Facing Life’s Hills.

I stand at the bottom of the hill on a sunny May morning, determined to show up like the runner I say I am...but find myself faced with the usual demons. Not another hill. Please. It's too hot. It's too long. I am too thirsty. I don't know if I have the energy to make it to the top. And then finally...maybe I can just use the hill as a walk break.Maybe. Or maybe all those stories I have come to believe as 'true' are based on historical emotions I have come to believe about myself, yet have little to do with what is in fact 'true'.What I have witnessed is that our body is capable of much more than we think it is and that our limitations are often self imposed. That's right, we put our own restrictions in place and then declare them to be true! Like when we say we can't and then not surprisingly, can't.I tested it out with this hill that clearly felt out of reach for me. Instead of buying into my temporary truth, I inhaled deeply to do an internal scan: Heart rate steady, check! Legs warm, check! Head in the game, check! The only thing left to do was adjust my music to support my can-do attitude, and one final exhale.I knew what to do. I needed to keep my eyes low, my stride small and steady, and one step at a time, get up the hill. Simple. My goal was to focus on the music in my ears, my steady footsteps and the 10 feet of pavement right in front of me. The top of the hill was not the focus for the moment, only each step that would get me there.Before I knew it, my heart was pounding and I was at the top of the hill...feeling accomplished that I had conquered it and it had not conquered me!How often are you presented with challenges in your life that defeat you before you even begin the climb? Maybe you are so focused on the view at the top, that you are unable to focus on the steps it will take to get there.Life is all about your mindset. If you change your mind, you can change your life.Let's do this.www.GellerCoaching.com