Healthy Happy Loving Life: Less News for Better Mood

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effective living strategies, Healthy Happy Loving Life, Kebba Buckley Button, stress, Stress Management, The life you want, Too much news

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Some days, it’s easy to get too much news.  Local news tells us how many people had pandemic issues, home invasions, drive-by shootings, violent attacks, house fires and financial violence by fraud.  National news tells us how bad the backgrounds of key candidates are, how bad pandemic issues are, how many lost their homes in natural disasters, and how unbalanced the national budget is.  International news tells us countless stories of unrest, pandemic, famine, oppression, and war in many countries.  How do you feel after taking in a half hour of this?  Probably not joyful and energized.  Don’t you feel stressed, concerned, possibly discouraged?

According to 2020 stats, the average American watches about 3.2 hours of TV per day.  Twenty-two percent are regularly watching cable news and 35% never watch cable news.  More people are watching streaming news services.  Or simply tuning out.

So how much bad news are you taking in?  And how stressed is it making you feel?  Dr. Andrew Weil is a famed integrative medical doctor and author.  He recommends, for overall stress reduction, that we all take a “media break” or “news fast” as much as possible, for week.  Dr. Weil says research shows that emotional content of news can bring moods down and increase sadness and depression.  Why not try a news fast, and find out how you feel?

You can also use good news to lift your spirits and metabolism.  I once got a cluster example of this effect.  On August 11, 2011, the Arizona Republic ran a 3-sentence news item, enticingly entitled “Navy Destroyer is Now Serving as Artificial Reef”.  I got very excited about this.  I love good news, and here was a story of both repurposing a giant structure and helping the world’s degrading reefs and related biosystems.  My face broke into a huge smile, my head bent closer to the paper, and my heart was racing.  The article reported the 563-foot destroyer was now sunk “in a spot in the Del-Jersey-Land reef created by Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey.”  (Hey, if you were the Navy, where would you store a huge ship that could no longer serve afloat?) Since I spent my public school years in Delaware, I was pleasantly jolted to hear there was now a tri-state effort to rebuild the reefs and protect the coasts.  I copied the whole 3-sentence article into email and sent it to my mother and my sister, who also spent a lot of time in Delaware.

There ensued a merry exchange.  My sister started searching “artificial reef photos” and came up with some extremely beautiful scenes.  [You can put “artificial reef photos” in your favorite search bar and see some stunning examples.]  I kept thinking about the metal-eating bacteria that are breaking down the Titanic hull.  Experts have said we need to study the Titanic now, while it still exists.  Following the search links, we discovered that a creature called a “soap fish” now makes its home in one reef, in what was once the barrel of a military tank’s gun.  We also discovered there are reef-loving fish called “tasselated blennies”.  [See a colorful blenny above.]

While you may not find this particular item fascinating, how did you feel while reading it?  Did you feel different than you felt when reading about the last airline disaster or the Pandemic?  Were you aware of feeling pleased, or even less stressed?

If too much news is stressing you out, why not try reducing the amount you take in?  If you love the morning newspaper, why not try reading the entertainment news and comics first, then only scanning the headlines?  Notice your stress level going down and your happiness level going up.   The news will wait.  Your life doesn’t have to.  Go on a news diet, and you will increasingly find yourself being more Healthy Happy and Loving Life^sm!  You have only your discomforts to lose, and I would love to help you on your journey.

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Kebba Buckley Button is a stress management expert, holistic healer, and award-winning author who celebrates life.  She has a longtime natural healing practice and is an ordained minister. Among her books are: Discover The Secret Energized You (http://tinyurl.com/b44v3br), Inspirations for Peace Within:  Quotes and Images to Uplift and Inspire, and Sacred Meditation: Embracing the Divine.  The books are available on Amazon and through Kebba’s office.   To email us, kebba@kebba.com .

Books by Kebba Buckley Button

Healthy Happy Loving Life: Trees Don’t Judge

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effective living strategies, Healthy Happy Loving Life, Kebba Buckley Button, stress, Stress Management, The life you want, who we are called to be, who we are meant to be, who we really are, your true nature

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Life is easier in many ways, as we gradually realize more and more who we really are.  As we grow, we can step more and more into who we are meant to be, even who we are called to be.  If you are trying to narrow the field of possibilities, to realize your true nature, it may help to look first at what doesn’t work for you.  For example, my voice can’t sustain notes.  I am clearly not called to sing.  That means I will never be a rock star!  But my speaking voice is good, and I speak well.  I am definitely called to be a speaker, inspirer, uplifter.  If you are working this question of your “who-ness”, it may help you to spend quiet time with your notes, perhaps meditating in your large chair, or in a natural setting.  Counselors have interest tests they can administer for you, but you may not need those.  Simply begin noticing and jotting notes on what catches your interest, and what generates joy for you.

Now, while you are exploring your true nature, you may get a lot of feedback from others.  As you have no doubt noticed, humans have opinions about everything!  And they are busy sharing their opinions, about everything each of us does or says or is.  In my life as a manager in science/technical organizations, I was amazed by the amount of gossip and presuming.  Recently, I found this amazing poem on the Internet.  I tracked down the poet, Becky Hemsley, and obtained her gracious permission to use the poem.  Becky lives in Leicester, UK, but you can get her book of poetry from Amazon.  Look for “Talking to the Wild.” Now, see if this sounds familiar:

She sat at the back and they said she was shy,
She led from the front and they hated her pride,
They asked her advice and then questioned her guidance,
They branded her loud, then were shocked by her silence,
When she shared no ambition they said it was sad,
So she told them her dreams and they said she was mad,
They told her they’d listen, then covered their ears,
And gave her a hug while they laughed at her fears,
And she listened to all of it thinking she should,
Be the girl they told her to be best as she could,
But one day she asked what was best for herself,
Instead of trying to please everyone else,
So she walked to the forest and stood with the trees,
She heard the wind whisper and dance with the leaves,
She spoke to the willow, the elm and the pine,
And she told them what she’d been told time after time,
She told them she felt she was never enough,
She was either too little or far far too much,
Too loud or too quiet, too fierce or too weak,
Too wise or too foolish, too bold or too meek,
Then she found a small clearing surrounded by firs,
And she stopped…and she heard what the trees said to her,
And she sat there for hours not wanting to leave,
For the forest said nothing, it just let her breathe.

So always remember, as you walk your personal path, that humans love to have opinions.  But the trees don’t judge.  Your meditation chair doesn’t judge.  Your journal doesn’t judge.  So pursue your true self and your true path anyway!  And you will increasingly find yourself being more Healthy Happy and Loving Life^sm!  You have only your discomforts to lose, and I would love to help you on your journey.

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Kebba Buckley Button is a stress management expert, holistic healer, and award-winning author who celebrates life.  She has a longtime natural healing practice and is an ordained minister. Among her books are: Discover The Secret Energized You (http://tinyurl.com/b44v3br), Inspirations for Peace Within:  Quotes and Images to Uplift and Inspire, and Sacred Meditation: Embracing the Divine.  The books are available on Amazon and through Kebba’s office.   To email us, kebba@kebba.com .

Books by Kebba Buckley Button

Healthy Happy Loving Life: Time For Your Use

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Balance, effective living strategies, energy medicine, Energy Transformation Sessions, Healthy Happy Loving Life, holistic coaching, holistic health, Kebba Buckley Button, stress, Stress Management, The life you want

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Yesterday, I argued that:  Health and happiness allow us to embrace Life, step into The Flow, and begin to live joyfully and powerfully.  And I want that for you also, in abundance, for 2022 and always, increasingly!  So when will you step into it?  Let’s talk about time.

Einstein proved that time does not move at a steady rate.  However, we know from experience that time chunks along, whether you are paying attention or not.  People say, “Time marches on.”  People say, “Time waits for no man.” You can ignore time and its movement, but it still moves along, and the next thing you know, it’s March.  Or June.  And your life is exactly the same as it was.  Why would that be?  It would happen because you did not make actual changes for the New Year 2022.

A quote attributed to Einstein goes:  Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results.  If we want Life to look different, in March or any other month later this year, let’s make some changes to get some shift.  Put in the positive, what qualities do you want in yourself and your life in 2022?  Do you want better memory, a cleaner kitchen, more income, a better singing voice, or perhaps kinder friends?  Then what needs to change for you to have those qualities in your life, now and moving forward?  Number them and start with the steps to get Number One moving.

You already know what to do about some of the shifts you want.  The other shifts– a coach can help– I can help.  Once you have identified the steps you need in order to get those shifts, you need to START.  I once saw a powerful interview with Margaret Thatcher, then the Prime Minister of the UK.  She was asked how she stayed married, raised twins, served in Parliament, and finally served as Prime Minister, all with power and grace.  She blinked very slightly, then said, “Well, there are 24 hours in a day, and if you think about it, you can do quite a lot with them.”

So when should you start with your shifts?  How about NOW?  Yes!  And you will increasingly find yourself being more Healthy Happy and Loving Life^sm!  And keep me posted on your progress.  You have only your discomforts to lose, and I would love to help you on your journey.

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Kebba Buckley Button is a stress management expert, holistic healer, and award-winning author who celebrates life.  She has university degrees, a longtime natural healing practice and is an ordained minister. Among her books are: Discover The Secret Energized You (http://tinyurl.com/b44v3br), Inspirations for Peace Within:  Quotes and Images to Uplift and Inspire, and Sacred Meditation: Embracing the Divine.  The books are available on Amazon and through Kebba’s office.   To email us, kebba@kebba.com .

Books by Kebba Buckley Button

Healthy Happy Loving Life: Yours If You Want It

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Balance, effective living strategies, energy medicine, Energy Transformation Sessions, Healing Touch, Healthy Happy Loving Life, holistic coaching, holistic health, Jin Shin Jyutsu, Kebba Buckley Button, Reiki, stress, Stress Management, The life you want

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If you read it very quickly, my bywords might seem vapid:  Healthy!  Happy!  Loving Life!  The fact is that these words are powerful.  They evolved into this current form over decades of trying to better describe what I believe in, how life works, and what I offer, as a professional.

All my life, I wanted to feel good, have energy, and be enjoying life.  I wanted to laugh with friends and experience a lot of joy.  But I had mystery fatigue and mystery pain all over, which was never diagnosed by regular doctors.  And normal pain relievers didn’t touch the pain.  Exercise helped.  I didn’t laugh a lot.  So by the time I had completed 2 university degrees and was working very hard on success in science fields, I began taking a fresh look at my situation through the burgeoning fields of holistic health.  My health was a daily struggle, and I was nowhere near my dream of being happy.  I couldn’t imagine goals beyond getting a grip on my situation.

But I got there!  Step by step, I peeled away layers, found my answers, and restored my health.  I fell in love with energy medicine methods like Reiki, Jin Shin Jyutsu, and Healing Touch. I fell in love with the healing power of foods.  My faith journey helped.  I was ordained as a minister.  What I concluded in my journey was that:

1. Feeling great has to start with health.  We must each find our personal health balance.
2. Health clears clouds and allows us to find happiness
3. Health and happiness allow us to embrace Life, step into The Flow, and begin to live joyfully and powerfully.
4. This becomes a system I call Healthy Happy Loving Life!

I have spent many years explaining what I do through the lens of Stress Management.  Most people who appear stressed are dealing with health or pain issues, conflicts that prevent happiness, and no sense of connection to Source– to any Divine– at all.  Many people have no sense of their own belief system.  Now I help them sort out their beliefs and practices with holistic coaching.

I tried for years to get people to live on the Upbeat– to live emphasizing the positive– with titles about Upbeat Living and Upbeat Spiritual Living.  I wrote hundreds of free articles (now over 500 online), several guidebooks, and 3 books to help people.  Now I help them shift their attitudes to the positive and their languaging to the positive.  I listen to their descriptions of stressful situations and relationships, help them sort out the dynamics, and offer specific strategies and wording for difficult conversations.

Many people have no idea that their peripheral neuropathy or other condition may be caused by, for example, the diet sodas they are drinking.  Now I help them shift away from foods that may be hurting a condition they mention, and shift toward delicious foods that may dissolve that condition.  I also offer Energy Transformation Sessions, to dissolve headaches, back pain, anger, grief, or other conditions that are uncomfortable and distracting.  People leave my office relaxed, happy, and hopeful.

I have helped countless people over the years, to release the uncomfortable and move into a life they love.  Today, I teach or coach online,  and I have Energy Transformation Sessions and Holistic Coaching in my cozy office.  People get notes to take home, to try techniques, look over books, or switch what they swallow.  Might you get huge shifts from this work?  Yes!  Might people respond to you very differently?  Yes!  Might you start enjoying the right people, more?  Yes!  And you will increasingly find yourself being more Healthy Happy and Loving Life^sm!  You have only your discomforts to lose, and I would love to help you on your journey.

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Kebba Buckley Button is a stress management expert, holistic healer, and award-winning author who celebrates life.  She has a longtime natural healing practice and is an ordained minister. Among her books are: Discover The Secret Energized You (http://tinyurl.com/b44v3br), Inspirations for Peace Within:  Quotes and Images to Uplift and Inspire, and Sacred Meditation: Embracing the Divine.  The books are available on Amazon and through Kebba’s office.   To email us, kebba@kebba.com .

Books by Kebba Buckley Button

Healthy Happy Loving Life: Get Joy From Gratitude

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Effective living, grateful, Gratitude, In-joy-meant, joy, Kebba, Stress Management

© 2021 Kebba Buckley Button, MS, OM.  World Rights Reserved.

Joyful hibiscus tree in the Feng Shui Garden

How many times have you heard people exclaim, “Don’t let anyone steal your joy!”  That’s lovely advice if you started with joy.  But many grew up without joyful relatives or joyful circumstances, and they are not very familiar with joy.

Henri Nouwen said,

Joy does not simply happen to us.  We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.

© 2021 Kebba Buckley Button, MS, OM. http://www.kebba.com

The ultimate answer to finding joy is to practice gratitude.  Start with lovely flowers, for example.  Select some that appeal to you and study them and their unreasonable beauty.  Joy will seep into your consciousness as you begin to weave the wonder of the flowers into your mind and heart.  Feel grateful.  Give thanks, if you are a person of faith.

Now study the clouds during the day, the sunset, and the stars at night.  Give thanks for all this beauty.  Watch a toddler run and laugh.  Feel grateful.  Watch a favorite dog or cat and enjoy its hijinks.  Feel grateful.

I believe very deeply that we are in-joy-meant– that we are designed to be in joy.  So keep practicing these studies in gratitude, and you will develop a joy that no one can steal.  And that’s you being ever more Healthy, Happy, and Loving Life^sm!  It’s up to you!  

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Kebba Buckley Button, MS, OM, is a stress solutions expert, holistic guide, and award-winning author who celebrates life.  She has a longtime energy healing practice and is an ordained minister. Among her books are: Discover The Secret Energized You (http://tinyurl.com/b44v3br), Inspirations for Peace Within:  Quotes and Images to Uplift and Inspire, and Sacred Meditation: Embracing the Divine.  The books are available on Amazon and through Kebba’s office.   To email us, kebba@kebba.com .

Books by Kebba Buckley Button