Build Healthy Habits

I personally do not set New Year’s resolutions, but instead (and I encourage my clients to do the same) I evaluate my lifestyle and habits, set intentions and goals. I always want to be learning and growing. The start of a new year is a great time to take inventory of your current habits and decide which habits you would like to cultivate moving forward. It can be helpful to track your current habits for one week, write down as much detail as you possibly can - what you consume in both body and mind (food and drink, what you watch, read, listen to) and overall where your time is being spent. I believe habits are the foundation of a healthy life. Creating a healthy mind, body and soul starts with your daily decisions and actions. My role as a coach is to help my clients become the best version of themselves. I know that sounds very cliché, but in my personal experience there is so much freedom in structure and consistency, feeling the growth in my life. When we live passively and spend hours numbing and distracting ourselves, doing and eating whatever we feel like until our health declines and we end up taking multiple medications, in and out of doctor’s offices and hospitals we aren’t really living. “If you don’t make time for your wellness, you’ll be forced to make time for your illness”. Read that again. Another good one -I recently read this quote in the book The Miracle Morning, “Always remember that who you’re becoming is far more important than what you’re doing, and yet it is what you’re doing that is determining who you’re becoming”. If you’re 100% okay with where you’re at.. don’t be. Have patience, but ALWAYS strive to be just a little bit better. I think even the most successful people in anything don’t say I’m good, I think I’ll just coast through the rest of my life. You are a work in progress so keep progressing. As children, we have adults in our lives who set and enforce our habits, typically based on their own habits. Once we become adults living on our own that freedom can cause so much confusion. We no longer have accountability, no one telling us to eat our vegetables or turn off the TV, etc.. It is up to us to decide the type of person we will become. It is up to us to decide our behaviors and those behaviors will determine our health. Be careful who you choose to surround yourself with because people will have more of an impact on our habits and our health than we realize. Choose wisely. Accountability really is key, a good support system or at least one person who can be encouraging and also provide an unbiased perspective can make all the difference. Where you look you will go! So, keep looking forward. And take a little help along the way. -CS

If you haven’t yet, download my free habit tracker and “5 Steps to Build a Healthy Habit” HERE.