3 Ways You Can Be Happy Right Now

As a medical intuitive healer and the author of two books about how to heal depression naturally without drugs, I am constantly working with clients who have not yet learned how to experience true joy in life.

Working through the root causes of anxiety and depression may take a lifetime of therapy and is incredibly valuable and life-saving work.

I write about how to resolve these root causes at length in my book Banish the Blues Now.

But while you are working to resolve these issues another question to ask yourself is, “How can I truly be happy?”

During my medical intuitive readings and healing work I often pinpoint just exactly what you need to feel more happy right now as happiness lifts your chi and empowers you to become a source of love and light to everyone around you.

Now more than ever during the coronavirus pandemic when levels of anxiety and depression have quadrupled this question is more relevant than ever.

There are 3 ways you can be happy in life:

1. Physical pleasure
2. Soul satisfaction 
3. Life meaning

Physical Pleasure. You can find happiness in life through the vehicle of your body.

Exercise. I especially recommend yoga, which naturally raises your GABA (your calming neurotransmitter) and serotonin (your natural antidepressant) as well as high intensity interval training, which increases the size of the hippocampus in your brain. One-third of your brain is made up of blood vessels and all exercise improves the circulation in your brain. Walking in fresh air is a sure-fire way to lift your mood. Expressing yourself through dance can move emotions through your physical body.

Eating delicious foods. 

Physical intimacy.

Enjoying the comforts of your home, whether that be a down comforter, your sofa or a hammock on the porch. 

Wearing comfortable clothes that help you feel beautiful or handsome.

Snuggling with a loved one or your favorite pet.

Taking a hot bath or a warm shower.

Giving or receiving massage.

Stretching to release pain and discomfort. 

Taking an afternoon nap.

Physical pleasure is all about ways to feel good in your body, nurturing your human animal. 

If you have been struggling to feel happy, I encourage you to take out a journal and make a list of activities you are willing to do so that your body can feel good.

Make time every day to enjoy these simple pleasures.

Soul satisfaction. Because you are unique, what is satisfying to your soul will be unique to you. 

For one person that could be watching NFL football and drinking beer with buddies on a Sunday afternoon.

For another person that could be riding a bicycle up a steep mountain pass, enjoying the view from the top when he finally gets there.

For yet another person that could be painting watercolors al fresco.

What does your soul long to do? 

I write about soul longing in my 10th book, Reading the Soul. 

Just as your body relies on good food, rest and exercise, your soul needs nurturing. These are activities you can do to feed your soul. While all of them may work for some people, certain activities may be more beneficial for your soul growth at any given point in time: 

• Breathwork
• Prayer
• Meditation
• Mantras
• Rest
• Unscheduled Time Alone to Process
• Laughter
• Dancing
• Time in Nature
• Time with Loved Ones
• Hugs
• Sunlight 
• Overcoming challenges 
• Fresh Air
• Flowers
• Companionship of a Pet
• Volunteer Work
• Writing
• Channeling
• Singing
• Painting
• Travel
• Time Away from Home
• Setting Healthy Boundaries
• Companionship of Like-Minded People 
• Storytelling
• Spiritual Retreat
• Spiritual Family
• Spiritual Community
• Letting Go of Clutter
• New Environment
• New Challenges
• Forgiveness
• Saying I’m Sorry and Meaning It
• Giving Yourself Permission to Say No
• Dropping Your Masks
• Giving Yourself Permission to Be Your True Self 
• Deep Inner Listening
• Letting Go and Allowing God to Guide You 

Perhaps you can think of other ways your own soul needs to be fed. Listen within and allow yourself to be guided!

Life Meaning. The great thing about using life meaning as a vehicle to be happy is that when you contribute to the greater good you can feel joy even if you have a headache, the stock market just took a tumble or someone you love is suffering from illness.

You find life meaning when you look for ways outside yourself to contribute to the greater good.

This is about ALL thinking, not ME thinking.

Some of the most miserable clients I have ever worked with have been independently wealthy people who haven’t found a good reason to get out of bed in the morning.

Life meaning works for those struggling with suicidal thoughts because you recognize you are a meaningful, valuable and important part of the brotherhood and sisterhood of mankind.

Since the coronavirus pandemic began, I have found quiet joy in knowing that I have given my Amazon number 1 bestseller The Little Book of Breathwork to people in 17 different countries, helping people breathe when they get sick with the virus and teaching how to cut stress and anxiety levels during these times of enormous change.

A good friend worked for years at a local soup kitchen.

Yet another friend saves her pennies so she can go and volunteer to help save the Amazon rain forest.

I have recently applied to be a poll worker for the 2020 presidential election because I want to make sure my fellow citizens can exercise their right to vote without having to wait in line for 11 hours like some of my fellow Georgians did on the first day of early voting.

When you know you make a difference – even a small difference – you feel deep down your life has meaning and purpose.

What causes are dear to your heart?

In what ways, large or small, can you ease the burdens of people around you?

Because I know that life meaning is the most fool-proof way to be happy I am always inquiring within myself about this very question.

Searching for ways to be of service can become an outlook that may lead you to great personal rewards even if nobody else ever notices because you know in your own soul that you make a difference.

What is healing? Healing happens when you make choices every day that lead to great personal happiness.

To set up an appointment for a medical intuitive reading or healing work, please email catherine@catherinecarrigan or call 678-612-8816. If you are calling internationally, please call me at the same number through WhatsApp so I can return your call toll free!

Coronavirus Survival Resources 

Right now the environment we are all living in has changed due to the coronavirus pandemic. We have to consider how this larger situation is affecting us mind, body and spirit.

I’ve been searching around for ways to help everyone get through the Coronavirus, an illness known to attack the respiratory system, hinder breathing and adversely affect people’s lungs both during and after the virus.

I explained how to clear phobias and fears in the article and videos at this link.

Get your mindset right by reading my article 4 Steps to Overcome Any Adversity at this link.

You can root for me as I do my best to beat my addiction to reading the news. Find out what I’m doing about that at this link.

Learn to release tension out of your face with this simple yoga exercise. Watch the video and read the directions at this link.

To discover what you can do to prevent suicide watch the video and read the article at this link.

Learn how natural sunlight, therapeutic light and calling in divine light can lift your mood at this link.

You can learn how to clear loneliness by using the healing technique I describe at this link.

Discover how healing soul wounds empowers you to clear grief. Read the article at this link.

Learn how to overcome fear by connecting to the power within. Learn how by reading this article.

I explained how to take your power back from the fear pandemic. You can read the article I wrote at this link.

To cultivate the feeling of contentment no matter what your life circumstances, read the article I wrote at this link.

I wrote an article and did an interview about how empaths and highly sensitive people can survive coronavirus that you can read at this link.

I wrote an article explaining why it’s crucial for you to get out of survival mode so that you can think clearly and move forward at this link.

We added an extra Saturday morning 10 a.m. yoga class on Zoom. You can find out about joining us at the link.

I discussed how to stay out of overwhelm during the coronavirus pandemic at this link.

I wrote about the healing power of rest at this link.

Discover how to cope with the loneliness of social distancing during the coronavirus by reading this article.

Read a message from the orchid world at this link.

Turn to Mushti Mudra to release emotional stress when you don’t think you can handle any more anxiety, depression or loneliness. Find out by reading this blog.

I wrote a blog and created a video “How You Can Balance Your Lung Meridian” to read and watch at this link.

I explained “How to Clear Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)” at this link.

I published “24 Ways to Boost Your Immune System Naturally Right Now” that you can read at this link.

I wrote a blog with directions and a video for Linga Mudra, a hand mudra you can use anytime, anywhere to boost your immune system. You can read that here.

I pondered the metaphysical meaning of the Corona virus. You can read that article at this link.

And above all I know how profound the breathing exercises in The Little Book of Breathwork can be.

I wrote the book and produced a series of FREE videos of these exercises because I know you can usually cut your anxiety in half in a mere eight minutes. That’s why I called the breath work routine “Eight Minutes to Inner Peace.”

When it’s 2 a.m. and you can’t call your best friend, you can practice the breathing exercises, affirmations and hand mudras to feel better.

When you’re experiencing shortness of breath, anxiety, high blood pressure or don’t know what else to do to make yourself feel better, these are simple tools you can turn to for FREE.

If you are sick with Coronavirus and notice yourself having trouble breathing, you can turn to these breathing exercises, hand mudras and affirmations to redirect your chi and hopefully open up your airways.

To join us for yoga and qi gong classes via video conference right now, email [email protected] or call 678-612-8816 to receive the code. Yoga classes meet via Zoom.us on Tuesdays and Thursdays 7:30 to 9 p.m. EST and Thursdays 11 a.m. to meet via Zoom.us on Tuesdays and Thursdays 7:30 to 9 p.m. EST and Thursdays 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and Saturday mornings 10:30 a.m. EST. Qi gong meets on Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m. EST.