Shift Your Focus to Wellness: A Simple Method to Improve Your Health

When every moment of the day is dominated by physical imbalances or discomfort, it can be difficult to focus on achieving true wellness. However, making a simple yet powerful shift in focus—from illness to wellness—is the key to moving forward. It took me years to discover how this shift can truly work, and I’m here to save you time on your health journey.

The Power of Focus: How Your Thoughts Shape Your Health

There’s a well-known saying, “Where your focus goes, your energy flows,” and I firmly believe in its truth. This principle is foundational to my approach to healing and wellness. Whatever we focus on, we essentially fuel and empower.

If you’re mind is preoccupied with managing supplements, strict diets, doctor appointments, and health concerns, your focus is unlikely to be on your body’s natural healing strength and vitality. It’s easy to get caught in a cycle of illness-focused thoughts, but the key to healing lies in redirecting that focus.

Bridging the Gap Between Illness and Wellness

How do we bridge the gap when our reality requires focus on our health struggles? It isn’t complicated, but it’s incredibly powerful: change one thought at a time.

Yes, just one.

Visualizing Vibrant Health: A Simple Practice to Transform Your Life

Commit to focusing on an image of yourself in vibrant health for just 30 seconds each day. Visualize what health and vitality mean to you. Perhaps it’s traveling without worrying about your diet, hiking without fatigue, or enjoying meals with friends without special accommodations.

Find a vision that deeply resonates with you—one that reflects strength, freedom, and empowerment. Visualize this image daily for just 30 seconds to get started, focusing on the positive emotions you'll feel when living this vision.

Can't Visualize? Try a List!

If visualizing is difficult, make a list instead. Write down ten specific activities or characteristics you’ll experience once you achieve vibrant health. Examples could include:

• "I will be able to go on a hike."
• "I will enjoy meals with friends without stress."
• "I will bake cookies with my kids without feeling tired."

Read this list once a day to keep your focus on health and healing.

Amplify Your Focus: Shift to Health Every Day

After a week of focusing on your health image or reading your list, try amplifying the practice. Focus on it twice a day—once in the morning, to set the tone for the day, and once before bed, to close the day with positivity.

Redirect Negative Thoughts

Inevitably, negative thoughts will surface: “It will never happen,” or “My body can’t heal.” These thoughts are not facts—they are just thoughts. Acknowledge them, give them permission to leave, and gently redirect your focus back to your vision of health and wellness.

Shift from Illness to Wellness: Catch Yourself in the Moment

As you progress, you’ll start catching yourself in moments of illness-focused thinking. For example, thoughts like "I don’t feel well" or "My stomach hurts" may trigger a moment of self-awareness. When this happens, send yourself compassion and gently redirect your thoughts back to something positive. You could think, “I am ready to embrace vibrant health for my body,” or another affirming thought that aligns with your wellness journey.

Open to Healing: Create a New Reality

Within a couple of weeks, you may begin to notice a shift—a glimmer of hope, a deeper connection to the possibility of healing. This practice of focusing on what you want rather than what you don’t want will slowly but surely open you up to new possibilities.

As you continue this journey, you’ll start seeing opportunities for healing appear. Perhaps a new approach to nutrition, a helpful practitioner, or a supplement your body needs to reach the next level of health will come into your life.

Take Action: Focus for Just 30 Seconds a Day

The best part? It only takes 30 seconds a day to start changing your reality. By intentionally focusing on what you want in terms of health and wellness, you will begin to attract the solutions and resources your body needs.

Take that first step today: shift your focus toward the vibrant health you desire and watch the positive changes unfold.