Our Path To Here - Long and Winding
When I think about who I was 20yrs ago I can't even begin to relate.
What I mean by that is, our youth is by far the most important time in our lives in terms of what shapes our perceptions, beliefs, attitudes, values, etc...
The irony is that it's all happening at a time when we're too young to understand that we have a choice in what we decide to believe & make a part of our identity.
We don't yet have a perspective that allows us to recognize that there are a million ways to interpret the things that happen to us.
We often allow ourselves to get stuck thinking that the things we believe about ourselves & the world around us are objectively true, when in reality they're just things we believe to be true. Things that others have convinced us of... & because of our lack of “real life” experiences, we adopt them as our own.
My adult life has been a complicated process of both learning & unlearning.
We all have to take a super honest look at the things we believe in this world & figure out which beliefs are moving us towards our goals which beliefs are holding us back. Especially in the fields of health & lifestyle...
I will tell you one thing that held me back for years. It's something that I know is holding many people reading this back as well. I thought that others had the answers. & if I followed them, I too would have all the “answers.”
Then, as I began to connect in my practice with so may individuals from a multitude of backgrounds, with a variety of experiences. I discovered that nobody really had any answers & it was all posturing or delusion. They were all still looking. That’s why they were sitting in front of me.
I then became obsessed with the notion that humans are designed to adapt.
Put them under enough pressure & endow them with information & purpose & they will grow. Logically, if that applied to humans as a species generally, then it must apply to me specifically.
That realization changed my entire belief system.
Identify what you’re struggle with, face it head on, make a change, & watch yourself grow....
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Providing nutrition and lifestyle advice for clients in Fredericton, NB and across the world, Neil Burchill brings a wealth of knowledge and insight from his real life experiences struggling with sustainable nutrition, lifestyle and fitness challenges.
