Weekly Wellness

Hey there! I hope you have been having a fantastic week and this past weekend was even better!

I wanted to switched gears a little this week and move from talking about the physical into the mental aspect of wellness. As you know wellness is so much more than what you are able to accomplish and display physically. True wellness is the result of what you are able to do for yourself on the inside that manifests on the outside.

Afterall, what really counts are the things you are doing for yourself physically, mentally, and spiritually that others may not always be able to see. When you take the time to work on healing yourself on the inside everything on the outside appears that much healthier. That’s because you are doing the necessary things needed in order to properly detox your system of everything that energetically bad and negative for you.

But I digress!

Today I want to share with you a mental wellness activity that I absolutely love to do. This activity is something that I believe everyone would and could heavily benefit from. But a lot of people stray from doing it because it is a habit that you have to slowly build before you can receive all the benefits of it.

However, once you have this tool as a part of your wellness toolbelt, fully investing in the practice can be extremely life changing for you. So, let’s get into to.

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I know what it’s like to want to set wellness goals, to have a wellness vision, but be absolutely lost as to where to begin. It can be overwhelming and to some extent a little exhausting if you have no idea where to look in order to even get started. For the longest time I followed one fitness instructor online who I really admired (and still do)! And for a while doing that worked well for me.

But like with most things that fire and inspiration began to fizzle out. I was constantly watching the same videos and doing the same workout routines simply because they were easy and comfortable for me. What I didn’t know at the time was that in doing so I was limiting myself from growing stronger and exposing myself to many different forms of wellness. At the time I didn’t see the problem with this. I just figured if it wasn’t broken then there was no need to try to fix it.

However, continually doing the same routine over and over again eventually started to cause me to lose motivation. I got to a point where I was no longer excited to do a workout. I would watch other workout videos that were different from the ones I constantly watched. But I never even attempted to do them because I was telling myself that I was incapable of doing those workouts because my body did not look like hers, and I did not have the same strength that she had.

Boy oh boy was this such a defeating feeling! And when I finally succumbed to those thoughts and emotions, I just stopped exercising altogether. A couple of years went by before I found my fire again to embark on my wellness journey one last time. This time I took a different approach, broadened my horizons, and became more strategic with how I would engage with my workouts.

Today, I’m sharing all of this with you.

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What are some things that you do to keep yourself on track with achieving your wellness goals?

I’ve done just about anything you could think of. I’ve used daily planners, monthly planners, put workout reminders in my phone, make countless to-do lists that included wellness activities, and even relied on my memory to help me stay on track with my wellness goals. While some of these have been helpful for a certain phase in my life, none of them have been consistent with helping me remain accountable.

For a while I engaged in wellness activities by simply doing things in the spare of the moment. For example, if I had extra time during the day to squeeze in a yoga session, I would do it, but I did not have a daily wellness routine in place. While this did help me keep my mind, body, and spirit active and engaged, it did not provide me with the discipline needed in order to remain consistent. As a result, my wellness journey over the years have been a hit and miss.

I’ve had good days and bad days. Successful months and months when I could have done better. Which ultimately means I have many moments when I have come close to achieving my wellness goals but there was always a slip up of some kind to throw me off track. In spite of the ups and downs I’ve had with my wellness journey I’ve never given up on reaching my goals.

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