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FEATURES and strong. So, how do you reach radiant health? By knowing yourself at the deepest level, trusting in what you feel you need—or don’t need—, and acting upon these wishes and desires. 4) Interpersonal Health (create healthier personal/family dynamics including communication, boundaries, respect, sense of equality)? 5) Intellectual/Occupational Health (feel more mentally stimulated, increase my curiosity to learn, feel fulfilled by work or other tasks)? 6) Environmental Health (better enjoy my surroundings, belongings, climate, increase safety, and eliminate clutter)? 7) Financial Health (having “enough”, save for the future, follow a budget, spend within limits)? 8) Spiritual Health (increase a sense of inner peace, meaning, and purpose, practice centering or sacred rituals, increase a sense of community with self, others, and nature)? The Soul Health Model provides the blueprint to attaining optimal health. The 10 branches of the model allow you to assess what is working— or allowing you to thrive— and what is not working—what diminishes or depletes your sense of vitality—so you can better align with your greatest needs and desires. Your soul is the inner voice you hear as you explore the “health” of each aspect of your life. When we work to balance even one of the branches, all others are enhanced and we reach a higher level of radiance (satisfaction, pride, and comfort) in our lives. Therefore, the better we balance our human lives through listening to our inner wisdom, the more radiant we feel as souls. Consider how to create your own Soul Health by listening, trusting, and acting upon how to improve each of the following branches of health. Ask yourself: How can I enhance my— 1) Physical Health (increase physical fitness, improve nutrition, work to prevent or treat an illness or disease, get more sleep, attend better to general self-care)? 2) Psychological Health (have more positive thoughts, change unhealthy behaviors, better manage my emotions/feelings, improve my self-esteem/self-image, eliminate “disease” with my life)? 3) Social Health (eliminate unhealthy relationships, create better relationships with friends, family, colleagues, and others, spend more time with my pets)? 53 | NEW CONSCIOUSNESS REVIEW 9) Sexual Health (enjoy sexual interactions, create intimacy and passion, establish physical and emotional safety with your partner, heal sexual wounds)? 10) Recreational Health (create and enjoy time for fun, leisure, and entertainment)? Next, create a plan for how you want to move forward in creating your optimal health. You might want to choose one branch per month to explore, choose the top 2 or 3 branches that need work, or perhaps you will choose to work a little bit at a time on each of the branches throughout the year. Whichever method you choose, make sure it aligns with what feels the most “right”, then get to work. Few know this, but the word “inspire” holds