I am sure you are all familiar with the expression laughter is the best medicine. Studies prove that laughter releases oxytocin which fills our bloodstream and makes us feel better. Sometimes we neglect our laughter gene and allow the stress of life to overwhelm us and keep us in a state of unhappiness. Job layoffs, rising debt, parenting issues, relationship issues, misery loves company and on and on. Often times we become victims of our own circumstances because we believe we have no control over our environment. I strongly believe that we should live life from the inside out, not the outside in. At any given moment, in any given situation, we as spirited women have the ability to choose how we will feel. No one can make us feel anything we don't want to and you can not bring us down without our permission.
I was well into my thirties before I discovered this amazing theory. What an empowering realization to understand for the first time in my life that I was solely responsible for my outcomes. Did this new found knowledge allow me the ability to control everything that came in to my life…NO!,..but it certainly gave me the ability to decide how I would handle it and I have found life is better on laughter.
As the new Spirited Woman humor blogger, I am honored to be a member of this amazing community! It is my pleasure to share stories that will help to raise the oxytocin level of women. One of my favorite lines is from a Jimmy Buffett song...wrinkles will only go where smiles have been. Thankfully there is Botox for all those lines that don’t qualify!
- GinaMcNew, www.ItsHipToBeHot.com
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