BALANCE.
We all juggle it as best we can but sometimes the root of our emotional stress and state of mind comes down to some simple tools of not having our priorities and life style balances in check.
When we talk about stress we have to assess all influencing contributors and address them one at a time to make effective change.
If you are unsure where to start have a look at the subjects below & give yourself a personal rating from 1-10.
This will give you a indication on what is thriving in your life & what is lacking. When you can visibly see this order it can help clarify the important areas that need to be prioritised to bring things back into a hormonal & mental balance.
LIFE BALANCE CHECK-IN
FRIENDSHIP: How strong is your support system and the quality of your connections? Rating: ___
FINANCES: How comfortable and free do you feel financially? Rating: ___
LOVE LIFE: Are you happy in your current relationship status—whether single, in a relationship, or seeking one? Rating: ___
LIFE QUALITY: How satisfied are you with your overall life experiences? Rating: ___
HEALTH & FITNESS: How would you rate your health and physical condition for your age? Rating: ___
INTELLECTUAL GROWTH: Are you learning, reading, or pursuing interests that expand your mind? Rating: ___
EMOTIONAL WELLNESS: How do you feel on a daily basis? Rating: ___
SPIRITUALITY: Do you engage in activities like yoga, meditation, or nature walks to feel grounded and peaceful? Rating: ___
CHARACTER: Are you staying true to your values and resisting external pressures? Rating: ___
FAMILY & PARENTING: Are you happy with the time and quality of your family life? Rating: ___
PURPOSE: Do you feel clear about your life’s purpose and vision? Rating: ___
EXTERNAL FACTORS
TOXICITY: How much processed food, alcohol, or harmful substances do you consume?
Low / Moderate / High: ___WATER INTAKE: Are you well-hydrated or often forgetting to drink water?
Low / Moderate / High: ___SLEEP: How do you feel after sleep—exhausted, okay, or fully rested? ___
EXERCISE: How often do you engage in cardio or strength training?
Low / Moderate / High: ___REFLECTION: Use these ratings to identify areas needing attention and then take small steps to help improve these areas.
ACTION: Every month reassess these ratings out of 10.
As you start to see your ratings for each category grow higher you will additionally start to notice your overall happiness & quality of life improve. If there are certain areas that remain in low ratings, you know that these are the areas you must focus on and dedicate more time and energy into.
Mental health matters.
Every thing supposedly that makes up the you or the me is defined by our thoughts, our dreams, our memories, our hopes, our fears, our skills, our habits, our discomforts and our joys which all stem from the mind & the living latticework of our 100 billion brain cells.
However we have interpreted these experiences & thoughts at the time our nerve cells get specifically arranged & neurologically wired based on these feelings and emotions.
What you need to understand is that the brain is not fixed and these synapses connect and disconnect all the time. If you have a low sense of self worth or have been on the hamster wheel of experiencing a feedback loop of negative self talk and emotions you need to understand you also have the power to change those feelings and thoughts.
To often we think that the mind is us, it is not. It is a control center for processing information and data and how the body neurologically functions and it creates beliefs based on what the mind tells it.
Self talk, negative or positive constantly reorganises your brain cells in command to those specific thought patterns. If you have a self limiting belief you need to understand its because you put it there, it does NOT make it true.
Forget the notion that the brain is static, rigid, and fixed and you are these feelings. Instead, know that brain cells are continually remoulded and reorganised and YOU have the ability to change those thought patterns. Your own personal attention really does hold that much power.
Of course through trauma & negative experiences our minds will process that external infliction but you must understand you are NOT the amount of what happens to you, you are the amount that YOU create from within.
Sometimes its hard to dig deep and over rule thoughts of depression or self doubt which is why I mention neuroplasticty.
If its hard for you to overrule those thoughts I invite you to look at it from a scientific approach that the brain is interchangeable from a cellular level out.
Quantum physics also states that the multiple perceptions of our reality are conjured up by the level of consciousness in our mind.
What we repeatedly think about and where we put our attention is what we neurologically become from the endless stimuli in the world and the thoughts we feed ourselves from that level of awareness.
I encourage you to bring attention to yourself & KNOW your self worth, your values, your talents, your unlimited potential and just how insanely special it is that you are here, a human being living on earth.
There can never be another you in the entire history of the universe.
You are extremely important, special and enough. Which is why I address the importance here of mental health.
As we focus on bringing balance into our lives, we equally need to understand that negative self talk, limitations, feeling stuck & having future worries & anxieties do not readily exist until they are conjured up in our OWN mind.
Everything is a choice & the journey, like all journeys of healthy living, body & mind.. starts with you.