What if Happiness is a Choice?
We live in a modern society where people live with better living conditions and greater life expectancy. Still, more and more people suffer from stress, anxiety and depression and at increasingly early ages.
Seems contradictory, doesn't it? This is, however, an increasingly visible reality in our society, due to the more aggressive attitudes we see in our daily lives. And the pandemic has further highlighted the challenges of mental health.
What if I tell you we don't have to live like this! What if I told you that Happiness is a choice within anyone's reach! What if I tell you you only have to choose!
Life is made up of cycles. Challenges. With a few more challenging moments than others. The way we deal with these cycles and challenges determines our degree of happiness. And dealing means accepting all emotions and feelings and all experiences in life, including the least positive.
Things begin to get complicated when we focus only on the less positive moments and emotions and let beliefs immersed in the subconscious limit what we can do to overcome these more challenging moments.
Everything we focus on ends up coming true. Soon if we focus on feelings such as anger, hurt and resentment and emotions such as fear, insecurity, shame, guilt, we will be closing in on what we can get positive in life. And when we focus on the things that bring us joy, gratitude, security, love, we will be nourishing our Happiness. And science has proven that happy people are more creative, resilient, productive, compassionate, deep down, healthier!
You want to be really happy? Start by focusing on the little positive things in your life. In a child's smile. In the heat and sunshine. The sound of the waves at sea. In the wind you feel on your face. In the food you have at the table that nourishes your body. The people that you have at your side that are really important. Feel the grass when you go to the garden. Listen to the singing of birds. Feel the soft hair of your four-legged friend. Laugh. Dance. Party. Be grateful every day for having the opportunity to start over every time you wake up. Be grateful for breathing without conditioning. Gratitude, presence in here and now, and love are the ingredients of genuine Happiness.
Many companies have already realized the importance of Happiness in the performance of their employees and, consequently, in their financial results. To foster this Happiness they have created a function that is gaining ever more relevance: Chief Happiness Officer.
If Happiness is so important how can we increase levels of Happiness in such challenging times? We must consider the integral well-being of the Human Being: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual.
Therapeutic timing and awareness expansion techniques are tools within reach of all. Changing habits, such as introducing meditation practices in everyday life, caring for emotions, realizing how our body reacts to emotions can bring significant changes.
Access® Bars, for example, are one of the tools I use most, both in customers and in myself. Its effectiveness in cases of depression, suicidal tendency, anxiety, fibromyalgia, panic attacks, attention deficiency disorder, migraines, among many others, demonstrate the potentiality of this body process. In addition, those receiving Barras® have greater mental clarity, more tranquility, greater motivation and easier communication. Fundamental elements for the collaborators and entrepreneurs of the 21st century.
This is already a technique used in companies, schools, social institutions and even prisons and its impact has been reported worldwide. A technique as simple as soft touches on points on the head (similar to meridians), which, when activated, help relieve stress and stimulate a positive neurological response in the person. With this, it tends to stimulate the body's natural ability to heal and cause psychological changes for greater well-being. Many scientific research carried out in recent years has demonstrated its multiple physical, mental and emotional benefits.
An integrative therapy recognized, including, by the World Health Organization (WHO), Reiki, can be an essential tool in the integral well-being of the individual. This is a therapy developed in Japan by Mikao Usui in the 19th century and that quickly extended to the West, given its multiple benefits, achieved from the energy balance of the body, which extends to physical, emotional and mental. Moreover, it allows for a greater expansion of consciousness, that is, it allows a clearer view of events in your life.
Neurological Deprogramming is another energy technique that I recommend and still unknown in Portugal. As the name indicates, it is the deprogramming of the cells of perception we create in situations that are “recorded” in cells and that can give rise to diseases, panic attacks, depression and even the ineffectiveness of weight loss, just to name a few. Epigenetics has proven that the behavior of our cells changes according to our feelings and emotions. And that these changes can give rise to diseases such as cancer, also caused by the devitalisation of chakras.
Adding to all this, a change in lifestyle, a healthier diet, physical exercise, meditation and a greater awareness of what is going on with you and around you can bring countless beneficial changes in your life. All you have to do is choose!
And what will you choose? Have you chosen to be Happy today?