Mindful Minute on Substack

Physical Sleep well. Eat well. Exercise. This doesn’t mean go to the power gym with a trainer. It might just mean take a walk three times a week. Whatever works for you. Emotional Be around people who love and support you and whom you love and support. Ignore everyone else as much as you can. Engage with nobody who is bad to you. When you get in th

This final step is about taking stock of what works. This can be actively making a list of behaviors that you want to practice or simply taking a moment to quietly acknowledge progress when it happens. Make a note of words of encouragement, mantras, or images that help you get into the state of mind you’re trying to achieve. Write them down somewhe

I’ve found that these three types of behaviors—moving your body physically, making or fixing something, and interacting socially in a meaningful way (meet)—seem especially good as ways to move on from unhelpful negative thinking.

In fact, you could think of the three as a tripod upon which life is balanced. One needs all three to have any sustainable success or happiness.