Hello and welcome to the Choosing Happy Podcast.

Well, first, apologize for my absence.

For the last couple of weeks, I've been really busy with some coaching and I just did not find the time to record the episodes.

And I'd rather record a quality episode than do something in a rush.

So to make up for that, I am recording seven days of a coaching journey.

It's International Coaching Week on the Choosing Happy Podcast, and over the next seven days, I'm going to guide you through a powerful coaching journey designed to help you break free from a repeating pattern or problem that's been holding you back.

And yes, choose a biggie if you want to, and let's get that stuff shifted.

So stay tuned today and for the next seven days on the Choosing Happy Podcast.

Hello and welcome to the Choosing Happy Podcast and day one of the International Coaching Week.

And today we're focusing on awareness.

And I'd invite you to think of a situation or behavior, behavior that keeps repeating in your life, something you seem like you can't shift.

It doesn't matter what you want to do, it seems to stick.

And today is about identifying it.

Just taking a moment to close your eyes and picturing the last time this happened and just notice where you were, who else was there, and how did it make you feel.

I don't want you to stay there too long.

It's just to become aware of it and to become aware of the situation.

And when you look, when you're feeling into your body, just notice where it is in your body, whether you get a picture as well.

If you get the picture, what does it look like?

Is it bright?

Is it dark?

Do you get heavy feeling with it?

Is there a sound that you associate with it?

Just before that pattern happens, before you go into that repeating pattern behaviors, ask yourself, what do you believe about yourself or the world when that pattern happens?

And if it's a pattern that happens over time, just take a moment to notice the process, notice the strategy that you're running for yourself in terms of allowing this to happen.

What's the repeated thoughts?

What are the repeating feelings?

Do you spiral downwards?

What happens within your mind and then what happens outside?

Just remember the map is not the territory.

And what we mean by that is that your perception is just one version of reality.

So, for instance, example I love to use is if there's a robbery in a bank, for instance, or a big sort of event that happens in the world, three different people will possibly have three different versions and three different opinions on what happened, you know, at a football match or a rugby match that if there's a foul, there are multiple versions of what actually happened.

And that's why we have the the video now to show what really happened.

The video, if you like, is the territory.

The our interpretation of what happened without the video is the map.

And this week we're going to explore how to shift that map.

Write down your pattern, describe it in detail.

Notice how it feels in your body.

Notice any pictures, sounds, tastes, anything that's related to it.

Even when you're picturing it, does it have a frame?

Notice whether it's dark or light, whether the feelings are heavy, is there colour?

Note as much detail as possible without getting too caught up in the event.

And tomorrow we'll start to unravel it.

And I'll see you again tomorrow for reframing and changing the lens on that repeating pattern.

Bye for now.

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