As important it is to focus on our physical health, it is most to keep in mind well, our mind! Our strength doesn’t just come from the trained muscles we work on, but it starts with the ability for our minds to take us there. Anywhere!
In the moments where we feel it is the heaviest: grief, trauma, loss, fear, pain, let these be our mind strength training moments. The training that only builds you up in increments and prepares you for every testing time. The mental weight serves as either two things: an anchor or our wings. In the most trying of times, we must be able to go to our core, faith, resources, any place of safety that allows you to trust in the process of anything that may be trying you out. Trust when you are fearful and the process will guide you. Trust and positive outlets (whichever serves you best) faith, meditation, walks, journaling, arts, special interests, ect.
Your outlets are endless but your anchor is not. Your outlets are the wings that serve a higher purpose that uplifts you and will take you to any place that you so desire or absolutely need to go. Your mental wings keep you strong, light, and healthy. The anchor is the heavy weight of your mind that will only keep you in one spot and keep you running a million miles an hour in one place. Pretty soon you are exhausted, burned out, mind heavy, and lifeless. It is equally important to train your mind as you would your physical body, keeping it light and healthy. Mental health is not the exception to your well-being. It interconnects internally and externally and your whole person is affected. It doesn’t matter if you have trained your body to bench press 300 pounds. While your mind can only carry so much weight, your body cannot keep up and suddenly your physical self will to lose its power in strength and putting you at an increased risk for sustained injury. Some extent of worry is the mind’s equivalence to a little bit of pain being your body’s natural defense of fight or flight. This is our push, our drive to move forward and thrive. A natural ability to propel and overcome the turbulence of that time. However, our wings will be that to uplift us and land us to safety once we have reached our destination.
I speak through my own personal experiences. I have no ability to do so otherwise. Having a greater understanding of what it takes to be an ultimate fighter is the continuous training you give yourself. Resilience and sustainability isn’t brought on by muscle memory but the training you give yourself to mentally to be able to regain focus and the ability to move and continue forward when you feel your most unstable. Dabble through all of your creative outlets and community resources and begin working on what you can do rather than worry if you can’t. Even if the moment is not the greatest, this does not count you out from being your absolute greatest. Recognize that every move is a stride. Understand that at any given pace, you are still moving. Mental health is a super power, not a stigma. Allowing you to fly light and healthy. It is the power that oversees your physical self, and creates a balance internally. Continue to be you at 100%. Soar to levels that have yet been imaginable but now you are able to visualize.
Community outreach is the best we can utilize, learn, share, and continue to grow for our needed resources. Be sure to share your knowledge to others as they can benefit as well. No resource is a secret and unity is the best practice always.
Unity with Community! Always feel free to contact me with any questions. I am here to help and share. I will love to hear from you! Helping one is also helping another!
-Amanda Marie Wilkinson
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