LIFESTYLE: TO BE AND STAY HEALTHY

ONE MUST BE INTENTIONAL TO PROMOTE:

• PHYSICAL -EMOTIONAL AND

• MENTAL WELL-BEING 

HELLO I’M STEVE BRAXTON

Certified Intervention & Prevention Crisis Counselor with concentration on Stress, Anxiety, & Depression, also I Blog & Podcast on Can TV & Social Media

I RECENTLY HAD THE PRIVILEGE AND PLEASURE TO ATTEND A VERY COMPREHENSIVE WORKSHOP STUDY ABOUT INSIGHTS AND SPECIFICS ON:

• SLEEP & REST

HERE’S A QUESTION FOR YOU 

HJAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO FIX A ‘LACK OF ENERGY’ BY SIMPLY GETTING MORE SLEEP?

ONLY TO FIND THAT YOU ARE STILL FEELING SOMEWHAT TIRED A BIT FATIGUE AND EXHAUSTED

YOU WANNA KNOW A SECRET? SLEEP AND REST ARE NOT ONE AND THE AND SAME. ALTHOUGH THE COMMON THOUGHT OF CONSCIOUSNESS DICTATES THAT  IT IS....THE SAME. THUS THAT MEANS MANY OF US ARE CONFUSED ABOUT ‘SLEEP & REST’ 

WORKSHOP STUDY ON “SLEEP & REST”-REVELATION & CONFORMATION

THE RESULTS AND FINDINGS OF THE STUDY REVEALED THAT ‘REST’ SHOULD BE EQUAL LEVELS OF RESTORATION IN THE AREAS OF LIFE:

• PHYSICAL REST-MENTAL REST-SENSORY REST

• CREATIVE REST- EMOTIONAL REST AND

• FINALLY REST IN THE GENRE OF “THE SPIRITUAL REALM”

THE FOCUS OF MINDFUL CONSCIOUSNESS OF INTERVENTION & PREVENTION BEHAVIORAL TRAITS AND ATTRIBUTES  ARE:

• STRESS ANXIETY- AND CRISIS, WHICH LEADS TO DEPRESSION 

LET’S TAKE A LOOK  AT THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF ‘REST’:

• PHYSICAL REST: IT CAN BE BOTH PASSIVE & ACTIVE 

          A.PASSIVE: INCLUDES SLEEPING & NAPPING

B.ACTIVE: IS RESTORATIVE ACTIVITIES, AS IN EXERCISING [stretching,cardio, yoga,walking, etc. IT’S ALL ABOUT MOBILITY, THAT SERVES TO IMPROVE BODY’S CIRCULATION & FLEXIBILITY

• MENTAL REST: SOMETIMES, EVEN WHEN YOU GET 7 TO 8 HOURS SLEEP-YOU MAY WAKE UP FEELING AS THOUGH YOU NEVER WENT TO BED. SUCH A THING IS A known AS “MENTAL REST DeFicit”

• HOWEVER, THE GOOD NEWS IS, U DON’T NEED TO QUIT WORK OR EVEN TAKE A VACATION TO FIX SUCH A  Dilemma ...

• What U can do is, TAKE SHORT BREAKS A FEW HOURS DURING THE DAY

• THE BREAKS WILL BE A REMINDER TO HELP YOU TO ‘SLOW DOWN’ YOU MAY  WANT TO KEEP A SIMPLE TICKLER NOTE FILE AS A REMINDER TO KEEP ON TRACK

• EMOTIONAL REST: SOCIAL MEDIA CAN SERVE TO BE GOOD, AS YOU ARE INVOLVED AND SURROUNDED BY POSITIVE IVE & SUPPORTIVE PEOPLE. IT GIVE YOU THE CHANCE & CHOICE TO ENGAGE AND BE MORE FULLY AND INTENTIONALLY CONNECTED AND INVOLVED 

• SPIRITUAL REST: ALLOWS YOU TO BE FOCUSED, AS IT PROVIDES THE ABILITY TO CONNECT BEYOND:

          ~PHYSICAL-EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL 

          ~ALLOWS YOU THE POSSIBILITIES TO FEEL A DEEP & OUTWARD

            SENSE OF BELONGING 

           ~AND POSSESSES THE ATTRIBUTES OF NURTURE, CARE, CONCERN

            AND LOVE COMPLETE W/ACCEPTANCE AND ‘PURPOSE

      

THEREFORE, THE SPIRITUAL REST AND REALM OF  THE ATMOSPHERE ESTABLISH THE POSSIBILITY THAT ONE MAY NEED TO RECEIVE AND ENGAGE IN SOMETHING GREATER THAN SELF.      

SO WHEN YOU ENGAGE IN ‘MEDITATION AND PRAYER” THIS USHERS IN THE TIME TO REFLECT, FIND, AND DISCOVER YOUR PURPOSE TO ‘SEEK INNER PEACE’

THIS SHALL SERVE TO ASCERTAIN THE MINDFUL THOUGHTS OF CONSIOUSNESS TO BE AN INTERSESSOR, STANDING IN THE GAP FOR ANOTHER.

 ASKING GOD FOR SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE OTHER THAN SELF, IS THE EPITOME OF RECEIVING THE ULIMATE BLESSEDNESS OF THE LORD. SUCH THAT ALLOWS ONE TO ENGAGE IN THE UTTERANCES OF THE PROLAMATION: BLESS HIM! BLESS HIM! AND BLESS HIM! WHILE  KEEPING HIM IN FRONT OF MIND ONSIOUSNESS, AS YOU CONTINUALLY PRACTICE HIS PRESENCE.

MOREOVER, THE RESULT OF THE HOPE THAT ONE CAN DISCERN, IS THAT SLEEP ALONE; CAN NOT RESTORE THE FEELING OF BEING WELL-RESTED

KNOWING THAT A BALANCED COGNITIVE MIND IS VERY IMPORTANT IS A ‘PRIORITY’.  SO THEN, IN ORDER TO BEGIN THE NEW FOCUS GET THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF ‘REST’. IT IS IMPERATIVE  TO AUGMENT THE MIND AND THE BODY. BECAUSE YOU MUST REALIZE THAT FATIGUE CAN CAUSE NUMEROUS HEALTH ISSUES. STARTING WITH THE DEVASTATION OF ‘STRESS’

THEREFORE IT IS A MUST TO BE “ON POINT TO PROMOTE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND MENTAL WELL-BEING TO BE AND STAY HEALTHY.

UNTIL NEXT TIME KNOW THAT LIFESTYLE AND HEALTHINESS, ‘MATTER’