Benefits of Positive Thinking

What are you grateful for today? It is time to start focusing on what you are grateful for instead of what is not going right in your life. By acknowledging yourself for your successes it will change your outlook on life and miracles will start to happen.

I always remember the story, when your car won’t start a person with a positive outlook will call AAA and the negative thinker will go back to bed and feel sorry for themselves. By calling AAA the car can be fixed and you go on with your life. This story can also be applied to us. Whenever you eat something not on your eating plan you can either keep eating or acknowledge what you did, stop eating and start eating healthy food at your next meal. We have a choice!

I have a client, Cindy (name changed) who has been working with me for a short period of time. During our coaching sessions we briefly discussed her challenges with food and mostly focused on other issues in her life. This past week we were discussing what has been going on in her life and she was telling me how taking care of herself, was making life easier. I asked her if taking care of herself was helping with the food challenges.

She felt she was more aware of what she was eating and was still struggling. We brainstormed what was holding her back from succeeding. While we were having this discussion, Cindy realized she was not giving herself permission to eat healthy food and wanted to continue to feel sorry for herself. What a great realization!

Her next step was to devise a Loving You Plan, which included a healthy eating plan, exercise program and 10 minute mini-vacation. A mini-vacation is taking at least 10 minutes a day to do something nice for yourself. I requested she email me everyday with her successes and lessons learned. By emailing me she was learning to become accountable.

I have been receiving emails from her, she is so excited about her Loving You Plan and has been eating healthy food, exercising and taking her 10 minute mini-vacation. She feels very successful and fulfilled.

Your Loving You Plan would include the following:
1. What you are going to eat today.
2. What tools are you going to use if you want to eat something not on your plan? (Example: Brush my teeth and take a ride in the car or a walk.)
3. Get support. (Example: call a friend or leave a comment on Helen’s Blog)
4. Take a 10-minute mini-vacation. (Example: read a James Patterson novel for 10 minutes.)

As always, I would love to hear what you are experiencing on your life's journey. Please feel free to contact me with your stories, comments, and ideas. Write to me by leaving your comments at the bottom of this article or send an email to helen@loveyourselfcoaching.net.

Today's Affirmation: I am not my negative thoughts and am succeeding.