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Victim Mentality
Today I want to discuss something that typically gets in the way of us going “all in”. Something that keeps us stuck and prevents us from creating the results we want. It also keeps us from experiencing joy. In fact, it causes the opposite of joy. It creates a lot of resentment, bitterness, sadness, hopelessness, and sometimes even anger. I’m talking about Victim Mentality. Victim Mentality is just a habit. Tune into today’s podcast to learn how to break it. FEATURED ON THE SHOW Kevin Hamilton Article Reinventing Yourself The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Learn More on my Website Follow me on Instagram TRANSCRIPT: I’m Rachael Collins…
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Diversify Your Joy
Click Here to Listen to this Post A huge part of my pre-weight loss story was simply this: I LOVED FOOD! I mean I LOVED IT!!! I based my whole life around food. It was my entertainment, my comfort, my distraction, my love, and how I connected and bonded with my people. I never thought of food as fuel that was there to sustain my body and keep me alive. I thought of food as joy. So of course, when I started trying to make changes to my eating habits and experimenting with which foods felt best in my body, it felt like all the joy had been taken out…
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Stop Buffering
: Buffering is when we use external things to change how we feel emotionally. It can be anything that serves as a protective barrier from having to fully experience our lives and the sometimes intense emotions that accompany it. It’s something we do to keep from fully experiencing our lives, to hide from reality, to procrastinate, to not show up and face the music. We’re mostly buffer because we feel entitled to feel happiness and pleasure all of the time. We are constantly bombarded with suggestions of ways to do this: You should go eat something You should go buy something You should go watch something These are all FALSE PLEASURES…
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Loving Your Lovable Self
We are all 100% loveable. There is nothing we can do to be more worthy of love. We can’t earn it. And it can’t be taken away. It’s just there. If you don’t love yourself or even like yourself, it’s a reflection of your choice not to. It has nothing to do with your lovability. Having an amazing relationship with yourself boils down to how you choose to think about yourself. If you want to like yourself more, simply commit to thinking awesome thoughts about yourself.
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p.s. It’s all in your head!
People are blown away when I teach them that their relationship with others – this includes people in your family, your parents, your in-laws, your spouse, co-workers, friends, etc., anyone that’s not you, is made up of only their own thoughts about that person. That’s right! It exists only in your mind. We think it has to do with actions and behavior. We think a relationship is based off of what we do for them and how they show up for us. But I’m telling you, your relationship with anyone depends on your thoughts about them. What you think about your relationship is the relationship. It’s not based on the…
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Body Love
Body image is a huge topic right now, and it should be. Body image is defined as how we feel in and about our body. It has nothing to do with our appearance. Many people believe that their body is the problem. What they don’t realize is that the problem is not with their body, but with the way they think about their body. I believe that developing a positive body image, or what I call “BODY LOVE”, feeling good about your body from the inside, not just how it looks, will improve our health and increase our happiness levels. I believe deep down we all want to love our…
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Piper, Pipe Down!
As a human being, you have this voice inside you that likes to talk to you -all- the -time. This voice tells you things like: You’re not good enough. Other People can do that better than you. Why are you so stupid? You don’t know what you’re talking about. What’s wrong with you? You’re too old, fat, ugly, etc This voice goes by: Ego, the Natural Man, Inner Mean Girl, Inner Critic, or Inner Naysayer. And nothing she says is true. Inside you is also your spirit. This is the part of you that is total love. This part of you existed before you were born and will exist after…
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Some Mother’s Child
Today I have another tool for you to use to help you show up with love. This tool is one a had to learn the hard way. Not too long ago, I had a close family member struggle and rebel. He rebelled against my family, the gospel, and the law. Many MANY people judged not only him, but also his parents, and especially his mother. It was a difficult thing to witness and to go through, but it taught me a great lesson on love. Whenever I encounter someone who is easy to judge, but difficult to love, I remind myself that this person is some mother’s child.
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Be Love
There are many ways we can BE in any given situation . We can be jealous, angry, annoyed, happy, selfish, kind, judgmental, and so on. The absolute, very best way to be is to BE LOVE. What you notice about others is the same thing you notice about yourself. What is relevant and important to us are the things we think should be relevant and important to others. When we judge others, we are actually
