239: Improving Your Responses, Setting Expectations & Comparison

<p>If you are looking to take your motivation, consistency or progress to the next level, today's podcast is full of ways to do just that! If you need help setting expectations that are ambitious enough without setting you up for disappointment or failure, you don't want to miss this episode!</p> <p>A huge part of success in any goal is improving your responses to temptation, frustration, setbacks or emotion.</p> <p>I'll be sharing lessons I've learned in my new yoga practice to help you set appropriate expectations, avoid comparison, build consistency and fast track your results.</p> <p>http://primalpotential.com/239-setting-expectations/</p> <h2>Improving Your Responses & Setting Expectations</h2> <p>As I've recently shared on the podcast, after being diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroiditis and some stress-related health challenges, I'm <strong>making some changes in both my diet & lifestyle</strong> to help my body heal.</p> <p>One of those changes is yoga. I am not a yogi, I do not like group exercise, but I've taken on a legitimate mental, physical and logistical challenge:</p> <p><strong>45 yoga classes in 45 days.</strong></p> <p>I've walked out of every single class so far feeling like <strong>I've learned something beyond the mat</strong>, beyond the yoga pose, and <strong>I'm planning to share those lessons with you each week for the next 45 days.</strong></p> <p>So, I'm two weeks into my yoga challenge and I've learned some good stuff!</p> <h3><span style="color: #000080;">Always come back to stillness</span></h3> <p>In life, more often than not, when we experience tension, frustration, emotion, anxiety or temptation, we react, respond and make things worse.</p> <p>We do the opposite of returning to stillness.</p> <p>We kick up a frenzy. We panic. We perseverate. We worry.</p> <p>Instead of saying to ourselves, <em>"Wait, slow down, take a breath, be still, don’t react"</em>,  we eat. We distract ourselves with food. We yell. We make snarky comments, we withdraw. We manufacture drama.</p> <p>We are an i