{"id":6288,"date":"2015-04-06T14:18:52","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T18:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/?p=6288"},"modified":"2015-04-06T14:18:52","modified_gmt":"2015-04-06T18:18:52","slug":"puzzled-go-outside-smell-the-dirt-be-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2015\/04\/puzzled-go-outside-smell-the-dirt-be-happy.html","title":{"rendered":"Puzzled? Go Outside, Smell the Dirt, Be Happy!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Looking for Happiness? Go Outside, Smell the Dirt and then…contact Janice Taylor, Happiness Coach, Weight Loss Success Expert, Author, Artist, Positarian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Have you ever heard of ART? Not as in art that artists create, or Art as in Art Garfunkel, but rather ART a.k.a. Attention Restoration Theory? ART asserts that people can mull over, chew over, focus and contemplate more keenly and attentively after spending time in nature, or even looking at scenes of nature.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s mystical, it\u2019s magical and yet, we all know at our stardust cores that nature restores mental health similarly to the way that food and water nurture and bring our bodies back to health.<\/p>\n

When we encounter an onrush of scenery, when we breathe in air, stretch our eyes to the mountaintop and listen to the birds sing their songs, we feel happier.<\/p>\n

On this glorious spring day, I invite you to click through \u201cThe Birdhouse, the Cactus and All<\/a>\u201d (a photo taken by Janny Taylor\u2014that\u2019s me\u2014from my Courtyard series) and contemplate your next nature-move.<\/p>\n

Will you go outside, seek a quiet place where you can be alone with the heavens? Will you smell the dirt? Will you breathe in and out in accordance with the pace of nature and learn her secrets?<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Click the Puzzle<\/em>
\n 2. Contemplate Your Next Move<\/em>
\n 3. Go Outside.<\/em>
\n 4. Seek a Quiet Place.<\/em>
\n 5. Commune with the Heavens.<\/em>
\n 6. Smell the Dirt.<\/em>
\n7. Breathe in and out with Nature.<\/em>
\n8. Tune Into the Birds\u2019 Songs <\/em>
\n 9. Be Happy \u2026 sometimes it\u2019s just that simple!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Puzzled? Click through<\/a> this week\u2019s Get Jiggy Weight Loss JigSaw Puzzle, The Birdhouse, The Cactus and All<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Send \u201cThe Birdhouse, The Cactus and All\u201d e-Card<\/a> to a friend!<\/p>\n

For more happiness, join Our Lady of Weight Loss\u2019s KICK in the TUSH Club\/FB<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Happily yours,
\nJanice<\/p>\n

Sign up for the KICK in the TUSH CLUB monthly e-newsletter, sign up here<\/a>.
\nTo join the FACEBOOK\/KITT Club, click here<\/a>!
\nFor one-on-one coaching<\/a>, contact Janice!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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