CANADIAN PHYSIQUE ALLIANCE October Magazine | Page 30

WHERE THE MIND GOES,
THE BODY WILL FOLLOW
Where the mind goes, the body will follow...
and I have been all over the place this month.
One part of working with Lesley Timbol R.P.,
Mental Game Coach, is doing workbooks
which dissect a bit of the psychology behind
the focus in sports achievement. So, as I took
on this first workbook, I got stuck in having to
dissect my expectations and transform them
into process goals. I sat down time and time
again to only set it aside and return to it later.
Repeat. Repeat. I had my husband try to help
me. He’s a psych RN, so surely he can help
me tap into this. I felt like I was doing a math
problem that I just wasn’t getting. I had a bit of
a childish temper tantrum, let the book drop to
the floor, and started crying. All he said was,
“this is good, you need to look at this stuff”
and I quickly moved onto discussing another
project that I have on the go.
YOU WILL
ARRIVE AT THE
OUTCOME IF
YOU FOCUS ON
THE PROCESS