Becoming Coco

"Think of a wonderful thought, any merry little thought. Think of all the joy you'll find When you leave the world behind And bid your cares goodbye You can fly, you can fly, You can fly! " - Peter Pan the Disney Movie Everyone wants to experience Happiness, but do we have to wait till our goals and dreams have all come true before we feel happy? Do our circumstances define our attitude toward life or are we able to take control of our own feelings and bend them to create that positive attitude that makes our world so much brighter ? Though most people would probably agree we can control our feelings to a certain extent and stay positive through life's ups and downs- we don't always practice that. So here are some tips to remind us all to practice the ART of a positive uplifting attitude. Tip #1 Use Science:  Research shows when we think negative thoughts our serotonin levels actually dip and result in us feeling less happy. Conversely when we are thinking pos...

WARNING : it may suppress your appetite too much (This does not count as dinner! Even if it does have healthy nuts on top) This is my second day using my new bottle of GC, so I've been using GC 2 weeks with a 2 week break in between and just started up again. That's not how you are supposed to do it I just lost my previous bottle. Anyway... Yesterday my appetite was suppressed. I'm assuming it was the GC because that was the only different factor in my diet. I woke up Saturday around 11:30am and ate a decent sized brunch till I felt satisfied, not too full and no longer hungry. 3 hours later I had a coffee and a small fiber one bar. 3 hours after that I had a cupcake. 3 hours after that I was still awake and had eaten nothing else but felt fine. Lies. I woke up this morning and my body hated me. It was screaming at me to eat something. I took a shower and had to pause my shower half way to crumple on the floor until the feeling of my stomach eating me alive subsided. SO Whe...

The tram that takes you up the mountain to the Getty Center  Enter the Getty View of the main lawn which the museums create a half circle around  The criss crossing creek Gorgeous Sunset casting a shadow on the creek I tricked my iPhone into giving me better lighting  More gravity propelled creek A basin shaped fountain. Water drips down and flows down to the creek. Gravity powered fountain.  How many museums are as beautiful as the art within them? Photography exhibit  Ansel Adams amazing "pure photography" Sculptures outside the museum exhibits change regularly  There are a lot of stairs, but even the stairs are beautiful  Love the architecture  This friendly employee posed for us Who wouldn't pose for us? Outside the "Connecting Seas" Exhibit- the beginning of globalization  Mural for the exhibit  Good hypothesis  Cool take home for the kids , and me Treasures you will see in the exhibit  Also in this exhibit building- a sec...