[Current Weight Loss Journey] I’ve been noticing your patterns
I have been noticing patterns with people for a long time. In coaching, the patterns make a huge difference in success or failure, depending on if they are empowering patterns or disempowering ones. I have been noticing patterns about people, even you if we coach together! 🙂
For instance, one of your patterns might be to be perfect in your food program and in your exercise. That pattern would serve you in your weight loss and maintenance.
On the other hand, one of your patterns might be to go for a while really well and then give up on yourself and slip back into old habits. That is the “zoom-eek” pattern (zoom forward and eek screech to a halt). That pattern would sabotage you in your program.
Another pattern might be to be really sloppy with adhering to your food program, not measuring, having too much of the wrong stuff, not eating enough fat or vegetables, not drinking enough water, etc. This is being out of integrity, again sabotaging your program.
Changing disempowering patterns requires you to notice them, distinguish whether they serve or sabotage you, and take specific action steps to change.
What are your patterns? How do they serve you? Or how do they sabotage you? Please notice your patterns and post them here. If they are sabotaging ones, please also post how you will take action steps to change them so you will be empowered in your weight loss journey.
Thanks!
Success Story
The most “WOW” part of Janis for me, is the ownership that she takes in working with you! She approaches the relationship as a “Partnership”, which means that she takes a “Personal stake” in your results. This approach inspires you to follow her guidance and do the work because you know that she cares as much as you do about your progress!
~ Lisa K. Hood, Financial Representative
[Success Tip] Why you need to learn from the best Mastery Level Coaches
I was at a Mastery Level Coaches training last year along with many of my colleagues, as we up leveled ourselves and our businesses with great educational content plus wonderful networking and sharing of ideas. It occurred to me that this is really a great success tip for all of us:
Success Tip: Invest in yourself by investing in top-notch training and coaching.
First, obviously when we continue our professional education, we stay current and sharp with the knowledge part of it. But even more, investing in yourself sends two powerful messages:
- The message to yourself that you are worth investing in and that you value yourself and your business. This boosts your confidence and power.
- The message to your clients that as a wise leader in your business, continually learning and growing, that you are worth their investment in themselves as well. This boosts their confidence in you and also in their decision to hire you.
What is the next place you can up level yourself through investing in your business, yourself, and your future?
Warm wishes for your success,
P. S. Coming Soon…my new book is in it’s revision stages: ‘Lose Weight for Life: 9 Unconscious Reasons You Can’t Keep the Weight Off and What to Do About It’. I’ll keep you posted when it’s done!
Success Story
Janis is a wonderful coach with real life experience to stand behind. Because Janis has been there, she understands the challenges and excuses that arise for everyone; thus she is able to motivate, encourage and guide her clients through their obstacles.
And somehow she always knows the right questions to ask in order to get to the real issue that keeps her clients in bondage to their addiction(s) and/or behaviors.
I am forever grateful to Janis for her commitment to sowing into my life and helping me reach my weight loss goal of 50+ pounds. I couldn’t have done it without her.
Thank you,
~ Melinda
[Current O.W.W.L. Journey] Declaring Independence from myself
Have you ever found yourself at war with you? I have! And being at war with something or someone means we are stuck, trapped, or shackled in some way. Independence, or freedom, includes NOT being at war.
In my blog on June 19, I shared that my context of “Old, Fat, and Ugly” wasn’t working any more. I was at war with my body. I also have been harshly judgmental with myself for making mistakes in my personal life and in my business. I was at war with myself and my choices.
Whether we are at war with a country, a group of people, or ourselves, the results include negative consequences, such as energy wasted, emotional drama, self-deprecation, etc. I can’t do a whole lot about other folks’ wars in this moment, but I can stop fighting with myself – right now!
So as I wrote to you before, I have changed my context, the way I look at things. For the body, I changed to “Fit, Healthy, and Strong.” For making mistakes in business, I changed the context to “My process is perfect.” (If you are or have been a client of mine, you know that context!) For my mistakes in my personal life, I realized that I am a much more compassionate and wise coach as a result of my rocky journey. So the context shift is to seeing the gifts.
Tomorrow marks the celebration of the United States Independence Day. How will you declare your independence from yourself? And while you’re considering this, what are you grateful for in terms of your freedom?
Freely yours,
[OWWL Success Tip] Your sabotages and a tip to shift them
You may know that how you do one thing is how you do everything. What you may not have deducted is that how you sabotage in one area is how you sabotage in other areas too.
O.W.W.L. Success Tip: How you sabotage yourself shows up in all areas. When you shift one, the others will follow.
Did You Know: There Are NINE Sabotage Patterns That may be Keeping You from Success
So practice celebrating your successes, big and small. That means have the spirit of acknowledgement and the tangible anchoring of reward.
Sincerely,
P. S. Want to learn more about these sabotage patterns? Here are three resources:
- FREE Training Class for a limited time: “Become the Ultimate Coach: Three secrets to extraordinary profits and results in your weight loss practice.” If you are a coach or a health practitioner who would like a booming business and would like to help people keep their weight off forever, this free audio is a MUST for your business!
- 2014 Coach Certification & Training Program began last month, but registration is still open, and you can easily catch up.. For new coaches or experienced ones, we cover all the four essential elements of a successful coaching business in depth:
- Shifting the 9 unconscious sabotage patterns that keep us from success, for both you and your clients
- An authentic way to market and grow your business
- A healthy relationship with money
- Coaching support to help you be a courageous and powerful force in your business
- 9-Week Weight Loss Coach Training Intensive Home Study Course, “Become the Ultimate Weight Loss Coach: Unconscious sabotages every coach needs to know so clients can drop the weight forever.” This course solves the problem that even though weight loss coaches can help their clients with the nutrition and exercise and with short term motivation, they don’t usually know how to help their clients identify and overcome the unconscious sabotages that result in weight loss plateaus or, worse, regaining the weight their clients lost and more!
Success Stories:
In the O.W.L. Coach Certification & Training Program I have learned how to start a weight loss business, including the ontological (unconscious mindset) information, marketing, branding, tracking potential and current clients and much more. I feel confident about my new weight loss coaching business and am grateful to Janis for this certification course!
~Lisa Orick-Martinez, PhD, Albuquerque, NM
Weight Loss/Lifestyle Change Coach at Weight Loss for Life
[Current O.W.W.L. Journey] My cure for the Deprivation Sabotage
When I’m feeling deprived, I can sabotage my best intentions to stick to my food plan or my spending budget. My inner child wants to be delighted, not punished! Sacrifice/Entitlement is actually one of the Ontological Wealth, Weight, and Leadership Sabotage Patterns we talk about in our programs.
One way to keep from feeling deprived in my food program is to make a list of yummy foods that nourish and nurture but are still healthy. The context is “both/and”…I can BOTH be delighted, AND I can stick to my plan. (Do not attempt this when you are hungry!)
I start the list by thinking of things I love and then consider what a healthy, delightful substitute would be. For example, I love margaritas, so my delightful substitute is organic lime juice with stevia sweetener blended with ice. For another example, I love jamoca milk shakes, so my delightful substitute is iced coffee with milk or a splash of cream. Recently I discovered that if I combine frozen fruit, stevia, and about ¼ cup of almond or coconut milk in my “Vitamix” blender, I come up with a delicious fruit “ice cream.” I also use frozen almond or coconut milk in ice cube trays, some stevia and vanilla, and a little almond or coconut milk to make a vanilla “ice cream.” For a salty/crunchy option I slice sweet potatoes thinly and bake with a little oil and salt. I also eat sunflower seeds in the shell – slower to eat.
Want to do this too? You can start your yummy substitutions list with things you love that are already healthy. I love strawberries and kiwi, for instance. Did you notice I say “love” and “delight” a lot? That’s a clue, heh, heh!
Include on your list salty, sweet, sour, crunchy, soft, bulky, beverage, and comfort types of foods. That way, when a yearning hits, you’ll be prepared. We have some great examples in my book, What On Earth Am I Going to Eat Today?
“What on Earth Am I Going To Eat Today?”
Here is the link to purchase the book and companion journal:
Stock your kitchen. Post your list in the kitchen. Yahoo! You are off to a great start in reinventing your relationship to yourself and to your food.
I would love to read what some of your healthy substitutions are!
Delightedly,
P. S. The Deprivation Sabotage is one of the Sabotage Patterns you will learn in our 2014 O.W.L. Coach Certification & Training Program. Please visit our page and contact me for additional information. This program is for new coaches or experienced ones, and we cover all the four essential elements of a successful coaching business in depth:
- Shifting the 9 unconscious sabotage patterns that keep us from success, for both you and your clients
- An authentic way to market and grow your business
- A healthy relationship with money
- Coaching support to help you be a courageous and powerful force in your business
Success Story:
Hi! So I think I’m finally (FINALLY!!!!) shifting from sacrifice & entitlement to well-being & integrity!! I was walking thru whole foods this afternoon and they had salted caramel rice crispy treats samples out. Well, I allowed myself to have one even though I ate some candy last night. And I was ok with it because it’s on plan. I had one and didn’t feel like I had to binge. Wow, this is a big deal for me! (I almost called you to tell you about it Janis).
Margie, Albuquerque, NM
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