ABUNDANCE. That's a word I didn't hear much growing up; whether it was always running out of time, money, or energy, we mostly lived in scarcity. Shifting into this mindset has been eye-opening, to say the least. Listen in to hear my real-life example of how it's going so far!
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[00:00:10] Hey, I'm Amy Chang and I'm a nationally board certified health and wellness coach.
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[00:00:57] Hey everybody and thank you for tuning into another episode of Healthy AF.
[00:01:02] This is something that I've been working on and it has made like a massive difference for me in my life.
[00:01:09] I hope it will bring you something.
[00:01:11] So in the earlier podcast, I had covered what do you do when you want to do a new healthy habit
[00:01:19] and you don't have enough time.
[00:01:21] And like I waved the, that's some BS and it's just that you're not prioritizing what you say you want.
[00:01:29] Right?
[00:01:30] So we talked about that.
[00:01:31] And then we also talked about structures and letting things flow and maybe not like shoving in that extra five hours a week to the gym into your already packed schedule.
[00:01:42] You can just like maybe take a step back and see how it would feel if you maybe squeezed in 15 minutes of workout time instead of, you know, go, you know, full fledged like a bulldozer shoving extra time responsibilities
[00:01:58] into your already busy life.
[00:02:02] So I did those specifically because I wanted to take you here where I am and I've been practicing for a while coming from abundance.
[00:02:12] So I would hazard a guess that most of us, and I'm definitely in this group have lived the majority of our lives from scarcity.
[00:02:26] I don't have enough money.
[00:02:28] I don't have enough time.
[00:02:29] I don't have enough energy and you can see it because what it looks like is you're very busy.
[00:02:41] What it sounds like is you saying, hurry, hurry, you've got, I'm going to be late.
[00:02:48] Right?
[00:02:49] I don't know how many times I said that to my children.
[00:02:52] One time I got such a guilt pain, just such a guilt pain over the fact that I had hurried my children basically from the time they came out, you know, because we were always late going anywhere.
[00:03:06] So what it feels like with the you're always late and you're hurry, hurry.
[00:03:13] What it feels like is half ass rushed, not present, distracted, thinking about that other thing that we've got to get to or thinking about how we showed up late and maybe people are mad or just in general not being with us.
[00:03:40] That is to me what scarcity feels like.
[00:03:44] And scarcity feels like the carrot keeps moving.
[00:03:49] Right?
[00:03:50] Like if I were just a little bit stronger, better, more like her or him, then I'd be at the gym, you know, an hour a day or meal prepping or that's what scarcity feels like.
[00:04:10] That there's something not okay and not enough over here that has me not be able to get over there.
[00:04:22] I don't know if any of you are relating right now, but this is my story.
[00:04:27] So what's been a massive shift for me recently is to just remind myself that I've got plenty.
[00:04:38] I've got plenty.
[00:04:40] I've got plenty of time in the mornings, you know, while I'm getting the dogs and cats fed and we're taking our poop walk and we're coming back and I'm getting my poop and getting dressed and you know, maybe even having time to do a prayer.
[00:05:00] I have enough time.
[00:05:02] So I've caught myself a couple of times in the morning's feeling rushed.
[00:05:07] That's why I said to you three things.
[00:05:10] What scarcity feels like to me is I'm late.
[00:05:15] That's what it looks like.
[00:05:17] What it sounds like is hurry and what it feels like is the franticness of I don't have enough time.
[00:05:25] So now when I hear those little indicator lights or feel those feelings inside, I can go like wait, actually I've got plenty of time.
[00:05:37] And amazingly enough, things work out and I do have plenty of time.
[00:05:41] I don't know how that stuff works.
[00:05:42] There are a lot of things I don't know how work in the world, but I know that this is working for me.
[00:05:48] It's also working to say like wow, I do have enough time to exercise.
[00:05:54] I do have enough time to sit down and eat a good meal.
[00:05:59] I do have enough time to call my friend.
[00:06:03] How many friend calls do you put off a week?
[00:06:07] I put off so many friend calls.
[00:06:10] It seems like on the daily, I start thinking about my buddies.
[00:06:14] If I'm present, if I'm hurry, hurry, go, go, go.
[00:06:19] Sometimes I don't even stop and think.
[00:06:22] Usually what happened to me like when I am forced to slow down, like when you're in the shower, you can't return emails.
[00:06:28] So in the shower, in the car where I can't do anything but drive, those are the times that I remember
[00:06:37] that there's a friend that I've been missing or wondering how they are.
[00:06:42] But I do have time to stop and make that call.
[00:06:49] And I do have time to, you know, do 10 burpees.
[00:06:55] I've got plenty of time.
[00:07:00] And the same thing goes for money.
[00:07:03] And the same thing goes for energy.
[00:07:06] Now I'm not saying that you need to run around with your blinder zone in complete denial about what your checkbook looks like.
[00:07:15] But I am saying that when you realize that you don't have enough money,
[00:07:21] might mean your priorities are just a little bit off and they're not reflective of what you really want in your life.
[00:07:28] And you actually have plenty of money to do the things that are really important,
[00:07:33] even if that means you don't do them full.
[00:07:37] You do a half or you do a quarter.
[00:07:41] You might not have enough money in your budget to go to the most expensive gym in town and work with a personal trainer every day.
[00:07:51] But you probably have enough to Google a couple things and do them in your bedroom before you leave for work.
[00:07:58] And when you come from abundance, those ideas pop in your head because you're not road blocking you yourself with the not enough.
[00:08:10] So this is a really super deep podcast.
[00:08:15] I hope you've enjoyed it.
[00:08:17] I hope it gives you something.
[00:08:20] I'm liking this shift.
[00:08:22] I'm interested to know if you make this shift. How's it working for you?
[00:08:28] And just give yourself some grace and keep tuning in.
[00:08:33] We'll see you soon.
[00:08:35] Thank you so much for listening to this episode of the Healthy AF podcast.
[00:08:41] I hope that it has helped you create a new possibility for your health and sets you into action to go get it.
[00:08:49] If you want more information or if you want to connect with me, visit my website at myhealthilylife.coach
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