Transform Your Life: 10 Steps to Real Results

Eating Well

If you want to lead a healthy, energetic life, eating well goes without saying. Ensure you nourish your body with adequate nutrients, cut down on fat, junk foods, alcohol and caffeine and drink plenty of water. You might decide your body needs an occasional ‘de-tox’ to really enhance your well-being and sense of self.

What specific changes are you willing to make to improve your diet and enhance your vitality?

Regular Exercise

Regular exercise is an essential ingredient for a healthy life. I challenge you to commit to at least 30 minutes of exercise you enjoy three or four times a week. If you have young children and find it difficult to get out of the house, use an exercise video, go out walking and look for ways you can become more active in your everyday life. If you work long hours and have a sedentary lifestyle, exercise is crucial for you. Playing a sport might be ideal for you – maybe golf, tennis or badminton – or perhaps swimming or yoga would suit you better. There is a wide range of exercise options. Select the activities that appeal to you the most, decide how often you want to do them and plan them into your life. Enjoying sunshine and fresh air and breathing deeply are also key elements to enhance your vitality. Take regular walks and spend time outside in nature to restore yourself.

What do you want your own personal exercise regime to look like? Write down specific activities, detailing when, where and how often you’ll be doing them.

Health Checks

I know these can be easy to overlook, but they are an important way of helping you to identify any possible problems at an early stage, so you can nip them in the bud. Are you scheduling regular visits to the dentist, doctor, optician, nutritionist and/or other appropriate professionals?

Your Image and Appearance

Your appearance is a reflection to the outside world of the inner you and the extent to which you value yourself. If you are looking and feeling great, you will be exuding confidence, energy and vitality as you go about your daily life. Are your clothes, shoes and accessories doing you justice? Clear out or give away anything that doesn’t suit you or make you feel good.

I want you to develop your own sense of personal style. If you want to try a cost-effective way of changing your clothes, why not visit a dress agency and experiment with a few quality second-hand items? You might want to visit an image consultant or get a free make-up lesson at a cosmetics counter to get ideas. Wear the colours and styles that bring out your best. The same goes for your hair, make-up and skin-care – making the most of your own natural features will make you feel better about yourself.

What are you willing to do to enhance your appearance?

Interests, Fun and Inspiration

These are an important part of your self-care and a fabulous way of nurturing your soul. I want you to ensure you’re sprinkling plenty of music, humour, dance, interests and hobbies over your life so you have something to look forward to every day. It goes without saying that the more you fill your life with things you enjoy – big or small – the greater your sense of contentment will be.

What are the things that give you a real sense of joy? Perhaps for you it’s spending quality time with your children or sleeping on freshly laundered bedding, playing tennis or having fresh flowers and candles in your home.