Connecting to Your Why
CONNECTING TO YOUR WHY
Having a hard time making behavior changes that stick? The first step is connecting to your big WHY.
So often when we start going down the path of changing our diet, our behaviors, or bringing in lifestyle interventions like meditation, we get caught up in the "doing" part. But really, one of the most important pieces in creating lasting habits and behavior changes is understanding why the heck you're doing these things in the first place! And that means connecting to your big why.
This shift to connecting to your why brings the focus away from the outward and the external. When you begin to investigate you might have whys like... “because someone told me to” or “because this is what my life should look like” or “because this is what I'm supposed to do”…
Sometimes we attach ourselves to these external whys, and then we're not truly connected to our own individual reasons for why we're doing something. This makes it much more difficult to stay connected to healthy habits because we're not connected to why we want to do them in the first place.
Asking yourself some simple questions and seeing what comes up for you can really help understand your unique why.
Ask yourself: Why do I want to get healthy?
Is it because you want to lose weight? Is it because you want to have more energy?
Take your answers and go further:
Why do you want to have more energy? What could you do with more energy?
You can go even deeper on these answers:
Why do you want to have energy when you come home from work at night? Is it because then you can create a better connection with your family? Is it because you have time to actually be creative and do what your soul wants you to do?
I like to think of these answers like little golden threads, leading us up to our big why. Keep digging a little deeper, and when you really land on your why you'll know it, you'll feel it. I encourage you to write your whys down so you can see them, and connect to when you need to.
This is truly one of the biggest keys to supporting sustainable change for ourselves as we move through any healing journey. I have worked with so many clients to help support their bodies through healing journeys, and really understand how to make healthy choices feel sustainable and easy in their lives. If things don't feel sustainable or easy, we run the risk of feeling like we're always either totally on or off the wagon. Or we feel like we can't stick to anything or feel better, and I truly know that’s not the case for anyone reading this today.
All of us absolutely have the power to make really aligned choices and to have sustainable health practices that feel really good for our bodies. I would love to support you and hear your BIG whys so please feel free to share them in the comments below so we can support each other!
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If we haven't met before, I'm Christina Tidwell, founder and owner of Live Well with Christina. I'm so excited that you're here and have begun to delve into your health and wellness journey! Here at Live Well we help people with autoimmune disease take control of their health through nutrition, lifestyle shifts and personal empowerment.
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