Exciting news! Since how we do one thing is how we do everything, the Thursday blog post “My Current Weight Loss Journey” is going to expand to include wealth and the steps I take to expand my revenue, profitability, and overall wealth. So if you love tips and strategies to creating new wealth, then you will love this next phase of my blog posting. And if you loved to read my tips on weight loss, don’t worry! You can apply these same principles to your weight. To receive my new postings in your inbox, please enter your email into the box under ‘Sign Up for my Blog’ and when I put up a new post, you will get it right into your email inbox.

In my free teleclass last week, “Become the Ultimate Coach: 3 Secrets to extraordinary profits and results in your weight loss practice,” I discussed one of the 9 ontological weight loss sabotage patterns that overweight people run. Today I’m going to show you how that same sabotage affects our wealth; it’s called Sacrifice/Entitlement. (For the recording of this class, please visit www.JanisPullen.com/ultimatecoach/.)

The mindset of Sacrifice/Entitlement, also known as Deprivation/Indulgence shows up in our wealth like this: It can start with either the sacrifice side or the entitlement side of the sabotage. For instance, if you have gotten yourself into debt or overspending (entitlement/indulgence), you may decide to put yourself on a budget. But if you don’t have a well-constructed plan of action, the budget might be taken to extreme and then becomes sacrifice/deprivation. You can operate within your budget for a while until something happens. Then you “binge” on spending and go back into entitlement/indulgence.

Many times when we go off our budget, or when we don’t have one at all, our spending is a result of this mindset: “What the heck; I spent this much, so what difference will a little more make?” Just like an over eater whose eating spins out of control to a binge, so can purchasing. “I spent too much, so now I’m stressed out, so I’ll buy something else to feel better.”

The sacrifice/entitlement sabotage doesn’t have to be triggered by money-related events. If someone has worked hard and been stressed out during the day (sacrifice), she might believe she “deserves” to buy herself something to compensate (entitlement). Any time people spend because they deserve it, you can bet there is sacrifice/entitlement sabotage at work.

The mindset for the sacrifice/entitlement sabotage pattern is an all-or-nothing, either-or context. The mindset is “I deserve this because I did that.” Or the reverse – “because I did that, I now can’t have that.” The problem, as with all the sabotage patterns, is that they destroy any chance of long-term, sustained wealth growth. To discover how to deal with this sabotage, be sure to listen to the “Become the Ultimate Coach” audio at www.JanisPullen.com/ultimatecoach/. Even though it addresses weight loss, the same principles can be applied to wealth generation.

If you are curious about the Ontological Weight Loss Sabotage Patterns, you might be interested in learning about our O.W.L. Certification and Training Program for coaches and health professionals. The new program starts next month and only has 10 slots available. Visit http://www.owlweightloss.com/programs/certificationtrainingprogram/ to discover if this is a fit for you in your business this year.

RESOURCES: Here are some resources to check out to help you create a new or expanded stream of income:

• 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, please check out the new O.W.L. Weight Loss Certification and Training Program which begins in February. This program combines leadership skills, powerful coaching techniques, business building training, as well as teaching the 9 sabotage patterns block permanent weight loss and how to shift them. Visit http://www.owlweightloss.com/programs/certificationtrainingprogram/ for more information. This program can be your pathway to expanding your income stream and improving your finances in the coming year.
• Special Weight of Money Breakthrough 90-day Group Coaching Program. Visit http://www.owlweightloss.com/programs/weightofmoney/. Then contact me for specific details at Janis@JanisPullen.com.

With gratitude

Success Story

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, but 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