Cry, wipe the tears, and finish strong

Well, here we are, October of a very strange and challenging year.

How are you feeling about:

-where you are right now?

-how you’ve shown up over the last six months?

-your ability to show up the way you want as we finish out this year?

-your clarity about how you actually want to show up as we finish out the year?

These can be tough questions I know and lets look at them with interest, using them as growth opportunities, rather than judging yourself if you aren’t where you want to be, or if you haven’t shown up the way you wanted.

What do you feel? Regret? Shame? Guilt? Let that s*** go. Now. Its toxic and doesn’t serve anyone.

What dialogue is running through your mind right now?

“Easy for her to say. She doesn’t know what I am going through.”

You’re right. I don’t. But I do know what it feels like to be spinning your wheels, like you’re not helping anyone that you’re supposed to be supporting. And, what do I do when that feeling overwhelms me? Cry. Ask for help. Wipe my face and get on with it, because, honestly, what other choice is there?

People need you. In whatever way that looks in your life. YOU need you. You owe it to yourself to get after what you want.

You can’t change the past. If there is something you’ve done that wasn’t in line with what you wanted, ask yourself what can be done? If you didn’t support others in the way that you wanted? Start now. If you let your goals, fitness, eating plans get away from you, fix that now. Today. Begin to look at the changes that are possible right now. Let’s not sit in regret and shame about the past. How does that help? Simple. It doesn’t. And, don’t wait until some arbitrary day like January 1st to make yourself a priority. Choose today.

Close your eyes. Over the next three months, what do you want to look like? Sound like? Feel like? Maybe: look confident? Sound positive? Feel capable? Me too.

And every day, even when it is hard, ask yourself if what you’re doing is in line with the confident, positive, capable you.

Even when, and ESPECIALLY when, things are hard. You can do it.

Still don’t believe me? What has your journey been like so far? Have you had a life full of lollipops, rainbows and ice cream? No? Well then, you’ve moved through hard things before, yes? And you can do it again. I know you can

I believe in you.

Message me if you’d like to chat about finishing this year strong. And, tears are welcome too….I’ve been there. AND you deserve to wipe the tears and get on with being awesome.

Take care friends,

Deanna