Donna Burick, BCC
you just scarfed down. What’s a girl to do? You feel guilty, get mad at yourself for being so weak, and the computer part jumps in with even stricter systems in order to help you become suc- cessful. And the cycle continues. It’s enough to really wear on your sense of self. You start to feel hopeless and weak. Maybe you even feel like you’re a failure and nothing ever works out for you, so why bother anymore?
“It was very humbling to realize that my worries were there just to make me miserable. It was even more humbling to realize that I was the guy who had his finger firmly pressed on the misery button. It was wonderful, though, to discover that I also had the power to quit pressing the button.” ~ Gay Hendricks
I’m here to tell you none of that is true. You’re not hopeless, helpless, or a failure. You just got a message that your two parts are not working together. Once you restore alignment you’ll flourish. Do you want to turn your self-sabotage into gold? Then pretend you are a miner and use this 3-step process.
1. Pan for Gold The first step is to identify where you are out of alignment.
You are going to pan for gold using a paper and pen, or a com- puter if you want to be a modern-day miner! Make a list of everything you are doing tomorrow. Everything!
Waking up at 6am, making breakfast, brushing your teeth, leav- ing for work early so you can get that pumpkin latte on the way, sneaking out at lunch to secretly buy a new pair of shoes to slip into your closet before your husband comes home. Really, I mean everything – the good, the bad, and the ugly! The reason for this is you must put everything down to re-
ally identify your discomfort. My guess is the stuff you want to leave off is where most of your gold lies; since only you see the list please don’t short change yourself. Write it all down. Now go back through each item and rate your discomfort
level. Put a zero if you don’t feel any discomfort with the item and put a ten if the item makes you want to run screaming from the room.
2. Assess Your Lode Now look at the items that scored the highest. Ask yourself these three questions:
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Do I actually want this or do I think I should do it?
If so, then how can I make it more fun? If not, what would I rather do instead?
These questions will allow your carnal self to have a voice in the process, balancing out the logical side’s constant input. Allow yourself to really dream – engage your imagination. Treat this as brainstorming and suspend reality and self-censoring at this stage. Just allow your imagination to go wild – there’s gold in them ther hills, so go find it!
3. Extract the Nuggets Now that you have allowed your imagination to run wild,
see what it came up with. Choose the aspects you can incorpo- rate into your logical systems so that both sides of you are work- ing together to create new patterns in your life. Feed both wolves. For example, maybe you are up on the computer late at night
because you felt lonely and you discovered in this exercise join- ing a book club will give you the social outlet you were really seeking. After coming home from your group activity you no longer feel the craving to stare at Facebook for six hours. Your social needs are met and you get a good night’s sleep. A win-win. Self-sabotage is not an indicator of your inability to stick with
things, it’s just an indicator that you set up a system that isn’t working for all of you. As you notice where this pops up in your life you now have a way of addressing the real underlining prob- lem, so you can be successful, happy, and enjoy the journey all at the same time!
Desire a results-oriented holistic solution? Do you yearn to: Cre- ate more balance in your life; Stop feeling so exhausted; Un- cover your life’s passion; Attain clarity about what’s next for you; Revive your relationships; Craft a deeper spiritual connection; Access a place of health & happiness? Donna can guide you from here to there, call for your free 15-minute consultation and dis- cover a different approach. 336-540-0088. Offices in Greensboro & Winston-Salem. Visit
www.donnaburick.com. See ad on page 23.
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