If You Could Wave A Magic Wand?

Why the thing blocking your health goal is probably not what you think it is

This week I worked with a client who did not know where to start.

She came to me originally because she was postpartum and she wanted to get back to herself. As I do with all my clients, we started with a full health history, then a visualization to find out what she really wanted, and set a goal from there.

Her first goal was movement. And she was stuck. She told me she was doing everything she knew to do. That she just had to do it. She had the knowledge, she had the intention, and still something was not moving.

So I tried something. I said, "Let's play a bit. Pretend you have a magic wand. What would you wish for?"

Silence came over her first.

Then she looked at me and said, “I wish I liked the gym in my neighborhood more”.

And then we got to work.

What that question revealed was that the block had nothing to do with knowledge or motivation. She knew movement mattered. She wanted to move her body. The problem was not inside her. It was around her. It was the environment. She had been avoiding the gym in her building because it didn't have all the machines the one farther away did, and somewhere along the way, that became a reason not to go at all.

So we started there. We fixed the location, and we reframed the belief that you need a full gym to move your body effectively. And just like that, the barrier dissolved.

I share this because I think a lot of us are stuck in the same place she was. Convinced that the answer is more discipline, more motivation, more willpower. Telling ourselves we just have to do it. When actually the thing standing between us and what we want is something much simpler that we just have not been able to see yet.

Sometimes the answer is not complicated. Sometimes it’s a simple reframe. But we do not always see what is holding us back without someone asking the right question.

That is what the magic wand does. It gets your logical brain out of the way and lets you dream. And when you dream, you figure out what you actually want and what is actually in the way.

So I want to ask you the same question. If you had a magic wand and you could wish away one thing that is standing between you and your health goal right now, what would it be?

Sit with that for a moment. Because whatever came up first is probably worth paying attention to.

If you want to do this kind of work, the kind that actually looks at what is blocking you instead of just telling you to try harder, come find us inside the F the Hustle Collective.

Or if you are ready to go deeper one-on-one, book a discovery call and let's find your magic wand question together.

Also, a little news: I just got certified in vision boarding. If you've been thinking about hosting a vision board party or bringing something meaningful to a corporate event, I'd love to be your person. Drop me a message!

Services I offer:

Reply

or to participate.