| So you want to be more productive, make more | | | | So now we come to my recipe for good living (of |
| money, and live a more satisfying life. You feel | | | | course it spells love to help you remember it and |
| you deserve more but you cannot seem to get | | | | what is most important about it - loving yourself): |
| going on the right track and start living your true | | | | L - Loving, compassionate heart |
| purpose in life. | | | | O - Open, creative mind |
| Ask yourself what is keeping you from doing that: | | | | V - Vigorous, agile body |
| Is it a limited understanding of how and what to | | | | E - Enlightened, peaceful soul |
| do to achieve your dreams? Most people are not | | | | So what are YOU willing to do to have a vigorous |
| stopped by a lack of knowledge, understanding or | | | | and agile body so important to people with |
| how to get their questions answered. They are | | | | ADHD? Consider answering the following questions |
| stopped by their FEELINGS about them. | | | | as a first step to your commitment to bringing |
| Is it because you did not have the "right start " in | | | | better physical health into your life based on good |
| life, it is too late, or it is just too hard? These are | | | | eating and invigorating exercise: |
| some of the excuses we use to explain why we | | | | 1) How do I really want to look back on my life |
| are not happy, well adjusted and successful | | | | when I am 85? |
| people. Again your negative FEELINGS are capable | | | | 2) What are the costs to my heart, mind, body |
| of stopping you cold in your tracks. | | | | and soul to continue living the way I do? |
| Is it not more likely that in our busy lives today, | | | | 3) What are the benefits to living fully and |
| we become tuned out instead of tuned into our | | | | completely in heart, mind, body and soul? |
| bodies? We have stopped noticing how important | | | | 4) What am I willing to give up to have these |
| our physical condition is to an overall healthy, | | | | things occur effortlessly in my life? |
| successful and rewarding life. When our bodies | | | | What if, as people with ADHD, we started saying |
| FEEL bad and lack energy, we FEEL bad and lose | | | | yes to healthy practices when it comes to our |
| the optimism and enthusiasm so essential to | | | | physical health? We can start by being aware of |
| positive growth. | | | | twelve super foods that have the vitamins and |
| We know that without good health we tend to be | | | | minerals so important to our body: berries, |
| overweight, lethargic, under-inspired, lose our | | | | broccoli, beans and legumes, whole grains |
| resistance to viruses and germs, and are more | | | | (especially oats), leafy greens, the squash family, |
| susceptible to serious diseases. Paying attention to | | | | raw honey, almonds and nuts, olive oil, turkey, |
| our body is like taking care of our car: if we do | | | | cacao (or dark chocolate), and wild salmon. The |
| not keep it in good shape, it will not run and we | | | | more we eat of these foods, the healthier we |
| will not go anywhere. | | | | are because they supply the majority of the |
| This is not hard to confirm. Look around you at | | | | nutrients our bodies need for optimum health. We |
| the most successful people - those people who | | | | can also say yes to maintaining an exercise |
| have the satisfying, prosperous, and joyful life we | | | | routine for a duration and time of day that works |
| crave. Watch them and you will find they know | | | | best for us. Even 15 minutes of aerobic exercise |
| the importance of taking good care of their body. | | | | a day can keep us fit. |
| They understand how being fit has an important | | | | Once you can put into practice some of the tips |
| impact on their life. They will tell you that taking | | | | above, I truly believe you will be taking the first, |
| care of their physical selves is one of the main | | | | important steps to starting to live your true |
| reasons they are living a life they love | | | | purpose in life. |