Change How You See and Speak To Yourself: Anything Becomes Possible

The stories we tell ourselves are the stories we live. We become our thoughts and what we tell ourselves. That is why change is so difficult. If what we want to change is in conflict with what we believe or have been repeating to ourselves. Then we are self sabotaging our efforts and change will not last or even take place.

What stories are you repeating about your past or who you are? Are you reliving who you used to be and still holding onto that old identity? Try this, BE the change you want in your life. Yes, that means you are reinventing your identity.

My personal number one goal is living well. Pursing wellness daily to achieve and maintain good health and fitness. In order to achieve this I had to change the scripts I was telling myself, and the scripts others had spoken over my identity and my future. This is my life, and I have the power to decide who I want to be and how I want the rest of my life to flow.

Old scripts such as, I am going to try this new diet and workout program…BUT, or the self talk of; I am always… I am never… Then there are the excuses we give ourselves as “outs” such as, I can’t because…, I should but… I would but…

What happens when we take the limits off ourselves and eliminate the excuses?

No, change is not going to take place over night or in one day. As much as we would all like to wake up in the morning and just have our goals and dreams materialized before us, we wouldn’t know how to sustain them. When we take on those challenges, face our fears, slay those giants sort-to-speak, then we walk taller and with strength. We are able to sustain the goal, dream, we worked hard to bring to fruition. Taking one piece at a time will build momentum and a solid foundation for sustainable and lasting change.

What has worked time and time again for me, is starting with my mind and getting clear on what I want and WHY I wanted to do or achieve a lasting change by writing it down in a journal or just on paper. Yes at times after I purged my thoughts or wrote my plan down I shredded it so no one could read it for various reasons. That turned out to be a far greater motivator having a written plan.

Now I tell myself, I enjoy being active because it makes me happy and confident in my body. I love getting up early because I can plan my day, and get some self-care in before the demands of the day start. I enjoy discovering new recipes for meal prep for the week ahead because I am taking charge of the quality of fuel I am feeding my body for sustained energy.

Are you really the negative and discouraging things yourself or others have spoken over your life? I am going to guess you are probably saying, NO, I am better than “that”! Whatever “that” is to you. Now ask yourself, have I been lying to myself? Your history doesn’t define your future. Your history only speaks to where you have been, NOT where you are going. You get to control where want to go and who you want to be? What is the change in your wellness you are wanting to make? What is really stopping you? What are the lessons your past has equipped you with to make that change? The bonus is you only get 24 hours at a time, on average 7-9 hours of that you are sleeping.

Say goodby to those old thoughts, today is a new day, a new month, and best of all a new season. Spring is a time of new beginnings.

Be well. You got this!