Why Motivation Is Not Enough

Whether it be losing weight, quitting drugs, or cutting down on drinking, at one time or another we have all felt the urge to make a big change or improve our lives. Before you actually embark on that change, though, you’ll probably psych yourself up by replaying all the reasons why you really need to quit eating donuts for breakfast, why you need to stop smoking weed everyday, or why you need to avoid that first drink after work altogether. This pep talk will likely fuel your motivation and excitement about your upcoming change journey even more. You might wake up the next morning and tell yourself, “Today is the day. Today I am going to change my life for the better.”

What is Abstinence Sampling?

I’m not exaggerating when I say that millions of people feel lost and hopeless in their battle with addiction. It’s no surprise then, that more and more people are dying every year due to alcohol and drug related struggles.

Emergence From COVID

A client of mine recently relayed a story about how when Covid hit and the world shut down, she had to make drastic shifts to her life, such as working as an attorney from home. Her music room, which was previously her recreation room and safe-haven, became a place to store files -- and her living room, which was previously a room to bond with her family, became a place to analyze murder cases. Yes, murder cases.

You Are Not Powerless Over Your Genetic Code

The exciting part is that YOU get to decide which of your genes get activated and which genes get suppressed. If your gene code is the blueprint of who you are, epigenetics is the White Out that determines which of those genes actually get displayed to the world. The things that you do every day can override some of your genetic coding by repressing risk genes or activating protective genes.

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