Are you someone who's struggled with
your health for a while perhaps you've
been on a ton of diets and nothing's
worked?
when you think of your health and your
body how does that make you feel?
do you feel
positive joyful content or is it
something that makes you feel despondent
and depressed maybe just a bit frustrated?
By the end of this video
you'll know exactly why you've struggled
to transform your health
and I'll give you three mindset shifts
that you can use straight away to change
that
I'm Lara, psychologist and wellness coach
and I can help you transform your health mindset
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Look let's be honest here most of us
know what we need to do to be healthy we
know what we need to eat and we know
that we need to move our body
but there is something missing that is
stopping us achieving our goals
what if there was one powerful thing you
could work on to help you achieve those
health goals
the health of your body is only ever
going to be as good as your health mindset
your health mindset is the missing piece
of information that you need to
transform your health
and learn to love your body
there's a very powerful
mind-body connection and if you don't
work on your health mindset then it's
gonna stop you from achieving your health and fitness goals
so here are my three mindset shifts
to help transform your health and learn
to love your body
mindset shift number one is to ditch the
diet
how many diets have you been on in your
lifetime?
The research shows that diets
only work temporarily and most people
that diet long term
end up putting the weight back on
The diet concept is flawed because we set
ourselves up for failure
as soon as you're on a diet the mindset
is about shame
it's about deprivation it's about guilt
how different would it be if you shifted
your mindset
to i can have this but i don't actually
want it
to transform your health and learn to
love your body
you want to implement gradual habits
you want to build these habits incrementally
it's consistently making
better choices
over time that are going to serve to
nourish your body
when we eat food that
nourishes our body we actually don't
have to monitor what we eat
mindset shift number two is to beware of
your self-talk
how do you talk to yourself and think
about yourself do you ever say to
yourself oh i'll never be healthy
i can't exercise i hate jogging
i'm too lazy if you keep up with that
kind of self-talk
eventually your subconscious will
believe it and these
inner stories will become your reality
researchers have actually shown that
what we think
can actually influence our health
stanford researchers showed that
actually
thought about exercise can impact
how long we live how crazy is that so
they did research
and they found that people who thought
that they were less healthy
and active than their peers actually
lived less time even if their activity
levels were similar
that's insane so just thinking that you
are less active
has a much worse outcome for you so what
you want to do is
really be aware of that negative voice
in your head
what do you say to yourself?
so many people are
really unaware of that mindless chatter
that goes on
you want to make sure that you're
compassionate to yourself
ask yourself this question that thing
you just said to yourself
would you say it to your mum or your dad
or your partner or your child or a
relative or a best friend
if the answer is no then don't say it to
yourself
and a good tip with this if you're not
ready to transform your words to say
something positive about yourself
how about putting the little word "yet" on
the end of your sentences so
i'm no good at jogging becomes i'm no
good at jogging yet
it gives your brain something hopeful to
focus on
question to you quickly do either of
those resonate if they do
drop me a little note below i'm always
interested to know what you think
and if not maybe this one resonates so
this is mindset shift number three
take the pressure off please take the
pressure off yourself to be perfect
there literally
is no such thing
I love the phrase
progress not perfection because this
health journey
is a journey of progress and not of
perfection do you find yourself
comparing yourself to others she's
smarter than me
prettier than me slimmer than me more
intelligent than me
just stop that now you are absolutely
focusing on
totally the wrong thing what you're
probably doing is comparing yourself to
someone's end of story the progress that
they've already been through
isn't evident maybe if you're in the
first step of your health journey then
absolutely don't be comparing yourself
to someone who's on the 10th or the 12th
step
it's just not going to be helpful so
really take the pressure off yourself so
which of these mindset shifts do you
think you need to implement?
I've added a few links below so you
might find some of the research behind
this
interesting to explore and if you want
to explore these mindset
shifts even further then download my
free
guide i've got five mindset shifts in
there
that will really help you transform your
health and learn to love your body
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