This is Day 389 of the COVID-19 pandemic here in Toronto, Canada.
This has been a challenging and depressing week. Right after Toronto went into lock down a new stay-at-home order was enforced for 30 days. That means people can only leave their homes for essentials like food and medical, work or exercise.
So I’ve been using this time to build my followers on Instagram and created a new channel specifically on my Movies for Motivation tips and my monthly High Notes Movie Club on Zoom.
• Please join my new Instagram channel: @moviesformotivation
• Join my main Instagram channel on Food & Mood: @motivatorman1
I also posted the first of an 8 part video presentation I gave on Food & Mood for the mental health organization, The Stability Network. Here I shared my experiences and food discoveries that helped improve my seasonal depression symptoms, cope with isolation and boosted my overall health and wellness. See: Food & Mood video Part 1
Focusing on all these creative endeavors was also a coping strategy for dealing with the stress and anxiety of this prolonged isolation. And I’ve also been watching favourite comedy films from my youth to lift me up and laugh!
Housesitter (1992)
The romantic comedy film, Housesitter, is about a waitress, Gwen (Goldie Hawn) with con-artist tendencies, who talks her way into the life and dream home of architect, Newton (Steve Martin) by claiming to be his wife to all his friends and family. This hilarious story also stars Dana Delany, Julie Harris, Donald Moffat and Peter MacNicol.
See: movie trailer
Watch/Rent or Buy now: Amazon Prime Video
This movie was truly cinematic comfort food! The humour was also still fresh and the performances were delightfully fun and memorable. Hawn and Martin are fantastic together and that scene where his character is forced to sing Tura Lura Lura in order to make his father cry tears of joy was still priceless!
What I loved more than ever, that I only realized after years of personal development, is how this film was also an excellent example for creative visualization and law of attraction. The characters demonstrate how to change destructive, catastrophic thinking and use imagination to create a more positive future. Yes, the characters are lying but they are also being creative and choosing to tell stories/fables of what they need like getting job promotions or wanting a dream marriage. The fun is that it all manifests in the movie!
Be inspired to tell yourself a more positive story about the life you want when present situations appear hopeless. Find a favourite film to make you smile and help re-energize your imagination to visualize more exciting days, relationships or jobs. Let these films inspire amazing new possibilities for your future!
Join my free monthly Zoom group: High Notes Movie Club
Related Tips:
Part 1 – COVID-19 – 6 Movie Tips
Part 2 – COVID-19 – The Hundred-Foot Journey
Part 3 – COVID-19 – The Biggest Little Farm
Part 4 – COVID-19 – This Is the End
Part 5 – COVID-19 – Runaway Bride
Part 6 – Splash
Part 7 – Julie & Julia
Part 8 – Paris Can Wait
Part 9 – The Client
Part 10 – The Old Guard
Part 11 – The Farmer’s Daughter
Part 12 – Amélie
Part 13 – Hail the Conquering Hero – The Lady Eve
Part 14 – Back To School
Part 15 – Project Power – An American Pickle
Part 16 – The Secret: Dare to Dream
Part 17 – Chadwick Boseman – 42 – Black Panther
Part 18 – Phenomenon
Part 19 – Mulan 2020
Part 20 – Waitress - Labor Day - Michael
Part 21 – Enola Holmes
Part 22 – Kiss the Ground
Part 23 – Top 5 Inspiring Thanksgiving Movie Scenes
Part 24 – Hubie Halloween
Part 25 – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Part 26 – The Queen’s Gambit
Part 27 – Trading Places
Part 28 – Greenland
Part 29 – Logan’s Run
Part 30 – Moonstruck
Part 31 – Remember the Night
Part 32 – Tenet
Part 33 – Noel
Part 34 – Soul
Part 35 – Feel Good Energy of Movies & TV Shows
Part 36 – Last Holiday 1950 & 2006
Part 37 – Synchronic
Part 38 – Appetite for Love
Part 39 – Tomorrowland
Part 40 – Cinderella 2015
Part 41 – Top Secret! – Real Genius
Part 42 – Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind
Part 43 – Coming 2 America
Part 44 – In & Of Itself
Part 45 – Zack Snyder’s Justice League
Part 46 – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Part 47 – Bill & Ted Face the Music
Remember How Movies Can Help You:
A) Entertain & Escape
B) Re-energize & Release
C) Inspiration & Motivation
Emmanuel Lopez-Motivatorman
Award-winning Illustrator | Movie Blogger | Speaker | Foodie
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See website: www.MoviesForMotivation.com
© Emmanuel Lopez 2021
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