Healthy Happy Loving Life: 7 Top Tips to Wake Up Well And Make It A Great Day!

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© 2021 Kebba Buckley Button, MS, OM

How can you best wake up?

Do you ever struggle to wake up and get going?  Are you just thinking of surviving the wakeup process, let alone thriving during the day?  My father said he never really woke up before about 10 am.  It was his metabolism, his internal clock. Here are some of the best tips I use to make sure I get going so I can make it a great day.  You may want to try one, or two of these daystarters, or all of them!

1.  Wake up at 6 am or when your — um– solids move.  You’re working with the clock from Chinese medicine and will be more awake all day if you do this.
2.  Make your alarm sound pleasant.  Waking up by smartphone?  You have many choices of tones.
3.  If you feel tired or resistant, make a positive statement.  Try:  “We’re making it a great day!”  Or, if you are a Christian, try, “In Jesus’ name I pray, let’s make it a great day!”  Write your own declaration.
4. Get an alarm light that glows more and more brightly over a half hour, prior to your alarm going off. The light will stimulate your brain and help your system get moving.
5. Envision what a joy-filled, healthy, effective day you are stepping into.  Take 1 minute to do this.
6. Eat the right breakfast, for you. Some people are just not hungry when they get up; they may want to eat when they do get hungry, or have a protein drink now.  How about an ounce of almonds or cashews, a piece of fruit, and some tea?  I always wake up ready for a big breakfast with lots of protein.  Experiment with the breakfast that fits your metabolism and keeps you going for at least two hours.
7.  Drink the best breakfast beverage, for you.  Many of us love a cup or two of joe, and we feel really great after having it with breakfast.  But not all coffees are created equal, and many people feel best all morning after drinking tea, hot chocolate, lemon water, or a fruit smoothie.  Coffee is loaded with antioxidants, not just caffeine.  Green and black teas have other beneficial compounds.  There is so much research on this that we’ll have a separate article on coffee and tea soon.  The bottom line is:  what beverage works best for you, to feel your best at breakfast time, and two hours later?

Try incorporating these tips one by one, and notice how much better your days run.  And that’s you:  ever more Healthy Happy Loving Life^sm!  Are you in?

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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: Daystarters As Tools for Change

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Let’s be honest:  almost all of us have experienced Wake-up Stress!  It can be hard to get out of bed!  Most of us resist getting up when we know we need to, to get to work or to meet other responsibilities.  The Happy Healthy Loving Life^sm philosophy is to make the most of our lives in every way, including on a daily basis, beginning with rising.  Fortunately, adding positive daystarters can end your resistance to rising and get you off to a pleasant and powerful day.  While there are more, here are 8 of the best daystarters:  

• Pick your wake-up time by your body’s clock, if possible.  In Chinese medicine, 6 am is the perfect time to rise, as the large intestine wants to activate.  It’s time to go to the bathroom and release solids easily.  You’ll be more awake if you get up when your intestines want to get going.
• Use an alarm ringtone that stimulates without startling.  Classic alarm-clock ringing is harsh and would startle anyone.  Air raid sirens are too much.  How about some Chopin or Bach chamber music (on your smartphone alarm utility), trills, chimes, or soft rock?  Experiment to find out which sounds give you a boost rather than a jolt.
• If you really hate starting the day, when the alarm goes off, immediately say, “I’m getting up and making it a great day!”  You’ll be amazed at how different you feel.
• If your metabolism is very sluggish, find an alarm light that glows more and more brightly over a half hour, prior to your alarm going off. The light will stimulate your brain and help your system get moving.
• Once out of bed, as early as possible, greet the Divine or read a positive script to yourself.  Affirm your positive place in a positive and supportive universe.  Paul Valery said,

The best way to make your dreams come true

  is to wake up.

• Mentally rehearse your excellent day.  Vividly see yourself feeling alert, energized, and in The Flow.  See yourself meeting the right people, saying the right things, feeling totally comfortable with every interaction.
• Eat the right breakfast, for you. Some people are just not hungry when they get up.  For these people, a beverage to drink and a protein bar in their pocket for two hours later may be just perfect.  Some people really need several ounces of protein and some carbs with their breakfast beverage.  For a speedy munch, how about a peanut butter and honey sandwich on whole grain bread or rice cakes?  Or, how about at least an ounce of almonds or cashews, 2 pieces of fruit, and some tea?  Experiment with the breakfast that fits your metabolism and keeps you going for at least two hours.
• Drink the best breakfast beverage, for you. Notice, I haven’t mentioned coffee until now?  Many of us love a cup or two of joe, and we feel really great after having it with breakfast.  But not all coffees are created equal, and many people feel best all morning after drinking tea, hot chocolate, lemon water, or a fruit smoothie.  Coffee is loaded with antioxidants, not just caffeine.  Green and black teas have other beneficial compounds.  Both have been shown to have health benefits.   And just the heat from a warm beverage can soothe and also stimulate your digestive system, helping you to wake up more. There is so much research on this that we’ll have a separate article on coffee and tea soon.  The bottom line is:  what beverage works best for you, to feel your best at breakfast time, and two hours later?

Try these daystarters and you’ll quickly realize what great tools for change they are.  Soon you’ll be replacing Wake-up Stress with Morning Zip! And that’s you, being Healthy, Happy, and Loving Life^sm

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Kebba Buckley Button is a stress solutions expert and award-winning author who celebrates life.  She also 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