Does your fear of change override your good intentions to achieving your goals?

Fear and Resistance to change is normal and even beneficial. It must be expected and acknowledged.

Taking that leap of faith is risky, and you will only take active steps toward the unknown if you genuinely believe – and perhaps more importantly, feel – that the risks of standing still are greater than those of moving forward in a new direction.

"And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom". - Anais Nin

Change is all about taking a risk. We become and like to remain connected to what we know and are familiar with – even at times to our own detriment. For most people, seeing is believing. I’d like you to change your mind set to’ Believing is Seeing’. As Henry Ford said, “Whether you believe you can or believe you can't, you are right.”

Changing your mindset/beliefs from the ‘I can’t do it!’ – to ’How can I do it?’ - can go a long way toward overcoming your fears and resistance to change. You might feel that you won’t be able to make the transition because you don’t think you can. You may also feel overloaded, overwhelmed and fatigued by the stresses of daily life.

Fatigue can really block your change effort, for example, you believe you should quit drinking alcohol, but you’ve got a challenging career going, you are a single mom with two teenagers to keep up with and therefore can easily put off your personal health improvement (until your first heart attack or cancer scare, when suddenly the risks of standing still seem greater than the risks of change!).

Are you one of the people with a healthy scepticism who want to be sure that new ideas are sound?

Fears and doubts can also block your change effort because they are part & parcel of the negative beliefs you hold about yourself -- that you don't deserve love or success and a wonderful future, that you are not good enough, that you are powerless -- or beliefs about life -- that life really is about effort and struggle.

Fears, doubts and resistance to change is a scary place to be – What lengths will you go to to cover them up, banish or escape them? Over indulgence in alcohol, cigarette smoking, food, drugs, overwork?

What is the message you are giving your children?

Consider healing your life as the biggest gift you can give anyone, most of all yourself.

In Gratitude
Annette

www.paradigmshifttraining.com