January 1 is coming up, and we’ll be launching a new Boot Camp cohort at the beginning of the month. At the end of this vlog, I’ll tell you about the scholarships we’ll be offering.

I’ve been thinking about you and holiday parties and all the overeating that goes on this time of year. I know that many of you will want to turn over a new leaf come January 1st, and make it stick this time.

What’s been holding you back?

Could it be addiction to chaos? Perhaps coupled with fear of failure AND fear of success?

There’s a meditation I do when Boot Camp starts up. I take the participants through what I hope is an inspirational meditation that gives them a mindset for this journey they’re embarking on.

It starts by having them imagine they’re walking in the woods. They come to a river, and they look down and see themselves in the river, clinging to some grasses in the water. They’re in an eddy where the water is gross and foamy, and there are bits of trash around. They realize they’ve been there for so long.

The river takes a bend downstream, and the person realizes that they don’t know what’s coming up beyond the bend. And then, fast forward, they decide to let go and take their chances down river, and the meditation continues from there.

That foamy, gross water, in real life, is the chaos we live in when we’re in active addiction. The bad choices we’ve made, the relationships we’re in, the chronic patterns that aren’t a good fit—all of this keeps us in chaos, and we eat to fuel that chaos.

Chaos is addictive. It releases chemicals in the brain—adrenaline, cortisol, endorphins, and more. There’s a soupy cocktail of chemicals that gets addictive.

It’s scary to let go of the grass and float down the river. You don’t know if you’ll face failure or success—but that doesn’t matter because they both scare you.

If you can relate to this imagery, and feel like there are pieces of your life fueling an addiction to chaos, what do you do? What are the steps to coax yourself out of the eddy and down the river? I have five thoughts that may help.

One final thought: We do have a Boot Camp cohort starting up in January. We always give away 20 scholarships. These are full scholarships because we know not everyone has the means to pay for it. We are accepting applications now, until Sunday, December 15, 2024.

The Boot Camp starts Sunday, January 5, 2025. We’re doing some fun live masterclasses over the holidays. I hope you’ll consider joining us. And I hope you’ll use the thoughts in this vlog and all your supports to see how you can “Come Alive and Thrive in 2025.”

*Applications for a Boot Camp 2.0 scholarship are now closed.

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