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Welcome to the nourishing. 
Amy podcast. 

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I'm Amy Rankin. 
I am an emotional intelligence 

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and life coach as Speaker, a 
Creator, and a wellness. 

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Chaser, I have created this 
podcast for you to learn how 

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'but mindset changes and get 
really actionable. 

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Takeaways to find out who you 
are, what lights you up, how you

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can love yourself again and how 
to live your best life. 

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Give yourself the space to 
welcome in more self-care and 

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Parents reduce feelings like 
overwhelm and stress and let 

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find your sparkle again. 
Are you ready? 

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Let's do it. 
Hello and welcome to episode 108

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of the nourishing. 
Amy podcast, as promised today's

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episode is going to be all about
self-sabotage and 

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procrastination. 
I'm going to be teaching you 

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about the two different areas of
the brain that get engaged when 

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we lean into procrastinating 
patterns. 

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I guess you would say and I hope
that this helps you to 

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understand more About what's 
actually going on in your brain.

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When you do start to notice that
you're buying into excuses, or 

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the procrastination is coming up
for you. 

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But even cooler is what I've 
noticed with a few of my clients

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since I ran this Workshop over 
with bu happiness college, is 

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that they've actively been able 
to notice this, and they can 

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actually like kind of watch it 
playing out in their brain and 

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they're like, well this is 
exactly what Amy was talking 

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about in that Workshop the other
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So like, I just mentioned, This 
is a workshop that I ran for bu 

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happiness college and with our 
beautiful clients over there. 

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So for those of you that don't 
know, which I'm sure most of you

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do, I am currently working with 
bu happiness college with my 

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one-on-one clients and also for 
our group Workshop session. 

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So I run a workshop on a 
specific topic every month as 

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well. 
So once a month, I choose a 

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topic that I'm either really 
interested in or that I noticed 

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that my clients would really 
like to be King on and I get 

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their suggestions and questions 
and things like that and put 

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them all together. 
So there's another one that I 

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ran last month which I'm also 
going to run you guys through to

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because I just think the content
in it and yeah, just everything.

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It was such a good Workshop. 
It was on self-worth and 

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negative self-talk and things 
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So definitely going to be doing 
that for you guys in the next 

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few episodes as well. 
But this is a Pretty highly 

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requested topic. 
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procrastination, is something 
that happens to all of us. 

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Like, I notice it coming up for 
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I know that when I talk to a lot
of my clients and we have our 

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sessions procrastination and 
buying into our own excuses is 

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definitely something that we 
feel gets in our own way of 

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really taking action on the 
things that we really want to be

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doing and gets in the way, then,
of course, of helping us to lean

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towards how we want to be 
feeling as well. 

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So before I jump, Into all of 
that, I am going to give you my 

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recommendations now. 
I have two this week because one

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is a bit of a, light-hearted 
silly recommendation. 

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The other one is an actual 
proper recommendation. 

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So this silly one and the 
light-hearted one is, if you 

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haven't had a chance to check it
out, Byron Bay's on Netflix, if 

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you're looking for a TV show, to
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off and not take seriously at 
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This is your show, it's a 
reality show. 

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And when I say reality, I'm 
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quotations because to be fair, 
like the whole thing is so 

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scripted but it's just so 
light-hearted. 

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It's something that I have had 
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If I've just been like, cooking 
dinner or if I've had a really 

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emotionally overwhelming day 
with Ali and he's gone down for 

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bed, I might just pop an episode
on just to kind of wind down and

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help to switch my brain off 
before I jump into like you 

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know, cooking dinner cleaning 
the Soul of the things that 

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happen. 
So it's yeah, look, there's so 

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many. 
Like, if you Google Byron Bay's,

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it will come up. 
You like you can find out what 

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it's about there but it's a show
that follows around this group 

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of influences that live in Byron
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for a, you know, certain reason,
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and kind of follows them around.
So it's very silly, it's very 

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scripted. 
But Shameless podcast actually 

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did a really interesting feature
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I think maybe two weeks ago now,
maybe it was last week on the 

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Thursday episode, but they were 
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interesting. 
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say we I mean like, I guess 
women in my demographic but also

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Australians in general, I don't 
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market for it. 
So there were giving a Really 

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interesting statistics over on 
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that there was also a reality 
show called yummy mummies that I

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think was originally released. 
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and it didn't do very well in 
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picked up for a second season or
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We were really weren't too 
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But once it hit Netflix and was 
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absolutely crazy and it was 
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They were saying that it was 
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of the stars or whatever you 
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I guess they're not really 
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Yeah, we'll say stars all of the
stars of the show of yummy 

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mummies their social media and 
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crazy like overnight because it 
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that maybe it's a similar kind 
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Australians where maybe not 
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market that they were really 
aiming for, and that maybe it is

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another show that could 
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overseas, which I kind of tend 
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if you take away the in my 
personal opinion, terrible 

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acting and the scripting, the 
very obvious scripting and you 

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just take the show for what it 
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the landscape and the I guess 
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of the world and the beautiful 
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things like that, I guess it 
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It's just that maybe because we 
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We're used to beautiful beaches 
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of stuff. 
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Byron Bay's anymore. 
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recommendation. 
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recommendation for you guys. 
This week is also if you jump 

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over onto my blog, So it's 
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and I have put up a post with 
all of the recipes at the moment

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that Ali is really, really 
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So I have gotten quite a few 
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Like when I put up a question 
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and people will comment and say 
can you please share more of 

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what Ali eats? 
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Which, of course I have 
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I thought why not put The 
recipes all in one spot for you 

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guys. 
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So there's like maybe two or 
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the recipe in for you because 
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just like Madoff the car for, 
that's very easy, but if it's 

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actually a specific recipe from 
a website that's like one of my 

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go twos and I'm always using 
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I literally just put the link in
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really great options in there. 
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definitely snacking. 
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having full proper meals. 
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only full proper really big meal
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will have like, he literally 
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but apart from that then during 
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nap at about 12:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 
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the morning. 
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him to eat some lunch but it's 
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Of whatever I've made. 
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He used to really enjoy sitting 
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well, something like spaghetti, 
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into that the last few weeks. 
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creative and definitely had to 
work on reducing my expectations

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for the amount of foods that he 
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working with what we can, which 
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curve for me. 
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about is feeling frustrated and 
whether that frustration is with

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someone or something in your 
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partner, be it, friends family 
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of stuff. 
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disappointed, if we have set an 
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met. 
So I really had to call myself 

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out and be super super aware of 
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setting over Ali and his eating,
you guys would probably have 

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seen as well if you follow me 
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Graham and again this is also 
why this podcast episode is like

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three weeks late in dropping, we
just had such a bad run over the

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last three to four weeks, all he
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He picked up a cold and had a 
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up gastro unfortunately, which 
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going around. 
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I had so many people responding.
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take Ali to the doctors because 
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after about a week. 
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about him so and the doctor 
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been a huge outbreak of gastro 
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Central Coast as well. 
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last four weeks and then top 
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Keep the house clean and tidy, 
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And I honestly just haven't felt
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the podcasting space and give 
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you really deserve in podcast 
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So, here I am from for about 
four weeks late with this 

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podcast episode. 
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And like I said, in Monday's 
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motivation for you guys on 
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I actually Have like probably 
six different podcast topics 

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ready to go, that I want to 
record on and I also put a 

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little question box up on my 
Instagram last week and I also 

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asked over in the glow up 
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Facebook group. 
I also asked a little question 

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in there about what podcast 
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be talking about and I got some 
really great options there as 

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well. 
So we've got so many amazing and

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very interesting, cool topics 
coming up over the next you 

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know, six. 
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Thanks a largely to you guys as 
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suggestions and your questions 
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So please feel free. 
If you ever are feeling like I 

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really want to know more about 
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I'm wondering about this, I'm 
noticing this coming up in my 

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life definitely come and just 
send me an inbox, let me know. 

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And I can definitely be 
recording some episodes for you.

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But yeah. 
So that blog post on all his 

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favorite foods and snacks are 
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But to be honest like some of 
these meals that Included in 

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their, their actual meals that 
like iron and I have made for 

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ourselves and then tried it with
Ali and he's ended up really 

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enjoying it. 
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breakfast, so things like French
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wheat, big stuff like that and 
then also snacks and meals. 

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So, smoothies the zucchini and 
corn fritters, if you've seen 

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them over on my Instagram, the 
last few weeks you may have seen

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them this morning and Ali 
throwing them on the floor. 

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But they were hit last week so 
the recipe for them is there. 

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Yeah, there's some chicken 
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there is tuna spinach and rice. 
Cheesy patties, there is spinach

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corn, and passed, a muffin 
zucchini slice, a banana and 

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spinach pancakes, or pikelets. 
If you like to make them for a 

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snack, the banana date, and 
Cheon muffins that I make all 

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the time. 
Like, I would say, I make them 

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at least once a fortnight, 
they're so delicious. 

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But yeah, they're one of our 
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there. 
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there for you, literally just go
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Now let's actually start talking
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So the quote. 
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what self-sabotage and 
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improve but not doing it. 
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very things that, you know, will
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It's waiting until things are 
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or the uneasiness of change. 
Are you a prisoner of your own 

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thoughts? 
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acknowledge. 
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mindset but also that you have 
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I just found that quote, so 
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I love it so much, and I 
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sabotage, a procrastination, 
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I would love to be able to have 
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about yourself. 
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let me know because I can help 
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Sorry I'm getting my words mixed
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as you always know as I always 
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that we can't change something 
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values. 
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knowing that you need to cook 
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phone instead or knowing that 
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house but watching an episode of
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stuff like that. 
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of self-sabotage, unconscious 
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sabotage that it's a pattern of 
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may not even notice comes up for
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something that has happened 
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unconscious Behavior happening 
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work with a coach because we can
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recognize this but also to move 
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past trauma or These patterns 
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created to keep yourself safe, 
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that even a word safety for 
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procrastination. 
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something, despite knowing that 
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consequences for doing so. 
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examples of where you might 
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procrastination, Coming up for 
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you to think about what 
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What about you like in your 
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be things like taking action on 
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set for yourself. 
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leaving a relationship and 
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comfortability of that 
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relationship that you would like
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You can Envision yourself in for
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in where it's like, I know that 
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mundane tasks or Things as well 
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that you notice is not really 
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do just invite you to just take 
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notice like if I was to think 
about, where have I been 

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procrastinating? 
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What areas of life? 
Do I notice coming up for me 

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that's resonating here. 
What do you notice? 

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Where is that self sabotage or 
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for you, what things are you 
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word, Amy? 
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awareness, I want to teach you 
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Like I said for me when I 
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big. 
Aha moment where I was like, 

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whoa, I really wish I knew this 
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would have really helped a lot. 
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really looking at self-sabotage 
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These are the two areas of the 
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It's our limbic system is our 
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looking for danger reproduction 
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Keeping yourself safe may be 
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for your friends, that kind of 
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This is our limbic system. 
It's it's a lot of the behaviors

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that we're doing super regularly
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realizing that we're doing it 
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know when you're hungry you go 
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This is our limbic system. 
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things that you need to do to 
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Now, this is your logical 
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getting sued. 
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These are all the things on my 

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to-do list. 
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prefrontal cortex when we think 
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limbic system, it's the things 
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I don't feel like doing that. 
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can start to notice there. 
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really, really simple. 
Real life example that I can. 

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Pretty much guarantee has 
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task, you will hopefully also be
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coming up in other areas for you
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So, my example, Sample that I 
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the shower. 
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it's been a long day, or maybe 
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you're really looking forward to
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Now, your logical brain, you've 
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All right, let's get out of the 
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I've got other things to do. 
So you're also going through 

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your list of, like, I want to 
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the evening, it's like I want to
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I'm going to go and make myself 
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I want to do my skin. 
Care. 

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It's your logical brain. 
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Come on, let's go now. 
If you wait too long, your 

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emotional or limbic system and 
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starts to think maybe things 
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This is really nice. 
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shower, it's warm, its relaxing.
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I don't really want to get out. 
I know that prefrontal cortex 

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and logical thinking you're 
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That I've got these other things
to do and I know it makes sense 

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for me to get out, but I don't 
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So this is the big difference 
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So some other examples that you 
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the simple that kind of 
day-to-day things is getting out

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of bed. 
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going to the gym or going for a 
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You could be looking at things 
like cleaning the house studying

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doing an assessment planning for
a meeting that you have at work 

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or a presentation. 
That you have coming up those 

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types of things. 
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brain is like, okay, cool. 
Time to sit down and do my study

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or time to sit down and get this
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Oh my gosh, my words today, you 
guys definitely not helpful to 

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So we notice these things coming
up, where the logical brain is 

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like, okay. 
Other stuff to do things on my 

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to-do list, it makes sense for 
me to stop doing this thing now 

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or to like kick my butt into 
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my shoes on. 
I'll put the YouTube video on to

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do my workout or I'm hungry. 
Let's make lunch. 

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Those types of things. 
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emotional side or that limbic 
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our excuses can start to come 
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So, I want you to again, take a 
second and just think about 

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where do I notice this coming up
for me? 

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Like, where do I notice the 
procrastination kicking in? 

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Maybe it's getting out of the 
shower, maybe it's getting out 

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of bed and not scrolling on your
phone in the morning. 

450
00:25:27,500 --> 00:25:30,800
Maybe it is, tied in your house,
cleaning house cooking dinners 

451
00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:33,900
of an evening doing your meal 
planning and Prepping on the 

452
00:25:33,900 --> 00:25:36,500
weekends, whatever it is for 
you. 

453
00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:39,600
Where is your procrastination 
coming up? 

454
00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:43,300
Where are you buying into your 
own excuses? 

455
00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:46,800
So again, the excuses in this 
example is things like but it's 

456
00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:49,200
nice in here, like I want to 
stay in the shower. 

457
00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:53,400
It's nice and warm. 
I feel relaxed Where are your 

458
00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:55,800
excuses coming up and what do 
they look like? 

459
00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:58,100
When you notice there's a 
certain area that you're 

460
00:25:58,100 --> 00:26:00,700
procrastinating in, maybe if 
you're scrolling on your phone, 

461
00:26:00,700 --> 00:26:03,300
it's like all. 
But like I'm just, I'm just 

462
00:26:03,300 --> 00:26:05,000
going to be on my phone for 5 
minutes. 

463
00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:08,500
I'm just taking a time to switch
my brain off and relax, or I'm 

464
00:26:08,500 --> 00:26:09,700
just getting a little bit of 
work done. 

465
00:26:09,700 --> 00:26:13,400
I'm just responding to emails 
those types of things guys, 

466
00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:17,000
they're still excuses. 
So there's a lot of different 

467
00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:20,300
reasons why self-sabotage and 
procrastination can happen. 

468
00:26:20,500 --> 00:26:23,200
I'm going to run you through a 
few of What they might be so 

469
00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:25,600
that you can again start to 
create another level of 

470
00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:28,400
awareness for you instead of 
just being like, okay cool. 

471
00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:32,600
This is something that I do. 
So there's a few different ones 

472
00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:36,000
like I said, there's actually so
many I've just kind of narrowed 

473
00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:40,000
it down to what I would 
personally say is the top six 

474
00:26:41,100 --> 00:26:42,600
and I will run you through what 
they are. 

475
00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:45,600
So one of the reasons that I 
have is that you have too many 

476
00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,600
options sometimes. 
When you give yourself too many 

477
00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:52,100
options, it can feel really 
overwhelming and when you feel 

478
00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:56,200
overwhelmed sometimes that can 
also lead to shutting down and 

479
00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:59,100
just not making a decision at 
all or going for one of your 

480
00:26:59,100 --> 00:27:02,500
destruction techniques, like 
scrolling on your phone like 

481
00:27:02,500 --> 00:27:05,700
listening to a podcast like 
basically doing anything apart 

482
00:27:05,700 --> 00:27:08,200
from the things that are making 
you feel overwhelmed. 

483
00:27:08,900 --> 00:27:13,800
So we want to look at how can I 
reduce some of my options and 

484
00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:15,900
I'm going to talk to you about 
that in about 5 minutes. 

485
00:27:16,500 --> 00:27:19,500
Another reason that self to 
self-sabotage, sorry and 

486
00:27:19,500 --> 00:27:22,100
procrastination can happen is 
perfectionism. 

487
00:27:22,500 --> 00:27:25,400
So this is a thinking pattern 
that you can get stuck in or 

488
00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:27,600
cognitive distortion. 
If you're familiar with my 

489
00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:33,500
mindset series that I did a few 
months ago, perfectionism and 

490
00:27:33,500 --> 00:27:37,800
setting really high standards on
yourself and having that high 

491
00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:43,900
achiever driver can be a really 
good thing, but it can also be 

492
00:27:43,900 --> 00:27:47,000
quite limiting as well. 
So, if you notice that you've 

493
00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,700
got a high achiever driver, if 
you notice that you can be a bit

494
00:27:49,700 --> 00:27:52,700
of a perfectionist, if you're 
really good at beating, Self up,

495
00:27:52,700 --> 00:27:55,700
if you're really good at 
pointing out what you've done 

496
00:27:55,700 --> 00:27:58,700
wrong, instead of focusing on 
what you're doing really well, 

497
00:27:58,700 --> 00:28:00,600
or what you feel like you've 
done, right? 

498
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,300
There's a good chance that you 
lean towards having a bit of a 

499
00:28:03,300 --> 00:28:06,900
perfectionism driver here. 
So we want to work with our 

500
00:28:06,900 --> 00:28:11,600
strengths and also notice the 
limitations, so our strengths of

501
00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:14,100
our perfectionism or high 
achiever driver can be that. 

502
00:28:14,100 --> 00:28:17,500
Yeah, maybe you are able to get 
a lot of things done, or maybe 

503
00:28:17,500 --> 00:28:22,100
you really like to put out a 
high quality of work now, 

504
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,500
They're not bad things. 
But when we look at the 

505
00:28:24,500 --> 00:28:27,000
limitations of that 
perfectionism or high achiever 

506
00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:30,900
driver, what we can also see is 
that it can be linked to 

507
00:28:30,900 --> 00:28:35,000
negative, self-talk it can be 
linked to procrastination, it 

508
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:38,100
can be linked to self-sabotage, 
really buying into your own 

509
00:28:38,100 --> 00:28:42,000
excuses, putting your own 
road-book blocks into place. 

510
00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:45,100
I would say with that 
perfectionism driver that can 

511
00:28:45,100 --> 00:28:49,900
come up there because you're 
continuously believing and 

512
00:28:49,900 --> 00:28:52,500
leaning into that. 
Feeling that will this is Good 

513
00:28:52,500 --> 00:28:54,200
enough, it's not what I 
expected. 

514
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:57,700
It's not what I was hoping for. 
So again, it can look like 

515
00:28:57,700 --> 00:29:02,300
having really high expectations 
on yourself and so just getting 

516
00:29:02,300 --> 00:29:04,500
clear on what are the 
expectations that I've set for 

517
00:29:04,508 --> 00:29:08,900
this certain thing that I'm 
doing and how am I not meeting 

518
00:29:08,900 --> 00:29:12,000
them? 
And one of the things, the quote

519
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:15,800
has escaped me but I'll come 
back to it, it's maybe something

520
00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:20,800
like done is better than look, 
I'll come back to it if I can 

521
00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:22,800
remember. 
I feel like my baby Rains really

522
00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:26,900
kicked in today, okay? 
So my next reason that I have 

523
00:29:26,900 --> 00:29:29,900
for you is Black or White 
thinking or that can also be 

524
00:29:29,900 --> 00:29:34,500
called All or Nothing thinking. 
So with procrastination and 

525
00:29:34,500 --> 00:29:41,200
self-sabotage, let's say for 
example you have said that okay 

526
00:29:41,300 --> 00:29:44,600
for three mornings this week 
three or four mornings this week

527
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:47,200
I am going to do my work out 
first thing in the morning as 

528
00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:50,300
soon as I get up and so that's 
your goal that you've set for 

529
00:29:50,300 --> 00:29:53,900
yourself and your action steps. 
Something happens, Monday 

530
00:29:53,900 --> 00:29:55,900
morning you get up and you're 
like yep, I'm up. 

531
00:29:55,900 --> 00:29:57,500
I'm out of bed. 
I've done my work out. 

532
00:29:57,600 --> 00:29:59,900
Amazing. 
Love that for you choose day 

533
00:29:59,900 --> 00:30:02,200
comes around. 
Something, throws you off, maybe

534
00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:03,800
you had a really bad night 
sleep. 

535
00:30:03,900 --> 00:30:05,500
Maybe you slip through your 
alarm. 

536
00:30:05,500 --> 00:30:07,100
Maybe you press snooze three 
times. 

537
00:30:07,100 --> 00:30:10,000
And then you feel like you're 
rushing around, trying to get 

538
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:13,000
ready for work or get the kids 
ready to get out the door, those

539
00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:16,900
types of things black or white 
thinking or all-or-nothing. 

540
00:30:16,900 --> 00:30:21,200
Thinking can kick in here and 
have you feeling like oh well 

541
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:23,700
I've ruined it for They then 
there's no point. 

542
00:30:23,700 --> 00:30:26,500
Like, I've got no other time 
now, I was supposed to be doing 

543
00:30:26,500 --> 00:30:29,000
my workout in the morning, so 
that's it. 

544
00:30:29,100 --> 00:30:33,600
The reality is, yes, it might be
ideal for you to be doing your 

545
00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:36,400
workout in the morning. 
That doesn't mean that there is 

546
00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:39,900
no time and that you cannot 
prioritize that, if that is a 

547
00:30:39,900 --> 00:30:44,000
goal that you have also 
realizing that. 

548
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,700
Okay, well, ideally you would 
have liked to do it on Monday, 

549
00:30:46,700 --> 00:30:50,800
Tuesday, Wednesday, but your 
goal was actually to be working 

550
00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:54,800
out or moving your body. 
Times a week four times for this

551
00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:57,300
week, there's seven days in this
week. 

552
00:30:57,500 --> 00:30:59,600
So, just because you've missed 
one of the days that you 

553
00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:01,700
originally had allocated in your
mind. 

554
00:31:01,900 --> 00:31:04,800
Doesn't mean that you've ruined 
the whole week, you still got 

555
00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:08,100
the rest of the week to be 
organizing that and to be moving

556
00:31:08,100 --> 00:31:10,900
through your self sabotage on 
your procrastination. 

557
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,300
So really getting clear on, 
where do you notice that 

558
00:31:14,300 --> 00:31:17,600
all-or-nothing? 
Thinking this is one that I've 

559
00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:20,600
got a lot of feedback from I was
talking about black or white 

560
00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:23,700
thinking over on my Instagram 
stories a few weeks ago and I 

561
00:31:23,708 --> 00:31:26,400
had quite a few messages coming 
back from people saying, oh my 

562
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:29,700
gosh, like I definitely noticed 
that coming up for me as well. 

563
00:31:31,100 --> 00:31:34,000
It could even be something like 
our normally I do my meal 

564
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:37,000
planning on Sundays and I 
haven't done that and now it's 

565
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:40,300
Tuesday and you know, we're 
nearly halfway through the week.

566
00:31:40,300 --> 00:31:43,200
What's the point? 
Well, the point is that you 

567
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:46,000
still have Tuesday night, you 
still have all day Wednesday, 

568
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:48,400
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 
Sunday, left in the week. 

569
00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:52,100
Are you really not going to be 
doing any meal planning or a? 

570
00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:58,800
The grocery shop for the rest of
those five days and just hoping 

571
00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:00,400
to be able to throw things 
together. 

572
00:32:00,500 --> 00:32:04,800
Because what happens when you do
just hope to throw things 

573
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:07,500
together, you're in that fight 
or flight mode. 

574
00:32:07,500 --> 00:32:11,100
You're not feeling organized, 
you're not feeling like you've 

575
00:32:11,100 --> 00:32:14,100
got yourself sorted, it's 
another thing that you are then 

576
00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:17,500
thinking about as well. 
And this goes for so many other 

577
00:32:17,500 --> 00:32:20,300
things not just meal planning 
and meal prepping and grocery 

578
00:32:20,300 --> 00:32:23,300
shopping. 
But so many Any other things. 

579
00:32:23,300 --> 00:32:26,700
So when we get stuck in that 
all-or-nothing thinking pattern,

580
00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:29,600
I want you to just call it out. 
See it for what it is and just 

581
00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:31,400
question. 
Well, is this really true? 

582
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:35,800
Like am I buying into? 
Excuse me, buying into my All or

583
00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:39,900
Nothing or my black or white 
thinking pattern here and what 

584
00:32:39,900 --> 00:32:43,000
can I do to be moving through? 
That is this 100% true for me. 

585
00:32:43,900 --> 00:32:46,600
Now, one of the other reasons 
that self-sabotage and 

586
00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:49,900
procrastination can happen is 
maybe you might be scared to 

587
00:32:49,900 --> 00:32:52,100
lose what you have. 
So this is a big one. 

588
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:56,000
When we look at procrastination 
around creating change. 

589
00:32:56,100 --> 00:33:00,400
So like I mentioned very earlier
in the episode, we could be 

590
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:04,100
looking at things like leaving a
relationship, getting a new job,

591
00:33:04,100 --> 00:33:08,700
moving house, things like that, 
it's the big decisions in life. 

592
00:33:08,700 --> 00:33:12,200
It's the change in life and that
can feel scary. 

593
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:15,200
It can feel hard. 
We like to be in our comfort 

594
00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:18,900
zone because it feels safe and 
we like safety, safety. 

595
00:33:18,900 --> 00:33:21,600
Essentially, in our brain, 
safety Keeps Us Alive. 

596
00:33:22,300 --> 00:33:26,100
And so there's a reason why 
change can make so many of us 

597
00:33:26,100 --> 00:33:29,700
feel quite uncomfortable, but 
it's also recognizing that I 

598
00:33:29,700 --> 00:33:32,200
mean, changes happening all 
around you every single day. 

599
00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:35,100
You're not the same person. 
You are last week, you're not 

600
00:33:35,100 --> 00:33:36,700
the same person. 
You are two weeks. 

601
00:33:36,700 --> 00:33:40,400
You were two weeks ago a month 
ago, six months ago, four years 

602
00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:44,700
ago, you are ever evolving as 
much as you don't like to admit 

603
00:33:44,700 --> 00:33:46,500
it. 
And as much as you would like to

604
00:33:46,500 --> 00:33:51,300
think that you don't like 
change, you can be scared to 

605
00:33:51,300 --> 00:33:53,300
lose what you have. 
Can be scared of change. 

606
00:33:53,300 --> 00:33:56,700
It can make you feel nervous and
that's okay, that's very normal,

607
00:33:57,500 --> 00:34:01,600
but it doesn't have to lead to 
procrastination and putting off 

608
00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:05,000
things. 
Now, the last one that I have 

609
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,900
for you, as one of the reasons 
is being worried about what 

610
00:34:07,900 --> 00:34:10,199
other people think, and what 
other people feel. 

611
00:34:11,699 --> 00:34:15,800
So I guess that actually kind of
touches on my next episode that 

612
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:18,199
I'm going to be doing for you 
guys, which is how to stop 

613
00:34:18,199 --> 00:34:19,600
worrying about what other people
think. 

614
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:23,699
Literally, that whole Workshop, 
that Iran is on this specific 

615
00:34:23,699 --> 00:34:26,699
topic. 
But when we are worried about 

616
00:34:26,699 --> 00:34:29,199
what other people think and what
other people feel, essentially 

617
00:34:29,199 --> 00:34:31,600
what we start to do and what 
starts to become a bit of a 

618
00:34:31,607 --> 00:34:35,800
habit or a pattern is you start 
to put what you think and feel 

619
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:39,800
second, this can be a bit of a 
gradual change, it can be 

620
00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:42,600
something that's like oh I'm 
just doing it every now and then

621
00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:45,699
but if it starts to become more 
of a pattern and more of a habit

622
00:34:45,699 --> 00:34:49,500
for your brain, all of a sudden,
you're so worried and concerned 

623
00:34:49,500 --> 00:34:52,600
about what everybody else is 
thinking and feeling And what 

624
00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:56,000
their days are looking like and 
how you can be the helper and be

625
00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:59,200
that person that's there for 
them and helping them, and 

626
00:34:59,300 --> 00:35:01,600
worrying about what they're 
thinking and feeling and taking 

627
00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:04,700
that into account that you 
forget to connect with yourself 

628
00:35:05,100 --> 00:35:07,900
and check in with yourself to 
see how you're actually thinking

629
00:35:07,900 --> 00:35:11,500
and feeling and what you want to
do about that. 

630
00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:14,200
So, I've got some different 
tools. 

631
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:17,200
I'm not going to run you through
all of them because I mean this 

632
00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:20,300
is a sneak peek into what one of
the workshops would be like and 

633
00:35:20,300 --> 00:35:23,800
what the content is like and I 
can't give Away the whole entire

634
00:35:24,100 --> 00:35:27,000
workshop, for you. 
Because otherwise, why would you

635
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,800
come and join up with bu 
happiness college, right? 

636
00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:33,700
But there is some tools that I 
am going to talk you through to 

637
00:35:33,700 --> 00:35:37,000
help you because I don't want to
also leave you in the Lurch as 

638
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:39,400
well. 
The first tool is, literally 

639
00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:41,900
being aware of the different 
areas, of the brain, and getting

640
00:35:41,900 --> 00:35:44,200
more comfortable with 
recognizing that coming up for 

641
00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:47,500
you. 
So recognizing that. 

642
00:35:47,500 --> 00:35:50,000
Okay. 
I've got say these three things.

643
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:52,000
I my non-negotiable things on my
to-do. 

644
00:35:52,100 --> 00:35:54,400
List today. 
And these are the things that I 

645
00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:58,000
am getting done. 
No excuses, my non-negotiables 

646
00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:01,300
this is happening. 
And then I want you to start to 

647
00:36:01,308 --> 00:36:05,200
notice, okay, where are the 
excuses coming up for you during

648
00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:07,500
that day? 
Then as well, like we said with 

649
00:36:07,500 --> 00:36:10,600
the shower or but this is nice. 
It's nice and warm and relaxed. 

650
00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:14,000
Like, I don't want to be moving 
things, I don't feel like doing 

651
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:15,700
that. 
I don't want to do that thing. 

652
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:18,900
Just be aware of it and call it 
out for what it is. 

653
00:36:18,900 --> 00:36:22,000
Recognized it. 
Okay this is my limbic. 

654
00:36:22,100 --> 00:36:25,400
I'm kicking in right now. 
This is my emotional reasoning, 

655
00:36:25,700 --> 00:36:28,300
it's giving me an excuse that. 
Excuse feels good. 

656
00:36:28,700 --> 00:36:32,800
I don't have to choose to buy 
into this excuse though. 

657
00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:37,400
I can just view it for what it 
is and this has been an absolute

658
00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:39,300
game changer. 
For some of my clients over the 

659
00:36:39,300 --> 00:36:42,300
last two weeks that I've been 
working on this with is simply 

660
00:36:42,300 --> 00:36:45,300
having that awareness. 
They just feel like, oh my gosh,

661
00:36:45,300 --> 00:36:47,900
like I understand myself so much
more. 

662
00:36:47,900 --> 00:36:53,100
I can literally see and feel 
this happening in my brain. and 

663
00:36:53,100 --> 00:36:57,100
they've had multiple examples of
this actually coming up for them

664
00:36:57,100 --> 00:37:00,700
where they're like, whoa, This 
is what I mean was talking about

665
00:37:00,700 --> 00:37:02,800
in the workshop. 
I'm like my brain is literally 

666
00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:05,300
doing that right now. 
I can hear my excuse that I'm 

667
00:37:05,308 --> 00:37:09,900
giving myself and all I have to 
say to that excuses, know I can 

668
00:37:09,900 --> 00:37:12,700
be better than you, you're just 
a thought at the end of the day,

669
00:37:12,700 --> 00:37:14,400
that's all excuses are his 
thoughts. 

670
00:37:15,300 --> 00:37:17,700
Now, another one is also the 
five-second rule. 

671
00:37:17,700 --> 00:37:20,700
So if you haven't heard of the 
five-second rule, I really 

672
00:37:20,700 --> 00:37:25,200
encourage you to go and either 
read Mel Robbins book on the 

673
00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:28,000
five-second rule, because she 
talks a lot about the two 

674
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:32,800
different parts of the brain. 
And she is absolutely amazing. 

675
00:37:32,900 --> 00:37:36,800
Amazing amazing. 
Amazing, definitely a leader in 

676
00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:40,900
her field and she definitely 
explains the two different parts

677
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of the brain. 
Way better than what I can at 

678
00:37:42,900 --> 00:37:46,100
the moment. 
But the five second rule is 

679
00:37:46,100 --> 00:37:48,500
basically. 
So what she says is you've got 

680
00:37:48,500 --> 00:37:51,500
five seconds before that 
emotional side, and that 

681
00:37:51,500 --> 00:37:54,400
emotional reasoning. 
All those excuses start to come 

682
00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:56,300
in and that you start to buy 
into them. 

683
00:37:56,400 --> 00:38:00,100
So the whole point of the five 
second rule is That if you give 

684
00:38:00,100 --> 00:38:04,700
yourself less than 5 seconds and
you are actively taking action 

685
00:38:04,700 --> 00:38:09,300
already and moving through and 
doing the thing then you've got 

686
00:38:09,300 --> 00:38:13,000
no opportunity for your excuses 
to even come up for you. 

687
00:38:13,300 --> 00:38:17,000
So she has if you literally 
Google Mel, Robbins, five, 

688
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:20,000
second rule, there is so many 
different videos that will come 

689
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:22,400
up. 
She's got an amazing, Ted talk 

690
00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:24,700
as well. 
So I really do encourage you to 

691
00:38:24,700 --> 00:38:27,300
go and look into that, but 
basically how I use the 

692
00:38:27,300 --> 00:38:29,000
five-second rule in my normal 
day-to-day. 

693
00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:31,600
Day life will be with the 
things. 

694
00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:35,400
Like for example, getting out of
bed, if you guys are over in the

695
00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:37,400
glow up, Facebook group, you 
would know that. 

696
00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:39,700
One of the things I've really 
been trying to focus on that, I 

697
00:38:39,707 --> 00:38:42,100
really resonated with our action
steps over. 

698
00:38:42,100 --> 00:38:46,100
Our 30-day reset that we did 
last month was having phone 

699
00:38:46,100 --> 00:38:47,300
free. 
Time in the mornings. 

700
00:38:47,300 --> 00:38:50,500
I noticed that the scrolling was
really starting to come into 

701
00:38:50,500 --> 00:38:55,200
play for me in the mornings. 
And so with the five-second 

702
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:56,800
rule, now what I bring in is, 
okay? 

703
00:38:56,800 --> 00:39:00,200
My alarms going off at 6, a.m. 
I alarms going Going off and I 

704
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:03,900
count down from five. 
So five four, three, two, one. 

705
00:39:03,900 --> 00:39:05,900
Once it gets to one, that's it, 
I'm up. 

706
00:39:05,900 --> 00:39:07,700
I'm out of bed. 
No excuses. 

707
00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:11,800
I am up and my day has started 
and I started to take action 

708
00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:13,700
and, you know, she's exactly 
right. 

709
00:39:13,900 --> 00:39:17,300
There is no room for those 
excuses to come up in that 5 

710
00:39:17,300 --> 00:39:20,300
seconds, then I'm not even 
really thinking about it. 

711
00:39:20,300 --> 00:39:23,700
It's like I'm automatically just
up and out of bed by using that 

712
00:39:23,700 --> 00:39:26,100
tool. 
So, if you want to be better 

713
00:39:26,100 --> 00:39:29,000
than your excuses, don't even 
give them an opportunity to 

714
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:30,500
come. 
I mean, and utilize the five 

715
00:39:30,500 --> 00:39:33,000
second rule. 
Now I've also spoken about the 

716
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:36,400
five second rule as a tool to be
able to reduce things like 

717
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:41,700
overwhelm and things like 
procrastinating because Say for 

718
00:39:41,700 --> 00:39:46,200
example, you have said I'm going
to work out today and let's say 

719
00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:48,800
you have bought into one of your
excuses and you get up and 

720
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:51,100
you're like, oh shit. 
I've got this email that I need 

721
00:39:51,100 --> 00:39:55,400
to send or I need to uh, I 
forgot to do my meal prep, or I 

722
00:39:55,408 --> 00:39:58,900
haven't cooked my breakfast or 
the house is a mess and that's 

723
00:39:58,900 --> 00:40:01,200
more of a priority for me this 
morning at the moment. 

724
00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:04,100
Okay, that's cool. 
Now, the reason that we can 

725
00:40:04,100 --> 00:40:06,700
bring in all the way that we can
bring in the five-second rule, 

726
00:40:06,700 --> 00:40:10,700
here is okay, I'm going to make 
a decision. 

727
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:16,700
Now, is this movement today 
still a priority for me? 

728
00:40:16,900 --> 00:40:19,300
Is it something that I want to 
do today? 

729
00:40:19,300 --> 00:40:21,600
And if the answer is still Yes. 
Okay, great. 

730
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:23,600
Well, when am I fitting that in?
And when is that going to 

731
00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:25,100
happen? 
If the answer is? 

732
00:40:25,100 --> 00:40:27,600
No, and that's okay. 
It's allowed to be no. 

733
00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:30,600
But what it means is when the 
answer is no and it's like I 

734
00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:34,400
actually realize I've probably 
put too many things on my plate.

735
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:39,300
Today, I'm feeling overwhelmed 
moving my body as maybe not my 

736
00:40:39,300 --> 00:40:43,000
biggest priority today. 
That's fine by using the 

737
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:46,000
five-second rule, you give 
yourself five seconds countdown 

738
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,500
from five to one. 
When you get to one, you make 

739
00:40:48,500 --> 00:40:49,800
that decision? 
Is this thing? 

740
00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:53,100
A priority for me today or not? 
If the answer is, yes, you get 

741
00:40:53,100 --> 00:40:54,800
up. 
You do it or you allocate the 

742
00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:57,100
time and no questions asked at 
that time. 

743
00:40:57,100 --> 00:41:00,300
Is when it happens. 
Or if the answer is, no, it's 

744
00:41:00,300 --> 00:41:03,400
not a priority for me today. 
Okay, well, that's getting past 

745
00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:06,500
again until tomorrow. 
I am not giving this thing 

746
00:41:06,500 --> 00:41:07,900
anymore. 
Brain space. 

747
00:41:08,100 --> 00:41:09,900
I'm not thinking about this 
anymore. 

748
00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:12,900
I have too many Other things to 
be thinking about and focusing 

749
00:41:12,900 --> 00:41:14,200
on. 
And that is what I'm going to 

750
00:41:14,207 --> 00:41:16,400
do. 
Now there's another one, I 

751
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:18,800
mentioned that having too many 
options can lead to 

752
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:22,600
procrastination. 
So one of the tools that you can

753
00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:25,100
bring in is give yourself only 
two choices. 

754
00:41:25,500 --> 00:41:29,300
This reduces overwhelm it 
reduces decision fatigue. 

755
00:41:29,300 --> 00:41:32,200
So I know one of the examples 
that I really commonly used for 

756
00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:34,300
decision. 
Fatigue is say, you've had a 

757
00:41:34,300 --> 00:41:37,200
massive day and you get to the 
end of the day and you're like, 

758
00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:39,600
I'd really love a glass of wine.
I'm going to go down to the body

759
00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:41,200
shop. 
I'm going to buy a nice bottle 

760
00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:45,000
of wine and just have a glass of
wine with you now relax, watch 

761
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:49,000
some TV and just chill out. 
If decision fatigue kicks in and

762
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:50,800
your brain has made too many 
decisions. 

763
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:53,500
For that day, you get to the 
bottle shop and you're looking 

764
00:41:53,500 --> 00:41:56,200
at the 200 bottles of wine in 
front of you. 

765
00:41:56,200 --> 00:42:01,800
And you're just, like, I don't 
even know, I just don't even 

766
00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:03,400
know. 
I can't even, I can't choose. 

767
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:07,900
I can't even make a decision. 
That is decision fatigue, giving

768
00:42:07,900 --> 00:42:12,200
yourself only two choices. 
Reduces Opportunity for decision

769
00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:17,400
fatigue, it reduces overwhelm in
your brain and it helps you to 

770
00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:21,300
come to a decision quicker. 
So the question could be. 

771
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:23,800
Okay, if we go back to the 
working out example, am I 

772
00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:25,500
working out in the morning or 
the afternoon? 

773
00:42:27,500 --> 00:42:30,100
Am I having a sandwich or a wrap
for lunch? 

774
00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:32,600
Am I getting out of the shower 
now? 

775
00:42:32,600 --> 00:42:36,100
Or in two minutes? 
Am I watching one episode of 

776
00:42:36,100 --> 00:42:38,300
this TV show or a my vacuuming 
the floor? 

777
00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:43,100
Like, whatever it is, giving 
yourself to options means your 

778
00:42:43,100 --> 00:42:46,300
brain has to choose between one 
or the other. 

779
00:42:47,300 --> 00:42:50,100
So, this is something that can 
really greatly help you to 

780
00:42:50,100 --> 00:42:53,700
reduce procrastination and 
self-sabotage. 

781
00:42:53,700 --> 00:42:57,900
Now, the other one, That I 
really, really loved. 

782
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:00,800
Now there's a few, like I said, 
and I'm not going to share all 

783
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:02,800
of them with you because if you 
want to know all of them, then 

784
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,900
you can come over and join over 
at bu happiness college and 

785
00:43:05,900 --> 00:43:10,400
watch the whole Workshop. 
But the other one that I have 

786
00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:13,100
for you is to embrace 
impermanence, and this one can 

787
00:43:13,100 --> 00:43:17,900
feel hard, but it's accepting 
that there is always going to be

788
00:43:17,900 --> 00:43:22,500
things that are changing. 
There is always going to be 

789
00:43:22,500 --> 00:43:25,100
other people's opinions and 
perspectives that you can't 

790
00:43:25,100 --> 00:43:28,300
control. 
Things are not always going to 

791
00:43:28,300 --> 00:43:33,000
go according to plan and so when
we can start to embrace that and

792
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:38,200
accept that, as reality, it 
means that we're not holding 

793
00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:42,300
onto things as much. 
We're not feeling so 

794
00:43:42,300 --> 00:43:44,900
disappointed or frustrated when 
things don't go. 

795
00:43:44,900 --> 00:43:49,500
As we were hoping, we are able 
to be more flexible with our 

796
00:43:49,500 --> 00:43:53,500
days, with our feelings, with 
our emotions, because we can 

797
00:43:53,500 --> 00:43:59,800
embrace the impermanence And we 
can lean into the fact that this

798
00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:02,800
is literally a fact of life. 
Yes. 

799
00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:04,900
I would have liked it to go this
way or yes. 

800
00:44:04,900 --> 00:44:08,500
I would have liked to be this 
this or this, but that hasn't 

801
00:44:08,500 --> 00:44:10,100
happened. 
That's not how it's worked out 

802
00:44:10,100 --> 00:44:11,900
for me today. 
And that's all right. 

803
00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:15,800
I'm going to run with it and I'm
going to be doing my best. 

804
00:44:16,700 --> 00:44:20,600
To reduce those expectations 
that I'm setting on myself or on

805
00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:26,000
other people or other things. 
So you guys, that is it for me 

806
00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:29,700
on procrastination and on 
self-sabotage today. 

807
00:44:29,700 --> 00:44:32,400
Now, obviously, this is such a 
huge topic. 

808
00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:35,100
There is so many other things 
that we could be diving into 

809
00:44:35,100 --> 00:44:37,500
with this as well. 
So, if you do have any 

810
00:44:37,500 --> 00:44:41,800
questions, if you do feel, like,
I'm noticing procrastination in 

811
00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:45,500
this certain area, how does this
relate or what could I do to be 

812
00:44:45,500 --> 00:44:48,300
moving through this? 
No, shoot me through a question 

813
00:44:48,300 --> 00:44:51,300
or a message and I'll answer it 
in the next few podcast episodes

814
00:44:51,300 --> 00:44:53,100
for you as well. 
Bye guys. 

815
00:44:53,100 --> 00:44:57,000
Have a beautiful day. 
If you liked this episode, I 

816
00:44:57,000 --> 00:45:00,300
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817
00:45:00,500 --> 00:45:04,400
You guys have no idea how much 
that absolutely makes my day. 

818
00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:06,800
I get such a big smile on my 
face. 

819
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:09,700
Thank you so much for hanging 
out with me today and I hope 

820
00:45:09,700 --> 00:45:12,200
that you have got them something
from this episode. 

821
00:45:12,500 --> 00:45:15,300
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00:45:22,700 --> 00:45:25,100
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826
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834
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