New Year Resolutions Good for the Soul
We are multi-dimensional beings – physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as sexual. In today’s anxiety driven, guilt ridden, instant gratification world, all those different levels are being impacted to the detriment of our well-being. For our purposes, we’ll be looking at the spiritual aspect of our being. With the New Year approaching many set goals, resolutions and the like which is fine, however many times we overlook our spiritual health (i.e. having a balanced relationship with our inner life). In the upcoming weeks in the New Year, we will be providing simple exercises (since baby steps are a good way to start) regarding:
listening to that inner voice
connecting to the divine within
self-care for the soul
writing prompts for the soul
If you’re thinking of some resolutions for the New Year, these are from Spirit taken from our book WTF I’m Trying to Be Spiritual – A Guidebook for Loving Yourself without Fear. Yes, these are about self-love – so resolve to love yourself more in the upcoming year!
Self-Love Resolutions
Ensure your body and mind gets rest from daily living. What message are you sending to your body if you deny yourself rest or healthy food or just peace of mind? It’s a great place for negativity to root and deny yourself wellness. – WTF I’m Trying to Be Spiritual – A Guidebook © 2014
Have healthy relationships or at least understand what a healthy relationship is. If you are in pain continually in a relationship, then it isn't healthy. If you require allies to secure your point of view, this also isn’t healthy, and you will need to look at your part in that. – WTF I’m Trying to Be Spiritual – A Guidebook © 2014
Love yourself enough to steer clear of negativity. If you gossip, you are saying that you don't care what others say about you, which means you don't care if you receive negativity. – WTF I’m Trying to Be Spiritual – A Guidebook © 2014
In the meantime, we’re going to have you ponder some questions before the New Year (we’ve given some examples to get you started).
How am I NOT being good enough to myself regarding:
Health-wise i.e. not enough exercise ________________more sleep___________________
Relationship-wise ( friends) i.e. competitiveness _______set boundaries__________________
Relationship-wise (family) i.e. negate love _______________________________________
Relationship-wise (romantic) i.e. allowing abuse __________________________________
Career-wise i.e. self-sabotage _______________________________________________
Financially i.e. overspending ________________________________________________
Sexually i.e. instant gratification ______________________________________________
Spiritually i.e. martyrdom __________________________________________________
Creatively i.e. procrastination ________________________________________________
Other area(s) __________________________________________________________
Wishing all of you much love, joy, and abundance for 2018! – Jen and Hel
