Top 5 Ways to be YOU (enhancement 101)!

Wellness Hero's Top 5 ways to just be YOU....you already know, time to apply these simple ways to bring about changes that are LIFE rewarding.  Be you & be connected to your body and how to use it best for what you require. 

1.  Breathe Deeply (this changes everything from thoughts, to posture, give it a try several times in a row, I dare you to breathe!)

2.  Smile (this is a game changer in EVERY situation.  Just smile to smile, do it with your eyes open or closed, works both ways, try it!)

3.  Listen to your Heart (not only physically to its beating, but to what it is telling you about your true feelings, this takes much practice, but we all feel, so we all can listen too!)

4.  Stand & Sit Straight UP (posture, body alignment can allow energy blocks within our bodies to open up & obtain deeper circulation)

5.  Take time to Meditate (looking inward will change everything, sit quitely and just breathe (and maybe apply #1 here?!) allow your mind to clear and settle, then you will SEE!)

Daily Routine Questions.

This is an interactive post so get ready to participate!  That's right, happy Monday AM, so tell me a little about yours.....

 Here are a few questions to start the discussion on the topic of AM routine...what do you do in the AM for you?  I know we all have adult responsibilities (this isn't the point), but most likely we have constructed specific practices/habits that we do in the AM.  Some we think are good for us and some that we know are not?


1.  What to you do in the AM that you are proud of because it is health enhancing?

2.  What do you do in the AM that counters your image of health?

3.  Do you prepare anything the night before to support your AM routine? What?

4.  Are you happy with what you do in the AM?

5.  If you could get support on something in the AM, what would it be and why?

By taking a few minutes to write down an answer or two could be a momentum force in a lot of ways.  Feel free to post in the discussion your questions or email me directly (wellnesshero@gmail.com), but either way you are contributing to a better you by participation and taking action.  No answer is judge, its simply an interaction to get the ball rolling....

You have the ball, are you playing?  Happy Monday and SMILE :)

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Shifting to something better, PART I

PART I:  Shifting to something better....                      10.30.13

My passion is to guide you to live well by supporting  wellness daily which balances the 4 parts of Health (see blog post on this topic for details).  Shifting a person’s paradigm of what is Healthy requires the TRUTH to be accepted and practiced by what is healthy....the answers are out there, but most likely NOT what you currently believe on a whole (your paradigm).  Bits & pieces of healthy action is just that, only a small part.  Thriving in life, well it moves the game onto a new playing field because when a person’s health is OPTIMAL, life is no longer the same........Do you believe you have the power to NEVER get sick again?  Everything starts with a belief on what we think is TRUE.......
                   
As I continue to channel health & wellness content to all those interested, a shift from my approach in being applied.  Since uncovering new information always and when applying it the results have been very supportive.  The shift is in the direction of training yourself to live within your abilities and capabilities, just remember, no matter who you are, attitude is everything!!!  I look at everyday as we are training for life, are you practicing quality sleep, eating nutrition dense meals daily, moving that body optimally each day with in the 5 components of health related fitness?  Life is practice, each day is another opportunity to do what we want with our individual choices.  Thriving takes years of practice, each action is a drop in the bucket, always be striving to add just one simple drop as that is the key to making a difference in your dynamic HEALTH. 

The mission for me is to be the best daddy & HUMAN I can by choosing to share my life experience with others to learn from as well.  This BLOG is one medium to which I communicate.    This experience just so happens to be a way of life that supports being a thriving human.  I still will be blogging/vlogging (Wellness Hero's YouTube Channel Link) about health & wellness, but more so directed to ANY HEALTH concept.   Some information may seem new or confusing to incorporate, but the more quality experiences gained with family, not to just spend time, but to teach basic fundamental principles of exercise, nutrition, and basically WELLNESS into day to day occurrences is a shift into the priority that health is something we have to do.  Some concepts y’all maybe familiar with like in the previous sentence (exercising & eating), but some maybe things that you never considered to be healthy or unhealthy.

ASK ME Questions Publicly or Privately, but know others maybe to timid or feel they don’t have the time to actually ask.  Be the change you want to be by taking ACTION & Participating in your life in a way you didn’t yesterday.  You have the POWER in choice, just do something new for 5 min. and know those 5 min. were 5 more then the previous 5 days and that is a monumental change because 5 is way bigger then ZERO....

A first for everything....

Trying something brand new, here is an intro onto a new path that I am creating for those around me.  I am a Wellness Hero and if that is of interests to you, your can Be A Wellness Hero too!

beawellnesshero.com

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Change isn’t easy.....               Our Daily Habits & Choices                   2.12.13


Humans are creatures of habit.  Both good & bad habits rule our day to day lives as we make choices about everything.  Thousands of decisions are made by the time we even step out of the house in the AM.  What does all this mean?  A person is in more control of their happiness then previously thought.   Not just happiness, but how your body processes energy through metabolic function. 

Personal responsibility is over looked in the pursuit of daily life, what most consider minor details or insignificant choices are truly important small parts that make up the greater whole for our METABOLISM.  People who don’t even give any thought to is the simple decisions we make every moment, like choosing to smile from ear to ear at any moment.  Or take stairs vs elevator, the list goes on to our options we have to MOVE and EAT.   Yet they are the same people who are complaining having a slow metabolism have NO ONE to blame, but THEMSELVES.  Be ok with your choices, but understand that every choice has an outcome.  Take the black and white perspective with your decisions, either it WILL help or hurt, speed up or slow down your metabolism. 

The view I look through is simply this, my happiness is where I am?  Basically, I choose to be sitting here in front of this computer typing, so it was my choice to sit here.   Sitting slows my Metabolism, so I know I can’t sit too long.  

This practice is easier said then done, I have placed much intention behind my metabolism.  I use to believe I had a SLOW Metabolism, but after gaining more EDUCATION, I now realize I WAS EATING WAY TOO MUCH Calories for how ACTIVE I was.    Ironically, I love being physically active now & honing my 4 parts of health to thrive with a high quality of day to day life guide my choices. 

What is their to do for the average person who is out of practice for good personal decisions?  It all starts with one change, just one, start eating once more a day or start moving more today then you did yesterday and create that pattern/routine. 

Also supporting to change is to specifically find out what you want to change, write it down, find support, and make it happen.  Goal Setting.  Remember everything can be changed from the way we walk to the way we think, the power is all in the daily choices we make.....

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Physical Activity of LIFE!                                         9.14.12

Taking care of your inside parts is what counts the most, health is an internal thing and when we exercise we truly are impacting our guts more then you may think. 
 No matter where your starting point is with your life and condition of the body, these are the first steps to identify healthy habits to build a foundation for a healthy lifestyle. 

1.  How much sleep do you get each night out of seven days?  To maintain an ideal body weight an adult should accomplish at least 7 hours each night.....SLEEP is a vital variable to maintaining & achieving an ideal body weight.

2.  Start a food journal with writing down EVERYTHING you eat over 7 days  A specific focus on food consumption (diet is anything a person eats) with looking into how many calories each day, while identifying Protein, Carbs, Fats in grams for each category.   Not a bad idea to eliminate both Alcohol & Sugar from the diet.  Drink WATER, you cannot consume to much of this!!!!!

3.   Physical activity is a MUST for everyone.  The idea is to balance your movements into something you enjoy participating in, basically the rule is 60 min. a day on most days of the week.  Look into measure your heart rate during exercise/physical activity, as this is the best tool for driven results.  Find your target heart rate & put your heart in it!!!!

4. Set a goal that is both reasonable and specific (results can be measured).  Actually write it down and check daily what have you done to accomplish it. 
Get educated on moving smarter, not harder.  The idea is to be effective, safe, and results driven.  Seek out knowledge on you own through several different mediums.  Ask questions to a dietitian, personal trainer, wellness coach, or other fitness professional.  Be aggressive with your health and being in the know is a great way to be effective. 

5. A base assessment of body fat should be conducted in the beginning, this measurement (NO SCALE for WEIGHT, bad reference point) should give a fat to everything else ratio & that number will decrease over the course of becoming more physically active.  This is also the reference point for results for the future.  For body weight their is no quick fixes, truly the solution is a lifestyle that supports as much movement as possible.  Making daily choices that have positive outcomes will continue the habits necessary to live well.  

A dose of mental health.....A New beginning or a better continuation.

A dose of mental health.....A New beginning or a better continuation.    1.2.12

Time is an element that is only measured by humans, and when measuring time their is a beginning and end.  At this TIME of the new year we tend to make resolutions or changes to the habits that surround our day to day grind.  I have written about “change” (of habits) in the past; how “change” should be gradual and balanced.

The flow of energy around us combined with the vibration of life influence our daily experience, and truly if a person is happy, it is because they decided to be that way and make choices to think that way.  Happiness is internal and starts with an attitude to be happy, because really who decides if they smile or not?  (A personal ) Reaction (s) to outcomes of our choices are all about how our mental state decides it is going to be, do you want to have a better experience?  Think about it.....yeah I’m happy only if I want to be (no one else decides that for me) and can’t we all make new choices day to day?  Are we really in control of our habits...

My experience is about being in the know and now (present moment).  Continuing forward with improved choices for even better outcomes is possible.  Just because it is a new year we don’t have to make drastic changes that don’t vibe with our daily habits, but allow a more positive balance to exist by being aware.  Mental health is about accepting and understanding new ideas and concepts.  With knowing that it is an indivdual choice to be proactive and take your smile to the masses and see how just that simple choice of always smiling changes everything about a better continuation during the present moment. 

So go ahead and just do it, smile for the next, well you decide how long you want to be happy for.  Hey, I’m not going to put a gun to your head to make you smile.....:-)

live enthusiastically,
Brian :)

So what do you want to change? Strong Mental Health needed...

Change isn’t easy.....               Our Daily Habits & Choices                     11.6.11


Humans are creatures of habit (Mental Health).  Both good & bad habits rule our day to day lives as we make choices about everything.  Thousands of decisions are made by the time we even step out of the house in the AM.  What does all this mean?  A person is in more control of their happiness then previously thought.   If a person is NOT doing something that they want (in any situation) , well CHANGE to a different decision for a different out come. 

Much is over looked in the pursuit of daily life, what most consider minor details or insignificant choices are truly important small parts that make up the greater whole during our experience.  People who don’t even give any thought to is the simple decisions we make every moment, like choosing to smile from ear to ear at any moment.  Yet they are the same people who are complaining about something and basically making choices for that same thing they are complaining about, so are they complaining about themselves?.......

The view I look through is simply this, my happiness is where I am?  Basically, I choose to be sitting here in front of this computer typing, so it was my choice to sit here.   How can I not be happy with the outcome if I decided to do this?  Well, I like to think that I make choices to be happy, so right now I am the happiest because I choose to be and if for some reason I am not, well a new choice needs to be made.

This practice is easier said then done, I have placed much intention behind living every day like it was my last & choosing happiness.  Ironically, I love being physically active & honing my 4 parts of health to thrive with a high quality of day to day life guide my choices.  What is their to do for the average joe who is out of practice for good personal decisions?  First, find out what you want to change, write it down, find support, and make it happen.  Remember everything can be changed from the way we walk to the way we think, the power is all in the daily choices we make.....

So what do you want to change?