Health

Therefore, EVERYTHING is on track for her to REACH HER GOAL and THEN SOME! And I'll say it one last time - with SEEMINGLY, little effort and stress attached to her health goals.

Let me share some from my clients and experiences to continue to aim to help you see how, as always, our mind can be our biggest barrier or our biggest ally.

There are things to consider though before you go "all in". In fact, that's part of this post's purpose - I always recommend you DON'T go "all in" right away. Let things breathe, get into some routines and build some habits before you invest a crap ton of money in stuff that will collect dust or be a really expensive place to hang your clothes!

We've normalized having a home office / study space for example. Not saying that's not important, but when it comes to our health we create spaces that allow us to be entertained and "numb ourselves" after a long day at work, school and responsibilities, but NOT a space conducive to our health and wellness that is RIGHT THERE for us to use.

This is also the case for getting support and help in this regard from a professional. Health and Wellness Coaches (like me) can not only help you better understand HOW you're using your phone/devices is negatively impacting your health, but also provide strategies to shift that practice into helping you make your phone a TOOL in your days, rather than your entire lifestyle.

We're conditioned in our modern world to DO MORE, BE MORE, NEVER STOP IMPROVING YOURSELF. None of these things are bad, but as always, we've taken things to the extreme.

I (very quickly) listed 15-things putting weight on me over the past 9-10 weeks, including everything from physical injury, to business stuff, to family and personal life things. FIFTEEN!! Just looking at my list was stressing me, but it also made me understand why my body was unable to keep a stomach bug at bay and even keep my regular routines in place.

We feel "stuck" and create stories in our heads (eg: "it's just old age") when we are NOT willing to shift, change and adapt to the chapter in life that is in play right now.

It was much more evident during these camping trips over the years, how much Mother Nature can teach us, if we ALLOW ourselves to SLOW DOWN and just be MINDFUL of what she's saying.

Want to stop "feeling old"??? There's your recipe.

We don't get better from ZERO adversity, setbacks, mistakes, or resistance. We get better BECAUSE of those things!!

Marcellus Bowman III, Head Strength Coach for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL) shared a post on Linkedin recently. It was quick and to the point. I thought it would be fun to use his tips, but to put them into context for the everyday human. Whether you consider yourself an athlete or not, the principles are similar.

YOUR time and YOUR energy are IMPORTANT and neither are infinite. Practice and learn to PROTECT both of these elements. YOU deserve it.

The problem is NOT in the age, but rather our mindset toward aging (especially in Western cultures). The NUMBER has MUCH less to do with how we feel, than does the LIFESTYLE we've chosen to live and the habits within that daily lifestyle.

As much as it's not easy to revisit some of these moments for me, it IS actually a good feeling when we recognize WHAT WE LEARNED from the good and/or not so good experiences in our lives.

The concern is when these three things become your NORM. It becomes a PRACTICE to hold yourself, your fun, and your happiness back more often than not. What we practice most, becomes our reality.

Somewhere though, over our lifetime, we've become "shocked" by the fact that some things require PRACTICE, TIME and EFFORT. Our deep health being one of those things. With that, the principles of the process remain the same as what James Clear eludes to in his words.

We are SO COMPLEX that focusing on ONE DAY, ONE WEEK or even ONE MONTH will NOT give you a clear indication as to how you ARE progressing.

Too many of us have approached health with the best of intentions... Yet the majority of us STOP. Why?

And this is just what's happened so far. The story continues. My point of this example is to show how one action for our health and wellbeing IMPACTS other aspects of our deep health.