Does your mind feel heavy, sluggish and dull? Maybe it is time for a mind detox? Like detoxing the body, a mind detox makes the mind lighter, brighter and more resilient.
So, what is the mind’s food? Thoughts. What are toxins for the mind? What makes it heavy, sluggish and dull? What causes you to over-think and go in a spin? What keeps you awake at night? Doubts, problems, worries, complaints, annoyances, disappointments and how to get people to like you?
Detox the Mind: go on a fast. Eat less but more nutritious food. Here are examples of 5 diet plans.
Fast from doubt. All sorts of doubts, as doubt makes us heavy and invites fear in.
Chew on getting to know yourself better. Knowledge brings understanding and this gives us self-confidence, good wishes for our self and the power to change. Our feelings either empower or dis-empower us, so why not choose ones that empower you?
Fast from stickiness. We can either see things as a problem, a challenge, an opportunity or best of all as a gift.
Presentation matters! The more we move from seeing situations as problems to gifts the easier it is for us to expand our mind and find the solution.
Fast from boiling. Someone says something and we feel slighted or hurt and we react. Turn this around so that no matter what one says, I do not react but rather stay calm.
Turn down the heat. Pause, and if needed take time-out. Stretch your mind and honestly ask yourself: Do they have a point? If not, then you don’t need to be concerned about it. If yes, is there something that you can do to make things better? Take the benefit of the incidence and stay light. Also, be patient with yourself.
Fast from over-planning meals. When we expect, we are easily disappointed as things don’t go the way we planned them to.
Use what is in the cupboard. Appreciate whatever happens and you will find benefit in everything.
Fast from pleasing. Often we mould ourselves to how we think others want us to be to gain their approval and love. Only it is difficult to please everyone all the time.
Right ingredients. Self-respect, recognize your inner qualities and values and express and live by these.
