Yours friends tell you about their great experience with a massage therapist, you read an article about super foods, you over hear a conversation of how using turmeric has changed a person’s life. This information rolls around in your head and you think to yourself, I need to do something for my well being. Days pass by and still you haven’t taken action in any direction. Does this sound familiar?

I wonder what it is that makes us prefer to be reactive, wait to take action once we are ill, rather than proactive, establishing great healthy habits to prevent illness and feel great. I have been part of a few discussions lately, people telling me that it is too expensive to buy supplements and use them daily. That they know a chiropractor will help them but it is too expensive. Yet these same people have no issue with paying $150 for a pair of jeans, $3000 on a 1 week vacation, or $6 for their daily latte fix. It all comes down to what we value. We need to value our health more than ever. The truth is we need to spend money in order to have optimum health. By health I mean not only our physical but our emotional, mental, and spiritual health as well. We must get all 4 areas to a healthy level.

How do you change your mindset when it comes to investing in your own wellness? Think about how you are feeling and compare it to how you want to feel. Think about the self talk you have with yourself daily and what you really want. Think about the fact that this body has been serving you for years and will continue to do so as long as you help it each day. How do you do this? You need to buy the best foods you can to nourish your body. You need to feel and acknowledge emotions as they arise and be able to let them go. You need to move daily when ever possible. You need to do something for your spirit daily. It is fairly easy to begin establishing daily healthy habits. It takes a commitment to begin and follow through. You need a way of tracking what you do. Have support to encourage you. Making an investment in your health now will pay off in the long term.

“If you don’t spend money on good food you’ll spend it on medicine later.”

Irene Amabili, my Nonna