We’re twenty-eight days into the New Year. How’s it going so far? How are those resolutions, intentions, goals, and dreams going? Have they all fallen apart already?!? If you’re like most people, you might believe that you could improve your life if you just had a little more of that mysterious magic sauce… willpower.
“If only I had more self-control, I could eat right, exercise more, make better financial decisions, stop procrastinating, and turn my life around.” Sound familiar?
Here’s the challenge:
Recent research has shown that willpower is similar to a muscle, in that it gets fatigued! You can say no to the cookie once, but then the 2nd time it’s offered and the 3rd time…each of those choices requires willpower and quickly exhausts it!
“Oh, just give it to me already! Why do I even bother?!”
So… what to do? Well, it’s my experience that when you get to the ROOT beliefs, experiences, expectations, self-image, and more, then change becomes EFFORTLESS. Why? Because we’re changing who we ARE, at the core, instead of trying to force ourselves to change.
When these changes happen at the level of our identity, then the resulting actions don’t require this muscle of willpower. So going to the gym isn’t a chore, it’s an exciting adventure, just part of who we are.
Making healthy food choices isn’t difficult, it’s what we want and craves from every cell of our body. Procrastination is no longer an issue because we don’t fear the action, we embrace it with all aspects of our being.
The Big Question Now
How do we get to these root beliefs, experiences, expectations, self-image, and more? Whereas in the past, it was often a struggle to make changes at this level, EFT Tapping is extraordinarily effective at doing just that.
Since it works directly with the amygdala in the brain, it can rewrite these old patterns in dramatic levels. I’ve seen it in my life and in the lives of hundreds of thousands of other people who made this profound choice, to use this simple and powerful technique and change their lives.
I want to help you harness the energy of the New Year, and not face the struggle and disappointment that we often feel a month into the year when everything seems to be back to normal, and failure is riding alongside us again.
To that end, I have an awesome new podcast to share from my sister, Jessica. The expectations and pressure we put on ourselves are often the very things that keep us stuck in place.
Tap away the frustration and learn how to set yourself up for success in this podcast. Change is easier (and more fun) than you think!
You’ll find new insights and awareness, and just doing the tapping can be just what you need to kickstart these changes.
Let 2016 be YOUR year. Make that choice, to throw off the chains of your past, those old habits, those old failures, that old self-doubt, and finally embrace the greatness of YOU.
Until next time…
Keep Tapping!
Nick Ortner
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