Our entire life is a transformation story…if we’re doing it right. I can remember feeling so lost shortly after having my second child, Clara. I wasn’t sure what my purpose was outside of raising babies. I struggled to pinpoint my passions. My contribution to society was showing up at a local church once a week to sew blankets and knit hats for stillborn babies. I loved that one hour, but I needed more. I felt guilty for not feeling more complete.

My own transformation story has been compiled through many phases, stages, and seasons. I continue to write new chapters, although transformation looks a bit today than it did ten years ago.

We are wired for efficiency and the path of least resistance. Our brains default to what’s familiar. What’s familiar is also predictable, comfortable, convenient – and usually unfulfilling because we lack intention. We simply arrive. This means that what you did yesterday, you’re likely to do again today… and tomorrow… and the day after that. This cycle, from our beliefs to our habits, is deeply ingrained within us that can give the illusion that we’re trapped…forever.

But we’re not. Not even a little bit.

Lately, I’ve felt more tension between us. I wasn’t communicating well and he wasn’t listening well. Wink! The habits and disciplines that helped us be successful had slowly started to unravel. In the moment, it wasn’t noticeable. But, when we looked back three months, it was clear we had veered off path.

The fitness journey is no different. How many times have you coasted along in your fitness journey assuming all those habits you’ve created were tightly intact just as you mastered them? Maybe you thought now that you were seeing results, you didn’t need to work as hard. Or, perhaps the subtleties of life naturally drifted you away from your intentions.