Does Mental Toughness Develop Good Habits?

Mental Toughness And Your Good Habits

I have always thought of myself as a person that has a high level of Mental Toughness, this is something that I have worked on consciously over many years of my life!

Creating a strong mind has been really important for me because there has been so much stress in my life as a live-in caregiver, extreme family conflict over the past 20 years.

Because of this I have made it a point to develop good habits and I do believe this is a part of my mental toughness for sure.

A few years ago I spent time learning at The Evolution of Medicine Online Summit is has me thinking of this idea of mental toughness to live a life where you have Lifestyle as Medicine.

Creating great habits where the 6 Pillars of Well-being are lived easily and effortlessly!

Living in a way that honors the 6 Pillars of Well-being actually for the most part allows you to have Lifestyle as Medicine because you are exercising/practicing movement as medicine, eating real organic food/eating life-affirming foods for your best life, not smoking, getting good quality sleep, meditating, practicing breath work and connecting with those people that you love!

Over the past 17-18 years of my life without even knowing at first these habits had a name I began this journey of change.

One little change at a time, even when it was super difficult, I stuck with it. Today I believe this is a lifetime journey because there are always things we can improve in our life!

“𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥.” – 𝐑𝐚𝐥𝐩𝐡 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐨 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧

So, my question today is, do you know that the level of your mental toughness is directly related to your habits?

Actually, not many people are aware of this. Instead they think that being mentally tough is something you were born with. It is not, you can develop and improve your mental toughness in all areas of life!

A habit is a routine that you follow each day, almost without thinking. No one has to tell you to brush your teeth each morning, it is a habit.

How high would you say your mental toughness is? Answer the following:

• Do you give up on exercise when it gets tough?
• Do you find excuses for everything?
• Are you stuck losing weight regardless of what you do?

If you answered yes to any of these then your mental toughness needs working on.

When you allow excuses to stop you, you are only hurting yourself. It is not really your lack of motivation or willpower it is your lack of mental toughness.

When you have mental toughness, you do not allow obstacles or excuses to block your way. Instead you commit to work through regardless of any circumstance.

The easiest way to improve your mental toughness is by developing your habits. Pick one thing that you want to become a habit and work on it. It only takes about 21 days for a habit to become ingrained in your mind. That really isn't that long now is it?

If you want to reduce your weight with those last 10 pounds but haven't given up your daily sodas yet.

Get tough mentally and stop drinking them so you can reduce those last few pounds to feel better. I do know that this can be very challenging because many years ago, almost 25 years ago in fact I was drinking pop/soda by the bucket each day. At that time, I was 100 lbs. overweight, and had many health challenges.

Now what I had to do was find a positive substitute that I could replace the sodas with and at first it was bubbly soda water, then ultimately it was pure, clean filtered water that now has been my daily habit for almost 18 years. It was tough in the beginning, but by sticking with it, the habit was created! And by sticking to the idea of creating good habits I was able to reduce my weight by 100 lbs and my health and energy improved.

Another example is wanting to run in a but you haven't yet. Identify what it is that is stopping you and think about how badly you want it. If you want this with all of your heart and soul you will achieve it.

This means you will have to find you WHY with clarity. You will then find time to fit in your training runs and this will fill you with a sense of accomplishment.

What all of this boils down to is how determined you are. To succeed all you need is the perseverance to keep on going. This means scheduling and planning out your runs/fitness programs/real food daily meals and putting the tools into place so that you succeed.

To become a mentally tough person you need to be willing to stay true to yourself. This entails not going off track or getting right back on track if you find yourself derailed and be willing to find a way to get things done.

So, my question today is, do you know that the level of your mental toughness is directly related to your habits?

I believe so and it would be great to hear how you developed your habits through your mental toughness in the comments area below.

What mental toughness exercises do you practice regularly?

Be sure to share your thoughts and ideas on how mental toughness develops good habits below. 

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