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Mindset Is Everything ! Motivational Video Compilation !

Mindset is everything - develop a better mindset and achieve everything you want!

Change Your Mindset and Achieve Anything | Colin O'Brady | TEDxPortland

Another great one from TED!

Is your stuff stopping you? | Elizabeth Dulemba | TEDxUniversityofEdinburgh

Is YOUR stuff stopping you?  Watch this and change the way you think!

Change your mindset, change the game | Dr. Alia Crum | TEDxTraverseCity

A shift in the way you think can open up your eyes to new possibilities - go for it!

Mindset And Depression

By Annette Tonkin

Mindset and depression are closely linked by the ability of the mindset you have to expand or contract your life.

The view you have of yourself has an overwhelming influence on the way you live your life and this is often a difficult concept to grasp when you are depressed. Simply acknowledging this concept and doing something about it are worlds apart.

Thought patterns can affect the way we feel each day and to control this, there is a need to question where negative thoughts come from. Questions to answer can include:

"I constantly limit myself. Where did I learn these beliefs?"
"When did I take on this type of thinking pattern?"
"At what time in my life did I begin the downhill slide I'm on now?"
"I don't like the person I've become. When did this happen?"
"How did I get to the place I am in now?"

UNDERSTANDING MINDSET

Research completed by Dr. Carol S. Dweck on the types of mindset is be illuminating. Our state of mind and behaviour is greatly influenced by our thoughts even though we know that our thoughts are not who we are as individuals. Our behaviour is such that it corroborates the negative thoughts that we have. Depression is a state of mind and it is not who we are as a person. What I mean by this is: we are not a 'depressed person', we are in a 'state of depression'. Changing depressive thoughts patterns that have been developing, often over many years, to overcome depression takes commitment and determination.

Carol S. Dweck in her book "Mindset", established that there are two types of Mindset and she calls them "Growth" and "Fixed'.

FIXED MINDSET

"Fixed Mindset" is the belief that your qualities at birth are carved in stone. That the intelligence you have now and your moral character is what you will have for the rest of your life. Learning and growing are not part of the 'fixed mindset' way of thinking.

Many of us are trained in a fixed mindset early on in life, often unwittingly by those who care the most about us. Care givers and educators that we come across in our school years may believe that the IQ and EQ we have initially in school are fixed and as such treat us as though we have no capacity to improve.

In our early school years we don't like to be seen as stupid or unintelligent so we instinctively act to look smart. The outcome of this is that we fail to learn to take risks for fear of being 'exposed' as not being very smart. The enjoyment of learning and investigating new things are lost through fear of failing.

The behaviour of 'proving ourselves' repeats itself throughout our lives whether it be in relationships, our careers or leaning institutions as we feel we are being continually judged.

This type of repetitive behaviour is potentially devastating to our development.

GROWTH MINDSET

"Growth Mindset" in contrast, is based on the belief that your basic qualities are just the starting point for development. You have the ability to learn, grow and cultivate whatever initial gifts, skills, interests or disposition you have been given. If you have a 'growth mindset' you have the opinion that each one of us has the opportunity to change and grow through practice and the implementation of developmental exercises. Your potential at any given time or in any circumstance is unknown.

Now the uncertainty of any given situation is part of the process of growing. In children and adults with a 'growth mindset' a love of learning can be created at any stage in their development. No longer does an individual feel the need to 'prove' them self as they believe that they are always on a learning curve and that any setback is just part of that learning process.

MINDSET AND DEPRESSION

As I mentioned at the start, the type of mindset we have can influence whether we are prone to depression or not and one of the tools at our disposal is that of changing our mindset.

In different areas of our lives, out mindset may vary. Unfortunately, if you are struggling to overcome depression, it is likely that the "Fixed Mindset" is pervasive throughout most of your thinking and therefore, actions.

Over the next few articles I will write more on Mindset, how it is developed and suggestions on how to change from a Fixed Mindset to a Growth Mindset as part of dealing with your depression.

If you are interested in mindset and it's affect on our moods, particularly depression, then consider reading my book "A Self-Help Guide To Managing Depression"

Annette Tonkin
B.Ap.Sc.Physio., Grad.Dip.Ad.Manip.Ther., Grad. Cert.NLP

Adversity Consultant, Physiotherapist and Author
http://www.depressiontreatments.net

"You have to do it yourself, and you can't do it alone." Martin Rutte

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5 Expert Insider Steps to Begin Transforming Your Health & Body Today!

5 Expert Insider Steps to Begin Transforming Your Health & Body Today!

By Heather Dube
While yes, our team is born in a world of intense high athletic goals such as bodybuilding, it is not our goal to support people to become bodybuilders - FAR FROM IT!;-) So you can relax now!! But it IS our goal to share with you why the lessons from our experience of mastering human health & the body, & how developing a bodybuilder "mentality" for your own life can literally skyrocket you into a level of personal health you never thought possible, while showing you the shortcuts in how to get there! Sound good? Heck, it sounds GREAT to us, because we already know how it can CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

If you are serious about stepping into your greatness of feeling & looking great, take 3 minutes & glean our insight, because this is the single-most MISSING LINK that we see people repeatedly leaving out of their game plan to great health & why they continue to fail at achieving quality health for their lives.

When you have had an experience of taking your mental, emotional & physical self to the level that bodybuilding competition requires, as a coach for others it then allows you to see potential for your clients that they could never envision for themselves without you by their side AND TAKE THEM THERE, and that is the beauty of the gift that we REJOICE in offering others in order to achieve optimal health, energy, & joy for their lives. But to get there...to create a successful transformation of your health & body, you HAVE to begin INSIDE with our 5 MUST-HAVE Steps! Yes, that's right - the focus begins in the MIND. Time & again we see this process work, and it's our UNIQUE coaching psychology method that sets us apart, & why we are capable of producing jaw-dropping results with the level of motivational mentality we provide. You can have all the knowledge in the world, but if you fail to develop the DESIRE & MINDSET to IMPLEMENT it, you will never succeed.

Want the insider view to our winning approach to learn how to transform your own health & body? We're here to offer you the scoop because it's our desire to support you fully to achieve authentic, preventative health from the inside, out in your lifetime. So where do we begin? There is a prolific spiritual author named John Maxwell, maybe you've heard of him, maybe you haven't - but he writes of numerous spiritual topics & speaks on how we create TRUE transformation for our lives. Below we adapt his words for our article today because it's a brilliant synopsis of just why & how we work with clients to coach them through mastering their personal health, as there are so many levels to the process.

When we discuss transformation of the physical body, to be successful we cannot deny that mind, body & spirit are woven tightly together in our being & therefore EACH needs to be considered - not just one. Often people when wanting to conquer health or healing goals immediately BEGIN at the physical, they think weight loss, nutrition, exercise...but that is their first step to failure because they're joining the race before they've even laced their shoes!! When we fail to address mind & spirit in the health process we eventually lose the vision of why we're addressing the physical in the first place & sadly fall off course when interest wanes, times get tough, or we lose our way because the how-to's become unclear or appear out of reach. But if we start INSIDE & work OUTWARDS friends, GAME ON!!

Our 5 Expert Insider Steps to Transforming Your Health & Body

So these 5 KEY STEPS must be addressed in order to achieve a complete & SUCCESSFUL health & body transformation, and they must also be achieved in order as follows...

1. When you change your (health & body) thinking, you change your (health & body) beliefs.

If you think what you've been taught is healthy by the mainstream media is where your learning stops, then don't expect to achieve great illness-free, authentic preventative health because they don't teach proactive health approach, they teach reactive wait til you get sick & then act health approach. Begin to change your thinking to change your belief system about your body and health potential.

2. When you change your (health & body) beliefs, you change your (health & body) expectations.

Once you begin to expand your thinking, start to also seek out experts in areas of health & body who have shown & continue to show PROVEN ABILITY TO CREATE TRANSFORMATION RESULTS in their own health & body that you would like to emulate. Begin to sponge knowledge from them vs. what mainstream media claims leads to great health results, & you'll in turn raise the bar on what you expect from your own health. You'll see your new mentor/s are just ordinary people too like you, who decided to blaze their own health path about the quality of health they wanted to achieve for their life by taking the road less followed for their own health in life, and YOU CAN TOO - if you follow in their footprints.

3. When you change your (health & body) expectations, you change your (health & body) attitude.

Once your mind becomes opened by experts to your new health possibilities, you'll have a renewed attitude & confidence about your abilities & empowerment around your personal health & begin to realize that anything you put your MIND to, your BODY can achieve -with the right tools in your toolbox. And THAT is exciting!

4. When you change your (health & body) attitude, you change your (health & body) behavior.

Now that you come to the table with a revitalized health attitude of possibilities & an arsenal from your health mentor, your entire being & behavior begins to shift because your mentor connects you with your own personal ability to achieve great results for your health, and as that continues to happen over and over, your self-efficacy GROWS & GROWS around your capabilities to manage your own personal health, as you transition into your own personal mini-health-expert!

5. When you change your (health & body) behavior, YOU CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

Now that you've achieved health & body mastery, you will begin to see an entire energetic, mental & emotional shift in your life that FAR EXCEEDS the physical. Yes, you will look & feel great, but the ways optimal health radiate outwards to all facets of your life will be astounding, as you attain a personal joy in life through health that you've never experienced before. No pills, no roller coaster of energy, no food cravings, no more blah approach to life, no more hiding from life within your own body,...you emerge a renewed person, ready to take on your full potential in this life.

This list is the perfect example of why health coaching with experienced experts not only WORKS, but offers you AMAZING, permanent results you could never envision or achieve on your own. With the support of your coaches seasoned & proven mentality of success in health & body transformation, you develop a similar mindset, outlook & body of knowledge in order to reach external goals of physical health & body success!

"Want to learn how to easily & effectively "Transform Your Health & Body From the Inside, Out!"™ so you can spend less time on your health, while getting incredible results to look & feel better than you did in your 20's...despite aging, pregnancy, thyroid or health challenges? Check out our website, [http:///www.youandimprovedcoaching.com], for free resources & to sign up for your free health strategy breakthrough session."

Health & Body Mastery Mentor Heather B. Dube' is a Nutrition Counselor, Health Coach, Personal Trainer & Figure Bodybuilding Competitor, as well as the Founder of youandimprovedcoaching.com.

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