Wellthy

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Wellthy is a twist on the word wealth. It reminds us to notice and value what is going well in our lives.

We are often more wellthy than we realize. 

  • What is going well in your relationships?

  • What is going well at work?

  • What is well with your soul?

  • What is going well with your health?

  • What is well within your family?

It is easy to see what is wrong with various aspects of our lives (our brain does this to keep us safe and prepared for the worst case scenario), but over time this can become a habituated lens through which we see the world. We start to see everything that is wrong with our people, homes, jobs, families, and lives. It leads to a way of living that can heighten our levels of irritation, frustration, impatience, anger, and resentment.

What we focus on expands.

Science continues to prove this in multiple areas of study:

  • The reticular activating system in neuroscience confirms the phenomenon of thinking about buying a red car makes you notice how many red cars there are on the road. It’s not that suddenly there are more red cars on the road, it is that our perception expanded to find what we are ready to notice.

  • In quantum physics, the observer effect suggest that particles behave differently when they are being measured and observed. You know this phenomenon if you’ve ever been on a stage. Rehearsing to an empty room is very different than the energy burst you feel from performing in front of a live audience. 

  • In systems theories, positive feedback loops create reinforcing systems which show up in how we suddenly feel more motivation after we make a little progress on a project. The momentum creates the motivation which then creates more momentum. 

We can feel the positive shift inside our beings when we consider what is going well in our lives more often than we consider what is broken. 

The more you seek what is well, the higher your energy goes. Most of us are longing for more energy. This is a quick way to find it. 

Consider where you are wellthy this week.

Keep noticing, and likely you will find there is more wellth there than you realized. 

May your wellth-finding be abundant, 

 
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