Are you ready to live a healthier life? Use these 5 tips to make significant changes in your physical, mental, and spiritual health starting today.

  1. Add Exercise to Your LifeAdding exercise to your daily routine has tremendous benefits, not only physically, but mentally and spiritually as well. Most people begin exercising to lose weight – and that is one of the first results you will see. But exercise also helps stimulate the release of certain brain chemicals that help relax you so that you can sleep better and also handle stress in a much calmer state. It doesn’t matter what you do – go walking, lift weights, swim, play tennis, walk the dog – just get moving every day.
  2. Eat HealthyYour focus should be to try to eat a diet that is balanced and nutritious – this means getting all of the five basic food groups each day, and eating everything in moderation.
  3. Take Care of Your SkinNow I know that there are a lot of “miracle” products out there that promise to keep you looking young forever. But there are some very basic, daily steps that you can take in order to remain looking “fresh” and reduce the appearance of wrinkles. For example, you might choose to drink at least 8 glasses of water a day, as water helps flush out toxins. Or you might want to protect your skin from the negative effects of the sun by always wearing moisturizers with SPF values of 15 or higher. Other ideas? – reduce stress and anxiety; eat a well balanced diet; use natural products containing ingredients like Aloe Vera for natural skin care.
  4. Get the Right Amount of SleepRepeated loss of sleep affects all areas of your life: physical, mental, and emotional. Your overall daily performance will be affected and eventually, so will your health. So, if you have trouble sleeping, you need to correct this today.

    The main reason you may be unable to sleep is because of stress. So you need to relax. One relaxation technique is deep breathing. For example, take about six breaths per minute – inhaling for a count of five seconds and then exhaling for a second count of five. Focus on your breathing and nothing else. With practice, you will soon you be sleeping like a baby.

  5. Manage StressStress on its own is not unhealthy – it’s the way that we respond to stress that determines what physical effects are demonstrated in our bodies. So here is my top tip for handling stress. Laugh at it. Laughter is your body’s natural stress-release mechanism. Rent your favorite funny movie or record a TV show that you know makes you laugh. You can keep the recording on hand for those stress emergencies. Go to the library and borrow a book that you know will make you laugh. Or read the daily comics in the newspaper. Just get laughing and release that stress.

Implement these 5 tips today, and start living the rest of your life healthier – mentally, physically, and spiritually.