7 core principles of a balanced life

Dec 8, 2011 by DianeCorriette

Now that I have taken myself to the “dark side” and come back from it I thought it might be a great idea to have a set of guiding principles to live by – something to remind me of how to be in the present without worrying about the future or thinking about the mistakes of the past.

All seven of these principles have self confidence at the heart of them because without confidence in myself I can never be strong enough to carry them all through. They are a combination of all the books I have ever read, all the seminars I have ever attended and the life coaching I have done when coaching was my main way of earning a living.

7 Core principles of a balanced life

1. Mental Health

Relating to stress at work or home, anxiety, and fear. Using prayer, meditation and breathing to work through them.

2. Financial Wealth

Enough to live the life I choose and enjoy travel, living in other countries and being able to support people around me.

3. Physical strength

To regularly exercise and ensure my fitness level remains at a high enough level for me to remain active, strong, flexible and pain free.

4. Spiritual connection

Using prayer, meditation and visualisation I stay connected to God. In service to others and humble in my approach to life.

5. Physical connection

To regularly connect with people I love and to take an active part in my community. I don’t need to have loads of people in my life – I don’t define who I am that way. I love to be close to three or four people and everyone else is an “associate” or a “person I know” – I wouldn’t call myself a loner but I am happy being alone. So my physical connection to others (outside of close friends and family) is one of my biggest challenges.

6. Healthy Eating

The last few years and declining health has taught me just how important food is and what I choose to put into my body. I am getting better at it and just like building my confidence was a huge challenge for me when I first started, now the huge challenge is being disciplined enough to eat more of the foods made by Mother Nature and less of the burger and fries made by fast food man

7. Creative Expression

Very important to me is my continuous personal growth, setting and achieving personal and professional goals, enjoying social events and having fun. Will be engaging in more of this in 2011!

So there you have it. My 7 core principles of a balanced life. They are not written in order of importance because they are all important. These are standards I want to maintain in my life because doing so will make me happy. They are subjective, relative, and linked in such a way that to mess up one means messing up others. These 7 princples are the parts that make the whole and if one side is out the other parts suffer.

That is how I choose to measure myself, which makes it valid and workable for me.

Do you have core beliefs or pinciples that you live your life by? Have you defined what they are and written them down? Maybe you are already living them or maybe they are standards by which you want to live. Mine are a mixture of the two.

If you don’t define the life you want how will you know you are living it? Or are you a free spirit who prefers to live without definition – just flowing with whatever life chooses to throw at you?

About Diane Corriette

I write on this self development blog about building self confidence, and living a life of full self expression where you are free to be you. Being able to be confident is not so much about how you think but what you feel. To successfully build self confidence you must use your thoughts to create an image of who you want to be, and your emotions to help you feel this amazing new you and then visualise & focus on it until it becomes your reality.