{"id":1649,"date":"2021-11-16T11:17:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T17:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/longhornhearing.fm1.dev\/?p=1649"},"modified":"2022-05-24T13:24:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T18:24:57","slug":"5-simple-ways-to-boost-your-mood-this-winter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/longhornhearing.com\/5-simple-ways-to-boost-your-mood-this-winter-2\/","title":{"rendered":"5 SIMPLE WAYS TO BOOST YOUR MOOD THIS WINTER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Winter is a prime time for seasonal blahs. If you could use a little mental-health boost, here are some simple ways to get started<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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HEARING HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH HAVE A CLEAR CONNECTION.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In fact, untreated hearing loss increases your risk of depression, anxiety, social isolation, and more.<\/em> Winter is also a prime time for seasonal blahs. If you could use a little mental-health boost, here are some simple ways to get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EXPRESS GRATITUDE<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Gratitude<\/a> improves happiness, well-being, and mental health. The best-researched method is keeping a gratitude journal. Once or twice a week, choose one act or person you\u2019re grateful for and write a few sentences detailing why. In daily life, you\u2019ll begin to seek out the positive \u2014 rather than the negative \u2014 and writing it down allows you to really savor that positive emotion.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

EXERCISE<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Exercise<\/a> releases endorphins, which relieve stress and boost your mood. You can even use small things that add more activity to your day, like skipping the elevator in favor of the stairs or taking a short, brisk walk. If you work from home, tackle chores that require you to walk to another room or \u2014 better yet \u2014 another floor. Aim for 30 minutes a day.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SPOIL YOUR SENSES<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Use your senses to quickly find calm. For some people, it\u2019s an uplifting song or the smell of ground coffee. For others, it\u2019s squeezing a stress ball. Each person\u2019s relationship to their senses is a little different, so experiment to figure out what works best to bring you back to center.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

LOSE YOURSELF<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Doing something you love, something you know you can lose yourself in, allows you to forget about life for a while. You don\u2019t have to be a parent, a spouse, or an employee \u2014 you can just be.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

FIND A FURRY FRIEND<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Interacting with a pet<\/a> lowers cortisol \u2014 the stress hormone \u2014 and raises oxytocin \u2014 the feel-good hormone. It also lowers blood pressure and eases loneliness and depression. Don\u2019t have a pet? Walk a friend\u2019s dog, volunteer to cat-sit for a vacationing neighbor, or volunteer at a shelter.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Winter is a prime time for seasonal blahs. If you could use a little mental-health boost, here are some simple ways to get started HEARING HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH HAVE A CLEAR CONNECTION. In fact, untreated hearing loss increases your risk of depression, anxiety, social isolation, and more. Winter is also a prime time for seasonal…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1714,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/longhornhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/longhornhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/longhornhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longhornhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longhornhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/longhornhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longhornhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/longhornhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longhornhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longhornhearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}