Sometimes, it’s not about the big picture. Sometimes, it is just about the little things. The eye-contact, the smiles, the laughs – the little things. Because without all the little details, there would be no big picture.

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Do you trust others easily? Do others trust you?  More importantly, do you trust yourself? I find that with a majority of my clients who are looking to begin a new workout routine or start a new nutrition plan – they jump into it head first and don’t take a moment to consider whether or not they trust themselves to get through it. Perhaps that’s why a lot of people get stuck into the “yo-yo dieting”.  I encourage my clients to take a day to themselves before they start a program to really dig deep inside and let everything from the past go – then I tell them to re-establish a trusting relationship with theirselves. Once that is done with, they will have the drive and motivation to KNOW that they CAN and WILL get through their struggles. When you have a bunch of mush and nonsense blocking the trust, you are more likely to hand out excuses or runaway from the problem.  This doesn’t just have to pertain to weight loss and toning of your body, trusting yourself is a BIG DEAL. It will get you through your hardest struggles, it will make you go the extra mile, and most importantly, it will benefit you and everyone around you.

Re-establishing a trusting relationship with one’s self can be done a couple of different ways:

¤ Grab your best friend and write down reasons why you trust them, and have him/her do the same. Sometimes we need to see why others trust us so easily for us to realize that we are able to trust ourselves.

¤ Be true to yourself – don’t make up excuses. Perhaps you are so used to making excuses that you don’t even know if you could trust yourself again. Start being true today.

¤ Surround yourself with people who encourage you. It’s important. If you’re constantly told that you “can’t do this” and you “can’t do that”, you will begin to believe it.

¤ Be realistic. We all dream – and dreaming is amazing, but when it comes to re-establishing a relationship with yourself, you’re not going to go from one extreme to the other in a short time. It takes work.

¤ Do something you love to do, often. When you are doing something you love to do, you’re more likely to forget about competition and whether you are excelling, and instead, you’re more likely to look inside yourself for creativity and innovation.