Thursday, November 14, 2019
3 insights from Gisele Bundchen that can help you live your best life
3 insights from Gisele Bundchen that can help you live your best life 3 insights from Gisele Bundchen that can help you live your best life At the center of Gisele Bündchenâs life philosophy, and the core message underlying her newly published best-selling memoir, Lessons: My Path to a Meaningful Life, is the highest valued human emotion: Love. âThe most important thing that I want everyone to take from the book is: Live your life with love. If weâre not loving toward ourselves, we canât be loving toward others.Everything starts with ourselves,â she says. The supermodel, U.N. Goodwill Ambassador, and environmentalist offers poignant insights to live by in a contemplative exchange with Arianna Huffington on the Thrive Global Podcast, in partnership with iHeartRadio and Sleep Number. Their conversation included three valuable science-backed takeaways that will improve your life.Make love your creedLove is the engine that fuels every facet of Bündchenâs life â" and her spiritual practice. âLove is my religion because love is the only thing that [communicates] across the board,â she says. âIt is the only truth⦠the only guiding light in my life.â Adopting Bündchenâs point of view could benefit you immensely. Studies spearheaded by Kory Floyd, Ph.D., a communications professor at the University of Arizona whose research focuses on how affectionate communication affects human health, demonstrate that expressing our love in word or deed increases immunity and lowers stress hormones, cholesterol, and blood pressure.Donât be controlled or defined by what others thinkBündchen actively resists being defined by others. âAnytime that you become so defined by a title, or something, you can become enslaved by it,â she tells Huffington. âThat can put you in a box⦠We are not just one thing.â And not only do we âcontain multitudes,â as the poet Walt Whitman once wrote, we also can be more fully ourselves if we avoid getting caught up in the trap of worrying about what others think of us.âMost of the time what people think of us has nothing to do with us. Itâs m ostly to do with what they feel about themselves,â Bündchen points out. Science proves sheâs right about that: A 2004 study showed that egocentricism muddles our ability to see one another accurately. Keeping that in mind will help liberate you from being preoccupied with other people, and will allow you to focus on your own personal development instead.Get rid of the clutterWhen Huffington asks if Bündchenâs extremely tidy and spare home helps her remain present and productive, she responds, âI think so for sure. I canât think in a messy or cluttered environment. I like only the necessary.â The reason she likes things to be âvery clean and neat and organizedâ is because she thinks her energy can flow better in those environments, boosting her creativity. Studies buttress her point of view. A Princeton study found that an accumulation of detritus challenges our ability to concentrate and complete tasks efficiently. To boot, if we think of our homes as healing sa nctuaries, as Bündchen does hers, it can improve our mental wellbeing, according to a 2010 study.To find out more, listen to the full conversation on iHeartRadio, here. You can also listen to the Thrive Global podcast internationally for free on iTunes.This article was originally published on Thrive Global.
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