Prescription for a Healthy Happy Life - Guest Blog by Tomiko Fraser Hines

Drink more water. Or start drinking water. Yes, YOU.

Eat healthier. Be mindful of what you're eating. With each bite think "Is this helping or hurting?"

Exercise several times a week. Find something that you love doing that keeps you moving and GET UP AND DO IT.

Get more sleep. Turn off the computer and television and take your tired ass to bed. You know you need it.

Brush and floss your teeth twice daily. We all forget about the flossing. Let's commit to remembering.

Get annual check ups (including dental and GYN if applicable). Ask questions. Take great care of and be informed about your body temple and what it needs to function properly.

Get yearly mammograms and prostate exams (if applicable). Yes, I am talking to YOU.

Powerfully and authentically express your creativity. Whatever that is, give it permission to run free. Bottled up creativity is truly a slow death.

Forgive yourself and others. Harboring unforgiving thoughts is like giving yourself poison every day. Stop that.

Love, love and love some more. It's needed from you and for you.

Play more. Dance more. Sing more.

Surround yourself with people who recognize and appreciate your SHINE. And be that for others.

Be an example of what's possible when you really give it your all. Someone needs to see it.

Stop people pleasing. NOW. They should love you for who you are, not for what you will do for them.

Communicate with others the way you want them to communicate with you or your children (if you have them).

Accept yourself as you are as you work to better yourself. There is NOTHING wrong with you. You're already a diamond. You may just need some polishing is all.

Tell your loved ones how much you appreciate them often. Don't assume that they know. Extra credit for asking them to do the same for you.

Raise your children to love themselves and to embrace the differences in others. We CAN heal this world of ours.

Connect with nature often. Fall into its healing embrace whenever you can.

Declare your goals out loud as if they are already so (I AM..., I HAVE...). Bonus points for doing so in front of folks who will support your vision and lovingly hold you accountable.

Treat yourself kindly. Be gentle, encouraging and loving with YOU.

Live powerfully self-defined. It's YOUR life and you get to choose how it plays out. No seriously, how life affects you is YOUR choice.

*So now that you know you can stop pretending that you don't.

READY! SET! GO LIVE POWERFULLY!

Reposted in its entirety with permission from the author, Tomiko Fraser Hines. Read more of her works at her Website or on Facebook. 

Autumn Hahn is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist practicing at Clear Mind Group in Weston, Florida. Call 954-612-9553 for a consultation. Follow Autumn on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+. Sign up for the e-newsletter HERE.

Stress-Free Holidays

Would you prefer to go through this holiday season free of the stressors of last year? To move through family gatherings without feeling the pressure of living up to others' standards? To stay on budget and feel good about the savings and the purchases? To meet those little obligations, saying no to some of them without guilt or shame? To look at your to-do list with a sense of calm instead of panic? Hypnotherapy can frame your mind in a way that allows you to move seamlessly through even the formerly stressful portions of life, to gracefully handle this holiday season, and many more to come. Call Autumn to schedule an appointment at 954-612-9553.

Autumn Hahn is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist practicing at Clear Mind Group in Weston, Florida. Call 954-612-9553 for a consultation. Follow Autumn on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+. Sign up for the e-newsletter HERE.

Primitive Mind

Some of my success stories are merely recognizing that a client has assimilated information I've given him/her. This was beautifully illustrated recently in a group I run for recently released inmates.

One of the participants is my individual client. When asked what she had taken away from any of the groups that month, she reported, "I really liked last week's group. I was watching one person complain about his job and no matter what anyone suggested, he couldn't hear them. He was in his primitive mind and he needed to bite or run. He couldn't be logical or rational in that state of mind. It was good for me to see that, to be able to reflect on what it means when I'm angry or upset, and how I need to take a break and get out of my primitive mind and to where I can be rational again. I realize that it also means I can't ask anyone for advice, or even vent, in that state, because nothing is going to do any good until I'm calm."

She gets it.

Autumn Hahn is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist practicing at Clear Mind Group in Weston, Florida. Call 954-612-9553 for a consultation. Follow Autumn on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+. Sign up for the e-newsletter HERE.