{"id":157,"date":"2021-09-09T06:16:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T06:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/13.232.165.62\/?p=157"},"modified":"2024-09-13T13:02:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T07:32:11","slug":"three-steps-to-living-a-healthy-and-fulfilling-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flexifyme.com\/blogs\/three-steps-to-living-a-healthy-and-fulfilling-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Steps to Living a Healthy and Fulfilling Life."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Intro:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Beyond the gym walls, unlock your full potential. Explore holistic health – a path to vitality, happiness, and a life brimming with purpose.
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Key Takeaways:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Holistic Health:<\/strong> Prioritize your entire being: physical, mental, and spiritual, not just the body.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
SMART Goals:<\/strong> Set Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-bound goals to guide your journey.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Discipline & Consistency:<\/strong> Fuel your progress with self-love, dedication, and a steadfast routine.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Accountability:<\/strong> Share your goals, seek support, and celebrate milestones with a trusted partner.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Focus on the Journey:<\/strong> Fulfillment is an ongoing process, not a final destination. Enjoy the ride and learn from every step.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n1)Prioritizing Holistic Health<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n2)Setting SMART, Holistic Health Goals<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n3)Discipline, Consistency & Accountability<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The world we live in today has become so fast-paced, and it\u2019s easy to lose yourself in the constant buzz of never-ending activity.
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The current global, covid-19 pandemic that has claimed thousands of jobs and lives across the world, hasn\u2019t made things any easier. However, it has forced us to rethink our priorities, especially in regards to our health.
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Before the pandemic, we mostly allowed productivity, results, and achievements to define and give us a false sense of fulfillment.
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Thankfully, this dreadful pandemic has given us clarity, amplifying that our relentless pursuit for purpose and fulfillment is leading to poor health and decreased human connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We don\u2019t sleep enough or talk to each other anymore; we\u2019ve shifted our attention to electronic gadgets and devices.
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Research has proven that human connections and healthy relationships contribute to increased happiness and improved health. According to a 75-year-long Harvard study that\u2019s considered the most extensive study, good relationships matter the most and are key factors for long-lasting happiness.
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Yet, it\u2019s possible to live a healthy, fulfilling, and well-balanced life. How did you ask? Well, let\u2019s explore some of the ways we can start to experience actual fulfillment in our lives.
When you hear the word health, what comes to mind? Or rather, what does health mean to you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To most people, good health means not being sick in your body. Most people think of health as physical only. And to be fair, that\u2019s how we\u2019ve been socialized to think.
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Hospitals, governments, the media, and even educational institutions have prioritized physical health for decades. Only recently have other aspects of health, such as mental and spiritual health, started getting any attention in media coverage, government funding, etc.
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It\u2019s important to understand health is holistic and all-encompassing, involving our bodies, minds, and spirits. Therefore, holistic health consists of physical, mental, and spiritual health and wellness.
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For us to function at our optimum, we must prioritize holistic health in its entirety. We can\u2019t afford to focus on just one aspect while neglecting the rest. After all, if one part fails, the entire being fails.
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Case Study<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Take, for example, a high-flying, successful CEO with marital problems causing him stress, which in turn messes with his appetite and quality of sleep.<\/em>
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As a result, he wakes up with low energy and feels lethargic throughout the day, so he can\u2019t work out sustainably. With time, he starts sinking into depression. Soon enough, he has racing thoughts and becomes suicidal. <\/em>
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Eventually, an individual who was enjoying well-rounded, holistic health, to begin with, becomes holistically unhealthy.<\/em>
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His physical health has suffered due to poor sleep quality, changes in appetite and feeding habits, as well as deteriorating physical exercise.<\/em>
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His mental health has suffered due to stress, poor sleep quality which results in poor brain function, and depression.<\/em>
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His spiritual health has suffered due to depression, racing thoughts, and suicidal tendencies.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
What started with one aspect of poor health, ends up spilling over to the remaining areas and spreading the illness to the entire being.<\/em>
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This is why we can\u2019t afford to prioritize physical health only, over holistic – physical, mental, and spiritual health.
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How do we do this?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Building a foundation of healthy habits is a great start. Our habits determine our routines, which in turn determine our actions and ultimately, our results.
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Poor habits lead to damaging routines which cause destructive actions, producing mediocre results. The reverse is true; healthy habits lead to constructive routines which cause productive actions, producing profitable results.
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If you want to prioritize holistic health, you must lay a foundation of healthy habits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to researchers at MIT in the 1990s, every habit is powered by a neurological loop that has three active parts – cue, routine, and reward. Charles Duhigg, in his book \u2018The Power of Habit\u2019<\/em>, proceeds to show us that we can turn poor habits into healthy ones by changing only one part of the habit loop – the routine.
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The theory is with self-awareness, you can discover the cue\/trigger that influences every habit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first step to changing a habit is identifying the cue. This will help you catch yourself before you do the routine that follows your cue. Once you identify the cue, you then change the routine, keeping in mind<\/a> you want to achieve the same reward.
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