Episode 359: Rekindling Joy: A Holistic Approach To Life Balance And Personal Fulfilment
Discover how to align your values, habits, and mindset for a more joyful life
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Episode Number: 359
Episode Title: Rekindling Joy: A Holistic Approach to Life Balance and Personal Fulfilment
In this enlightening episode of the Everyday Life Balance Show, host Pascale Gibon delves into the essential topic of bringing joy back into our lives. Pascale guides listeners through a holistic approach to reconnecting with their inner joy, exploring the interconnections between attitude, values, habits, and overall life balance.
Podcast Highlights:
[01:03] Introduction to the episode's theme
[02:14] Reflective questions on what makes you feel alive
[02:59] The importance of purposefulness and its health benefits
[04:31] Introduction to the Wheel of Life coaching tool
[05:21] Exploring values in different life areas
[06:55] Developing joyful habits and routines
[08:18] The role of mindset in cultivating joy
[08:31] Living with heart and spreading joy to others
[08:51] End of the conversation
Resources:
7 Weeks of Gratitude Series - episodes 315-321 of the Everyday Life Balance Show
Wheel of Life Template - [URL to a downloadable Wheel of Life worksheet]
Connect with Pascale Gibon:
Website: www.pascalegibon.com
Email: pascale@pascalegibon.com
Rekindling Joy: A Holistic Approach to Life Balance and Personal Fulfilment
In this episode, Pascale Gibon explores the multifaceted approach to bringing joy back into our lives. She discusses the importance of aligning our attitudes, values, and habits to create a more fulfilling life. The episode covers reflective exercises, the Wheel of Life coaching tool, and practical strategies for cultivating joy in our daily routines.
Table of Contents
1. Understanding the Connection Between Inner State and External Reality
2. Reflective Questions for Reconnecting with Joy
3. The Wheel of Life: Aligning Values with Reality
4. Developing Joyful Habits and Routines
5. Sustaining a Positive Mindset
6. Living with Heart and Spreading Joy
Conclusion
1. Understanding the Connection Between Inner State and External Reality
Pascale begins by emphasizing the profound connection between our internal state and our external environment. She explains how inner turmoil can make life seem gloomy and challenging, while a positive outlook can bring joy back into our lives.
2. Reflective Questions for Reconnecting with Joy
This section guides listeners through a series of reflective questions designed to help them identify what truly makes them feel alive and brings them the greatest joy. Pascale encourages listeners to take time to write down their answers and reflect deeply on these questions.
3. The Wheel of Life: Aligning Values with Reality
Pascale introduces the Wheel of Life coaching tool, covering ten key areas of life. She guides listeners through identifying their core values in each area and assessing whether there's congruency between these values and their current reality.
4. Developing Joyful Habits and Routines
This segment focuses on the importance of daily habits that cultivate joy and positive emotions. Pascale discusses the power of a daily gratitude practice and the impact of how we start and end our days on our overall joy levels.
5. Sustaining a Positive Mindset
Pascale emphasizes the crucial role of mindset in maintaining joy. She encourages listeners to set intentions for maintaining a positive and peaceful mindset, regardless of life's challenges.
6. Living with Heart and Spreading Joy
The final topic explores the importance of living with an open heart and bringing joy to others. Pascale discusses how approaching life with love and appreciation can help us find beauty in simple things.
Conclusion
Pascale wraps up the episode by reminding listeners that they are the leading actors in their own lives. She encourages them to take time to reflect on the discussed topics and use the Wheel of Life tool to activate positive changes in their lives.
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FULL TRANSCRIPT
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Hello, beautiful listeners. Welcome back to the Everyday Life Balance Show. I’m your host, Pascale Gibon. Sometimes, life happens, and rediscovering ourselves helps us identify what makes us feel alive. In episode 359, we will focus on an essential and often overlooked topic: bringing joy back into your life.
We will look at your attitude to life, values, and habits and work on improving your wheel of life.
Since you are listening to this episode, I assume you are committed to your personal growth. As you know, life is always happening for you and through you. It happens through you because your external environment reflects your internal state. In other words, if there is inner turmoil, life will seem gloomy and challenging. A more positive outlook that brings joy back is aligning your attitude (i.e. the combination of your thoughts, feelings and actions) with your values and habits.
Reflective Questions
Before we deep dive into values, habits and mindset, let me ask you this fundamental question:
- As a spiritual being having a human experience, what makes you feel alive?
Is it the contentment you feel when you're fully present with your children and watching them grow? Or maybe it’s the passion you have for your creative hobby that ignites your inner fire?
Whatever it is, reconnecting with what brings you the greatest joy is crucial. Aligning your life with what brings you joy is a conscious and purposeful way of life to enhance your happiness.
According to scientific research, purposefulness has many health benefits. It:
- Increases our happiness and well-being
- Motivates us and increases our enthusiasm
- Brings a smile to our face
- Increases our energy levels and drive
- Gives us momentum
- Helps us to be mindful and conscious of the simple things in life that make us feel alive: love, beauty, harmony, joy, passion, collaboration, relationship, peace, energy, creativity, etc.
- Enhances our sense of worthiness
- Stops us from being constantly engaged in meaningless tasks
- Creates emotional balance
- Gives us an upbeat reason to get up in the morning
- Helps us self-actualise
So ask yourself:
- “What makes me feel alive and brings me the greatest joy?”
Take pen to paper to answer this question.
Your lack of joy may stem from a misalignment between your life choices and authentic values. Consequently, you are busy with things that, in reality, are not important to you because they are not top of value.
Let’s reflect on your values across the different areas of your life using the Wheel of Life holistic coaching tool.
The Wheel Of Life
The wheel of life includes ten areas:
- Career
- Finances
- Health And Fitness
- Family and Friends
- Love relationship
- Personal Growth
- Fun and recreation
- Spirituality
- Physical Environment
- Contribution
Do you value creativity, autonomy, or making a meaningful impact in your career? Is security, generosity, or building wealth most important to you in your finances? Take a moment to jot down what you value most in each domain.
Let’s do this exercise together:
You will identify what you value the most in each area of your life and assess whether there is congruency between your core values and current reality.
- What do you value the most in your career?
- Next, what do you value the most in your finances?
- What do you value the most in your health and fitness?
- What do you value the most concerning your family and friends?
- What do you value the most in your love relationship?
- What do you value the most in your personal growth?
- What do you value the most in terms of fun and recreation?
- What about your spirituality? What do you value the most?
- What do you value the most regarding your physical environment?
- And lastly, what do you value the most in terms of your contribution?
Now, look at the reality of your current situation. Are there any glaring incongruencies between your core values and how you are living your life? For instance, you might excel in creative expression, but find yourself trapped in a rigid corporate role that drains your spirit. Identifying these misalignments is the first step to reclaiming your joy.
Developing Joyful Habits:
Next, let’s look at your daily habits.
- Do you have practices that actively cultivate joy and positive emotions?
A simple yet powerful habit is a daily gratitude practice – taking a few moments each morning and evening to reflect on what you are thankful for. This routine enhances your emotional health; it shifts your mindset and helps you stay grounded in appreciation.
If you need help developing a Gratitude practice, I invite you to listen to the “7 Weeks of Gratitude Series.” It starts from episodes 315 to 321 of the Everyday Life Balance Show.
How you start and end your day also significantly impacts your joy levels.
- Do you have an empowering morning routine that sets you up for an energised and productive day?
- Additionally, do you have a way to release work-related stress and be fully present with loved ones in the evenings?
Small rituals like breathing exercises, journaling, a digital sunset, or relaxing music can make a big difference.
Sustaining A Positive Mindset:
Ultimately, your state of mind is the gatekeeper to your joy.
- Do you set the intention to maintain a positive and peaceful mindset, no matter what challenges arise?
Lastly, Do You Live With Heart?
- Do you bring joy to other people?
- Do you tell others how much you love them or appreciate them?
When you approach life with an open heart and loving perspective, you will find beauty and wonder in the simple things.
There is a lot to reflect upon in this episode. Remember you are the leading actor in the movie of your life. You can design a truly joyful and fulfilling life by aligning your passions, values, habits and mindset. The holistic coaching tool I recommend to enhance your experience is the Wheel of Life. I encourage you to take some time this week to delve deeply into this exercise. It could be the catalyst for a profound shift.
Until next time, beautiful soul, I wish you a fantastic week filled with light, love and endless reasons to smile.
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