Embracing a Positive Mindset for Personal Development, Growth and Empowerment

Mental fitness is a process of getting to know and understand yourself, your internal programs, life scripts, and ingrained habits. It involves reconnecting with your true essence so you can discern what serves you in your life and what is hindering you, and then from there you can decide what’s worth keeping and what you would benefit from letting go of.

Ultimately, it’s about making conscious and better choices that work best for you in your life. It builds resourcefulness and resilience, which the majority of us are never taught to do growing up.

Psychologist and holocaust survivor, Viktor Frankl’s insight that “between every stimulus and response there is a space” is the key, as it is in this space, we have the power to choose our response, and mental fitness helps us build our capacity to make better choices. It is in this choosing where our true personal growth and power lie. It is a process of going from reactive to proactive.

Mental Fitness empowers you, it helps you to stay forward-focused in your life! Building it into your daily life will enhance your life both professionally and personally by improving on your:

• Performance
• Wellbeing
• Relationships

Most attempts at positive change fail. Why? Because we struggle to create and maintain good habits. We often find ourselves stuck on “autopilot,” reverting to deep-seated programmed responses. This can lead to a frustrating cycle of short-term success followed by giving up, which reinforces negative self-perception.

I have known this loop all too well in my life which is why building my mental fitness every day has transformed my thinking — and my life. I will, however, note that it is and always will be a work in progress, as it’s not about not failing or falling, it is about how quickly we bounce back up and stay postively forward-focused on what we want more of, our passion and our purpose.

It involved developing emotional awareness and positive intelligence, and these are key to coming off those autopilot loops of habitual behaviour and which, in turn, improves performance, wellbeing, and relationships. It is also a process of self-love, being gentle, kind and patient with ourselves, again like the majority of us have never been taught to do growing up.

To break free from this emotional rollercoaster of negativity and fear, the journey begins with building a better relationship with yourself. This involves:

1. Gaining deeper insights into your internal programs
2. Identifying your greatest strengths and most debilitating self-sabotaging behaviours
3. Learning to quiet negative internal dialogue
4. Engaging and empowering your innate, intuitive, positive power

Mental fitness empowers you to keep what serves you and diminish what hinders you, allowing you to become the master of your emotions and fulfil your potential in life, as it supports the journey from being reactive to becoming proactive.

It helps us personally and also professionally with teamwork, productivity and wellbeing in the workplace; it also has the power to improve team dynamics with better communication and performance.

Self-Sabotage versus Sage Wisdom

In Positive Intelligence it is our Saboteurs that create self-sabotage, and it is our inner Sage that enables us to live our life from our true essence with true meaning.

It’s crucial to recognise that while self-sabotage may sometimes lead to success, it will never bring true happiness. Self-sabotaging behaviours are so often rooted in fear and survival instincts.

In contrast, sage wisdom and intuition are based on love and the desire to thrive. Working from our inner Sage will always bring success with happiness and fulfilment.

The Path to Reconnection and Transformation

Transformation occurs when we build mental fitness and move towards a more positive mindset. This requires laying down new neural pathways in our brain to form new habits through consistent, small daily practices that engage and empower our inner intuition.

Nancy Kline says, “The mind that holds the problem also holds the solution, probably the best one“. Sometimes we need to become more emotionally aware of our own self-sabotage so we can get out of our own way so we can find our own solutions within. A coach can facilitate this process.

However, on my personal journey, which you can hear on my Mindful Poetic Stories Podcast, I have come to realise that the path to transformation is not only about change, but it is a reconnection with our true self.

Positive Intelligence is based on numerous research studies; neuroscience, cognitive psychology, positive psychology, and it is founded by Shirzad Chamine.

Conclusion

The journey to mental fitness is a profound exploration of self, leading to greater empowerment, acceptance, and self-love. By understanding our internal programs, choosing positive responses, and consistently practising new habits, we can cultivate a positive mindset that enhances our performance, wellbeing, relationships, teamwork, communication and productivity.

Remember, the power to transform lies within you, in that space between stimulus and response, where you have the freedom to choose your path forward, and reconnect with the true you.

What are you waiting for? Start your journey to building mental fitness and falling in love with your life and you.

Remember; you would not sabotage someone you truly loved, and you will not self-sabotage when you truly love yourself.

Connect with me if you feel ready for your mental fitness, self-love journey, and would like to benefit from a free 1 hour (no obligation) session, you can book via my website or please reach out if you have any questions.

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