It’s deeper than just food.

I love food. I love to cook. I love to eat. I love to explore cuisine (within my gluten-free parameters ha!). I love to entertain.

But wellness is deeper than just food, and the nutrition that accompanies it. I wanted to take a moment to chat about three factors that are, arguably, just as important as food and nutrition.

They are your biological, psychological, and social areas of your life, and they are crucial to evaluate before you set forth on setting goals or making lifestyle changes.

Let’s explore these together.

Biologically speaking, we can take a completely hypothetical scenario and pretend you are a 42-year old woman, who works out 4x a week of varying intensity, is lethargic halfway through said workouts, has terrible sleeping habits, and irregular bowel movements.  These are biological examples. Biological factors encompass your age, genetic makeup, digestion, how your body functions, your immunity, recovery, hormones, and your physical function. Sometimes, biological evaluations may include a doctor’s visit – when was the last time you had a blood panel? Trust me, this needlephobe here isn’t running to get stuck, but knows the importance of keeping things in check.

Next, let’s talk about mindset. There are many famous quotes about how “your thoughts create your reality,” and they are cliché for a reason – because resilience and sustainability are major factors that rely on your psychological state. Let’s go back to our 42-year old coachee. How is her mindset? Does she constantly play the victim? Or is she usually chipper and upbeat? Does she hold good memories close to heart? How does she view the world? … and we all know how loaded that last question is right now, huh?

Finally, there are social factors. We all have them. Especially our 42-year old coachee. She is a mom of two children in elementary school, a wife, and juggles a busy job. She has a great community and network of family and friends that help with the kids’ schedule. Social support is crucial and includes friends and family, jobs/coworkers/boss, school and education, physical environment, community, and culture and society.

Some of my own social factors right here.

Combined, these three factors make up a biopsychosocial perspective. And they tell one hell of a story…without even evaluating what you ate for lunch and dinner (because maybe our 42-year old coachee only had time for coffee for breakfast). Now, consider your own. Write them out. Are there areas within each that you could tweak, work on? Obviously, we can’t change some of our biological functions but taking inventory is important. This biopsychosocial perspective may help to uncover how, or why actions, practices, and skills have not led you to the goal you want…and the one you want for life. Strengthen these building blocks (and slowly, one at a time; allow grace and patience for change, because y’all, it’s hard!) and you can do, feel, and create major change.

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