December 2019

In our last post, the team at Moondust Cosmetics® chose three ways to have a happy holiday and celebrate yourself while you build healthy habits going forward. Today, we’ve got ideas to reach out with gifts of time and care to create or share joy for others. 

Helping others has also been shown to bring your own endorphin levels up. It’s a natural now to connect with our social community, family and friends and to increase our joy by sharing the good feelings.  

Here are some no, or very low cost, ways to connect with others: 

Gestures of kindness and compassion  

Haven’t you had a day brightened with a simple, kind act? Now you can take a turn to:  

• Give a smile
• Say a warm greeting
• Hold the door open for someone 
• Offer to help carry items
• Bring a surprise coffee or similar drink
• Compliment honestly and freely 

Go deeper and reach out to others in need  

Time and thoughtfulness are excellent gifts that feel good giving and receiving.  

• Plan a visit. Bring flowers, some home baking or simply a pretty card to a neighbour or friend.
• Help fill some community need with a holiday drive to provide meals, gloves, socks and similar to the homeless. Toys for children in need. Cast off linens or blankets are always well received to comfort animals in shelters. 
• Brighten the day for someone having a tough time at the holidays as they deal with a disease, feel a loss or any reason with a call to cheer them or lend support. 
• Visit a nursing home with Christmas cards and notes for all residents. Easier to do with all the Dollar stores around us that offer inexpensive cards to richly lift spirits.  

And if a ‘new family member’ arrives as a pet, remember to love and show compassion to the new addition, and to the fur or feathered companions already in your home. 

Moondust Cosmetics® wishes you an abundance of joy, health and happiness over the holidays and into the New Year ahead. Dr. Moondust has composed and opera on nuclear war with music based on bird songs. One song will be released daily starting December 22. Listen via her personal Facebook page. Join in here. 

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Happy Holidays is the greeting we read, hear and say most right now to share joy, isn’t it? Even science is referenced in posts all over to participate in the season’s activity as celebration of any kind have the power to make us happy.  

Yes, even in the hectic midst of making lists, hunting for the perfect gifts, preparing foods and stressing to make it to all the holiday gathering! 

Is there a secret to get the goodies we wish for each other – relationships and mental and physical well-being we are happy about? It just might be to enjoy a slice of self-care first!  

What do you think about these habits to practice now, and all year? Feel free to put them into practice now to enrich your life and maybe, make it a bit easier: 

1. Choose to be happy  

It helps to spend time at happy pursuits that interest you and to be around positive people. While you are at it, choose a happy tone in conversation and when you can fit it in, add some humour to life’s rollercoaster of moments.  

2. Give yourself the gift of gratitude  

Something magical happens when we express appreciation. It seems the more we notice things to be grateful for, the more we get to be grateful for.  

Gratitude can shift your perspective and bring in more love and positive feelings to any life situation. Some like to keep a gratitude journal to help maintain their attitude of gratitude in their lives and the world. You can simply list three to five things you’re grateful for every day. These might be your career, good health, friends, family, your home – the meals and little indulgences you enjoy or simply, favourite movies, shows, books and music that bring you joy.  

3. Try for balance in your life that includes ‘me time’ 

Being the social creatures we humans are, we are pulled to connect at work, in community and with family. We pay attention to social interactions as they nurture positive feeling, thinking and health.  

It’s just as essential for you to enjoy ‘me time’. You need it to help you de-stress, process emotions, and make smart decisions. You might find joy in your own company as you exercise, meditate, enjoy a hobby or new activity, prepare a nice meal or decadently treat yourself to a shopping trip or spa day.  

We hope you find all the right ingredients to serve up some joy for yourself so that you can share in the happiness the holiday season brings to your life!  

If music feeds your soul you are invited to visit Dr. Moondust’s personal Facebook page where she will be releasing a daily treat of music beginning on December 22 of her original compositions.    

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Visit the Moondust Cosmetics® here.  

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