Acceptance vs Resignation and Justification

I am a huge believer in accepting and loving oneself. There is absolutely nothing WRONG with any of us. This may sound like a strange comment coming from a coach who helps people to change their bodies but there is a very fine distinction between choosing change and thinking you HAVE to change.

Simply put, every client I see is perfect and complete the minute they step through the door. It is only from this spot that we can create their new body. If a client is always in the space of hating their body NOW or in a sense of not being at peace with themselves, I can almost guarantee mediocre results.

Our minds are very powerful machines. With a program running over and over again telling you that you hate your body, the only thing that machine has energy to do is hate your body and give you more of the same. If we can take that program off of disliking your body, we have all of this energy left over to create something new...to input a new program that says something like "I'm healthy, vibrant and an happy." With this program, you have amazing possibilities and the energy to full fill them.

The golden key to everything you want in your fitness life lies in truly accepting yourself, freeing up that energy and using it to create something new of your choosing.

I sometimes see this message distorted and used as justification. Some people with obvious health problems, will tell everyone that they accept themselves, are complete with their bodies and see no reason to do anything about it. I think that this is great so long as they own up to EXACTLY what they are accepting. Everyone has the right and responsibility to create their lives and if someone wants to eat unhealthy, drink a lot, and smoke, I have no problem with it as long as they are consciously CHOOSING it.

People understand that their behavior dictates the length of their life and the quality of their health. If these things are more important to them than their health or longevity, I have no right to tell them otherwise. The only problem I have is when people choose unhealthy lifestyles and then blame someone or something else for the disease or breakdown of their bodies--because without taking that responsibility, we have NO opportunity to bring them back on the path of health and healing.

It is YOUR life, this is YOUR dream--live it to it's fullest. Appreciate your body now and take responsibility for CONSCIOUSLY create the life and body you want