Enjoy the Journey 

Wellness
Written By Adrien Cotton

Now that we have discussed the steps I believe lead to a growth mindset and greater wellness, I want to introduce to you my final tip: Enjoy the journey. Your experiences will be much more rewarding if you apply this strategy to your daily life. Not only will you give your brain a boost of positive feeling, you will likely continue to create successes. Your brain loves success and will want to continue the path toward wellness.There are more, yet here are my favorite ways to enjoy the journey...  

#1 Celebrate successes and wins along the way

The key to making progress is to celebrate the small wins, even when you think they are too small. Wins like these I’ve listed below can, combined or not, create the perfect environment for wellness.

  • • Meal planning two times per month
  • • Practicing gratitude once per week
  • • Taking five intentional, deep breaths each day
  • • Going to bed earlier one night per week
  • • Skipping the glass of wine with dinner two nights per week
  • • Unsubscribing from one superfluous email
  • • Avoiding social media for one full day
  • • Getting out of your comfort zone and trying something new

  

#2 Teach others how to achieve a growth mindset

Now that you have the tools you need to make these mindset shifts in your own life, I challenge you to teach others how to do the same. The way we become better at our craft is to be so good that we teach others. This will “sharpen our blade” of wellness and will “catch on” with others teaching others!

  • • Your friend Sally is upset with feedback she received from a family member who said she is “too set in her ways.” She took the feedback as a personal attack on her character. Help her understand that she can use the feedback she received as an opportunity to make a positive change, or even to consider it a gift, and remain more open-minded in the future. Once she makes this mindset shift, she will be able to appreciate the feedback she received and move forward without any hard feelings. She may even decide to ask for feedback more often in the future!

There are so many things out of our control, yet what we can control is our mindset and how we approach every situation in our lives. Adopt these strategies for a growth mindset and you will be better equipped to handle whatever life throws at you.  To wrap up my series, here are four ways you can achieve a growth mindset and live a wellness-centric and contented lifestyle.

  • • Cultivate a sense of purpose
  • • Focus on the process, not the outcome
  • • View challenges as opportunities for growth
  • • Enjoy the journey

If you’d like to try out our Small Group Training and Small Group Yoga with Lis, you can email her at alicia@alexandriawellness.com. Like all of us at Alexandria Wellness, she too exudes a growth mindset! 

Adrien Cotton

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ADRIEN COTTON believes the greatest gift you can give to yourself is the gift of wellness.

After serving in high-leverage professional roles, including being one of the youngest Communications Directors in the US House of Representatives, Adrien pivoted her career focus to helping clients capture their strength in all areas of life. An accomplished speaker, entrepreneur, corporate wellness educator, menopause expert, and wellness coach, Adrien has proven success in designing and implementing innovative wellness programs. 

With a Master’s in Public Policy from Georgetown University, Adrien sharpened her professional skills by working with individuals from all walks of life. This unique background allows her to tailor her services for each and every client, with optimization and long-lasting success as the goal. Her effectiveness is rooted in a solid foundation of growth-oriented principles, a proven history of helping clients transform their lives, and a deep level of relatability gained from her personal wellness journey.

Since founding her wellness enterprise, Adrien leverages her fitness and wellness background to guide people from a state of giving up to a place of proactive self-care. Her work extends beyond nutrition and exercise, emphasizing lifestyle and high-impact areas of focus visually represented in her Wellness Wheel. Incorporating strategies in stress resilience, sleep, calendar management, mindfulness, and menopause, she’s helped transform hundreds of lives.

Adrien is living her mission to support clients in shifting their mindsets and helping them leverage small habits that yield lasting results.

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