Achieving a balance in the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual aspects of your life leads to improved health and well-being. The following are some suggestions that may help to achieve balance in all aspects. This is true of both survivors and supporters.
Physical
- eat regular, nutritional meals
- limit junk foods, caffeine, sugar
- get some form of exercise daily
- get sufficient sleep
- get regular physical check-ups
- pay attention to the kind and amount of medication that you take
- explore alternate types of healing
- Listen to your body
Mental
- Open yourself to new thoughts, perspectives and ideas
- read many different types of materials
- attend workshops and classes to learn new things
- nurture your curiousity and creativity
Emotional
- foster a postive attitude toward life, I can versus I can’t
- build a good support network
- evaluate self-perceptions, personal vision of self, others, world
- identify your emotional and behavioral patterns
- build fulfilling, healthy friendships
Spiritual
- evaluate your spiritual beliefs
- join a specific spiritual community – church, synagogue, mosque circle et cetera
- explore and enhance your relationship with the creator
- broaden your understanding of spirituality
- get in touch with things that nurture your spirituality – nature, discussion with others, reading inspirational works, daily mediation or prayer
- reflect on your spirituality – how has it changed and how does it reflect daily life?
