We are so engrained in the habits of our usual lives that we are unable to see how anything can be changed. Life becomes a conveyer belt that we get onto each morning and we are propelled around the same circuit, day in, day out. Life controls us, instead of us being the creator of the life that we want. When we ask clients about how they can introduce some form of balance into their busy lives, we are often confronted with the ideal that there is not enough time. And there is certainly not enough time for rest and relaxation strategies that are seen as luxuries.
Balance is a basic concept whereby the effects of stress are dampened by the effects of something that is the opposite of stress. Stress is the cause of all disease, yet we are just so useless at acknowledging it or implementing balance. Why? Why can’t we take control of our lives and get off the conveyer belt? Why can’t we step outside our usual mindset, our usual way of seeing the world and try a different way? Balance is an essential component of health and wellbeing.
Finding something that provides balance for you, and then the time to implement that something, could be the best thing you will ever do for yourself. You are in control of your situation. It simply takes discipline to step outside the norm and do things differently. Balance is not something you find; it is something you create.
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