Archive for the ‘Commitment’ Category
Resolutions Fall by the Wayside? A More Gentle Approach for Making Changes
February 2nd, 2011 | Author: admin
I was talking with a family member recently, and I was reminded once again of how important it is to focus on moderation and making gradual changes over time when it comes to improving your overall health.
About this time of year, the majority of people who made New Year’s Resolutions have given up on them. Are you one of these people? More often than not, resolutions fail because they are too extreme, and they encourage an “all-or-nothing” mentality.
Can you relate?
You either exercise everyday, or else you’ve failed.
You give up sugar completely, or, yup, you guessed it, you’ve failed.
You stop drinking coffee completely, and no more caffeine in any form, for that matter. So, no more chocolate. Oh, you weren’t able to do that, either? Failure!
I want to add some levity to this discussion, because there’s a chance you’re beating yourself up about falling off the wagon once again. And, in all seriousness, that doesn’t get you anywhere.
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Commitment Energy for the New Year
December 2nd, 2010 | Author: admin
I’ve been thinking a lot about 2011 recently. I’m no longer fond of resolutions; I haven’t been for a while. For me, the idea just doesn’t resonate anymore.
However, I am feeling drawn to making some New Year commitments to myself. And focusing on putting my energy into honoring them. Just as I honor those to everyone else.
Commitment energy can be a really amazing thing. There’s emotion tied to it. Often times even passion. When we have commitment energy around something, we are far more likely to stick with it when the going gets tough.
And the going always gets tough, doesn’t it? If something we wanted were easy to achieve, I would imagine we would already be experiencing it, right?
Take the Action Anyway, and the Feeling Will Follow
June 23rd, 2010 | Author: admin
I just finished my audio blog for today, and I am feeling really good! Now that summer is here, my schedule has shifted a bit since school is out and the structure that I had during the school year feels like it has disappeared.
Because of this, I find that it’s been a challenge to get myself into “work mode” at times. I feel pulled in so many other directions, and my energy reserves have decreased because of the increased demands.
During the school year I created my audio blog every Wednesday, and for the summer I have chosen to do every-other-Wednesday. As today progressed, I found myself not really feeling like I wanted to do the audio blog.
