Personal Health and Happiness with Giddy Kitty

241. Career Downshifting By Richard Cannon
     There are many who say that downshifting is something someone does in their 50's when they can afford to take out their good early pension and play around in other things.I'm sure there are people to whom this applies but not all. My pension is one third per annum of what my rent, council tax, electricity, phone and water bills come to ! Then comes the road tax. MOT, Insurance for the van and public liability etc.. This is before eating as well…



242. Give a Hug for Happiness By David Leonhardt
     Hugs have a long and honorable tradition, going back to the day the caveman first squeezed his wife and discovered that no ketchup squeezed out. Since then, he found that his wife makes an awesome teddy bear, and he can always squeeze a rhinoceros when he wants ketchup for his hotdog (which gave him the necessary motivation to go hunting when his wife asked him to).Hugs remain an important part of our daily happiness, but some cultures raise b…



243. Finding Your Life Purpose By Jo Ball
     You have a purpose in life. You have a unique gift or special talent. By using this to gift to benefit others you raise your spirit to it’s highest. This is the ultimate… the dream of all dreams and the point where you can all live a life with abundant happiness.The question is how?This article will set you on that path and tell you what to do next.Forget how much money you have. Forget how big your home is or how big you’d like it to be. Forge…



244. Living a Balanced Life - The Real Juggling Act By Carole Pagan
     I just read an installment from another self-improvement course that states that celebrities are unhappy because they don’t have gratitude for what they have. I disagree.Have you ever had a time when you were making a good living, lived in a nice place, drove a nice car, took trips, had everything you needed and more – and yet you were still unhappy?It wasn’t that you were ungrateful for what you had, just something seemed wrong. You were…



245. Where is Your Happiness? Past, Present, or Future?? By Dr. David Thomas
     Achieving a level of personal happiness previously unknown is closer than you think. Much closer. But first, it’s important to stay in touch with the present.“Stay in touch with the present? I’m thinking…I’m already IN the present!”Well, certainly we all are in the present, since there is nowhere else to be, but that doesn’t mean our thoughts are in the present. And therein lay the challenges to our own personal happiness.We as humans are t…



246. A Surefire Way To Manage Your Fears While Leading A Happier, Healthier Life By Colin Smith
     Imagine discovering a way to get rid of your fears in a quick and painless manner. In fact it can even become fun!Did you know only two of all the fears you have are innate: The fear of falling and the fear of loud noises. Most of your fears were learned in early childhood and then in later life under stressful conditions.Traditional therapeutic approaches would probably have you trying to figure out where your fear originally came from. Maybe …



247. No Happiness Without Patience By David Leonhardt
     I'm searching for modern happiness. The old-fashioned kind takes just too long. That happiness requires patience and I don't want to wait. I want upgraded happiness. I want release 4.02, the "new and improved" version.This is the 21st century and I demand instant gratification.Once upon a time, you had to wait to eat your meal. Even when the Mammoth Burger walk-through was open, they offered only self-kill meals. And when you brought them…



248. Getting In Touch With Your Inner Feelings By Joe Love
     Every disease or ailment, whether it be cancer, diabetes, arthritis, high blood pressure or something else, has a series of warning signs. In ever case, when we experience an abnormality, we tend to move quickly to do something to get back to normal. Our physical feelings tell us when we’re well, and they also tell us when we’re not well. If we want to live a long and healthy life we had better pay attention to our physical feelings.In the same…



249. Colors: How Do They Make You Feel? By Scott Fish
     One of the most important colors in advertising is the color blue. Calm, comforting, soothing, and peaceful are all feelings evoked from this color. The color blue is also often used in a smooth way, many night clubs and upscale stores will use this color to provide a sense of an icy ambiance and a cool feeling. When you touch blue you can feel the calmness yet smooth and cool feeling that it gives. Blue is the color of the sky and sea. It …



250. Why Can't I Stop Beating Myself Up? By Patricia Zerman
     No matter how hard you try sometimes it seems impossible to stop that restless chatterbox called a mind - doesn’t it? Especially at a time like this, with Christmas right around the corner when there are presents to buy, places to go and people to see. The mental lists are endless and there is never enough time in the week.When things don't turn out as you planned, judgmental clatter passes through your head like cars on the freeway. It's con…



251. The Voiceless By David Irwin
     WE count the broken lyres that rest Where the sweet wailing singers slumber, But o'er their silent sister's breast The wild-flowers who will stoop to number? A few can touch the magic string, And noisy Fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, But die with all their music in them!Nay, grieve not for the dead alone Whose song has told their hearts' sad story,-- Weep for the voiceless, who have known The cross without the crown o…



252. Getting Connected By Robert Steinman
     "The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet." -James OppenheimToday is very special. Besides being your "un-birthday", it's the first day of the rest of your life.We've all heard that one. We acknowledge the wisdom and move on --- checking our watches and calendars to see how long before the "good stuff" starts happening.Our impatience and anxiety prevent us from focusing our awareness on "now". As a resul…



253. It’s Good to be Goofy By Gene Simmons
     To paraphrase a saying my mother liked to use occasionally, “The whole world is goofy – except you and me. And sometimes I’m not too sure about you!”Rest assured that no matter who we are or what we do, there is at least a handful of people somewhere in this world who are convinced that we’re not rowing with both oars in the water. If you’ve been following along with some of the other blogs, you know that this is absolutely normal. Since no …



254. Health, Wealth, and Love By Bill Marshall
     What is happiness? The dictionary defines it as "a state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy."Like many dictionary definitions, this may be accurate, but needs to be more specific to be of practical use. How do you experience this "state of well-being?"One of the best practical definitions of happiness that I have come across is provided by Charles Haanel in his classic work "The Master Key System."…



255. How To Be Happy By Garry Munro
     Happiness is a state of mind, so your state of mind at this moment makes all the difference.You need to ask yourself, is it what you want, the thing that is going to make you happy?If the answer is yes, does this mean that what you have must not be good enough?We go through life searching, searching for a better job, better house, better car, better relationship, sometimes for many people this is a full time “occupation, always searching!I…



256. Principles of Human Misery / Happiness By Joseph Ghabi
     Sometimes we are so occupied with our daily routine in life that we forget that “we” are the most important element of our existence. We need to be nourished in order to grow.When we look at the people around us, we most likely find that most people’s favorite pastime is to complain. And just why do we complain anyway? Is it because we need something? Is it that we lack something? Is it that we need or want sympathy? Is it because we need atten…



257. What is IMPORTANT to You? By Ken Donaldson
     Do you see the positive everyday?Are you able to “reframe” (make lemons into lemonade) circumstances in Life?Are you able, at the very least, to get a lesson to better yourself from each and every Life experience? Did you know that I like acronyms? I do (in case you didn’t know) because acronyms make it easier for me to remember things, and they make for a wonderful and powerful format to present material from. So here is my latest acronym: I.…



258. Mexican Living: What Makes You Happy? By Douglas Bower
     Many ask me this question: "Did moving to Mexico make you happier?" My answer to that question is a resounding "no!" Does that shock you? Does that concern you? Does that cause you to pause? Do more questions come to mind?Moving to Mexico did not make me happy.To explain this I am going to have to get all Dr. Phil on you. If you are from America, you know exactly who that is and what he is all about. The man had an impact on my life I must conf…



259. Relationships and the Law of Attraction By Michael Losier
     This question and answer article was done by Gizelle River, Virtual Administrator and Writer. Visit her website.G: Hi Michael. Today's topic is relationships. In your hundreds of seminars and TeleClasses, what are people saying about their relationships or lack of them? What kind of complaints do you most often hear?M: I'd like to start by saying that the amount of people on our planet who are single continue to surprise me. Having said that, t…



260. If You Don't Get the Right Diagnosis for Your Depression, You Won't Get the Right Treatment By Charles Donovan
     If you don't get the right diagnosis for your depression, you won't get the right treatment. I have written many times about the importance of getting care for a serious mental illness, such as major depression, from a psychiatrist. Yet according to the Wall Street Journal over half of all antidepressant and antipsychotic prescriptions are written by general practioners or primary care physicians. This static has always confounded me. Psychiat…



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