Good Food For A Healthy Mind!

Have you ever thought about the food that you feed your mind daily; food in the form of thoughts?  Peaceful, happy and kind thoughts are excellent food sources for a healthy mind and research shows ingesting these thoughts daily has a positive effect on our health.

Unfortunately, many of our daily thoughts are unhealthy—with stress and worry forming the main source of our diet. Whilst it’s difficult to eradicate troublesome thoughts altogether, it is possible minimise them.

Here’s how:  Firstly, consider that every thought you think feeds your mind—so, in order to feed it well, a balanced diet is needed.

Each day:

• Increase positive expressions as you converse with people. For example, thank people more often for the help and the services they provide.  Gratitude is a healthy food source.

• Reduce the habit of complaining and blaming.  Both are energy-depleting.  Also, reduce negative influences that keep your thoughts focused on ‘life’s dramas’ – media news is an example.  If your senses are constantly bombarded by negative information, it is more difficult to generate positive thoughts. 

• Introduce positive statements into your diet such as, “Today I will worry less.”  “Today I enjoy being happy.” “I feel good about myself today.”

• Add supplements such as joy and laughter to your day. These essential tonics generate happier thoughts.

• Assess all of the kindhearted actions that you engaged in throughout the day.  Recalling them to mind generates both good thoughts and feelings.

If you catch yourself in ‘worry mode’, here’s a little trick: Liken ‘stressful thoughts’ to ‘fat’ in a diet.  As with too much fat, too many worries will clog your system and weigh you down!

To stay in great shape, pay attention to the food you feed both your body and mind. Ensure kind-hearted thoughts are part of your daily diet!

Here is a fun video clip that that provides positive food for the mind! Enjoy.