What we’re really going to talk about though is the number one thing that gives us a healthy body and mind – and that’s our energy.

My Thoughts On Having A Healthy Body And Mind

Regardless of what area of your life you want to improve be it your relationships, your finances, your emotions, or your happiness, none of it matters if you don’t take care of your body.  And by taking care of your body I mean taking care of your energy levels.

When you think about how much time most people spend focusing on taking care of their body in terms of health, vitality and balance, it really isn’t a priority for the majority of people. Yes, they work hard. Yes, they spend time and money to look good. Yes, they take care of family and loved ones. But our body is usually the last thing for most of us.

We spend so much time giving energy to everyone and everything around us that by the end of each day we have nothing left for ourselves. When this happens then we are left feeling tired, depleted, unfulfilled and like we’re running on empty.

So most of us are spending the majority of our time focusing on everything else but taking care of the number one thing that really needs to be taken care of and it’s our energy. Sometimes, it it takes is just to make small changes in the way we use our body to make massive changes in our energy levels.

My goal in the video below is to step you through some simple ways to increase your energy levels and enjoy a better quality of life.

Healthy Body And Mind Tips Video

Well, how did you do? Hopefully the five tips that I shared on how you can easily increase the energy levels in your body, while enjoying optimal mental and physical performance,  without any downside whatsoever, really piqued your interest.

I know that I have been living this lifestyle for over 17 years and once you get used to waking up each day feeling fully alive and engaged in life, then there’s now way you’d ever want to experience anything else.  Don’t get me wrong, I used to wake up feeling like sludge, so I know what that feels like too. It’s just that these days I know better.

If you just take the time to focus on those five areas that we spoke about in the video then even starting from today you could have a completely new lease on life in terms of health, happiness and well-being. But don’t just take my word for it – give it a go and see for yourself. You’ve got nothing to lose and everything to gain.

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What Exactly Is Health?

This is a great question as many think of health as the absence of illness or injury, but really all that definition does is tell you what health isn’t.

My definition of health is a little different. I look at health as something that we naturally have when our body and mind is functioning from a place of balance and clarity. To me, your body knows what it needs to do to maintain good health and keep your natural energy levels high.

What gets in the way of this ‘natural’ efficiency is you. It’s the day-to-day choices you make and actions you take that interfere with your body’s natural regulatory processes.

The second part of health is mental well-being. When you mind is at peace and you are calm and relaxed most of the time, then this will give you the best quality of overall health and happiness. Obviously they are both connected and one can influence the other but it’s important to understand the parts they both play in overall heath and happiness.

Roadblocks To Health

Let’s look at some of the more obvious roadblocks to good health.

The biggest one that I have come across is stress. The World Health Organization has called stress “the health epidemic of the 21st century.” More to the point, ‘over-stress’ is what we are talking about here. A certain amount of stress is actually healthy for us as we need a certain amount of pressure to be productive.

Over time we can learn to handle more and more stress in our lives without it having a negative impact. It’s kind of like going to the gym and doing resistance training. As you increase the amount of resistance you work with over time your body adapts and you can handle more resistance with less effort.

The challenge with stress though is when you are consistently being subjected to higher levels of it than you are equipped to handle. This leads to over-stress, which makes you prone to physical and mental breakdown.

Then, of course there are the million and one ways that people try and cope with over-stress, which in themselves can lead to further physical and mental health challenges.

From excessive outbursts of anger to addictive behavior, overindulgence in alcohol to cigarette smoking, there are countless ways that people try to cope with stress that is doing more damage to their body than good.

Other roadblocks to health include social and environmental influences that contribute to physical or mental illness. Things like poor living or working conditions can cause health related issues. As can toxic peers, family members or co-workers.

How To Keep Your Health On Track

I’m going to share with you the top five things that have helped me to have phenomenal health, energy and happiness for over the past decade.

1. Make it A Priority

Now this may sound like common sense yet as a coach it never ceases to amaze me that while many of my clients say that health is important to them, their actions and behaviors tell a different story. By making health a priority I mean that it always comes first regardless of what you are doing.

That means that if you get a chance at an awesome job promotion but it means that you will be working longer hours, have substantially more pressure on you, and have less time to do the thing you love, then you wouldn’t do it.

It also means that you monitor what you eat, drink and do on a daily basis, so that you can maintain good physical and mental health… And that every decision you make and action you take is aligned to your number one core value in life of health.

2. Educate Yourself

If you want to be good at anything in life then you need to learn about it. With social media and the ease of access to health information that this has given us there’s a ton of great educational material available online (and offline) to anyone who wants to optimize their health and well being.

I have friends who have cured themselves from cancer naturally despite medical doctors telling them that they only help would come from the highly toxic poison called chemotherapy, which I wouldn’t give to a dead person, let alone a living human being. But, unless you know why you shouldn’t have it and what the alternatives are, then you at the mercy of whatever the medical system tells you to do.

Optimum health and energy levels are available to everyone and the more you educate yourself about what your body actually needs and in what quantities, the more fantastic you will feel.  Too many people get stuck on ‘fast food’ diets and convenience eating and drinking, yet if you knew this was going to eventually lead you down a path of never ending illness would you knowingly keep doing it?

Don’t let your good health and peace of mind be left to fate because your ultimate physical destiny is created by what you think and do right now that affects your mind and body.

The five areas that are best to educate yourself about are:

• Exercise
• Diet
• Fitness
• Relaxation
• Sleep

3. Learn Healthy Ways To Cope With Over-Stress

This one is super important as the better you get at getting rid of over-stress, or not getting there in the first place, the happier and healthier you will be. These days lifestyle and quality of life seems to be of more importance to the average person than getting a pay raise of having a bigger house or better job.

The reality is that if your in a constant state of stress and your body and mind is always wound up, then you are an accident waiting to happen.

By learning ways to effectively manage over-stress in your life you will become a calmer and more balanced person. This is when you will enjoy the best quality of life you will ever know.

4. Everything in Moderation

This is an old one but a good one. Do everything in moderation. You don’t have to give up every vice you love, although you can if you want to. What’s more important is that you are in control of them 100% of the time.

This means that you can still give yourself the occasional ‘treat’ that might not be so healthy for you but in the scheme of things it has minimal impact because it’s not something you do all the time.

5. Get A Good Nights Sleep Every Night

At the end of the day sleep is one of the most powerful natural gifts that we have been given to detoxify your mind and body. Getting a good night’s sleep plays a vital role in keeping your physical, emotional and mental health in balance, as well as giving your body the necessary rest it needs to recharge any depleted energy reserves.

Live Long and Prosper

Here’s a bonus step that I encourage you to take if you really want to get the best out of your health and happiness. That is set a goal for how long you want to live. Very few people do this but if you think about it – it makes perfect sense.

We set goals for all sorts of things in our lives, why not how long we want to live? The beauty o doing this is that like any goal, in order to achieve it we have to make sure we are doing everything we can to stay on track for it.

Think about it for a moment. If you decide that you want to live to be 100 years old and in awesome health and state of mind the entire time, then what kind of habits and lifestyle would you need to have to make this happen?

It’s really just a process of reverse engineering what your healthy habits look like at the age of 100. They may look something like this:

• Eat well
• Be calm
• Stress free
• Moderate exercise
• Do what you love
• Meditate
• Have fun
• Good relationships
• Be creative
• Have hobbies you are passionate about
• Laugh a lot
• Be happy
• Be reasonably prosperous
• Have peace of mind
• Have faith

If you are into goal setting, then you will see the power in setting a goal around living a long and healthy life. If not, then it might seem a bit redundant. In any case, if you make your long-term health a destination you have in mind and focus on it daily, then it’s far more likely to happen.

Above all, don’t forget to laugh a lot, love a lot, and have as much fun as you can take because life’s too short for anything less.

Unfortunately, some people allow the emotional roller coaster rider of life to get on top of them to the point where they end up becoming victims of their circumstances. This often leads to mental, physical or emotional breakdown which requires ongoing coping mechanisms just to get by.

You Always Have A Choice.

This is no way to live, yet it happens all too much. The great news is that this breakdown can be 100% avoided. It is a choice that you can make to not let anything be more important than your inner peace and happiness.

Yes, challenges will always happen. People will continue to say and do stupid things that upset or annoy you but what you need to understand is that whatever you think or feel about anyone or anything that happens will eventually pass.

Even the worst arguments or experiences that happen are simply triggers for mental and emotional reactions. Over time, you can learn to catch the reactions to your external triggers and then make different choices about how you respond to them.

Once you can do this, then you immediately start to take back control of your triggers until one day they no longer have any power over you to control how you think, feel or act. When that happens, you become free for the first time in your life.

Whatever You Feel Is Okay.

Very few people may have ever said this too you but do you know that whatever you feel is okay?

When I first discovered this for myself it literally transformed my life for the better instantly. I went from being anxious and fearful of the future, to finding a deep inner calmness and joy.

So how did I do this?

The first thing I had to learn was to accept whatever I was thinking or feeling and not try and change or get rid of it. For example, if I woke up in the morning and felt lethargic and unmotivated about work or life in general – I wouldn’t try to change it.

The old me would have tried everything I could to change it because I judged that it was a bad thing to have and that I was just being lazy which of course made me feel guilty. So I’d try to ‘fake’ being happy, or motivated, all the while knowing deep down it was a lie.

By giving myself permission to let whatever I am experiencing be okay no matter how dark or unpleasant it was taught me a very valuable lesson. I found that eventually it would pass on it’s own accord without me needing to do anything about it.

No medication was needed, no therapy, no drugs, no sympathy, nor even any or support was necessary – it simply came and went in it’s own timing. All I had to do was get out of the way and let it run it’s natural course.

Now, I’m not suggesting that you let this continue for weeks or months if it is something that is negatively impacting your life. There comes a point where acceptance of ‘what is’ can turn into self-sabotage and you need to be aware enough to know the difference.

As you get better at accepting the thoughts and feelings you are having they will come and go at a faster rate. In other words, if you are feeling angry about something and don’t try to do anything to change or get rid of it and let it be okay to just move undisturbed through your body, then it can literally pass on by in just minutes.

The only reason your negative thoughts and emotions hang around is because you get attached to them. Then, like a broken record you keep replaying them over and over again in your head and that is when they get ‘stuck’ and become an issue that needs to be resolved.

Thoughts Are Like Clouds In The Sky.

Just like clouds float through the sky undisturbed, so too can your thoughts and feelings flow through your mind and body. You are not meant to get attached to them, unless they are part of focusing on your goals and dreams that you want to achieve.

Anything else that is destructive in nature just needs to be left alone until it floats on by. It doesn’t need your help because your body naturally knows what to do to let it go.

So the next time you feel sad – be sad and don’t try to change it. Then next time your are annoyed – be annoyed and don’t try to change it. If you are tired then allow yourself to be tired, it too shall pass. If you are buzzing with energy then allow yourself to be buzzing with energy and don’t try to change it. If you feel like giving up because you feel overwhelmed, then let yourself embrace the energy of ‘giving up’ and sit with it for as long as you can.

I try not to sit with anything longer than 24 hours as I have learned that our energy moves quite quickly and it doesn’t require days or weeks to move through things. After 24 hours of ‘sitting’ with your energy and it hasn’t passed, then look at getting some kind of support or doing something different to help with it unless you are okay to let it be there for awhile longer.

There are no real hard and fast rules for how long you should sit with any energy. This will vary from person to person and the level of awareness you have of your mind and body. But the point is not to become a masochist, it is to become a master at letting things go that don’t serve your highest good.

The last thing you can add to this process is to mentally remind yourself that ‘this too shall pass’, whatever ‘this’ may be. Everything in our physical world is subject to constant change. Nothing is permanent in your life… every minute life is changing around you, you are getting older by the second and even the air you breathe is changing.

By knowing and accepting that this is the true nature of life, then reminding yourself that ‘this too shall pass’ whenever you are having a shit moment and not trying to change it or avoid it, will soon become a living reality for you.

Listen To Your Body

Studies reveal that approximately 70% of all illnesses come from over-eating.  This is a staggering statistic if you stop to consider that 2 out of 3 people in our society are overweight.

It has been proven again and again that if you feed any species more than it needs, it becomes fat and comfortable, but soon they die.   Yet if you feed them half of what they need, they are neither fat nor comfortable but they live to almost double the average age.

So it goes, half the food and double the age – double the food and halve the age.

Here’s some good advice, eat when your body tells you it’s hungry.  A lot of times what you think is hunger is actually dehydration, our bodies are about 70% water yet few people drink enough water each day.  So the next time you are hungry have some water first in case you are dehydrated.

Another suggestion is to eat smaller meals and stop as soon as you feel full.

Overeating is just a habit that comes from an emotional need rather than a real need. This adds extra stress to your physical and mental well-being and take years off the natural length of your life if left unattended. To live a long and fruitful life it is a small price to pay to be more conscious of what you put into your body.