I’m supposed to be 14 days into Lissa Rankin’s 40 Day Whole Health Challenge. But I had a revelation this week. Why does this have to be a 40 Day challenge?
The entire challenge is digital and pre-recorded. While Lissa will only send daily emails for 40 days, I’ll have access to the content well beyond that. So, I asked myself, why don’t I just do this challenge at my own pace? For some, this revelation might seem super obvious. But for me, it wasn’t. I’m so used to be a Rule Follower that I never feel comfortable bending the rules.
But to take this challenge seriously and spend adequate time with the content, I need more than 40 days. We’re covering a lot of content that I find really compelling, and I want to give it the time and attention it deserves.
My 40 Day Challenge will probably be more like an 80 Day Challenge, and I’m ok with that. This week, instead of moving to Step 2, I am re-dedicating myself to Step 1: Believing that healing is possible. Part of my homework is to come up with a mantra that reaffirms this belief. Lisa gave us this mantra as an example: “I am whole, healthy, and free of symptoms.”
And, as she told us, saying it once a day isn’t going to do it.
So I’m going to spend some time meditating on my mantra, hopefully landing on one that is uplifting, inspirational, and a joy to repeat many, many, many times a day.