THIS week a question was submitted anonymously: I get to Monday ready to change my diet but by Tuesday I've lost my motivation and it all seems too hard. How do I stop this vicious cycle?
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I’m going to do something a bit radical this week, I’m going to address your diet question without actually referring to food or exercise. WHHAAATT?
The answer to your question revolves around this week’s card “Transformation”, from Denise Linn’s Soul Coaching deck.
German Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche brought our attention to the process of change by saying, “The snake that cannot shed its skin perishes”. I’m not suggesting that if you don’t make changes in your life you will die, but do you feel like a little piece of you dies inside every time you say you’ll do something and you don’t carry through?
Consider…the phoenix that rises from the ashes, the lotus that emerges from the mud and the chrysalis that turns into the butterfly. Enough with the transformation metaphors, the point is when you decide you’ve gone through enough suffering and dissatisfaction, change can be a heartbeat away.
I recently encountered an issue where I realised I was blocking my own potential. The self-sabotaging was relentless. It wasn't until I got to the point where I said to myself, "That's enough, time to do something different." Immediately, I recalled one of my favourite Dr Philisms, “The definition of insanity is continuing to do the same thing over and over while expecting a different outcome." True that!
Change itself is not the enemy; it’s our attitude towards it that gives us grief. We get carried away with possible outcomes and fears that might never actualise. Embracing change can be a tough gig - it can be challenging to visualise a different life to the one you keep perpetuating week after week.
Tips on how to eliminate change as the enemy and make peace with it:
- Momentum – do you treat it like friend or foe? Harness the power of momentum and make it work for you. It’s always that first step that is the hardest. Get going, and keep going.
- Size-up your inhibitors to change and cut them off at the pass. Are you afraid of what others will think (or say), of failure or of your own power and potential?
- Remember, it’s not about wanting to throw the towel in on change, it’s about not giving up on yourself.
We all seek change in some way, and it’s just as well because like death and taxes it’s one thing we can’t escape. Inherently, we know that change will lead to a bigger, better, brighter life…
The one we came here to live.
