12 Days of Christmas challenge
So you know the Twelve Days Before Christmas song, right?
Their true love gave them a lot of gifts!
Who’s your true love? I hope you said YOU.
Today happens to be twelve days before Christmas and I thought up a fun game that helps you practice the pillars of true self-love (self-respect, self-trust, self-confidence, and self-compassion).
The game follows my Power of Smalls philosophy — it’s the small things you do on a regular basis that add up to really BIG and lasting shifts.
Commit to doing all twelve self-love gifts in the next twelve days starting today and I will Venmo you $12 at the end (offer expires 12/26/20).
It’s the most valuable twelve dollars you may ever earn because the small daily challenges force you to take targeted action for you, something you’re probably not used to doing for yourself.
You in? I hope so!
Here are the Twelve True Love Gifts :)
A few tips: Look through them now and wrap your head around when and how you'll do them these next days. Set yourself up to win by making this easy.
There is no right or wrong way to do these and you don't have to do them in order, just do them! What's more, as long as you put forth effort and do your best and interpret the tasks as best as you can, you succeed!
1. Send a hand-written thank you note to someone. Focusing on gratitude is what brings you joy and happiness and not the other way around.
2. Move your body intentionally for 10 minutes. What is it asking you to do for it? Take it for a walk? Stretch it? Get your heart rate up? Listen!
3. Say no to one thing you typically say yes to out of guilt. Setting boundaries reinforces the value and love you have for yourself
4. List out your positives. List out 20 small, medium, and/or large things you’ve accomplished this year, that you’re grateful for, or that you do well. This helps you focus on abundance vs. lack.
5. Say yes to one thing you typically say no to because it makes you uncomfortable. Discomfort is self-growth that fires you up to really live!
6. Commit to doing one small thing you’ve been putting off forever. Trusting yourself to follow through with a task is the ultimate way you show yourself love.
7. Be now. Set your timer to go off four times today (am, lunch, afternoon, and before bed) for a minute each to get out of your head and be present with your surroundings and notice what’s going on with your body.
8. Look in the mirror and say one kind thing to yourself about yourself out loud and repeat 15 or more times until you can say it with semi-ease.
9. Let something go that you normally want to control and sit through the uncomfortable energy you will feel. Then give yourself a pat on the back when you survive ;)
10. Be still. Choose 5 minutes today to simply stop and be still with yourself without distracting yourself. Objectively observe what happens without needing to judge it.
11. Focus on what’s going right. Before getting out of bed, think about and focus on what’s going to go right today. What you focus on grows, where your energy flows, and what you find evidence for.
12. Eat one mindful meal. Really slow down and experience each bite using all of your senses. What do you notice? Get curious!
How to enter:
On 12/25 or 12/26 email me your Venmo account and a quick summary about your twelve days and tell me:
What was something you really enjoyed?
What was difficult yet rewarding?
What was something you learned about yourself?
Is there something you plan to continue on a regular basis? Why?
BONUS! Planning to join the January MindBodySWEAT class (where you practice the four pillars and so much more with other like-minded and kick-ass women)? When you complete this challenge, I will give you the first month of Next Level You for free ($98 value!). This is in addition to all of the other bonuses I've packed into this class when you commit by 12/22/20!
Next Level You is my invite-only coaching community built exclusively for women who have graduated from MindBodySWEAT who want to go deeper and keep growing alongside other kick-ass and like-minded women doing that too. This community rocks!
And since I'm on a Twelve Days kick, would you like to hear about the fun Twelve Days Before Christmas workout? Tune in to my Facebook page and I’ll give you the scoop. I hope you do it with me!
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