Health Is Beautiful

Why is health beautiful?  Last week we focused a lot on the importance of inner beauty and how much inner beauty actually affects outer beauty.    When we talk about beauty on the inside what does that really mean?  If beauty is pleasure to the senses then how can we be beautiful on the inside? 

I believe that inner beauty is having a positive, genuine, healthy and loving mind, body and soul.  This idea might sound so simple but in reality it is not.  If beauty is simple then why are there so many people struggling?  There are so many factors that are out of our control.  We cannot control the body we are born into.  We cannot control the genetics we come from.   We can’t control the country we are born into and our surroundings.  Life is challenging because there are so many things that we cannot control.  So how can we change if there are so many factors out of our control?  My solution is to work on the factors we can control which can actually influence the factors we cannot control.  So now we know that many things we cannot control affect our mind, body and soul.  My solution to affecting the mind, body and soul in a positive way is health.   Here is an example: if obesity is uncontrollably in your gene pool and becomes a challenge to deal with your weight then focus on what you can control which is your diet and physical activity. 

Health is a great example of how inner beauty affects outer beauty.  If you put garbage inside your body do not be surprised if you become unhappy about the way you look on the outside. My personal beliefs about health: Fitness and nutrition does not only have an impact on the body but also on the mind and soul.  The mind impacts the body and soul.  The soul impacts the mind and the body.  Health is beautiful so why would anyone not want to care for their health?         

Simple Way To Be Confident

A simple way to be confident is by making lifestyle changes.  I made the Permanent Confidence Balance Model as a guide that shows how I balance my life.  This balance model works for me.  The more this model is balanced the more stabilized my self-confidence will be.  This model provides a lot of benefits other than self-confidence such as positive feelings, happiness, peace of mind, gratitude, success, energy, strength, health and so much more!

The model is made up of 7 topics and 10 sub-topics.  The main topics are: quick fix, health, ego control, personality, knowledge, goal setting and positive relationships.  All of the main topics are intertwined in many ways.  For example knowledge and health, gaining more knowledge about health to become healthy.  Keeping in mind that all areas are intertwined, if I were to pick one of these categories to focus on specifically for self-confidence I would pick personality.

Personality branches off into: strength/weakness discovery, hobbies/interests, attitude towards people and attitude towards life.  I want to share with you the secret to achieve self-confidence.  Confidence is as easy as being what you want to become.  There is really nothing more genuine then confidence.  Your actions are either confident or uncertain.  Confidence shines while uncertainty is dull.  The secret to being self-confident is pretending to be confident.  If you lack self-confidence and walk with your head down there is nothing fake about walking with your head up.  This theory is just like the expression “dress the part”.  Be what you want to become.  Use the body language that a confident person would use and mentally you will become more and more confident. 

Hint: study body language of confident people.  Find some confident people and observe them.  Basic examples: a firm handshake shows that you are confident appose to a weak soft handshake.  Also eye contact shows confidence.    

This theory of being what you want to become is a simple way to be confident and can work in other areas of your life.  For example if you want to be physically fit, find out what it is that fit people do and then do it!  At the same time I do not recommend copying every move of the people you look up too.  I recommend seeking what it is that works for the type of person you want to become and finding what works best for you.  When studying these people try to spot trends within these types of people.  I am not telling you to change who you are, I am recommending a certain lifestyle and changing your traits that are not working for you, in order to be your true confident and happy self.  This is how I developed into the person I am.  I always encourage people to be genuine and to believe in themselves.  


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True Meaning of Beauty

What is the true meaning of beauty?  Beauty means something different to different kinds of people.  The meaning of beauty is influenced by our environmental surrounding, society, media, peers, culture and experiences.  When people think about beauty we think about the physical visual appearance.  I find that the media and society teaches beauty using visual examples. We all know beauty but do we understand it?  Beauty affects everyone’s life yet beauty is filled with mystery for most.  What qualifies an individual to be named beautiful?  Why some people are called beautiful while others are called ugly?  Are beautiful people born or made?  Is beauty an appearance or a feeling? 

From reading my posts you may notice I say learning about beauty is a process, journey and adventure that we experience.  The more life experience I gain the more answers I find.  I also am a strong believer in lifelong learning.  My interpretation of beauty has changed in different directions throughout each stage of my life.  I will tell you my personal interpretation of the true meaning of beauty.  I agree that at this point in my life I have a more solid interpretation then ever however, I do not doubt my interpretation of beauty may still continue to develop as I gain more life experience. 

What is the true meaning of beauty?  Beauty is not only pleasure to the senses; beauty is being pleasant on the inside which transfers to the outside.  One example of this:  have you ever met someone who looked physically attractive at first and then once you got to know they are cold hearted and insecure on the inside, you suddenly see this person in a new light, you do not see any beauty only the ugly.  My theory to why this happens:  First of all every person living on earth has flaws if you see them or not.  People with good inner beauty are recognized by others and other people will focus on their beauty and not notice flaws.  People who are insecure and negative on the inside will make people look at them in a negative way and notice their flaws more.  I use my confidence to hide my flaws and it truly works.           

What is the true meaning of beauty? Beauty is accepting and embracing once unique interior and exterior qualities.  It is human nature for people wanting to belong and to fit in.  People who are different have a hard time feeling like they belong.  Unique qualities are most beautiful, however most people are self-conscious about being unique.   The most beautiful flower is the one that is rare.  This concept was one of my biggest struggles in almost all aspects of life growing up.  I always felt very different from my peers, because of my physical appearance, personality and to the way I think.  I am not going to get too personal but I will give you one small example:  I have very big eyes that are a lot bigger than the average person’s eyes.  When I was in high school girls used to make fun of me because of my eyes and call me bug eyes behind my back.  At this stage in my life I began to be a stronger person, I decided to accept that I am different and I will accept and embrace being different and all my many unique qualities.  Today I still feel very different from my peers but the more I embrace my unique qualities the more I feel beautiful. 

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Avocados For Health & Beauty

This time of year is a great time for people to start getting their body into great shape for summer.  This is also a great time for people to get their skin ready for the sun.  Feel great, look great and you will be on your way to beautiful confidence.  

Avocados are not only very delicious, they are filled with lots of health and beauty benefits.  Avocados contain good fats that are very healthy.  Avocados are also great sources of vitamin B, E and k.  Avocados can be eaten and used for beauty treatments.   Avocado treatments for your hair, skin and nails are highly recommended.  I am going to show you in the video below how to treat your face using an avocado as a face mask.  This treatment for your face will help your face get ready for summer, reduce fine lines and wrinkles, moisturize the skin and this treatment is also great for after you have been out in the sun.     

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Citrus Avocado

Ingredients

• Avocado
• Half a lemon
• Salt is optional

Directions

Peel the skin off of the avocado.  Cut up the avocado into slices.  Place the avocado on a plate.  Then cut a lemon in half.  Take your half of lemon and squeeze it over the avocado.  You now have lemon juice covering the avocado.  Add a small pinch of salt for extra flavour.  (If your doctor tells you to stay on a low salt diet then don’t add the salt)     

Balsamic Avocado 

Ingredients

• Avocado
• Balsamic vinegar
• Pepper
• Salt

Directions

Peel the skin off of the avocado.  Cut up the avocado into slices.  Place the avocado on a plate.  Drizzle a table spoon of balsamic vinegar on the avocado.  Sprinkle a little bit of salt and pepper.  (If your doctor tells you to stay on a low salt diet then don’t add the salt)


Avocado Face Mask

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Connecting Confidence & Beauty

Taking good care of your self is not selfish.  It would actually be selfish not to take good care of yourself.  I know that some people will try so hard to focus all their energy on others, but by not taking care of yourself you are making it more difficult for other people to take care of you.  When we love and take good care of ourselves it is so much easier for others to love us back.  It is difficult to love someone who can’t love themselves.  Your loved ones are not in your life because you love them they are in your life because they love you.  They want you to be happy, they want you to be healthy because they love you. 

You can tell a lot about how someone feels about themselves by the way their skin looks.  People who take good care of their skin show that they care about themselves.  People with very bad skin do not show love for themselves.  Even though awareness of the harm drugs, alcohol and smoking causes is increasing, I find that drug, alcohol, and smoking addictions are affecting more and more people.  What does this tell me?  We are in year 2012!!!  Information could not be closer to our fingertips, literally.  No one with such a harmful addiction has the excuse to say something like “I didn't know drugs are bad”.  We all know these things are bad and those who care about themselves will avoid this harm.  Drug, alcohol, and smoking addicts damaging the appearance of skin are the least of their worries compared to the other big pile of health risks.  I think that to love ourselves is a decision and a learning process.  For we decide if we will drink, take drugs, smoke and so on.  I believe that based on the decisions we make and our experiences, life is always teaching us lessons.     

People who have love for others and want to take care of themselves are beautiful people that show self-confidence.  People do not need to spend a lot of money on beauty products to find this kind of beauty and self-confidence.  Beginning with proper health is the best beauty tip anyone can find.