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I grew up with a lot of music. My parents had a pretty awesome collection and my brother was a DJ. There was always time for music in my home and I remember listening to my mum singing away to Jim Reeves and Doris Day! I can’t help but smile at those memories because (secretly) I seem to have followed in her footsteps (albeit different artists!)
Music is such a powerful tool. It can lift you, inspire you, heighten your emotions as well as soothe you when you are feeling melancholy.
What else can music do?
According to EMedExpert: “Music is one of the few activities that involves using the whole brain. It is intrinsic to all cultures and can have surprising benefits not only for learning a language, improving memory and focusing attention but also for physical coordination and development.”
The article goes on to explain how music is:
- Therapy for pain
- Reduces blood pressure
- Medicine for the heart
- Speeds post-stroke recovery
- Able to reduce the intensity of migraines and headaches
- And so the list of benefits goes on to include its use in relaxation and stress relief techniques.
My takeaway from this is to take time out to enjoy music, not just to have a sing-a-long but to allow it to impact my well-being and life, to enhance my creativity and raise my level of positivity.
Easy to do’s to bring more music into your life:
Let it flow, Music, sweet music…
Live Blissfully!
YvonneB
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Award-winning Women's Health Advocate & Self-Care Coach, Helping Busy Professional Women Find Time For Themselves And Loved Ones Without Feeling Guilty Or Sacrificing Their Self-Care.
Author of the best-selling book “Suck It Up Or Change – If you want a better life you create it” YvonneB lives life applying the 7F Principles she uncovers in her book and shares elements of them in her work delivery:
1. Being Fit & healthy – putting your health first, becoming mentally, physically & emotionally strong to maximise daily living
2. Being Fearless – building confidence to break-through fears, enabling you to do the things you truly desire
3. Creating Freedom – taking control of what you can, so that you can experience freedom as defined by you
4. Paying it Forward – serving, supporting and sharing; locally, globally, to make a difference
5. Enjoying Friends, Family & Network – building a network of positive supportive people to collaborate with and to give & receive help
6. Having Fun – setting aside time to enjoy life doing the things that bring you joy
7. Having Faith – developing belief, be it in self or in a higher being, that inspires you to go for your dreams
Favourite Quote: ‘Self-care is not selfish. You cannot serve from an empty vessel…’ Eleanor Brownn
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YvonneB
E-Mentor at Women's WorldWide Web: https://www.w4.org/en/e-mentoring/
Teacher on Transformation TV: http://www.transformation.tv/
Philanthropist at Bath Women's Fund: https://stjohnsbath.org.uk/bath-womens-fund/
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