How fragile good health can be.

When events knock you off your path, Phil Faris learned, it's your resilience that determines how fast and successfully you recover.

From Faris' studies on resilience, he learned that his capacity to recover was determined to a large extent by where he had invested his attention and energies before his health went south.  For example, you can't save more money when there isn't any coming in...and...you can't get more physically fit if you've lost the ability to exercise.

The key is to have reserves and a plan for the areas of your life that are vulnerable to disruption and unexpected events.  For Faris, the areas where he had ample reserves in family and friends helped him overcome challenges caused by not having enough in others, like finance and transportation.  For six months, he was unable to work, drive a car, or engage in normal physical activities after falling off a ladder while scraping paint off his house and garage.

Since the accident, he has gained a new perspective on his health and its impact on everything around him.  He realized how fragile good health can be and how quickly reserves of cash, self-confidence, positive attitude and energy can be depleted.  The result was the development of a different framework for looking at health and all that it entailed.

His recovery period convinced him that people need to start treating their health as if their life depends on it...because it does.  Faris is an optimal health coach dedicated to helping Baby Boomers develop strategies for leading longer, healthier and happier lives.  Boomers can extend their life expectancy, while significantly improving the quality of their life.

After considerable research, he developed a plan for achieving and sustaining optimal health.  Although still a work in progress, more information is available on his model of an Optimal Health Plan is available at: www.antiagingoptimalhealth.com

Source: Upping the Downside by Mike R. Jay