10 Ways to Change your Life
03 Jun 2012 Leave a Comment
in Motivation and Positivity, NLP Tags: Doris Day, happiness, Mental health, motivation, Paul McGee, Philosophy, positivity, Que Sera, Que Sera Sera
Peace
I have been thinking for a while now about what I have learnt about myself over the last few months and what lessons I have picked up from all the books I have read, courses, seminars, blogs etc and decided it was time to pull it all together into one concept.
So, I hope you enjoy but don’t let it just become another blog page – get out there change your life, embrace the amazing world we live in and find your potential. All of us can be truly amazing and you will never know just how amazing you are until you try!
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New goals, new plan, new future!
14 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in My Training Updates Tags: Bench press, BFP, Chin-up, exercise, fitness, goals, motivation, Neuro-linguistic programming, NLP, Push Up, Therapeutic use of Neuro-linguistic programming, training
Back in February I set down a list of goals and achievements I wanted by the end of the year and as the main flurry of training courses has now subsided I thought it would be useful to revisit it and assess what I have done and what is still under construction!
So starting with the academic stuff
- Pass my L2 PT accreditation exams – PASSED
- Pass my L3 PT exams - PASSED
- Complete my NLP Practitioner course – PASSED
- Complete marketing and branding for new business – DONE
- Develop website - DONE
- Start actually seeing clients – DONE
- Develop NLP therapy business as a complement to PT – UNDERWAY
- Complete NLP Master Practitioner course – NOW PLANNED FOR 2013
- Develop my own coaching and training materials for NLP courses – CANT DO UNTIL AFTER MASTER PRAC COURSE 2013
Well, I know it’s not a complete clean sweep but all in all that’s a pretty good set of achievements in just three months, something I would do as well to remember, life has been very hectic but just look at how much I have done! I am really proud of myself and how much I have accomplished but now its time to put the same degree of determination into my training and eating plan and to get the same degree of outstanding results!
Reviewing my fitness goals from February, its clear that although I have been in a plateau as far as weight and BFP is concerned, my shape has changed again meaning that at least two of my goals from back then I have already achieved. So, although I have made real progress academically I still have a way to go with fitness goals and its now time to focus on them and apply the same amount of commitment to getting things not just right, but perfect. So in the spirit of grabbing hold of life and reaching ones potential, the new plan starts today!
Time to clean the diet up, get tough on the carbs and get back to training all out four times a week – and if that doesn’t make a change to my body, weight and body fat percentage I don’t know what will!
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First day of the rest of my life………..
12 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in My Training Updates, NLP Tags: goal setting, goals, motivation, Neuro-linguistic programming, Paul McKenna, positivity, Richard Bandler
Sounds scary doesn’t it? Woke up this morning feeling, well, excited; its like when you are getting ready for a first date or to go on fabulous holiday and you feel excited, nervous, full of anticipation and to think I get to feel like that about the rest of my life, how cool is that?!
So, grabbing hold of my life and squeezing every last inch of happiness and fun out of it I am off to the gym for a PT session and then I have client this afternoon; I can’t wait to start applying the techniques and language patterns to every day life and to see how they can enrich all areas of my life.
First things first; GOALS. I have always thought goals were important to me and that was reinforced when Paul McKenna did his timeline exercise last year, my goals became really clear and have guided my decision making the last few months. Don’t think I would have achieved all I have the last six months without having understood my goals and the steps that form a part of each one.
No matter what you are doing, or in what area of your life, it’s really important to understand two things;
- Where you are now
- Where you want to be
We all need to understand where we are now, how we feel, what that looks like – it is only by understanding this that we can recognise 
what we want and how we want to feel so spend a few minutes today thinking about how you feel now, your achievements, successes, troubles, worries etc anything that helps to get a handle on where you are in your life right now!
Now think about what you really want your life to look like, where do you want to be, what do you want to achieve and when – what does that look like, what does it feel like, what do you see, what do you hear. Do you truly understand what your hopes, dreams and goals are?
If we can understand where we are and where we want to be we can better understand the steps needed to bridge that gap and rather than it seeming like a vast chasm between the two points it can become a ladder of smaller steps each one building to the ultimate end goal of a brighter better future.
Have a wonderful, happy, healthy weekend.
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Day 4 NLP Seminar
08 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in My Training Updates, NLP Tags: John and Kathleen La Valle, motivation, Neuro-linguistic programming, NLP, positivity, Richard Bandler, weight loss
0835: Here we are again waiting to go in and although I am tired I can’t wait to see what today will bring.
Been thinking about my relationships with family and with friends; what works, what doesn’t work, positive, negative and most of all how those relationships affect me and how I can change them.
12:30: Lunchtime and another amazing session with Richard finishing with a trance. Feel so alive and positive but slightly anxious about tomorrow’s phobia day – I hate spiders and moths so if he can get me over that it would be incredible!
Have much more of a sense of what is possible now, how much I can achieve. Life is just full of options and we should all enjoy every second of it!
18:50: On train home after long afternoon session with John and Kathleen La Valle. Lots of language stuff with Kathleen and interesting
to start noticing language patterns in ourselves and others. Johns session was more language but its more about the application. Was really long and got a bit tedious towards the end but he finished with a really great trance for goals and motivation.
This course has made me even more sure that although there is stuff in my head that is getting sorted there are so many ways it can be applied to help other people. Weight loss and fitness seem a perfect fit but so many of us are so screwed up it would cool to be able to help people live happier more fulfilling lives.
Weirdly I am really looking forward to embracing the challenges tomorrow knowing I can do anything I set my mind to – I don’t have 
to settle for anything!
Bring on the tarantula!!
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Day 3 NLP Seminar
07 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in My Training Updates, NLP Tags: motivation, Neuro-linguistic programming, NLP, positivity, Richard Bandler
Well, if I thought I felt good yesterday I was wrong. Richard Bandler is a genius, I feel amazing and all the stuff that was bothering me last week seems totally irrelevant.
The notion that we all carry all this stuff in our heads that holds us back and stops us reaching our potential seems stupid – if we only understood that we can change our state, our emotions and get rid of negative nonsense we would all be so much happier.
We all have our issues, our past, our relationships etc but it is how we choose to respond to them now and in the future that will determine our success and ultimately our happiness.
Grab every opportunity you have in life, stop thinking about the bad stuff and concentrate on all the fabulous stuff around you.
I can’t wait until tomorrows session………………just so long as it isn’t phobia day!!
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Introspection…..
28 Apr 2012 1 Comment
in My Training Updates Tags: exercise, fitness, Health, motivation, support, weight loss
I haven’t posted for a few days now – just life has a nasty habit of sneaking up and getting in your way – but things are beginning to feel like they are back on track again so I need to try and get back with the programme!
I think since I started training, studying, weight loss and exercise its been really interesting to try and observe myself from the outside and to attempt to understand why I do the things I do, my motivation and what causes me to swerve off track – I figure that if I can at least understand a fraction of it, it will help me to understand my clients and to be a better trainer.
How is it that I can go and buy a pair of jeans in the smallest size I have ever been and yet days later I am beating myself up because I feel fat?
How does any of that happen? Why do we have “fat” days? Why do we sabotage our own efforts? Why we doubt our own abilities, achievements, sense of purpose or attractiveness?
I know part of the answers lie in our own sense of self, our sense of self-worth and I am hoping that some time spent as part of my NLP course will help me to understand more why I do what I do; I think if I can understand and try to change my own sense of self it will provide me with the armoury to help other people. The one thing I know for sure is that I am not the only person who feels like this and I know that the majority of women feel like this at some point in their lives so if I can find a way to help the women I come across that can only be a good thing!
In a rare moment of clarity (and honesty) I have realised how unsupported I have been throughout my health and fitness journey - there are very few people who understand why I do what I do and more than that, very few people who respect me for my choices or embrace my choices for the benefits they see in me now. It makes a lonely road and it would be good to feel that I had someone to share it with, who understands how I feel and can make me feel better when life gets to me.
I think part of what I have come to realise is that I can achieve anything on my own – I have to, there is no-one else to pick up the pieces – but that sometimes I need someone else just to be on my side, to give me a hug, tell me its all ok, and to tell me I look amazing (even when I don’t!).
I’m not about to rush off and settle down with Mr Wrong (settle being the operative word!) but I need to find a really good friend, who understands me, cares about what makes me happy and wants the best for me – that’s what’s missing right now. Oh BTW I think the cheerleader has gone on holiday for a few weeks, either that or she is off hiding behind the bike sheds or something!!
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Lions, Cheerleaders and Happiness!
02 Apr 2012 Leave a Comment
in Motivation and Positivity, My Training Updates, NLP Tags: fitness, happiness, Health, inspiration, motivation, NLP, Paul McKenna, Richard Bandler, stress
Life is manically crazy for me right now (only another week to go and I get my life back, woo hoo!) and there is no doubt at all that I am feeling the pressure and felling the stress – my lion isn’t so much outside the door but pretty much sat at the end of my bed (but I think he might be having a bit of a nap!)
But, despite the levels of stress, tiredness and physical injuries, I have managed to accomplish so much and kept most of the balls in the air, which reminded me of the old adage ‘if you want something done, give it to a busy person’! It seems that just when you are facing your most complex challenge, life decides to add another two or three to the mix and you really do have to draw on your reserves of strength to get through.
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A busy week, a media moan and the return of the cheerleader!
23 Mar 2012 2 Comments
in Motivation and Positivity, My Training Updates Tags: BFP, diet, fitness, Health, motivation, plateau, training, weight loss, women's fitness
This has been another crazily busy week – boy am I glad its Friday I just wish I had a weekend off to enjoy! – with another couple to come. I always knew that this was going to present a real challenge to me and although I know I am probably doing too much and pushing my body a bit too far at least I have the satisfaction of knowing this level of stress is only for a two more weeks, yay!
Training has had to be scaled back a bit so instead of usual 4-5 sessions a week (a mixture of PT and my programme) I have dropped down to 2-3 – even that has proven a bit difficult as my body has started to complain that it’s doing too much, lots of little niggly aches or injuries with the latest being my left shoulder. I did an upper body workout on Wednesday and by the time I got home I could hardly move my head, rest and a massage today did seem to help but apparently the muscles are way too tight. Think I need to schedule some more massages in over the next few weeks!
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Have a great day today and better tomorrow!
18 Mar 2012 Leave a Comment
in NLP Tags: Friendship, inspiration, motivation, NLP, Zen
I received this from the fantastic Bernardo at NLP Life Training and in trying to find my inner cheerleader I thought I should share it:
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Change is so hard……take one step at a time
13 Mar 2012 Leave a Comment
in Motivation and Positivity Tags: change, Hayley Mills, Health, motivation, Pollyanna, positivity, weight loss
Why is it that we all find change so difficult? What is it about change that scares us so much that its easier to stay where we are rather than do
something that we KNOW is good for us.
I guess none of us likes the idea of doing something scary, outside of our comfort zone – it makes us feel not quite in control, as if we might not do something perfectly, that we might actually fail – and none of us really likes to think we might fail, especially if someone else is watching! So we carry on eating too much, not exercising, smoking, in a job that makes us unhappy or in an unhealthy relationship rather than take the risk that someone else will judge us or even worse, we will fail to life up to our own expectations.
We all have that little voice in the back of our minds that says “you can’t do that” “I don’t like that it doesn’t feel right, so stop” “who do you think you are thinking that” ” you will fail” “you are useless / fat / stupid etc”. The voice doesn’t intend to be mean, it’s there to protect you, to keep you safe but the negative sound track to your life holds you back, makes you doubt yourself and to doubt what you can do.
