Change is often difficult. Often we want to make changes to our live, but find it quite challenging, afraid of the discomfort. If you want change to occur, however, you have to learn to tolerate the discomfort.
This makes me think of a client who intermittently takes a GLP-1 medication. When she goes off it for a period, her hunger and cravings naturally return. She gives herself license to indulge every craving, unwilling to face the discomfort that comes from saying "Not today" to the onion rings and ice cream.
A speaker at a seminar I attended years ago said, "When the discomfort of staying the same becomes greater than that of changing, action will be taken." For many, the comfort of predictability and sameness will always win out, despite it keeping them in a self-constructed cage.
You are exactly right. I've seen many clients refuse to make the necessary changes because they feel it's intolerable. So they stay stuck, like you say, in a "self-constructed cage."
Once a habit has been formed, making the slightest change is akin to moving a mountain. I applaud those who are brave enough to chip away at the old to make way for the new. It takes courage and stamina. Thanks for the post!
Well Street
This makes me think of a client who intermittently takes a GLP-1 medication. When she goes off it for a period, her hunger and cravings naturally return. She gives herself license to indulge every craving, unwilling to face the discomfort that comes from saying "Not today" to the onion rings and ice cream.
A speaker at a seminar I attended years ago said, "When the discomfort of staying the same becomes greater than that of changing, action will be taken." For many, the comfort of predictability and sameness will always win out, despite it keeping them in a self-constructed cage.
Sanatana
You are exactly right. I've seen many clients refuse to make the necessary changes because they feel it's intolerable. So they stay stuck, like you say, in a "self-constructed cage."
Slipstream
Once a habit has been formed, making the slightest change is akin to moving a mountain. I applaud those who are brave enough to chip away at the old to make way for the new. It takes courage and stamina. Thanks for the post!