Embrace Serenity: Natural Ways to Calm Your Mind and Body
In today’s fast-paced world, finding moments of calm can feel like a luxury. With stressors coming from all directions, it’s crucial to have tools to quiet the mind and soothe the soul. While some rely on drugs or alcohol, it only offers temporary relief; they often come with harmful side effects and can lead to […]
Discovering Your “Why” for Healthier Fitness Habits
In the pursuit of healthier fitness habits, many of us often find ourselves on a rollercoaster ride of motivation – one day we’re pumped up and hitting the gym, the next we’re struggling to peel ourselves off the couch. We set goals, make plans, and start off with the best intentions, only to lose steam […]
Habits- Your Comprehensive Guide to Building a Foundation of Positive Habits: Part 7
How to Make Good Habits Inevitable and Bad Habits Impossible-Success is less about making the good habits easy and more about making the bad habits hard. Make your choices in the present that controls your actions in the future. Eg. Getting into shape- book a class, sign up to a gym membership, pay ahead. By […]
Habits- Your Comprehensive Guide to Building a Foundation of Positive Habits: Part 6
Motivation Is Overrated; Environment Often Matters More Behavior is a function of the person in their environment (Psychologist Kurt Lewin).You have to redesign your environment and make the cues for your preferred habits more obvious.Eg. If you want to exercise more at the gym- Keep your gym bag ready to go at all times. Whether […]
Habits- Your Comprehensive Guide to Building a Foundation of Positive Habits: Part 4
The science of how habits work:It is divided into four simple steps: Cue, Craving, Response, Reward.Cue- triggers your brain to initiate behavior. Your mind is continuously analyzing your internal and external environment for hints of a reward. When you are close to a reward, your brain naturally leads to a craving.Craving- They are the motivational […]
Habits- Your Comprehensive Guide to Building a Foundation of Positive Habits: Part 3
How Your Habits Shape Your IdenityChanging our habits is challenging for two reasons: There are three layers of behaviour change:Outcome (changing results) Eg. losing weight.Process (changing your habits and systems) Eg. Implementing a new routine at the gym.Identity (changing your beliefs) Eg. self image, your belief’s, your worldviews, your judgement about yourself and others.It’s important […]
Habits- Your Comprehensive Guide to Building a Foundation of Positive Habits: Part 2
Forget About Goals, Focus on Systems InsteadGoals & Systems- Forget about goals, focus on systems instead. The difference is a goal is about the results and direction you want to achieve. Systems are about the processes that lead to those results. Systems are best for making progress. Goals are good for setting direction.Eg. You want […]
Habits- Your Comprehensive Guide to Building a Foundation of Positive Habits: Part 1
Embarking on a health and fitness journey is a transformative experience that goes beyond just workouts and diets (In which I’m not a big believer in diets to begin with). In the pursuit of a vibrant and fulfilling life, fostering a healthy habit is paramount. We all have habits. Whether it is a good habit […]