So you think you have this whole wellness thing down, eh?
You eat healthy. You
exercise. You even meditate. You get
enough hydration and rest.
You wash your hands.
You may be a germophobe. However,
do you still get a cold/flu?
Have you wondered WHY this is, even if you are extremely
careful?
While we are all conscious of our human getting the total
exhaustion run-down and yes, we even are so on top of things we are in tune
with pushing it or burning the candle at both ends and LISTEN, sometimes that
is not enough. First, let us check out
my video first addressing the basic question of health and wellness from one of
my self-proclaimed
germophobe followers:
Now… I am doing this
blog so I can break this down even further to share a bit more detail on how to
resolve this LINK connected to wellness.
First, if you are doing all of the above, let me ask you
these questions:
- Are you FRUSTRATED?
- Are you WORRIED?
- Are you ANXIOUS?
- OR…perhaps you have resisted SPEAKING UP ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS BOTHERING YOU?
Did you know THIS be the culprit of your getting sick all
the time?
What? YES. Hang on… let me get to this.
It starts with one little thing, if you are not being TRUE
TO YOURSELF.
Humans PROCRASTINATE on getting this done on a daily basis. You put off having a conversation you need to have, or resolving a conflict or problem that needs to be handled. Maybe you have lots of things piling up that you have put off getting to because you're 'too busy' - even if you pride yourself on being the healthy person who does everything right.
Inside of your heart, maybe you wanted to speak up or say
something… maybe someone said something to you and it is bothering you because
it is not sitting well.
Maybe you are kicking yourself for something you wish you had done differently, even if you think you've 'moved on.'
If you HOLD IT INSIDE and let it, FESTER…. You are breaking down your immune system
little by little. Your quality of sleep
(key word here, QUALITY) can be affected… and your blood pressure can rise,
causing you to not be 100%.
Fight or flight. Your
body knows and this is the response it goes to, to help you…. but at some point,
you have to release it.
This is “internal anxiety” you may be holding onto in your
mind can build. When you “logically”
make peace with it, this is NOT the total picture. We humans can rationalize, justify, and try
to convince ourselves of many things, however if it is not true to what the
heart/gut knows, the body WILL REBEL.
Did you know if you have not released it from your HEART
over time that this ‘rebellion’ can and will manifest disease within?
You have heard of the phrase “Walk your talk.”
Well, your mouth can SAY one thing, because your brain has
told you “you’re fine."
You say this 100 times a day to the question "How are you?" "I'm fine..." you say, even if you are not.
If your heart does not match and you have not
aligned your mind and your heart truths, it will nag at you and nag at you from
the inside.
What builds up? Resentment
or anger, fear, worry, and REGRET because you did not choose to be true to
honoring what was not quite resonating with your well-being. Maybe you were
trying to be “nice” or “accommodating” or too much of a team player or NOT rock
the boat… to the point where it is a detriment to your own health.
Take a deeper look. You
will see this is true.
Around some of the busiest times of the year, we push
ourselves and push ourselves – we have a hard time saying NO to social
invitations, which seem to pile up one after the other and we wear ourselves
down, right?
When you say YES to everything, sometimes you may also put yourself in a situation where you compromise your time management, your stress management, your self-care or something else, even if you are doing all of the healthy things you think you need to be doing.
When we do this, we cannot LISTEN as effectively to our
bodies to SLOW DOWN or STOP….so our bodies shut down for us to MAKE US REST to
GET WELL when we humans get stubborn.
What can happen when you are too obsessive about your health
is the same thing can happen, too. You
get paranoid and “overdo” something to the point you are internally exhausted,
MISSING the CUES to speak up or stand up or SAY or DO what you need to do to be
healthy.
Your mind rationalizes “Well,
I’m doing everything right”….but if you tap into your heart and stop to
listen to it, you will see that maybe you are missing that mind-heart link
connection.
Breathe. You can get
back on track. We cannot ignore our
mind-heart connection when it comes to our health. This is why it is called mind, body, soul,
and spirit health well-being.
YES… even when it comes to the common cold and flu.
We as a society focus on the 'quick fix”
syndrome of what we think we need to do to FIX or RESOLVE something in the
interim.
Nevertheless, even the best intention with exercising every
day or eating right CANNOT SOLVE ALL.
The mind and the heart are POWERFUL TOOLS when it comes to
WELLNESS. We cannot ignore ONE vital
LINK that seems to be overlooked and missed more often than not, because
everyone seems to be fixated on the standard quick fixes, when it is not
necessarily a FIX ALL, BE ALL SOLUTION.
So… if you are getting sick often even though you are doing
what seems to be “all the right things” – check in with yourself in your mind
and heart. Ask yourself if you are
holding onto something like something unsaid, a grudge or perhaps even a fear
or paranoia that is actually causing unrest and making you feel less at ease
than you should. Maybe you agreed with
something you shouldn’t have or are kicking yourself for a decision you made
that you want to change, but haven’t done it yet.
I see you nodding… it is very common. Many of us do not like to disappoint and
agree to things to the point of overextending ourselves emotionally, or
mentally which then can take its toll physically, later on.
We can change the behavior of these actions with a simple
tweak by slowing down enough to ask ourselves key questions.
Humans would rather be quiet more often than their hearts,
minds or voices need to be because we like to keep the peace. But if the peace inside you is “compromised”
because your truth wants or needs to let something go, then it is time to let
that go so you can get to your place of optimum health for your total
well-being. It is here we have a solid
foundation to springboard from so the rest of our healthy diligence can take
root and grow to maximize our healthy lifestyle from the inside out.
Namaste.
