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Beat the winter blues! It’s good for your health.

June 2, 2016 By Beverly Goldsmith

© Glow images. Model used for illustrative purposes.
© Glow images. Model used for illustrative purposes.

It’s Winter! Time to enjoy cosy fires, hot drinks, warm clothes, snuggling up in bed, and even trips to the snow. However, colder, shorter days may result in the winter blues, anxiety over one’s health, and worry about the best ways to keep the family well. When such winter-time-concerns set in, it’s time to take action. So, turn-up your mental heat. Beat the winter blues! It’s good for your health.

 

DON’T HIBERNATE.

Although the weather outside may be cold and blustery, resist the urge to hide away. Going into hibernation-mode isn’t good for one’s mental or physical well being. What’s the answer? Get out and about during Winter. Don’t isolate yourself. Keep on-the-go.

TIP:

– Don’t become immobilized during the colder months. Keep yourself mentally active.

– Improve your mood. Give yourself a much needed people-boost. Head out into your community and participate in the many fun activities on offer.

– Socially interact with others. Spend time with friends and family. Share your favourite winter soup or casseroles with them.

 

LET THE SUNLIGHT IN.

During winter, many people go to work and return home in darkness. Experiencing fewer hours of daylight, can lead to winter depression.

TIP:

– Beat gloomy, wintery-type thoughts by letting the sunlight of gladness and gratitude brighten your thinking. “Love, redolent with unselfishness, bathes all in beauty and light”. – Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health p. 516

– Don’t  feel trapped indoors by the winter blues. Be like the small canary that was mistakenly shut inside a cupboard. Although in total darkness, it started singing. As a result, it was found and set free.

– Free yourself from melancholy emotions. Let the rays of freedom-generating, joy-bringing thoughts, light up your thinking.

 

EXPECT TO STAY WELL.

When cold and rainy weather arrives, so too can the fear of  becoming ill. Such anxiety can be countered with the confident expectation of maintaining good health in every season.

TIP:

– Don’t anticipate being sick during colder months. Keep the fear of illness out of your thinking.

– Act like a porter. Stand guard at the door of thought. “When the condition is present which you say induces disease, whether it be air, exercise, heredity, contagion, or accident, then perform your office as porter and shut out these unhealthy thoughts and fears.” – Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health, p. 392
– Feel safe, strong and well. There is a health-protecting, divine Presence, caring for you all year round. See, The Bible, Psalm 91. You can beat the winter blues and it’s good for your health.

This article has been published on Motherpedia. Read more by me on Motherpedia…

Also published in Around Point Cook community newspaper in print and online via Issuu.

Beverly Goldsmith is a health writer and practitioner and teacher of Christian Science healing. Twitter: @GoldsmithBev

Beverly Goldsmith

I’m a professional Christian Science Practitioner and Teacher. Through my prayer-based practice, I help people find happiness, health and healing.

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Comments

  1. John Barton says

    June 7, 2016 at 8:39 am

    Love your article Beat the Winter…..winter a time for incubation of new ideas for me. No depression ever….can I even say that ? …Health I find myself affirming truth amongst my illness conscious friends. And for my own safety. Cheers. John

    • Beverly Goldsmith says

      June 10, 2016 at 4:21 pm

      Thank you John for your comment. Glad to know that you remain mentally buoyant and healthy all year round. Well done. Staying happy and healthy during Winter is normal and natural for each of us. We can enjoy the beauty of winter-time and be glad.

  2. Diana says

    June 10, 2016 at 8:53 pm

    Thank you Beverly Goldsmith for your thoughtful ideas encouraging me and other readers during the winter months to bring newness and happiness into our lives by enjoying a variety of activities maintaining comforting and nurturing thoughts for all.

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