Acupuncture Chick – Your Expert
on Chinese Medicine and All Things Health
Jessica
Tatieze, Licensed Acupuncturist at Zara Clinic, LLC
www.zaravancouver.com
The New Year is
a great time to reflect on our lives and make resolutions or goals to change
things we want to improve on. However, so often these resolutions are forgotten
too soon without a lot of progress. I notice that many of my patients choose
resolutions that are actually lifestyle changes, but if we don’t think of them
as lifestyle changes, results don’t last. My hope through this event is to give
you connections to great local businesses who can help give you the tools and
services you need to make these lifestyle changes that we like to call ‘resolutions’.
Not big on making a traditional
resolution? Here are 10 alternative options that might be right for you:
1. Make your goal a game, with
yourself or include friends and family.
2. Pick one positive
word/phrase/idea as a theme for you for the year.
3. Create a specific habit rather
than a temporary resolution.
4. Make a list of everything you
are thankful for in 2012.
5. Pick just one thing to stop doing.
6. Make a vision board or a mind
map.
7. Focus on the positive. Example:
Instead of saying your goal is to ‘lose weight,’ change that to ‘feel good’ and
‘get healthy’ then you can find a variety of specific things to help you meet
that goal.
8. Make a list of all the things
(big and small) that you’re looking forward to in 2013.
9. Write yourself a letter from
your future self from January 1, 2014 telling your present self
about everything you did to make 2013 your best year ever.
10. Do you find that come January
each year you always have the same things on your list of resolutions? Make it
your goal to never need to set the same resolution again.
If you do decide
to make a goal, make sure it’s a SMART goal (Specific, Measurable, Achievable,
Results-Focused, and Time-Bound). And as always, no matter what goals you set,
don’t forget that the importance of ‘balance’ emphasized in Chinese Medicine is
just as important in all aspects of life!
Wishing you great health and
happiness for 2013!
Jessica Tatieze
Licensed Acupuncturist, East Asian
Medicine Practitioner
Zara Clinic Owner
It is quite motivating for a person like me who makes commitments every year but is unable to do so because of some restrictions and time shortages but this year I have decided that I would take clinical pilates once in a months and keep myself healthy and pain free so that I can go through my routine life with care.
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