What Are You Feeding Your Mind? Your Heart Tells on You

Published May 18th, 2026

GRID's Mindful Monday-Mental Intake (EQ)

During the Sabbath I was Spiritually fed. The intake of Spiritual Nourishment truly dictates ones activity choices for the week. Spiritual and Mental nourishment create a conduit to Holistic living. On a Mindful Monday, it is important to underscore that not everything we consume comes from the kitchen. We also consume: social media, television, conversations, gossip, news, music & movies, and online content that primarily promotes dysfunction.

If you constantly feed your mind stress, negativity, fear, and comparison, your emotional wellness will suffer. Many people today are emotionally exhausted not because of physical work, but because of mental overload. Mindful mental consumption means protecting your peace. This may mean people that are classified as your village or inner circle. To shift from a poor mindset to a growth mindset ask yourself the following questions:

• Is this content helping me grow?
• Does this information increase anxiety?
• Am I constantly consuming negativity?

GRID’s EQ (Emotional Quotient) 

GRID's EQ reminds us that emotional wellness matters just as much as physical wellness. Protecting your emotional health may include:

1. pray and reflect more
2. change of companies, spend time with like-minded individuals 
3. take breaks from social media, 
4. set healthy boundaries, practice gratitude, 
5. spend time in nature,  
6. choose uplifting environments.

At GRID Holistic Living, we believe good nutrition starts with Spiritual Food that emanates into supplying your mind with healthy nutrition while disposing of garbage. For additional tips on Emotional Health, be sure to join GRID Holistic Living Community. The link is provided below. GRID Holistic Living | Natural Homeopathic & Holistic Wellness | NYC 

Final Thoughts

This Mindful Monday, give yourself permission to pause.  

• Pause before consuming more noise.
• Pause before carrying unnecessary emotional weight.
• Pause before ignoring your inner needs.

Be mindful of what you take in.

Your thoughts matter. Your emotional health matters. Your peace matters. Healthy minds create healthier lives.

And remember:

Whole Health. Whole Life. Whole You.

Spiritual Food for Thought  

Isaiah 26:3: "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee." 

References

American Psychological Association. (2023). Stress effects on the body. https://www.apa.org

Kabat-Zinn, J. (2015). Mindfulness. Mindfulness, 6(6), 1481–1483. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-015-0456-x

National Institute of Mental Health. (2024). Caring for your mental health. https://www.nimh.nih.gov

Siegel, D. J. (2020). The developing mind: How relationships and the brain interact to shape who we are (3rd ed.). Guilford Press.

World Health Organization. (2022). Mental health and well-being. https://www.who.int