How to Feel Happier - Discover 5 Secrets to Feeling Happier

Hi Guys and welcome back,

Today I would like to give you some thoughts about "Being Happy".

It's not always easy to admit when we're not feeling happy.
We can feel like we're a failure - or perhaps like letting down
those close to us. After all, if we look around at everything we
have, we might conclude that we should feel happy. Yet we often
don't. And then we feel guilty about it, which makes things even
worse.

So what can you do about it?
The good news is that there's a simple solution to help you feel
happier right now. And it takes less than 5 minutes.

Are you ready to discover the 5 secrets of how to feel happier now?

Get Moving And Smile
When you're feeling unhappy, it's not just in your head. It's a
physical thing, too.

One of the easiest ways to feel happier right now is to change your
posture.

Either standing or sitting, have a stretch and a yawn. Keep your
back straight and your head up (all within your own comfortable
range, of course).

Now for the icing on the cake: give a big smile.
When we smile, it releases endorphins, which are nature's way of
giving us a happy boost. Our body doesn't care if the endorphins
are triggered by the mind / emotions or the body, so smiling for
about a minute will give you an instant happiness boost.
Drink A Large Glass Of Water

Sometimes when we're feeling low, it's simply because we're
dehydrated. Yet often our automatic response is to reach for a mug
of tea or coffee.

How about giving this one a go: drink a large glass of cool water.
Don't swig it down or sip it for hours. Just drink it over the
course of a couple of minutes. If you can manage a pint, that's
great. Within 5 minutes, it will lift your mood.

Take A Deep Breath

When we're feeling unhappy, we slouch, which prevents our diaphragm
and lungs from working properly.
Sit up straight and put your hand on your stomach, just below your
rib cage. Imagine you are breathing in to your hand, at the bottom
of your lungs.

As you breathe in, your chest will expand, pushing your hand
outwards. As you breathe out, your chest will get smaller and your
hand comes back in. Most of us do this back to front!
Do this for just 1 full minute and you'll notice the difference as
you reoxygenate your body and release tension.
Get Into A Happy Memory
Close your eyes for a moment and think back to a time when you felt
really happy. Spend a few moments getting back into that
experience. What can you see? What can you feel? What can you hear?
What can you smell? What can you taste? Just allow those happy
feelings to wash over you and stay with the experience for as long
as you feel comfortable.
Decide: "What Do I Want Instead?"
We seem to love telling ourselves a story about how awful or
annoying things are. It's as though we're creating our own, private
soap opera, cranking up the drama with each cycle, as the story
goes round and round in our heads.
The problem is that this leaves us feeling lousy.
The solution is simple. Press pause on the mental story and ask
yourself, "What do I want instead?"
Right at this moment, the "how" isn't important. What matters is
gently allowing yourself to shift to thinking about what you want
instead, so you can move towards that.
These 5 ideas might sound simple, yet they are highly effective
ways to feel happier, fast.

Bottom line?
Applying any of these 5 happiness techniques will help you feel
happier right away.
Are you ready to go through them in more detail, for maximum impact?
Then I invite you to check out How-To-Feel-Happier now
to claim your in-depth guide "5 Ways To Feel Happier Now" and free
MP3 downloads.
Are you ready to feel happier now?

From Clare Josa, seminar leader, expert coach and Chief Happiness
Experimenter at How To Feel Happier.