I recently had a very inspiring vision to describe how to create sustainable change. It’s all in how you create a simple plan, with small realistic steps so that you can stack your deck for success. This is the “recipe” that I use to support the amazing transformation for my clients. If you don’t break the steps down into simple, easy to follow steps, you can go into overwhelm or procrastination and never really get started or take action on your plan.
If you think about how we bake a cake or cookies, we can apply the same recipe to our Action Plan for change. While baking, we typically only add one or two ingredients at a time. We don’t add more until they are thoroughly mixed in. Once the ingredients are mixed in or “integrated” we can then add more and stir the next ingredient into the batter. When you bake cookies, you may pour in small portions of flour, mixing in each little bit before you add more. Once all the ingredients have been mixed in you can pour the batter into a pan and bake it into a delicious treat that is a greater whole than the sum of the parts that were the individual ingredients.
The same process is true with creating sustainable change in a mind-body-spirit way of creating a holistic plan for change. I have my clients start small and simple to gain confidence and see results before we add more time or more steps into the mix. We use the SMART Goal formula (Specific, Measurable, Action oriented, Realistic and Timed). You can download a SMART goal worksheet from my website and start to create your own plan for sustainable change. One of the key steps that I didn’t mention is how important it is to celebrate success, rather than just skipping forward to the next thing. Integrating success is “the proof is in the pudding.”
Go to my website www.Directions4Wellness and click on the “techniques” tab where you can download your personal SMART goal recipe worksheet for sustainable success with change. You don’t have to wait until New Years to start with some small, doable steps towards your transformation.
Sara Regester
Stress Mastery Expert
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