I hate to say this, but it’s true.
Most reinventions fail. And not for the reason you’d assume.
It isn’t discipline.
Nearly every woman I’ve worked with has plenty of it. She’s run companies, raised children, held a family together through things that would take most people out. Discipline was never the missing piece.
It isn’t the plan either.
The plan is usually excellent. It’s probably even color-coded.
Here’s what actually happens.
She changes what she does without ever changing who she believes she is.
A self-image is not a suggestion. It’s a thermostat.
So she pushes past it for a few good weeks, gets a little too far from the woman she thinks she is, and something quietly kicks on to bring her back to baseline.
She calls it falling off the wagon. She calls it self-sabotage. But it’s neither one. It’s a system doing precisely what it was built to do.
You can only create to the edge of your self-image.
Which means the work was never the behavior. The work is the woman underneath it.
I get into all of it on today’s brand-new podcast episode, including the three things that quietly end most reinventions before they ever get started.
Listen to today’s podcast, Why Most Reinventions Fail Before They Begin.
With love & a raised thermostat,
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True reinvention starts with how I see myself.
When I uplevel my self-image, everything else – the behavior, the habits, the results – follows from that one thing.
The 90-Day Reinvention
Most programs give you a plan. The 90-Day Reinvention changes the woman underneath it.
Starting September 1 inside the School of Self-Image, we’re spending three full months on the work that actually sticks – because we’re starting with your self-image, not your to-do list.
Live calls. A community of women becoming unrecognizable right alongside you.
And this time, I’m doing it with you. You’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at my own reinvention as it unfolds – the beautiful parts and the ones that aren’t so Pinterest-worthy.
Why Most Reinventions Fail Before They Begin
Your self-image is running the show, and most reinventions never address it. In this episode, I’m getting into the three specific things that quietly derail the process before it ever gets started.
If you’ve ever wondered why change didn’t stick despite doing everything “right,” this episode is for you.
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