Spiritual Well-Being: Your Sense of Purpose
Do you know your purpose in both your life and leadership? Are your morals and ethics rooted in a firmly held belief? Do your convictions and values tie to a sense of meaning?
We’ve talked before about the four areas of well-being: physical, mental, social, and spiritual. But spiritual well-being can often be overlooked or misunderstood. So, we want to share our perspective on it and why we believe it’s core to an overall healthy well-being—which is key to self-leadership.
In this article, we define spiritual well-being and offer three ways for you to work toward getting your spiritual well-being to a healthy and impactful state.
Defining Spiritual Well-Being
Spiritual well-being can absolutely reference a belief system or religion, but it can also encompass a general sense of purpose or meaning in life. We all need to believe we matter—because we do. And that belief can be transformative. It can inspire us toward big moves, great change, and hard work. If you feel like your purpose or work is tied to something of impact, you’ll become a person of impact. A healthy spiritual well-being will motivate you and allow you to positively influence others.
3 Ways to Get a Healthy Spiritual Well-Being
Determine your purpose. This can change throughout your life, but it’s important to assess the areas where your greatest contribution can be made within each season you enter. You have a unique combination of strengths, skills, and experiences that give you a very specific and valuable perspective to bring to all aspects of your life and leadership. As we grow (and age), the tasks or people needing our care and attention will change too. So, it’s important to discern where you can add value as life changes and business evolves. Your purpose should be driven by the convictions you hold to propel you toward action.
Practice gratitude. Do you have 15 minutes to spare each day? Well, if so, the time could greatly increase your wellness and well-being. Research reveals that by practicing gratitude for 15 minutes a day for five days a week over six weeks, you’ll enhance your wellness. Plus, you might even experience physical benefits like less anxiety, a healthier heart, and improved sleep. But we’re focusing on spiritual well-being, not physical (even though they all tie together). Thankfulness can open your eyes to see good and to see abundantly. Try it. Practice gratitude regularly and see if you don’t feel more inspired in your life and leadership.
Be mindful. Mindfulness has gotten quite a bit of attention over the last few years. And that’s because it’s been proven to help ground people and decrease stress. You can practice mindfulness through a variety of ways, including meditation, prayer, yoga, or breathing exercises. (If you missed Coach Drew’s video tip on breathing, then check it out). But we also encourage you to be mindful of your mindset. Negative or untrue self-talk can greatly hinder your ability to move forward as an agent for positive change. So, notice how you talk to yourself (and about yourself). Remind yourself of your worth—despite both accomplishments and failings. Speak truth to yourself with empathy because your spiritual well-being and sense of purpose in life and work will be impacted by your mindset.
At Building Champions, well-being (and all four aspects of it) is core to our view on self-leadership. And we believe that self-leadership precedes both team and organizational leadership. So where are you at in your self-leadership journey? Could you use some guidance? We’d love to help. Reach out and learn about our coaching offerings. You can even connect with a coach to better understand how we uniquely coach our clients toward healthy well-being and strong self-leadership.
