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\"\"<\/a>I have this client. This smart, beautiful, funny, compassionate, wonderful client who has been suffering with food issues for a very, very long time. Once every few months, she has a plan. She’s going to cut out sugar, she’s going to do yoga 3 times a week, she’s going to meditate daily, she’s going to go to the gym after work each day.\u00a0 But in the next session, the one after she comes in and tells me these things, she admits that she’s not done anything different.<\/p>\n

She’s not uncommon. Not even a little bit.\u00a0 Do you ever do this? Do you decide that you’re going to do a total 180? That you’re going to stop eating sugar, that you’re going to exercise every day, that you’re going to keep your house spotless, that you’re never going to drink alcohol again, that you’ll never smoke another cigarette, that you’ll take your vitamins daily, that you’re going to take your eye makeup off every night and start a perfect skin care regimen, that you’re going to stop biting your nails, and you’ll never snap at your mother\/father\/husband\/boyfriend\/girlfriend\/children, that you’re going to read the Sunday Times cover to cover every week,\u00a0 that you’re going to stop overspending, that you’re never ever going to binge again, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. Fill in the blank.<\/p>\n

It’s too much. You set yourself up for failure this way. Choose one small thing and do it for one month. Then, add something else. For instance, if you want to get into yoga, decide that you’re going to do one yoga class a week for 30 days. Then, after the 30 days, move onto 2 yoga classes a week. Then, after those 30 days are over, try for one sugar free day per week, then try for two sugar free days per week.\u00a0 Decide to floss your teeth every other night for a month, then move to every night, then add in a skincare regimen every other night, then every night.\u00a0 Just let yourself transform slowly. It’s easier and more sustainable.<\/p>\n

Doing a little will set you up for success rather than failure. And you can become what you want to become. Slow is what makes things stick. When you do everything at once, chances are, things will return to the way they were.<\/p>\n

What is one little thing that you can do for the next 30 days? I guarantee that doing one little thing will help you feel a lot different.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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