How to Create a Healthy Mindset

In today’s modern society it almost feels like the default for most people is an unhealthy and unfulfilled life. Many of society’s most popular companies all promote this whether it’s your favorite fast food joint, big pharma, or obsessive consumerism.

Being healthy is never a default for anyone. It takes a lot of hard work and commitment to hold onto a healthy mindset in a world of unhealthy distractions. Here is how to can create a healthy mindset in spite of this uncomfortable truth.

Manage Anxiety and Stress
While both anxiety and stress are very normal emotions to feel it’s not natural to feel this way all the time. If anxiety and stress loom over the majority of each day then you need to take action to take back control.

Thankfully, we know lots about how to deal with both effectively. Eating healthy, exercising, drinking lots of water, meditation, avoiding prescription drugs, and better organization of your time are all great ways to effectively reduce both stress and anxiety simultaneously.  

Failure to take any of these actions will undoubtedly leave you feeling anxious and stressed in your life. Give yourself the best chance of overcoming each by taking these positive steps.

Be Positive
This doesn’t mean you have to smile, laugh, and be happy all the time. That would be unnatural but you can do more to feel positive about life in general. One great way is to keep a journal where you can express gratitude each day.

Research has shown that expressing gratitude for all the great things in your life can make you a more positive person in general. We all feel down and have our off days now and then but this shouldn’t be the default. 

Start thinking about all the positives in your life and express gratitude for the things you do have like your health, a comfy bed, hot shower, family, friends, and money.

Eat Well
In a society that perpetually tells you to eat over-processed foods, it can be hard to keep a healthy diet. Take control over what you eat and focus on more whole foods that are packed full of nutrients that help your mind, body, and spirit. 

You are what you eat and if what you eat is over-processed rubbish them you’re going to feel like rubbish. Scientists are discovering more and more just how vital healthy foods are not just to our physical health but our overall well-being.

Don’t substitute your health issues with prescription drugs either. Natural foods can go a long way to remedying many of your common ailments. 

Zantac is one example of a drug that was made to help with a common ailment but resulted in serious health issues including cancer. 

Firms such as Rosenfeld lawyers are now working hard to review cases where Zantac actually resulted in cancer for some people.

Develop a Growth Mindset
Life should be about what you can achieve and how you can grow. Yet many of us stay trapped with thoughts of self-doubt and underachievement. We live in a culture of ‘not enough’. 

Stop comparing your life to the people around you and start thinking about what your metric for “success” is. That doesn’t have to be a financial success, it could be a healthy body, higher learning, and deeper relationships with friends and family.

Photo by Brenda Godinez

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Mia Guerra

Mia Guerra

Executive Editor at Chispa Magazine
Executive Editor at Chispa Magazine, Mia Guerra is a writer at heart. Regardless the topic, she loves to investigate, encourage, and ruminate on topics that can make us better people. Aiming to live a Proverbs 31 life, Mia is ecstatic to be following her calling with Chispa. At home she is her husband's sidekick and together they are raising a God-fearing family in Atlanta.

Mia Guerra

Executive Editor at Chispa Magazine, Mia Guerra is a writer at heart. Regardless the topic, she loves to investigate, encourage, and ruminate on topics that can make us better people. Aiming to live a Proverbs 31 life, Mia is ecstatic to be following her calling with Chispa. At home she is her husband's sidekick and together they are raising a God-fearing family in Atlanta.