Mind, Body, & Spirit

In the last post, I talked about what spirit is. But what about how it connects to Mind & Body? Simple. 

If you aren’t in agreement with another person’s spirit (belief system), this affects your relationship with them – whether you become angry or frustrated with them or they become hurt from your judgment on them. This is called an emotional reaction which is your mental health that in turn affects physical health.

If you don’t like your own belief system – maybe because of what you learned growing up led to a belief system in which looking back you disagree with your decisions – you may feel guilt (emotional reaction/mind) which can lead either to changes or to shame. Shame leads to more harmful and sometimes risk taking reactions to self and others leading in the end to even more guilt creating a vicious cycle.

You could also have a decreased self-esteem from regrets of past decisions and because of the guilt. This lack of self-esteem can lead to under or over eating that affects physical health.

With the full explanation, one can see how it's important to be healthy in all areas of one's person. It's never going to be a 100% perfect kind of day. However, developing ways of keeping that health in each area helps to get you back in balance more quickly.