Why is Family Health so Important?

Having a great support network is healing to the psyche. When surrounded by people who appreciate your uniqueness, your emotional health is strengthened. If you have a healthy family life, it can contribute to your overall health in so many ways.

Who do you consider your family to be? A healthy family can take different forms. If you are someone who doesn’t have any living relatives, there is no need for concern. Family is more than genetics. Your family can be composed of either blood relatives or others individuals you have adopted to be your real family! 

The Importance of Family Love:

When your family cares about you and loves you no matter what you do, it can make all the difference in the world as to what level of self-worth you experience, especially to a child. When you feel valued, you believe in yourself, and dare to take risks to achieve desired success. Your attitude has no choice but to out-picture in your reality and to affect your well-being.

No man is an island:

We all wish to belong. People flourish in community with others. But on the other hand, it is good to have some alone time. It is important to know how to set boundaries to allow for self-reflection and contemplation.

Accept yourself Amidst Criticism:

To manifest a happy life, it is important to love and accept yourself the way you are, regardless of what anyone else thinks. However, sometimes it is difficult to disregard critical and sometime hurtful words said by others that mirror their perceptions. People can be judgmental. Unfortunately, this is a fact of life, which keeps us on our toes.

If you worry about what others think, and you need to people please to feel good about yourself, happiness will evade you until you can choose to love and accept yourself, flaws and all.  What other people think of you is none of your business. Why should you disregard the thoughts of others? You should because they don’t know what you are all about. They don’t know who you really are. Only you know what you need and desire to live a self-realized and self-actualized life.

Resist the Urge to Change Others:

Yes, it feels wonderful to have friends and family approve of your actions. It isn’t a deal breaker if they don’t. You are unique and special. There is no one like you. If your family doesn’t understand you, that isn’t your fault. Don’t blame yourself for their misunderstandings. Love them the way they are, and let go of trying to make them agree with you. Stop trying to, change them.

Show Love through Active Listening:

A loving family that listens attentively, and authentically cares about your well-being, will understand even if they disagree with you. Their love and support will help ingrain feelings of happiness into the essence of your being. However, if your parents fail to guide and love you when you are young, feelings of sadness and emptiness can affect your self-worth.

Teach children Healthy Habits:

When parents take the initiative to help their children form healthy habits, they improve their children’s chances for success. Once a child experiences the benefits, this sets the stage for a strong foundation of health to be built on an unconscious level. The parent’s actions help strengthen the child’s self-confidence. Peers and other family members are more prone to enjoy the child’s company when the child takes the initiative to be responsible for normal accepted behaviors like brushing teeth, wearing clean clothes, keeping their room clean, and performing weekly chores.

Establish Expectations to Guide Children:

 If parents teach ethical behaviors, set boundaries, and create consequences for actions taken, children become motivated to reach the desired reward. It is important for parents to follow through and deal out the just rewards to establish an internal understanding of expectations.

Children who develop strong values are able to navigate the ups and downs of life with more optimism than those who haven’t. Once kids learn how attitude shapes their choices, they can consciously use mindfulness practices to calm and focus, enabling them to choose actions that are for the highest good of all. It is essential for them to understand the meaning of words like self-esteem, self-confidence, self-worth, and integrity, to name a few. When they understand these ideas, they become motivated to make better choices.

The power of intention is not to be underestimated. Everyone in a family needs to understand how their actions affect others. Every thought, word, and deed you facilitate, helps to create your world. It is up to you as to whether you will choose to courageously travel the high road of integrity, or the low road paved with a truckload of fearful beliefs that manifest in the form of bad behavior. When you embody the courage to do the right thing when no one is looking, you are taking control with the intent to do that which is helpful and not harmful. If you or someone else makes a mistake, it is important to move on without anger.

Teach Children to Forgive Others:

Forgiveness is crucial to attaining the ability to feel good about yourself and others. When you can forgive, you are able to see the Christ within yourself or in those who hurt you. In other words, you are able to recognize that the Divine is everywhere present, manifested as love, intelligence, and energy in all that exits.

Teach the Importance of Gratitude:

Children who are grateful and appreciate everything, can sense your sincerity and positivity. When thankful, your focus is on what is going right rather than on what is wrong. Doing this builds energy within, rather than weakening your overall sense of self.

Children who learn these concepts early on are more likely to make good decisions and to not act out irresponsibly, as often. They are more likely to learn quickly from their mistakes and to resolve problems in a more positive way.

If individual family members are strong, the family unit will benefit, and as a result, the unit will become reinforced and more capable of surviving the trials and tribulations of growing up.

All members of the family will develop a healthy self-image, if they make choices that are for the highest good of all concerned. As long as they do the best they can do in all areas in their lives, they will know that they have tried their best with the most honorable of intentions.

Parental Involvement in the Life of a Child:

Parents that get involved in the lives of their children, develop a closer connection. The experience of a parent caring for their child through hands on activities can contribute toward helping him or her to become more well-balanced and confident. When parents model good behaviors, children emulate what they see, which helps them to make better decisions. Through actions such as these, a parent/child bond develops to bring both together in an harmonious fashion. With a close relationship between mother and child established, both feel emotionally supported in so many ways. This bond helps to build the emotional intelligence needed for the child to function at a high level throughout the many challenges in life.

With a strong family base, the health of each individual member is enhanced when backed by loving relationships. When a family cares about each individual member and acknowledges their specialness, life becomes easier and more enjoyable to navigate. Each person is appreciated for their unique qualities and is nurtured to help insure their continual success.

Working Together Insures Mutual Success:

Every family has their own way of dealing with the many issues that manifest in life. The goal is to work together for mutual success. When life doesn’t happen according to plan, families learn to adjust and to work with what they have been blessed to receive. They forgive one another when disputes occur, and make sure not to go to bed angry, if at all possible. If disrespected, they apologize and make better choices. No matter what, efforts are made to treat one another with respect. Through forgiveness, they move on while expressing gratitude and appreciation for the good they have.
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To insure harmony within the family, let go and let God guide and direct your way. Have faith and know that no matter what happens, all is in Divine right order regardless of the way things look. Whatever lessons appear, they have manifested to teach you exactly what you need to know. The intelligence of the Divine will carry you to your right and ideal place. Use your energy positively by making choices that resonate with integrity to materialize the best outcome.

So, what will you do to assure or improve the health of your family?