Recently I was listening to a Deepak Chopra meditation series called "Getting unstuck: Creating a limitless life". The phrase "getting unstuck" really could be a mantra for any clients working with a WELLNESS AND FITNESS COACH.
This "stuckness" is something we find ourselves in through limiting beliefs, repeating old habits that are barriers to change, living in the past or future rather than the present, and letting our formatted brain dictate to us rather than the other way around.
These things get us stuck in all facets of our life, and are particularly important to identify when we want to change our behaviour.
They develop subconsciously in order to protect us from perceived threats or danger. So they might have worked for some things but the problem is that we end up using them in many imagined threatening situations where the worst that can happen is actually… well nothing.
You might find this inner critic being called The Saboteur in some resources as it is a part of ourselves that sabotages our best intentions or goals and leaves us in this place of “stuckness”
To achieve a wellness or fitness goal, you usually know what you "should" be doing but find yourself reverting back to the same body shape, same habits, same level of fitness, same lack of energy.
It's often hard to identify these roadblocks ourselves. Even harder to keep ourselves accountable to changing those behaviours.
Is this a familiar statement?:
“I’m stuck- I know what I want to change and even how to change but I just can’t…”
Or maybe it’s less obvious…
“well I should get out and walk more but…”
“I’d go to the gym but I have so much on…”
“I have so many things to change I really don’ know where to start…so I haven’t”
“I know I shouldn’t eat so much sugar but it’s so hard to reduce. My family all like sweets…”
Procrastination, avoidance, excuses , blame, negativity. All can come to light when our Saboteur is at work.
So how do we get unstuck? How do we deal with our Saboteur?
Well there are lots of ways to get unstuck and it's dependant on the individual: YOU!
Despite the specifics being so variable there are a couple of simple , universal steps that need to be employed in becoming “unstuck”.
Firstly, and the most critical is to actually recognise when our inner critic is at work. If something you have stated as a goal isn’t being realised: is it something you REALLY want to change?
If so, what inside you is stopping you?
What are you afraid of?
Secondly, we then need to find a way of bypassing or dealing with that inner critic or saboteur in the situation.
What is always comforting is to have a co-pilot with you to help you identify the barriers and false trails to challenging your saboteur . To act as a sounding board and hold you to some accountability. To be able to look from the outside in while still working toward your goals in alignment with your ideals.
This is what a WELLNESS AND FITNESS COACH can offer. A partnership in becoming unstuck.
If you think you may benefit from having a health coach to help you become unstuck, reach out via the contact form on this web site or via LinkdIn.
