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There is a veritable mountain of studies linking our psychology to our physiology. If our bodies are healthy and active, or if they are not, our minds and emotions are likely to follow suit and an immense amount of research has demonstrated that changes in our mental and emotional state can have tremendous impact on our physical health. The valve flows both ways whether the changes are positive of negative.
Yes it means one end of the system is vulnerable to changes in the other but this vulnerability can also work to our advantage. We can impact our quality of life on both fronts by focusing on just one. We are able to achieve overall growth and improvement by targeting our energies at the aspect of ourselves we have the greatest affinity for or are best equipped to affect.
In general our physiology is the easier of the two to influence. Mainly because we don’t have to convince it, we simply have to engage it. As illogical or self-deceptive as it may seem we can force our attitudes and emotional states to come along if we get our bodies acting in accordance with where we are wanting to arrive rather than where we currently are.
As an example building confidence can be one of the most challenging things to pursue. True confidence is immensely powerful but difficult to build…