Short YouTube clip ("Take Back Control!") where Connor Beaton prescribes daily practices to improve mental and physical well-being: cultivate self-appreciation, exercise frequently, meditate or journal daily, consume better content, replace coping mechanisms (e.g., smoking, drinking, porn) with generative habits (breath work, stretching, reading), expand social circle, and work on your mission every day (even five minutes).
Create an internal environment of appreciation and gratitude. AKA to better the way that I spoke to myself as a man. Use your body. For me, this is working out five, six days a week. Meditating or journaling every single day, one or the other. I don't think that you have to do one specifically. I usually oscillate back and forth between the two. Consume better content, for the love of God. Next is replace coping mechanisms with generative habits. Coping mechanism might be smoking, weed, drinking, porn. So begin to replace those coping mechanisms with habits that are more generative. Breath work, stretching, yoga, working out, reading. Start to socialize with more people. People outside of your comfort zone. Just stay open and curious. Work on your mission every single day. Every single day. Even if it's just for five minutes.
How to Raise Strong, Unshakable Boys in Today's Culture, with Dr. Shefali Tsabary
