Coach Molly - Flipping40

10/11/2021

Use Your Imagination & Creativity to Inspire Motivation:
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When's the last time you explored where your health choices are taking you & gave yourself the space & time to dive and explore the answer for yourself?
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So many of my clients come to me on a journey that they have been trenching through for a long time. They are trying to accept the process, but are SOOOO tired of not getting to where they want to be. 💓
They think they need someone to tell them the right path, or that they need to try harder.
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But, that's not it. They've been trying hard their whole life.
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If you want to feel better in your body & show up even brighter in your life. Then, you need to know EXACTLY where you are going!
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You have a mountain of a goal; it's not eat better or move more but to re-write the habits & thoughts that surround your daily choices.
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It's time to stop trying harder. Yes, it takes hard work but there is much more to reaching a goal than that!
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If you like bitmojis and are looking for a peaceful path to better health I hope you'll join us in my Free Facebook community where creativity, imagination are welcome while moving towards freedom with your health goals is. Join us here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/worthyandenough/

10/11/2021

#7 Work with a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach who's approach is client focused rather than program focused.

https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/6-ways-i-navigate-the-pressures-of-diet-culture/

I don’t know about the rest of you diet culture abstainers, but when I am feeling vulnerable (as I was, two weeks after having major surgery) or when I see these admittedly gorgeous photos of my formerly larger loved ones, I sometimes find myself being a little swept up by ‘the dream’.

10/09/2021

A small shift that can make the world of difference.
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If you want to change the course of your health you have to LIVE the journey.
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If you want to change your health circumstances and feel free in your body, you have to let go of the outcome, and allow your process to be as good as the results.
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What are you celebrating on your journey to better health?

10/07/2021

Fascinating food for thought...

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/9557912

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10/02/2021

How to reject diet-culture marketing

In the body-acceptance and anti-diet world, we talk a lot about media literacy—the ability to recognize and be critical of the unrealistic, impossibly Photoshopped images that are littered throughout our magazines, advertisements, and Instagram photos.  But we almost never talk about mark

09/30/2021

You can enjoy exercise and it still be effective.
Many of the women I work with come to me curious about joyful movement, and how they can start moving in a way that doesn't hurt, feel like punishment, or that they dread.
We often find that what exercise they thought they looked was really only a means to an end.
They wanted the outcomes promised and liked the people, but not the exercise itself. .
When digging deeper they find that the reality was that the experience was very uncomfortable. There wasn't joy in the process. .
So how do you find movement that's enjoyable. .
Here are a few places to start experimenting:
1. Unplug. No step, calorie, mile, minute, rep, set counts. Your body will tell you when it's enough.
2. Be here and now. Do it to meet your needs now & not for the unknown future. Ex: Burpees for future figure vs.phyically playing with your kids for enjoyment now.
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3. Let go of outcomes. If the reason your doing it is for the expectation of what it will bring instead of a fulfilling form of self care, you'll have a hard time maintaining it... especially when what you expected doesn't happen. ex: weight loss.
When examining your own exercise choices I encourage you to take a little deeper. What Joy do you find in the process & movement itself?
If you're finding yourself curious about how to bring more joyful movement to your life, like so many of the women I work with. You may enjoy my community Worthy & Enough join us here https://www.facebook.com/groups/worthyandenough/

09/27/2021

It's crazy how one title can mean so many different things. .
I've had the title of coach for 20 years now. .
My first gig was as an assistant at a gymnastics camp when I was 16.
I've been lucky to have had big opportunities from the best of the best to develop my skills as both a performance coach and health and wellness coach. .
In performance coaching it's very scientific and strategic. There's a lot planning and as a coach you have to take charge, lead loud, and deliver benchmark outcomes for performance enhancement. .
Health and wellness coaching is a completely different profession. We can't coach health like an athletic sport because wellness, self-efficacy, and autonomy are compromised. .
All important things needed to SUSTAIN healthy habits.
Health and wellness coaching is about listening, not telling. It's collaborative, there is no right or wrong, & the client's needs, wants, preferences, purpose and values for THEIR life vision is the road map for success.
The coach ISN'T the expert. The client is.... Because, it's YOUR life!
There are a few common threads in performance coaching and health and wellness coaching, but the one that stands out the most for me is the importance of the coaching agreement and relationship. .
Good coaching shouldn't feel like punishment or leave you with feelings of guilt or shame.
If your past experiences with coaches have felt like you were on the losing team of a sport you're not very good at, then please know that it wasn't you. .
Your coach likely didn't receive training in how to support your health journey as YOUR life instead of a competitive sport.
Remember, a "coach" can mean many things. Instead of focusing on the outcome they promise, explore what makes you feel the most supported and then interview a few coaches to see who would be the best fit for you. .
I love it when a new client interviews me because it shows me they are invested in their health, their journey and overall well-being. .
If you're interested in learning more about the work I do supporting women with long term health challenges, then I invite you to reach out and let chat!

09/27/2021

What role do you think a grateful mindset plays in improving your health and wellbeing?

https://chopra.com/articles/25-simple-ways-to-practice-gratitude .000g5hzb27j5fsv1085147e9avt0l

Challenge your mind’s negativity bias by being proactively grateful. These 25 tips will help you refocus on the good in your world.

09/25/2021

Laugh for no reason!
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When you arn't living the life you want, have pain, or are struggling to reach your goals it can feel hard to laugh. When it feels like the world has been laughing AT you it's NOT funny!
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So, how can you create more sunshine moments in your life if life doesn't feel like much fun right now?
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Joy can be triggered by the simplest of physical activities, such as:
🎤Singing
💃Dancing
🤹Playing 😂Laughing
These are the 4 elements of Joy which is found when we stop searching for happiness from external sources and begin cultivating it from within. 😃
External happiness is conditional and not guaranteed. It is dependant upon you getting what you want. 😊
Joy is what you carry within you even through life's toughest moments.
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We were born practicing these 4 elements, but as we grew up, joy got filtered by self-consciousness and fear of judgement. ☀️
You can create more sunshine in your life by practicing giving yourself permission to have more child-like moments and welcome the 4 elements of joy into your life on a regular basis. Let yourself go all-in and allow yourself to truely LOL.
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How does laughter help?
❤️Dr. William Fry found that 10 minutes of hearty laughter could be equal to 30 minutes on the rowing machine!
❤️ Improves oxygen uptake & delivery
❤️Increases blood circulation
❤️Stress relief
❤️Releases pent up emotions
❤️Improves mood and energy
❤️Improves connection and team building
❤️Improves innovation creativity
❤️Increases attention span
❤️The list goes on & on.... the benefits of laugher touches most areas of health.
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As it turns out luaghter IS the best medicine!
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Today I invite you to tune in to how much laughter is present in your life & to play with laughing for no reason.

09/20/2021

Health & Wellness Coaching is fundamentally non-diet. Your process and how your action affects your whole self is as important as who you are becoming as you improve your health. There is never ONE way, there is only YOUR way!

http://thenutritionpress.com/4320-2/

09/20/2021

How to Navigate the Ups and Downs of the Anti-Diet Journey

Imagine if you’d never been told that there was anything wrong with your body’s size, shape, or appearance. (I know, quite a stretch in this culture, right? But go with me here.) Imagine that you’d been raised with the message that you deserve love and acceptance in the exact  body you h

09/16/2021

Regardless of what marketing will tell us. We are all living in an aging and changing body. So how do you be ok with that? What would you add to this article that helps you accept your changing body?

https://sarahvance.com/comfort-changing-body/

How do you become more comfortable in your body when it is changes?

09/13/2021

Please, Do Not Wish For an Eating Disorder

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09/13/2021

How to Avoid Falling for The Wellness Diet

At this point in history, many of us have gotten wise to the more overt manifestations of diet culture , and we’re not buying them. Commercial weight-loss programs, “lite” foods, diet books: We’re over it. We know that diets don’t work—and the diet industry knows  we know. “Many m...

09/11/2021

"Mindful eating, like yoga, is teaching me to be present and nonjudgmental. I am repeatedly amazed at what shows up when I simply pause to notice."
https://goo.gl/tyiWNv

One challenge with giving up dieting for good is everyone else keeps talking about diets! Learn how to stay focused on mindful eating in diet-culture

09/09/2021

"If you are having trouble fitting something into your life that is truly consistent with your values, realign your time."
https://goo.gl/mpywDU

Aligning your time with your values leads to greater contentment

09/06/2021

"it's not just one thing that people do that changes their body image over time, but rather, it's a whole collection of things... most of which have to be repeated over and over again or we fall back into the paradigm of the normative culture." https://goo.gl/BRDhEQ

Let’s be clear, poor body image is not yet another thing you’re “doing wrong,” but is a natural reaction to oppression, and the distribution of social power on the basis of size.   As a result, managing this situation starts with re-framing the problem itself from— “What am I doing wron...