Small Scoops – Developing Your Inner Coach

Small Scoops – Developing Your Inner Coach
by Elizabeth Bohorquez, RN, C.Ht

I’m going to talk to you today about developing your own “Inner Coach.” This is the inner part of you that will assist & motivate you throughout the rest of your life……………as long as you call on it.

Achieving a major lifestyle change is like a good old fashioned rope tug. While a piece of rope doesn’t hold much interest for most of us, rock climbers would certainly disagree, as it is their lifeline & yours as well. The rope is an excellent metaphor for the work you are doing here & I’m sure you’ll agree that it does take a lot of personal power to pull lifestyle change permanently into your life.

Part of me has always fantasized about having my own private coach, someone who would tell me exactly what I should do to achieve my goals, motivate me, taking me down the “Goal-den path” to high achievement of some sort. The kind, loving coach was part of a multitude of glorious images, of course always including everything I desired at the end of a rainbow. But…………be careful what you wish for !!!

I got my wish when I was about fifteen. I joined the roller skating club & Phil Pinto was assigned to be my coach. He was nothing I imagined & there were no rainbows, at least not then. His job was to take my focus away from my bruised knees in order to keep me skating when I really wanted to give up & go home. It was years before I really liked him, much less admired him. I don’t think I fully appreciated his attempts at teaching me self-discipline until I was an adult.

DISCUSSION POINT:

Look back into your own lives & bring up memories of POSITIVE role models who helped to form your current self-discipline. Perhaps you have many or perhaps you have few. Even though your mentor may have been “difficult” or “challenging” as Phil was for me, look closely at that individual & decide if they were a powerful influence. Ask yourself IF you were to meet them today……..would you thank them? And, what specifically would you thank them for? This will help you to know who & what was truly valuable. Whenever we remember in this way, we bring the memories forward, as well as “re-etching” the particulars into our subconscious mind. Since we are discussing “past happenings”, do know that we all have/had individuals in our life who simply weren’t well-meaning & it is time to let them go…….. for often these individuals or the memories of these individuals can BLOCK our desire for self-discipline.

Your inner coach will be a composite of the positive characteristics of many individuals who have touched our past, as well as others we might have observed. We do not need to know these individuals personally. Just having admired them & the characteristics they represent make them eligible to be a part of our inner coaching system. It’s important to take time with this part of our work. It took me over three weeks to build my own inner coach & to this very day I keep adding additional characteristics. Keep in mind that each time something new is added or updated, the subconscious mind makes note of this & re-etches. I suggest you keep a section of your journal for building your inner coaching system. This type of journaling opens the mind to locate even more opportunities for self-growth.

Elizabeth Bohorquez, RN, C.Ht is a Clinical Hypnotherapist, President & Program Designer for Sarasota Medical & Sports Hypnosis Institute located in Sarasota, FL & online at http://www.hypnosis-audio.com & http://www.sugar-addiction.com She is the author of Sugar….the Hidden Eating Disorder & How to Lick It, as well as +350 audio CD’s & mp3’s. The websites include moderated discussion groups, ezines, library & a host of other educational tools for learning Interactive Self-Hypnosis. Visit the online Boot Camp & work directly with the author. Download a free mp3 each month

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