Having a Growth Mindset

It's February, and time to give ourselves some self-love. According to the media, people drop off their New Year's resolutions by now. Maybe you have been working on your healthy habits, and maybe you are starting now. There is no time like the present moment! The mindset we have getting there can be a game-changer, and this is what I want to share with you.

Having an all-or-nothing mindset makes you stay stuck. 

Having a growth mindset is what you want to cultivate. 

 Anytime you try a new habit to see how it feels with your body and how it fits or works with your life is a learning experience that only enriches you. You can't think yourself there or get your results thinking about it. You have to try it out and see how it feels for you. 

If it doesn't work out for whatever reason, this is not a failure! 

 You always learn something from that experience for the next attempt. This growth mindset allows you to be adaptable, and keep going when there are challenges and setbacks, because you always learn something new about yourself and the process towards your goals you want to achieve. This brings growth and a bunch of other great strengths. 

 It's never “win/fail”. It's win/ learn. 

 This starts bringing you closer to accepting what is; our wonderful, imperfect selves, because perfection (the way we see it and imagine it)  doesn't exist. You are definitely a resourceful and a highly intelligent being, with plenty of life-experience to help you move forward to whatever you want to do. 

 When you use the word “failure”, it assumes that winning and doing it perfectly are the only options. That is unrealistic, and it leaves room for the all-or-nothing mindset, which keeps you stuck, and feeling bad about yourself, with a lot of unnecessary, negative self-talk that gets in the way. 

 By practicing a growth mindset, you are actively trying it out as an experiment, seeing how it goes, and uncovering what you learn from trying, without the negative judgment on your abilities. This gives more room for having fun along the way (with less pressure, too) and actually enjoying working towards your habits and overall health. This is the environment I like to cultivate in my coaching sessions; positivity and encouragement all the way!

 I hope you find this helpful! Embrace your pace, and practice a growth mindset as much as you can!