Most of us are familiar with the concept of a business mentor and will seek their advice if our business is suffering or, indeed, just needs a bit of a boost. A healthy life mentor can help you live a healthier life and boost your productivity in exactly the same way that a business mentor can help your professionally. To determine if you need a healthy life mentor, ask yourself the following:
- Do you feel that you can perform at the peak of your mental and physical capabilities all or most of the time?
- Have you been able to achieve and maintain and ideal work/life balance?
- Do you think in terms of making time for healthy living, rather than allowing healthy living to make time for you?
If you answered ‘yes’ to any (or all) of the above, you’ve got good reason to seek the services of a healthy life mentor. You can’t change your body without changing your mind and your habits, and that’s what a healthy life mentor will help you do.
Healthy life mentoring is about taking a holistic approach to living well by implementing long-term, sustainable lifestyle changes. A healthy life mentor can help you:
- Discover what it is that motivates and inspires you to improve your lifestyle
- Empower you to devise your own strategies for living a full and healthy life
- Recognise the strategies for success you’ve used in other areas of your life and help you apply them to your healthy life journey
- Apply the principles of healthy living to your daily life without being restricted to a diet or exercise plan or program
- Push you to the limits of your physical and psychological growth.
While a personal trainer can be great while you are in the gym or pt studio, a healthy life mentor helps you integrate healthy living into all areas of your life. Healthy life mentoring isn’t about following a weight loss plan or program: it’s about changing your perspective and giving you the tools to change your life for the better and forever.
Originally published on Mar 28, 2011
