Why It Matters: Shifting our lifestyle to achieve health and wellness is a gradual process that takes time and patience. It involves adjusting our mindset, behaviors, and sometimes even our budget. To make these changes stick, they must deeply align with our core values.
Tell Me More: There are three critical elements of setting and achieving health and wellness goals in an effective, sustainable, and authentic way. They are all important, but distinct:
EVIDENCE - helps you determine WHAT goals you want to pursue.
ADVICE - helps you figure out HOW to achieve them.
VALUES – give you a reason WHY.
More specifically, your values serve as a filter through which you can review the advice you receive to find that which makes sense for your life and the way you see the world.
In the middle of that three-ring Venn diagram is the sweet spot for finding advice that will help you achieve your (evidence-based) goals in a way that resonates with who you are and what you value most.
Reaching health and wellness goals, whether personal or for our family, demands time and patience. It involves modifying our thoughts, actions, daily routines, and possibly our spending. These changes need to truly resonate with us, aligning with our core values to be sustainable.
The journey to health and wellness is deeply personal and uniquely yours. Rather than simply ticking boxes based on what others think is important, or following trends others have identified as critical, you must craft a lifestyle that's in harmony with who you are and what you stand for.