7 Ways to Beat the Blues This Winter

Whether you knew it or not, Blue Monday is on the third Monday of January - and it’s coming. Apparently, a university professor managed to precisely calculate the most depressing day of the year, using a formula that equated weather, debt, time since Christmas, time since failing new year’s resolutions, low motivational levels, and the feeling of a need to take action. With that, we have January 21, 2019, as Blue Monday, and Absolute Wellness Center in Linn Creek wants to help you beat the blues and pursue absolute health this year! Here are a few tips that you can put into practice to beat the blues and enjoy a cozy winter.


Feeling Blue?

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a very real thing this time of year. Even if you don’t experience symptoms from this form of depression, you can still find ways to boost your mood and enjoy the winter months. Here are a few tips to keep in mind as you find the snow falling, the early nights, the dark mornings, and the cold temperatures.

Change Your Attitude

There are many people groups who live in the colder temperatures - and love it! What’s their secret? They change their attitude. It’s easy to hate winter when you are continually reminding yourself about it, hiding indoors, and only focusing on the negative aspects. Challenge yourself over the next few days to find things to love! Grab your winter gear and go sledding, have a snowball fight, play with icicles, and try embracing the winter atmosphere. You may find that a change in perspective is all you need to appreciate it more!

Plan Your Color Scheme

There are actually several studies across the globe that are exploring how the colors you wear affect your mood. If you dress for a funeral every day of winter, you may just find that you feel like that’s where you’re going. Take time to plan your wardrobe in such a way that features summer brights, warm fall colors, and perky spring shades - this may have more of an impact than you know. Cozy and colorful is what you’re going for this winter!


Stock Up on Supplements

The right supplement can make all of the difference in your attitude this winter. While supplements can help improve your immune system, they also play a huge role in your attitude as well. Vitamin D is the one to focus on, and considering we get most of our vitamin D from the sun, it makes sense. At Absolute Wellness Center, we offer a wide variety of nutritional supplements at the Lake of the Ozarks. We would love to help you analyze your health goals and then guide you towards the best supplements for your body. Stop by and we’ll help you choose the ones that fit best with what you want to accomplish.

Include Winter Mood Foods

We offer nutritional counseling at the Lake of the Ozarks, and along with that can suggest supplements that will have the best impact on you. You can include more foods with cod liver oil, salmon, milk, tuna, yogurt, and eggs to also increase your vitamin D intake. Also, consider choosing things that make you feel warm and cozy. Boosting your fall and winter ingredient intake can be a great way to change the winter season. Items like squash and eggplant are great sources of fiber, magnesium, and other vitamins. Sweet potatoes have anti-inflammatory flavonoids, and turmeric is wonderful with immune-inflammatory or stress pathways. Hearty soups, steaming casseroles, and comfort foods are wonderful ways to boost your mood and make the cold winter nights enjoyable. Just be sure to be careful when consuming processed carbs and sugars. These items can have a negative impact on your health, which can increase symptoms of depression and other illnesses.

The Secret of Hygge

This word embodies the heart-warming happiness of the Danes. It’s pronounced “hoo-ga” and it is the obsession with getting cozy and embracing the winter months. While they don’t get to experience extreme temperature fluctuations in Denmark, they do a lot of rain and snow. In fact, they experience about 170 days of precipitation year. The biggest winter kicker is that the sun rises at 9 AM and sets at 4 PM. However, there are many studies showing that Denmark is the happiest country in the world, and “happy like a Dane” is a coined term. This all comes down to Hygge, and the way they change their attitude about winter. Warm soup, candles, books, cozy conversation, fireplaces, winter sports during the day, cozy spaces, and comfortable clothes are all aspects of “hygge.” Make like the Danes and find ways to make your space feel cozy, you may find your mood following suit.


Focus on Self Care

This season, make your health a priority. Take time to support your senses through self-care and healthy choices. This can be as simple as embracing a new exercise plan or scheduling your first chiropractic appointment at the Lake of the Ozarks. Our team would be honored to help you pursue health in your life - and focusing on your nervous system is what we do best. After the busy and stressful holidays, let’s take a few moments to really explore the way your nervous system is reacting to stressful situations. As we care for your body through neurological chiropractic at the Lake of the Ozarks, you may find that it returns the favor through better moods and increased health.

Let Absolute Wellness Center join you on your journey to health! Our team is excited to work with you, and whether you want to take advantage of our chiropractic treatments in Linn Creek, MO, or start off with self-mastery techniques, we can help. Visit our website to learn more about our services and our team, or give us a call at the number below to schedule your first appointment!



Absolute Wellness Center Inc
4203 E US Hwy 54
Linn Creek, MO 65052
573-346-3777
Location: Linn Creek, MO 65052, USA

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