First off, I should clarify that I am not a relationships coach or certified to give relationship advice in any way. What I am sharing is solely based on my own research from qualified individuals and my own personal experiences.

Also, don’t worry… your partner doesn’t have to be on board with any of this or participate in any way. These tips are about YOU and what you can do for yourself, which inevitably benefits your relationship and your health. It has NOTHING to do with manipulating your other half or playing games. You’ll be wayyyyyy too busy focusing on yourself to conspire against anyone!!!

Read on below or watch the video.

Strengthening your romantic relationship will help you become healthier. How so? Your relationship is likely one of your biggest curveballs. Arguments, resentment and lack of support can all throw you off your healthy A-game and make you indulge in your unhealthy habits as a coping mechanism.

I’m here to tell you, you don’t have to choose between your relationship and your health!

There are a lot of parallels between your romantic relationship and your relationship with your health. These are my top 3 tips for improving both of these important aspects of your life.

Improve your communication 

This is classic and well-known relationship advice. If I were to ask you what does your communication with your partner look like, what would you say? The best thing you can do to improve your communication is to listen more.

If I were to ask you what does your communication look like with your health, what would you say? Yes, health talks! In the form of symptoms… and the same advice applies here. You want to listen to your symptoms just like you listen to your partner.

Ask questions, be curious. This is key to getting the relationship and level of health you desire.

Stop controlling and obsessing

This is a big one.

Most of us go into relationships with expectations and we do the same with health. We want our partners to act a certain way; we want our health to happen in accordance with our expectations. We do this because we feel better once our expectations are met. But this is also where we fall into the trap.

When we let go of our expectations, we eliminate the disappointment we feel when things don’t go our way. That’s not to say we tolerate getting treated badly or suffering through unbearable symptoms.

But we can take responsibility for our own happiness, and let our relationship and health be the cherry on top.

Focus on the experience

Lastly, pay attention to how your romantic relationship and your health feels. What is the vibe?

When you feel good, your partner will feel that and you’ll notice shifts. Also when you feel good, taking care of your health becomes so much easier and shifts also happen there.

Look, I know you won’t always feel good and that is not the goal. But you do want to recognize these moments and address them so you can keep focusing on the positive experiences on your relationship and health journey.

I guarantee you, if you follow this advice, you will see a difference. And it can happen FAST!!!

So remember these 3 romantic relationship tips for better health:

1. Improve your communication
2. Stop controlling and obsessing
3. Focus on the experience

Are you ready to take your health, relationship and business to the next level? Come join my world in The Health + Mindset Collective on Facebook.

M.

PS – Learn more about Rustik Health here.

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Just a few years into the corporate world, I started second-guessing my career path. I was super interested in holistic nutrition, exercise and hacking my health – so why on earth wasn’t I following my passion?!

Cue in the panic.

After this realization, I registered for a holistic nutritionist certification. Before work, during my lunch break and after work I would focus on the course materials. I loved it, it had me fired up and I was doing great at it.

But close to the finish line, it started feeling not right. The fire died down and something seemed to be missing. Was this really what I was meant to do?

That’s when I put the books down.

I realized, I wasn’t getting any healthier. I was just getting more qualified to become a holistic nutritionist. I’m not even sure I was getting any smarter…

So I stopped studying and I started DOING the healthy things consistently. I looked beyond the mainstream holistic nutrition textbooks and found real-life case studies. I experimented on myself with more obscure health approaches and looked outside for evidence.

Throughout that process, I learned the most important piece to true health. The results lie in your (and your clients’) ability to INTEGRATE the health knowledge into your everyday life And I became awesome at doing this myself. It finally became clear to me what I was meant to do…

Being smart and qualified about holistic nutrition and health is only HALF of it. Now it’s time for you to be taking your health next level and doing the things day-in-day-out.

That’s how:

• your clients get massive results
• you get your business to explode
• You build trust and confidence

Are you ready to take your health and business to the next level? Come join my world in The Health + Mindset Collective on Facebook.

M.

PS – Learn more about Rustik Health here.

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Statistics often say that this is the time we start giving up on our resolutions. Given it’s early 2021 and we are still in the middle of a pandemic, you can cut yourself some slack. But I wanted to share with you my top 3 tips for following through with them and achieving your health goals.

Read on below or watch the video.

Tip #1: Just do the things

Ok, I realize I might lose you right here but please hear me out!

This tip sounds super simple but it is NOT easy. That being said, if you want to eat healthier, all you have to do is eat healthier. If you want to exercise more, just exercise more.

Repetition is the key to success. When you see others that have kept their New Year resolutions or achieved their health goals, they are likely not any better or smarter or luckier than you. They likely just stuck to doing the things.

This is especially important for you health coaches, nutritionists and entrepreneurs in the health space. If you want your clients to get results, you must get the results yourself and embody this for your clients. Again, you get there by doing the things.

If you find yourself struggling in this area, I’ve got coaching programs to support you on this journey.

Tips #2: Focus on the experience

Declare it with me: as of today, I am no longer controlling or obsessing over the details of my New Year resolutions and health goals. Doing so never leads to good results and usually backfires. By the way, this applies to any area of your life

We humans are motivated by pleasure, joy and happiness. That is what we are ultimately seeking. Sure, you still see scare tactics being used all the time but how do those really make you feel? I bet it makes you feel scared and crappy about yourself.

My second tip is to focus on the GOOD feelings. Have fun as you play around with your resolutions and weave them into your life. It’s all in the journey and not in the destination. So you might as well enjoy the ride!

Tip #3: Integrate the habits using this process

Finally, aim to integrate your New Year resolutions into your lifestyle. This is key.

Often, it’s not the habits themselves that are difficult to follow-through on. It’s navigating every day life and dodging the curve balls that come your way.

When a curve ball comes your way and your emotions start getting the best of you, practice this 5-step process to ensure you keep moving towards achieving your health goals.

Step one: acknowledge the situation

It all begins by acknowledging the situation. What happened to throw your mindset off-track?

Repeat it in your mind. Ok, this happened… these were the details… this is how I felt… this was the outcome.

Start by doing this in a quiet and safe space.

Step two: take a deep breath

It may not be easy to stop and acknowledge what happened. You may feel flustered, reactive and overly emotional.

In this case, take a long and deep breath. Focus on grounding yourself.

Continue this process until you feel more connected and back in the present moment.

Step three: feel the emotion

This may very well be THE most important step in this process.

Fully feel the emotion. Feel where it is in your body… is it in your chest? In your heart? In the pit of your stomach? Follow it wherever it goes.

This step is so important because this is where people get uncomfortable with the emotion and go numb themselves. They go grab that chocolate bar, binge-watch a show on Netflix or use their substance of choice. Once your master getting comfortable with negative emotions and take your power back, you’ll be UNSTOPPABLE!

Step four: relax and release

As you begin to feel more comfortable in your emotion, shift to relaxing and releasing any tension. We tend to grip our emotions tightly and tried to push them down.

This may be difficult at first. Go back to your breathing if you have to.

Step five: let it dissipate

Lastly, let it dissipate. Let it go.

In a well-functioning human, emotions are very short-lived. We hold onto them for so many reasons, often because we suppress them and push them down further into our body. Then, we encounter it again, it feels even worst because it amplifies an existing old wound.

You may go through this process, feel better but only have it creep back again. That is fine, just repeat the process. You’ll notice that, in some cases, this process takes a really long time or flies by quickly. That is totally normal!

So these are my top 3 tips on how to keep your New Year resolutions.

• Just do the things
• Focus on the experience
• Integrate using my 5-step process

What are your favourite tips for keeping your New Year resolutions? What has worked for you?

M.

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