Top Lifestyle Habits for Optimal Wellness

1. Shadow Work

• Definition: Deep self-awareness work to become conscious of the subconscious.
• Purpose: Achieve internal harmony, alignment, and cohesion.
• Benefits: Enables making decisions and taking actions aligned with authentic truth.
• Learning Resources: Videos titled 'What is Shadow Work' and 'What are the Benefits of Shadow Work'

2. Be Particular About What You Consume

• Includes: Food, content, and products.
• Reasoning: Many consumables are not conducive to human health.
• **Tips: **
  • Prefer natural items
  • Avoid refined sugars, chemicals, pesticides, plastics, etc.
  • Be conscious of the unseen energetic elements in food

3. Prioritize Sleep

• Importance: Essential for body restoration, memory consolidation, immune function, etc.
• Recommendation: 7-9 hours per night.
• Tips:
  • Develop a good nighttime routine
  • Avoid caffeine after 2 p.m.
  • Reduce screen time before bed

4. Be Proactive About Health and Wellness

• Recommendation: Actively pursue wellness measures tailored to your needs.
• Examples: Epsom salt baths, massages, Stillness, therapy, hikes, specific supplements, gym, cold showers, gratitude journaling, etc.

5. Caretake Your Emotions

• Common Pitfalls: Ignoring, suppressing, denying, and disowning emotions.
• Recommendation: Allow emotions to pass through fully and learn from them.
• Benefits: Increased capacity to process emotions and feel equipped to handle anything.
• Learning Resource: Video titled 'The Emotional Wakeup Call'

6. Prioritize Movement

• Reasoning: Body is made to move daily; crucial for optimal health.
• Benefits: Strengthens body, reduces stress, improves mood, energy, sleep quality, sexual health, etc.
• Recommendation: Choose enjoyable forms of exercise.

7. Engage in Meditation

• Definition: Deliberate mental exercise to shift focus and awareness.
• Variety: Many types serving different purposes (guided, focused attention, present moment, movement, etc.)
• Benefits: Priceless tool for well-being.

8. Spend Time with Others

• Reasoning: Humans are relationally dependent; essential for health.
• Recommendation: Spend time with people in person, engage in quality activities, and make memories.

9. Take Care of Your Environment

• Spaces: Home, yard, office, cars.
• Importance: Significant effect on well-being.
• Recommendations: Keep spaces clean, organized, and aesthetically pleasing; deliberate about what does and doesn't belong.

10. Spend Time in Nature

• Interactions: Preferably with plants, animals, insects, minerals, and elements.
• Benefits: Stabilizing, grounding, balancing, and clearing.
• Recommendation: Walk barefoot on earth when possible.

11. Live According to Your Values

• Importance: Prioritize what is most important to you for a fulfilling life.
• Recommendation: Avoid doing things you don't value or dislike.
• Learning Resources: Videos titled 'The Secret to a Happy Life' and 'If You Want to Be Happy, Don’t Do This'

12. Never Stop Learning

• Benefits: Personal expansion, maintains plasticity, boosts confidence and happiness, prevents decline.