Episode 392: Intention Setting for 2026: How to Create Change That Actually Lasts
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If you achieved ALL of your 2026 goals, how would you feel? How would it change your life? This episode is going to flip everything you think you know about intention setting, and why it matters.
Instead of focusing on rigid goals or relying on willpower, Erin explains how aligning your 2026 intentions with who you want to become can naturally shape your choices around food, health, and daily habits.
It’s normal for discomfort, uncertainty, and old urges to creep in when you’re on the cusp of making big changes, but this is evidence that it’s working! You’ll also learn all about EFT (or tapping) as a tool to calm the nervous system, plus Erin’s most supportive frameworks you can return to long after the new year energy fades.
In this episode:
Why your brain hunts for evidence that your “I am…” story is true, and how that keeps recreating the same food patterns
The fork in the road moment that makes people quit in week two, and why feeling confused can mean the change is working
How to use future-self decision making so you stop waiting to feel ready before you act
The reason analytical, detail-focused people can get stuck in nutrition change, and how to be a needle-mover
A guided EFT tapping approach to loosen “I can’t” beliefs and replace them with capability, worthiness, and trust
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As we talk about all of this, setting goals, changing the identity to like match up with the goal, there might be some stuff bubbling up to the surface that says, I actually don't think I can do this. Or there's some beliefs that say, yeah, but, yeah, but maybe they can do it, but not me, because xyz. And so what I'm going to ask you to do, and it's like a little bit of a vulnerable share, is share the beliefs that are coming up that say you actually cannot have this thing. You actually can't change this. You can't achieve this goal, you can't achieve this intention. You can't change from old identity into new.
Welcome to The Funk’tional Nutrition Podcast, spelled with a K, because we do things a little differently around here. I'm your host, Erin Holt, and I've got 15 years of clinical experience as a functional nutritionist and mindset coach creating a new model that I call Intuitive Functional Medicine™, where we combine root cause medicine with the innate intelligence of your body. This is where science meets self trust. Your body already knows how to heal and this show is going to show you how. If you're looking for new ways of thinking about your health, be sure to follow and share with a friend because you never know whose life you might change.
Hello and happy 2026, everybody. So for those of you guys who are into numerology, you probably already know this, but 2020, a nine year in 2026 is a one year. 2025, a nine year is really all about or was really all about endings, completion, closure, release, tying up loose ends, letting go of people, beliefs and habits that no longer serve you, healing past wounds and really preparing for change, really preparing for the year ahead, which is a one year, which is what 2026 is. It's all about new beginnings, fresh starts, new potentials, new paths, taking initiative on big dreams, new opportunities and really stepping into your true authentic self. So I am super pumped about 2026.
Erin Holt:
Definitely spent 2025 preparing for this. I talked about some of the whys on the episode that we released on Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving week, how this looked for TFN was re-scoping our team. It was rescoping our offer suite and all of that was really so that we could get ready for big expansion this year in 2026. Part of that letting go and shedding process was sunsetting or discontinuing some of our older programs. One of these programs was the CCP, the Carb Compatibility Project. I originally created that nutrition program back in 2018 and before I let it go, I was going through some old material, as I do, and I found this one workshop. It's an intention setting workshop that I taught just a couple of years ago, the last time we ran the CCP live. And you guys, it's so good.
Erin Holt:
It is electric. The energy of the workshop is so good that I didn't want to sunset it. I wanted to bring it out into the sun. And I was like, this would be so great to release at the very top of the year, but for the podcast, because it's perfect. It's the perfect companion guide for any new goal, any new initiative, any new growth or change that you're stepping into. This is how to do it with success. If you've ever hit a goal and didn't achieve it, like, this is how to absolutely flip that on its head and hit goals or set goals and actually hit those goals. I'll explain more as we navigate to the workshop.
Erin Holt:
First, I want to say that in our one to one application, so in order to work with us one on one in The Functional C.A.R.E. Method, you have to fill out an application. So that's how you become a one to one client of ours. It starts with an application. We review it. That really helps us understand whether or not we can help you if we just want to make sure that we're the best team suited for your individual needs. So on this app, we ask what most applications ask, like where you are, what you're experiencing, what you're struggling with, what your goals are. But then we also ask this question. If you achieved all of these goals, how would you feel? If you felt like your best self, what would you do differently? How would it change your life? And I intentionally ask that question on the app because I am intentionally putting somebody into their future desired state.
Erin Holt:
So that is intentional. That is by design. When we're asking that question, we're putting people into their future desired state. This episode is going to explain exactly why we do that and why you need to do this for yourself. If you're working toward any goal, if you're navigating anything new, any change. So this is, like I said, exactly why I wanted to release this workshop at the start of the year. Because it can pair with anything that you're doing, whether it's a new food program or a new exercise routine or a business goal or relationship goals. I know this is a huge time of year that we love to set goals.
Erin Holt:
So if we're going to set them, let's like, you know, stick to them. Let's actually do them. It is so easy, and it's really, really common for us to fixate on what's not working for us, to fixate on symptoms, fixate on where things are not going well for us or in our lives. But part of the work of changing, part of the work of achieving goals is understanding what you do want. So it's really easy to pinpoint stuff and be like, I don't want that. I don't like this. I do not want this. But we always have to ask ourselves, well, what do we want? And not only that, why do we want it? And not only that, but how will we feel once we get there, once we achieve that thing? And then we have to start now, making decisions from that identity.
Erin Holt:
We don't wait until we get there to start making decisions of the person that is already there would make. We have to start making those decisions now. So a lot of people make decisions and take action from their current identity, their current beliefs, the current way they see the world. And then they wonder why they keep recreating the same circumstances. This is why. So when we bring you into your future desired state, it's so that you can make decisions from that state. And what is so cool about this workshop, when I was re watching it, you can hear me riffing on putting on muscle mass, because that was the goal that I was working through. So I use it as an example in the workshop, that was something that I was intentionally trying to create for myself at the time of teaching the workshop.
Erin Holt:
But I was doing it from the identity of I'm not somebody who puts on muscle mass easily. That is something that I've said for or used to say a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot. I'm just not somebody who easily puts on muscle mass. And I realized that as long as I was taking action from that identity of I'm not somebody who is easily puts on muscle mass, I was always going to have a hard time putting on muscle mass. So I had to step into the identity of somebody who did not have that belief in order to actually put on muscle mass. And I'm happy to report in a couple of years later I did that. And, you know, now people comment on my muscle mass, and I like that. So I don't align with that old identity now, not just because I have achieved the goal.
Erin Holt:
I had to align with that identity before I actually achieved the goal. So I know that this can be like really complicated and a little bit complex, but I think this workshop is really going to help you understand what I'm talking about here and really cement it in. I use this technique for all goals. You can too. Here's another quick example, just in case you're working on a business goal this year. So if you listen to the Thanksgiving week episode, I talked about how I had to step into a version of leadership and step into being a CEO, not just a founder. And so the question that I kept asking myself is, what decision would a $5 million CEO, what would a $5 million CEO do right now? And to be clear, I am not there. I am not a $5 million CEO.
Erin Holt:
But in order to get there, if that was my goal, I have to make decisions and take actions from that mindset, from the identity of somebody who's already figured this out. I have to assume the beliefs in the attitudes of that identity in order to step into it. And so many of us wait to do the opposite. Once I do that, once I get there, then I can believe. Once I get there, then I can make these choices. Once I get there, then take this action. We actually have to do the exact opposite. So rather than continuing to make decisions based on my current limiting beliefs, and I know that they're limiting because my current reality is limited, in order to change, I have to make decisions from the future desired state where I'm headed.
Erin Holt:
And again, this will all make more sense to you as you listen to today's workshop. So I hope you enjoy it. And if you do enjoy learning about how the mind in the brain, in your subconscious, beliefs in your nervous system can influence your life and your body of health, guess what? Manifest your Health is coming in hot. It's coming in next month. This is our brand new app. It will be your neuroscience backspace to rewire your biology, your beliefs and your behavior so that your body finally aligns with the life that you're here to lead. So go to the show notes, get on the wait list. We're going to do a Founders rate for the first couple of weeks.
Erin Holt:
So you want to make sure you get on that wait list to secure the founders rate. This workshop that I'm about to play is just a little bit of a teaser. It's a little bit of a taste of what you will learn in practice in Manifest Your Health. And just a quick heads up, in this workshop, when I taught it live, I did take participants through a live practice. That part is cut out for this podcast. That's where today's episode will end. But these are the exact type of practices that you can expect to manifest your health. So be sure to get yourself on the wait list and I will see you there next month.
Erin Holt:
In my experience, those who are more highly analytical can sometimes have more difficulty changing, reaching goals. So I'm going to talk about the whys behind that. We all have representational systems, so basically the senses that we experience the world through. I am a kinesthetic learner, I feel things. I'm also very visual. So we have kind of primary and preferred ways that we see the world. Okay, great. So Sarah, if you're highly analytical, I'm coming at you.
Erin Holt:
I'm coming in live and direct. Some of us are more kinesthetic, we feel things. Some of us are more visual, some of us are more auditory. You know, some of us actually like to watch a video with a PowerPoint. Some of us just want to hear. So you kind of have to know where you're at. But we have a lot of we. The way that the curriculum is laid out is that like we hit you from every angle.
Erin Holt:
Now the highly analytical folks, I really speak into the science and the whys behind things, but try to catch yourself if you're getting really hung up on the details. Sometimes when we get so hyper fixated on like the little tiny details, like I wake up at 5:00am, should I eat my breakfast at 5:30am or 5:45am you know, like when we're really getting so fixated on the details, we have a tendency to miss the forest for the trees. And so that's really what I want to speak into today. It's we're going to spend time in the forest this morning. You know, we want to talk about the big picture stuff. I really want to talk about like the big needle movers and kind of a new way to approach this program. Because in order to affect real, deep, lasting, sustainable change, more often than not that requires us to move beyond the analytical mind. So the analytical thinking, logical mind.
Erin Holt:
Because most of our actions and our behaviors are being driven from the non conscious realm. So it could be non conscious, unconscious, subconscious. It just means below your conscious awareness there are things that are driving all the time, driving our thoughts, our behaviors, our impulses. And these are things that we're not even aware of. And this absolutely unquestionably applies to food and our eating behavior as well. So some of those drivers, those non conscious drivers are physiological. Our brain is hardwired to search out calories. If you think about like the history of being alive, food scarcity, famine, having to search for and effort for our Food source was much bigger of an issue than our current environment, which is like calories are really everywhere.
Erin Holt:
We don't have to put effort in, we don't have to physically labor for our calories. They're everywhere, they're easy to access. So it creates this evolutionary mismatch where the way that our brain circuits were designed to interact with food and our food environment is mismatched with our current food environment. So sometimes when we're trying to change the way that we eat or the way that we think about food, it can really feel like we're trying to climb this uphill battle. And all of this is part of the reason why. So just understand that our brains really are hardwired to recognize certain properties of food as good. And when we do that, there's this dopamine release. And so it's telling us like, hey, whatever you just did, keep doing more of that.
Erin Holt:
So we continue to seek it out. And hyper palatable foods tend to really reinforce this whole system in the brain. And because of this, because dopamine is at play, there is a tendency to talk about food as addictive. Saying food is addictive is wildly inflammatory. It's very controversial and it's probably not super accurate, to be honest, because it's like, how can we be addicted to a substance that we require to live? That's why it's controversial. But if we just like suck the emotion out of it, which is like next to impossible to do with food, but if we could, if we had the ability to just like suck all the emotion out of it, what we would see, what we would observe, is that our brain really is pre wired to value the acquisition of certain types of food. And we see that so much of our manufactured food system is designed exactly with that in mind. I'm not saying it's corrupt.
Erin Holt:
I'm just saying that food is a business and business needs to make money and so they're going to play to that. And maybe there's some corruption as well. But just kind of keep in mind, this is all happening in all of our brains all of the time. What I want you to know is that the way that the CCP is designed from a food perspective, it is with this in mind. So you don't have to think about this. You don't have to like bring this into your conscious awareness if you don't want to. The way that the food and the eating plans and the suggestions are mapped out in the CCP are with this in mind. Okay, so we've got you There.
Erin Holt:
But the other thing that's happening below the level of our consciousness is our belief system, our subconscious beliefs. And whatever's happening there, like back there, can absolutely influence our experience with food, our experience with our bodies, our experience with eating. And I want to shed some light on this because this is something where we kind of feel like we don't have a whole lot of control over, but we absolutely do. So so far, I'm not saying anything that you're like, what are you talking about? So we'll just go into it. This is like kind of like quick and dirty lesson. Many of these belief systems, patterns, programs really get planted in us somewhere between the age of zero to seven. So, you know, I think about my kid, she's nine. Like, we've missed that window.
Erin Holt:
Hopefully whatever we planted in there was good stuff. But we are in the state, when we're 0 through 7, the way that our brain is, the brain waves that we are primarily occupying, we are in a very programmable state. It's kind of like super learning. And this is a good thing. This is when we learn to tie our shoes. Like, programs are not always bad. We exist off programs. If you had to learn how to drive a car every single time you got behind a wheel, gosh, that would be pretty time consuming.
Erin Holt:
It wouldn't be very efficient. Right? So programs are not always bad, but a lot of programs get planted in that very early formative years because we are taking in at that time all experiences as though they are truth. There's really no system of discernment, no system of critical thinking. The analytical mind doesn't really come online in finished developing until the age 7 to 12. Okay. We're just like an open field. Like anything that's getting put in there. We're like, oh, this is the way the world is.
Erin Holt:
This is who I am in the world. And we're getting messages from all over the place, from society at large, through our family of origin, our parents, our caregivers, our siblings, from our friends and our peers, school, other communities, church, religious beliefs, teachers, instructors, coaches, media, tv, movies. We're receiving all of these messages, and we don't have a level of discernment to say, is this true or is this not true? So we're just receiving it as though it is truth. And this essentially creates the entire framework for what you believe about yourself, about the world, about your place in the world, who you're allowed to be, who you're not allowed to be, what you're allowed to feel, how you're allowed to act. So it's helpful, especially as it relates to food and the way you think about food and the way you might feel around food and eating or, you know, your body, perhaps. What was modeled to you during those formative years, what was shown to you, what was told to you? And that can sometimes help us unpack a little bit of our beliefs around what we feel about food. Because whatever was modeled to us has a way higher likelihood. If it was modeled to us, age 0 through 7, there's a way higher likelihood that it's going to get locked in as a program or as a truth to our subconscious mind.
Erin Holt:
And like I said, so much of our actions and our behaviors are really a direct reflection of what we believe, whether we're aware of it or not. And so all this information that we receive, the reactions, the responses we get, we start to bake a identity around it. We create a self image. So that is what comes after the words, I am, I am blank. I am someone who blank. And so we can kind of think about this in regards to food, into eating. What are your beliefs about yourself in regards to your health, your body, your food, the way that you eat, all of that, and where it gets like a little bit sticky, is that the way that the brain works? And this is for all of us. You know, all of us have brains, and they all work in very different ways, but very similar ways too.
Erin Holt:
But the brain is hardwired to search for evidence of what you believe. We have information coming at us all the time. You know, just think about, like right now. This is what my brain has to do. I'm teaching a class, but I've got lights coming at me. So I've got some sensory inputs. I got a light up there. I'm feeling the temperature of the air on my skin.
Erin Holt:
I'm feeling my clothes on my skin. My bum is in a chair. I can feel that I've got light coming in from the window. Windows. I can hear the reverb of my own voice. There's just so much stuff going on that my brain has to process in any given millisecond of any given day. So that's what I mean. We have a lot of inputs coming in.
Erin Holt:
So our brain has to decide what we keep conscious, what we're aware of and what's not. And so we get really good at filtering out things that don't align with our beliefs. And we actively search for evidence that our own beliefs are true. That's how the brain works. It is essentially reflecting our own Beliefs back to us all the time. It's kind of like, you know, if you think of going into a fun house, you know, like with all the mirrors, I just saw a reel of like a little boy who was like, running into, like a mirror house and he just smashed into himself. I was like, oh, that was bad. But it's kind of like there's mirrors everywhere just reflecting our beliefs back to us.
Erin Holt:
And at the same time, our brain is kind of throwing out inventory, deleting or distorting or rejecting anything that misaligns with our beliefs. And so we have these programs that get planted at a certain time, and then we go through life collecting evidence that these programs are true. So I just want to take a minute here. I want you to think about what comes after the word I am or I am someone who. Who as it relates to food for you. But you might feel like I am someone who struggles with eating. You know, eating has always been a struggle for me. I'm somebody who struggles with weight.
Erin Holt:
Weight has always been a struggle for me. I am someone who reacts to every single food that I eat. I am someone who can't enjoy foods. I am someone who feels selfish taking care of myself or prioritizing my own needs. You know, that can play out in the way that we eat. I am somebody who doesn't feel worthy of health and healing. That's a big one that I see a lot and work with a lot. So I am someone that has struggled with my relationship to weight and food since middle school.
Erin Holt:
I am someone who is confused about how to eat. Oh, that's a good one. I am someone who struggles with body image and maintaining weight. So these are all our sense of self, our self construct. And then as I say these things, I am someone who skips meals due to my belief of my work ethic. Oh, that's good. That's a really good one. You might be thinking, well, like, these aren't just beliefs.
Erin Holt:
No, this, like, this is actually true. I actually have struggled with my weight my whole life. I actually have been confused about food my whole life. And that's the thing about beliefs, is that they defend themselves. They will defend themselves to the death. And so we tend to view them as absolute truths. This is who I am. So the more that we do this, though, the more we form a rock solid identity based on these beliefs, the more we, like, build out a box for ourselves and we say, this is where I live.
Erin Holt:
I live in this box. I live in this box. The more that we see it as our identity, the harder it becomes to change because you're like, this is just the way that I am. This is just the way that it is. This is just the way that I live. So this is what I mean when I say that in order to create real, lasting change, it's usually not an analytical mind game. Chances are you've done other nutrition and health programs before this one. And the reason that you didn't stick with those changes might have more to do with your identity that you've created for yourself and less to do with, like, needing more information.
Erin Holt:
All right, so thank you all for sharing these. Oh, Annie. That you are breathing life into our current Instagram social media reality. I am someone who's confused by the many gurus I follow with offering opinions on all the healthiest diet and lifestyle. All you needed is an iPhone and an opinion and you're the next guru. I know that's a real thing. Okay, so I was just talking about, like, we create this identity based on, like, I am this, I am this way, I am this way. And so when we want to change on an identity level, it can feel really hard and there is a tendency to just default back into old patterns.
Erin Holt:
So I want to talk about that. I promise, once you hit the ground running with the CCP curriculum, I'm going be like, carbs, protein, fat, recipes. But chances are you've done other programs that gave you recipes. So I really want to talk about what happens. Because it's a four week program, you know, so what happens in week two when people are like, I gotta go, I'm out. Life happened. I got too busy. Like, what happens? I've taught online nutrition education for 12 years now.
Erin Holt:
What happens in the in between phase that makes people want to throw in the towel? Like, throw the peace sign and just put totally bail. There is when we are changing anything, especially on an identity level, there's this, like, fork in the road. This is how I picture it in my brain. There's this, like, fork in the road, and that's when change starts to feel really uncomfortable. So I want to talk about this so you're aware of it when it happens and you can catch yourself and you can change the internal dialogue when it happens. Typically, we have all of these, like, neural structures in our brain and we don't really think about our patterns and our behaviors. We just do them. They're just like our default.
Erin Holt:
We just, just do them. We just do it. This is like the way I am, right? So this is the way I am. This is what I do. And when we start to change that I am. And we start to change toward an identity that we want to create. Like, I am somebody who does this, but I want to be somebody who does this. What happens is that all of a sudden we start to build out a new option for behavior and.
Erin Holt:
Or even just thinking. Even just thought patterns. And so this is how I picture it. Like, if you're hiking and there's like the fork in the road and you're standing right in front of the fork and you're like, which way do I go? Because you're aware that there's actually two ways now. So this confusion point, this is when we get really confused. We feel like a little lost step. See, we feel a little discombobulated, and we tell ourselves that we're doing something wrong or we're failing or it's not working for us. And that's the moment we bail.
Erin Holt:
We're just like, I'm just going to go this way. What I want you to reframe in your brain is like, the second you feel that confusion or like, wait a second, I feel a little wonky here. That's a really good sign that you actually are creating change, because now you see that there's another way. It doesn't always mean you're going to choose the other way, but you're aware that there's an another way, and you're not just automatically defaulting subconsciously just defaulting to the old way. Okay? So promise me that at least make the effort to be aware that, like, when things feel challenging and kind of sticky and kind of funky and clunky and confusing, we're not going to just default into like, oh, I'm failing again and I gotta bail, or, this isn't working. This is just one more thing that's not going to work for me. We're going to choose to view this as positive change. Creating new synapses and new neural pathways require sodium and potassium.
Erin Holt:
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So confusion is a good sign because it means you're not automatically defaulting to the old way. What also happens in this like in between phase is what Carl Jung refers to as the liminal space where we're letting go of something but we haven't yet arrived at the new place. So we're saying, this is an identity that I want to release, that's the identity that I want to create, but I'm stuck in the middle right now. I'm letting go of that and making progress towards this, but I'm not there.
Erin Holt:
And that in between phase can feel like really disorienting and really confusing. Trying to go from I am someone with constant food challenges to I am somebody who trusts myself around food. That's a big leap. That is a big ass jump. And so what happens when we're in the middle of the jump? Because it's usually not just, woo, I'm there. What happens is we start to second guess everything. We say, well, gosh, who would I be without this? If I've built an entire identity around this thing, who would I even be without this? That's when you know you're making a real identity change, is when you start to be like, oh, gosh, who would I be without this? Who would I be without these food issues? Who would I be without these food fears? Who would I be without this weight? Who would I be? And so nine times out of 10, we will choose the comfort or the discomfort in the pain of the known over the fear of the unknown. Like, who has been there before? I certainly have.
Erin Holt:
Like, I, this sucks. It's not ideal, but I know I can survive it because I've survived it already. Whereas over there, like, I don't know who she's gonna be, I don't know what that's gonna look like, I don't know what that's gonna feel like. And so what we can do is form insecure attachments to the old patterns, the old identities. We cling to them just because we don't know what's on the other side. So this can come up and you're like, but I just came to learn about food. I know, but I want you to learn about food and I want you to take everything you're learning and embody it into actual behavior change. So I want you to be really aware of what can come up back here.
Erin Holt:
All this stuff is going on back here below our conscious awareness. And so then what do we do? We say, well, I can't do it because I self sabotage. I had somebody in my comments talking about people who self sabotage. I'm like, I don't believe in self sabotage. I don't think it's real. I think there's things going on in the subconscious mind, ways that we pull ourselves back because the future and the change doesn't feel safe. We're not out here to self sabotage it all of the time. Geez, cut yourself some slack man.
Erin Holt:
It's not happening. We just want to start to understand what's happening on the subconscious levels based on our identities, based on our beliefs. So when we're in this like transition, this like from here to here, this like messy middle, one of the things that can ease that up and help you is to have a very clear direction of where you are going. Because it's super easy to focus on what we don't want. We're all pretty good at that. Like, I don't want to do this anymore. But we're not always collectively super great at saying, but this is what I would rather have instead. So it's kind of like we're focused on letting go of this, but we don't really know where we're headed.
Erin Holt:
We don't have like specificity around where we want to go when we feel like a little lost at sea. The thing that can help to anchor us and to ground us and to redirect us is to orient the ship toward where we want to go, where we're headed. That requires that you actually know where you want to go. And, and that's why creating an intention, whenever you do anything, even something like a four week nutrition plan, creating a very clear intention can be so powerful. We get clear about what we do want, we get clear about where we're headed, where we want to go. And we also say ask ourselves, okay, like, how will I know this is, I'm saying this is what I want, but how will I know that I've actually achieved that? What will it look like? And this is why the power of intention is so overlooked. It seems like really simple, really basic, like yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, I know what my goals are.
Erin Holt:
I know what I want. I know what I want. And I think it's funny because I've been doing this work for a minute now, right? And people are so. Like all of us, we're always on the perpetual hunt for the quick fix. You know, people want the quick fix, we want the easy answer. I get it. Life can be hard. Just tell me what to do.
Erin Holt:
I want the easy answer. And yet, when we are presented with simplicity, presented with a simple answer or a simple solution, there is a kind of like a propensity to just, like, write it off as it can't be that easy. So we're like, on the one hand, constantly searching for the easy answer, and on the other hand, believing at the very same time that it doesn't get to be easy, it doesn't get to be simple. Many of us have a long standing history, kind of like a contract with effort and struggle. Struggle. We've, like, signed on the dotted line. We were just watching Little Mermaid, like, the new one last night. And when Ariel, like, signs off on Ursula's contract, we're like, everything has to be hard.
Erin Holt:
Everything has to be a struggle. So we have a tendency to make things more complex and more challenging than they need to be. So when I tell you setting an intention is really important, what I don't want you to do is to throw it out and just be like, it's too basic. You know, it's like, oh, I've already tried it once. You know, I've already tried that. It didn't work. What that tells me is like, I tried it once, it didn't get immediate results. So I bailed.
Erin Holt:
So I bailed. I took myself out of the game before the game even began. So I really want you to set a very clear intention with specificity. It's almost like a GPS for the boat. So you don't get. I don't know if ships use gps, but whatever. Ships use directions for that ship. So when you start to feel left, like a little lost at sea, you can say, but this is where I'm headed.
Erin Holt:
So we need specificity. That's what the subconscious mind means. Because I told you the subconscious mind is really good, or the brain is really good at, like, pulling in details that it deems important, your beliefs. But if you tell the brain what you're looking for, it will also value tag that as important. So getting super clear on what you want to do, what you want to achieve, what your goals are, the more specificity you can bring to that, the better it is for your mind. Because now it's going to start to search out opportunities for that to happen. This might just be like you're writing this down, pen to paper style. This might just be like a little bit more something you keep close to the best.
Erin Holt:
Both are appropriate. But what do you want specifically? What do you want? When you get what you want want, how will it look? How will it feel? Who will you be? What will you be doing? What decisions will you be making when you have achieved that thing, how will it feel? What will it look like? And for some of us, especially for those of us who are caretakers or people pleasers, it's really good to have, like, a clear understanding of why. Why do I want to do this? Because we're not really that great about doing something just because we want to, right? Oh, I just desire it, therefore I should have it. So, like, sometimes having, like a really clear, strong why I want to do this so I have more energy to play with my grandkids. You know, having a clear, strong why can be helpful, but the more specificity, okay, so I want more energy. Let's say more on that. Why do you want more energy? What will more energy give you? What will it allow you to do? How will you feel emotionally when you have more energy physically? Who will you be? What different things will you be doing when you have more energy than right now, when you have less energy? So that's what I mean by specificity. Like, paint a picture, tell a tale about what this will look like when you achieve this goal.
Erin Holt:
This is what I want and this is what it's going to be. This might take some time for you to really map this out and to, like, craft this out for yourself. So to prioritize not skipping and skimping meals for work and to learn balance my blood sugar and not feel the crazy swings of my blood sugar spiking and crashing. Why? What will that give you? So that's a very clear goal. But why? What will that give you? Who will you be? What will you be able to do then that you're not able to do now? Now Stacy says, having a better body image and love my body for what it's capable of. Why? How would you carry yourself differently? What would that life look like if you really had a better body image? What would you do differently? How would you live differently? Lana says, I want to implement the things I've learned. This will allow me to actually know what works for me. Cool.
Erin Holt:
How will that make you feel? When you implement the things that you learn and you actually know what works for you, how will you feel inside? What emotions will that elicit in you when you can feel that way? I want to be able to fully engage in my life, to not only show up for my family, but for myself to the point in which I can dream and accomplish those dreams. Awesome. I'd like to eat healthy and freely so I can maintain energy and workouts. But I'm not giving up my naps. I want to gracefully enter my 50s and set a healthy example for my kids. Okay, so we're getting clear. I'm going to share my screen with you so you can see this guy right here.
Erin Holt:
Okay. So the levels of change. I like this. I think this is a really helpful way to kind of help us think about our goals in a new way so most of us understand the results that we're after. Like, this is what. This is what I want to get. This is how I want to be. You know, let's just use weight loss as an example because it's such an easy example.
Erin Holt:
Results is like, I lose 10 pounds. So we have a tendency to really focus and fixate on the behavior and the habits. Habits. So I want to lose, like, let's say I want to gain 10 pounds of muscle. That's the result that I'm after. So I'm going to eat more protein. I'm going to go to the gym. I need new sneakers for lifting.
Erin Holt:
I'm going to get new dumbbells. These are the behavior, the habits, the action steps that you take in order to get the results. And the deal is behaviors and habits absolutely do get results. That's how we get results, is through changing our behavior and our habits. But when we only focus on these two things, everything stays very constant. And it's dependent upon our willpower. And we know that willpower is finite. It's a finite resource.
Erin Holt:
When we get tired, if we're under slapped, if we're under resourced, if we're overstressed, our willpower diminishes. And so then we might not be putting as much oomph into our behavior. And so we're not going to get the results. But there's more to this whole trajectory than just our actions, because there are certain things that are driving our actions. And it has to do with everything that we've been talking about. What's going on in the subconscious mind? What is your identity? Does the identity, your self image, or I am, is that person doing the things that you need to do to get the results. So we always want to start off with like a clear intention and a clear goal. Right.
Erin Holt:
This is what we were just doing. This is what I want. This is where I'm headed. This is where I'm steering the ship and this is why I want it. This is like the end result of what I'm going to get when I. When I gain 10 pounds of muscle, this is what's going to happen. I'm going to have better immune function. I'm going to feel more resilient, I'm going to feel more strong.
Erin Holt:
Feeling more strong is going to allow me to be a little bit more courageous with my actions. Maybe I'm going to pitch to a media outlet that I wouldn't have before because I feel more emboldened, I feel more confident with this extra muscle on me. I'm just riffing here, but that's how we want to get into the meat and potatoes of what we're doing and why. And then from there we ask ourselves, who is the identity of the person, you know, the person that has already achieved this goal? What is the identity? What is the self image? How do you see yourself? I am someone who. I am this thing. And is this current identity that you have, because that would be like the new identity that we're working toward. But does your current identity align with the habits to get the results that you want? That's a really good question to ask yourself. And the values and the beliefs, what is this new identity that you're creating? Value? What do they believe? And this is where our belief systems come into place.
Erin Holt:
So somebody who, let's see, if I wanted to put on 10 pounds of muscle mass, I would have to be in the identity of somebody who really enjoyed lifting strength training. Because usually you got a strength train in order to put on muscle mass. So I am somebody who is really consistent with my strength training. Like that is my identity. I put my mind to something and I do it. I'm really consistent. You know, muscle building is a game of reps. So I'm like willing to put in the reps.
Erin Holt:
I am somebody who commits to what I set my mind to. What is the value of belief? I believe that I can do this. I believe that my body is resourced enough to put on muscle mass. I believe that taking time for myself to work out several times a week is really important. I believe that when I take care of me, everybody wins. I believe that when I put muscle mass on my body, I'm going to Feel better. And when I feel better, I can show up for my family, for my friends, for my clients in a bigger, bolder, more impactful way. I believe these things.
Erin Holt:
And because I believe these things, it is more likely that I'm actually going to do the behavior that is going to get me the results. Because everything else in the curriculum of CCP is, is behavior. It's going to require that you change your behavior in order to get. You say you want to balance your blood sugar, great. You're going to have to change your behavior in order to do that. But just staying behavior, like at the behavior level, that's going to work until it stops working. And when it stops working, then what do you do? Then what do you do when you stop making the behavior change? Because it's all fun and good to make a breakfast for yourself the first week. By week two, you're like, by week three, you're like, forget this, I don't have the time.
Erin Holt:
And we just default to our own patterns and our own beliefs and our old identity. If we're not bringing that into the conscious level, if we're not saying, oh, I know what I'm doing here. Oh, I know why I'm defaulting to this old pattern. I've got a identity that tells me that I don't stick with what I put my mind to. I understand the assignment. I'm ready. Awesome. I'm in.
Erin Holt:
Paula says, already doing the strength training part. And so if you're already committed to strength training, you know, like, that's a transferable skill. Consistency is a transferable skill. So where else in your life are you being consistent? You showing up for your kids all the time. Consistency there. Great. Map it over to this. Map it over to your approach over here.
Erin Holt:
Now, as we talk about all of this, and I told you, this is like, this is the quick and dirty version. So we're kind of speeding through some of this stuff as we talk about all of this. Setting goals, changing the identity to match up with the goal. There might be some stuff bubbling up to the surface that says, I actually don't think I can do this. Or there's some beliefs that say, yeah, but, yeah, but maybe they can do it, but not me, because X, Y, Z. And so what I'm going to ask you to do, and it's like a little bit of a vulnerable share, is share the beliefs that are coming up that say, you actually cannot have this thing. You actually can't change this. You can't achieve this goal.
Erin Holt:
You can't Achieve this intention. You can't change from old identity into new. So the reason that I'm asking some folks to share is because we're going to bring these into a practice, this with us in a few minutes. But I want to use your actual words to make sure that whatever I create is in alignment with what you need. So, Sarah, you're feeling the yeah, but. But. What comes after the but? What specifically? Like, what statement, what belief is coming up out of the woodwork to be like, you can't really do that. Oh, nothing has ever worked this far.
Erin Holt:
That's a good one. That is a good one. I don't have the time to prioritize myself. Yep, you aren't mentally strong enough. Okay. I've been through programs before and didn't change. I can't stay consistent. I feel Help.
Erin Holt:
Amanda, you've got heaps of them. You're bringing a lot to the table. Thank you. Okay, so we're going to take these. We're going to. We have something. We have a practice to actually do something with them. Them.
Erin Holt:
And if you. If you're watching the replay and you're like, oh, I didn't have the chance to type, it's totally fine because I'm gonna get. I'm gonna talk through this stuff. But you can make your own script. So if you don't feel comfortable to share, if you're not totally sure what beliefs are coming up, you can take everything we do today and then do it yourself with your own words too. And if you don't have words, cool, just use somebody else's. It's totally fine. It all works.
Erin Holt:
These are so, so good. I'm saying that they're so good because it's like, I've heard them before. So it's like you feel this way, but other people feel this way too, so they extra helpful. And it also is just like, you know, common humanity. Like, the things I struggle with are probably very similar to the things that you struggle with. It might just be a little bit of a different flavor. Leslie. Leslie.
Erin Holt:
I get her on the payroll. Leslie just completed her second round of manifest your health. And she's like, I don't have any buts anymore. I swear. I'm not paying her to chime in a little, little upsell for everybody. Oh, that's funny. Okay, okay, now, now, now, now, now, now. This is the hardest part.
Erin Holt:
This is the real work, and this is the most challenging part. So for everybody that just shared, these are all of the beliefs because what we are uncovering is your limiting beliefs. I'm sure you've heard that term before. We just mapped out some of your limiting beliefs. And limiting beliefs are just thing are beliefs that we hold that limit us from our growth, our potential, from taking next steps, from our expansion, from our highest expression of self. That's why they're limiting what would you rather feel and believe instead? So you can share a feeling, an emotion or an actual belief. And sometimes the belief is just the opposite of what the limiting belief is. Simple as that.
Erin Holt:
And sometimes there's more emotion involved. So you tell me what you would rather believe instead. Okay. And this is, this is where we can really struggle.
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All right, I got most of these here. What I think is. So there's always some type of like pattern that emerges and a big theme is not just worth that came up but also capability. So a lot of people use the word capable. So there's like a sense of like I want to be more capable than I currently am.
Erin Holt:
I want to feel more capable than I currently am. All right, so we'll move into it and I also just thank you so much for the vulnerability. So what we're going to do now is move into a practice called EFT or Emotional Freedom Technique or tapping. I'm going to just give a little bit of a refresher on what the heck it is and why we do it. In case you're not familiar, I always laugh about EFT because my mom has been an EFT practitioner for I think 20 years now. Like forever the petulant child. I'm like, oh, that's so stupid, mom. Like I never, I always thought it was the silliest thing and now I'm like, okay, there's I like I do it all the time.
Erin Holt:
So there's over a hundred peer reviewed scientific studies that demonstrate the effectiveness of eft. It seems a little silly because you're just tapping on different meridian points throughout the body. So it feel. Might feel a little silly if you've never done it before. But this stuff really, really works and it's well studied and I want to teach it to you because it is a tool and a free tool that you have access to anywhere, anytime you can use it when you're driving a car, when you're sitting down, anytime. I have a big, a big thing that I'm trying to work through. Whether it's a limiting belief or an emotion. Like I really, really use this as a tool.
Erin Holt:
It has a calming effect on our amygdala, which is like the fear center of our brain. So it calms our emotional reactions to things, can have a calming effect on our bodies. For anybody here that has a lot of food reactions like you react Physically to foods. Doing an EFT round before eating a meal can be super helpful because it's just basically calms the stress response in your body, it balances cortisol. And over time, the more we do this, the more we get to rewrite that nervous system response. So so much of our reactions, our emotional reactions are pretty much conditioned responses. This happens and this happens and so we get to renegotiate that, we get to rewrite some of those patterns. It also has a very positive impact on our brain waves.
Erin Holt:
So we are able to shift from the analytical mind mind into more of the subconscious realm. So some of these things are happening below the level of awareness. And I don't have time to get into the science of all of it today, so you're just gonna have to believe me. This is like what manifest your health is all about. But just believe when I say that suppressed or repressed emotions negatively impact our health. It's pretty well studied, it's pretty well mapped out. This can be our physical health, this can be our mental health. This can be weight.
Erin Holt:
Weight. And many of us didn't grow up being taught an appropriate emotional outlet. So we were usually taught the opposite, which is like, don't cry. Kind of like, keep it to yourself. My baby brother, he's in his early 30s and he has two daughters. My nieces are 2 and 1. And we were somewhere recently at a family event and my 2 year old niece hit her head and like had like, you know, she like had like a legit bruise, like ow. And he's like, no, no, don't cry, don't cry.
Erin Holt:
We don't cr. Cry. Were tough. And I was like, brian, you can't say that. Like that's gonna mess her up. She's gonna need my work in a few years. So there's just this sort of societal, cultural thing that tells us do not emote, bring it in, keep it here. But those emotions really need an outlet because without them they can start to impact our physical body.
Erin Holt:
And so that's why with EFT we can see improvements in anything from like IBS to chronic fatig to anxiety fibromyalgia, because it's giving us a healthy emotional outlet. And so what we're doing is we're tapping on meridian points throughout the body. And I will walk you through them. So that's why we're on video, so you can follow along with me. And what we're trying to do is elicit an emotion. So when I say I don't have time, the limiting Belief is I don't feel like I even have time to prioritize myself. You know, that feels real and true for some of you. What is the emotion that you feel? What's the physical sensation that you experience when you say that or you think that? And so that's really what we're trying to, like, get into and elicit when we're doing this.
Erin Holt:
We're trying to, like, ramp up the emotion and bring it front and center. For some of us, that can feel scary, you know, especially those of us who are not really super used to feeling and expressing emotion. So just patient with yourself. But that's kind of the name of the game. So we're moving through these energy points through the body. If you're familiar with acupuncture, it's like similar, you know, similar philosophy. And then we're saying words out loud, and when we're saying the words out loud, we're trying to elicit an emotional reaction. And then as you move on these meridian points, it gives your body an outlet.
Erin Holt:
It kind of calms down the emotional reaction. Okay. So for my analytical mind, find people out there who need to understand the whys of what we're doing. Hopefully that soothes you down just a little bit. So we're gonna kind of like, tune into. I really want you to think about that limiting belief, the belief that, like, when you think about your goals with this program or even beyond the program, what are the things that tell you you actually can't have this? And I want you to think about that thought or that belief or the emotion or the feeling in your body. And I want you to think about, how intense is this for you? On a scale from 0 all the way to 10, how intense is that? How true does that belief or that statement feel? How hard does it actually feel to achieve that goal? Sometimes we can just kind of, like, drift off, you know, like our. Our focus just, like, kind of slips away.
Erin Holt:
I've been on a lot of zooms. I understand how goes. And sometimes just typing in the chat, like, brings us back to the present moment. Okay, so we've got some high numbers. Perfect. Excellent. So I'm going to first show you the meridian points that we're tapping on. And then I'm going to be tapping and I'm going to be speaking out loud.
Erin Holt:
And ideally, you are following along with me and you are saying, so I see iPhone. I don't. Your name isn't on it, but I see that you're driving or in a car, so obviously you're just catching a vibe right now. You're not tapping. Focus on the road. Be safe. Come back to this later. And if you guys have people in the room or, like, close by, you're like, I don't want them to hear me.
Erin Holt:
It's totally fine. You can think this in your head or just kind of like say it under your breath and then maybe return to this practice when you actually can say it out loud. Definitely something happens when we use our actual voice in terms of, like, our brain and all of that. But if you can't do it, it's totally fine. You'll still get benefit, I promise. So we're. I'm just going to show you the points. And so this is called the karate chop point.
Erin Holt:
And so you just use the four fingers of the other hand. It's like that fleshy part. And you don't have to get, like, super perfect, you know, like, we're just going for good enough. Then the top of the head, and then we go to the side of the. I'm sorry, just. That's not true. From the inner eyebrows. I promise I'll get it right when I'm showing it you to.
Erin Holt:
To you. Inner eyebrows and then the outer eyebrows. I was skipping a step there. And then we bring it right underneath the eye. And then we bring it right underneath the nose. Lucky you guys. You get to see my. My newly minted zit right underneath my nose.
Erin Holt:
And then we bring it right underneath, like, where that little divot is under your lower lip. And then we bring it right in underneath the collarbones. So right where the collarbones are right underneath them. Right there. There. It's kind of like a soft little spot. And then we move to. If you wear a bra.
Erin Holt:
If you were to wear a bra, like where your bra strap would be. And then some people do the wrist. I mean, you can do the wrist inside of the bra strap. I never learned it this way, so I never do it this way. I kind of have muscle memory. I always skip this one. But just. Just to.
Erin Holt:
Some people do do it that way. So if that feels better, I invite you to do it that way. And then we just move through it. Okay, so get into the energy of the problem. You know, a lot of you are at 9, 10, 8, 6. Okay, so, like, we really want to feel it. And then we say, even though I don't really believe that this is going to work this time, I deeply and completely love and accept myself. We're just gonna say that two more times.
Erin Holt:
Even though I do not really think it's going to work. I deeply and completely love and accept myself. And then one more time, even though I've tried everything and I don't think it's going to work this time, I deeply and completely love and accept myself. So as you're tapping, you still want to feel that emotion, whatever it is. Maybe it's anxiety. So we can say all this anxiety, all this fear, all this frustration, all this confusion, even though I'm feeling all this, and just say the emotion that you're feeling the most, all this walking anger, whatever it is, I deeply and completely love and accept myself. I don't really feel like I have the time to prioritize myself. Even though I joined this program, I'm not totally sure how I'm going to pull it off.
Erin Holt:
I haven't always prioritized myself in the past, but I'm going to take a leap and trust that I can prioritize myself now. But to be honest, it feels a little scary because nothing has ever worked for me this far. And I'm not sure that I'm actually mentally strong enough to do this. I've been through programs before, and I didn't change. And now remember, as you say this, you're feeling the emotion behind that statement. I can't stay consistent. I feel a little helpful, helpless. Nobody really knows my story.
Erin Holt:
Other people might be able to do this, but they don't know what I've been through. They don't know what I live with. I don't know if I'm going to have the support that I need to do this. I'm not even sure I believe I can fully heal. Okay, and you can stop and take a big breath in and a big exhale out. And now we just want to check in. Scale of 0 to 10, where are we at? So you can write down the number. So with like, the intensity, the belief, how true does that feel? Okay, so we're coming down.
Erin Holt:
Awesome. That's the goal, is that after the first round, we've been able to bring it down a little bit. Sometimes this is pretty rare. Sometimes it spikes up, and that's totally fine. Just keep tapping and it'll eventually come down. Okay, so, Paula, you a little sneak. We're going to get there. Eventually we're going to do that.
Erin Holt:
We're going to shift it over into positive. We start off with the negative intentionally, because that's what's going to elicit that emotion. And so this is like a somatic or emotional release where we're trying to Release motions from the body. So we do kind of hang out in the negative, you know, like in the shitstorm for a little bit intentionally. We're gonna go through one more round of that so we can see if we can bring some of these numbers down to zero. Oh, heck yeah. Courtney, if you guys are crying, very normal. I should have pre framed that.
Erin Holt:
This is like, designed. This is provocative. It's designed to provoke an emotional reaction. So if that's happening, well done. Totally great. We don't always have to have this like big emotional, like crying session or like screaming, like beating our chest type of emotional. Sometimes it's just like very calm. But all of it is good and all of it is welcome.
Erin Holt:
So we'll go through one more, like negative round and ideally we want to bring it down to zero. Not everybody's going to get to zero today. But just know that when you're doing this on your own, ideally you want to bring it down to like a 0 or a 1 or 2. So do as many sessions or like as many rounds as you need. I usually my like, EFT sessions are like five, 10 minutes. It's not like a big long shoving. Okay, so one. We'll do one more round of kind of focusing on.
Erin Holt:
So we want to get into that emotion. It. Okay, start again. Even though I am not really sure if I can fully heal, I choose to deeply love and accept myself. I sort of feel like what you're saying can apply to other people, but I'm not really convinced that it can apply to me. I feel like other people impact my ability to take care of myself. I've got a husband and he doesn't eat like this. I've got kids and they don't eat like this.
Erin Holt:
This. I've got a family and they're not looking to change. And I'm a little worried. I feel a little worried that I won't be able to achieve my goal because of this. I haven't stayed consistent before and I'm not sure I can stay consistent now. My life is kind of hard. My life is kind of busy. I don't know if I have the time to do this.
Erin Holt:
And I'm getting a little anxious thinking about it, actually. There's always something that comes up that takes priority over me. There's always something that comes up and I just hope that I can really commit to this. I just hope that it works this time. I just hope that this is the thing that really moves the needle for me. I've put a lot of faith in this. In the thought of that makes me a little bit worried because what if this doesn't work? Work. What if this doesn't work? All this worry and all this anxiety.
Erin Holt:
I just hope this works. So big breath in and a big release out and. And where are we at? 0 to 10. It's okay if it's not a 0. It's totally fine. Good. Okay, so 1. Great.
Erin Holt:
So the general trend is this, this is shifting down. What I always love to do at the end, like final round is kind of implant what I would rather feel when I'm doing this. When we're doing this, we really want to try to elicit in a reaction within us that feels good, an emotional reaction. So maybe it feels like excitement or joy or gratitude or love. Like something that feels good, like an elevated emotion, one of those like feel good emotions that like wash our entire body in good, feel good chemicals. I love that you guys are already jumping ahead to the positive positivity. Awesome, awesome. So we're just going to go through the same thing, just saying tap and tap, tap, tap.
Erin Holt:
And I'm just going to read to you some of the things that we want to implant. And then your work is to just do follow along, say the words long but also try to hold like an excitement, energy in you as well. So I love feeling that change is possible. Possible. I love the feeling and the excitement I get knowing that change is available to me. I choose to know and believe that I can actually make change. I have the knowledge to trust myself. I choose to know and believe that I can trust myself.
Erin Holt:
I choose to know and believe that my body is safe. I am grateful that right now in this exact moment my body is safe. I trust myself to stop overthinking everything. And I am now choosing to believe that I can actually achieve my goals. Because I am capable of anything. I choose to know and believe that I am capable of anything. I have the identity of somebody whose body is strong. My mind is strong.
Erin Holt:
I am understanding more and more how my brain actually works and I am using that to my advantage. I choose to know, know and believe that I am loved, that I belong and that I am worthy of health and healing. My body is more adaptable than I know. My body is more adaptable than I've ever given it credit for. My body is resilient. I choose to know and believe that I can and I will heal. And I know I have the ability to create consistency. I can make lasting changes in my food and health related choices.
Erin Holt:
I am someone who has Clarity and confidence and trust in my nutrition. And I deserve this for myself. I always like to do a little shakeout. Okay, so that is like one full round. And you know, it can be a little expedited when you're doing it yourself or sometimes like a little bit longer. But now how are we feeling? And you can use a word. You don't have to use a number like, how are we feeling now after moving through that? Okay. Marty brought it all the way down to a zero.
Erin Holt:
Heck, yeah. Excellent. Powerful. Amazing. More peaceful. Yeah. The tears are good. The tears are good.
Erin Holt:
We can release our stress chemicals literally Catacola meets out of our tears. Tears are good. Moving energy is good. Ready. Calmer. Fears are under control. Believing more energized. Believing in myself.
Erin Holt:
Yourself. Loved that. Awesome. Well, you all, I'm going to say one thing, and then we'll close it on out. Present. Thank you so much for being here. It's an honor to lead you through this. I want to just leave you with this, is that we're not just working on the mind and we're not just working on the body.
Erin Holt:
Right there is this beautiful synergy between the two. Candace Perk is one of my absolute heroes of all time, and she referred to it as body, mind. Written intentionally as one word. Body, mind, no hyphen. To really emphasize the interconnectedness between our body and our mind. And so when we take care of our physical body through deep nutrition, we are resourcing ourselves. And when we resource ourselves, we can better change our mind and our belief. We feel more resourced to say, I'm ready to make this identity shift.
Erin Holt:
And then sometimes we have to make the identity shift in order to change the body. But they're both working with each other, each other all the time. They're never not. And so we want to support both of that and have some deep reverence and respect for both of them. And at the end of the day, our body and our mind are really just trying to keep us safe. And so whenever we feel like we're in, like, crisis mode, just remind yourself of that. My body and my mind, even though it sometimes doesn't feel that way, are really working for me and not against me. So with that next, I will leave you.
Erin Holt:
Thank you all so much. Super excited to hang out with you for the next four weeks. It's gonna be great. You can use EFT throughout the whole program. I'm teaching it now as a tool so that you can lean on it, especially if things get funky and clunky or tight or you're just like, I'm stressed, you know, like, my kids aren't making these meals. Tap a little bit. You'll feel better. All right, everybody.
Erin Holt:
So grateful for you to be here, and I will see you soon. Bye. Bye.
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