December 4, 2023 • 16 mins
This is my FAVORITE approach for creating personal growth or change, no matter what is it you want to achieve, and no matter what the heck is going on around you. If you are pulled in 100 different directions but want to put more focus on your personal development and goals -- I am SO proud of you and I am here to make it so much easier.
I use this method with myself and nearly every client I work with.
In this episode we will be talking about a realistic three-tier approach to lasting change - it's simple, sustainable, and designed for REAL LIFE.
No more all-or-nothing mentality. This is exactly how to set ambitious goals, break them down realistically, and establish a baseline for daily progress.
I want you to be able to tap into your brain's reward cycle and know how to use it to your advantage. It's a mind hack that'll make your goals feel like second nature.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
We're taking life for what it is, which is full of
surprises and changes andcurveballs, and your day rarely
goes exactly how you plan it.
We're essentially planning forthe crazy days, planning for the
hectic.
Hello my loves, and welcome tothe Purposeful Lifestyle
Development Podcast, where wediscuss all things thought, work
(00:23):
and manifestation, but we useneuroscience and the study of
the brain to do so.
I'm your host, tessa Spiesak.
I'm a board certifiedpractitioner, master life and
health coach and seasonedexecutive speaker.
If you're ready to create yourhighest value lifestyle and turn
your dream life into a reality,you're in the right place.
Let's get right in to today'sepisode.
(00:44):
Hello, hello my loves, andwelcome back to the Purposeful
Lifestyle Development Podcast.
Big shout out and hello toeveryone who tunes in weekly,
but if you're new here, welcome.
Don't forget to hit subscribeso that you never miss part of
our conversation.
I'm just so grateful to chatwith you.
However, and wherever you arelistening in from, this one is
(01:08):
very special.
This will be the very lastpodcast episode of 2023.
It will be off next week, sinceI'll be celebrating Christmas
with my family.
We have everyone in town willbe hosting, so I will be running
around busy.
We're already in full swingplanning mode.
But that makes this episodereally, really special and it is
(01:29):
somewhat of a continuation fromlast week.
Last week I talked about atherapy called behavioral
activation.
If you haven't listened to thatone, I do suggest you go back
and do so For a quick summary orjust a refresher.
Basically, we discussed howhumans have this sneaky little
(01:50):
habit of taking action thatcontinues how you already feel.
Basically, this can be reallygreat.
If we're flying high,everything is working in our
favor, all is well.
We tend to continue to dothings that make us feel good.
We knock things off the to-dolist, we move our bodies with
intention, we usually eat in away that serves us better, we
(02:11):
stay hydrated, we're motivatedto work on our things.
Basically, it's flow state.
It's what we're alwayssearching for and it makes us
feel great literally bestfeeling in the world when you're
just flying high like that.
But on the other hand, when wedon't feel like it, when we feel
crappy or something happens,unfortunately, we are usually
(02:36):
just as tempted to continue withactions, to continue how we
feel there.
If you feel bad or tired oranxious, depressed, you'll
probably talk yourself out ofdoing that workout that you
wanted to do, you're probablynot so motivated to work on that
to-do list.
You might eat the food thatmakes your body feel bad just
(02:59):
because it tastes good in theminute, because we don't feel so
great.
All the things we discussed howwe break that link in this
negative cycle to start movingback into some upward momentum,
and the solution for that is bysimply doing it anyway.
Do the thing anyway.
Move the needle the way youwant to anyway, because that is
(03:22):
where we finally start to feellike it, to make you feel better
and to turn it around.
It's not necessarily how we'rewired, so using the intention
behind it really helps andintentionally changing the
direction in the flow of whereyour feelings are pointed.
I mentioned last week thattoday, this week, I'm going to
(03:43):
be talking about how to actuallydo that.
I think, coming up to the newyear, there really couldn't be a
better time for this reminder,especially as a lot of us are
taking inventory over the lastyear, setting new intentions
going into the new year andeverything in between.
I really wanted to talk aboutmy favorite, most realistic and
(04:06):
most sustainable, but gentlestand kindest to self way of
making lasting change in yourlife in a way that serves you
and it makes you feel good,because that's the key.
If you want something to stick,if you want to make lasting
change, you have to like it andit has to feel good.
So, that being said, this iskind of along the same vein.
(04:31):
I want you to know I'm notabout forcing ourselves into
doing things that we hate either, and I don't want that message
to get twisted in here at allbut how we get ourselves to act
like our own dang best friendwhen we need the help and the
things we've tried before justaren't working.
I've got good news for you,because this works, and this is
(04:54):
exactly how I approach change increating new habits in my own
life and how I help my clientsdo the same.
I've actually been doing thisexercise a lot with my
one-on-one folks lately, soagain feels like perfect timing
for this episode, because we allneed it.
So let's dive in.
(05:14):
One mistake we tend to make whenwe approach change is something
that I think we all know weshouldn't do, but try anyway,
and that's trying to changeeverything all at once, or it's
to judge your ability to makethat change on the very best day
ever, where everything isalready going your way the stars
(05:35):
are aligning, nothing's goingwrong, timing is perfect, that
all the things that we plan forthe day.
We need everything to go right,or we're mad at ourselves or
demotivated, frustrated, andwe're telling ourselves that
it's not going to work or itdoesn't work or we're not good
enough.
Worse, and the main point of myapproach here to avoid all of
(06:00):
that is that we're taking lifefor what it is, which is full of
surprises and changes andcurveballs, and your day rarely
goes exactly how you plan it.
We're essentially planning forthe crazy days, planning for the
hectic, and I consider it athree-tiered approach to goal
setting.
So, of course, you're totallyallowed to keep your big goal,
(06:23):
the thing that you would do ifeverything was perfect, all the
stars aligned, everything wentright, timing was perfect, but
we're going to call that yourstretch goal.
That's your big goal.
You can keep it, but that'syour big one.
And then I want you to setanother one, and this is
something like I mean, since apopular New Year's goal is
working out, I'll use that as anexample but say it's working
(06:46):
out If you're someone who isvery, very sedentary, maybe you
work from a computer, you sit alot, maybe an old injury.
Whatever the case, you don'tmove too much, you don't work
out too much, but your big goalis you want to work out at a gym
or at a studio every single day.
Okay, fine, but if that waspossible with your now, you'd
(07:06):
probably already be doing it,rather than it being the stretch
goal.
Like I said, there could be athousand different reasons, a
host of reasons.
None of them are a judgment ofgood versus bad.
It just it is what it is.
Maybe you're busy, maybe youhave kids and you're trying to
learn how to juggle the timing.
Maybe you need to just changesomething in your reality to get
(07:26):
there.
But again, we've got ourstretch top tier goal and then I
want you to set another onethat is something that falls in
line with the same goal butmaybe takes a little bit less
effort.
So if that big goal, with ourexample, is to go from pretty
sedentary to working out at agym or a studio every day, let's
(07:50):
make a plan for the days thatthings don't go your way.
Maybe physically going to thegym is just out of the
wheelhouse for the day, thetiming situation isn't sorted,
the kids are doing something.
Maybe you slept poorly andslept in so your whole schedule
got thrown.
Or, honestly, maybe you justcan't find the motivation that
(08:11):
day to get up and do it againBecause motivation is fleeting.
We talk about that a lot, andthat is nothing to be ashamed of
.
We don't rely on motivation.
That's a conversation foranother day.
But let's talk about that day.
What can we do to plan for it?
So maybe making yourself get tothe gym or the studio isn't in
(08:32):
the cards, but what will youstill be proud of yourself for?
Can you walk for 30 minutes?
Instead, go outside, get innature?
Can you pop on a video fromYouTube and do something in the
living room?
Is there a treadmill availableto you?
Can you do some abs on thefloor?
Find something that's stillgetting you towards your goal,
(08:53):
and in this case, the goal ofdaily movement.
But this allows for moreflexibility.
And then I want you to go onedeeper, and this layer is so, so
important.
It's more important than youthink, but I want you to pick
something so small and so easythat you would basically have to
(09:14):
choose not to do it if itsomehow got away from you.
Something that you could do ifit was nighttime, if you're
getting ready for bed, or evenif you're already in bed, you
can do it anyway.
I really suggest takingsomething that takes no more
than five minutes I meanliterally 10 at tops because
this is something that I wantyou to commit to, no matter what
(09:38):
.
This is the tiny little thingthat can be your 1% in moving
the needle in the rightdirection.
So for our workout example,maybe it's not going to the gym
or the studio for an hour, maybeyou don't even have time or
energy or whatever to do the 30minute walk or the video, but
you know what you can do.
You can get down on the floorand stretch.
(09:59):
You can do it from where you'resitting.
You can do it in bed.
If you're already in bed, youcan pop on the floor and do a
few pushups or a few sit ups orjust move whatever that is for
you.
But this base layer is somethingthat allows you to commit to
your goals and allows you to seereally what's genuinely
realistic for you, and it allowsyou to be gentle and to have
(10:22):
simple, sustainable change.
Because, no matter what, everysingle day you can do something
that moves you in that direction, and the good thing about this
is, over time you'll notice thatyou'll see a lot more of days
that you have that big goal.
Action is taking place.
We're seeing a lot moreconsistency there.
(10:44):
You'll start to see less andless of that simple base level
standard, which is cool for twodifferent reasons.
One, your goal will naturallyand gradually mature with you as
it becomes your lifestyle.
So it allows you to reevaluatewhat you want versus where you
are in terms of your goals andit shows you what actually makes
(11:07):
sense to you in your life,because you can't do it the same
way I do it versus the way theydo it.
He does it, she does it.
It's always gonna be a littlebit different for all of our
lives and all of our situations.
So this allows you to reallysee and really evaluate what
makes sense for you.
And two, it taps into the rewardsystem in your brain.
(11:29):
For those of you who are aroundthe life of this podcast, you
know my absolute favorite mindhack is getting your brain more
excited and less resistant tothe things.
That you want is to tap intoyour reward cycle.
I know I talk about it a lot soI don't wanna dive too deep,
but just a reminder.
(11:49):
Your reward cycle of your brainis simply put when you do
something that you want to do,when you do something that's
good for you especially if it'snew or you have resistance to it
and you do it anyway, it givesyour brain a good dose of
dopamine, your motivationhormone and your brain likes it.
(12:09):
It's driven by it.
So it will start to want quote,unquote to get more.
So you're legitimately startinga system where your brain wants
to do the things you want to bemotivated for because of the
dopamine hit you get from doingit.
And we can use this method foranything.
What is your big stretch goal?
(12:30):
Write it down.
What is something you think youcan actually do that gets you
closer to that stretch goal?
Like a medium goal, write itdown.
And finally, a base levelstandard of something that's
letting you move at least onedegree closer to what you want A
little five minute, easysomething that keeps you moving
(12:52):
in that direction every singleday.
And, like I said, this can beused for anything.
If you want to be more social,maybe your stretch goal is going
to an event and your mid goalis speaking kindly to or
complimenting a stranger, andthen your smallest standard goal
is to text someone somethingnice, or to comment on an old
(13:14):
friend's social media.
Maybe you want to change yourdiet.
So, for your stretch goal,maybe you come up with the
perfect, most ideal day of wholefood, that's, clean, homemade
meals for the whole day.
Right, it's perfect.
But then maybe you come up withanother metric, that you have
one great meal, or at least it'sall homemade, or at least every
(13:37):
meal has veggies in it.
And then you have a base level,or your standard, where you
know you're going to drink yourwater that day and you're going
to take your vitamins, whateverthat makes sense to you.
So, no matter what, you arealways moving the needle for
yourself and after some time youcan reflect on it.
(13:57):
Maybe use a bullet journal totrack how your progress is gone
and see how, which one you'repicking.
Maybe talk to a friend, have anaccountability buddy or me,
someone like me, to make surethat not only are you successful
but you're enjoying the choicesthat you made for you.
And if you find out from yourreflection that you keep missing
(14:18):
the mark and aren't giving itlove and attention and still
aren't doing that standard thatyou sent for yourself, well,
maybe it gives you theopportunity to look and reflect
and say is this something that Ireally value right now and is
this something that I want toprioritize right now?
Because it's okay for thosethings to change?
But it gives you this space toreally open up, for some honesty
(14:41):
with yourself there, that maybethis goal I didn't set for the
reason that I thought, or maybeI just need to reevaluate there.
And that's all okay.
And that was a perfect caveat,actually, into my next
discussion here on the podcast,which will be about looking at
our priorities, our values andhow we are either moving with or
(15:04):
away from them.
It'll be a really fun one andif you made it to the end of
this episode, you are the firstto know.
After two years of thePurposeful Lifestyle Development
podcast, we're not goinganywhere, but we are getting a
makeover, potentially a littlebit of an expansion, some other
(15:25):
fun new additions, maybe evenbringing on some special guests
onto the show, lots of differentthings in the works.
But I am sorry to say that withall of that, I will be taking
just a little moment I'm hopingit's no more than just a few
weeks off to get all the bellsand whistles on right.
You know, when it comes to techand just as like was our
(15:47):
message of today.
Sometimes things outside ofyour control even really just
don't go exactly as well asplanned, and that's okay.
That's why we leave room forgentleness and flexibility and a
good breath of fresh air.
But with all of that said, I amso, so grateful to everyone who
has made the first two years ofthis podcast as amazing as it
(16:12):
has been downloads in 50different countries all around
the world.
I am honored, seriously honored, to be on your journey with you
, and all of my love to each andevery person whose ears this
has touched.
But all right, my loves, that'swhere I'll leave us today.
I want to thank you so much forjoining in on this conversation
(16:33):
with me, and each week, everyMonday, we're going to be
posting a new episode, going alittle bit deeper into the
conversation, of what you can doto train your brain on purpose
to really allow for thelifestyle that you want to live.
Until next time, my loves.
In the meantime, here's to yourhealth and your happiness.
We're taking life for what it is, which is full of
surprises and changes andcurveballs, and your day rarely
goes exactly how you plan it.
We're essentially planning forthe crazy days, planning for the
hectic.
Hello my loves, and welcome tothe Purposeful Lifestyle
Development Podcast, where wediscuss all things thought, work
(00:23):
and manifestation, but we useneuroscience and the study of
the brain to do so.
I'm your host, tessa Spiesak.
I'm a board certifiedpractitioner, master life and
health coach and seasonedexecutive speaker.
If you're ready to create yourhighest value lifestyle and turn
your dream life into a reality,you're in the right place.
Let's get right in to today'sepisode.
(00:44):
Hello, hello my loves, andwelcome back to the Purposeful
Lifestyle Development Podcast.
Big shout out and hello toeveryone who tunes in weekly,
but if you're new here, welcome.
Don't forget to hit subscribeso that you never miss part of
our conversation.
I'm just so grateful to chatwith you.
However, and wherever you arelistening in from, this one is
(01:08):
very special.
This will be the very lastpodcast episode of 2023.
It will be off next week, sinceI'll be celebrating Christmas
with my family.
We have everyone in town willbe hosting, so I will be running
around busy.
We're already in full swingplanning mode.
But that makes this episodereally, really special and it is
(01:29):
somewhat of a continuation fromlast week.
Last week I talked about atherapy called behavioral
activation.
If you haven't listened to thatone, I do suggest you go back
and do so For a quick summary orjust a refresher.
Basically, we discussed howhumans have this sneaky little
(01:50):
habit of taking action thatcontinues how you already feel.
Basically, this can be reallygreat.
If we're flying high,everything is working in our
favor, all is well.
We tend to continue to dothings that make us feel good.
We knock things off the to-dolist, we move our bodies with
intention, we usually eat in away that serves us better, we
(02:11):
stay hydrated, we're motivatedto work on our things.
Basically, it's flow state.
It's what we're alwayssearching for and it makes us
feel great literally bestfeeling in the world when you're
just flying high like that.
But on the other hand, when wedon't feel like it, when we feel
crappy or something happens,unfortunately, we are usually
(02:36):
just as tempted to continue withactions, to continue how we
feel there.
If you feel bad or tired oranxious, depressed, you'll
probably talk yourself out ofdoing that workout that you
wanted to do, you're probablynot so motivated to work on that
to-do list.
You might eat the food thatmakes your body feel bad just
(02:59):
because it tastes good in theminute, because we don't feel so
great.
All the things we discussed howwe break that link in this
negative cycle to start movingback into some upward momentum,
and the solution for that is bysimply doing it anyway.
Do the thing anyway.
Move the needle the way youwant to anyway, because that is
(03:22):
where we finally start to feellike it, to make you feel better
and to turn it around.
It's not necessarily how we'rewired, so using the intention
behind it really helps andintentionally changing the
direction in the flow of whereyour feelings are pointed.
I mentioned last week thattoday, this week, I'm going to
(03:43):
be talking about how to actuallydo that.
I think, coming up to the newyear, there really couldn't be a
better time for this reminder,especially as a lot of us are
taking inventory over the lastyear, setting new intentions
going into the new year andeverything in between.
I really wanted to talk aboutmy favorite, most realistic and
(04:06):
most sustainable, but gentlestand kindest to self way of
making lasting change in yourlife in a way that serves you
and it makes you feel good,because that's the key.
If you want something to stick,if you want to make lasting
change, you have to like it andit has to feel good.
So, that being said, this iskind of along the same vein.
(04:31):
I want you to know I'm notabout forcing ourselves into
doing things that we hate either, and I don't want that message
to get twisted in here at allbut how we get ourselves to act
like our own dang best friendwhen we need the help and the
things we've tried before justaren't working.
I've got good news for you,because this works, and this is
(04:54):
exactly how I approach change increating new habits in my own
life and how I help my clientsdo the same.
I've actually been doing thisexercise a lot with my
one-on-one folks lately, soagain feels like perfect timing
for this episode, because we allneed it.
So let's dive in.
(05:14):
One mistake we tend to make whenwe approach change is something
that I think we all know weshouldn't do, but try anyway,
and that's trying to changeeverything all at once, or it's
to judge your ability to makethat change on the very best day
ever, where everything isalready going your way the stars
(05:35):
are aligning, nothing's goingwrong, timing is perfect, that
all the things that we plan forthe day.
We need everything to go right,or we're mad at ourselves or
demotivated, frustrated, andwe're telling ourselves that
it's not going to work or itdoesn't work or we're not good
enough.
Worse, and the main point of myapproach here to avoid all of
(06:00):
that is that we're taking lifefor what it is, which is full of
surprises and changes andcurveballs, and your day rarely
goes exactly how you plan it.
We're essentially planning forthe crazy days, planning for the
hectic, and I consider it athree-tiered approach to goal
setting.
So, of course, you're totallyallowed to keep your big goal,
(06:23):
the thing that you would do ifeverything was perfect, all the
stars aligned, everything wentright, timing was perfect, but
we're going to call that yourstretch goal.
That's your big goal.
You can keep it, but that'syour big one.
And then I want you to setanother one, and this is
something like I mean, since apopular New Year's goal is
working out, I'll use that as anexample but say it's working
(06:46):
out If you're someone who isvery, very sedentary, maybe you
work from a computer, you sit alot, maybe an old injury.
Whatever the case, you don'tmove too much, you don't work
out too much, but your big goalis you want to work out at a gym
or at a studio every single day.
Okay, fine, but if that waspossible with your now, you'd
(07:06):
probably already be doing it,rather than it being the stretch
goal.
Like I said, there could be athousand different reasons, a
host of reasons.
None of them are a judgment ofgood versus bad.
It just it is what it is.
Maybe you're busy, maybe youhave kids and you're trying to
learn how to juggle the timing.
Maybe you need to just changesomething in your reality to get
(07:26):
there.
But again, we've got ourstretch top tier goal and then I
want you to set another onethat is something that falls in
line with the same goal butmaybe takes a little bit less
effort.
So if that big goal, with ourexample, is to go from pretty
sedentary to working out at agym or a studio every day, let's
(07:50):
make a plan for the days thatthings don't go your way.
Maybe physically going to thegym is just out of the
wheelhouse for the day, thetiming situation isn't sorted,
the kids are doing something.
Maybe you slept poorly andslept in so your whole schedule
got thrown.
Or, honestly, maybe you justcan't find the motivation that
(08:11):
day to get up and do it againBecause motivation is fleeting.
We talk about that a lot, andthat is nothing to be ashamed of
.
We don't rely on motivation.
That's a conversation foranother day.
But let's talk about that day.
What can we do to plan for it?
So maybe making yourself get tothe gym or the studio isn't in
(08:32):
the cards, but what will youstill be proud of yourself for?
Can you walk for 30 minutes?
Instead, go outside, get innature?
Can you pop on a video fromYouTube and do something in the
living room?
Is there a treadmill availableto you?
Can you do some abs on thefloor?
Find something that's stillgetting you towards your goal,
(08:53):
and in this case, the goal ofdaily movement.
But this allows for moreflexibility.
And then I want you to go onedeeper, and this layer is so, so
important.
It's more important than youthink, but I want you to pick
something so small and so easythat you would basically have to
(09:14):
choose not to do it if itsomehow got away from you.
Something that you could do ifit was nighttime, if you're
getting ready for bed, or evenif you're already in bed, you
can do it anyway.
I really suggest takingsomething that takes no more
than five minutes I meanliterally 10 at tops because
this is something that I wantyou to commit to, no matter what
(09:38):
.
This is the tiny little thingthat can be your 1% in moving
the needle in the rightdirection.
So for our workout example,maybe it's not going to the gym
or the studio for an hour, maybeyou don't even have time or
energy or whatever to do the 30minute walk or the video, but
you know what you can do.
You can get down on the floorand stretch.
(09:59):
You can do it from where you'resitting.
You can do it in bed.
If you're already in bed, youcan pop on the floor and do a
few pushups or a few sit ups orjust move whatever that is for
you.
But this base layer is somethingthat allows you to commit to
your goals and allows you to seereally what's genuinely
realistic for you, and it allowsyou to be gentle and to have
(10:22):
simple, sustainable change.
Because, no matter what, everysingle day you can do something
that moves you in that direction, and the good thing about this
is, over time you'll notice thatyou'll see a lot more of days
that you have that big goal.
Action is taking place.
We're seeing a lot moreconsistency there.
(10:44):
You'll start to see less andless of that simple base level
standard, which is cool for twodifferent reasons.
One, your goal will naturallyand gradually mature with you as
it becomes your lifestyle.
So it allows you to reevaluatewhat you want versus where you
are in terms of your goals andit shows you what actually makes
(11:07):
sense to you in your life,because you can't do it the same
way I do it versus the way theydo it.
He does it, she does it.
It's always gonna be a littlebit different for all of our
lives and all of our situations.
So this allows you to reallysee and really evaluate what
makes sense for you.
And two, it taps into the rewardsystem in your brain.
(11:29):
For those of you who are aroundthe life of this podcast, you
know my absolute favorite mindhack is getting your brain more
excited and less resistant tothe things.
That you want is to tap intoyour reward cycle.
I know I talk about it a lot soI don't wanna dive too deep,
but just a reminder.
(11:49):
Your reward cycle of your brainis simply put when you do
something that you want to do,when you do something that's
good for you especially if it'snew or you have resistance to it
and you do it anyway, it givesyour brain a good dose of
dopamine, your motivationhormone and your brain likes it.
(12:09):
It's driven by it.
So it will start to want quote,unquote to get more.
So you're legitimately startinga system where your brain wants
to do the things you want to bemotivated for because of the
dopamine hit you get from doingit.
And we can use this method foranything.
What is your big stretch goal?
(12:30):
Write it down.
What is something you think youcan actually do that gets you
closer to that stretch goal?
Like a medium goal, write itdown.
And finally, a base levelstandard of something that's
letting you move at least onedegree closer to what you want A
little five minute, easysomething that keeps you moving
(12:52):
in that direction every singleday.
And, like I said, this can beused for anything.
If you want to be more social,maybe your stretch goal is going
to an event and your mid goalis speaking kindly to or
complimenting a stranger, andthen your smallest standard goal
is to text someone somethingnice, or to comment on an old
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friend's social media.
Maybe you want to change yourdiet.
So, for your stretch goal,maybe you come up with the
perfect, most ideal day of wholefood, that's, clean, homemade
meals for the whole day.
Right, it's perfect.
But then maybe you come up withanother metric, that you have
one great meal, or at least it'sall homemade, or at least every
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meal has veggies in it.
And then you have a base level,or your standard, where you
know you're going to drink yourwater that day and you're going
to take your vitamins, whateverthat makes sense to you.
So, no matter what, you arealways moving the needle for
yourself and after some time youcan reflect on it.
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Maybe use a bullet journal totrack how your progress is gone
and see how, which one you'repicking.
Maybe talk to a friend, have anaccountability buddy or me,
someone like me, to make surethat not only are you successful
but you're enjoying the choicesthat you made for you.
And if you find out from yourreflection that you keep missing
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the mark and aren't giving itlove and attention and still
aren't doing that standard thatyou sent for yourself, well,
maybe it gives you theopportunity to look and reflect
and say is this something that Ireally value right now and is
this something that I want toprioritize right now?
Because it's okay for thosethings to change?
But it gives you this space toreally open up, for some honesty
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with yourself there, that maybethis goal I didn't set for the
reason that I thought, or maybeI just need to reevaluate there.
And that's all okay.
And that was a perfect caveat,actually, into my next
discussion here on the podcast,which will be about looking at
our priorities, our values andhow we are either moving with or
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away from them.
It'll be a really fun one andif you made it to the end of
this episode, you are the firstto know.
After two years of thePurposeful Lifestyle Development
podcast, we're not goinganywhere, but we are getting a
makeover, potentially a littlebit of an expansion, some other
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fun new additions, maybe evenbringing on some special guests
onto the show, lots of differentthings in the works.
But I am sorry to say that withall of that, I will be taking
just a little moment I'm hopingit's no more than just a few
weeks off to get all the bellsand whistles on right.
You know, when it comes to techand just as like was our
(15:47):
message of today.
Sometimes things outside ofyour control even really just
don't go exactly as well asplanned, and that's okay.
That's why we leave room forgentleness and flexibility and a
good breath of fresh air.
But with all of that said, I amso, so grateful to everyone who
has made the first two years ofthis podcast as amazing as it
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has been downloads in 50different countries all around
the world.
I am honored, seriously honored, to be on your journey with you
, and all of my love to each andevery person whose ears this
has touched.
But all right, my loves, that'swhere I'll leave us today.
I want to thank you so much forjoining in on this conversation
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with me, and each week, everyMonday, we're going to be
posting a new episode, going alittle bit deeper into the
conversation, of what you can doto train your brain on purpose
to really allow for thelifestyle that you want to live.
Until next time, my loves.
In the meantime, here's to yourhealth and your happiness.
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