A challenge for all

It has been said in the health and fitness world that to correct a movement pattern, we may need to correct a negative behavior in order to find positive results. In this article,  (number 33), physical therapist and author, Gray Cook, is quoted by strength coach Brett Contreras, that before we add something to a routine we first may need to remove a negative.  Sometimes removing one thing may allow space for many things to improve . My challenge to all today is to try this in your daily lives. 

No matter what side you are on, we are all anxious and uptight about the state of affairs in the USA and maybe the world these days. My "liberal" beliefs most likely aggravate my "conservative" colleague belief system just as much as his does mine.

In an effort for us all to take a collective breath that will improve everyone's life I encourage you to remove just one negative item from your life today. 
Some ideas may be:

• Turn off the song with negative connotations
• Switch off a violent TV show or movie
• Put on a funny show vs watching the late night news before bed
• Bite your tongue once when you want to lash out at someone
• Stop criticizing yourself for  something that didn't go right
• If your spouse didn't get the paper or do the dishes as you hoped they would, let it go
• Don't complain about the weather just for today
• Instead of flipping someone off because they are tailgating you and flashing their high beams, just let them go past and don't look at them
• Instead of criticizing your child because they are late/lazy/slow/annoying....hold back and remember they are your child who you love
• Instead of obsessing because you cannot get it all done, remind yourself that you will get done what you can and it will be ok
• When your daily mode of transportation gets snarled up (traffic jams, delayed flights, crowded public transportation) be thankful you have transportation and remember you will arrive when you do

These are some of my buttons that I am working on shutting off. I'm sure you can name a few of your own. They don't have to be complicated. By removing one negative behavior can make a world of difference in your health and will make life just a little more happy.

I'd love to hear some of your ways you are removing the negative if you wish to share. If that is one of your buttons, embrace that you do not have to share, and make that your negating negative action for the day. 

In every way, I wish you all PEACE