Happiness=Success

Irene Becker – Your Brain for Success

The scientific evidence is in, and it is conclusive.

If you want to be more successful you need to prime your brain to be positive.

➣ That’s right. Happiness must come before success. Staying stuck in a negative rut, dwelling on problems versus being solution oriented will not help you succeed, and it will contribute to what the World Health Organization tells us will be the major cause of disability by 2020—stress, negativity, disengagement.

➣ What exactly does brain science tell us? Most of us were trained to think that success leads to happiness. We now know, through neuroimaging and other longitudinal scientific studies, that achieving success in a rapidly changing and often chaotic world, workplace and marketplace demands a whole new skill set.

Here are ten simple steps that take only a few minutes a day and will help prime your brain to be success oriented.

1. Talk nice to yourself! Celebrate every win in your mind’s eye no matter how small. Pay attention to the positive.

2. Connect, get social. Talk to people you care about; talk to people you work with. Make social connections.

3. Hug. Hugs stimulate oxytocin, the “love hormone,” spreading a feel-good boost.

4. Make love. Yes, it’s no surprise that lovemaking boosts happiness levels!

5. Keep a gratitude journal. Writing about what you are thankful for both helps retrain your brain to be more optimistic and positively impacts your health!

6. Get physical. Physical activity is a significant happiness booster. Exercising for 30 minutes a day can take up to 7 years off your chronological age! And, it eases stress, improves sleep, strengthens immunity, and increases happiness.

7. Help others. Altruism makes us happier and stronger. Volunteer at a soup kitchen, hospital, or shelter.

8. Go outside, spend time with Mother Nature. It will make you feel more alert, enthusiastic, energetic, and happy.

9. Take two minutes or less to be mindful! If you don’t meditate regularly, spend a few minutes several times a day being mindful of your breathing

10. Get silly, embrace the kid in you. Enjoy a good joke, watch a funny video, smile, enjoy a great comedy. Laughing is a great way to exercise your brain and give your body a mini aerobic workout!

You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.  Priming your brain to be positive will help you achieve greater success and well-being.

1/2 Marathon Week 1 training

When I started working at WONS in January I had no idea that I'd be more than just a fundraiser that sits behind a desk - I somehow agreed to participate in the Adidas Auckland Marathon, competing in the 1/2 Marathon race, which is 21km!

Now I am no fitness fanatic - I like to do some pilates, walk my dogs and swim laps the pool, I'm certainly no runner and I'll admit my gym routine is usually the first thing that gets postponed when I get busy... but that is all about to change.

Dion Ipsen, the manager and personal trainer at Jetts Royal Oak, kindly agreed to make me a plan so that I can go from novice dog walker to 1/2 Marathon runner! In just 14 weeks.

For those of you interested here is week one's plan:

Mon    Tues   Wed   Thurs   Fri     Sat     Sun           Total
Rest     2km     Rest    2km     3km   Rest    2km road  10km

Dion kindly explains that as a beginner all training runs for the first 6 weeks should be at an easy pace (60-75%) which is roughly 8-9km/hr on a standard treadmill. You should be able to hold a conversation while running and your HR shouldn’t exceed 145bpm generally.

It is great to have a goal to work to each week. Thanks Dion! If you would like to contact Dion about personal training check out his Facebook profile here.

From CEO

Hi all

Welcome to our first Blog site for WONS. Please use this service to keep in touch with us.

We offer:
Free cervical smears (certain criteria applies) in the Auckland region
Funding to community groups who are able to set up smear clinics for women in the community
Mobile van clinics throughout Auckland see http://www.wons.org.nz/

Phone 846 7886 ext 0

Please join us at our next fund raising event at St Mathew's in the City on July 16th 1 to 4pm for
                                             High Fashion High Tea

Jackie O'Fee from Signature Style will be showing us how to dress this next summer. Seven designers will profile their new collections. Glass of champagne on arrival! Goody bags and prizes. Beautiful afternoon tea with lovely ice cream to complete the afternoon. Book now through WONS. $65 pp for $60pp for a table of 10.

If you have any questions about periods, PMS, menopause, bladder control, osteoporosis, cervical smears or breast health ASK me on this site. I will post regular updates.

Ruth Davy
CEO
Women's Health Nurse Specialist

Who is WONS

WONS is a progressive organisation, not afraid to redirect its services or to add new services to its portfolio based on the results of continual evaluation of the needs of the communities it serves and the requirements of its funders.

WONS is committed to culturally diverse, quality, and affordable service provision. It is an organisation with 19 years experience working with communities and health professionals across the Auckland region.

WONS has high visibility and credibility for its work with high needs women and their family / whanau. To effect this work with Maori, Pacific, and new migrant and refugee women, WONS has developed and maintained effective health promotion strategies; interactive networks and productive working relationships with a wide range of government, non government, ethnic specific, private, and voluntary organisations.

Over its history WONS has earned a reputation with GP's for competent, quality, and reliable health professional training and women's health care. WONS has regular slots on some Primary Health Care Organisations (PHO's) continuing education programmes for facilitating 'cervical screening updates' and 'PHO recall and screening support' for GP's and Practice Nurses.

The Vaccinator's Training Course has been a corner stone for WONS training with the primary health care nursing work force. WONS has a track record of enabling women to receive specific health care from WONS while still maintaining a good relationship with their GP.

WONS is a New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) accredited training organisation. WONS is committed to continuous quality improvement and has rigorous quality improvement processes in place as attested to by Auckland District Health Board, Ministry of Health and NZQA audits. it is recognised as a provider of quality vaccinator and women’s health training for health professionals.