What do sexiness, confidence and vitality have in common?

Here at the-Coaching Blog-run by Gerard O’Donovan, our aim is to constantly bring value to those seeking to improve their lives. Therefore we have a policy of publishing articles and materials by guest authors whom we value and appreciate. Today’s guest author is Dawn Campbell (France).

Of course, it’s hard to be sexy, confident and full of vitality when physically or mentally unhealthy. And who wouldn’t want to experience more sexiness, confidence and vitality for goodness sake! After all, it appears these are the very attributes the majority of us are obsessed with if the popular press is anything to go by.

Yet for many of us, the reality is often the very opposite. Why? Possibly because we’re brought up believing self-care is selfish. Or perhaps it’s because as Materi said: “so many people spend their health gaining wealth, then have to spend their wealth to regain their health.” Either way, self-care is paramount to our self-esteem and future success.

Perhaps that’s why an increasing number of us (especially entrepreneurs) need support with personal and business issues around feelings of sluggishness, fatigue and listlessness. As the old Spanish Proverb goes “A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.”

Of course, coaches already know the number one attribute to succeed in life is health, don’t we! As anyone who’s suffered poor health knows, without good health, everything else literally pales into insignificance. Yet how many of us practice what we preach? We just like any other entrepreneur find it all too easy to lose ourselves. We work too hard; we work too long totally immersed ‘in’ the business rather than ‘on’ the business. Consequently, the cracks start to show in our health and our relationships at work and home.

Vital health is our number one asset. Interestingly, it’s also a resource that the majority of us have complete control over. Yet many squander it forgetting health needs to remain our number one core value because what else could possibly be more important? After all, if we don’t look after our body, where else will we live? Remember the wise words of Desiderius Erasmus “Prevention is better than cure” that’s what practicing self-care is about.

So if our health is our wealth, all we need to do to maintain our sense of energy, vigour, liveliness, get-up-an-go, joie de vivre is to plug into the power of self-care. We need to positively, purposely and actively take time for ourselves in a way that rejuvenates and energizes our mind, body and spirit.

Ultimately self-care makes us a better person to be around at home and a more productive person in the workplace. To deny our need for self-care gradually leads to an air of negativity, we become repressed and unbalanced.

“No one else can breathe for you, drink for you, sleep for you, exercise for you, eat for you, or get sunshine for you. Health is your responsibility. No one else can do it for you. Health is self-built.” Life Science

That quote details just a few of the many self-care habits we need to practice in order to enjoy a successful personal and business life filled with vigour. After all, these two sides of us don’t operate in isolation. Being physically and mentally healthy enables us to successfully merge our personal life, family relationships and home time with running and managing a successful business.

Here’s a comprehensive self-health care protocol

1. Breathe clean pure air because pollution is destructive to health and well-being.
2. Maintain a temperate climate, excessive cold or heat drains nerve energy.
3. Maintain internal cleanliness to minimise the risk of disease.
4. Drink plenty of pure water, ideally distilled.
5. Quality sleep allows the body to heal, repair and become rebalanced.
6. Eat a natural diet suited to our physiology; raw fruits, vegetables, nuts & seeds.
7. Regular fasting to improve assimilation, elimination and self-healing.
8. Expose skin and eyes to daily sunshine to top up essential vitamin D3.
9. Daily activity is key to keeping-fit, supple and mobile.
10. Rest and recuperation, essential for the mind body and spirit to develop.
11. Recreational playful activities that rejuvenate our creative self.
12. Peace of mind enhances emotional well-being.
13. Harmonious pleasant environment to live in.
14. Community to participate and interact with.
15. Self-mastery of oneself.
16. Secure outlet and work activities that provides a sense of purpose.
17. Inspiration, motivation and commitment to achieve goals.
18. Instinct to reproduce.
19. Aesthetic pleasures from being in touch with nature.
20. Expression of natural instincts; love, appreciation, gratitude and creativity.
21. Positive self-esteem builds self-confidence, self-reliance, and a sense of self-worth.

“It is the truth that health is the wealth of wealth.” Richard Baker

Whilst we may not have before fully realised the connection between our personal health and the health of our business, we’re now learning to appreciate just how linked these two areas are. Practicing these essential self-care top tips on a daily basis will not only ensure vital health, but a positive work life balance too.

It stands to reason it would be nigh on impossible to feel, sound and look like you mean business when inside, you’re feeling unhappy or unhealthy. Likewise, when your work life is making you unhappy and unhealthy, life at home can’t help but become stressed and strained as a consequence.

To avoid that vicious spiral, you owe it to yourself and everyone around you to practice self-care first and foremost. Remember, self-care has nothing to do with being selfish despite what you may have been brought up to believe. It has everything to do with being honest about your needs and honouring your boundaries.

As HH the Dalai Lama said “If you feel ‘burnout’ setting in, if you feel demoralized or exhausted, it is best, for the sake of everyone, around you to withdraw and restore yourself.”

Final Word about Self-Care

Only you can decide to take action and make the right choices to become the sexy confident and vital person you were born to be. You can either have more of what you’ve already had in your past, or else you can opt for something more empowering and nurturing for your future. One thing’s for certain ‘if nothing changes, nothing changes’. So don’t just read this, commit right now (literally) to taking action, what will it be?

“In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties”. Henri Frederic Amiel

Share your thoughts with me and I will send you a complimentary copy of my Self-Assessment Health Questionnaire which will help you identify the gaps in your health status.

To find out how to take better care of yourself, visit www.dawncampbellholistichealth.eu and join Dawn’s global community of fellow health seekers.

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