I was listening to a podcast this morning where Tony Robbins was a guest, I knew who he was but I haven't never listened to his message before.
On this podcast he talked a lot about why people turn to things like smoking or over eating, they address your need for comfort. When you smoke a cigarette you literally take deep breaths, same when you over eat, when to are very full it makes you slow down and take deep breaths.
He talked about how everyone gets addicted to something, you can't expect yourself just to stop that habit....you have to find something to replace those needs the addiction is fulfilling.
Something like food will give you comfort, certainty, variety, connection with people people in your life. Instead of just trying to stop your habit of over eating or eating processed foods you should look for ways to fulfill those same needs in other ways.
When your needs are met you will be able to stick to your new healthy habits.
The challenge with all this though is that most people don't know what they need. You first have to figure out what you really need and go TOWARDS that, and not try and run away from something. This is the harder work of healing yourself from food addiction.
It's not about focusing on stopping something. What will help you be more successful is to focus on starting something else that's fulfilling your underlying needs.
Are you familiar with these concepts? Any favorite motivational speakers that have been impactful for you?
We are headed to Segovia for the day as a family, I hope you have a wonderful Sunday. ❤️❤️
Yesterday we surprised the kids and brought home a puppy!! They have been begging for one for years and we felt like the time was right to bring one home.
Meet Angus 🐕 He's a Golden Retriever/King Charles Cavalier Spaniel mix. He's 11 weeks old and currently weighs about 8 pounds, he should be around 35 pounds fully grown. I know it will be an adjustment for a while as he gets potty trained etc but we are so excited. 😂 Wish us luck! 🤪
Cheese is good! I ate a block of chipotle oven baked cheese with lunch yesterday and it was divine. I love it, but know that it halts any progress I'm making, and will even trigger eating in excess to where I'll gain weight. It's sad but I have accepted it. If I eat it in small quantities with a meal, it's ok, but I really have to work to keep it in check.
What's your favorite cheese? How do you incorporate it? Do you see negative results when eating it?
Happy Sunday! Sharing a video today from our week, one of the highlights. This was Wednesday evening church, normally they have a more casual prayer meeting where someone plays the guitar, but they were doing some construction in the fellowship hall so they had their prayer meeting in the sanctuary. No one was there to play the piano so my my Grandma did it, she's been playing the piano in church for probably 80 years.
For context, she's 88, she had a really bad fall 5 years ago now and hit her head and ended up with a lot setbacks, similar to having a stroke. She has a lot of dementia like symptoms also (I am sure related to her Type 2 diabetes), she really can't read music anymore, and she has trouble seeing well, and she needs to wear hearing aids to hear but hates wearing them, so on this night she didn't want to wear them. My 93 (almost 94) year old grandpa takes care of both of them on their farm. Anyway, on this night she sat down on the piano and led worship as people called ...
My flight was delayed and I ended up getting home pretty late last night but thankfully I got to sleep in my own bed (I slept pretty terrible this trip).
Penelope has a little performance today for the theater camp she did this week. The kids have Bible school next week and then we leave for our big Montana road trip, which we're all very excited about.
We don't have any other major plans this weekend except for doing some preparation for that trip. Mostly just excited to catch up and get some rest this weekend. We'll do a Livestream in Locals Monday evening!
How has your week been going? What are your plans for the weekend?
I just realized that the great value canned chicken I've been using says zero carbs but has modified food starch in it. I found some clean ones I will be buying from now on. You really need to read labels.
Happy Thursday! Yesterday we taught a session on Emotional Intelligence, and a big part of that is having Self Awareness. We used this graphic to help people dive into the root of their reactions and emotions. We usually only identify the core emotions in the middle of the circle, anger for instance. But anger can come in the form of frustration which can come from resentment. Or we might notice we are sad, but really it's coming from hurt that stems from feeling isolated. When we know the more specific emotion we are experiencing, it can help us respond more effectively.
So often we tell ourselves we're struggling because we lack willpower, motivation, or discipline. But if we pause and look deeper, the real issue may be stress, loneliness, overwhelm, disappointment, insecurity, boredom, or feeling out of control.
Many of us don't eat because we're physically hungry. We eat because we're tired. We snack because we're stressed. We give up because we're discouraged. We reach for comfort because ...
