He very directly addresses one of the most common and destructive mistakes we all make.
“We flee solitude, the only serious treatment for loneliness.
We avoid dialogue with ourselves, the only person present in all scenes of our drama.
We dismiss dreams, the ongoing commentary offered by the self, as to just how things are going and how they might be better.
We ignore our history, with its many clues as to the autonomous agents that are making those self-defeating patterns for us”
This quote reminds me of a documentary-ish thing I was watching on CNN last week. It was about heroin addiction. The young man who battled addiction commented that addiction is the only cell where the key is on the inside.
This is so precisely true of our battles with weight and food.
You will not find the answer in someone’s blog or podcast, including mine. You will not find the answer in a meal plan, food list or detox.
YOU have all the answers, when you’re ready to stop running from them, stop numbing them & start embracing them.
It kinda sucks in the doing, I won’t lie. But freedom ONLY comes from facing those truths that we try to deny, ignore and avoid.
This is what I try to teach my clients. This is what I am teaching in Breaking Barriers.
I want to help you find the answers in your history. I want to help you find the barriers in your thoughts.
More than anything, I will help you overcome them & transform, if you’ll let me.
I think you’re probably ready to stop the exhausting cycle of trying & failing, wishing but not consistently doing the work. It’s perfect, really, because that is what Breaking Barriers will help you do. Starting now.
I decided to take a fun, new approach to an upcoming webinar to ensure that I could give you guys EXACTLY what you need, not just what I think you might need. Everyone who registered for the webinar was given a survey to establish what they feel are their biggest barriers to weight loss. In today’s episode I share the most common answers I’ve received and weigh in on these challenges.
I will absolutely tackle these issues & challenges on the webinar as well as in upcoming podcasts, emails, blogs & courses.
I’m so thankful to those of you who took the time to take the survey and share your challenges with me!
What is the primary reason you give up or give in when attempting to lose weight?
What is your most significant barrier to changing your eating habits?
What is the one thing you’d most like to learn on the webinar?
Nearly 60% of people said that they primary reason they give up on their weight loss attempts is TEMPTATION. In moments of temptation, they surrender.
This is what I call “The Gap” & I’ll be spending a lot of time on the webinar talking about the gap & how to avoid it. “The Gap” is the space between our intentions & our actions. We fall in the gap when we give in to temptation. But how do we stop? How do we stay strong and true to our goals in those moments? I’ll show you.
Almost 70% of people answered that their most significant barrier to changing their eating habits is emotional eating. Boom. Yes. I so get that. That is EXACTLY WHY I am hosting this webinar on New Year, New Approach. We can have all the meal plans & food lists in the world, but that’s not the issue. The issue is not WHAT to eat but rather WHY we eat. This will be tackled on the webinar & of course in the return of the Breaking Barriers course.
Lastly, the two most common things people said they wanted to learn on the webinar were how to stop emotional eating & self sabotage. Well, my friends, you’ve come to the right place. I’ve got you. That is exactly what Breaking Barriers is going to help you with. Starting now.
Now, about 20% of people want nuts & bolts about what to eat, when, how much, etc. I’ve got you, too! Next week I’ll have a detailed episode on the nuts & bolts of fat loss for nutrition as well as the nuts & bolts of hormones, mindset & fitness. Do not miss that. In the meantime, check out the resources section right below for a handful of previous episodes & other tools on those topics.
‘Tis the season for setting goals, right? Unfortunately, most people will go about their New Year goals the same way they always have. Chances are, they’ll get the same results.
They’ll capitalize on the motivation that comes with the fresh start of a new year but that motivation will wane, they will get distracted and they’ll give in to temptation and opportunity.
I don’t want that for you. I think we all realize that most people don’t reach their New Years goals. Let’s break that trend this year.
This episode is a goal setting workshop. It’s not a lecture. It’s an activity to go through together to ensure that you set an important goal and crush it.
There are some pretty common mistakes people make when it comes to their goals.
They set too many
They aren’t specific
They don’t re-visit the goals often enough, if ever
Their time horizon is too long
They don’t address the obstacles that could hold them back
I want to help you take a different, effective approach this year. I’ve created a goal setting & tracking worksheet to help you crush your 2016 goals in every arena of life.
In this episode, I’ll walk you through the worksheets and help you set a goal and begin to make progress.
Together, we will identify:
The specific goal you want to achieve
The timeframe in which you will achieve it
Why this goal matters & what you stand to gain
What happens if you fail to achieve the goal
The barriers between you and achievement
The strategies you’ll need to implement to achieve your goal
