Health and Wellness Stuff I'Ve Learnt

Over the past few years I have tried to learn about health and wellness. The 7 lessons below are ones that I have learned and that have helped me to be healthier, more balanced and happier. Through providing them here, I hope that they may help you as well!

The seven healthy lessons are:

Live in the situation that you have. Too often we focus and send energy on wishing that things were different than they are. I have to constantly remind myself to live in the situation that I have, and not the one that I would like to have or one that I have had in the past. It is what it is and nothing more or nothing less. Do not bemoan the situation that you have, or the one that you would like have, live with the one that you have!

Your work peers are not necessarily your friends. Ideally, we could be friends with all people with whom we work. When you really think about it this is highly unlikely to occur. You should try to be friendly with t your co-workers, but only in a few lucky circumstances will you find someone who will become a friend and a peer. We seem to think that because we work with people we should be friends with them – but just because it is the workplace, we should not automatically let down our “real life” barriers.

If you cannot influence or control something let it go. It took some time for me to learn to let go. After many a frustrating day, I realized that there is nothing gained through trying to change things over which you have no control or influence. In cases where you have no control, I had to learn to “suck it up” and “let go” or else end up wasting way to much energy and spirit.

Do not judge how others live their lives. People choose to live their lives in different ways. Too often I found myself judging decisions that others made; we all do it. But who are we to judge? It took me a while to realize that I have to accept that people will make good choices and bad choices. People are free to choose the way that they live. Their choices will determine their paths, just as mine will determine my path.

Past behaviour is the best indicator of future behaviour. At times I was the perpetual optimist. HR professionals know that past behaviours are the best indicator of future ones. Unless someone makes a conscious choice to change their behaviours, usually as a results of a critical situation, it is pretty well known that behaviour that brought someone to a certain place will likely be the behaviour that they continue with.