The recovery journey is a long road with twists and turns, and if you’re not careful, you could get lost along the way. Don’t be afraid to stop, admit you could use some help, and ask for some directions., you could get lost along the way. Don’t be afraid to stop, admit you could use some help, and ask for some directions.
You see, the destination is not just a place of sobriety. The destination should be a place where you live your best possible life. No matter how strong you are, whether physically or mentally, you do not have to travel alone. There are people, people like me, that would love to walk alongside you, to help guide you, to help pick you up when you fall, and ultimately to help you become the very best version of yourself.
So, what does it look like to ask for help?
Admitting that there is a problem. It takes a really strong person to realize that they need help. Now, you may be thinking the opposite. You may be thinking that doing it on your own is a sign of being strong. I respectfully disagree.
Strength comes from knowing that you want something better for your life and then doing whatever it takes to make it happen. Strength means being vulnerable to other people; it means dropping your guard and sharing what’s going on in your life.
One of the biggest reasons people don’t succeed on the journey to sobriety is because they try to do it alone. Look outside of the recovery world for a moment. Look at the people in the world who have achieved the most success. Athletes, pastors, business executives, politicians, you name it. The most successful people will always tell you that they did not succeed without others’ help. They had people in their lives that would walk with them side by side.
If you are serious about wanting to recover from whatever it is that’s holding you back, don’t be afraid to ask for help. The best way to get started is to have a confidential call with a recovery coach.
You may only need to have one phone call, but a coach will be able to help you come up with the necessary first steps to help you start down the road to your greatest success.
If I can help you in any way, please click here and go to the contact page. Please fill out the quick form, and let’s get on a call today. You do not have to travel down the road alone.
If you’ve ever trained with me in person you’ve heard me say over and over; “Remember To Breathe!”
What I am going to talk about are things to remember when either working out, or just going about your day. Parents these are also great tips to pass on to your children.
Why children you ask? How many of us have ever actually been taught to breathe? Not many, and as kids we still don’t know the affects of shallow breathing and hyper ventilating. Losing our breathe can be very scary as a child.
Being a recovery coach and a fitness coach, I am always teaching to synchronize the breathe with our movement, and our thoughts. We can also use this technique in other parts of our life, especially during times of high anxiety and stress. Doing so can help with the following:
– Calm the nervous system
-Slow the respiratory system
– Alleviate stress
– Lower blood pressure
Throughout our day we never really think about breathing, we just do it, and now I’m going to give you a way to focus on a technique that will make you better at breathing!
Inhale through the nose and exhale through the mouth. Breathing in through the nose will allow you to take in more oxygen and release more carbon dioxide. A good practice is to inhale for 4 seconds and then hold for a long second. Without getting too technical what you’re doing is allowing oxygen cells to sit at the end of the bronchial tubes in the lungs and fill the alveoli sacs. This is where oxygen is able to enter into our bloodstream.
This is a great practice if you’re working out and seem to be losing your breathe, a nice long 4 second inhale, a 1 or 2 second pause and then a deep exhale through the mouth.
If you’re feeling stressed about something or suffer from anxiety of any kind, try this 4 second method and you’ll soon see that when you focus on your breathe you will have a sense of calm come over you.
I mentioned earlier that parents can focus on this with their children. How many times when playing sports at a young age do you watch your kids just run out of breathe because they put in a max effort right away? Often!
Or worse when one of your young children decides to throw a tantrum because the older sibling broke their favorite toy and all of sudden a hyper ventilating situation begins.
Deep inhales through the nose for 4 seconds with a long 1 or 2 second inhale will cure this!
I urge you to try this method right now and practice it throughout your day, because soon, if you practice it enough it will become second nature and you wont need to think about it anymore!
Just Remember To Breathe!
