I learned something last night

Its been a crazy week. Tons of snow and cold, things breaking for no reason and just feeling ugghh.
So I went out to  see my friends band, Guilty Pleasure, which always cheers me up. Music is my therapy! Granted I had good things happen too. I made success club for BeachBody for January and earned an invite to test the new OnDemand BeachBody workouts, but I'm human and deserve a moment of not being perfectly chipper. ( beachbodycoach.com/coachamarielpn )

Anyways...I was out and I was talking to someone very special to me. Discussing "being in our own way". That's a big thing! We all do this and we hope to help our loved ones through it when in reality we cant! It affects everyone around you. Sometimes you don't even know you are doing it.
What I learned is that if someone you love is standing in their own way you have to back up and let them stumble through it. Nothing you say or do will make them clear the hurdles. It is their own internal struggles, demons, fears, whatever you choose to call it that they alone must face and conquer. Hard to watch, I know, but in the end it will make them stronger and more confident in the goal they are trying to reach.

So what do you in the meantime? You want to fight for them.  Tell them what to do and how to get there. Shake them even! lol you have to find patience....worst thing ever for me! That's your fight in their battles. That's it! Patience!!! That's such a big word!

As I search for patience I must also learn to get out of my own way. Keep moving forward and going we meet up at the same point. I get in my own way by thinking I can fix things for others, by having a fear of failure which causes me to push to hard and by forgetting myself in the process. I realized I really need to work on these things for my future. While I will never be perfect and I may fail at these things over and over I at least know what they are!!! I acknowledge them.

Today think of what keeps you in your own way of growth. Self discovery, although not always an easy process, is the first step to a happier and healthier you!