I had my second of three teleseminars on ‘rabbit holes’ with Debbie Bermont today. The first session was about identifying our rabbit holes (see 2-20-08 blog post) and today’s was about navigating around our rabbit hole to stay in ease and flow. You can learn more about Debbie at http://www.outrageousbusinessgrowth.com.
Debbie discussed our choices of A, B or C game plans:
- A we are on target, in the flow, expansive. . .feeling terrific and loving life
- B we are plodding along. . .everything is O.K. comfortable, routine, familiar, may have a feeling something is missing
- C we are in our rabbit hole. . .constrictive, feeling confined and boxed in, in lack and fearful
I have found B and C to be most prevalent and since humans gravitate toward safe and familiar, it’s easy to continue to hang out in our ‘safety zone’. Lately, I’m finding ‘safe’ is boring and feeling more and more uncomfortable.
Concerning our health, it’s important to know the limiting beliefs we hold and what triggers binging, over eating and health sabotage. Debbie shared a personal story I relate to–she’s doing well on her weight loss program, making good progress and suddenly she begins to regain the weight. In exploring her ‘trigger’, she discovered an unconscious belief: as soon as she was close to her goal she could eat anything she wanted. It was then she was able to modify her behavior and continue to eat healthier and stop the yo-yo cycle of weight loss and gain.
Solution: Ask what is keeping you from reaching your health goals? Do you recognize a pattern? Does it feel familiar?
Healthier Choice: Simply observe your behavior and accept it for what it is—an ingrained belief or pattern. This is the first step toward change. My favorite phrase in this observation only stage is saying “there I go again” with a smile.
Tried & True Tip: For one week simply monitor when you find yourself falling off your health wagon, noticing the triggers and dialogue in your mind. My favorite response to negative internal dialogue came from a wise teacher as he seriously said, “When the monkey mind begins there is only one way to quiet it.” We all leaned forward and waited in anticipation for his response. Very deliberately, he said “here is what you do when your mind is running amuck. . .say “liar liar pants on fire”. Now, that’s easy to remember and fun to do!
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