Living a healthier style just isn’t about eating healthier and exercising, a healthy lifestyle should be a complete way of life. Your body, mind and soul should be in complete harmony and by following a few simple steps we can all achieve this in our lives. Your body needs a healthy diet which consists of vitamins, minerals and nutrients but it also needs mental energy:

Mental energy

• all the exercise, healthy food and sleep in the world won’t help if you’re wasting mental energy.
• mental energy levels go up and down in the course of a day this can be through stress at work , problems in relationships, too many bills and not enough money to pay them or if you are feeling generally unwell.
• the key to mental energy is taking control of your life.

Try to take one step at a time to address issues, if you’re having problems in relationships then sit down quietly and talk them through, shouting at each other doesn’t get anything accomplished and can often make you feel worse.

If your problems are work related then ask to speak to the boss and discuss any work related issues with him/her. If you have money problems there are several ways of dealing with these issues but ignoring them and hoping they go away isn’t the answer.

Don’t be too hard on yourself

If you are the type who likes to be neat and tidy and well organised then you are probably classed as a perfectionist and anything below perfection will be frowned upon by you. If this sounds like you then try to remember these points:

• perfection causes anxiety which affects your lifestyle and happiness.
• living by such high standards can be a cause of high blood pressure.
• If you’re always pushing yourself in striving for perfection you can miss out on a lot of the good things in life.
• perfectionism can be a way of escaping like drinking, the perfectionist idea can be that people only like them because of their achievements and so failure isn’t an option.

Try to learn to relax more and de stress there are several exercises that are excellent for relaxing particularly Tai- chi and yoga. Learn that there is more to life than achieving and working towards goals, learn to just relax and enjoy life.