I was listening to a podcast and it was about feeling your best. It got me started thinking about what makes people feel their best. It really is different for each person. For some, it may be dressing up in a great outfit that makes them feel best. Others, maybe to get out and get in an awesome workout, maybe for some its about their career and landing a new client…and still others, maybe doing for others, maybe your weight…
What makes You feel your best? Is it things that you do for yourself, for others, or when someone tells you you are at your best? Some people focus on others’ opinions of themselves and forget about what they think about themselves. What I’m getting at is do you rely on others to make you feel good and at your best, or do you rely on yourself, how you feel, how you make yourself feel, things that you do that make you feel great?
What does feeling your best mean to You? What does that look like to You? What does that feel like to You? Do you feel worthy of feeling your best? Again, what does it take for you to feel your best…clothes, being happy, your work, your health, weight, others’ opinions? Ask yourself these questions. If you are not sure, take a 5 minute break and sit down in a quiet place, take a couple deep breaths and place your hand over your heart. Ask your heart these questions, AND…just listen. Don’t get into your head, don’t your mind answer (which is very difficult! I get it!)….just listen to your body. We are all our best until we get our heads into it. Our mind, ego, starts trying to protect us from all past pains, and keeps us away from what we are really feeling. So, again, ask your heart these questions, not your brain. Listen to what it has to tell you. If you quiet enough and just drop down into your heart, you will hear what it has to say to you. Don’t worry if you don’t get any answers the first time. It takes practice to just sit and be, to listen to your heart.
The more you do this, the more you will see that You Are Your Best! You always have been and you always will.
If getting to feel your best needs to be from someone on the outside, maybe it’s time to look inward to find your best self. Again, sitting with yourself and feeling what your heart is telling you, will allow you to find your best self right there, in You! Some people are like this, yet others need “accessories” to make them feel their best. Maybe great outfits, perfect hair, being at their dream body weight, looking their best…having people telling them how great they are in their jobs, as a parent, as a friend, as a whatever and wherever….And, hey, we all like to hear those things, and that’s great. But, is that what you wait for and need to believe you are your best?
Can you see that that stuff doesn’t matter. WE need to feel our best from the inside, knowing that we are Enough, that we are Beautiful, and at the perfect weight, and are an amazing cook, and everything else. Isn’t it more important that you feel your best from the inside out?
Other ways to do this, along with listening to your heart is with, you guessed it, Self-Care. Getting out and being in nature, being mindful of the sun on your face, the feel of the grass on your feet (yes, walk in the grass barefoot), listening to the birds and watching the clouds move by, looking at all the blades of grass showing us that abundance all around us. Tell me that can’t make you feel great from the inside out.
Other ways are doing yoga, meditating, getting enough sleep and eating healthy, along with all the things you do for yourself that make YOU FEEL YOUR BEST…INSIDE OUT!