Hi Jill,
Listening to this podcast (#117 – Stop saying you can do hard things) was like an epiphany for me. I LOVE the way you make me rethink how my own brain works. It has never really occurred to me before how much control I have over the stories I tell myself, and that they are NOT ‘just how it is’; I have the power to change them and therefore change my life. This podcast brought that home so powerfully!
I do ParkRun (5km) every Saturday in my town in Tasmania, Australia, and last weekend it was my 19th time. I have been slowly building up my run sections of my run/walk and have been thrilled over the last few weeks to be approaching the 2.5km mark with my first interval before my brain starts the “I’m too tired” talk, and the “I need to take it easy now, I might injure myself if I push too hard” justification and then walk/running from there to the finish.
This weekend, after listening to this podcast, I told myself that running was just one step in front of the other and that’s easy. Tiredness in my calves and quads is just tiredness. It is not injury. I will have a good sleep tonight and those muscles will be stronger tomorrow – that’s the whole point. So I kept going. I was very slow, which is perfectly ok. I ran the entire 5kms!!! Yay! I cried as I crossed the finish line.
So, thank you Jill. You made me cry…. in a good way. 🙂
Hi Jill,
Listening to this podcast (#117 – Stop saying you can do hard things) was like an epiphany for me. I LOVE the way you make me rethink how my own brain works. It has never really occurred to me before how much control I have over the stories I tell myself, and that they are NOT ‘just how it is’; I have the power to change them and therefore change my life. This podcast brought that home so powerfully!
I do ParkRun (5km) every Saturday in my town in Tasmania, Australia, and last weekend it was my 19th time. I have been slowly building up my run sections of my run/walk and have been thrilled over the last few weeks to be approaching the 2.5km mark with my first interval before my brain starts the “I’m too tired” talk, and the “I need to take it easy now, I might injure myself if I push too hard” justification and then walk/running from there to the finish.
This weekend, after listening to this podcast, I told myself that running was just one step in front of the other and that’s easy. Tiredness in my calves and quads is just tiredness. It is not injury. I will have a good sleep tonight and those muscles will be stronger tomorrow – that’s the whole point. So I kept going. I was very slow, which is perfectly ok. I ran the entire 5kms!!! Yay! I cried as I crossed the finish line.
So, thank you Jill. You made me cry…. in a good way. 🙂
Congratulations! Thank you for sharing how you took charge of your thoughts.