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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Spark Faith with me, Dr. Chris Sargent. This

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<v Speaker 1>show is about renewed health, rooted in truth, and restored

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<v Speaker 1>by grace. What does finding health look like for you?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you have a vision for your future self and

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<v Speaker 1>a way to get there? I'm Dr. Chris, and after

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<v Speaker 1>33 years in functional medicine and a lifelong journey through

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<v Speaker 1>brain health, weight loss, hormones, mindset, and faith, I know

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<v Speaker 1>that real transformation doesn't come from willpower or white-knuckling your

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<v Speaker 1>way to wellness. It comes from gratitude, honoring your body

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<v Speaker 1>as the temple that God created. This show is about

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<v Speaker 1>body stewardship, not shame. It's about rewiring your mindset, your metabolism,

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<v Speaker 1>and your spirit to find lasting health without the grind.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll help you cut through the noise, see opportunities instead

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<v Speaker 1>of obstacles, and finally live the healthy, purposeful life you

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<v Speaker 1>were created for. Let's spark faith and transformation together. Spark

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<v Speaker 1>Faith starts now. Hey, hey y'all, welcome back to the

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<v Speaker 1>Spark Faith Podcast. I am Dr. Chris Sargent, and today

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<v Speaker 1>we're gonna talk about an elephant that's been in the

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<v Speaker 1>room for a little while. I know, and you may

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<v Speaker 1>be like, well, there's a lot of them. But today,

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<v Speaker 1>I really wanna talk about sustainable change, and that sounds

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<v Speaker 1>like super clinical, so just hang with me for a second,

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<v Speaker 1>because what I wanna talk about is this like Monday

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<v Speaker 1>restart thing that, that so many of us, including myself, right. Have,

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<v Speaker 1>have done like, okay, when the kids go back to

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<v Speaker 1>school or January 1st or whatever that like, okay, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to start on, you know, it's, it's, Whatever that is.

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<v Speaker 1>So I really, I want to talk about that, but

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<v Speaker 1>I want to go, we're going to go a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit deeper today in like, first of all, like, why

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<v Speaker 1>do we do that? But also like, what if you

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<v Speaker 1>never had to start over again? What? Like, what would

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<v Speaker 1>you do on Monday morning if you didn't have to

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<v Speaker 1>make yourself all these promises? Like, okay, I'm going to

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<v Speaker 1>be perfect on my diet. I'm going to track all

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<v Speaker 1>my food. I'm going to get my 10,000 steps. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to go to bed when I'm supposed to. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to get up when I'm supposed to. And I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to add an hour of Bible study on top

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<v Speaker 1>of everything. Like, how many times have you started over?

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<v Speaker 1>And how discouraging is that? And how do you think

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<v Speaker 1>that impacts the way that you trust yourself to do

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<v Speaker 1>something new, right? Whether it's like every Monday or next

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<v Speaker 1>month or after vacation or after the holidays or when,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, when work settles down, right? When we get

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<v Speaker 1>our ducks in a row or whatever we say, I

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<v Speaker 1>just need to get back on track, right? I was

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<v Speaker 1>doing so well, dot, dot, dot, right? I just need

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<v Speaker 1>to get started again. And like I said, I've been

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<v Speaker 1>thinking about this a lot lately and over the last

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<v Speaker 1>couple of weeks, actually going back to health is not

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<v Speaker 1>a destination, right? It's like, it's, it's, it's this trajectory piece, right?

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<v Speaker 1>It's this keep on going piece instead of starting all over.

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<v Speaker 1>Like we go back to something and, So anyway, a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of weeks ago, we talked about resistance to change,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was kind of a crazy episode. Admittedly, I

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't in the best place to do that episode, and

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<v Speaker 1>I did it anyway, because I'm human. And so why

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<v Speaker 1>can we want something to be different and still resist

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<v Speaker 1>doing it differently, right? Right? Why can we want something

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<v Speaker 1>to be different and resist doing something differently? So last week,

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<v Speaker 1>we talked about why the old way always feels easier,

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<v Speaker 1>even when we've decided to change, right? And that was pretty,

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<v Speaker 1>it was a pretty simple ending on that, right? You

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<v Speaker 1>can go back and listen to it to see how

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<v Speaker 1>I got to where I'm about, what I'm about to say.

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<v Speaker 1>But The whole thing about this is because we practiced it, right?

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<v Speaker 1>The old behavior is familiar because of how long we

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<v Speaker 1>practiced it. And new behavior requires more attention. And we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to talk a little bit more about attention today.

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<v Speaker 1>But I think I left you with like, don't wait

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<v Speaker 1>for the new to feel natural, right? Repetition is part

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<v Speaker 1>of what makes it feel natural. But that raises another question.

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<v Speaker 1>If new behaviors... initially require more attention and more thought

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<v Speaker 1>and more intentionality, how many things can we realistically change

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<v Speaker 1>at once? Right. At the beginning of the show, I

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<v Speaker 1>just like, okay, I'm going to lose weight. I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to get on my exercise plan. I'm going to walk

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<v Speaker 1>away 10,000 steps. I'm going to go to bed early

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm going to throw some extra Bible study on top. Whoa. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>Feels a little too much. Right. because I think this

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<v Speaker 1>is where we get ourselves in trouble. We decide that

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<v Speaker 1>something needs to change and it's everything, right? I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to track every bite. I'm eating 140 grams of protein.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to give up sugar. I'm meal prepping, taking

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<v Speaker 1>all my supplements, blah, blah, blah. And we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>meditate and we're going to organize the garage and we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to like clean out all the closets on the

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<v Speaker 1>same day, right? Like we get this fantasy thinking going

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<v Speaker 1>right so good luck on that day right not like

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<v Speaker 1>that's just we're super unrealistic with our expectations and because

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<v Speaker 1>here's what I think ends up happening we we could

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<v Speaker 1>get confused me too right we confuse wanting significant change

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<v Speaker 1>with needing to change everything simultaneously right we can have

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<v Speaker 1>significant change without changing everything Think about that. Right. And

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<v Speaker 1>then like, so we try to change everything. And then

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<v Speaker 1>when we can't sustain all of it, we just decide like, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just not disciplined enough. Or I, you know, I

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<v Speaker 1>just need to pray more or whatever that is. But

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<v Speaker 1>maybe you just exceeded your capacity for change. Because change

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<v Speaker 1>costs us something before it becomes familiar. This is what

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<v Speaker 1>we talked about last week. It costs attention and decision-making

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<v Speaker 1>and planning and effort. And so, you know, today is

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<v Speaker 1>an energy episode, but we're not going to talk about

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<v Speaker 1>metabolic energy. We're going to talk about your capacity for change, right?

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<v Speaker 1>Your capacity for change. And more importantly, How do we

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<v Speaker 1>stop repeatedly going on something, right? I'm going to start

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<v Speaker 1>a new blah, blah, blah. And how can we shift

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<v Speaker 1>into this learning how to live in a way that

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<v Speaker 1>we continually adapt, right? The way that we flow instead

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<v Speaker 1>of stop, start, stop, start, go back, stop, start, stop, start,

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<v Speaker 1>think old, blah, blah, blah, right? So this can be

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<v Speaker 1>more of a flow in that I don't want it

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<v Speaker 1>to sound woo-woo because that's not where I'm coming from.

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<v Speaker 1>But here's what happens. And I think that I know

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<v Speaker 1>that I have learned to change through this cycle. But

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<v Speaker 1>once I kind of defined it and narrowed it in,

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<v Speaker 1>it looks like this, right? We're like going through life

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<v Speaker 1>on autopilot. We've already talked about this, right? The slow

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<v Speaker 1>drift kind of autopilot way that we walk through life.

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<v Speaker 1>Something happens, we react, we put up resistance, and then

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<v Speaker 1>we restart. Right? So autopilot. Most of us don't wake

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<v Speaker 1>up every morning thoughtfully examining every area of our life, right?

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<v Speaker 1>And thank goodness. Oh my gosh, we'd never get anything done.

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<v Speaker 1>We'd just like never get out of bed. However, we

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<v Speaker 1>can sleepwalk through patterns for a really long time. And

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<v Speaker 1>I definitely have talked about that. Like we eat the

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<v Speaker 1>way we eat because we've always eaten that way. We

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<v Speaker 1>structure our days the way we've always structured them. We

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<v Speaker 1>respond to stress. This is a big one because this

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<v Speaker 1>is a lot of reaction versus response, right? We respond

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<v Speaker 1>to stress the way we've always responded. We spend our

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<v Speaker 1>money the way we've always spent it. We communicate the

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<v Speaker 1>way we've always communicated it. We don't necessarily ask whether

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<v Speaker 1>it's working or not, right? We just live. This is autopilot, right?

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<v Speaker 1>Until something gets our attention. Our genes don't fit. The

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<v Speaker 1>lab results are off the scale. We're completely exhausted or

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<v Speaker 1>like financially, like the credit card bill arise. Our relationship

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<v Speaker 1>starts really struggling. Maybe your doctor says something you don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to hear. And then you look in the mirror

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<v Speaker 1>and you're like, whoa, when did that happen? Right. And

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<v Speaker 1>now you're like awake, but instead of becoming curious, we react. Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>That's it. No more starting tomorrow. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>Reaction is always going to hit a hundred, right? First

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<v Speaker 1>thing out of the gate, it is going to hit

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<v Speaker 1>100 it loves extremes reactions right we aren't going to

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<v Speaker 1>start walking 20 minutes after dinner no we're not going

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to the gym six days a week We're

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<v Speaker 1>going to become aware of what we're eating. We're eliminating

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<v Speaker 1>sugar and gluten and dairy and alcohol and processed food

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<v Speaker 1>and anything else that looks like, you know, on YouTube

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<v Speaker 1>that is inflammatory. We're fixing this. Whoa. That's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of emotional energy though, right? And is it healthy, right?

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<v Speaker 1>Is that fear, frustration, embarrassment, shame or guilt? Sometimes it's

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<v Speaker 1>excitement for a little while and that energy can carry

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<v Speaker 1>us until like real life shows up and you walk

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<v Speaker 1>into your office and somebody brought in donuts and you're like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>one donut, right? Like real life shows up and you're

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<v Speaker 1>tired or you're traveling. Somebody has a birthday, right? Something

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<v Speaker 1>gets crazy, crazy. We get busy. The meal plan, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the novelty basically wears off. And suddenly the thing that

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<v Speaker 1>you were so excited about two weeks ago feels like

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<v Speaker 1>you have to fight for it. So we start negotiating, right?

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<v Speaker 1>And we've talked about this before on other podcasts. We

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<v Speaker 1>start negotiating, we skip, we avoid, we resent. And because

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<v Speaker 1>we built a plan that required us to do everything correctly,

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<v Speaker 1>that one disruption feels like a failure. And so you're like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll just start again next week. Or I blew it. Or, well, tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 1>Or I'll get through the weekend. Or I'll start off,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, whatever all those things are. But then we're

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<v Speaker 1>back on autopilot. So it's autopilot, react, resist, restart. Autopilot, react, resist, restart.

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<v Speaker 1>For years, decades, whatever. And I want to be clear, like,

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<v Speaker 1>the problem isn't that the plans are bad. They can

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<v Speaker 1>be super useful. I use plans. I give people plans.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just how are they structured, right? And structure can

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<v Speaker 1>be exactly what we need when we're trying to learn

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<v Speaker 1>something new. The problem is how do we follow the

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<v Speaker 1>plan if our only skill is follow the plan, right?

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<v Speaker 1>Because eventually life is going to not cooperate. And then what?

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<v Speaker 1>What do we do when life gets in the way?

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<v Speaker 1>We're back to autopilot, right? So here's something I want

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<v Speaker 1>you to think about. If the only way I know

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<v Speaker 1>how to be healthy is when life cooperates with my plan,

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't actually learned how to live a healthy life yet.

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<v Speaker 1>And I said yet, because there's a way to keep

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<v Speaker 1>moving through this. So let's stop thinking plan and let's

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<v Speaker 1>start thinking practice. Right. We talked about that a lot

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<v Speaker 1>last week. So it's not about not it's not about

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<v Speaker 1>stop making plans. Right. Because I think it's really more like,

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<v Speaker 1>what do you what you think the plan is for? Right.

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<v Speaker 1>Like we approach it like, am I going to get results?

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<v Speaker 1>Am I going to lose weight? Am I going to

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<v Speaker 1>do this? Am I going to do that? And then

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<v Speaker 1>we complete that challenge, right? Like maybe 75 hard or

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<v Speaker 1>like there's a whole bunch of challenges out there, right?

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<v Speaker 1>But then you're done. And that's an end point. And

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<v Speaker 1>so it's like, I'm doing this for now. What happens afterward, right?

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<v Speaker 1>And I know this is a little in your face,

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<v Speaker 1>but what happens afterward? And so if we can just

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<v Speaker 1>shift to thinking in terms of practice, right? And practices,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm learning how to live a different way, right? I'm

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<v Speaker 1>learning how to live a different way. This is a

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<v Speaker 1>And like a diet says, am I allowed to eat this?

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<v Speaker 1>But practice says, I wonder what happens when I eat this, right?

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<v Speaker 1>For me, I have a glucose monitor. You can get

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<v Speaker 1>a heavy protein meal. And they're completely different, right? right

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<v Speaker 1>tetris and not macros okay it's a whole different game

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<v Speaker 1>practice basically says i learned that i feel better when

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<v Speaker 1>i put most of my carbohydrate carbohydrates here here and

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<v Speaker 1>here right and Today is leg day. How about my

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<v Speaker 1>body needs some strength training and I've learned how to

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<v Speaker 1>I do body parts on different days. Bedtime at 10.

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<v Speaker 1>How about, I know what happens when I don't get

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<v Speaker 1>enough sleep and because recovery matters, I'm going to adjust

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<v Speaker 1>my bedtime, right? A plan provides structure, right? But practice

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<v Speaker 1>develops your skill set. So we're learning a new skill set, right?

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<v Speaker 1>And somebody said, are you going to do this forever?

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<v Speaker 1>And I said, you know, I never really thought about

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<v Speaker 1>And right now I'm still learning, right? I'm seeing portions.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm seeing patterns. I'm seeing what happens when I change

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<v Speaker 1>not making judgments on myself. I'm not feeling guilty. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>just learning, right? I'm practicing. This isn't about restarting because

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<v Speaker 1>or the next morning I was back practicing again and

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<v Speaker 1>next time. So I think we need to ask a

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<v Speaker 1>different question when we begin something new, right? Not really just,

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<v Speaker 1>can I follow this, right? What if it's, What is

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<v Speaker 1>this teaching me that I eventually need to know how

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<v Speaker 1>to do for myself? Life changes, schedules change, bodies change,

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<v Speaker 1>family changes, work changes, your capacity changes. And that exact

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<v Speaker 1>plan that worked beautifully two years ago or 10 years

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<v Speaker 1>ago or before perimenopause or whatever, okay, ladies, right, may

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<v Speaker 1>not work anymore. And so we have to learn to

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<v Speaker 1>float and flow. And this is about adaptability, right? It's not,

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<v Speaker 1>I need a perfect plan for forever. It means that

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<v Speaker 1>I need to make decisions about adjusting. And so I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna introduce a new cycle here. And that new cycle

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<v Speaker 1>is going to be, remember we did autopilot, react, resist, restart.

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<v Speaker 1>What if it looked like this? Awareness. Oh, look, when

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<v Speaker 1>wonder if there's a correlation, right? It's getting curious and

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<v Speaker 1>having this awareness. So the new pattern is awareness, choice,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to give you all the choices. You have agency.

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<v Speaker 1>And then we can adjust. And then we just keep

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<v Speaker 1>moving on. Instead of this whole restart thing. And this

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<v Speaker 1>is not a straight line. This is more of a cycle.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't graduate from needing awareness. We always can use

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<v Speaker 1>more self-awareness. Life changes again. So you pay attention again.

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<v Speaker 1>So you choose again. So you adjust again and you

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<v Speaker 1>continue your trajectory towards that health goal instead of, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I am at a destination. This is what I'm doing.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm done. Right? So let's unpack it just a little bit. Awareness,

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<v Speaker 1>let's stay awake to your life, right? And awareness is

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<v Speaker 1>different than obsessing. We are not going to monitor every

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<v Speaker 1>sensation and every calorie and every pound and every thought

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<v Speaker 1>and every decision. It's not, that's not awareness. That's exhausting, right?

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<v Speaker 1>That's just, that's overkill. But awareness is like, oh, I

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<v Speaker 1>noticed that. I'm paying attention. How am I feeling? How

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<v Speaker 1>am I sleeping? How is my energy? And maybe you

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<v Speaker 1>do this once a week, or maybe you do it

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<v Speaker 1>every day for a little while. What's happening with my body?

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<v Speaker 1>What's happening in my relationships? How am I spending my time?

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<v Speaker 1>What's working? What isn't working? What's changed? What did I

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<v Speaker 1>stop doing? What did I start doing? What am I avoiding?

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<v Speaker 1>And we talked about the slow drift and I mentioned

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<v Speaker 1>it earlier, right? And that's what happens when we aren't

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<v Speaker 1>paying attention. We just like... And we drift off into

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<v Speaker 1>whatever's the easiest, right? And a few of us wake

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<v Speaker 1>up one morning dramatically somewhere we never intended to be.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's the slow drift. But awareness can catch that

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<v Speaker 1>drift earlier. And when we start catching that drift in

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<v Speaker 1>the two glasses of wine that I had that I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't plan on, then I know that I can choose

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<v Speaker 1>my response on my next meal, not Monday, right? So

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<v Speaker 1>awareness really lets me respond to a whisper instead of

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<v Speaker 1>freaking out like we do on autopilot when something finally

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<v Speaker 1>causes us to react. You cannot intentionally choose what you

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<v Speaker 1>haven't been aware of. So first you have to see it.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is not about guilt. This is not about shame.

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<v Speaker 1>This is really about collecting data, right? Huh, get curious.

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<v Speaker 1>What's happening? Okay, I see that. Now I could choose, right?

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<v Speaker 1>You get to choose. You get to decide what matters now.

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<v Speaker 1>And awareness without choice just becomes endless, right? Analysis paralysis, basically.

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<v Speaker 1>But so at some point, okay, I've seen this. What

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<v Speaker 1>am I going to do with what I know? Right?

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<v Speaker 1>And I did say choice, not react. Reaction is like,

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<v Speaker 1>oh my gosh, choice allows you to breathe. it creates

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<v Speaker 1>a pause. Like what matters most right now, right? That's

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<v Speaker 1>really what we have to figure out. It requires some

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<v Speaker 1>discernment and that's agency. And then we adjust, right? I

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<v Speaker 1>was in Boston last weekend and I had to make

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<v Speaker 1>some adjustments to what I was eating. I needed to

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<v Speaker 1>stay on some macros that are on my plan. I

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<v Speaker 1>kind of understand how to do that because I've been

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<v Speaker 1>doing it for a long time, but I had to

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<v Speaker 1>make some menu choices fit that, right? I did not

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<v Speaker 1>I made those choices instead of just going off the

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<v Speaker 1>rails and coming back and having to restart on Monday.

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<v Speaker 1>I kept making individual choices as I went, right? Four

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<v Speaker 1>workouts don't fit this week, fine. Two will fit, right?

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<v Speaker 1>Adjustment isn't failure. It's adjustment is a skill. And this

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<v Speaker 1>is where a lot of perfectionists get stuck, right? We

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<v Speaker 1>believe that changing the plan means we're abandoning the goal.

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<v Speaker 1>But what it really means is, This week, I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to work only workout twice. Next week, I'm going to

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<v Speaker 1>go back to four. This is adjust to whatever life

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<v Speaker 1>brings you. It's not like, okay, I'm doing two and

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<v Speaker 1>that's all I'm ever going to do again. No, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to go back. We're going to adjust. We just

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<v Speaker 1>have to swerve back and forth. And so this is

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<v Speaker 1>about continuing. It's not about starting over because where exactly

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<v Speaker 1>are you starting from? You go on vacation for a

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<v Speaker 1>week and you make the choice to be like, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>on vacation. I'm not. You know, when I went on

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<v Speaker 1>my honeymoon, I did not track my macros. I just didn't, right?

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't lose my strength because I didn't work out

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<v Speaker 1>on my honeymoon. I did work out on my honeymoon,

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<v Speaker 1>but I didn't lose strength because I didn't do all

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<v Speaker 1>my workout. I only did part of it. I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>destroy my health because I ate a piece of birthday cake.

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<v Speaker 1>I had an experience. that didn't say I fell off

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<v Speaker 1>or I need to get back on track or I

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<v Speaker 1>blew it, right? No, health is a direction, not a

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<v Speaker 1>need to start over. Just need to orient yourself to

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<v Speaker 1>what is the next step, right? You only have to

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<v Speaker 1>choose your next right step. So I want to pull

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<v Speaker 1>this all back together. I have so much more I

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<v Speaker 1>could say here. And bring this back to stewardship because

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<v Speaker 1>I think there's something important here because sometimes we import

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<v Speaker 1>perfectionism into stewardship. And stewardship is really just about faithfully following, right?

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<v Speaker 1>It's really about getting back into the groove and staying

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<v Speaker 1>in that groove. It's not getting back into the groove.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like staying in the groove, but the groove can move, right?

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<v Speaker 1>And because of grace, we know there's going to be

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<v Speaker 1>that flow and awareness and choice and make an adjustment

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<v Speaker 1>and continue. So that's the new pattern. I'd like to

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<v Speaker 1>see things, how you kind of shift to, and that

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<v Speaker 1>is pay attention, choose faithfully, adjust when necessary and keep walking,

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<v Speaker 1>continue to walk, right? The old cycle autopilot, react, resist,

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<v Speaker 1>restart becomes awareness, choice, adjust, continue. And now we have

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<v Speaker 1>a direction, a trajectory for health. This isn't about rigidity

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<v Speaker 1>and all the things, right? So sustainable change isn't the

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<v Speaker 1>ability to perfectly follow a plan. It's the capacity to

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<v Speaker 1>remain aware, choose intentionally, adjust to reality and continue moving

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<v Speaker 1>in the direction that you've chosen, right? So that you

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<v Speaker 1>can enjoy renewed health, rooted in truth and restored by grace.

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