Top Ten Ways for Women to Live a Healthier and Happier Life Right Now!

1. Drink Tea - Get brewing! Research has shown that drinking green and black tea offers extraordinary health benefits. It can help reduce cholesterol, lower blood pressure and protect the skin. Drinking tea is also an easy ritual that helps busy women slow down and savor each moment.

2. Live Whole-heartedly - Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death for women. Eliminate the number of "heart bypasses" this year by living whole-heartedly. Decide what you want to put your whole heart into. Make a commitment from your heart rather than what you think you should do to please others.

3. Just smile – Smiling is exercise for your lips. Smiling connects you to a better mood which also helps to connect you with everyone around you.

4. Eat chocolate – Yes, it has finally been proven that chocolate is actually good for the heart. You must limit yourself to dark chocolate and only eat an ounce a day. By controlling the amount you eat you'll get the heart benefit without the guilt of those extra calories.

5. Catch the Joy Virus - Observe others for signs of the Joy virus. Symptoms include spontaneous laughter, inability to criticize others and smiling for no apparent reason. If you catch the Joy virus remember to Pass It On!

6. Keep a Journal – Journaling is not only good for the soul but there is plenty of research that proves that people who journal also have stronger immune systems. So grab a pen or pencil and start writing.

7. Forgive yourself - Holding on to old wounds or grudges only drains the energy for living today. What do you need to do to forgive yourself or someone else? Pick up the phone and call someone. Write that letter. By forgiving yourself and others you free up emotional energy that you can use right now to create a happier future.

8. Lighten Up - Don't take yourself too seriously. Most of the time we take things too personally. Often, it really isn't about us at all. Find ways to bring humor and Joy into every day.

9. Live this day as if it were your last - The next opportunity you have to choose how you will spend your time, ask yourself these three questions: Is this one of my top priorities? Will this add to my cup of life or drain me? Am I saying "yes" freely without resentment and regret?

10. Take life sip by sip - By simplifying your personal and professional life, identifying your values and prioritizing you time, you will discover your own unique recipe for success. In the process you will find more time, energy and abundance for the things that really matter to you.