While I’m away at coach training, I’m re-running a few of my favorite blogs that you may have missed.
While it may seem counter-intuitive, accepting where and the way you are is one of the fastest ways to accomplish your goals.
It may feel like letting go of the struggle and the discomfort of where you are will leave you content with a situation or condition you really want to change. If you accept it and make peace with it, how will you ever find the motivation to move forward?
Letting go of the fight, self-criticism, and the desire to have the end result right now releases the pent-up catabolic energy that is truly holding you in your current condition. When you relinquish control of the uncontrollable, you allow All-That-Is (God, Source Energy, the Universe, Higher Coach—whatever works for you) to step in and orchestrate the situation, scenarios, and support that you need to get where you want to go.
This is especially true with losing weight. There can be a lot of fear around accepting your current body weight, shape, and condition. Calories count, right, so won’t you just go and eat everything in sight if you accept where you are? Without that desperate desire to change, where’s the motivation to get up in the morning to work out? Doesn’t losing weight require constant control and discipline, and you’re a slacker if you slip up?
This is the dichotomy that we all face. Is the carrot or stick more effective? Does positive reinforcement or punishment create lasting change? Is fear or appreciation more powerful?
Easing up on yourself can seem weak, but truly putting down the verbal lash, focusing on the reasons you want to make a change, and celebrating each tiny sign of success are indications of strength and mental clarity.
The more you surrender and focus on your success, the more you build positive momentum that will be like a tidal wave moving you towards your goal. With that momentum, the actions you take become easier and have more impact, the people and information you need appear right when needed, and you feel excited and inspired rather than frustrated and deprived.
The real question is, what can you do today to accept yourself the way you are without changing your goals?
Together we can do it!
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Thank you for the aded inspiration. Now that I cleaned out my friend list by 1/2 I can find the things that are important to me!!! Just in case I miss it though, I’d still like emails. Thank you Hanna for being WONDERFUL YOU!
Thank you, Sherri! Hopefully, you are signed up to receive the emails. Love having you as a reader! You are wonderful, too!
Truly appreciating this post. As I look at how I’ve taken steps to just accept where I am, I feel I develop a healthier relationship with myself…. and I feel like my own friend. I still have changes I want to make, but I’m doing it in a way that celebrates every step of my journey and thus creates what I believe to be longer lasting and better results.
Great post, as always.
Have a great day,
Currie
Sounds like you are doing great things to develop a healthier relationship with you. Being your own friend is a wonderful place to be. Congratulations for finding out how wonderful you are! Thanks for sharing! Hanna
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This is great. Once again you are psychic. I have made some HUGE goals for the upcoming week and am moving toward them (but it seems at a snail’s pace.)
When you are excited about a goal, it seems like you just can’t get there fast enough.
Thanks Hanna.
Relax and know it’s done. Then do what you can do right now. So appreciate you!
Thanks I needed that.