Recognize that it takes energy to move toward your goal, and do things that will boost that energy.” Create positive peer pressure. “So be sure to create things to look forward to. “We know that anticipation is a happiness trigger, and happiness triggers create more positive emotion-which helps us persevere when things get hard,” says Valorie. And build in rewards along the way, even if they’re small. She recommends taking breaks where you allow yourself to savor how you feel and celebrate how much progress you’ve made. “The quickest way to burn out on a goal is by overdoing it,” says Valorie. “Instead of saying, ‘I’m going to do X from now on,’ try ‘I’m going to try this for three weeks.’” At the end of the timeframe, give yourself space to look back and ask yourself what worked, what didn’t work, and what might work better, and then adjust your goal. And be specific when it comes to the timeline, too. You might even want to write it down so you can check it off when you’ve accomplished it. Instead, get very specific about what success looks like to you. “But you could exercise every day, and still it would be possible to exercise more.” Right away, you feel like you’ve failed. “We say things like, ‘I should exercise more,’” says Valorie. In Valorie’s years of experience coaching clients, she’s noticed that one of the biggest-and most common-barriers to creating healthy habits is being vague about your goals. Once you’ve established realistic expectations, make them specific. Instead, Valorie recommends being honest with yourself about the barriers and updating your expectations based on the current reality rather than a past version of your life. When we build a goal on outdated expectations, we’re setting ourselves up to fail. “We expect ourselves to perform at the same level as before, to have as much energy as we used to-but we need to realize that things have actually changed.” This year, with many of our lives turned upside-down, that’s more true than ever. “So many of us operate on outdated expectations,” Valorie explains. Read on for Valorie’s advice, and share the healthy habit(s) you plan to create in the comments below! Before you commit to your goal, check your expectations.
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We chatted with Valorie about what it takes to create healthy habits, and-in true life-coach form-she offered tips that are insightful, practical, and, best of all, actionable. The founder of The Coaching and Positive Psychology (CAPP) Institute, an international speaker on resilience and happiness, and author of 13 books-including the just-released Let Go of the Guilt: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Take Back Your Joy -Valorie has dedicated her career to helping people identify and work toward their goals. When we decided to create a program about creating healthy habits, we immediately thought of Valorie Burton. Valorie Burton Is On A Mission To Help You Reach Your Goals
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