Since the concept of health was expanded, no longer just synonymous with the absence of diseases and starting to encompass the totality and integrality of the human being, there have been several transformations in the understanding of care, which has become integral and continuous.

Health came to be seen and experienced in an intertwined way with the various human dimensions, directly relating to physical, mental and social well-being.

For this balance to be achieved, it is important to (Self)care and (Self)nourish all dimensions of our being.

As biopsychosocial beings it is fundamental, in addition to taking care of our physical body, taking care of the words we use, taking care of our emotions, taking care of our energy levels and taking care of our values ​​and beliefs.

To do so, we must nourish our mind and body and pay attention, from what we think, to what we feel, to what we vibrate, to what we eat, to what we breathe, to what we absorb, not bleaching what we put on the skin, which it is our biggest organ.

Self-care is a concept established by the World Health Organization (WHO) and is related to the actions that people perform individually in order to preserve health and/or prevent disease.

The concept is broad and involves fundamental issues such as hygiene (general and personal, namely sleep routine), nutrition (variety and quality of food ingested), lifestyle (practice of physical activity, leisure, stress management, aesthetics routine). ), environmental (housing conditions, social habits) and socioeconomic factors.

The benefits of self-care are well documented. In fact, studies show that 80% of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes, plus a third of cancers, could be prevented with consistent self-care practices.

Self-care is capable of improving our self-esteem and our decision-making power, involving the exercise of self-knowledge and a change of mindset, before the transformation in behavior.

The mindset, or mindset, is nothing more than the way we look at things, the way we see the world, what we believe is right or wrong, the way we live and face reality. Our thoughts directly influence our feelings, which in turn influence our actions.

It is important to note that this triad is dynamic: in the same way that thought influences feeling, feeling also influences behavior, which in turn influences thinking, and so on.

In other words, what we believe (what I think) has a direct impact on our behavior (what I do) and consequently on our identity (who I am).

Thus, it is extremely important to have clarity in the way we communicate with ourselves, defining well, what our intentions are.

Behaviors or habits that only aim to achieve a certain result are not solid, that is, they do not hold up, because they tend to become extinct with the achievement of the result. For example, if we want to reach a certain weight, we go on a diet. Usually when we reach the target weight, we stop the diet (process) and go back to previous habits.

True change is sustained when it is worked on at the level of identity, at the level of Being. Using the previous example: we adopt healthy eating habits/diet because we want to be healthy, to be healthy. The maintenance of our weight will be favored with these habits. We create certain habits and then the habits create us consistently.

So, if we want to promote our health, who do we need to be, to follow a direction (do) that is conducive to greater potential for health and fulfillment (have)?

Decision means to make a split, a cut. There is a before and an after of a committed and irreversible decision.

We can decide on the basis of our health and make a decision about habits that are harmful to it.

Awareness is the first step towards a life with more Lucydez!