Winning The Mental Game of Health for Your Life!

1. Your Unique & Powerful Reasons


No matter how simple the formula, until your mind is firmly pointed in the right direction, it’s impossible to win the mental game of health for life. Over the coming weeks, I’d like to share some of my best strategies for success in this area, ones that that I’ve used myself and with hundreds of clients.

I can always tell within just a few minutes of talking with someone whether they are truly ready to make a success of the alkaline diet. The first thing I look for is powerful reasons. Until your reasons for wanting to make a change in this area of life become stronger and more profound than the current circumstances and challenges, then nothing will really change – no matter how “easy” the recipe. In other words, the habits and patterns that got you here, simply won’t get you there.

Your powerful reasons will be of 2 types – towards pleasure or away from pain. Away from pain is often a great way to get started. When we hit what Tony Robbins calls “threshold” then we’re no longer willing to settle for this level of pain or challenge in our lives any longer. This occurred for me in June 2007 when I got into a lift in London at the end of a long, hard day of corporate training. The lift had mirrors on all 4 sides and I was suddenly confronted by the image of a stressed-out, overweight, tired, middle-aged man in the lift. I was definitely the only person in there and literally didn’t recognise myself ! Many people will relate to this sense of shock at something which has happened almost imperceptibly suddenly becoming very apparent (perhaps when trying on that new swimming costume for the first time this summer ?) So crank up the pain – feel the pain and you’ll be much more motivated to do something about it.

Your second set of powerful reasons will be “towards” motivated – in other words, you can imagine the pleasure when the goal is received. (I’m using “received” deliberately because “achieving” goals just seems like hard work at times). Write down why you’ll feel great when the goal is received and feel the pleasure – luxuriate in it!

Please write down your own away from and towards motivators – put the list somewhere you can see it every day and focus on the feelings that your unique and powerful reasons create for you. For even greater impact, share the reasons with a loved one or close friend.

I look forward to connecting and sharing with you again very soon, Andrew

Article by Andrew Bridgewater

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