Monthly Archives: February 2011

February 17, 2011

Laughter is the best medicine

“I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.”  Audrey Hepburn

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Laughter and the ability to laugh at life and at ourselves truly is an attractive quality and good for us too.

It is good for our health:
It has been proven to lower blood pressure and to increase vascular blood flow and oxygenation of the blood.
It reduces certain stress hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline Has been proven to increase the response of tumor and disease-killing cells
It is a form of physical exercise:
When you laugh you workout the diaphragm and abdominal muslces, as well as the respiratory, facial, leg, and back muscles
Its a form of mental exercise:
It increase memory and learning; in a study at Johns Hopkins University Medical School, humor during instruction led to increased test scores
It improve alertness, creativity, and memory
It plays a big role in relationships:
Men like women who laugh heartily in their presence.
Both sexes laugh a lot, but females laugh more–126 percent more than their male counterparts. Men are more laugh-getters.
The laughter of the female is the critical index of a healthy relationship
Laughter in relationships declines dramatically as people age.

Like yawning, laughter is contagious; the laughter of others is irresistible so laugh loud and laugh a lot.

February 11, 2011

Hello Readers!

Hello readers! This is my first post and though it feels more than a little strange to be writing to no one in particular I will try to persevere.

The Pretty Persuasion is for me about the ideal way we should all feel about ourselves if you read the About page you’ll learn all about me and the Philosophy page will tell you all about why I started The Pretty Persuasion in the first place.

If you want to look and feel better about yourself then you are not alone, most women have the same feelings, I know I did. I really hope that through reading my posts you will be able to gain some positive changes in your life, much as learning about image has done to my life. Head over to the contact page and drop me a line if you have any special questions about your image.