As we get closer to the holidays, I wanted to talk more about your personal power, habits, and perspective. You may not realize all the times that you give away your power. You may even be questioning what that even means.. and you might be asking "what power?"
See, the thing is, you have power. We all have power. We have the power to change our lives. We have the power to create our desires. We have the power to do what we REALLY want to do, and yet there are times that we either don't acknowledge that power, or we give it away.
We dismiss the opportunities based on limiting belief systems, inner turmoil, emotional struggles, trauma, or fear.
Fear is big. Fear covers many reasons we limit ourselves and can be a BIG way we give away our power. To keep things succinct, I'm going to cover a few ways we GIVE our power away in the middle of our weight loss process.
Here are the TOP 5 that I've come across in my practice...
Eating off track or indulging in unhealthy choices resulting in lethargy, pain, or weight (re)gain (conscious or subconscious)
Don’t follow through with things you said you would do, moving your body, prepping meals, etc. and as a result, these things don't get done.
When you say "yes" to something you don’t want to do because of FEAR.
When you turn down opportunities that are guiding you to grow because of FEAR.
When you procrastinate what you COULD do today and promise it for "tomorrow".
ALL of these LIMIT your power and cause you a slow down in the progress that you SAY you want to create. The most common way to GIVE away your power is to SAY you want ONE thing, and then to act opposite of that. While this may be completely unintentional it's a result of not being on board or in alignment with what we SAY we want.
This can happen for many reasons: mindlessness, busyness, poor planning, lack of time management, lack of prioritization, too much on one's "life" plate, etc. While some like to call these out as excuses, I'd like to say this is a way to learn from past behaviors in order to SHIFT and GROW.
See....
Your POWER is in the presence. The more present and intentional you are, the more in touch you are with your actions and behaviors.
And.. as we move towards a NEW YEAR and a NEW DECADE.. you are being called to get INTENTIONAL and FOCUSED on what you TRULY want..
I learned long ago that this whole post-op process is LIFESTYLE change and NOT a diet.. and that I was being called to MUCH greater things beyond the weight. Similarly, many of my clients are called to do the same and it's the FEAR of who they want to become that usually scares them the most.. either the fear of success or fear of failure.
The ONE way to flip the script on this old pattern of giving your power away is to TAKE IT BACK and claim your ability to "get it done" one step at a time..
Like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is being quoted as saying, "You don't need to see the whole staircase, you only need to take the first step."
This week take your power back by practicing awareness, or being present of your behaviors. Or, you can take action on something you keep pushing off. Whatever YOUR step is.. start this week, and keep going. Let us know what you're working on in the Mavens group so we can support and celebrate your bravery!
Helping you take your power back.. ONE STEP AT A TIME!!