All it takes is three easy steps
, Dr Chatterjee focuses on what he believes are the three main pillars of health: mind, body and heart. His plan recommends setting aside five minutes per day to nourish each of these, with easy-to-implement tasks that should, eventually, become habits.
For the mind, these tasks are all about slowing down, de-stressing and relaxing. For the body, you should spend five minutes doinggetting your heart pumping and working up a sweat. But the heart, Dr Chatterjee says, is arguably the most important factor that is often ignored. ‘I’m not talking about the organ that pumps blood around the body,’ he explains. ‘I’m talking about what makes us human: our desire for connection with the people around us.’ So these tasks are all about talking to your loved ones, and interacting positively with the world around you.
‘For example, if you’re eating a lot of sugar, simply cutting out sugar won’t necessarily help – you need to address those cravings,’ he explains. ‘Perhaps you’re feeling stressed or have low self-esteem, so if you target mind, body and heart, the rest will follow.’But can five minutes really make a difference? ‘Look at it this way,’ says Dr Chatterjee.
If you struggle switching off with meditation, you’ll be pleased to know you can reap the same rewards from doing something creative. Spend five minutes each day absorbing yourself – or getting into the ‘flow’ – of a pleasurable task, like reading, colouring or doing jigsaw puzzles. Choose something that needs to be hard enough that you have to concentrate, but not so hard that you feel like giving up.Leave your colouring book/novel/jigsaws on the kitchen table.
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