7 Ways to Heal Yourself and Awaken Your Spirit

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If you want to achieve wholeness, it’s important that we spend time focusing on our own health and well-being. Beginning the process of healing and awakening your spirit is a process. Too many of us are waiting for something big to change in our lives so that we can finally achieve healing and find true happiness. You might think if I only had a certain partner, a better job, or better life circumstances, then surely I’d be happy and have a life truly worth living. However, being happy isn’t something that happens based on how others are living or what people are doing for you. Happiness and spiritual healing starts from within. The quickest way to living an awakened life is through learning to love the life you live. In order to accomplish or succeed in any great endeavor, it must first start with you. Here are seven simple ways to heal yourself and awaken you spirit.

Practice Gratitude

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The benefits of practicing gratitude are nearly endless. People who regularly practice gratitude by taking time to notice and reflect upon the things they’re thankful for experience more positive emotions, feel more alive, and express more compassion and kindness than those who don’t. It also helps people awaken what’s positive in themselves. If you want to love the life you have, ask yourself daily what things you are grateful for. Remember, gratitude doesn’t have to be reserved only for momentous occasions. Yes, you might express gratitude after receiving a promotion at work, but you can also show your thankfulness for something as simple as making it to work this morning.

Balance

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Living a balanced life will help you feel calm and grounded. This will also help you begin the process of healing and ultimately awaken your spirit. To be balanced means that you have a handle on the various elements of your life and don’t feel that your heart or mind are being pulled too hard in any direction. People who are balanced, more often than not feel calm, grounded, clear-headed and motivated. It’s important that you find internal and external balance. Some people focus more on external things, like work, relationships and actives and pay very little attention to what is going on inside their heart and mind and vice versa. Make sure that both of these areas are balanced. If either side is taken to an extreme, something that is intended to be positive can end up being detrimental.

Positive Friendships

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There are so many benefits to having positive friends. First, a positive friend is around to lift your spirits. They provide support when you need it and help you heal when you’re going through breakdowns. They’re the ones who rally behind you, offer a smile and hug and leave you feeling better about yourself. Upbeat friends are the real gems in life. You should spend more time with encouraging friends and less time with negative friends who are more focused on pulling you down. If you’re trying to figure out if the friends you have are a positive influence on your life, look at that friend’s overall character. You can simply reflect back on how you feel when you’re with them. This will give you all the insight you need.

Become Your Own Authority

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Healing yourself and awakening your spirit is no task. Pursuing your dreams can prove to be more difficult than you had ever imagined. Because of this, you have to be the authority over your own emotions. This doesn’t mean you will automatically know how much time it will take you to get where you want to go. You may not have realized how long you would have to keeping paying the price of your own happiness as a result of the many demands placed upon your life. But what determines the successful from the mediocre is the ability to take authority over their tiresome times, deeply believing that the payoff of their hard work will make the times of great sacrifice well worth it.

Learn Something New Everyday

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Most of us have at least one area of knowledge that we strive to know very well. This may be things related to our job or our hobbies. While it’s important to develop a deep understanding of the things that matter most to us, it’s also important to develop a broad understanding of what’s going on in the world around us. There are a lot of good reasons to make learning a part of your daily routine, but the best reason has nothing to do with practicality. Because we are learning creatures, the lifelong process of learning is what makes us human and our lives worthwhile. When you take the time to learn something new every day, you will begin to feel more knowledgeable and empowered because you know things that you never knew before.