Empower: It is so important in life to feel empowered and confident. I believe that the first place this starts is within yourself! Individually we have to be ready to take the first initial step. I remember five years ago where I started out within my own health journey, and how many people have positively influenced me along the way. Without these key people I cannot say I would have been quite as motivated or held accountable to learn as much as I have. I feel the most in-tune with my body that I ever have in my lifetime. Feeling empowered to take control of your health, eating habits, exercise, sleep, etc. is essential to empowering yourself to gain the knowledge, tools, and consistency to make important healthy lifestyle choices.
Balance: Once we individually find the right tools, foods, and overall health regimen for ourselves it is important to have an action plan to stay focused. Keep in mind what may work for me might be slightly different than what works for you. For example I have found that I have a gluten and diary intolerance. Talk about a difficult fact to accept, but as I eliminated these foods from my diet I felt the best I have ever felt and I haven’t turned back since. Although it can be easy in life to get off track with a healthy lifestyle due to the pressure of a fast paced society and instant gratification, there are tools that can help. Great things often do take time. In order not to get discouraged, I keep a planner for my week to week activities and daily or weekly goals. This helps to keep myself accountable with maintaining a healthy and balanced lifestyle.
Refine: This is just as important as the first two steps. In life we are constantly growing, learning, and changing. As this happens it is important that we take what we have already learned and implemented in the past and tweak it with the new information going into the future. Refining certain food intake, types of exercise, adding in other holistic tools like essential oils and such are helpful as one dives deeper into their health journey. Don’t forget it is always important to assess how far you have come and to plan for where you would like to be in the future!
This three step continuous life journey has held tremendous value in my life as I continue to work on my personal health goals and I hope you find value in it too.
Very interesting!
ReplyDeleteI like how you incorporated balance into your topic. It can be easy to fall out of balance and do too little or too much. I tend to have an addictive personality so with basically anything I take seriously I over do it. I had a problem with this when working out. I had to go 7 days a week and had to be there for at least an hour, sometimes when I didn't do that I felt horrible about myself. I had no balance. It's nice to see that you practice balance.
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