I think we can all relate to periods of focus & determination as well as periods of avoidance and not doing the work.
The transition between those two periods begins with drifting. It might start as a slow drift but we gradually turn our attention away from our focus & our goals.
So how do you stop drifting?
Even when you aren’t enthusiastically doing the work, how can you avoid the drift that precedes a period of avoidance?
Don’t miss today’s episode to learn more about how YOU drift and how you can learn to stay!
Last night was Super Bowl 51. I am still recovering. Game of a LIFETIME.
While I sip coffee in a quiet room and Google the highlights to make sure the whole experience wasn’t a dream, I thought I’d share my hazy thoughts.
In one of the pre-game interviews earlier in the week, I heard an exchange that stuck with me.
A reporter asked a player how he planned to keep his cool in such a high-stakes game. He responded,
“Don’t let the moment define you. You define the moment.”
What sage life advice.
If you watched the game, you know the Pats were down huge. It was not the first 3 quarters anyone expected. I’m sure it’s not how they thought the game would go.
Had they been defined by the moment, it would have seemed hopeless.
They came out flat. They didn’t make plays. The Falcons were hot. Defined by the moment, the Patriots were losers.
Defining the moment, they were fighters. Refusing to be defined by it, they were never losing that game, they were in the process of fighting to win.
And they won.
In life, we have the same options.
You can be defined by your circumstances. You can see who you are as where you are and what you’ve done. You can feel like a failure. You can forecast your past into your future and feel like it’s hopeless and you’ve lost already.
Or, you can define the moment. You can refuse to be defined by where you are or what you’ve done.
You can fight. You can define the journey as ongoing and your strength as increasing.
The choice is yours.
Do not let the moments define you. You define the moments.
Today, and every day, is filled with chances disguised as choices.
What will you do with yours?
I will move slowly and drink coffee. Go Pats. Proud to be a New England girl today!
If you aren’t familiar with Warren Buffet, he is a self-made billionaire investor and I think he’s pretty brilliant. I’ve been fascinated with his life for years.
In the documentary, he sits down with a group of students and poses the following hypothetical scenario:
He said: imagine I’m going to buy each one of you a car. Any car you want. Here’s the catch – it’s the only car you will ever own.
In that case, you’d choose carefully, right? You’d evaluate every detail and option in terms of what you wanted most and what would support the longevity of the car.
And then, once you got it, you’d take dang good care of that thing, right? Of course you would because if you didn’t, you’d be without a car for the rest of your life.
Then he says: I’m not buying any of you a car.
But the scenario is true of something else – your body and your mind. They are the only ones you’ll ever get.
Most of us take that for granted. We don’t bring awareness, every day, to the fact that the longevity, strength and capabilities of our bodies and minds are directly correlated to the way we care for them.
So please consider this:
Are you taking care of your mind in a way that reflects that it’s the only mind you’ll ever have?
Are you taking care of your mind in a way that reflects that it’s growth, maintenance or decline are directly tied to your daily choices?
Are you taking care of your body in a way that reflects that it’s the only body you’ll ever have?
Are you taking care of your body in a way that reflects that’s growth, maintenance or decline are directly tied to your daily choices?
In today’s podcast I pose a question for you to consider: how are you complicit in your problem?
How are you complicit in creating the conditions of your life that you say you don’t want?
We’re so quick to point to the things we’re doing to make positive changes and we’re even quicker to identify how external circumstances hold us back.
But what’s your part?
Today I’ll be diving into this question and also challenging you to flip the script and identify ways you can be complicit in creating the circumstances and accomplishments you DO want.
I know that many of you don’t have the support of your family & friends as it relates to your health or weight loss goals.
I’ve been getting an increasing number of emails from folks looking for ways to address family & friends who don’t support their goals.
Recently in one of my Fat Loss Fast Track groups there was a conversation about spouses who bring home tempting foods on a regular basis.
Should you try to gain their support? What if you can’t? In today’s episode we’re talking about how to crush your goals even when you don’t have the support of your family & friends. Don’t miss it!
