lucidmynd

11/17/2024

How I Quit Drinking, Three Steps

11/17/2024

𝐃𝐚𝐝 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝟒𝟎 𝐄𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐠𝐨.

At his annual check up, his Doc at the Mayo Clinic said..

"𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆. 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒎𝒆."

Ka-boom. 💥💥

For decades we had chided him to get salad instead of French fries.

That one interaction was like pulling a dangling thread from a silk tapestry.
It was effortless. The pounds fell off. He had to buy all new clothes.
Here's yet another lesson Dad taught me.
💥𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 ONLY 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨.💥
Think about your own life.
We wander down this path.....in a sort of trance state. Habits, patterns, routines.
Every so often a log falls in the path.
We pause.
We take stock of what's important to us.
We go around the fallen log.
We make a new path.
At first it's a little rocky.
In time, the new path gets worn and the old path becomes Overgrown.
You've been doing this since you messed your first pair of Huggies.
(That's exactly how the mind works. I describe it all in 𝐄𝐱𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠.)
Understanding the neuroscience of making and breaking habits is an essential life skill.
It thrills me to have a front row seat for people in this process.
Because that's where the magic is.
𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝.....𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐫?
Well not exactly.
My perspective is that you already are hypnotized.
(kinda weird, I know. stay with me.)
I am going to de-hypnotize you.
You are essentially poisoning yourself, right? With something that does absolutely nothing good for you.
I wonder why.

Part of you knows this to be true.

Okay...let's talk to THAT part of you, and put HER in Charge....𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 o𝒇 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚....

And toss a log on the path.
In other words, I will lead you to a moment, like the one my Dad had in the doctors office.

The rest is easy-peasy.

𝑫𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝑴𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒅 𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 --𝒊𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒏 11/25.

11/17/2024

𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐞 - 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝟐𝟎 𝐥𝐛𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝟏/𝟏/𝟐𝟓
𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄.

Little secret: It's not about the weight or the physical appearance. (Although those don't exactly suck.)

They are natural by-products of a lucid mind.
✔️Who decides how you feel?
✔️Where do your emotional states come from?
✔️How do you snap yourself out of a sh*tty mood?
✔️ What is a craving?
✔️Who decides what you eat each day?
✔️Who is in charge here, can I speak to a manager?
✔️Who is running the show?

In any given moment you are either at cause, in a neutral, resource state. You are PRESENT
Or you are in the grips of a habituated mental pattern.

There is no other.

🕺Last year at this time I ended my decades long relatiship with cannabis. Cough cough.

🕺Then In January I gave up alcohol. My beloved IPAs. sniff sniff.

🕺Over the summer I ended my relationship with sugar. Sayanara sucker. (I'll never go back. Not even honey. No sweets ever again.)

🕺Then came grains. Not even corn tortillas. Adios amigos.

Kind of weird I know. This desire to deprive myself of pleasure.

But.... not if it leads to lasting JOY.

I am addicted to feeling good. Which oddly enough comes from resisting pleasure.

Yaddda yadda yadda.

Shoot me a DM if you are curious -- I'll send you a flyer and a voice message.
(And a big Texas HUG.)

11/17/2024

I am seeking 12 Bad-Asses (men and women) to join me as we shed 20 lbs by January 1st.
We will leverage the power of Community, Neuro-Science and the Tim Ferris “Slow-Carb Diet” to achieve our individual outcomes.
A six week complete and total transformation, from the Inside out.
Whatever is going on in your life, whatever you are going through at the moment..
…I can assure you, nothing will 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐒 quite like meeting 2025 in the 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐒𝐓version of You.
Your lean, sculpted, empowered, confident, B𝐄𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐅𝐔𝐋-𝐁𝐀𝐃-𝐀𝐒𝐒-𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅 is waiting to emerge.
This is a high leverage growth opportunity -- the condition of your physical body directly impacts your
✔️Energy
✔️Mood
✔️Self-Esteem
✔️Career
✔️Marriage
✔️Relationships

The inner strategies, tools and understandings you acquire during these profound six weeks will alter the trajectory of your entire life.

Shoot me a direct message if you’d like to learn more

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