Contrary to some peoples’ beliefs, becoming a more lighthearted companion is not about transforming your personality into a less substantial and superficial version in order to promote a certain joie de vivre to life. It’s more about letting go and becoming more relaxed as an individual in order to enjoy life more and assist others in doing the same.

For starters, it helps to focus on the positive aspects of life and to allow more humorous life moments to spontaneously occur. Many individuals are so caught up with the fast pace of modern life and all the stresses that this entails and subsequently lose touch with their lighter, playful sides.

There are few more effective ways to learn about lighthearted behavior and the adopting of this than watching children play. They seem to have a natural ability to simply throw caution to the wind as it were and enter a state of ebullience and enjoyment. Listen to the way they infectiously giggle and move in imaginary arcs seemingly oblivious to the outside world and the pressures of adults.

Not that one can suddenly become a child at the snap of one’s fingers, yet it does help to attempt to emulate some of what you see children doing so effortlessly. That being living in the moment and allowing your innate playful whims to emerge. Feel your body uncoil from pent up stresses and unresolved tensions and enjoy just being alive.

Another tip to becoming a more lighthearted companion is to make a conscious effort to participate in activities that are on the lighter side; activities that are life-affriming and enjoyable. Read humorous books, see a funny film with a loved one, play more of your favorite music - even on the way to and from your place of work. Go and see an art exhibition, eat a bowl of your favorite ice-cream flavor, plan an exotic holiday just for the hell of it and live life to the max!

Becoming more lighthearted needn’t be an irresponsible quest to divest oneself of any and all of life’s responsibilities. It is not a passport to a second childhood but rather a way of dropping one’s stressful emotional baggage and psychological tensions in order to open one’s life up more. A freeing up and a chance to promote greater enjoyment in all facets of your life.

Changing one’s natural and ‘heavier’ outlook make take some effort and a bit of time to achieve yet the process of becoming more lighthearted as a companion is a journey in itself and often manifests as a gradual transformation of one’s personality as one becomes more unfettered by life’s demands and begins to lighten the load. Ironically the process of becoming lighthearted is not one of great efforts needing to be made to achieve this goal but rather a commitment one makes to change one’s life priorities in order to focus on a more enjoyable existence.

The benefits and rewards for undertaking this transformation are often numerous and exciting. A more lighthearted companion is more fun to spend time with and a joy to be around. One’s marriage should improve considerably, especially if one happened to possess a personality that was formerly very serious and restrictive. Lighten up and bring light into the lives of others;