MindYoga Quick Quotes with AnnetteQ

Do you put the key to your happiness in someone else’s pocket? In this week’s podcast I encourage you to stretch your mind and think about why you do this and I give you perspective on how you can stop and be happy now, regardless of what else is going on in your life. We each hold the key to our happiness. We choose our attitude and our mood at any given moment. Listen and learn how you can gain more peace in your day by taking control of your own happiness.

in 1965 Burt Bacharach wrote a classic song called What the World Needs Now and the lyrics to that song are just as relevant now as they were back then. This week I encourage you to stretch your mind around some of the lyrics in this song. How do you give and receive love? Do you only show love to those you care about? Do you believe everyone, regardless of their religious or political views deserve love? Everyday we are faced with many choices and we have control over whether we choose love in any given situation. Give yourself 8 minutes of mind stretching exercise and take a listen. You deserve love and you deserve to take the time for YOU.

What are your thoughts on forgiveness? Do you only apologize when you feel you have done something wrong? Are you quick to forgive or do you hold on to experiences where you have been hurt by others? This week we explore some different takes on forgiveness and we learn how letting things go is not condoning someone’s actions but rather it is helping us move on and be happier. Open your mind and give yourself 9 minutes for your mental health. Your happiness is up to you!

Thanksgiving is a time when we all count our blessings but what if we made a conscience choice to count our blessings more? We have so much to be thankful for and yet we often forget about the little things when we count our blessings. Listen this week and be reminded of the day to day, often overlooked items we can add to our gratitude list. You deserve to take time out for YOU and listen.

When we hear a “no” we feel rejected, angry and we are understandably upset. But what if that “no” is happening for us? What if we looked at the “no” as an opportunity because a better “yes” is down the road? In this week’s podcast I encourage you to stretch your mind and think about how you perceive a “no”. I’ll challenge you to think back to a time when a “no” did turn into a better “yes”. Take time for you and listen for less than nine minutes. Learn how to start taking control when you hear a “no” and how to move forward to get a better “yes”!

This week’s podcast teaches us that unless we save lives for a living, we don’t need to kill ourselves getting things done or proving our point to others. What would happen if we stopped killing ourselves and slowed down and enjoyed our life more? I challenge you to take out your mental mat and for the next nine minutes, listen, stretch your mind and learn how you can decide if your peace of mind is worth the stress and overwhelm you put on yourself.

In this week’s podcast we stretch our minds around the quote “Your Life is Your Story. Write Well. Edit Often”. What story do you tell yourself and others? Do you know you can change your story whenever you want to? You are the author of your story, you control the story you tell. Is there something in your past you’d like to forget—edit it out of your story. Learn how you can write your story to serve you better. You don’t have to keep telling yourself the same story over and over again. When we write well and edit often, we empower ourselves. Our stories become who we are. Listen for the next nine minutes and learn how to edit your story to benefit YOU!

In this week’s podcast we stretch our minds around the quote “If it costs you your peace, it’s too expensive”. What do we spend on our thoughts and time on and how can we learn to have more peace in our day? Take out your mental mat and start stretching your mind. This nine minute workout will be worth your time and you may decide what you learn is priceless!

In this week’s podcast we will stretch our minds and think about all we put on our plates in a day and consider the concept of having more time without rushing around getting everything done. I will encourage you to stretch your mental muscle and be open to slowing down in order to see how much life you do have time for. Take time for YOU for the next 9 minutes and take a listen.

How do we live less out of habit and more out of intent? In this week’s podcast we will stretch our minds and consider how we can do this. It’s easy to fall back into old habits but when we live with intent we will find more commitment to ourselves and others. Take 8 1/2 minutes right now for YOU! Listen and learn how you can achieve doing this and it is not as hard as you may think.