How Can I Feel Better? Insights from a Health and Wellbeing Coach
Embarking on the journey toward feeling better and achieving our best selves involves navigating three levels of personal wellness. My transformative journey has led me to discover three fundamental levels of wellness that each play a pivotal role in answering the question, “How can I feel better?” Understanding and optimising these three levels concurrently can significantly impact how we feel and experience life.
Level One: Prioritising Physical Wellbeing to Feel Better
The first step in understanding how to feel better is tending to your physical health. Our bodies operate as intricate interlinking systems, with countless processes influencing our wellbeing. Hormones, the body’s messengers, are particularly sensitive to their environment, and when imbalanced, they can have a very real impact on how you feel. Elevating our physical health involves nurturing our bodies with proper nutrition, exercise, adequate rest, good stress management and learning to listen attentively to our body’s signals to feel physically and mentally better.
Seeing a health coach is a great way to elevate your health. A health coach will leverage lifestyle medicine and a gut-first approach to helping you heal your body. As Hippocrates once said, “All disease begins in the gut”. We all need food to fuel ourselves and to provide the nutrients our organs need to perform their various tasks. There is such a vast range of dietary options these days. No wonder some of these options will have negative consequences for our bodies. So much of our stress and emotional resilience comes from our bodily systems working optimally. And this is dependant on the quality and range of foods we nourish ourselves with.
Level Two: Cultivating a Healthy Mindset for Feeling Better
Understanding how you can feel better also involves cultivating a healthy mindset. Our mindset is born of what we believe to be true and forms the basis of our thinking. Our thoughts impact our emotions, actions, and overall wellbeing.
By exploring our underlying belief system, we can cultivate a positive mindset to support us in making better decisions, maintaining boundaries, and unlocking immense potential for personal growth. All of these things help us to feel better. By consciously exploring and adjusting our beliefs, we can build a more positive mindset and reframe our experiences, expectations, and fulfilment as we drive towards what we want more of.
Our beliefs about ourselves manifest in how we talk to ourselves. Awareness of one’s inner dialogue is essential in exploring deeply held beliefs. Shining a light of awareness onto this dialogue is a beacon for change. Self-compassion is a valuable tool in how to feel better about yourself. Consistently practising loving acceptance of yourself and giving loving kindness to others is a guaranteed way to feel better about yourself.
By allowing love to be your compass, following your heart and dwelling in gratitude for everything you have, you invite ease and grace into your daily experience. By focusing on doing what pleases you and choosing to spend time with people you enjoy, you cultivate joy and contentment in your life. Choosing to love what we do and do what we love fosters an environment where pleasure, love and gratitude thrive, contributing significantly to a feeling of better-ness.
Level Three: Prioritising Your Passions and Values to Feel Better
Another crucial aspect of feeling better involves aligning our actions and self-expression with our values and passions. Living authentically and in alignment with our values brings a profound sense of fulfilment. Being intimately familiar with your core values is essential in making decisions that resonate with your true self. They can also guide us towards uncovering our true desires, discovering how we best interact with the world and steering us toward meaningful pursuits.
Engaging in activities and pursuits that align with your passions allows your soul to express itself and greatly enhances your overall wellbeing. Creativity is an essential component of feeling better. Being in a state of flow is a fundamental reset for the body. Building this into your daily activities is a great way to support yourself in feeling better.
How Can I Help You Feel Better?
As a health and wellbeing coach, I focus on empowering individuals to optimise these three fundamental levels of feeling better. By providing tailored guidance, I assist you in nurturing your physical health, cultivating a positive mindset, and aligning life with values and passions. My goal is to support individuals on their journey toward the life they’ve always dreamed of.
If you’re ready to embark on your journey toward feeling better and embracing life’s full potential, I encourage you to book a free consultation. Together, let’s chart a transformative path toward your best self.
Remember, the path to feeling better begins with your decision to prioritise better wellbeing. Let’s start this transformative journey together today. Your highest-self is calling.