolutionsinc.net\/blog\/?p=1086"},"modified":"2023-07-01T14:25:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T14:25:57","slug":"get-happier-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.practicesolutionsinc.net\/blog\/2023\/07\/get-happier-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Happier!  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When you&#8217;re feeling sad, or stressed, start smiling and you will feel instantly better.<\/p>\n<p>Smile when you don\u2019t feel well to improve your health.&nbsp; A smile can boost your immune system by improving your general feelings of well-being.&nbsp; Smiling makes you feel more relaxed which reduces your blood pressure and feelings of stress.&nbsp; People who smile live an average of seven years longer than people who do not.&nbsp; Get happier and live longer by smiling often every day!<\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Action Plan \u2013 Smile Power<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make eye contact.<\/li>\n<li>Smile genuinely.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t worry about their response and whether they smile back or not. It\u2019s not important.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Laughter Power<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We get happier when we laugh more often.&nbsp; Add a regular dose of laughter to every day and you will not only be happier, you will also be healthier!&nbsp; However, it is not always so easy to do.&nbsp; We get so busy that we focus only on getting the job done.&nbsp; We don&#8217;t slow down enough to take time to laugh.&nbsp; We need to add laughter to our list of daily priorities!<\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em>Laughter triggers healthy physical changes in the body.&nbsp; A good, hearty laugh:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Relieves physical tension and stress, leaving your muscles relaxed for up to an additional 45 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Boosts the immune system<\/li>\n<li>Decreases stress hormones<\/li>\n<li>Triggers the release of endorphins, the body&#8217;s natural feel-good chemicals.<\/li>\n<li>Improves the function of blood vessels and increases blood flow, which can protect you against a heart attack and other cardiovascular problems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Think about it.&nbsp; When was the last time you had a hearty laugh?&nbsp; No, I am not talking about a little chuckle.&nbsp; I am talking about a throw your head back, side holding, tears streaming, almost wet your pants laugh!&nbsp; You don&#8217;t need to have a sense of humor, be happy or have any reason to laugh.&nbsp; Just laugh for the sake of laughing!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Action Plan \u2013 Laughter Power<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fake it until you feel it.<\/li>\n<li>Schedule time to practice laughing every day.<\/li>\n<li>Surround yourself with people and things that make you laugh.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The more you practice laughing, the better you will become and the happier you will feel!<\/p>\n<p>Implement the four strategies to get happier, Focus Power, Choice Power, Smile Power, and Laughter Power and you will get happier!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happiness is not just feel good, nice to have, fluff stuff.&nbsp; When we feel happier more often, we entirely change our beliefs about our world, what we can achieve, and ourselves.&nbsp; Harvard and Mayo Clinic research supports that the happier we are, the more successful, more intelligent, more creative, more productive and healthier we will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,5,6,186,10,12,16,215,18,22,24,199,28,191,33,34,35,36,39,41,42,188,46,47,187,51,53,54,217,1],"tags":[61,63,73,84,89,92,93,96,107,121,140,144,146,149,153,160,170,175],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Get Happier! 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