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Hip & Healthy: Spirit

First Aid Kit: Emotional

  • Good friends, especially those who will supervise mobile phone and email communications (to help avoid drunk dialling/emailing situations and other potentially dangerous behaviour)
  • Pets
  • Tissues
  • Chocolate, icecream
  • Alcohol of choice, tea, coffee and hot chocolate
  • Comedy DVDs, motivational books
  • Luxurious nightwear, bath salts, scented candles
  • A pillow or punching bag
  • Gym clothes to exhaust and raise the endorphins of the personal in crisis
  • An all-day voucher for a day spa
  • A list of activities to get out of the house
  • An indulgent holiday

See also First Aid Kit: Medical

 

And to help cheer you up, here's Judy Garland (a woman who knew all about sadness, the darling) doing the ultimate "light up your face with gladness" song - Smile, via YouTube: 

 

 

More break-up and recovery songs (click on the YouTube link to play the track):

"Good Morning Heartache" (Billie Holiday)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: Billie Holiday

"Ne Me Quitte Pas" aka "Don't Leave Me" (Jacques Brel)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: Jacques Brel

"Song for the Dumped" (Ben Folds Five)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: Ben Folds Five

"There's a Fine, Fine Line" (Avenue Q)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: Avenue Q

"Can't Stand Losing You" (The Police)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: The Police

"I'm A Fool To Want You" (Linda Ronstadt)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: Linda Ronstadt

"Cry Me a River" (Julie London)
YouTube, Wikipedia, fan site, Amazon: Julie London

"God Give Me Strength" (Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach  

"What Goes Around, Comes Around" (Justin Timberlake)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: Justin Timberlake

"Unhappy Birthday" (The Smiths)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: The Smiths

"Untouchable Face" (Ani DiFranco)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: Ani DiFranco

"These Boots Were Made for Walkin'" (Nancy Sinatra)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: Nancy Sinatra

"Don't Stay" (Linkin Park)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: Linkin Park

"Another Suitcase in Another Hall" from Evita (Madonna)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: Evita

"Into Temptation: (Crowded House)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: Crowded House

"Unfaithful" (Rihanna)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: Rihanna

"Don't Speak" (No Doubt)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: No Doubt

"You Oughta Know" (Alanis Morissette)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: Alanis Morissette

"Precious things" (Tori Amos)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: Tori Amos

"There You Go" (Pink)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: Pink

"Shut up" (Black Eyed Peas)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: Black Eyed Peas

"Leave, Get Out" (JoJo)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: JoJo

"Fighter" (Christina Aguilera)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: Christina Aguilera

"She's Leaving Home" (The Beatles)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: The Beatles

"Aint No Sunshine" (Bill Withers)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: Bill Withers

"Back to Black" (Amy Winehouse)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: Amy Winehouse

"You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" (Lou Rawls)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: Lou Rawls

"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" (Al Green)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: Al Green

"Is That All There Is" (Peggy Lee)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: Peggy Lee

"I Will Remember You" (Sarah McLachlan)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: Sarah McLachlan

“I Will Survive” (Gloria Gaynor)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: Gloria Gaynor

"Survivor” (Destiny's Child)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: Destiny's Child

“Single Ladies” (Beyonce)
YouTube, Wikipedia, Official site, Amazon: Beyonce

 

Got more luscious suggestions for our Emotional First Aid Kit or musical selections? Post comments on our Facebook page or email us: luscious@myLusciousLife.com.

Feeling depressed? Check out some beautiful things, style icons, five minutes of fabulous, feed the soul by whipping up some confort food from our Fabulous Foodie page (and the burn it all off with our fun fitness suggestions such as skipping, hula hooping and Latin dancing!), or find inspiration by going on a literary tour of the homes of famous writers (lots of angst-written folk there who may make you feel better!).

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Eat, Pray, Love to find your balance

 
It was a few months ago when I was at the movie theatre with my best friend and I saw the trailer for the new Julia Roberts film - ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ (an adaptation to film of the bestselling novel by Elizabeth Gilbert).  
 
I’m not sure if it was the images of mouthwatering Italian food, the beauty of complete solace in India or the colours and happiness of the people in Bali, but I felt an emotional pull towards the story of a woman trying to find her place in the world. 
 
I must have been living under a rock when the book was released (which can be the only reason I didn’t jump on the bandwagon of its huge popularity), I have since endeavored to read the novel before the much anticipated, film is released.  

For those of you who were also living under the same rock, the story follows Elizabeth as she embarks on a year of travel and search for inner balance.
 
After a messy and emotionally draining divorce, she sets off to spend 3 months eating her way through Rome’s supply of pasta.
 
After finding bliss in consuming all she possibly can (and extending her waistline further than expected), she moves to India to a sacred Ashram to meditate and come to terms with her series of failed relationships and deep depression.
 
Finally, she concludes her year in Bali spending her days with an old medicine man and finding the true balance between love and devotion.
 
Perhaps it is due to where I am emotionally in my life at the moment, or perhaps it is my ingrained desire to search the world and experience its many fruits, but I was pulled into Elizabeth’s story more than I had anticipated.  So true were many of her observations about love and life and how the two can become so intertwined that we can begin to lose our own sense of identity. 

As I look at my friends and loved ones, I can see those who are following their own path and those who are becoming wrapped up into an expectation set upon them.
 
As for myself? I am at that dreaded fork in the road where I have to choose which of the two paths to embark upon. As women, I do believe that these journeys can become so easily expected of us.
 
The constant saturation of rom-coms and unrealistic iconic images put us under constant scrutiny and pressure to perform to a certain level and live up to a pre-prescribed identity.
 
What Elizabeth Gilbert showed us, is that the key is to find a balance in your life. Without the balance between devotion and love (be it spiritual or not) an individual can lose momentum and direction in their life.
 
So I have compiled a list, with the help of this novel to finding your own balance:
  • Give yourself some time! You need to allow yourself time to simply be with yourself. Know yourself and sort through your worries. This is such an important thread throughout the book- even when you think you are all sorted (or given yourself a quick check over); allow more time than you anticipate. This can be done every morning before your shower, or devote half a day a week, to be alone and process your thoughts.
  • Healthy body, healthy mind. While often food can be a source of emotional comfort, its important to remember that by giving yourself healthy food you are helping your body function efficiently. Try to indulge in fresh sweet fruits like strawberries or pineapple instead of chocolate when you need a sugar fix, and drink herbal teas and plenty of water to flush out impurities. Even when you are feeling your worst, these foods will help boost your mood.
  • Do your own thing. As silly as it may sound, sometimes you need a hobby of your own! Engage in a yoga class once a week, take up photography, join a book club or even try to learn another language. It’s one hour a week you give yourself to explore a creative outlet that offers alternative goals to your professional life.
  • Be open to love. Life is about allowing yourself to be touched and sometimes hurt by love. But without it, life can be pretty bland. If you have been hurt before, deal with the emotional issues it caused but approach each new relationship with an open mind and heart. Let yourself go and remember that you have to be open to love for it to find you.

 
Whether you pick up the book, or go to see the film, ‘Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia’ has the possibility to touch and enlighten you if you allow it. Find a message from Elizabeth’s journey of discovery and be open to life’s possibilities with an open mind and heart.
 
For more information about the novel, or her latest release ‘Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage’, visit Elizabeth Gilbert’s official website or watch the film to be released later this month.
 
As part of the experience, be swept up in the music of the film and purchase the Eat Pray Love : Original Motion Picture Soundtrack with amazing artists such as Florence and the machine (the song 'Dog days are over' is featured on the trailer below).
 
We also have a full photo album dedicated to some beautiful screen shots from the movie. So be sure to have a look through it on our Facebook fan page and be inspired by the amazing colours, beauty and diet-destroying foods the film offers.
 

Buy the music too! Eat Pray Love (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

 

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