Don’t Forget to Show Some Self-Love

It’s Valentines Day and what better day to remind you of how important it is to show some love to yourself when on your health and wellness journey. In fact it is 100% essential.

Shift from thinking of all the reasons why you cannot be successful and focus on the reasons why you can.

Our brains often go to safety mode and to keep us "safe" or "comfortable" in our current situation or circumstances. We will often look for reasons why "this time won't work" or "what's the point? I always mess up or fail" attitude.

You may not be used to feeling amazing and healthy. Your body may be used to feeling low energy and like crap. Your brain will look for reasons to keep you where it is familiar even if it isn't comfortable.

Instead, catch yourself and refer back to what you're intending to create. Refer back to the goal. Its a practice for sure and will feel uncomfortable but is arguably some of the most important work we can do to make changes in our health and/or life.

Maybe you didn't get your workout in today but you walked 10-15k steps. WIN. That matters.

Maybe you had that muffin you've been trying to avoid for breakfast but you at nutrient dense food the rest of the day and your caloric intake was on point. WIN. You proved to yourself you can eat a muffin and make progress.

The decision to focus on what you did well instead of what you didn't do well can be the difference between falling off the wagon and instead improving.

The point is go from "I messed up" to " this is what I've done well____."

Patting yourself on the back may not feel comfortable for you, but if you aren't going to do it for yourself why would anyone do it for you?

What are some of the negative thoughts that get into your head when you're attempting to make any positive change in your life?