Friday 18 March 2011

Our Life and Optimal Health: It's About What We Choose!





Ever wonder how some folks seem to just "flow" through life? How is it that their days seem balanced, relationships solid, energy good, health fantastic? Have they been sprinkled with magic dust or what???

Yet, if you speak with these folks, you will find that just as much "life stuff" has happened to them. So what's the difference?

Optimal Health is about more than just weight loss, or exercising more, or looking good in your clothes.

Optimal Health is about taking your unique life and making it all that it can be....on all levels. It is difficult to feel optimally healthy if you aren't sleeping well, if your stress levels are playing havoc on your relationships or eating patterns, if you are so out of touch with who YOU are and what you want, or if your life feels controlled by outside forces.

Taking an honest assessment of your current total health status takes guts. Self-awareness takes courage. For some, it might be easy to look at physical health, but scary to look honestly at emotional wellbeing. For others, a journey into the realm of physical health can bring up uncomfortable realities of how they deal with job or relationship stress, and the challenge of how to change that reality.

But what is the alternative to looking honestly at ourselves? A life lived without satisfaction? Choices based on denying ourselves a life that is in integrity with what we know we want?

Our ability to create a life of "flow" and health begins with a look at our current reality. While there are certainly things beyond our control, there are many things on which we can have impact.
Start by what you want, with a look at where you are now.

An assessment I like to use with my clients is http://www.drwayneandersen.com/quiz/draa1.php. Acknowledge that choice, and attitude, are under your control. Know that support is available in many places; often you just have to ask!

For more information, and free health coaching toward your Optimal Health, contact me through my website: http://www.leanlifestyles.tsfl.com. Life is too short - be the best you can be!!

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