The Rev Family knows I am on a mission to reach my personal best again - mostly for fun, but also because its my job. Not my job as a fitness person, no - not at all. But just because life gets dull and boring and full of blah when you don't have something ahead of you that excites you. And here comes the cheeseball moment...we really can do and be as big and as much as we want if only we are willing to a) know what it takes and b) sacrifice now to do what it takes. And its fun to dream and go for things you once thought were unattainable. Nothing else is fun compared to that. So I knew I needed it, because when you decide to get physically your best, what you are really doing is raising your mental and emotional game so its a way to keep myself in check in all areas of life. If life isn't rich and fun for you and full of inspiration, thats when you know you need it to. And its absolutely helps me help others because it shows them that I know what and how they feel and I can help from a fresh, relatable place.
So, for my Rev family, what have I learned so far?
1) I learned what I already knew
So, below I will share the lessons I technically RE-learned. The bright spot here for me is that we talk about this in our coaching meetings, about how our job is sometimes to educate but mostly to facilitate or pull what is already in a client out of them. What they need is already there. We often have to overcome letting that client know that re-learning lessons is more than OKAY. That is why this is never-ending. Its the same lessons in a new context, at a new age, or with new circumstance. If you are going to be successful, we have to be humble enough to relearn the old lessons without the know it all attitude or the self-loathing that we should've known that already so no wonder we are a failure. Those are pride and ego talking. So we have to be humble and relearn the lesson.
2) Fitness is really about getting what is inside, out.
Its already in there. Its what you are thinking every second of every day. Its the mindset you wake up with and the words you say to your self all day long. It is your approach to your day, your family, and your goals. Its your approach and attitude through obstacles. So its already in you, just must become aware of your mindset through all of these things and choose the one that leads you to success. Its in you. Its about being aware of yourself and being able to put yourself first and assigning quite a bit of value to your goals because you have such a high value on being your best.
3) It doesn't work until its about you, not them.
You cannot do it from a place of self-loathing, guilt, or shame. Although it can start that way. It just doesn't stay there. Because as you listen to yourself and become aware of what you are thinking moment to moment and choose to think differently, therefore make small decisions differently, and therefore get different results, you become aware of the POWER within you. Which goes hand in hand with #2...its getting what you are and who you are truly OUT and to stop reacting and cowering to the other forces in life. Then, it becomes about you and and doing it for you because you become better in every facet in every minute of your life when you are proactive about the most important thing you have - your health. Its that simple.
I hope this helped someone take that next step and get what is inside, out.
Its all in your head,
Anna
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
