Top 10 Ways to Have an Emotionally Intelligent Night before

MY STRUFFOLI

I make this during the holidays. Got the idea from an Italian friend of mine. Of course I embellished it a little!

Now that the total solar eclipse is over, there's almost a gaiety, a sense of relief in the air. It's an especiall good time for Tauruses. I heard a Taurus yesterday talking about Thanksgiving and Christmas - where to go, what to do, who to spend it with. She's looking for a bargain cruise out of Newport News or Baltimore. If you hear of one, let me know (sdunn@susandunn.cc) and I'll pass the news on. As a psychic, I think the best deals are going to be out of Galveston. (Don't worry about hurricanes ... but email me for a reading if you want particulars.)

Anyways, jumping the season a little, here's an article you might find helpful --

The Top 10 Ways to Have an Emotionally Intelligent Night before Christmas by Susan

CURRENT MOON

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What Makes You Feel Good/What Makes You Feel Bad

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What Makes You Feel Good/What Makes You Feel Bad
by Susan Dunn

Emotional Intelligence is all about self-awareness, understanding how emotions work within you and others. Our feelings are regulated by neurotransmitters such as serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine. Here are some things to know about serotonin, called the “feel good” neurotransmitter.

Research indicates that low levels of serotonin in the brain can lead to the underlying inability to handle powerful feelings which can result in impulsive acts, aggressive behaviors, poor judgment, and self-destructive tendencies. According to the Society for Neuroscience, in experiments, monkeys with less serotonin are the ones who take daring jumps from the trees and injure themselves. Rats low in serotonin do risky things in experiments, and also accept small immediate rewards instead of waiting for a bigger prize.

Restoring levels of serotonin in the body relieves symptoms of depression and anxiety. According to Carolyn Meltzer, MD, serotonin receptors decrease significantly with age, up to 55%, so as you age, keep this in mind.

How do we get more serotonin or use what we have better? According to Dr. Allan Lieberman, MC, FAAEM, vitamin B6 and magnesium can elevate it. Some natural sources are bananas, pumpkin seeds, peanuts, tomatoes, plums, avocadoes, pineapple, eggplant and walnuts.

Antidepressants work with the serotonin you produce; they don’t make more of it. Your body produces serotonin through L-tryptophan. L-tryptophan is present in pork, duck and turkey. According to Harvard psychiatrist Joseph Glenmullen, author of “Prozac Backlash,” it can also be enhanced by talk therapy and by aerobic exercise such as jogging or dance.

Touch also increases serotonin during massage and decreases pain levels, improves sleep patterns, decreases fatigue, anxiety, depression and cortisol levels in fibromyalgia patients, according to the International Journal of Neurology.

Another important source of serotonin can be increased light. Norman E. Rosenthal, M.D., National Institute of Mental Health, feels that the intensity of the light is what counts, not the spectrum. However full-spectrum light used in the poultry industry causes chickens to live twice as long, be calmer and less aggressive, and produce eggs 25% lower in cholesterol. Apparently, even human cholesterol levels drop when people are exposed to sunlight.

Non-full-spectrum lighting, which is often used in work places, has been shown to create hormones ACTH and cortisol in levels considered stressful.

Being around water can help some people feel better. Research has shown that a cruise can be beneficial to your wellness.

There are more tips about feeling better in “Depression: The Need to Go Within,” by Susan Dunn.

In sum, part of emotional self-awareness means becoming aware of what physical factors innate to you enhance your mood - the foods you eat, the chemicals you put into your body, the exercise you get or don’t get, and your surroundings.

CURRENT MOON

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New Moon in Cancer - Family. Take Care of You. Wellness.

"A Safer Place" by Fenerty

Are you watching the moon now? It won't be long.

The coming Full Moon will be in Cancer, making us more aweare about nurturing. This means you too, sweetie!

Now some astrologers are seeing this as "the ideal time to pursue your existing health and fitness goals ... or to get inspired and create new ones for yourself." (Jeff Jawer)

Since I also work in a field called emotional intelligence, I jump to the essence of Cancer (to me) - the home, the family; and the bottom line on wellness: not being isolated. Studies show that isolation ("not being emotionally connected to others"), is worse on our health than high blood pressure, obesity and smoking, perhaps even combined.

Considering that the Sun's beneficent angle to Uranus will MAKE CHANGE EASIER (at last!), I see this as the big go-ahead to change/create/re-create your "Family."

Change + family =

• Maybe you need another boyfriend


• Maybe you need to divorce


• Time to pop the question to that gal you know is the Right One


• Maybe you should move to be closer to family


• Time to adopt a child?


• Time to get pregnant?
  
• Maybe you should tell him to quit wasting your time
  
• Time for you to start dating for real?


• Maybe the conflicts within your own family have reached critical mass and it's time for you to go get another family, one that works for you

You've got thrust for wellness right now with the Sun in a harmonious angle to Uranus. It's easier to make changes, and also to envision changes, which is the beginning of being able to do it. Probably with the Pluto transit you've been considering a lot of changes. Well, there's not time like NOW.

Nurture yourself with a reading. Let me guide you on your path and show you how to use this great energy right now. Email me at sdunn@susandunn.cc .

If you are really into increasing your ability to connect, I recommend The EQ Course(tm). It teaches you about emotions - how they work, how to make them work for you, what the information they give you is all about,. EQ is for Emotional Intelligence. High emotional intelligence adds to your success. Remember, as my friend and fellow reader Leighton says, "The stars impel. They do not compel." The part that you can influence, is best managed with emotional intelligence.

Free mini-reading. New clients only, please. Email me at sdunn@susandunn.cc .

CURRENT MOON

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Psychic Reading Can Help with Saturn-Uranus

AND SO SHE ASKED HER WISE GUIDE, WHAT SHALL I DO??

How to get through this period of Saturn-Uranus, and Pluto ...

This is the horoscope for Leos from astro.com, but it is good advice for you, whatever your sign, and for any day, not just today.

As you watch the sun dip below the horizon tonight and you observe the clouds turning from pink to purple, review the day, Susan. Lock your head in with your heart and make sure that the two are in tune. Think about your emotions and thought patterns of the day and how they affected your actions. Determine if your actions were a result of either your rational mind or your fluctuating moods.

If you would like to learn more about this getting the head and heart together, let me know. I offer a course in emotional intelligence, because that's about your emotions (intuition) and your intelligence(thinking).

Part of this is learning about "hemisphere dominance.: Take this online 'test' and let me know how you do. Or click and past this into your browser:
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,22492511-5005375,00.html

Those of you who have already taken it, if you could make the lady change directions at will, you'll have an easier time switching from intuition to intellectual thinking. Take the test. If you can't make her change directions, or she doesn't automatically change directions, I can give you some of the ways my clients have been able to do this.

Intuition (heart, right-brain) is best for knowing what you really want. Then use your intellect to map out the strategy. I can help you with both.

Through readings. I also offer an Internet Course on Intuition. Click here to register and pay.

Your INTUITION is what tells you what is true to your heart.

Those of you who could make the dancing lady change directions now know that you can switch from left to right brain at will. Use intuition first. Get your answer. (During this transit,this procedure can take a lot of time, and some back and forth. Both alternatives are likely to have some appeal. It is also likely at least one other option will enter the picture for you.

Thanksgiving Dinner Etiquette

Thanksgiving Dinner Etiquette- Holiday Manners
How to be a great Thanksgiving Guest, and have a more enjoyable time! It's all about emotional intelligence.

From the article:

The days of dining by plucking fruit from trees and roasting small animals over the fire, eating with fingers, and perhaps fighting with others over the scraps are long gone. Or are they? More and more we swing our car through the drive-in, grab our food from the window, and proceed to eat with our fingers, so perhaps you need a brush-up on the basics of formal – shall we say “civilized” dining – before the great Thanksgiving feast.

Rules of civilized dining evolved because, according to Margaret Visser (“Rituals of Dinner”), “animals are slaughtered and consumed, the guest-host relationship is … a complicated interweaving of the imposition of obligation and the suspension of hostility, and the ordinary table knife is related to actual weapons of war.”

The holidays, and Mars Retrograde will be a good time to practice your emotional intelligence because you will get lots of opportunities. Alert: Especially challenging for fixed signs.