If you are the kind of person who loves diving into wellness advice but find it difficult to make changes to how you actually live your life.
This post is just for you.
I’ve pulled together the most powerful and useful advice from interviewing hundreds of health experts.
These actions will transform your wellbeing, more than anything else you can do.
Your relationships matter more than pretty much anything else in life.
Feeling loved and accepted by those around you can help you navigate whatever challenges you might be facing.
Rather than leaving connection to chance, think about how you can sow the seeds of stronger relationships.
It could mean texting a friend who lives nearby to set up a coffee date or phoning an old friend.
Research shows people underestimate the positive impact of these small actions of connection.
You can change your habits!
Get rid of unwanted ones and focus on new ones.
Your brain operates on pattern recognition to conserve energy.
And we are all creatures of habit.
So use your inbuilt physiology to embed new habits.
You can do this by a process called habit stacking.
This is where you pair a new habit with an existing one.
For me, it was meditation first thing in the morning with a cup of tea.
It works!
What new habit would transform your life?
Pair it with something you are already doing.
Food is medicine
There is a strong link between food and your mood.
Cast your mind back to happy memories from eating your favourite foods from childhood.
Think about how many of us turn to food for comfort when we are angry, lonely or upset.
What you eat has a significant impact on your mind and mood, including the production of hormones that can increase feelings of happiness.
Eating triggers parts of the brain, the reward centres, found in the pre-frontal cortex.
Leading food and mood researcher Prof Felice Jacka discovered the Mediterranean diet reduced depression and anxiety.
Good food improves your mood by supporting gut health, reducing inflammation and giving your body key nutrients.
Ideally, follow a diet of 80 per cent of unprocessed wholefoods, with 20 per cent flexibility.
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