Developing a healthy mind set is crucial in order to achieve a higher awareness in your life, beginning with looking at all aspects that make up an individual: physical body, mind, emotions, soul and spirit. The first step is to make healthy lifestyle choices, such as eating a clean, organic diet of fish, lean meats, fresh vegetables and fruits, nuts and healthy fats.Commit to exercise daily through walking, strength training or finding a creative movement that feels good to you; decide to think positive thoughts and free yourself of negative feelings, letting go of anger, worry and fear. Choose to nourish your soul through daily self reflection, reading something that is spiritual, or take a meditative walk. All of these lifestyle choices can help to support a healthy state of mind, however when the following elements are practiced in your life, you can experience a higher awareness:
Acceptance and Awareness
Awareness is when something is telling or nagging you that a change needs to happen for your well-being. Accept that a change needs to be made, go deep within yourself and ask where you are right now in your life. Do you want to stay in the same old repetitive patterns that no longer show results in your life, but you are comfortable with? Or are you at a place in your life where you can be humble and open and allow yourself to evolve by learning something new that can help you see new results? If you desire to open yourself to change, then you have arrived at the next step.
Willingness
To be willing is to allow self-growth and personal development. True willingness is all about you; it is a personal choice to make a change in one's life.
Desire
Desire to become curious about life, to become more in tune with yourself and a desire to develop a strong "knowing" that there is a higher level for you to live your life at. Knowing this, you now need to use the next element.
Discipline
Discipline is essential, but does not come easily. For instance, letting go of daily habits such as too much sugar in your diet, not getting enough daily exercise, smoking or excess drinking are especially challenging. It is important to designate time for yourself as well as practice accountability. This can be achievable by having a supportive friend to call or hire a personal trainer or lifestyle coach.
Commitment
Commitment is being dedicated to whatever it takes to reach a goal, sticking with your lifestyle choices. Creating a personal agreement or vision statement can help motivate you to stay committed and be successful with your choices and goals in life.Arranging for SuccessArranging for success means creating a solution. What action steps can you take each day, big or small, that will keep moving you toward seeing more of what you want in your life?
Monitor Your Actions
Monitor your actions by keeping a personal journal, documenting each time you have a negative thought. Then, begin to write down a positive thought next to the negative thought and train your brain to think more compassionately about yourself and others.Keeping a journal is also an effective method for weight loss. By keeping a record of every piece of food you eat, it gives you a more realistic idea of where those extra pounds are coming from. This will help you become more in tune with the actions that are moving you closer to or further away from your personal goals.Every lifestyle choice we make whether it be choosing to be sedentary or to exercise, what we put into our mouths, or how we choose to perceive life experiences and accept them or repress them, make up our Whole Self: our physical body, our emotions and thoughts, and our soul. Developing a healthy mind set for higher awareness can empower you to reach your optimal levels in life.
