Apr 5, 2019 | Podcast
Fear of failure and fear of missing out (FOMO) reflect incomplete truths – emotional corners of the truth – and we can overcome them! I’ve been having a lot of conversations with clients about fear and today we’re breaking it down so we can set ourselves free!
Questions from Today’s Episode:
- What’s possible?
- What stories do you tell yourself (or excuses do you sell yourself) that talk you out of your potential?
- What else is true?
Fear is a liar because you are in control! You create your results! Fear of failure is a liar because you have the power of choice! You don’t have to fear failure because you control it with your own actions! The fear is a distraction!
Instead of submitting to the fear, challenge it with those questions. Instead of limiting yourself to the boundaries of your fears, choose to press on in spite of any fears.
“The fears you don’t face become your limits.” ~ Robin Sharma
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Primal Potential Episode 577: Money Mindset
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Apr 3, 2019 | Podcast
The barriers to adjustment are defensiveness and avoidance. To create change, you have set those aside and get clear on what you want & if it’s working. Today is part 4 of our 4-part change maker series where we’re exploring the 4 pillars of creating change:
Awareness
Alignment
Advancement
Adjustment
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Since these 4 pillars of being a change maker build on eachother, make sure you’ve listened to the first 4 parts!
The Path to Effective Adjustment:
Clarity + Consistent Assessment
Clarity: What do you want? What is the outcome you’re seeking? What is the result you want to get or the change you want to create?
Consistent Assessement: How will you know it’s working? What factors drive results? When & how will you monitor your progress without defensiveness?
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Mar 25, 2019 | Podcast
Trying to figure out how to change your life? Maybe you just want to change your habits, your motivation or your crappy attitude. I’ve got 4 tools for you! If you feel overwhelmed with things you want to change, if you’re not sure where to start or if you’re feeling like change is hard and an uphill battle, we’re going to clear that up today.
What I’ve found to be undeniably true is that there are a VERY small handful of tools that apply to just about every problem or obstacle in our lives. By mastering these few tools, you will make your life easier and your journey to self-improvement far more manageable and enjoyable!
Make sure to join me for a FREE 4-night workshop on implementing these 4 pillars!
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How To Change Your Habits – 4 Pillars for a Joyful Journey
These four tools will dramatically simplify your answer to the questions:
- How do I change my habits?
- How do I change my mindset?
- How do I change my beliefs about myself?
- How do I change my attitude?
- How can I stop struggling?
- How can I make change easier?
I’ve got you covered, my friend, with these 4 pillars.
Awareness
Alignment
Advancement
Adjustment
We also talk about how registration is now open for the Spring 12 Weeks to Transformation. We kick off April 7th but you can get your identity journal sent out today by registering.
However, I expressed a major caveat on today’s podcast – if you aren’t willing to watch the entire Q&A and truly understand the process, my coaching style and the elements of our 12 Weeks to Transformation, it’s probably not for you.
But, if you’re ready to change your life and you want me to be your coach and help you enjoy this process, please watch the presentation below and reach out if you have any questions.
Resources:
Episode 559 on Identity Journaling
Episode 571 on Limiting Beliefs
Join me tonight (and throughout this week) to learn how to apply these 4 pillars for lasting, joyful change!
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Mar 15, 2019 | Blog
Calling all change makers! I’m sure we can all agree that the days fly by and life would be so much better if we could just end the struggle, reach our goals and maintain them with ease and joy.
Whether you want to lose weight, have an improved relationship with food, pay down your debt, start a business or anything in between, you can’t continue to go about it the way you always have before.
To speak plainly: I help people become joyful, relentless change makers in their own lives.
We aren’t focused on behavior change, we’re focused on mindset change, because for you and for everyone else, it’s your thoughts that drive your choices.
One of the primary reasons people continue to struggle and change continues to feel elusive or, at best, inconsistent, is because they are focused on changing their behaviors while failing to change the way they think.
I’m ready to help you take an easier, more effective path to creating the change you crave.
Join me for YOUR 12 Weeks to Transformation!
Today, I thought I’d let you hear from a few of my 12 Weeks to Transformation clients because they are really the best people to talk about the process and what it helped them do in their lives.
Let’s start here. This client came to me because she wanted to lose weight. Her marriage was falling apart and no matter how badly she wanted to lose weight, she wasn’t keeping the promises she made to herself.
Each day, she’d say, “I won’t drink wine tonight!”. Then, she’d drink wine, get frustrated with herself and pledge to do better tomorrow. Not only did she completely take control of her wine habit, she became a change maker in every aspect of her life.
Listen to her describe the changes she made in this short clip.
Become a Change Maker
After you listened to her story, I want to share this next experience. It pretty much speaks for itself!
I know I posted this in the 12WT FB group, but I just have to reiterate, the only reason I joined the group was to lose weight but what I’ve gained is so much more. Your coaching is helping me change my life. I didn’t know I had it in me. I was so close (SO CLOSE) to throwing in the towel and just accepting that I am the depressed fat woman who prefers staying home – it’s just who I am. I am so grateful my doctor recommended your podcast.
And this one, too!
Hi EB,
I hope your week has started out well. I wanted to do a little check in, and reach out regarding my progress and how the
12WT is going.
The last 3 weeks have been weeks of incredible growth and momentum building for me. There are some amazing things that have happened recently, some of which have brought different levels of stress, activity, emotions. I’ve gotten engaged, celebrated a birthday, and got promoted at work. Overall it’s been just incredible and leaving me feeling really blessed and all around so fortunate.
From the time that you sent me the voice note a few weeks ago regarding switching my mindset about stress, it’s been an incredible uphill trajectory as I made the shift in mindset. I continually ask “how can I invest in myself with the next choice that I make?” “what will future me thank current me for?“.
Not only are my clothes fitting better, but there is so much less mental energy going towards food and food decisions. I’m learning how to indulge and still feel really great the choice, and indulge in a way that keeps me working on my goals. With all of the wonderful things happening that’s been a lot of celebrating, and I thoroughly believe in celebrating. But one of the biggest things for me was that I practiced making choices that made me proud. I had a glass of red wine (but not 2 because then I don’t feel good the next day), I drank some champagne, but only had 1/2 a slice of cake. I focused on being with family and soaking up the moments of feeling loved, supported, and celebrated. Focusing on the feeling meant that I didn’t feel like I needed the second helping of food to make it more “special”. The love and support from those close to me is what mattered. I didn’t fret and worry and go over and over the decisions, I just made the decision that I knew would make me feel great (because not indulging a little for these things isn’t fun, but finding that sweet spot of indulging is so great).
It doesn’t mean every decision is perfect, there are definitely some where I didn’t feel quite right about the decision, but I learned and then moved on. I’ve started “practicing” in my mind what I want to feel like and what I desire. I’m going on vacation Saturday – Wednesday, and instead of worrying or fretting or going through every single possibility for what could happen with food choices, I’m rehearsing the best version of me for that story in my head. While writing through my story this week, I also took some time to write out what my best self looks like on vacation. I’m relistening to the
Rookies challenge about weekends and how I need to practice my best story while on vacation. I’m rehearsing it on occasion in my mind.
Overall, I know that motivation and momentum is something that I can create every day. One of the big things that keeps me moving is writing down my wins and reaching out to you to let you know that
your program is amazing and it’s really helping me to continue to reach towards my highest potential. So thank you for not only reading this email, but for the continuous encouragement and all that you do for your clients.
Where are my change makers at?! Are you ready to step beyond your comfort zone and create change in your life?
I can’t wait to get to know you better and help you crush your goals while learning to deeply enjoy the journey!
Mar 11, 2019 | Blog
Do you need to get motivated? Are you struggling with motivation and feel like change would be so much easier if you could just get & stay motivated? I’ve totally got you covered!
This past Wednesday, I wasn’t feeling motivated at all. It was one of those days when I just wanted to sit around and do nothing, but I needed to get a lot of stuff done. I quickly shifted my thoughts from, “Ugh, I’m not motivated today” to “How can I fire up my motivation?“
I pulled up a webinar from a couple years ago that was all about how to get motivated and I sat there like a student, watching it and putting myself through the paces.
At the start of the training, I shared this idea from Brendon Burchard’s book The Motivation Manifesto.
He explains that motivation is a lot like fire. Though you have fire when you strike a match, the fire only last a few seconds unless you do something with it. That spark of motivation won’t last either…unless you DO something with it.
Burchard describes 3 essential phases of motivation.
Spark
Sustain
Amplify
When we think about motivation, most of us only consider the spark – those moments when we feel really inspired and amped up. Then, when the spark fizzles, we feel less powerful and bemoan the fact that we aren’t motivated.
As we take a closer look at each of those phases, it’s super easy to see where we need to put our effort to create that motivational fire and keep it burning strong.
Spark: Ambition + Expectancy
Sustain: Attention + Effort
Amplify: Attitude + Environment
Last Wednesday, when I wasn’t motivated to get my work done, I could see that my effort and my attitude were the areas I needed to improve, so I got to work.
First: I changed my attitude from, “Ugh, I’m not motivated!” to “I am going to feel SO accomplished when I get this one thing done! I’m just a few minutes away from progress.“
Then, I applied some effort and it made all the difference. I set the timer on my phone for 35 minutes and banged it out.
Those two shifts broke me out of my funk.
Where Does Motivation Fall Through the Cracks?
When we look at those elements: ambition, expectancy, attention, effort, attitude and environment, there are a few common areas where motivation falls flat.
The ambition part is easy – we want to improve. We know the goal. But do we expect to achieve it? Do you expect to achieve it? Do you expect to be successful?
Or are you expecting to struggle or fail?
Expectancy might be your area for improvement.
Most of us are fairly solid on the attention piece. We know what we want and we think about it often. We plan, strategize and keep it top of mind.
But how about effort? Are you applying yourself? Doing the work?
Effort might be the very piece of the puzzle that needs your time and energy.
Attitude and environment almost always have room for improvement.
Does your attitude suck? Are you being negative? Complaining? Focusing on your limitations?
Are you surrounding yourself with other complainers? Is your physical space chaotic?
How You Can Get Motivated Today
Look at those elements of motivation and be honest about where you need to create an improvement. Go through each one and identify where you’re dropping the ball or where you need to apply some energy. Assess where you stand on each of them.
Ambition
Expectancy
Attention
Effort
Attitude
Environment
Where can you create a change right now?
Because these elements are such universal game changers, we work on every single one of these inside the 12 Weeks to Transformation. Every single one, every single week.
These have the power to change every single aspect of your life: your health, happiness, career, finances & relationships.
Registration opens up for the next 12 Weeks to Transformation in just a couple weeks so make sure you’re on the wait list if you want to learn more and get some insider sneak peaks!
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