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Sunrise Alarm Clock For Your Circadian Rhythm Health

Sunrise alarm clock is a natural body alarm that can help reset your circadian rhythm. Your best bet is to find a bedroom that has an eastern facing window with natural sunlight coming in. It’s that simple. 🌅

But not always easy, as your room may not be located in that ideal spot. And to change that could mean having to move rooms or move houses entirely.

I’m not suggesting that you do, and I have a few recommendations below if you can’t get the bedroom sunrise view today.

Especially when colder weather rolls around and you don’t feel like getting up early. And a little morning glow could help… both outside and inside you!

Then with warmer weather when the clocks spring forward, it gets a little easier with a March pep in your step from more natural Vitamin D sunshine. That helps us become more daily active in our outdoor activities, gardening, or exercising

And getting outside more is a good start to get a healthy dose of absorbable Vitamin-D (the happy sunshine pill). 💊

Because happiness affects your energy (mood and having more energy) and vice versa.

This can help with getting more quality sleep.

…Where your sleep shouldn’t be completely season and weather dependent. It can be reset with your 24-hour internal clock (circadian rhythm).

And if circadian rhythm is affecting your happiness, then this is one of the first few changes you should aim to make.

Start with your local surroundings. Where do you spend most your time in the day? At night?

Earlier on in my years, I liked to sleep in and stay up late like a night owl. I used to be such a sleepy head. It took me a long time to wake up.🦉

These days, I think I’ve gotten in a better sleeping-waking up cycle because of natural circadian rhythm (another cycle) resets.

That (re)set comes from natural sunrise sunlight.

And is dependent on my bedroom situations (more than months or seasons).

…Where non-east facing bedroom windows encourage sleeping-in later.

I know this from my own experiences waking up in 5 different sunlight exposure environments within a recent 7-year time span. That was a good, eye-opening test.

…Where, in each bedroom, the windows had horizontal window blinds, but different window sizes. And some had more than one window.

But the biggest factor was the different sunlight exposures based on compass directions: north, south, east, or west.

I still find that tool fascinating. It used to be a separate device you could carry around like a compact mirror, and now it’s on some of our devices 🧭

It works whether there’s a window or not.

And the first place I was in had a windowless bedroom in the middle of the apartment. The bedroom had a pocket sliding door and outside that door is where some light naturally flowed in. I slept like a baby, but the dark light never promoted early mornings.

I always had a blaring alarm to wake me up then, and I never felt well-slept. I would have never considered counting on myself to get up or my natural body alarm clock to wake me up.

Waking up at sunrise would’ve been nearly impossible, and many hours away from the time I actually got up. That’s when I started drinking cups of coffee regularly for the first time in my adult life.

In the second place I moved to, the bedroom had northwestern exposure and more than one window. So it was neutral morning bright and I woke up at my then-regular 8 am or so time, in-time to arrive for a 9-5 job that was within a 5-minute commute.

Then in the third bedroom place, it was northeastern exposure and there was a very big square window like the kind you find in hotels. It was so bright in the morning with mirroring windows across the way, that I quickly added dark blue drapes. Because sleeping past sunrise would have been difficult without an eye mask or sunglasses. 🕶️

Those were tough remote working years in that city view, and I had no reason to get up at sunrise as my window was concrete view blocked.

Then in the fourth bedroom situation, the regular-sized window was full-on western exposure with the most beautiful purple and orange sunsets. It was a daily show. But no sunrise view anywhere I could see in any room.

…So there I found myself slipping into a pattern of sleeping-in later and later, as I went to sleep later and later.

And that brings me to today, where my bedroom is directly facing the east. The complete opposite to the previous situation where I always felt tired, even though I loved the sunsets and staying up late.

The flip was intentional. My last moves were not so intentional as I was not as choosy and didn’t realize the affects of sunlight and the circadian rhythm-sleep connection until I lived out my real life scenarios.

Today I naturally wake up to my body’s alarm clock thanks to my circadian rhythm reset.

With big window paned doors on the sunrise side and some shielding trees, I can fully look out at the morning sun. He-llo00 sunshine!

In this natural sunrise alarm clock lifestyle, I have the blinds slightly cracked open and they wake me up naturally. I don’t need an artificial alarm clock to wake me up.

I naturally wake up at sunrise but don’t get up until the 7 o’clock hour every day.

…That’s not sunrise alarm clock time, but much earlier than when I used to get up. And if I wanted to catch an eventful sunrise glow, I could and am well-rested. 🌄

Today is much more healthy, getting 7-8 quality hours of sleep per night. It’s no longer a guilt sentence to get adequate sleep. It’s a healthy move vs. being lazy.

It’s the opposite than when I started adult life.

We’re wiser now as sleep = longevity.

And if you’re not getting enough sleep, like less than 7 hours a night, you’re hurting your health that can show up in many ways.

…It’s not just about moods and cranky irritability. Less sleep can also add to weight gain and aging faster.

For young people, their brains are still developing, so they especially need more sleep. And adults can get more quality sleep with a few habits…

First thing, get sun in your eyes in the AM. This habit over days and weeks will help reset your natural circadian rhythm in your body.

Look at early morning light through a window when you take sips of your warm beverage. And wake up the same time every day no matter what time you go to sleep.

And if you’re like me that likes to look at devices or watch shows late at night, wear good blue blocking glasses. There are different quality glasses, so it pays to do some research as you only get one set of eyes.

…It’s a good habit to wear blocking glasses even for your smaller phones. It will make a big difference to your eyes and sleep health.

And lastly, if you don’t have eastern facing light in your bedroom, you can purchase and set blue lights or a sunrise alarm clock to turn on in the morning.

When I was younger, we had timers that would turn the regular artificial lights on when we were away.

The early bird still catches the warm. And you can get more done, exercise (that could be a new concept!) or read a little more of your book if you wake up a few minutes (or hours) earlier.

You may even surprise yourself as you inch your way closer to waking up at sunrise as your new alarm clock.

Natural Sunrise Alarm Clock Habits

How to reset your circadian rhythm and wake up earlier or catch sunrise naturally.

Author Brandy @ Healthy Happy Life Secrets

Instructions

Face your bed beside eastern exposure windows.
Wake up same time daily.
Look out at the sun in the early AM with bare eyes.
Wear blue blocking glasses at night looking at devices.
Get outside more during the day for healthy sunshine-making Vitamin D (that helps regulate melatonin production).

December Alignment Check

December is a unique month swirling with emotions for most. Wherever you are, you’re likely in transition and figuring out what step to take as solstice short days and long nights approach affecting our alignment.

It’s always good to check in. Even if you’re busy this last month of the year wrapped around holiday season 🎁 and joyful celebrations to anchor the weight of uncertainty.

With natural and calendar happenings, you also have personal goals and projects to finish up this year.

And sometimes there are raw emotions mixed in.

It’s a sadder time as the current year is ending and we’re often reminded over losses we had.

But we can pick ourselves up when we choose to remind ourselves of our overshadowed wins and happy (positive) times.

And for everyone, there’s anticipation of a looming new year that plays in life’s mix.

Will our future plans pan out? What should we be planning for?

And then there are the monkey wrenches thrown in. Why no one told us this in life to get ahead of adulthood is a mystery.

But you can turn your misses into your comeback story.

Because your misses can be your greatest finds when you’re aware and aligned.

So that’s why alignment checks are so valuable.

You can align to your best-self intentions to make up for all those lost years.

And that’s a way to come out victorious before next year’s end.

And in between, intentionally finding future hope to lean on and joy along your daily journey.

We all need that. Because your situation is on this planet, which automatically means you’re facing some challenges or giant in your life.

And because busy December stirs up anxious moments it’s good to stay in check with yourself (mind, body, and spirit).

Even if you’re calm and steady, others around you are triggered and act erratic or are weirdly mooded around the holidays. 🤪

That’s been my experience.

…And I’m sure yours too.

But you can keep on keepin‘ on and overcome the daily stings with in-your-face daily happy and wild impromptu surprises to erase triggered moments.

…Like this out-in-the-wild calm meeting I had with this Quarter Horse on my past weekend journey.

…Where we special bonded over an apple I happened to have on me. He gladly finished it, core and all.

We shared a few peaceful moments in the sun. 🍎

But even as calm as this meeting was, it’s not like the relaxation that the body experiences when taking a shower in Default Mode Activation (that’s a real coined term).

How do I know I wasn’t totally relaxed?

…Because I couldn’t think of questions to ask in the moment that I later thought of on my journey. Ideas didn’t pop in. Same effect you get when you’re put on the spot to answer a trivia question or your favorite whatever.

There’s a small shutdown.

And that’s how we can unintentionally turn away our creativity spark.

It’s important to weigh in so that doesn’t become the new norm.

We’re not human robots but we have automatic reaction features built-in with birth. But we can exercise our rights to self-correct and restore.

And that helps us go, grow, and evolve.

As does witnessing the life around us that can surprise us. Like this unexpected violet cluster bloom amid the purple foliage…

By using the wonders around you as curiosity you have and small signs of growth in your life, you can get more calm. And get inspired!

Getting outside your head makes you appreciate that not everything is meant to stick around in life. And that’s more than okay.

Life (and you) keep growing.

Changes are good and normal.

And growth happens in its given time (and not when we always expect).

Like this example of wild winter growth where I saw no sunflowers bloom from my seeds this past summer.

And buzzing around town and markets, you can see signs wherever you are east or west, and north or south.

Like I’m seeing winter watermelons where I’m at. And just like that, Christmas in July is now July in Christmas in the northern hemisphere. 🍉🎄

These are all small signs that anything is possible.

Where you don’t need to be able to know it’s out there to be a possibility.

Because the Universe above sees it all.

And responds to our thoughtful prayers that stirs us up and the energy around us.

Wherever you are, you are purpose… and you are useable energy.

And you can sense and pick up on the living energy around you.

…If not in your home, take a walk, look up, and all around and to see energy happening.

Like pine cones falling.

Nature and trees are a good symbol of hope and life energy to rely on when the world is full of chaos.

And exercise is still one of the best ways to get new energy and clear your head from life turmoil.

Or a creative outlet project that ignites your untapped potential.

Your healthy mind doesn’t care what you work on to change tunes and get the happy vibes back.

It just wants you to get out of your current thoughts dragging you down.

And if you do something challenging or tough today, you can then appreciate what you did later or tomorrow.

That’s why you smile when you see your past photos.

Or when you think about the job where you were miserable, but are no longer there. You made it!

So strange… if you really think about this life.

Especially since now when you’re doing the painful activity is where there’s gain.

But the gratification feelings are often delayed from the grind.

Where we usually want instant gratification.

…So we’re misaligned.

Until we connect-the-dots, and use our delayed gratification ways that are a given, to our benefit.

Then we have the opportunity to appreciate the tougher times and get more patient about our current situations. And plow through.

And on the other side, we’re happy we went through our pains to get to where we are.

And with enough practice, even partner with (and empathize) with “no pain, no gain.”

That’s done more healthy with balancing some FUN downtime.

…So your candle doesn’t burn out.

And these are a few December fun ideas you can do:

Bring out your RED and white sparkly glitter garb. Be the one to break out the bright Christmas socks and sweaters.

It’s the one time of year where you’ll see a swarm of red Ho-Ho-Ho worn by everyone from the Rock-ettes to red cap wearing sports fans.

Let the red cheer remind you of fire passion you can ignite in you.

Make handmade craft decorations with your own cookie cutters.

Bake gingerbread cookies with chai spices and adding a pep in your step.

Play Christmas therapy songs to help change sad or anxious moods.

Hold and sip warm hygge-cozy beverages to get in the holiday spirit.

Around town, notice the Christmas trees 🌲, pretty wreaths, sparkly ornaments ✨,and colored lights strung that are just in time to brighten up nature’s bare tree season.

Humans make up for nature’s dormant transition. And show up and sometimes out…

It’s a good time to be hyper-kind and for-giving… and put aside differences… staying thankful for the peace, joy, and love we all want.

…And to reflect on what we did earlier in the year that was life changing. But we temporarily forgot about in the current hoopla… maybe a move, change in job, vacation, or goal made. Or all of the above!

We forget the smaller happy times and inching along micro strides we made. Writing it all down before year end, or putting together a small scrapbook could be a good way to stay optimistic and align with your best self and next steps for tomorrow. 👣

Beet Herbal Smoothie – Fasting For Gut Detox

Beet herbal smoothie is a delicious one that is soothing. Rose petals are edible flowers that you may have seen dried for herbal tea.

And this is a good way to open up your gut after fasting…

Fasting (temporarily) is a way to do gut detox (…more on this below). And then appreciate preferred foods like a rose smoothie… with beet or strawberries, or both that’s berry-hard-to-beat. 🫜🍓

Fasting is a practice that I’m proud of.

…I no longer freak out when I haven’t eaten. I look at not eating differently than my younger self would have.

I now know it’s healthy detox.

So now it’s my choice to fast occasionally.

And fasting is a form of empowerment.

(…And it can be for you too if you choose).

It’s a smart move.

Because living today, we are exposed to so many daily toxins like microplastics, bacteria, and pesticides.

And they end up in our gut and food.

That wreaks havoc on our gut health and how we daily feel.

So an easy way to at-home detox is to simply fast: to not eat temporarily and occasionally.

Fasting is countercultural to western world upbringings where we eat, eat, eat. And snack, snack, snack.

…Which never gives our bodies a break.

But fasting once a week or even once a month does a world of good for the body.

If you choose a day to stop eating at a certain time like 4 pm (like I do) and then resume back at 9 am the next day in time for breakfast (to break the fast), you’ll have turned your body into a healthy cleaning machine.

And it’s really not that difficult from a discipline perspective since you’re sleeping (and not eating anyway) for most the time.

It’s more about breaking old habits and mindsets.

You probably (surprisingly!) won’t even be hungry in the AM… and could even go to the afternoon or 24 hours if you had a reason.

Those additional hours of fasting reaps even more healthy body benefits.

But I find that a 16-17 hour fast is the sweet spot, doing wonders, and doesn’t disrupt my life.

Around that 17th hour mark (that’s more or less for some people), the body switches energy sources from glucose (blood sugar) to fat.

You may have heard of this process (ketosis) from the Keto Diet. But fasting is not about a Diet (with a capital “d”). Because in fasting, you’re simply not eating, temporarily.

Then when you start eating again, it’s about resuming regular eating… hopefully with healthy foods like in an anti-inflammatory food diet.

…Where the type of healthy food matters most (when eating)… much more than counting fat and protein calories, and avoiding high carbs that can cause a yo-yo diet effect.

You lose weight from not eating at all temporarily (when fasting) and not because you’re eating less carbs and calories.

And while fasting is helpful for losing weight, I don’t fast to lose weight… I do it for the healthy benefits.

It’s good for anyone.

Even thinner people (aka Vatas) like me can use a beet herbal smoothie like this. 🥀

…It’s like doing some cardio is good for anyone with a beating heart.

And fasting is part of a healthy lifestyle.

…And one that’s changed my life.

I no longer freak out when I haven’t eaten for some hours on a day I choose to fast.

I look at not eating totally different than I was taught growing up.

And if I have low blood sugar during the day when I’m not fasting, but because I don’t have anything in my stomach or I forgot to pack a snack, I know I’ll be fine.

…Because I know I do the same thing when I purposefully fast.

I’m not eating in both cases.

But the body doesn’t know if I’m choosing to be hungry for fasting healthy reasons or if I forgot to pack a snack.

But my calmed mind does. And I do.

As long as my mind and I know, that’s all that matters. And my body is happy with me.

I’m letting it do its full reset and cleaning job, uninterrupted.

Then the next morning, my body rewards me.

I wake up feeling refreshed… like I’d slept for days.

That’s when I’m humbly reminded of how it feels to have energy without needing cups of coffee to get going!

Without missing a beat, I’m also never more excited to taste a beet smoothie 🫜and start my day, besides this rose and beet herbal smoothie.

And I know I’m not the only one. 😊 Roses are a lovely start. I learned about edible flowers from my catering days. They are also pretty on a food table or pressed as art. 🏵️

Herbal Rose Smoothie

Rose is a soothing herbal element and rose petals are edible and can be added to a smoothie.

Author Brandy @ Healthy Happy Life Secrets

Equipment

Magic bullet or similar blender

Ingredients

2-3 oz beets, cooked (or whole strawberries)
1/2 tsp rosewater, splash
4 oz water
1-2 rose tea, dried and crushed (for zhugh)

Instructions

Blend cooked beets and rosewater. A splash is strong. You can find rosewater in international grocery markets.
Zhugh with rose petals that are used for tea.

Bloating Symptom Foods – Low FODMAP

Bloating symptoms from acidic foods are no fun that trigger and bother the gut lining. Following a low FODMAP list of food helps to recover quicker.

It’s a part of living.

And when you feel bloated, that’s not the time to try new foods.

When that happens, restoring the gut with a list of healthy, and selective food choices that will please and soothe the tummy is the fastest remedy.

It’s easy to do when you know what to do and which foods are safe.

And following a low FODMAP diet (at least temporarily) is a good food map to follow.

You can start with simple foods, but that’s generally good for 1-3 days and then you want to get back to some other foods with vitamins and minerals.

When you have bloating flare-up, that can also be a time to do a digestive reset, supporting a healthy eating lifestyle.

The safer foods to eat are mostly all plant-based and anti-inflammatory. 🌱

So a low FODMAP diet can be a reset diet to optimize healthy eating year round.

It helps to lowering gut acidity that can show up as heartburn, upper GI inflammation, or lower bloating abdominal discomfort.

Many of our American or Western world diet foods are higher acidity and can tip the cause to a condition called GERD… that I can attest to feels like amped up heartburn. Like eating tomatoes often is not acidic helpful, even though it’s a healthy food.

…So it’s good to keep a handy list of Low FODMAP foods that won’t 🌱 exacerbate stomach acidity.

Some foods are tricky.

Coffee is one such example. It’s a Low FODMAP healthy ingredient. But the way it’s prepared (like as a regular hot brewed coffee) makes it more acidic.

That’s why daily home cold brew coffee is my safer choice so I don’t have to give up the healthy caffeine starter. Cold brew is easy to make and an easy tweak change from regular coffee. But I still cushion with food like a banana. 🍌

Because I learned from my experiences that coffee alone on an empty stomach can play gut havoc.

Another example is nuts where walnuts and peanuts can be good and okay… that is, assuming you can even eat nuts.

But then other types of nuts, like cashews can be digestive havocs.

There’s no specific, easy rhyme or reason way to remember which foods are better and ones to avoid (other than with a handy list) or from memory recall from your past experiences.

And, I’ve had many adult experiences.

Where even healthy foods and that are good for triggered food bloating gut issues, that didn’t play well with my gut.

It was timing related.

Your gut looks at what else is not digested in the gut or if you have an empty stomach. Those can be sensitive times for the gut, and can cause heartburn symptom triggers.

Or if you eat at a time you don’t normally eat that breaks routine like just before bed. The gut likes a break and then in the morning likes to have an an opener.

Like you waking up, the gut is waking up to a new day.

And with any food going down at the wrong time to the gut, we can feel poked and burdened with the weight of lead after it goes down. It’s always after the chewing part in the gut.

Which is important too, to try and chew your food more to be able to digest foods better.

…Early on, we relied on a B.R.A.T. diet that were simple to digest foods: bananas, rice, apples and toast. It was easy to remember and you didn’t have to break out a list.

It was so short and easy to remember that I also added yogurt on my stomach-friendly list.

Yogurt has probiotics and protein.

And finding the lowest sugar (no added sugar) yogurt option optimizes the good bacteria count.

And the B.R.A.T.Y. (I added the “y”) simple digestive diet still works today.

But these days… NOT ALL SO SIMPLE with all the food choices we have.

So a personal bloating food or Low FODMAP list that works for your palate and body is good to compile, so you can reach for the safe decisions made when needed. You can even set the list in your pantry cupboard for your emergency convenience.

I keep a label on my Five-Spice and this article list as my reference.

Another one that has worked for me that’s a bit controversial is apple cider vinegar that naturally is an acidic ingredient.

But it works for heartburn symptoms. It’s best to mix apple cider vinegar with water.

It’s a passed down tip from those of the past and I was brave enough to give it a try.

In my world, it works. But everyone is different. So it’s always good to test.

How it works…

Apples cider vinegar signals to the stomach to stop producing acid that it does. And if you have heartburn symptoms, if you try, you may even get some burping up trapped gas that’s needed relief. Babies burp a lot. Adults need to too.

Our bodies are all about being counterintuitive mystery curve balls where the best proof is our baby steps and trial-and-error.

That’s how we learn specifics that work in our lives.

We test the apples…

And apple fruit is another one that is low FODMAP food questionable depending on the apple type (for us apples).

I like unsweetened applesauce as it’s like baby food so there’s no issue.

But another tip is do not, not eat. Your stomach will work better with some food.

Most guts aren’t happy on an empty stomach and that delays our happy restoration.

Our guts have been very forgiving… otherwise none of us would be still be on the planet.

Variety in food helps our gut.

And is a good diversifying principle of not putting all your eggs in one basket.

Eggs, btw, are generally ok too. 🥚

And even if we make a one-time triggered bloating food mistake, we can cushion with foods and ingredients that are generally safe on a low FODMAP list, including:

-bell peppers and most veggies

-avocado

-many fruits (and believe it or not… green bananas are lower FODMAP than soft, ripe ones).

-Yogurt (low-sugar Greek yogurt)

-quinoa, oatmeal, cooked soft rice (e.g. white rice)

Amaranth is one grain I discovered to be super gut-friendly. It has a Cream of Wheat bowl texture… but is gluten-free.

If you’re a sourdough or bread making person, for Low FODMAP you can even add amaranth to your whole grain roll or bread loaf.

And, some other Low FODMAP list adds:

-herbs/spices: fennel (in Five Spice powder), anise, peppermint

-teas: green, black, and some herbal teas (chamomile, chicory root, peppermint).

Peppermint tea is something I always keep in my “food-as-medicine” cabinet. It does wonders for some stomaches and other body aches like headaches. If it’s heartburn you’re experiencing, it will not feel like it’s helping so much and then it’s good to use food variety with the teas in the list above.

I have found peppermint is good for middle (or general) stomach aches and ginger tea is good for upper-stomach pains (e.g. bloating or heartburn) and chicory is good for lower stomach or upper intestine discomfort. But again, test on yourself.

And instead of reaching for candy or sugar sweets, you can chew on an anise star (like licorice) or make a simple applesauce blueberry cobbler.

Eating low FODMAP foods are healthy foods so you can eat them when you’re feeling 100% too. You can also check out a GERD grocery list to help healthy food guide you next time you’re food shopping.

Positive Attitude is Everything

Positive attitude (aka optimism) has always been the better way to make good things happen in life. But so often, easier said than done.

Like when dropping a box of spaghetti where you can look at it as an extra chore… or spending a few minutes playing a fun game of pick-up sticks.

But it’s easier to magnify our natural responses, complaining, and being with the realities of life.

Where you maybe mutter something that doesn’t help the situation.

It’s an automatic response…

But automatic responses can be changed like past phases (and phrases you used) going through life.

They were place holders until you found a better way for your snap! uh-oh situations.

…Where those and anything in life could change your mood in an instant.

And when you run into those sudden moments, you can practice your better ways.

Use those as prompts to change your auto-reactions to situations.

That helps to shape your positive attitude.

And enrich what you want to grow in your life, like your opportunities and relationships…

Which btw, have you ever noticed that leaders and successful people are positive and motivational?

It helps them and then others are attracted to them.

But like all of us, they’re not always happy… but a positive attitude also helps them to reach deeper within for answers. And rise above what could drag them down.

That can go either way.

And it’s not the situation they get that’s the downfall… it’s their attitude that can make or break what happens next.

It’s the positive attitude that carries them through and over the hump.

Their positive beliefs turn into good reality.

And in turn, they become what they believe when they look in a mirror.

And if what you believe is positive, growing, and happy then, that’s where you’ll go-al. 🎯

So finding the positive out of negative situations is still the answer to success, but getting there isn’t always easy.

One good way to grow that area is you can choose to find the comedy in life-in-play situations and laugh more… with a positive attitude (that’s not cynical).

Then by laughing, you’re spreading joy that’s positively contagious.

…I’m serious.

It helps to gain a reality check.

…Is it really that bad?

It’s usually not as bad as the moment of impact.

And having a positive attitude to survive the moment is everything.

Because most situations move on and become a memory.

And I know myself what it’s like to have to change the attitude side and run 180 degrees in the opposite direction from my initial thought reactions.

…Because cynical and sarcastic was the realistic culture I grew up in. And was probably what you grew up in if you lived on watching television sitcoms before the turn of the century.

Realistic was pessimistic.

And the word attitude used alone meant you copped an attitude where more words added could cause trouble.

People didn’t know they had an attitude until it was brought to their attention.

That zeitgeist wasn’t set up yet for mindset shifts, daily enlightenment, meditation, and quiet time that today are times to look forward to… and maybe even get a little excited about! 🎉

Today, thankfully attitude is reframed into more positive attitudes.

People are much more conscious and will forwardly say, my attitude is: __________.

An easy way to test your own attitude (and practice) is to see how you view the daily weather.

In climate change days, most of us are often tested as the weather can re-route our day’s activities and how productive we are.

If the daily weather is not so favorable and you have to change your plans you were looking forward to, how do you view that?

…Does it make you sad, disappointed, or discouraged? Or do you see it as a way to step into possibly better plans?

If you adopt the latter, then you become less stuck in your ways… more nimble, and open to what life could bring in your favor at any moment.

Flipping the script is how you rewrite the thoughts in the situational moments.

…And thrive in your day.

And one day at a time becomes your life.

So changing to positive attitudes in your life helps you for the rest of your life. …Making responses automatic and letting those healthy ways penetrate deep down in your core.

…Where you bypass negative emotions and bridge straight toward the positive and loving thoughts and feelings.

I know this because that’s what I practiced in life situations to be the better version of myself. 🙋🏻‍♀️

This week, when the power unexpectedly went out for a few hours because of a hurricane storm that came up the coast, I discovered a new coffee shop. And from that small re-route, I may have a new potential partner to work with.

And another example this week was I had a ticketed event and found out that it wasn’t what I thought it would be.

So I ended up re-routing myself to a store where I met new friends.

👉 But the main lesson here is that before I let any of those two sour situations affect me, my attitude was automatically re-routed to a good place. My auto-thought now is: there’s a good reason for this… and I don’t know yet what that is, but the day will play out and I will figure it out.

And that’s because of the practice I had been doing leading up those events.

So now that I did that practice, I also believe that good things are rigged for my favor.

If you too believe that for your life, and that your re-routes are to help you, then you can bypass frustration feelings and look for more good in your day.

And in return, your energy radiates as attractive to the world. 🎉

So if this sounds good to you and you’d like to grow more of a positive attitude (to be the better version of yourself), this is one attitude habit you can practice daily…

Anytime you catch yourself complaining or have a complaining thought, try to catch that right away.

It might take a few tries in the beginning like any new habit and natural way, but (by being self-aware) eventually you’ll be able to change that.

👉 What’s tricky is that most of us are self-aware about our attitudes in the places we’re already aware of… but the ones we’re not (e.g. ego blind), those are the ones we want to change for out better lives.

We’re blind to what we don’t see.

So those areas take more effort to discover.

But if you practice in the small daily stuff like your weather re-route attitudes and hearing yourself complain-talk, then they become visible.

They become your natural way one situation at a time. And you can change your overall attitude.

And with a positive attitude, you get to focus on bigger, brighter, and better things!