There’s an old saying that goes, roughly, You can’t be grateful AND resentful at the same time.

The truth is, there’s just nothing more powerful in motivating change than practicing an attitude of gratitude every day.

• Feeling like you’re not making any progress? Stop and think about what you’ve done so far, and express gratitude for it.
• Tired of seeing “everybody else” succeed when you’re struggling? Stop and think about what you’ve achieved so far, and express gratitude for it.
• Worried that you won’t get something you want? Stop and think about what you have, and express gratitude for it.

It works every time.

You don’t even have to wait till you feel bad about something. Set aside time each day to say “thank you” – to whomever you chose. It could be a person, your idea of God, the universe, in your gratitude journal… it doesn’t really matter.

“In positive psychology research, gratitude is strongly and consistently associated with greater happiness. Gratitude helps people feel more positive emotions, relish good experiences, improve their health, deal with adversity, and build strong relationships,” Harvard Medical School wrote.

• You woke up. Be thankful.
• You’re in a home. Be thankful.
• You have water to drink. Be thankful.

In November and throughout the year, gratitude unlocks progress.

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Be careful what you think about because what you think COMES TRUE. 😮

Seriously. 💯

Where you are in life right now, at this moment, is a result of the thoughts you’ve chosen each day…

And how those thoughts made you feel…

And how you acted on your thoughts and feelings.

A leads to B leads to C, plain and simple.

So, if you want to be in a better place, start by changing your thoughts. I don’t mean the thoughts that involuntarily flit across your consciousness a million times a day. I mean the ones you decide to grab onto, turn over in your head, contemplate … even when doing so only makes you feel bad, worse and worst.

Those thoughts? They are not “you,” and you are the boss.

If you want to be happy, you must learn to focus on thoughts that lead to positive feelings and outcomes. ✅ 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔, 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔.

✅ 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒕, 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆.

✅ 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕, 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒔.

We develop whatever we feed. So feed the good stuff in your head and your heart, not the bad.

It takes deliberate practice, but you can do it. Believe you can, and you’re halfway there.👍🏽 🥳

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I hear this all the time with people in my program, and it is coming from a good place, but it ends up being a crutch.

You want to make sure you are doing what you are supposed to be doing to get the results you are looking for. But this quickly turns into “I don’t want to do it on my own because I’ll mess up.”

Otherwise known as the “I need to be perfect fear.”

As a recovering perfectionist, there is no perfection. Instead, there is picking the right path, doing the thing, messing up, and learning perpetually.

Certainty is a myth.

It’s called practice for a reason. You learn the exercises by taking time and working on them. By doing so, you understand what it means for your body by doing, not by me (or anybody else) just telling you what to do.

This process is ignored in Health and fitness. And it’s because of the way it has been presented to “you.”

Exercise is a way to show your body love so that you can be active. However, just being active is not all that your body needs. It is challenging to dig in and use exercises that address what you NEED.

And by challenging, I don’t mean how it’s presented now, strictly through exertion and sweating. Running and trying to push a brick wall down is challenging and makes you sweat, but I seriously doubt if that is an “exercise” you need.

Exertion and sweating are a small part of what happens when you focus your energies on being specific. You get challenged mentally, emotionally, and possibly spiritually as well as physically. And that challenge of you practicing over and over again is what gets you results if you choose a program that knows how to be specific for you.

You wouldn’t expect to get it perfect on your first day in school. Likewise, you wouldn’t expect to get it perfect on your first day on the job.

Sounds silly when you say it out loud, doesn’t it?

You are smart enough to know that vision, commitment, and time put in are the ways to succeed. It has been what you have used to be successful for the rest of your life.

Health and fitness are no different. But you need to take it in and apply it.

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