Where the Mind Goes, The Body Follows
We’ve all heard the old adage, “you are what you eat”. Anyone who has ever asked me even the simplest question about health and well-being has always gotten an earful on diet and nutrition! It is true: the quality of the food you eat is directly related to level of physical health you will create for yourself. Given a couple of weeks of just eating a “little better” can give us a tremendous boost in how we look and feel, physically and emotionally.
What we often overlook is the power of our minds to create a healthy body. Let me assure you, this isn’t some psycho-babble conversation piece that you’d expect to overhear between two white-haired professors at a coffee house. It is a fact that our reality and our lives is mostly made of what we create for ourselves.
The thoughts we think and the inner dialog that we engage in most every minute of every day has the greatest bearing on our health and well-being. You might want to read that sentence again! You see, the thinking patterns that you have, the way that you emote internally about yourself and others will have the greatest bearing on the vitality of your body.
The reason is because internal thoughts create chemical changes in the body, each and every second. A person who lives in happiness and appreciation; with a positive, optimistic outlook on life, despite its challenges will enjoy a stronger and healthier body than someone who is negative, dark, and pessimistic. Even the simplest of words that we use with ourselves and with one another mean so much as they can evoke a positive or negative chemical change instantly in our bodies. For example, a simple compliment given to a co-worker, “you look very nice today Sally” can positively change both your chemistry as well as that of the person getting the compliment for several hours. It feels good to give, and receive! Unfortunately, the opposite is also true: “I look fat in these pants” will negatively impact your body and will reinforce the negative aspect(s) you really want to change. Instead, think and act positively and if something is not the way you want it to be, then take the action necessary to improve or correct it.
