In this week’s episode of Real Talk, I have the great privilege of speaking with Subconscious Success Coach, Helena Day who helps busy corporates up level their lives by teaching them to tap into their power.
This episodes was so super fun, Helena flipped the script on me and picked my brain on how we can create self acceptance - something that I have been more consciously working on for the past 4 or so years. Of all the self development and betterment work to be done, I have to say, learning to create self acceptance has to be one of the most powerful things you can add to your daily ‘to-do’ list. Easy? Far from it. In fact, initially, I found work of this nature to be quite confronting and at time, painful and that is in fact what makes it so transformational, healing and powerful.
Choose, challenge, change and create - the 4Cs that I’m going to take away from this conversation and a powerful reminder of the responsibility you have to creating a better life for yourself, a life that you want to live and a life that gets you excited to wake up each day. They say comparison is the thief of joy and I have found that it is possible to feel joyous in many more moments where my focus is acceptance and as Helena points out, a contributing factor of this is leaning into gratitude. Gratitude towards ourselves and for ourselves not just in our best moments, not just when we are receiving accolades and praise but during our worst moments too - ‘Warts and all’ as she says. How can you see yourself as being perfectly imperfect in as many moments as possible? I truly belief that this is key in creating happiness and moving the needle on health and fitness goals which currently sees people get ‘stuck’ time and time again. It’s easy to default to comparison - what you once weighed, what you once lifted, how you once looked. Chances are, that focus of the past is keeping you from creating progress right here and now and thus, creating a stressful picture for your future.
People who like themselves look after themselves - something I often say and a parallel that Helena and myself see in our respective fields. I can attest to her brilliance in the transformations that I have seen her clients experience. When it comes to health and fitness, we can be too quick to take the approach of ‘More punishment = great results’ - it does not. It creates unnecessary stress and unrealistic expectations that set us up to fail before we even begin. What if the key were to like who we are now, to start the physical transformation from within so that we can then look after ourselves day in and day out, month on month and year after year? Contradictory and unconventional I know but it makes a whole lot of sense.
Listen and learn why self acceptance is key in creating happiness and thus becoming a healthier version of yourself and be sure to connect with Helena on the following links provided:
https://helenaday.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenaday
