#selfactualization

Awakening from Autopilot - Breaking Free from Routine and Truly Living

The majority of people who have come to me asking for help over the past almost 50 years had decided that they were dissatisfied with their lives, their jobs, their relationships, or themselves. Or a combination thereof. But they didn’t know how to make the changes which they thought would bring them happiness & joy. When our lives no longer satisfy us, when we’re miserable, most of us have a…

To assess flow states

Is to assess blockages

To assess blockages

Is to witness , is to discern

With breadth and depth, with a macroscope, with a microscope

To choose flow is to choose healing

Sense your tension. Sense its color, its shape…sense its source, sense the story

Assess the inflammation, assess the ease, assess the root, assess the exit points, assess the blockages.

How are you creating room for inflammation to reduce - whether your mind, your body, your emotions - that which is inflamed. How are we creating room for wisdom to flow. To create space is to create flow.

Sanctuary states of being begets health and wellness

➰The Habit Loop

Habits form through a simple loop - cue, craving, response, reward. Identifying these components allows us to reshape habits.

◾◼️⬛The Compounding Power of Small Changes

Atomic habits are tiny changes that accumulate into remarkable results, like compound interest. Focus on small improvements consistently.

💠Making Habits Obvious

Create visual reminders and cues. Make good habits visible and bad habits invisible. Harness habit stacking and temptation bundling.

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📈Increasing Desire and Frequency

Make habits attractive. Add satisfaction and enjoyment to the habit routine. Leverage our natural cravings and sense of identity.

🔕Shaping Your Environment

Design your environment and context to make good habits easy and bad habits difficult. Control cues, remove triggers.

📐Measuring Habits

Tracking habits creates awareness that leads to improvement. Monitor progress, but focus on consistency over perfection.

⌛Maintaining Habits Long-Term

Habit change is a slow process of small tweaks iterated over time. Make tiny changes and build momentum. Don't quit at the first sign of struggle.

🤝The Role of Community

Surround yourself with people who have positive habits. Leverage accountability partners. Make habit change social.

😇Skill vs. Habit

Focus on building diligent habits over talent. Maintain high standards and emotional commitment to fuel motivation.

💯Avoiding Extremes