You know what you want next in life. You've got a sure-fire plan worked out to bridge the gap between where you are and what you want. Now if you could just get yourself to follow the plan, everything would be wonderful!
Sounds simple enough, doesn't it?
But in life, sometimes simple and easy don't match up. Occasionally, you've got to look at things a whole new way before you'll be willing to take those simple steps. Especially if -- in that particular area of your life -- you're used to making your choices based on feelings.
Now don't get me wrong. Feelings are valuable. They have great protective value in keeping you alive and ticking. And none of us can deny the incentive provided by the promise of warm, fuzzy feelings ahead.
But the people who make most of their choices based on what feels good and comfy in the moment? Those are some of the most unhappy people I know.
Fortunately, there's a clear alternative. The alternative option is practiced regularly by some of the most successful people I know. Which team would you like to be on?
If you side with the successful dudes & dudinas, then keep reading.
There is great value in exploring the basis for your choices in life. In fact, it's one of the first things I suggest to a wellness coaching participant who "hits the rocks" with his or her follow-through.
Sometimes, they get it immediately. "Of course! Now I see it!" they'll agree once they distinguish the basis for their choice. Like Cheryl, who'd taken an entire day off several times when she could just as well have re-scheduled around the other obligation. Cheryl skated right by the distraction and completed her project. She was delighted by her success!
Other times, things go differently. "I really don't know," they'll say. "I just felt like it."
I'm sure it won't come as a shock when I point out that if your only basis for making a choice is "because you felt like it," you are in for a world of dissatisfaction and disappointment. Most of us have already learned that. We go to school, do homework, and show up for work not necessarily because we feel like it, but for some other reason.
But then there's that one little area of life where comfortable feelings rule. And that's generally the area you're dissatisfied with.
Coincidence?
Perhaps.
Or maybe not. What if you could learn to distinguish the basis of your choice-making in the moment? What if instead of choosing on the basis of what you feel like at the time, you could swap out for something infinitely more powerful?
Of course you can, once you clearly understand what the more powerful choice is. Fortunately, it's all laid out for you in the first 3 chapters of Landscape With Spirit: Connecting What's Around You with How You Feel. Which just happens to be on "Spring Fever" sale now through May 1st.
Coincidence?
Probably not. ;-)
Check it out here: Landscape With Spirit.
Elizabeth Eckert can help you explore how simple everyday choices create health — or undermine even the best of intentions. With a background that ranges from energy medicine to structural bodywork to developmental psychology, this "Stick-To-It Coach" has the experience to support you in creating the healthiest possible expression of — you!
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