🎉🎉🎉 I completed 100 workouts at SPENGA! 🎉🎉🎉
I’m sharing this not to brag but as a practice of celebrating something I accomplished in the midst of an area that I am not normally good at.
In my coaching training and practice, I’ve seen some great “aha moments” and breakthroughs when a client was bemoaning the area they are struggling with. Because I am a neutral listener with curiosity and without judgment, I simply ask:
❓”HOW HAVE YOU BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THIS AREA?”❓
…And people are forced to interrupt the negative mindset and search for oft forgotten examples that are worth celebrating and remembering.
And then once those successes start tumbling out (it may take a minute), then I ask:
❓”WHAT MOTIVATED YOU IN THOSE PAST SUCCESSES THAT CAN BE TRANSFERRED TO THIS CURRENT SITUATION?” ❓
So for me, it looks like this:
PROBLEM: “I have gained new perimenopausal weight that is harder to get off, and have trouble challenging or pushing myself when I exercise (Netflix + 10 pound weights = Meh). I go from thing to thing without always seeing results.” (Continue to page 2)
Shesourceful 