Episode 61: What Spirituality Can Do for Your Wellbeing and Your Life

This episode is for you... if you have that intuitive sense that something’s missing, or if you’re having significant anxiety or anxiety for a prolonged period of time. A boost to your spiritual self may be in order. You may really benefit from focusing on the spiritual component of your wellness wheel for a while.

Spiritual wellness explores your sense of meaning and existence in life to then fulfill your purpose. Faith, beliefs, values, morals, and ethics help to shape your personal spirituality. It’s through the intentional practice of these attributes that you develop the spirituality section of your wellness wheel.

Nurturing and strengthening your spirit allows you to persevere in the face of difficulty and to overcome life’s obstacles. Spirituality creates a sense of peace and grace that can aid you on your wellness journey and throughout life, no matter what your beliefs are. Spiritual wellness provides a lifelong foundation in which we are able to be successful in three key areas of humanity: embracing others, promoting service, and building community.

Self-actualization (fulfillment of personal potential) and self-transcendence (expanding beyond the boundaries of one self) are two concepts that nourish each other. These two ways of being both influence and even define our health.

Take a moment to assess your own spiritual wellness by asking yourself the following questions.

1. What gives my life meaning and purpose?

2. What gives me hope?

3. How do I get through tough times? Where do I find comfort?

4. Am I tolerant of other people’s views about life issues?

5. Do I make attempts to expand my awareness of different ethnic, racial, and religious groups?

6. Do I make time for relaxation in my day?

7. Do my values guide my decisions and actions?

Examples of practicing spirituality: 

• Meditation

• Prayer

• Yoga

• Mindfulness

• Other solitary contemplative practices (like reflecting and journaling)

• Volunteering

• Saying affirmations or mantras

Spiritual Wellness Terms:

• Life’s purpose/calling

• Social justice

• Gratitude and kindness

• Living with purpose and meaning

• Manifestation / law of attraction

• Perspective

• Faith

• Good energy

Benefits:

• Promotes feelings of compassion and hopefulness, along with your relaxation response, which can improve overall well-being

• Restores a lost sense of purpose and helps you find meaning

• Prevents feelings of isolation and decreases the risk of depression

• Provides hope to help relieve the stress that comes with caregiving

• Improves your immune system functioning

• Enhances your ability to think clearly and positively

Nurturing and strengthening your spirit: allows you to persevere in the face of difficulty and overcome obstacles.

Level up your life, level up your wellness through spirituality.