Baby steps
Back on Track
"Rail tracks at Dulwich hill" by wyncliffe is licensed under CC0 1.0 The thrill, the allure, and the fun of the holidays can pull us off track. Or that's what we tell ourselves. We want to live life to the fullest and live a healthy life. While at times these might seem mutually exclusive, they shouldn't be. We aren't looking for an &quo…
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Wholeness
What is wrong with you?
You are stupid. You are fat. You are inadequate. You are ugly. Look at your chin. You will never be enough... What is wrong with you? I am sure you have a really long list. You tell your loved ones that you hate your belly. You talk to your friends about how awful your hair is. Amongst your friends, it's basically a challenge to see how much you hate y…
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Wholeness
Time to Take Inventory
If you aren't aware, Spring Cleaning is one of my favorite things. I wrote about it here . Everything that applies to Spring Cleaning applies to the Fall. Working with that though, we are drawing to an end for the year. If you stop now and take inventory, are there ways that you can achieve your goals for this year? Are there ways that you can end the yea…
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Labels
If those are the words you use to describe yourself, those are the words you use to define yourself. Stop and consider the labels you give yourself and how they impact the way you think, they way you behave. Don't judge. Just think of all the labels you give yourself. For good or for bad. Let's just become aware of them. Perfectionist Mother/Father Lazy…
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Goals
Balance
If you didn't know balance is a myth. If there was balance, we would see that reflected in nature. We don't. We have droughts. We have floods. And if we look at a broader time period, we will see balance. We will see floods that balance out droughts. This is the same with our lives and punishing yourself over and over again for failing to create an ab…
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Sacrifice
Self-Sacrifice and Keeping Your Word
Have you kept your word to someone at the sacrifice of yourself? Is your word so important to you are willing to suffer to make it happen? Is this really true? I know this is something many of us fundamentally believe. As one of my very favorite quotes go though: You don't have to believe everything you think How can keeping your word be such a deep priority i…
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Baby steps
Upheaval and Chaos and Mayhem, Oh My!
Have you defined what your coping mechanisms are? No judgments. Do you know what they are whether they are good or bad. Eating bad foods Going for a run Vegging out in front of the TV Meditation Eating... everything in sight Prayer Substance use and abuse Therapy If you aren't sure where you are, how do you know where you will end up? What you are doing to…
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Goals
Baby Steps Continued
Some ideas on how to break your goals out into baby steps. Like baby, baby steps. Baby Dingle baby steps? Let's see who the cool kids are with that one... Run a 5 K Run a mile Run a half mile Run a quarter mile Walk 30 minutes Walk 15 minutes Walk 10 minutes Walk 5 minutes Walk to your mailbox Put your shoes on and walk to your front door Lose 50lbs Lose 40lbs…
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Goals
Baby steps
No need to read this. This is something I am writing to myself as the little bitch inside me needs to hear this. No, I am not disparaging myself. I got my 100% bad bitch self. And I have my little bitch self. You got a little bitch self? Not sure? Do you ever minimize yourself? Do you do things you know you shouldn't that set you up for failure? Like In…
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