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I’ve mentioned many times that the inspiration for these blogs and videos comes from conversations with people.

After all, if one person is expressing that they’re unsure about something or struggling in some way………….

They won’t be the only one.

Sometimes, coincidentally, we have the same conversation several times in a row.

This happened the other day.

Whilst we weren’t able to meet people in person, we were doing a lot more online conversations.

Voice and / or video calls with members to go through things and help them ‘course correct’.

Whilst we’re back able to meet in person now (and that’s always preferable), we will continue to do this as well.

The thing that several people in a row said the other day was “I just need to stop”.

You know – of a particular behaviour.

Drinking, snacking, finishing off what’s left in the serving bowl, finishing off the kids’ meals, having a tub of ice cream or a bottle of wine in front of the tele, etc.

And, on the face of it, that sounds like a valid plan.

It is, however, the same plan that hasn’t worked.

Usually many, many times in the past.

We’ve probably said “I just need to stop XYZ” many many times before.

And maybe have for a few days or a week.

But then started again.

Just stopping rarely works.

It leaves a hole in our lives.

There was a reason we were doing that thing before.

To change to way we feel usually.

That’s what us humans are ‘designed’ to do.

Make ourselves feel better.

And not doing the thing that’ll make us, at least momentarily, feel better……….

Means we’ll have to use willpower to force ourselves to continue to feel not as good as we’d like.

Which will only ever last so long.

Replace that thing with something else………

Something that makes use feel better to, at least, a sufficient degree………

Without / with less of the ‘downside’………..

And that might be something we can keep doing.

Eating something else (perhaps less calorie dense), exercising, going for a walk, taking a few deep breaths, meditating, doing something we enjoy for a few minutes……..

Something that has the same (or sufficient) benefit in the same way the thing we want to ‘stop doing’ does……….

Could be an approach that, on average, lasts………

Much love,

Jon ‘It’s Hammer Time’ Hall

Jon Hall
Jon Hall

When not helping people to transform their lives and bodies, Jon can usually be found either playing with his kids or taxi-ing them around. If you'd like to find out more about what we do at RISE then enter your details in the box to the right or bottom of this page or at myrise.co.uk - this is the same way every single one of the hundreds who've described this as "one of the best decisions I've ever made" took their first step.