As the Clean Eating Coach, I’m a big fan of visualizing where you want to be with your overall health, and clean eating in particular. I’ve personally had great success with creating a healthy vision, feeling myself living a clean eating lifestyle and then taking steps to practice that on a weekly basis.  Think big, break it down into bite size pieces and get into action is my motto. 

I use the same strategy with my clients.  It’s never about a laundry list of things for clients to avoid and never eat again.  Clean eating is really about simple foods and lifestyle changes that can be integrated over time. I think the slow but steady approach is a winner in encouraging development of habits we can maintain, not something we pick up only to drop a few months later.

I was excited when my friend Denise, the Motivated Mindset Coach, told me about futureme.org.  I was part of a super cool call she did last Friday on creating an amazing, motivated 2010.  One of the resources she encouraged us to use was this website where you create a letter to yourself about what you want to create in your life and you choose a date in the future when you want to have it sent to you.  Think of it as a motivating and inspiring way to create the life you’d like to lead. This is simply one tool to help you get there.

I love the concept so much and I’ve already written myself an encouraging letter to be delivered late next year.  For me it’s about maintaining my healthy lifestyle, staying fit and healthy in my body, and working toward some important career and business goals, among other things.

And this is something I’m planning to use with my clients as well. It’s a wonderful tool to help think about how you’ll feel when you embrace a healthy lifestyle. Imagine the feeling of boundless energy, clear skin and being at your optimal weight? Or how about creating that you’ll be a powerful and efficient meal planner, whipping up clean eating meals your family will love?

What are you health goals for 2010? How can you use futureme.org to to support your vision? When are you going to go on over there and write yourself an amazing letter?!

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