We’re going to break the new habits into micro-pieces – often we start too big.
We’re going to have daily accountability and offer daily accountability

• often we try to create new habits without support.

We’re going to work somatically with the parts that don’t want the new habit

• often we try to force our parts into cooperating which creates avoidance, freeze or rebellion.

We’re going to use life-coaching tools to work with limiting beliefs

• these tools are tested and tried.

You can listen to the replay. While being live in the group is the best, if you have a time conflict for one or two of the sessions, you can watch the replay and still participate fully. If you have a conflict for more than two of the sessions, you can still join us, but the accountability portion will look different for you - we can talk.

Video on or video off is just fine for the movement sections, you can choose how you are most comfortable and most fully able to show up for yourself.

Wednesday co-working will be online, though you don't have to be on your computer for whatever you want to work on. It'll be a quick check-in online and then I will stay video on, but no one else needs to - we each do our thing - then a little check out at the end of the hour.

Co-working is really effective for working on tasks that you tend to procrastinate on or need a little extra focus. It could be time for your new habit, or time to work on the things that you tell yourself you should do before you do your habit. It's totally optional.

Your project could be meditation, updating your financials, writing, washing dishes, decluttering, or reading for fun. What is it that you need support with? It can be a time to re-fuel or a time to move a project forward: your choice.

I am not a fan of weight-loss as a goal.

Most often weight-loss is a mind driven / culture inspired desire. Bodies shift in their true hungers when other needs are being met. Dieting (food/calorie restriction) often leads to future weight-gain.

Alternatives that I would recommend:

– Set a goal to identify mouth hunger vs. physical hunger and get really curious about what triggers mouth hunger and what you do once it’s present. 

- Or - Set a goal to notice when you find yourself craving food (different than hungry) to pause and ask gently to see if there is an emotional component. If craving food for emotional reasons you will work to journal, shake it out, or deep breathe for 3 minutes before you choose what to put into your mouth.

- Or - Set a goal to exercise more and see what happens from there. Unless you’re getting 10,000 steps a day or have physical limitations, it’s quite likely that your body would like more exercise than you get. Swimming anyone? (it’s low-impact and uses a lot of micro-muscles)

-Or- Set a goal to stop eating foods that you know are poison for your body. If you’re celiac or gluten intolerant, that’s gluten grains; if you’re diabetic or have insulin resistance, that’s sugar; if you’re allergic to dairy or soy or nuts. . . it’s those foods that your body is asking you to avoid. What support do you need to do it?

-Or- Set a goal to feel your sensations all the way through each eating experience from deciding what to eat, to eating, to tracking your energy levels after you eat for about ½ hour. No judgment or control, just curiosity and compassion and noticing.

-Or- Set a goal to work your way through the book “Intuitive Eating” by Tribole and Resch.

This is a participatory experience, there will be very little lecturing, some checking in with the other members of the group - but mostly the time is spent checking in with your body through gentle movement and journaling. This process was created by a somatic introvert, let's find a style of showing up that works for you. It really is different to be in a group of people being present with their bodies than it is to simply watch a video.