North Star Mental Fitness Blog

Mental Fitness Programming Applied to Overcome Anxiety about Surgery

The Turn Around Choice of the North Star Medal Fitness Program has been designed to reduce anxiety, panic and fear. 

In fact, this Choice can be used to reduce and manage all self-defeating behavior.  Yesterday, I taught a client how to apply the Turn Around Choice to reduce anxiety and fear about flying in an airplane.

At first he was skeptical.  Then he went through a stage of disbelief as he never thought of this approach to reduce his fear of flying.  As he began to understand how he could reduce and manage his fear of flying, he relaxed.  He felt confident.  He exclaimed that the general public should know about this procedure. 

We talked about how this procedure could be applied to solve so many problems like addictions, other fears and problems with poor impulse control. 

As we talked, I began to feel rather foolish.  I had completely forgotten to apply the choice in my own life!

You see, later this morning I will have shoulder surgery.  I had completely forgotten to master my anxiety, fears and indecision regarding the surgery with the Turn Around Choice.  I admitted my oversight to my client.

Immediately, I applied the Turn Around Choice to relax me regarding my surgery.  It worked.  Yesterday and today I have an inner calmness about the surgery.  I also know that I can use the Turn Around Choice, if my fear or panic return.

I also emphasized for my client one more fact.  Even though a person knows the secrets of mental fitness, mental fitness relief will not be experienced unless the Turn Around Choice is consciously made.

Remember, We Live within the Environment Created by Our Choices!

Dr. Hal

Life and Mental Fitness Coach

Differences Between Coaching, Therapy & Mental Fitness Training

The Differences Between Therapy, Coaching and Mental Fitness Training

Mental Fitness Training , Coaching and Therapy are really different.   Sometimes it is easier to explain the differences by using an analogy.

If life is like a ball of yarn, therapy helps you unravel the tangles.  Coaching helps you knit a sweater.  Mental fitness training provides the needles for knitting the sweater.

I added the last sentence to the original analogy regarding therapy and coaching.  Where did the original quote come from?

Don't Give Up-You Can Be Slim!

To lose weight you have to change how you think!  If you do not change how you think, you will not lose weight and maintain your weight loss.

In the Halifax Today Local News I read a very interesting article, "Women spend 31 years on a diet" or an average of six months a year on a diet.  One of ten British women were trying to lose weight and 21% consider themselves to be permanent dieters.  This is the week than 75% of dieting women give up their dream of weight loss.

The average diet only lasts 5.48 weeks.  Post Christmas diets only last three weeks.

Trying to lose weight by dieting is a form of "messing up".  Why?

Motivations that Create Deprivation

Not all motivations are created equal.  Some motivations don't create deprivation.  When people make changes without experiencing deprivation, their changes will be permanent.

Some motivations create deprivation.  When the conscious mind senses a state of deprivation created in the unconscious mind, the conscious mind will sabotage the efforts of the unconscious mind.  As a result people fail.

For years I lost my wrestling match with my smoking addiction. All of my creative endeavors to control my smoking failed.  Finally I had to admit that smoking controlled me.

After admitting to my smoking addiction, I always seemed to get sidetracked on my road to Recovery.

I finally was able to break free of my addiction, by changing my motivation for change.

Growing Weeds or I Accept Me

Growing mind or dying mind; it is your choice.  Is your mind taking you forward or backward in your life? 

Is your thinking sentencing you to a life of misery or liberating you for a life of prosperity? 

How you think about the events, people and circumstances in your life determines whether you will live a life of misery or prosperity!

Are you planting weeds or or successful seeds in your mind?