One of the mistakes people make after a breakthrough is thinking the work is done.
It's not. The work has just begun.
For example, if you want to get stronger in the gym, one workout isn't enough. You need reps. You need consistency. You need time.
With personal growth work, it works exactly the same way.
We have a breakthrough in coaching, or on a retreat. We finally understand why we think, feel or behave a certain way. And that's important. But awareness isn't the end of it. It's where we begin.
What we need to do then is integration. Integration happens when you take what you've learned and practice it in real life.
- Maybe for you it's realizing you avoid conflict. So now you have the difficult conversation.
- Maybe it's realizing you struggle to ask for help. So you reach out to a mate.
- Maybe it's realizing you have poor boundaries. So now you start saying no.
And then you do it again. And again. And again.
Just like the gym, your change comes from reps and consistency, over and over again.
Awareness tells you what the problem is. But actually integrating and creating change is proving to yourself, through action, that you're no longer the same person who created it.
Let me know your thoughts, and have an awesome day.