Chanel here wow come to menopause nutrition.
I believe women can thrive in menopause and
had the body composition of their choice
if they must have their nutrition and lifestyle.
Today, we are going to discuss the topic
of overwhelm. Which has come up on my
program with some of my ladies. So I
thought if they are having this
kind of situation. Then this might be happening
happening to lots of people in my tribe.
And
It's a good topic to kinda dive into.
So we're going to discuss that today. But
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But today, we're talking about overwhelm. So
I am currently in my thrive program, the
second round for the year, and we were
having a... So on the program we have
a couple of zoom calls each week that
allows you to get, like, 1 on 1
coaching
and pretty much like, have anything answered. Any
questions answered, And actually, what happens is everyone
turns up, and everyone shares their different questions
and other people might be thinking the same
thing or they learn from each other. It's
very... It's a very cool situation.
So what we've been hearing is that people
feel bit overwhelmed. They're, like,
look, you know, I feel like I'm behind.
I feel like I'm not getting everything done.
I feel like there's so much content.
And that noise you can hear in the
background is my logo vacuum cleaner. Just so
you know,
I'm I'm all about.
I'm all about trying to maximize my time,
and I forget to put that thing on.
I don't know if you guys have a
robo vacuum cleaner. But they don't work if
you don't start them, so I did actually
remember to start mine today,
and I do love it when it's working.
So just so you know, this is like
real life. Yeah. I I actually work my
office at home, so I manage both of
those things. And normally, it's the name, you
know, blowing the hinge or something. So today
it's the my vacuum claim that you have
to put up with. It's all very real
over here.
Okay. So
so what I want to dive into is
on my program,
the first 6 weeks this new attrition. And
my job is to pack as much
information into the 6 weeks as possible.
And the reason for that is because as
you know, when you hear me sell the
time,
education is power. When we know better, we
do better, and so the more you can
possibly learn, the better equipped you are to
make the right decisions. Now,
that's being said. I'm just gonna go through
a few few things. First
pack for the information. The second thing is
you have this information for emma. So on
the program, the information that you get, you
get to keep. So it's not like you
can just, like, listen to something or read
something and then that's said it goes away.
Yet to keep that. You're get a workbook
but the videos are there for you to
listen to it any time.
So you need to kinda pace yourself, like
sometimes
and actually quite a few ladies in this
round,
actually have been away. And I think that's
the stage of life we're at, like, in
this midlife chapter,
You know, we have got more time back
So we're traveling more. Where... We're not necessarily
at home on our own schedules.
And so
you know, they're they're doing things. They're going
on holidays. And so then they can actually
listen to the content whenever
they have the time, like, and maybe that's
when the get back in the holidays so
that's completely fine.
Now
the other thing I wanted to say is
that
I wrote some notes so I could keep
on track and now I can't actually
read my notes so that really
fantastic because I have no idea what that
says.
Anyway, I'd I'd I... Clearly... I don't. Know.
I don't know what that says. But the
other thing is I personally
know that you are hurting your money.
To join my program. So I want to
give you as much value as possible. So
as much
information, content
So you have
super duper lots of value, and that's like.
So then we take all of that,
massive value packed program, then we actually
over here, go. Okay. So it is normal
also
when we are changing something their life
to feel some sense of overwhelm because these
things are new, like, often, they're things that
maybe you're learning for the first time or
you haven't been doing, so then you're trying
to incorporate them, or you know, it's like
you're giving your myself a life reboot. And
this is the the ladies that are kind
of saying, I'm kind of feeling overwhelmed. They're
the ones that they're like, I actually, I'm
giving myself a whole life reboot. Like, I'm
pretty much giving myself a a whole,
like, change if you like.
So this could be like years and years
and years, like 30 years or 40 years
of habits that we're now
replacing with new behaviors.
And that can feel overwhelming in itself. It's
just stepping outside of your comfort zone. So
I wanna speak to this because it's actually
normal. Like, whenever
we want to change something. It's normal to
feel some sense of overwhelm. And that often
happens before
something better takes its place. It's almost like
that
it's like overwhelm,
fear,
emotion. It's like I'm competing this week, and
all of those things are happening for me
because you're pushing yourself outside of your comfort
zone.
But the good things happen when we do
that. So we've got to kind of, like,
get some sort of comfort around
the facts that We've committed for this, like,
6 weeks or 12 weeks or whatever it
is, and we're gonna sit with that, and
we're gonna get it done and it does
feeling comfortable and we do feel a bit
overwhelmed, but that is normal
part of the process
of us learning and changing and becoming a
better version of ourselves. So I really wanna
speak to this because
this is where, I think
when we start pushing outside of that comfort
zone, and we feel that overwhelm or,
like, uncomfortable or all of those
feelings, like it's too hard or it's easier
doing what I used to do. Right?
That's not where we're going to move forward.
And so I wanna speak to that because
it's normal
for us to want to, like, actually reg
back to what we knew
even if it wasn't serving us.
So getting to that point where yes, like
we do... Maybe we felt overwhelmed. But actually
going
Okay. I feel I've overwhelmed. This is part
of the process. This is why I wanted
to talk to to this today because this
is part of the process of changing
and growing and becoming a better vision of
yourself. And so, you know,
anything that we achieve doesn't come without some
sort of resistance to come forward to it.
So
even when I'm working with, like, my 1
and 1 clients, same sort of thing. Like,
it's like that 2 and fro, like, I'll
give them some
we'll we'll talk through and we'll we'll hatch
some plans. Can we gonna work on this
for the next 2 weeks, and they come
back and they might be, like, well, I
I started, you know? It's like, that's the
whole point we need sometimes more time than
what we think. Right?
And so honestly, like, my program runs for
6 weeks.
12 weeks.
When I'm working with a 1 on 1
client, it's 12 weeks. This
amount of time is like a blip on
the radar. If you look at even this
year, right? If we look take 6 weeks
or 12 weeks in the year, It's such
a blip. So what I want you to
think about is actually...
If I've committed to do something, doing a
program or doing like a
like maybe you've started lifting weight or whatever
it is, and it's feeling un uncomfortable or
if it's feeling overwhelming. It's feeling like
you know, you're not gel with it necessarily
yet.
That
you just need to like lean into it
because
for... Like, I'll talk to my program because
obviously, that's where I'm an expert. The first
6 weeks are full of massive amount of
information. And then the next 6 weeks
that first information on Nutrition, they put that
into
implementation, and then really like dive into, like,
making that a solid
habit,
and and we talk through habit stepping staking
as well. So we're then implement and then
really like, put that to interpret practice so
then we're creating really solid behaviors and that's
what creates the lifestyle. Of course,
the second 6 weeks is full of information
as well. But for the same reason, like,
years, like, maybe it does feel about overwhelming.
But it's like when I was studying nutrition
and health coaching.
I it took so much longer. Right? The
commitment to study was, like a long period
of time.
This is just 6 or 12 weeks. So
the 12 weeks, it's like, okay. Let's just
sit in this. Let's commit to it. Let's
prioritize it.
Knowing that by the end of that journey,
you are going to have a different version
of yourself. And that is what we're talking
about because when we really wanting change,
we have to actually... There's got a bit
if it
requires. Like... And then it feels a bit
have to start with, But as we get...
I know the ladies that have been doing
the first 6 weeks. Now they're all actually
really good at eating high protein.
Because they've been doing it, well probably a
lot of them did the protein challenges well,
probably for 8 weeks now. And so now
they are feeling way more comfortable. They're, like,
I'm actually thinking about protein now and so
the net the next 6 weeks, they're going
to be like, kicking goals in the nutrition
department
because they've got a a really good 8
week base, and it's not high anymore. Like
their bodies adapting to it And now now
we can really like,
double down on the goals and things they're
trying to achieve.
That they've kind of got that big hurdle
out of the way if you like. So
I wanted to talk to this because I...
While I don't think anyone does. But it's
really normal. Right? And and here we are,
at, like, a lot of us, like, I,
I'll say midlife 40 plus, Like I'm 51.
But we've lived most of our life, like
not doing these things. And so then now
we're implementing them. It takes some time. It
just does. So
really like, give yourself some relay leeway. And
when you're feeling overwhelmed, what I want you
to do is just remind yourself that's normal.
It's normal. It's part of the process and
all you need to do is break it
down. Like, whatever it is you're doing, whether
it's
doing a new weights weight lifting program or
whether it's doing a new nutrition program or
whatever you're doing,
I want you to go... This is part
of the process of becoming a new version
of myself.
And if I didn't feel like this,
I wouldn't actually
be getting the results I need.
So this is the thing. It's like with
when I'm competing, I, like, I'm in
competition this week. So
Today, I did another workout. I get those
names. Right? Before I start the workout, But
those moves are necessary
for me to get my body ready to
do what I need to do to do
the hard thing. And so I have to
actually channel
that uncomfortable feeling, which I'll be honest, I
don't like it. But I know that it's
necessary for me to do a good job
with what I'm about to cute. And that's
kind of what the message is I'm trying
to share with you today is that when
we're doing these things that when we're we
really like giving ourselves a reboot or we're
loo learning new things and we're leaning into
learning new things.
Sometimes
we need to sit in there and count
part until it starts feeling comfortable. And I
promise you that will come, the more you
sit in into it. And that's why
my my program runs for 12 weeks because
it gives us enough time for us to,
like, life comes in like, this, I think
3 ladies in my program who have lost
a parent,
like this,
like, in the first 6 weeks. You know?
So throwing big challenges at us because those
things can actually railroad us and then send
us back to what we used to do,
and that's not what we wanna do. Even
going on a holiday, like, there's a number
of letters that have been on holidays, and
that can mess you up as well, And
so these are the things that we wanna
really like, lean into and learn the things
we need to learn to be the best
vision of ourselves. So hopefully, that has landers.
I think these... This particular
conversation is not really head. And so
I think like, talking to the difficult areas,
so you understand that when those days come,
like it's a normal part of the process
and how am I going to, like, move
forward. So maybe it's like I love journal
myself. I'm a bit of a journal. I
like to do that in the morning. So
journal and light riding down and how are
you feeling? I feel uncomfortable. And then right
right through that. It's like why and then
remember
that
that uncomfortable ness, like, I find journal helpful
as I'm writing, I tend to write myself
through it.
Because as I'm writing, like, I I remember
conversations like this. Right? So... But it could
be meditation for you. It could be, like
having a mantra that is I've got this
overwhelm not gonna stop me. We can keep
going. We've got this together. Like, you know,
those sort of things, like,
because this is how we become the base
version of ourselves. Nothing good, it becomes like
easy.
I can
bloom tell you that from the work that
I did today. It was tough. And so
we have to sometimes like, go through those
challenges. Right?
But we can do it. We are amazing,
and we have got all of the things
we need
to do that and become our best versions
of ourselves, and some of those limiting beliefs
and factors.
Those are the things we need to overcome
to, like, get past
So I want you to know, you can
do it. If I can do it, you
can do it. Everyone can do it. We,
we really really,
like we are able to do incredible things.
We have to believe in ourselves. We have
to know that not every day is gonna
be the best day you know, and that's
okay as well, just like on my program.
We talk about doing the things like just
showing up. Some days it feels like I'm
not getting any results doesn't matter. You I
actually are. You just need to keep doing
the things,
and
I promise you you will get there. So...
And and also,
life is never gonna be like I touch
that box. Right?
I I think that this is,
like,
I feel like I'm in the bearer of
bad news here. But like it's not like,
you know,
Unfortunately,
I was having a a conversation with a
friend the other day.
And I let you know, I'm 51,
and you think at some point life would
just get easier, it just actually doesn't life.
You know? Like, you have like really good
times, but actually there's still really big challenges.
And if anything, it just keeps getting more
challenging. And So really, we just need to
embrace that and know that as as human
beings and as women who are strong and
capable
and determined and wanting to be our selves.
We have got this, and we can do
it. And
we are showing up for ourselves because that's
important. And when we put our own
oxygen masks on first, we had actually give
the best of ourselves to everyone else, and
that's what this is about. So
put yourself first,
pay yourself on the back. You're doing an
amazing job and hang in there and keep
going. So I hope this has landed and
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