Fresh Flowers at Home Make Your Family Healthier&Happier

I adore flowers! Do you? Most likely. Well, my name means "a delicate flower" (Gulnoz in Farsi). Therefore, I do my best to be surrounded by the beauty and energy of flowers. I feel positively charged by their gorgeous shapes, bright colours and scent... Especially, when I wake up and see sun rays going through a vase of tulips, for example, greeting a new day and me. It makes me jump out of bed with a full-of-life attitude: "Rise&Shine! A new day has come! And I should make the best of it, 'cos it's never coming back!". Moreover, you should know that plants and fresh flowers at home improve your mental and physical health, create a stronger generational bond and cultivate more loving relationships. How? Let's see.

From Generation to Generation

My Mom is also all about flowers. Her name - Gulnora - is translated as "flower-like" from Farsi. The University professor, she would receive a lots of flowers from her students on different occasions before she's retired. Surely, my Dad (RIP) has also showered her with flowers. In addition, my Mom's hobby of gardening means many different flowers and plants at home and in her garden. In other words, I grew up blooming together with flowers. I have learned to appreciate the beauty and enjoy the benefits of fresh flowers since very young. I'm passing that experience to our children. For example, our 1-year old Little Person always admires the beauty of flowers saying: "Wwwwooow!" and tries to feel their scent. Yep, it's me who's taught him that since he's started understanding the scents around the age of 4-5 months old.

Cultivating More Loving Relationships

I am lucky to have married a man who appreciates having flowers at home and actually enjoys bringing me a bouquet just like that... My ex-husband hates that as considers it to be a useless waste of money and that carrying flowers is a humiliating punishment. Well, that wasn't helpful in our relationship... My Spring (aka The Husband) - I gave him this loving nickname since we've started dating (soft nostalgic smile) - he's figured out that I love flowers during the courting period. Therefore, he would gift me a bouquet of seasonal flowers regularly: the moment one bouquet would start fading, I would get another one... As a hopeless romantic, My Spring would say: "I want to flower your life..." Happily, it hasn't change even after having a child... A bit of bragging now and then is harmless.

The most importantly, our boys are exposed to this positive practice at home: showing a woman the sentiments of love and care with such a gentle gesture as giving her flowers. Plus, they live in a homy ambiance decorated with fresh flowers and plants. Our teenager boy has already learned this delicate art of gifting flowers. The boys and my Man know very well by now the-all-forgiving power of flowers when they upset me or hurt my feelings. A bouquet or a single flower can serve as a pinkie-peace offering after an argument or a misunderstanding. Lastly, I believe that gifting flowers shouldn't be gender-stereotyped. Why not to get flowers for my son when he is down with flu or simply to cheer up my Husband if he's feeling upset about something or if with me, especially when it's my fault! (well, I'm definitely not always angelic...). The flowers have their own language of love and facilitate better communication in our family. Inter alia, the relationships become more loving and caring in a long term.

Health Benefits of Fresh Flowers at Home

Have you ever thought that except their esthetic beauty, fresh plants and flowers at home are beneficial for our health, both mental and physical?

• They clean the air from harmful toxins and can improve your sleep at night due to the oxygen produced as a result of photosynthesis.

• The pleasant scent of a colorful bunch serves as aromatherapy at home which helps to distress and relax.

• Living around flowers boosts your mood, lifts up spirits and adds some positivity to your day, which in its turn results in better daily interactions among family members and contributes to creating a healthy and happy family in a long run.

According to Park and Mattson 2008, flowers lower blood pressure, reduce feelings of pain and anxiety as well as help with fatigue.

• "The presence of plants in the home also leads to heightened relaxation, energy, and compassion at work" was one of the unexpected conclusions of the 2006 Harvard study conducted by Nancy Etcoff, the well-known psychologist and the author of “Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty.”

• We work and study more productively around flowers since they improve our cognitive performance as discovered by Raanaas, Evensen, Rich, Sjostrom, and Patil.

• The process of arranging fresh flowers into a vase and finding a good place give you that "feel-good" vibe we often crave and some creativity in your life.

It's never too late to live better. If you don't have a habit of having fresh flowers at home, do that now! If you'd like to learn more of my lifehacks about creating The Healthy&Happy Modern Family, book a free discovery call now and here!

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Now, off we go to a flower shop and get a beautiful bouquet for self or a loved one! Just like that. Flower the life of your loved ones! Beautify your life!

Happy Spring!

Gulnoz

Your Life Coach for Parents