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Are you in a Funk? Get out FAST!

2/18/2016

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5 Simple Tricks to Change Your Mood and Take On the Day

Do you ever find yourself in a funk? I sure do. Once I was on the road, preparing to deliver a speech. I love speaking, but I was experiencing an unusual amount of distraction and self-doubt. Most people wouldn't think I have times like that. 

I had about an hour before I went on stage. So, I decided to call my husband, Brian.

My Call for Help

He instantly knew I wasn’t in a good place. (This is one of the many benefits of long-term marriage. My husband can read me like a book.)

“Okay,” he said after listening to me whine for a few minutes. “I want you to hang up and go turn up your music and jam. Call me when you are done."

I was tempted to blow him off, but I knew in my heart that he was right. I needed a big shift in my emotional state. And it wasn’t going to just happen. I needed to do something.

So I got out my favorite praise CD and turned up! I danced, sang and had a time with myself. My own personal concert!

When I called him an hour later, everything had changed. My emotional state had shifted — dramatically. I was focused, alert, and upbeat. I had a can-do attitude.

Motion Drives Emotion

This was a good reminder of something we had learned years ago from Tony Robbins: Emotion is created by motion. But you don't want your emotion to cloud your sound judgment. Often said by our beloved Spiritual Grandfather, Apostle Skip Horton. But you can change it! Let me show you how:

If you want to change your emotional state, often all that’s necessary is to change your physiology. I have experienced this firsthand again and again.

Don’t believe me? Try this:

Slouch in your chair
Round your shoulders
Take shallow breaths
Close your eyes
Frown and then sigh

If you’re like me, almost immediately you’ll start feeling down — maybe even a little discouraged. As it turns out, discouragement and sadness have specific physical manifestations.

But so does joy and confidence.

This is why you can look at someone and say, “You look like you are having a difficult day.” Or conversely, “Wow. You look like you are on top of the world!”

5 Tricks to Boost Your Mood

Over the years, I have learned (and Brian periodically reminds me) that I can change my emotional state for the better by focusing on my physiology rather than my emotions.

So can you. Try these five simple tricks.

Put on some upbeat music. This can dramatically alter your mood, because of the memories you associate with certain tunes. Research also shows that energetic music ups your energy when you exercise.

I have created a playlist, Music for a Productive Day. Reply back to this email and I will send it to you if you want to listen along. It’s awesome!

Stand up and stretch. Try to reach the ceiling. Get on your tippy-toes. If you are brave—and no one else is around—jump up and down for sixty seconds. Shake it out. Rotate your neck. Look up. One solution that I use and love is stand-up by your desk. Simply, just stand up.

Take several deep breaths. Oxygenating the blood makes you more alert and awake. Close your eyes and concentrate on breathing. Draw the air deep into your diaphragm (or gut). This is a great way to forget about what has you down or afraid.

Get your body in motion. The more vigorous you can move the better. Go for a run, a bicycle ride, or simply a walk — preferably outdoors. This stimulates your blood flow and gets oxygen to your whole body. If you do it long enough, your brain will release endorphins that elevate your mood.

Focus on the positive. “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he” (Proverbs 23:7). Think strong, positive thoughts. Affirm what you know to be true. Give thanks for what you have rather than what you don’t. Shift your internal narration to what you get to do rather than what you have to do. 

I usually leverage these tricks a few times a day. It gives me the energy and emotional boost I need to be productive and stay productive all day long.
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