How PQ is changing my life

I have had a bit of a “challenging” week, but not in the way which you might assume. You see last year, I was given the task of coming up with 100 titles/topics for blogs that would “speak” to my coaching niche! Believe it or not, I managed it! I even managed to subdivide it into peak performance, relationships and well-being, areas which affects mental fitness, and which would then help with a “monthly” focus.

Problem was, I just was not “feeling it”. Writers block had kicked in BIG TIME! I was doing my PQ gym sessions, but still found myself being distracted by everything else but blogging! I then decided to “catch up” on some outstanding modules from Positive Intelligence, as well as listen to the live sessions which I missed out on at the beginning of the month. The focus seemed to be centered around PQ and Wellness, specifically sleep, overcoming fears and phobia, and dieting. Now, I do not know about you, but I am affected by all 3! Lack of sleep, phobia of heights, snakes and spiders and well, the never ending battle with my weight!

Whilst listening intently, making my notes, I was struck by how active my saboteurs have been and how I have had zero self-command. You see, during my leave my saboteurs convinced me that I didn’t need to do my PQ gym sessions because I was on holiday and had absolutely zero things to stress about! Lies, all lies! The time I was supposed to have the best sleep ever, I ended up having the worst and I had no idea why, that is until I realized that all this time my saboteurs had been hard at work! I was “hosting” family and friends at our holiday home and every night, as I was preparing to go to bed I was recalling the days events and then mentally started planning for the next day and the next. Not once did I realize that by doing this, I was not allowing my mind to rest. I was completely in saboteur mode!

Needless to say, my routine for sleep has COMPLETELY changed and I am having the best sleep! There are a couple of tricks to having good sleep, but if I told you all of them, you might not reach out and ask me what. I will share that doing my PQ reps throughout the day and having self command prior to and during sleep really works! You need to quiet your mind and when thoughts come, let them go. If it is important, you will remember it at a later stage.

Now when it comes to my phobia, I am yet to put that into practice, but because of the success of me taking PQ’s advice on sleep, I have zero doubt that it will be affective with my phobias. I just haven’t had an opportunity to work on those yet! I am off to our holiday home in a couple of weeks time and since there was an extremely venomous snake in the back garden, I will start working on tackling that phobia in bite sizes. Luckily, this time round, I was not there for that! I must admit that because of my phobia I rarely walk out into the back garden on my own, hubby or the dogs have to be with me, otherwise I am constantly on the look out. Ever hear of the “cry wolf” story, and being hyper-vigilant? Well, its exhausting and the saboteurs are having a field day, at my expense!

RIP diet. Yes, you read right. I started on a “weight management program” back in October and so far so good. I feel the best that I have done in years, my fitness levels have been the best since who knows when and yes, I have even managed to lose some weight. When I started on this journey I decided that it was going to be about health and not what the scale was saying. Yes, I did make changes to what I was eating, but I still wasn’t “mindful”. When was the last time you closed your eyes when taking a bite, and really taste and feel what you were eating? Have you ever done that?

When hubby and I were in Vietnam we were fortunate enough to dine at Noir, Dinning in the Dark Saigon, and it was the most “sense aware” which we have ever been whilst eating. For once we were not eating with our eyes because we were literally eating in the dark and only had our taste buds to rely on. We also had no idea what the menu was, until after our meal when we sat down with the owner who “tested us” on what we thought we had eaten. Why do I mention this now? Well, since I started doing PQ reps whilst eating, even though I know exactly what is in front of me, closing my eyes and really being present, has given me a new appreciation for food and eating mindfully. I was told that mindful eating and doing my PQ’s reps whilst eating will help me with my weight loss, if that is what I am after. (Photo credit to Mikhail Nilov from Pexels)

Hey, I am giving it a go, with nothing to lose, but the kilos!

Now do you understand why I say RIP diet? There is nothing more tiresome than counting calories! That on its own already puts me off dieting!

The question which was also raised was, do I love myself enough to want to do better for my current body so that I honor it by exercising and eating healthy? What a question! So, yes, it should NOT be about weight loss, but about loving myself enough to want to do better than yesterday. That was my “aha moment”! Do you now see how all of this comes together?

I wanted to share with you my topsy-turvy week and how PQ has changed my life for the better. I might not have written about “fear of missing out”, but I have managed to write a blog! I am having blissful sleep, I am enjoying my morning routine of exercise, and I am thriving in so many ways because of PQ reps which I am doing throughout the day.

This is me, keeping it real, ALWAYS.

Until next time

Light, love, value and GROWTH

Ophelia

P.S “Fear of missing out” should still make it to my blog, so watch out for that!