As modern brain scientists study human behavior, they find that we operate more unconsciously than previously assumed.
It’s not that we’re automatons without free will or that we lack rationality and refined decision-making skills. Our brains (specifically, the frontal cortex) simply drive us to act in ways that frequently bypass civilized thought processes—and much more often than we’d like to admit.
How else do you explain the increase in overweight, diseased, stressed-out and addicted people each decade, despite our vast knowledge of health, nutrition and fitness?
6 Daily Health Habits
World Health Organization statistics reveal there are now more overweight than undernourished people worldwide. Only one in 20 U.S. adults engages in all top six health behaviors according to David Berrigan in a 2003 article in Preventive Medicine, “Patterns of health behavior in US adults”:
- Regular exercise
- Healthful fat intake
- Consumption of 5 servings of fruit and vegetables daily
- Limited drinking (alcohol) and drug use
- Nonsmoking
- Maintaining a healthy weight
Some governments are now measuring the health and wellness of their citizens because they believe that such factors are as essential to life satisfaction as much as economics and education. Psychologist Martin Seligman’s research on optimism and happiness proposes five elements of well-being:
- Positive emotion: what we feel (pleasure, rapture, ecstasy, warmth, comfort)
- Engagement: thoughts and energy flow; immersion in a desired activity
- Relationships: essential social connections
- Meaning and purpose: our interpretations of what really matters
- Accomplishment: our desire for achievement and task completion
As a broad term, wellness describes overall health and well-being in terms of optimal functioning of the body, mind and spirit. Our daily choices—what we do, how we eat, the battles we fight, who we love—help determine our wellness level. Increasingly, people are working with wellness coaches to bridge the gap between knowing what’s healthy and doing what’s needed.
This article explores the factors that contribute to well-being and how working with a wellness coach can increase life satisfaction.
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Reality sucks, especially on TV. Contestants are regularly voted off the island, fired from apprentice jobs and judged to be lacking in any discernible talent.
In “real life,” serious disappointments are likewise bitter pills to swallow. Many of us have endured significant economic hardships — from downsizing and outright business failures to mortgage crises and investment losses. Few of us have escaped unaffected.
Some people are more resilient, bouncing back quickly. Others struggle to cope with the changes forced upon them. (photo courtesy freedigitalphotos.net)
While few of us personally contributed to the housing bubble and bank collapses, each of us must take ownership of our responsibility to effect change and move forward. It may be tempting to see yourself as an unfortunate victim, but this line of thinking is pointless. When you assign yourself the role of victim, you deplete the energy you need to fight back.
It’s time to view your situation in a different way — an approach that many of us inherently fear and resist. You make a choice:
- Are you ready to take steps to remedy the situation?
- Do you want to remain stuck?
Survival requires us to move on. The problem is, we’re profoundly affected by loss. It drains our physical and emotional reserves, and it can contaminate our thought processes. Instead of optimism about the future, we become prone to negative thinking, doubts and fears.
Acknowledging reality is one thing. Choosing to see it differently so you can change it requires courage and imagination.
This article explores bouncing back from difficult situations, and suggest 4 steps to change what you can into the reality you want.
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- What Can You Change?
- Your Aha! Moment
- Stay in the Game
- 4 Steps to Creating a New Reality
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