| Holistic health embraces optimum functioning in five | | | | consciousness in this area of spirituality? |
| key areas of well-being. These are spiritual, emotional, | | | | Move on to the emotional level. Do you pay heed to |
| relationships, health and fitness and finances/career. | | | | your intuition? Do you allow your feelings to show |
| Depletion in any one area pulls down the holistic | | | | you your deepest desires? Do you suppress your |
| health of the entire person, because each area of | | | | emotions through fear of becoming vulnerable? How |
| our life relates and is interdependent on the others to | | | | do you feel about who you think you are? Go even |
| some intrinsic extent. | | | | deeper and get real with your questions. |
| Let's have some fun now: | | | | On to relationships. Who do you want to be, as you |
| On an A4 size sheet of paper draw a three | | | | interact with other people? Do you seek personal |
| equal-sided pyramid. Now draw four equi-distant | | | | validation through what others think of you? How |
| horizontal lines inside the pyramid. In the top section | | | | empowered does this make you feel? Do you try to |
| write 'spiritual'. Underneath that, and filling each | | | | give rather than take in your relationships? Again, go |
| subsequent space, write emotional, relationships, | | | | deeper and get real with your questions. |
| health and fitness, and finally on the lowest level, put | | | | With health and fitness, you will know more easily |
| finances and career. Now you have a visual of your | | | | where you stand. Through your body you interact |
| holistic health portfolio. You can set out to examine | | | | with this physical world. How important is it that you |
| each level to see your present position of wellness or | | | | keep your body in optimum shape and fitness? Do |
| need. Where you find you would most like to adjust | | | | you eat fresh and healthy foods that fuel your body |
| and upgrade, choose that level to work on first. | | | | for optimum vitality or do you choose heavy, lifeless |
| Ask simple questions to assess where you are in | | | | foods that weigh you down? |
| relation to each specific level. These are just some | | | | Finally, finances and career. Explore what money and |
| sample questions you can ask as you explore each | | | | career mean to you in terms of self appreciation and |
| level of your holistic health pyramid. The aim is to | | | | self identity rather than in dollar amounts. Do you |
| broaden your understanding and uplift your | | | | need money to feel valuable? How much do you |
| self-esteem and expertise at each level of your | | | | charge for your services? Is this your true worth? |
| pyramid. | | | | Think deeply about the control money has over your |
| For spirituality you might ask: Who am I? Where did I | | | | life. You may choose to loosen its grip. |
| come from? Where am I going? Why am I here? | | | | Life is fundamentally a game, and you are here to |
| Is understanding my deeply spiritual aspects a priority | | | | experience all the drama and excitement, the fun and |
| for me now? Would expanding my experience and | | | | challenges of that game. It's about meeting each |
| understanding of myself spiritually, empower me to | | | | challenge as it comes along and enjoying the thrill of |
| move ahead in the other levels? Which specific | | | | the game experience. Create your life for balance |
| spiritual experience will I pursue and try to understand | | | | and true holistic health and therefore holistic wealth, |
| more fully? How can I develop and expand my | | | | and discover within, your own magnificent self. |