Tap into the healing power of flowers!

Great news: The season’s prettiest blooms are packed with healing compounds that are a boon for your health!

- Brenda Kearns

Spread the joy!

Surprising a friend or loved one with blooms from your garden or the farmers market makes both of you feel sunnier! That's the word from researchers at Rutgers University, who found gifting fresh flowers has a positive impact on brain chemistry for both the giver and the lucky recipient, boosting joy for days.

Boost energy with a bouquet

Sure, you know that gazing at dahlias, roses, cosmos and other pretty summer flowers can lift your spirits. Now, Australian investigators say that simply bringing a splash of color indoors by placing a bouquet in a room you frequent could make you feel 40% more energetic and productive in as little as 5 minutes. That's because glimpsing colorful flowers dials down the brain's production of grogginess-inducing theta waves, warding off a stamina-sapping slump.

OR REACH FOR GUM!

Chewing a stick of gum can sharpen your focus, concentration and recall in just 9 minutes, according to research in the journal Nutritional Neuroscience. Experts explain that chewing prompts the release of energizing brain waves so you feel significantly more alert.

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