Hidden Accomplishments Cause Major Shifts

As we enter Q4, fall weather and holidays on our horizon, it can be easy for many of us to start feeling discouraged for not accomplishing some of the goals we set out to achieve at the beginning of the year. Our society believes we somehow fail if we didn’t lose those 10 pounds, get a big promotion, or start that exercise routine. What I want to offer today is a reminder that we have all changed in some way since the beginning of the year, and most likely, we have done things that I term as hidden accomplishments worth acknowledging.

Here are some beautiful accomplishments that my clients have made this past year that may seem subtle and easy to overlook but have caused massive shifts in their daily lives:

 -one client adopted a stray day (she previously didn’t like pets)
-another started taking care of her elderly mother
-a client transitioned from negative self-talk about his body to finding gratitude for having one
-a client left an emotionally abusive marriage
-another started traveling alone to foreign countries
-one client left a secure job to start her own business
-another started therapy
-one client got on dating apps despite a lot of fear and has been meeting people in person as a result
-One client started going to the gym
-another backed off on intense workouts and moved into ones that helped her slow down and connect to her body
-one client started meditating every morning
-another wrote down something he was grateful for every day this past year
-a client let go of intense people-pleasing behaviors 

I left my office of 20 years and rented a new one I love. I invested in my physical health and started going to a functional medicine practitioner to regulate hormones and improve liver health. I started a more regular gratitude practice and have been meditating longer.  

It doesn’t always have to be about losing 20 pounds, climbing the corporate ladder, or publishing a best-selling novel. Those things are amazing, but so are the accomplishments mentioned above that often get overlooked. I invite you to find moments like these where you loved harder, communicated your needs more, or did something special for yourself, and consider valuing them just as much as the more traditional goals we hear about on Jan. 1st each year.

I am conducting Q4 sessions if you want to take some time to evaluate what has worked, what hasn’t, and what you might want to do differently to end the year strong in whatever way you define it.

Much love. Reach out if you would like to do a sacred session with me.

-Melanie