Hey
This week's musings will break down the 3 core pillars of biopsychosocial and how it applies to your overall life.
I was doing some studying this weekend for continuing education credits. I like always to be actively involved in some course or class to refine and be as helpful as possible to current (and future) clients.
I then thought, why not introduce and quickly break down what biopsychosocial is and its many parts.
Biopsychosocial combines your biology, psychology, and social factors.
As you look to take your health and fitness to another level, or revive your fitness, these 3 areas are important.
When coaching and advising with clients, these 3 factors are very much accounted for as I lay out their comprehensive health plan.
1) Biology
This one is the easiest (and most commonly) principle. This pillar consists of everything that it entails to have your body functioning properly.
When thinking about your biology, here are some areas that are included:
- Genetic makeup
- Digestion
- Immunity
- Metabolism
- Age
- Biological sex
- Recovery
- Hormones
- Body size and type
2) Psychological
What's your mindset?
Your psychology oftentimes determines the quality of health that you'll have.
People wonder why they struggle with consistency in fitness or have a hard time getting those stubborn pounds off, and often it's due to a conflict in personal values.
If you haven't listened to episode 100, do that as I explain this in more detail.
Nevertheless, here are some things in this category:
- Your thoughts
- Your beliefs
- Your worldview
- Your values and priorities
- Your perceptions and feelings
- Your expectations and goals
- Your memories
- What you worry about
3) Societal
This is another overlooked one as people tend to laser in on their diets and training plan but have an infrastructure as sturdy as quicksand.
It's not sexy and won't garner a bunch of likes, but what and who's around you plays a big role. This affects your energy levels.
For example, as much as I enjoy being back in my hometown of Nashville for now, it requires more energy from me to optimize my societal and psychological factors category because it's not my ideal environment.
Here are some categories to think about in this area:
- Your friends and family
- Your job, peers, coworkers, and employees
- Your school and education
- Your physical environment (major...major key here)
- Your community and city/town you live in
- Your culture
These types of things run in the background. Much like a computer with dozens of tabs open and other processes running in the background, it can slow the computer down.
Living in a place that didn't give you positive energy and surrounded by people with whom you don't vibe with can lead to less-than-ideal consequences through 2nd, 3rd, and 4th order effects.
For example, your environment is inspiring to you. This can lead to a lower mood and negative mindset, thus leading to poorer decisions being made—often with food substituting for some much-needed pleasure at the moment (and you're not consuming a smoothie).
As always...
Stay awesome, be limitless, and go be superhuman,
Julian
P.S. If you're looking to drop some pounds and become leaner so you can have more energy to perform at your best, reply to the email.
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