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It’s National Dance Week. Studies show that dancing, just like exposure to light, dark chocolate, laughter and sex raises can raise your serotonin level to help you deal with moodiness, anger, depression, headaches, and some menopause symptoms.

Dancing is the best mood booster, it can be used for stress relief, and as an easy weight loss technique, anger management, so let us dance right now. And if you still need some motivation, here are some motivational dancing quotes for you:

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room. ~Kurt Vonnegut

Dancing is like dreaming with your feet! ~Constanze

You can dance anywhere, even if only in your heart. ~Author Unknown

There are short-cuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them.  ~Vicki Baum

To dance is to be out of yourself.  Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. ~Agnes De Mille

Stifling an urge to dance is bad for your health – it rusts your spirit and your hips. ~Terri Guillemets

Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair...  ~Susan Polis Shutz

Next time you’re mad, try dancing out your anger. ~Terri Guillemets

Let us always dance to feel and look fabulous, shall we?

P.S. You can listen to my radio show for women “Feel and Look Fabulous with Irina” where we breathe, smile and dance at the end of each show.

Breathe, smile and be happy.

© Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Coach and Health Counselor

Have you ever thought of using laugher therapy for stress relief or as an instant vacation from your daily troubles. 

As you may have heard, laughter is the best medicine.  Laughter can  boost your immune system, and lower your blood pressure (especially in women).  It eases pain (you can completely forget about your pains or aches while laughing), and laughter can help reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke.

Are you depressed, fatigued, have a stress illness or have problems sleeping. Laughter therapy may help.

Oh, and did I mention that laughter therapy moves our lymph and increases oxygenation, which helps with detox cleansing of our body?

But the most important is that laughter helps us to raise serotonin level, which is very important for fighting our seasonal blues.

So let us laugh !!!!

“Women have a passion for mathematics. They divide their age in half, double the price of their clothes, and always add at least five years to the age of their best friend.” — Marcel Achard

“Man has will, but woman has her way.”– Wendell Holmes

“Women now have choices. They can be married, not married, have a job, not have a job, be married with children, unmarried with children. Men have the same choice we’ve always had: work or prison.” Tim Allen

“I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women.” — Louis XIY

“When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country.”– Elayne Boosler

“Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can’t get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.” — Yul Brinner.

“From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away.” — Raymond Chandler

“Any woman can fool a man if she wants to and if he’s in love with her.”– Agatha Christie

Take an Instant Vacation from your stress with laughter therapy.

Breathe, smile, laugh and be happy.

Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health Counselor and Nutrition and Relationship Coach

I’m about to tell you how you can improve your self confidence, feel more beautiful, boost your self esteem, and feel sexy all year long!  

You don’t need Valentine’s day to enjoy romantic treats and beauty remedies to feel sexy and have a fabulous time.

Try some of these great ideas to be your own Valentine any time of the year:

I. Treat yourself as a queen by buying new sexy lingerie every other month. If you are in a relationship, your partner will appreciate it. If you are single, new sexy underwear will make you feel and look fabulous.

II. Enjoy a romantic dinner with a healthy chocolate dessert at least once a week.

Chocolate Lavender Truffles Recipe

Eat these truffles slowly in order to let the Lavender rise from your tongue to the back of your nose, sending a message of tranquility and that all is well.

• 8 oz cream cheese softened
• 16 oz semisweet chocolate
• 2 drops of Lavender Essential Oil
• cocoa powder

Beat cream cheese in large mixing bowl at medium speed with electric mixer until smooth. Meanwhile melt the chocolate in a double boiler. Mix melted chocolate with softened cream cheese. Add lavender drops and stir well. Refrigerate for an hour. Shape mixture into 1-inch balls; roll over cocoa. Refrigerate.

III. Take a  relaxing bath filled with essential oils or Romance Bath Salt every day. Some candles will also help us feel and look fabulous.

Listen to some tips on how to use essential oils to relax, feel confident and loved.

IV. Make a home-made beauty remedies facial to rejuvenate, nourish, moisturize your skin  and… relax at least twice a week.

More facial beauty remedies.

V. Have a massage, a real treat you can give to yourself or/and your partner. It  can be a real intimacy gift you can give to each other.  Apply some bpdy oil to enjoy it even more.

Are you single? Who cares! You can enjoy self-massage or foot massage to reduce stress, get rid of headaches, constipation and PMS and feel fabulous.

Try this simple foot massage to calm down,  relax and feel fabulous. Try to do it every day while you are watching TV or talking on the phone.

VI. If you are in a relationship, try to always speak the right love language, such as words of affirmation, quality time, gifts, service, touch…

Read more on five languages of love, and even maybe get the book The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman.

Breathe, smile and be happy.

© Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition Counselor and Relationship Expert

Do you like winter? How do you feel during winter months? How about winter blues or seasonal depression? To feel fabulous you may need more serotonin in your system, a chemical that can help us get into a better mood.

You can boost your serotonin level with laughter, indulging in dark chocolate, eating more tryptophan rich foods, using aromatherapy and essential oils such as sage, lemon and grapefruit, lavender rosemary, and last but not least, sex.

Seasonal Blues, Better Sleep and Other Good Reasons to Eat Walnuts

Or you can simply eat more walnuts, one of the richest sources of serotonin and omega-3 essential fatty acids, which are both necessary to fight seasonal depression and insomnia. And speaking about omega-3 essential acids, they can also whelp you achieve a healthy heart, better memory and beautiful skin.

Fresh walnuts, like all healthy nuts, help us to suppress appetite which can help lose weight.

Walnuts are also rich in fiber, so they will help us get rid of constipation, lower blood pressure and cholesterol level, prevent colon cancer and diabetes, get rid of headaches and migraines, reduce risk of heart attack and stroke, get our hormones back in balance, and reduce PMS.

* Click to listen to our discussion on How to Deal with Seasonal Depression with Medical Intuitive Iuliana Lixandru

* Click to listen to our discussion on Beating Seasonal Depression by Practicing Gratitude with Sue Urda, the Connections Expert

© Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition Coach and Counselor

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