Your Health Matters: 10 Strategies To Reconnect With Wellness

Mental health is just as important as physical and spiritual health; together, they comprise wellness.

When we think of "wellness," many people picture a serene yoga studio, stacks of vitamins, or perhaps someone doing deep breathing exercises in the middle of a nature retreat. While all those images capture facets of wellness, the concept is much deeper, more nuanced, and profoundly personal. Wellness isn’t just the absence of illness; it’s a full-bodied, multidimensional approach to living that seeks balance across many areas of life.

Wellness is a conscious, deliberate process of making choices toward a healthy and fulfilling life. It’s not a static state but a dynamic practice of growth and adaptation. At its core, wellness emphasizes harmony within ourselves and our surroundings.

To understand wellness deeply, it is helpful to explore its core dimensions: physical, emotional, social, intellectual, spiritual, environmental, occupational, and financial wellness. These areas intertwine to create a holistic sense of well-being.

10 Strategies To Reconnect With Wellness

1. Exercise

It is important to always take care of your body to maintain a healthy state of mind. Even fifteen minutes a day of exercise can go a long way. This can involve anything from going for a walk to running on the treadmill or lifting weights.

If you do this for 15 minutes or an hour, you will see a difference afterward due to the serotonin and endorphins your body releases. Those chemicals can lead to a better state of mind and even affect your spiritual health, and you will feel much more reconnected and refreshed overall.

2. Eat Healthy

To keep our minds healthy, we need to take care of our bodies by exercising and feeding them healthy foods. Processed foods can make us feel sluggish, and the salt, sugar, and fat in them are not good for our physical health either.

Fruits, nuts, vegetables, and protein are healthy foods that are good for your body and brain. Gut health is the key to keeping your mind, body, and soul connected to wellness.

Instead of eating potato chips, try eating some fruit or nuts high in protein, such as almonds or cashews. By curbing those unhealthy cravings and feeding our bodies healthy fruits and vegetables, we can appreciate nature’s natural snacks and reconnect with overall wellness.

3. Meditate

Some people find meditating silly, strange, or even uncomfortable if they have never done it. However, it can be very beneficial if you wake up in the morning and want to start your day in a good mood.

You can do this by sitting in a quiet space, relaxing your muscles, and practicing breathing exercises while trying to turn off your thoughts.

This can be a simple seven—to ten-minute process that will go a long way. After those short minutes, you will feel ready to take on the day. You can also meditate before bed to calm your body and mind for a good night’s sleep. No matter when you do it, meditation is a great way to improve the wellness of the mind, body, and spirit.

4. Make Time for Your Hobbies

While we are working adults and spend most of our days on the clock, it is still important to make time for the things that make us happy and even bring out our inner child. To reconnect with wellness, tap into hobbies that bring you joy and alleviate stress.

This could include reading, playing a video game, writing in a journal, painting or drawing, playing a sport, or anything else that makes you happy. Making time for our passions and hobbies will make us feel much happier and help us reconnect with wellness.

5. Learn Something New

A strong way to reconnect with wellness is to step outside your comfort zone and try something new. Although this can be uncomfortable initially, you can eventually be proud of yourself for trying it, and it may even become important to you.

Some ideas for trying something new include learning a new language, trying a new sport, or even going to a new coffee shop. It can be anything—simple or significant. This is a great way to improve your overall wellness.

6. Show Gratitude

There are many ways to practice gratitude, and by taking time each day to show gratitude to someone or even to yourself, you can quickly reconnect with wellness and happiness. Gratitude can manifest in various forms, especially through acts of kindness daily or as often as you can.

Tell someone you appreciate them, hug them, volunteer at a shelter, donate, and start viewing life from a more positive perspective. You will be surprised by how quickly your life shifts into the light.

7. Remember to have Compassion and Forgiveness

This one can be challenging if you do not forgive easily. Still, if you try to have compassion and forgiveness for yourself or others, the benefits for your overall happiness, well-being, and wellness are tremendous. We cannot truly achieve wellness if we cannot forgive ourselves or others. 

8. Help Others

By helping others overcome challenges and advising them on their decisions and choices, you challenge yourself to become the best version of yourself and reconnect with your overall wellness. Helping others can be extremely beneficial for both you and the people you help.

Some examples of how you can help others include volunteering for a charity, offering to help elderly neighbors or family members with chores and errands, asking someone if they need assistance in buying food or essentials they may not be able to afford, and maybe even tutoring children or students in subjects you can help with.

9. Reflect

Sometimes, sitting down and considering the changes you want to make can be challenging, whether due to a busy schedule or just a lack of motivation.

However, if you want to live your best life, you must challenge yourself every day. That includes making time to sit down, write out your goals and dreams, and reflect on what changes need to be made.

10. Mindfulness

As the well-known saying goes, “Think before you speak.” Mindfulness is one of the best ways to challenge yourself to live your best life and reconnect with your overall wellness.

Being mindful helps you stay connected to the present moment. Some great ways to practice mindfulness before making certain decisions include breathing exercises, reflecting on your day, connecting with nature, or journaling. The present moment is the most important time of your life because it will never be experienced again.

Final Thoughts

Remember, your mind, body, and soul are connected and contribute to wellness. Take care of each one individually, and you can live a happier, healthier life. Retake control of your life and get started now!