A Mind, Body and Spirit Approach to feeling GREAT!

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A Mind, Body and Spirit Approach to feeling GREAT!

Every New Year we begin with a resolution (whether we say it out loud or we keep it to ourselves). We all want to be healthier, lose unwanted pounds and become more focused on achieving our goals.  And …. we want to feel more energetic in our daily lives. Most of us know what we should do.  We’ve have been told (or read) that we should eat well, exercise and get enough rest.  “Think positively!” we hear the experts say.   The fact is, the great majority of us are unable to follow through with New Year’s resolutions and … guess what? The year speeds along to the same place where we left off –or worse.  Why is this? What are we missing?

The answer is a MIND, BODY and SPIRIT approach to feeling great and achieving our goals.  This sounds cool and positive but what does it really mean?  Do you know how to connect these three in a way that is simple, effective and inexpensive?

Many of us believe that if we have enough will power we’ll get there.  We think that the mind can push the body to get things done and we’ll take care of “spirit” later. And guess what?  You got it! It doesn’t work for the long run.  Yes, we can have great short term success without spirit but can we sustain it over time?  Not likely.  Some area of our life will pay the price and often times are our health or our relationships.

When the heart and the mind are at odds do you know who wins?  You are right, the mind always wins.  Our human will trumps the spirit. The heart, the home of our spirit, is very gentle and subtle; it needs to be cultivated and nurtured, like a beautiful garden, to be strong and overcome the mundane urges of the mind and immediate needs of the body.

You want to be in a place where the SPIRIT encourages the MIND and the mind drives the BODY.  As you begin to achieve this natural heart and mind balance, you will discover that eating healthy foods, exercising, staying focused on your goals becomes natural and fun.  You’ll find that your relationships become more positive because your satisfaction with life doesn’t depend on anyone else’s behavior.

You will see the results your new spirit will produce.  You will feel centered and grounded; you can easily trust others and, most importantly, you will make decisions that will sustain your wellbeing throughout your life.

All that sounds fine and good.  How do you do it?  To begin follow these steps:

First:  Define what principles you want to be driven by to help eliminate the reactive mode of responding to what comes your way with what you think is right at the moment.  Principles are timeless and they take you through good and bad times. One of my principles is excellence and in everything I do I ask the question, was that done with excellence?  Can others say I did that with excellence? I plan with excellence in mind. Excellence and two other principles guide my choices and my daily actions.  Making choices based on principles eliminates regrets, guilt and bad choices.

Second: Develop HABITS based on PRINCIPLES.  These two are very unique to each person and it requires that you know yourself and what drives you.  Good habits take you places.

Third:  Reflect, reflect, reflect until you get it right, right right!  And after reflecting make the necessary changes.  Always be open to what is new and exciting.