Postcards from the Funny Farm

Ok, so you’re stressed out … what do you do to get over it? More importantly, if you have lost your creativity and innovation, how do you get it back again? One way is through what I call “water everyman therapy.” Getting into a jacuzzi, even when it’s freezing outside, can work wonders for you. In the summer and other warm months, going into the ocean can have a profound effect on your psychology. I once took a marine biology class where the professor told us the sea water was exactly the same chemical combination as the amniotic sac fluid. I suppoe whe was inferring that going in the salt water at the beach was akin to retuning to the womb.

If you haven’t a jacuzzi or access to the beach, think about the healing powers of a good hot shower. Now that I “bic” my head and I am not sporting a goatee, I spend a long time in the shower shaving. It is great for my sense of peace and I get a lot of good ideas there in that time. Then, there is always the mystic bath. You can enjoy a good bath squirting a little shampoo in there for scent and bubbles. You can also go as crazy as you want at a store like “Bath and Body Works” where they sell all manner of soaps and crystals for your bath, not mention candles … but candle therapy is yet another post.