Going through a major life change?  Believe me, I know just how difficult going through a major life transition can be.  That’s because just recently I went through a major life change as well.  I went from being in a secure field working as an Occupational Therapy Assistant to being a full-time life coach, and I’ll be the first to admit, the transition wasn’t easy.

Many people wonder why it’s so hard to transition from one thing to another.  They can’t seem to make any lasting change because they keep doing the exact same things when it comes to their behavior.  They can’t understand why they can’t change their behavior.  They can’t understand why they keep repeating the same mistakes over and over again.  They keep self-sabotaging.  They keep falling back into the same negative patterns again.  But know this:  Once you can change your behavior, you can change your life!

One thing I’ve learned over the 30+ years I worked as an Occupational Therapy Assistant was in order to retrain a person’s muscles to work after a stroke, you have to create new neural pathways.  In other words, you have to create new sensory input to the brain and develop new motor nerve pathways from the brain.  The only way you can do this is to repeat the same movements over and over again.  That is because it’s the repetition that causes that movement to become a habit.  Once that movement becomes a habit, it becomes more automatic to where that person doesn’t have to think about it anymore.

Believe it or not, it essentially works the same way when you’re talking about behavior change.

In order for any lasting behavior changes to occur, it takes a lot of repetition until that repetition forms a habit, and that habit becomes automatic.  Once your behavior becomes automatic where you don’t have to think about it anymore, much like driving a car, that’s where true-life transformation begins!

It is much like the stroke patient undergoing rehab.  The rehab can be hard work and sometimes even painful!  However, once you start noticing a little movement here and there, it spurs you on so that you start performing even more reps until pretty soon they become etched in your brain you are able to move your arm and hand and do all sorts of purposeful activities of daily living!

It is the same way when you are going through life coaching.  It involves a lot of hard work and can even be painful at times, but once you begin to notice a difference with the changes that it’s made in your life, a little light goes on in your brain and you realize it is so worth it!  Pretty soon you find that your life is truly developing into something that has meaning and purpose.

I would be so honored to be that person that helps empower you to find your true calling in life, or achieve those goals that seem to be out of reach, or master that self-limiting mindset that keeps you from experiencing the abundant life that you deserve!  Believe me, I know that it takes a lot of trust to open up to someone like that.  But I would just love to be that person that helps you change your behavior so you can finally achieve your goals and hence change your life, one goal at a time!  As I’ve said, I’ve been helping people achieve their goals for over 30 years now!

All you have to do is take the first step.  Reach out to me on my “Contact Me” page. Simply fill out the form, and someone will get back to you as soon as possible, usually within 2-3 business days.

I look forward to hearing from you, and ultimately to helping you to change your behavior so you can change your life!

Your Coach for Life,

Lori McCarthy

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