Take Control of Your Health Today.

Mental health and physical health go hand in hand. If your mental health is failing your physical health will follow suit and vise versa. I’m sure if you have suffered from severe stress or anxiety, it’s likely that you lost the desire to be physically active, your diet may have also suffered and perhaps a physical issue surfaced. Further more, it could have led to unhealthy coping behaviors such as alcohol misuse, smoking, over eating etc. The same is true if you suffer from a physical ailment of some kind. When your body is not functioning properly, is sick or injured it affects your mental health. Your mood may become cranky, short tempered, angry and could quickly escalate into depression from not feeling well physically. When talking on the topic of health and wellness you must make the connection between both mental and physical health and how they easily affect one another. Stress and anxiety causes countless physical problems, such as headaches, high blood pressure, diabetes etc. As a matter of fact, according to WebMD, 43% of all adults suffer from adverse health effects from stress and 75-90% of all doctor visits are stress related ailments and complaints.  Perhaps you have heard the old saying,“sick and tired of being sick and tired,”. Now is the time to take back control of your health and wellbeing. It truly is in your own hands. It all starts with changing your mindsets and then slowly making different choices. Start with baby steps. When your mind says, I don’t feel like going for a walk, that is exactly when a small walk would do wonders for you. When you are not feeling well physically or emotionally it can be difficult to change your behavior, however, keeping your mind focused on small changes will dramatically increase your progress toward change. Just remember, humans are designed for survival in our natural most raw state. All the power you need to become more healthy and happy is already within you. Seek and you will find it.