| Maintaining mind, body and spirit on a daily basis | | | | 10 simple self help tips you can apply easily: |
| through mainstream or alternative self help tools and | | | | - Where will you be in 10, 20, or 30 years from now? |
| techniques can help a great deal during down times. | | | | Spend some time writing down your life goals. |
| "When I stand before God at the end of my life, I | | | | - A high expectation can also bring with it a high level |
| would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent | | | | of disappointment. By lowering your expectations of |
| left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me."" | | | | other people, you'll be less disappointed. |
| Erma Bombeck (1927-1996) US humorist | | | | - Live in the present moment. The present moment is |
| What is a Self Help tool? | | | | when you're 'in the zone'. |
| For me, a self help tool is a skill or technique one can | | | | - Trying to change others to how we want them to be |
| draw on whenever needed, or to maintain mind, body | | | | is pointless - the only thing you can successfully |
| and spirit in a more balanced way. | | | | change is you. |
| Maybe confidence needs boosting, or self esteem | | | | - Listen for and eliminate negative self talk. Counter the |
| could be raised a notch or two. There are many self | | | | negative talk with a positive response, each and every |
| help tools and techniques available which can help | | | | time. |
| release tension, clear the mind, increase awareness, | | | | - Connect with others. You could become a volunteer, |
| improve personal strategies and pave the way for a | | | | join a community, sporting or personal interest group, |
| brighter and more purposeful future. | | | | and learn to meditate. By connecting with others it's |
| Most days will find me use a little self help to enable | | | | possible to establish valuable life long friendships. |
| me to cope better with daily challenges. Maybe I'll use | | | | - Expand your knowledge base, read magazines and |
| an aromatherapy recipe to help me focus on my | | | | books you normally wouldn't, or watch documentaries. |
| writing, have a meditation session to clear my mind, or I | | | | Enrol in further studies and adopt the attitude "learning |
| might do a little self coaching and self-appraisal if I'm | | | | is easy, learning is fun". |
| stuck on something. These are but a few of the self | | | | - If you have self help books - read them again, if the |
| help tools I use. | | | | books contain exercises for you to complete - spend |
| Self help for maintaining mind, body and spirit is similar | | | | some time working through them. It's all about taking |
| to practising motivation daily. By utilising self help tools | | | | action and changing the "I shoulds" to "I will". |
| and knowledge on a daily basis, it can provide | | | | - With the help of a personal trainer, work out (pardon |
| individuals with improved coping skills during 'the down | | | | the pun) a suitable exercise program, better still, make |
| times’. | | | | it a new lifestyle program. |
| There are many self help tools to choose from and | | | | - Connect with your spiritual self and get to know |
| you can find them in self help books (paperback and | | | | yourself. |
| electronic), personal or spiritual development courses, | | | | Whilst these are only a few of the self help options |
| CDs, magazines, self help and self improvement | | | | available, the possibilities are endless, including both |
| websites, and through coaching programs. | | | | mainstream and alternative. Whichever you choose |
| With any self help tool or technique, your rate of return | | | | they are all self help tools which help you maintain mind, |
| will always equal your rate of effort. | | | | body and spirit in a more balanced way. |