How to Make and Keep a Change in Your Life
This is the Mindset for Life podcast, a place for personal stories, coaching, neuroscience and my favorite positive psychology tools to master life, relationships and work. I'm your host. Bethanie Hansen. In today's episode, we'll focus on three ways you can make and keep changes in your life. Read on for an episode summary, action items from the episode, and a summary outline. A transcript is available in the podcast player tool. And, if today is the right time for you to work with a coach, the contact form is available on this page.
Episode Summary:
In today's episode, we'll cover the challenges of maintaining motivation and energy for life changes. Your coach Bethanie Hansen emphasizes the importance of self-coaching through journaling, self-reflection, and visual reminders, such as before-and-after photos or videos. Additionally, she recommends hiring a coach to provide accountability and perspective, sharing her own positive experience several years ago with colleague Dr. Grady Batchelor. Lastly, she advises joining a supportive community to foster enthusiasm and shared progress. Hansen concludes by encouraging listeners to maintain a positive mindset, seek professional coaching, and engage with like-minded groups to sustain personal and professional goal achievement.
Action Items:
After listening to today's podcast, you might consider these action steps to make and sustain your personal or professional changes:

Think about how to coach yourself through writing, reflecting, and using visual aids.
Consider hiring a coach to help you get out of your own way and propel your momentum forward.
Join a community of like-minded individuals who are on a similar journey to gain enthusiasm and support.

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Episode Highlights:
Starting Something New and Overcoming Obstacles

Bethanie introduces the podcast and the topic of discussing three ways to make and keep a change in your life.
She acknowledges the enthusiasm people have for starting something new and notes that this energy often hits a wall, leading to a lack of motivation.
Bethanie shares a personal experience of embarking on a weight loss journey nine years ago, emphasizing the need to continuously bring in motivating influences to sustain progress.
She compares the concept of declining motivation and energy to the idea of having a happiness set point, explaining that without new influences, momentum can fade.

Self-Coaching Techniques

Bethanie explains the first method of maintaining energy and momentum: self-coaching. This includes activities like journaling, recording videos, and comparing before and after photos.
She describes how she used self-coaching techniques, such as writing in her journal and giving herself motivational self-talk, to stay on track with her weight loss goals.
Bethanie emphasizes the importance of self-reflection and positive reinforcement to keep oneself motivated and focused on the goal.
She highlights the role of self-coaching in raising one's happiness set point, as well as in maintaining momentum during a change.

Hiring a Coach

A second method discussed is to hire a coach, which can be beneficial in various areas of personal and professional growth, such as in health, life, business, and parenting domains.
She shares her experience of working with Dr. Grady Batchelor, a coach credentialed colleague who asked her insightful questions that helped her realize she was her own obstacle.
Bethanie explains how a coach can help individuals identify and overcome self-imposed limitations, providing accountability and deeper understanding that pave the way for change.
She encourages listeners to consider hiring a coach to propel their momentum forward and achieve their goals more effectively.

Joining a Community

The third method discussed is to join a community,