Here’s what I want you to know. You can lose the weight – and keep it off. It’s true. 100% Believe me? Probably not. I get it. But hear me out. If you don’t think you can, you won’t. Take a minute to consider your beliefs about your ability to lose weight and keep it off. What are your beliefs about food? About exercise? About who you are? Many of my new clients often share a belief system that sounds something like… I’ve never succeeded at keeping the weight off. I do great for a few weeks or months and then I inevitably cave in. All of that delicious food is just too tempting. Especially when I have a bad day or my kids are making me crazy or something throws me off track, like a holiday or party. I just … [Read more...] about Upgrade Your Belief System
Awareness
Writing Your Personal Fitness Mission (and why it’s worth doing)
What might happen if you wrote your own fitness mission? Instead of listening to everyone else blahblahblah about what you should be doing? For starters, you might feel empowered + inspired. And who doesn't need a little more empowerment + inspiration in their life? A fitness mission statement is a clear + simple statement of intent. It’s what you want to do + how you want to live. Every day. Because YOU are the authority when it comes to your body. Below are some steps you can follow to start developing a fitness mission statement. I’ve included my own statement at the end of this post. A couple of tips before you get started. Take your time. This process can take you an hour, a day, two weeks, or longer. So don’t … [Read more...] about Writing Your Personal Fitness Mission (and why it’s worth doing)
Disarming Discomfort
Let’s say you’re walking past a house on fire. Do you run inside, on the off chance that someone might be in there? Probably not. You know you’ll get burned. Instead, you call the fire department. But let’s say you arrive at the house and realize your baby is inside. You race inside the house, forgetting about your own discomfort, desperately searching for your child. When you find your baby, grab her, and bring her outside, you’re probably suffering burns and smoke inhalation. Do you care much? Not in that moment. You might not even feel the pain at all, your adrenaline is so high. All you care about is your child. Notice how you’re willing to tolerate discomfort in the service of a higher purpose - saving … [Read more...] about Disarming Discomfort
Is This Useful?
The human mind is uniquely brilliant. Our remarkable cognitive capacity has allowed us to develop cures for deadly diseases like smallpox and tuberculosis, build skyscrapers and land on the moon. But we humans have a tendency to misuse this wondrous capability. We imagine horrible outcomes that are unlikely to play out. We lie in bed at night and fixate on our to-do list or the stupid comment we made or the email we forgot to send. We overthink, we ruminate, we obsess, we worry. In short, we create a whole bunch of unnecessary suffering. Getting in the habit of asking a simple question, “Is this useful?” can help curb these behaviors. Whether we’re worried about the wording of an email or over-thinking the consequences of … [Read more...] about Is This Useful?