Ways to keep a happy and healthy mind

Do you feel healthy?

Healthy in what way?

Being healthy physically is different from being healthy psychologically.  You might be going to the gym four or five times a week, eating healthy foods every day for a healthier body, but what about your mind?

Having a healthy mentality will reap you a lot of great benefits. You will have a better response to the things that are happening around you. You will be able to acknowledge opportunities underlying negative events that can be a great learning curve in your life.

Here are several ways to have a happier, healthier, and sound mind

Stay away from toxic people

Circle of friends or people you stay with directly affects your thoughts. If you stay with people that always think negatively, you're most likely to absorb those negativities and toxicity in life. Surround yourself with friends that have a positive outlook in life. Not only will you absorb their positivities, but you will also radiate with positive vibes that will make you happier.

Attract positive thoughts

 

The truth is that our mind believes whatever we feed it. Feed it with doubts, negativity, frustrations and it will thrive on that. Try to feed it with positivity, humor, motivations and that will resonate throughout the day. Optimism or having a positive outlook in life will lead you to a happier, less stressed, and more favorable outcome in whatever you are doing.

Don't indulge in your problems

Problems are part of life. When a problem arises it's normal to have a moment of complaining or even angry outbursts. Don't worry it's part of being human. This simply means that you're emotions are still working. Having reactions like this is all OKAY. But hanging around for too long in those emotions or state of mind doesn't help you at all. Acknowledge the problem and take action to overcome that problem. Problems are not a life sentence so get up and do something don't indulge on negativity.

Meditate

Meditation can be done in different forms, you can pray, reflect on yourself, or listen to talks of positivity. Meditation is a great way to detoxify your mind. It will help you understand pain, improve focus, lower your stress, help with mental clarity, and connect better to people. This is just a small list of benefits but should be enough for you to get into meditating.

You can start by sitting in silence for 5-10 minutes, focus on your breathing, detach yourself from the world just for a few minutes. Try this and you'll see a huge difference on how you respond to things happening around you.

Have your "Me time"

We often spend our time looking out for others that we sometimes forget to look after ourselves. Pampering yourselves every once in a while is not bad, this will actually help you have a more positive outlook day in day out. Go ahead and eat that food that you're craving for or get that massage and you will definitely feel how it's refreshing to take a break every once in a while.

Daily Affirmations

They say that you are what you think. If you think of losing you're most likely to lose. If you think of winning you're most likely to win. On that note, positive affirmations will also boost you personally. It is more of a motivational pep talk on yourself, claiming it till you make it. I know its awkward at first, so you can start by looking up online for affirmations that are applicable for you or create your won statements.

Affirmations should be in the present tense, include positive words, and spoken as if you have already done it or is already a fact. Save it on your phone, set it as a wallpaper or lock screen since this is one of the things that we often look at on our daily lives. If you feel awkward saying it out loud, just say it in your mind first, then whisper it on yourself. Feel it, claim it, do it!

Look on the bright side

Good and bad are perceptions created in our minds. It's okay to acknowledge a negative thing that happened to you but always look for something good that happened in that situation. You might have lost something, but also gained something in return. That is life, it's always balanced, you just need to know how to acknowledge it. Say you lost at a competition today, but because of the training you have gone thru, you became stronger than yesterday. There's always something good in every situation.

Final notes

                                               

Changing your habits is not an overnight process, you just need to start doing it daily until it becomes your routine. You choose your own happiness and you can increase it by taking action and change how you respond to things. You are responsible for your own thoughts - it will depend greatly to what you tell yourself, how you treat yourself, and how you interpret your world.

Keep in mind that you are capable of achieving great things and handling whatever life may throw at you. Believe in yourself!