Rediscovering Myself in 2021
The year 2021, the year to keep up to my new year resolution. This year my resolution was to focus on my health and prioritize myself.
How much do we neglect ourselves? How much do we keep thinking lets start from Monday, and that monday just keeps pushing ahead.
Wake up call for our own health:
The only time we wake up and take actions for our own health, is when we find something is alarming. I had been suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome, since more than a decade. But i never got deep into this issue and understood the root causes. I only followed what doctors said and kept taking pills. Lack of knowledge made the situation worse. I managed many years through medicines and always assumed that there is some issue in my digestive tracts. But never understood why it kept recurring.
Food is considered to be the best medicine. That’s why its said “You are what you eat .“
Stress and IBS:
Over the past few years, my health had been severely effected due to stress and that added up to Irritable Bowel Syndrome. IBS aggravates with stress and wrong diet makes the situation worse.
I was fortunate to come across some good docs who suggested me to make changes in my diet which helped me to a certain extent. Stress made me loose weight and my confidence. It was time to Invest in my own-self.
Consulting a nutritionist : Most of us make mistakes by watching videos and reading articles on diet and blindly follow those for our health. But consulting a professional for your own health is always advisable.
Nutritionists are experts in the use of food and nutrition to promote health and manage disease. They advise people on what to eat in order to lead a healthy lifestyle or achieve a specific health-related goal.
Consulting a nutritionist made me understand the science behind the food. Knowing my food and eliminating certain foods and spices for a while from my diet helped me reinstate my gut.
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My body is my temple and to worship it with the right food is the only way to take care of it. Food is one part where we can ensure to eat right and stay healthy. What about mind?
Yes everything starts from there. How to nourish our mind?
Practicing mindfulness:
Motivational videos, quotes or articles keep us motivated for a very short span and very soon we are back to our old self and the motivation dies. But what if we practice a mindful routine in our daily life. A routine to start the day with mindfulness, meditation and prayer. I am a strong believer in spirituality and it has immensely helped me shape my thoughts.
Even after practicing spirituality for the past few years, i never ensured to feed my mind daily with positivity. I kept going back to my low self. Scrolling through social media, i found a wonderful workshop on mindfulness. This workshop helped me change my thoughts in every aspect of my life.
I learned to bless everything, my food, my health, my body , my work, my relations and my money. I learned tools and techniques to shift my vibration, heal my inner-self and how to work on my thoughts to achieve my goals . I consider this as one of the best gift i could ever give to myself.
Work Out:
While i was working on my diet and my mind, i had to find time to exercise which was lacking and making me lethargic. Gaining strength and stamina to bring back my confidence was always on my mind. I found a coach who works only with people who are underweight and want to gain weight in a healthy way. Working out 5 days a week is helping me gain strength and stamina gradually. Weight gain is on its way, but i know i’m on the right path.
Restarting my career:
As a mother of a special needs child i had to leave my 15 yrs professional career in finance to be there to help my child achieve her developmental goals. A need and a thought to always do something for the society was always on my to do list. It was time to work on this desire. How can i do that? such questions kept coming to my mind.
Blogging, yes that was the answer! The idea is to create an informative blog for parents with special needs kids.
My interest to write and express myself connected me to Ms. Uma Madhavi a professional content writer and her workshop on content writing is helping me plan the next phase of my career.
Ending 2021 brings me immense gratitude to all the wonderful women, My Nutritionist, Life coach, Physical trainer and Content writer who helped me rediscover myself and helped me realise the importance of Self Love.
