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Before Your Resolutions, Don’t Forget to Count Your Blessings

January 1, 2016 by IR Staff Leave a Comment

If you don’t count your blessings, they are more likely to pass you by without being noticed in this New Year, too.21651-I-Chose-To-Be-Happy

There are countless studies that demonstrate how effective gratefulness can be for our happiness, performance, and productivity, so before you begin down the resolution road this year, count your blessings from last year. (Google search “gratefulness study”, and you will see incredible data backing my claim.)

If we are the sum total of our choices, habits, and behaviors…

The more you count your blessings, the better you will become at being grateful, appreciative, and thankful for all the things and happenings in your life–big or small.blog-consequences The better you become at being grateful, the happier you will be.

The happier you are, the easier it is to do the hard stuff that builds the necessary habits for your resolutions to stick.

Behavior changes for physical, financial, mental, spiritual, and relational transformation can seem very difficult (many of us experience this every year).

The Marine Corps is infiltrated with critical observers and people that point out the negatives in most situations–making transformation difficult. There is even a saying, “if the Marines aren’t complaining than something is wrong.” However, there was always a few standout Marines, some outliers, that everyone admired and were attracted to, because of their ability to transform themselves and others despite the obstacles.

These Marines could brighten up the worst of situations, with just a phrase.

I remember, we were in the middle of the night, freezing our butts off, practicing patrols with little to eat, no sleep, and not enough warming layers. When a seasoned Gunny came out of the night shadows, while our team was prepping to go out, and said with a smile, “and we get paid for this?”

personal trainer in orange county named AaronIt was in jest, but that short phrase, said with a smile, changed everyone’s perspective on that field operation. We were grateful for the training, because it would one day help us survive.

We were grateful for our paychecks, because they help us make ends meet.

We were grateful for each other, because we could suffer together.

We were grateful for him, because he made us all laugh and smile during a pretty tough challenge that would help us endure in the future.

So take a moment to think about last year’s blessings.

Be a good-finder.

Write it down, and tell some people about your blessings.

Ask those same people about their blessings…I guarantee they will appreciate you for it.

And then venture forward into this New Year with an attitude of gratefulness, and watch how your transformation, although challenging, won’t feel impossible.

Make this next year, your best year!!

If you need some help building habits and behaviors this year, email us to join Innovative Results – The Orange County Fitness Playground, at info@innovative-results.com or simply fill out the form below.

Filed Under: Blog, Mental - Mindset Tagged With: Be Happier, Count Your Blessings, Emotions, Fitness Playground, Gratitude, Hard Stuff, I Chose, marine corps, new year, new year resolution, Night Shadow, Positive Mental Attitude, Positive Psychology, Pretty Tough, resolution, transformation, Transformation Challenge

6 Ways To Get a Break From Your Busy Day – Innovative Results Helps You Improve Your Quality of Life With Recovery Tips

April 22, 2012 by ptpt Leave a Comment

Maximize Recovery on the MoveJennifer Lifting with Kettlebell

So, I had a long day at work and afterwards got in a session with Corey, my manager.  It was a great workout.  Afterwards he gave me a big smile and a high five and I was feeling better, but tired, when I climbed into my car.  And then I hit the 405.  “@#$%^!!!!!!!!!”  In the span of a minute tension was racing back into my system: blood pressure rising as I got angry at traffic, my shoulders and neck getting tense.

CTraffic, frustration, stress, recover, recovery, active recoveryars and commutes can be some of our worst enemies when we’re trying to make
positive changes in our health and fitness.  The stress seeps in and sabotages our bodies’ ability to handle life well, let alone adapt to the positive stress of a well thought-out exercise program.  Even worse it causes us to adopt harmful habits in our posture, our breathing, our sleep, and even our mindset and the way we interact with people.

So here are some simple things that I’ve been practicing  that help a lot when life seems like it’s getting to be too much.

Why not try this tonight?

6 Ways To Get a Break From Your Busy Day

  1. breathing techniques for recoveryAs soon as you get in your car, take 5 deep, slow breaths.  In through the nose, out through the mouth, filling your lungs from bottom to top as full as you can.  Repeat this every time you merge onto a different freeway, or at the start of each significant leg of your journey.  Just don’t close your eyes!
  2. Name 5 things that you are grateful for.  Things that are going well in your life.  Then express your gratitude to somebody before you go to bed!
  3. Take 5 minutes to admire something.  It could be a view, a plant, a nice building or a yard, a child’s project, a loved one.
  4. Before you go to bed, write out 1 chore outside of work that you’ve been putting off that you can accomplish tomorrow.   Put the note somewhere that you will see it tomorrow and get it done.
  5. Right before sleepy time, take another 10 deep breaths, this time with your eyes closed, and think about the thing that you are the most grateful for.  Sweet dreams!
  6. Daily: take 5 minutes every hour to stand up tall and straight.  Let your shoulders come down and be relaxed and broad.  Tighten your core a bit, like a belt.  Let your spine grow tall to the ceiling.  Relax and breathe deep.

All of this will help you lay a foundation for clear thinking, for better circulation, and for better rest.  And if you can practice calm, clarity, and gratitude every day, you are really going to be on track to getting your body where you want it to go!

happy, happiness, recovery, relaxFor a few more ideas, be sure to check out this article:

11 Mini Vacations That Fit Into Your Hectic Schedule

9 Ways to Give Your Brain a Break, Reset and Reduce Stress

Breathing Techniques That Help Reduce Stress, Calm Your Mind and Relax Your Body

Filed Under: Blog, Guidance - Coaching - Support, Mental - Mindset, Recovery Tagged With: 11 Mini, 6 Ways, Active Recovery, Blood Pressure Rise, breathing techniques, Busy Day, De Stress, Deep Breath, Emotions, Gratitude, Handle Life, Making Positive Changes, Positive Mental Attitude, Positive Psychology

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