What is your definition of health? Is it truly YOUR definition?…

Or has it somehow been passed on to you from your culture, environment, upbringing, peers, social circle, coworkers, teachers, media (especially with the prefix “social” #fitspo #eatclean #getskinnyandpretty) or any other daily influence in your life?

Here is what comes up when we google search “definition of health”

health
(helTH)
noun: health

the state of being free from illness or injury.
“he was restored to health”

synonyms: well-being, healthiness, fitness, good condition, good shape, fine fettle; More

antonyms: illness

• a person’s mental or physical condition.
  “bad health forced him to retire”
  • synonyms: physical state, physical shape, condition, constitution
    “bad health forced him to retire”
• used to express friendly feelings toward one’s companions before drinking.
  exclamation: your good health; exclamation: your health; noun: your health; plural noun: your healths

Is there anything missing here? Anything you would add?

Here’s your Homework:

Eating Intuit: Step 4 – REDEFINE PART 1

Write down 2 definitions of health.

Definition 1: Write down everything you’ve been told. Write down what you heard growing up. How you were treated because of how you looked or didn’t look. What you learned in health class. What you hear people talking about. What the magazines say. What the commercials say.

Definition 2: Write down YOUR definition of health. I’m not going to limit or guide you or tell you anything. Simply write down what your heart and intuition tells you that health is to YOU!

Please comment to let us know if you found any contrast in the 2 definitions, and share this post with your friends!

Much Love,

Tessie

Sources: Google Dictionary, and inspired by my studies at the Institute for the Psychology of Eating.

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