Happy Days

 Hi everyone! Welcome to Happy Days! I am Kelly Ward - Your host I hope you are having a beautiful week!  Welcome to this week's episode!  Today's topic is all about how to live your happiest life! So I am pretty sure we have all been in a situation where we feel as if we are stuck or simply unable to move forward. We sometimes can't actually identify what the reason is that we feel off and out of place right? Or even figure out what is bothering us. It is hard as well to actually shake that feeling because we really need to put in that mental work ourselves. Because we all know that feeling all too well, I wanted to discuss mindfulness techniques that you can use to help you to break that pattern of disconnect to yourself, where you can consciously shift your mood and rediscover your inner peace again.  When it comes to changing the energy or vibe around you, you are basically in the drivers seat, because you have the power to either take the happiness highway or ta...

 Hello everyone! Welcome to your weekly dose of good vibes! In general we all want things now rather than later and there is a psychological discomfort associated with self denial. Due to us evolving at a rapid speed, we sometimes seek immediate rewards and results. Instant gratification basically encourages a quick turn around time and easy results however with a more delayed approach to gratification in our lives, it tends to produce a more long term change and also more meaningful results. The difference between instant gratification and long term gratification is that one leads to a short term reward that makes you feel good in the moment but it wears off quickly, while the other is a long term life skill that provides you with a long term, sustainable results.   Which one do you prefer? I personally have always wanted instant gratification because I wanted things right now instead of taking the time to create more sustainable, long lasting results. For example - when...

 Hello everyone! Welcome to your weekly dose of good vibes! Depression is something that I experienced and so many of us also experience and the whole point of the journey towards success and inner happiness is being able to face all of your emotions even the dark feelings and confront them so that you can work on yourself to become better and stronger.  Practicing self acceptance is one of the ways that you can relieve the feelings and symptoms of depression. When I was depressed, you don't find joy in anything you used to love, you feel as if life has no meaning to you so what is the point? I felt like I had no purpose or idea of what I wanted my life to be and I continued to compare myself to everyone else instead of focusing on healing myself first and focusing on my own journey.  Now with social media, it can be extremely hard to not compare ourselves because we are constantly consumed by what everyone else is doing and that can take you to a very dark place mentally...

 Hello everyone! Welcome to your weekly dose of good vibes! We sometimes forget the simple component of feeling our best and that starts with exercising and eating well.  Today I want to highlight 5 foods that keep you looking young so that you can always feel like your most fabulous self. When you take the time to exercise and make the effort to eat healthier, you are helping your body and mind to perform better and that helps you to feel good from within and that shows on the outside too. When you feel your best, you do your best. You feel confident, mentally strong and ready to achieve those goals. It is a fulfilling process when you invest in yourself.  What you eat shows directly on your skin and impacts your energy levels. The food choices that you make every day can either make you feel energetic and look good or it can cause you to feel tired and not looking good. I wanted to highlight 7 foods that are easy to keep your kitchen and can help you to feel good from t...

 Hello everyone! Welcome to your weekly dose of good vibes! Happy Wednesday!  Have you ever asked yourself if you are truly fearful of actually being happy? Because so often we tend to subconsciously give into self sabotaging behavior that holds us back because we are afraid of being happy and coming to the realization that that is possible.  We sometimes find ourselves stuck in a negative spiral where things are simply not going our way and we assume that is what life is about however we don't realize that we have the power to change that narrative in our lives and actively make the effort to change it.  Today I want to highlight 7 ways to get past what is holding you back. We all have our own fears in life and usually we focus all of our energy on avoiding those fears instead of tackling them head on. One of those fears could be embracing happiness in your life and not fearing it because we are scared it won't last or it is not a sustainable experience in life, how...

 Hi there! Welcome to your weekly dose of good vibes! Stay listening because I have an exciting giveaway to announce!! Today I want to discuss self confidence and I am going to highlight 6 FANTASTIC ways to build self confidence.  When you have self confidence, it brings amazing benefits in all areas of your life, whether it's at home, work, in relationships and I want to highlight the positive benefits of having self confidence.  When I was younger I was extremely shy, some would say a natural people pleaser- I want everyone to be happy even if that means being unhappy with myself. I have always been an introvert and knew a lot of people but didn't have many real friends. I preferred being in my bedroom, listening to my favorite music and I loved to dream. I've always felt different and as I grew up, I found myself not interested in engaging with people anymore because I felt like the conversations that I was surrounded with was not productive, positive, uplifting, fulfi...

Hello everyone! This is going to be a really fun topic because we all find ourselves sometimes in a really bad mood and it ends up spoiling our entire day and our productivity. Some days, you do find yourself in a negative space mentally- we all do, it is part of being human. We have good days and bad days. Sometimes when you are having a bad day and you're in a bad mood- you feel completely helpless on how to change it around and just be happy. Instead of fighting it rather take this opportunity to implement these simple techniques into your life to get you back to those good vibes you so badly want again and be patient with yourself, practice self care.  So the next time you find yourself in a negative mood, try these amazing ways to snap out of it and feel like yourself again.  1. Go for a walk- let's be real, there are not many problems that a lovely, long, peaceful walk can't solve. For me, it has to do with the sunshine on my face, the fresh air, spending time in natu...