I Do Declare!

“We need men [and women] who can dream of things that never were.
- John F. Kennedy

I am a weight-loss coach.

There, I said it.

In the last few months, I’ve studied a new mindset around food, worked with a weight-loss coach, trained to be a coach myself and engaged with my body to nurture it physically and emotionally so that I won’t automatically reach for chocolate when things don’t go my way. And I’ve had some success –I’m down about 20 pounds.

I’m excited about the prospect of helping people become free from the pain that the tango with food and body image can cause. And yet, it feels uncomfortable to come right out and say that I am creating a business in which I will do just that.

We’ve all seen teams and organizations and individuals who have achieved great success by stating an intention boldly and clearly. John F. Kennedy declared in 1961 that the United States would put a man on the moon within ten years. No one knew how to do it, but they were pulled forward by Kennedy’s improbably dream and they made it happen.

So, I’m putting it out there – I am a weight-loss coach. And I’m beginning to plan for the day I will help people befriend their bodies and shift their thoughts. I know that the declaration will create momentum that will pull me forward to implementing the plan and living the intention.

What about you? What is the declaration that would get you moving in the direction of your deepest desires? Could it be that now is the time to boldly set the intention?