As a mental health therapist, my passion is the body-mind-heart-spirit connection.
What intrigues me, as I support and coach cleansers, is the predominant lack of awareness there often is between the cleanser's physical body, and the mind, heart and spirit.
It's not surprising.
It wasn't long ago that I too, was right there as well.
With that introduction, perhaps you'll better appreciate this selection from an ebook by Cherie Burton,
THE FIRST STEP: How to Get Started on Your Breakthrough
www.cherieburton.com
"There is a station most of us arrive at on the path of change that blocks us
from really soaring into a breakthrough. I call it the stopping point. The stopping
point is the place you come to after you’ve mapped out the ascent – or laid the
groundwork for the change – the place where you become immobilized, unwilling
to go any further. It’s as if you climb the mountain, walk right to the edge of the
precipice – gearing up to soar – and go,
from really soaring into a breakthrough. I call it the stopping point. The stopping
point is the place you come to after you’ve mapped out the ascent – or laid the
groundwork for the change – the place where you become immobilized, unwilling
to go any further. It’s as if you climb the mountain, walk right to the edge of the
precipice – gearing up to soar – and go,
“Ooh, too scary. Too steep. Too risky. Too hard.”
Then you climb back down the mountain and regroup for yet another
ascent. The next trip up the mountain might be the next hour or the next day or the
next year...
ascent. The next trip up the mountain might be the next hour or the next day or the
next year...
whenever you can psych yourself up enough to embark on another trip.
Einstein said the definition of insanity was doing the same thing over and
over and expecting a different result.
When you become exhausted from revisiting
that same strewn mountain path for the hundredth time – climbing up, reaching the
stopping point, climbing back down again – at some moment you will begin to
make it personal.
that same strewn mountain path for the hundredth time – climbing up, reaching the
stopping point, climbing back down again – at some moment you will begin to
make it personal.
Making it personal is dangerous because it creates even more
resistance; even more stopping points. It sounds something like this:
resistance; even more stopping points. It sounds something like this:
'I’m not____ enough.'
I must not be strong, smart, spiritual, or just plain good enough to take this leap."
1 question for you: What role does FOOD play in YOUR resistance to personal growth and progress?
angel naivalu, msw
2 comments:
Food is familiarity for me. I enjoy the same, plain, but calorie/fat filled dishes that I've ALWAYS enjoyed. I don't try a lot of new foods. I fall back on the pizza and chips. I know I can always count on the same old grease, sugar, and white flour that has kept my mid-section doughy. I may just do the same in life.
I used to focus on weight and not enjoy food! I would think, if I eat that cookie - I will gain weight! It was a constant battle with the scale I couldn't win because I was too focused on it. When I changed my focus to training instead of weight - everything changed! My new thought was, if I eat that cookie - I won't feel good when I run in the morning! That made the cookie a lot easier to resist and once my focus changed, I stopped weighing myself and I started looking so much better! It left me so much more time to focus on things that really mattered in my personal growth other than my outward appearance! And now I'll have a cookie every once in a while if the timing is right and I get to enjoy it!!!!
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