ARC Members Only Podcast 3232 Tuesday 30th September 2025 - Lessons Learned
Tuesday 9/30/2025
Lessons learned from working toward a challenging goal
Hello, Tonight we had a powerful Community Call.
During check ins we talked about some real life challenges and joys:
-Developing awareness of how much better we feel physically and emotionally when we are consistent with our food plans. This awareness empowers us to make healthful decisions for our bodies!
-Dealing with life stressors, injuries, and transitions (parenting, moving, etc.)
-Living in to AND believing our affirmations
-Growing in self-awareness and self-advocacy
I also shared some lessons learned from my recent athletic event that apply to any challenge that we take on, including:
- setting goals to do challenging things
- building a community of mutual support and encouragement
- being mindful of self-talk (your mind is listening)
- having some affirmations ready to go (I can do hard things)
- celebrating others along the way (the amount of encouragement that athletes were giving each other was powerful)
- taking hard things step by step (I broke some of the most high volume exercises into chunks such as 10 burpee broad jumps at a time to make the 80 meters)
- focusing on the the intangible wins (as in "I finished"!) rather than focusing on deficit thinking
I look forward to celebrating the wins that each of you experience-- both the daily wins and the bigger goal-oriented wins!
Thank you for being an important part of my recovery journey! - Julie
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