Hey It’s April. Happy New Year!

Like most of us, you’ve probably set a goal or new year resolution and 12 months later you still had not reached your goal. This happens to me too. I’ve discovered that external problems require an internal solution (a mindset shift) in order to FINALLY solve the problem and reach our goals.

Let me explain using my own personal weight loss story. I’m embarrassed to even show you my “fat” picture. But here it is.

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(Me, Jan. 2015. 160 lbs and a size 14. I was fat, depressed, lost and unhappy.)

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(Me, Jan. 3, 2017. 132 lbs and a size 8. I’ve lost 28 lbs! I feel more confident, healthy, energized and I’ve gained clarity and momentum in my life and career. My goal is to reach my weight goal of 122 lbs by April, 30, 2017.)

My weight loss story

In January 2015, I was FAT, depressed and lost. My goal that year was to lose weight. A year later, I was STILL FAT! WHY? Because my external problem (the weight gain) was a symptom of a bigger unresolved problem that I still needed to heal internally.

I felt deep shame over this because I was the “lady on the TV show ‘Shark Tank’ with the weight loss lip gloss” and I was FAT! The truth is I stopped using my own lip gloss product, felt depressed and was emotionally eating.
 
Maybe you’ve been struggling to lose weight or know someone who is?
My shift came when I asked myself this one question…

“What is it that I am really hungry for?”For me, I was hungry for “feeling like I was good enough (worthiness)” and hungry for “control” (personal power). When I started working on healing myself on the inside (my mindset), that’s when my mindset shifted, then my behavior changed and the weight started to come off.

I also asked for help to learn how to eat healthy, how to do cardio properly and how to strength train to lose the weight based on my height, weight and age. Cindy Sams (personal trainer) was great at helping me with that. I also enrolled in weight watchers in 2015 for 5 months. It all helped. But ultimately, I had to do the work.

The #1 thing that helped me FINALLY lose the weight was this…

 

I was willing to work on my mindset (internally). Subconsciously struggling with feelings of “not being good enough”, shame and feeling “powerless” was the ROOT CAUSE of my weight GAIN. When I did my “inner work” to heal that stuff, I took my power back and then I was able to change my eating habits and I changed how I felt about exercise and that’s when the weight started coming off my body.

 

Being over weight is a symptom of a deeper issue that needs to be healed and resolved within ourselves (in our mind). And if we don’t solve our “problems” at the root source, they will keep coming back over and over again until we finally get the lesson.
This is true for any part of life and any external problem such as:
 
a marriage problem
a not enough money problem
not finishing a book
being unhappy
a relationship problem
a job problem
feeling confused or lost
feeling stuck
a chronic health problem
a business growth problem
a marketing problem
a sales problem
Any problem.
(these are all symptoms of something deeper that needs healed internally.)

There are 5 success principles for achieving nearly any goal or dream you have this year.

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Success Truth #1: Every external problem requires an internal solution.

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If you or someone you know has set a goal and 12 months later (or maybe 2 years later) you STILL have not reached the goal in your life or business?

That is a clear sign there is a deeper problem that must be identified and healed at the root source internally. Or that same problem will keep showing back up over and over again and blocking your progress until it is finally healed internally.

Ask for help if you need it. I encourage you to do whatever it takes to live your best life in 2017. And that requires truth telling, courage and daily habits to reach your full potential, be healthy, create your best life and build a thriving business.

 

Make this your MOST AMAZING YEAR EVER! You can do it! I believe in YOU. Do not settle any longer. God wants to give your your hearts desires. Take the steps all the way to the finish this year.

 

Be sure to look for my next blog post, I will share “Success Principle #2. for how to reach nearly any goal or dream in 2017.”
With love and gratitude,
April Yvette
www.aprilyvette.com
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Talk show host, Writer, Motivational Speaker, Creative Marketing Strategist.
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