Actually, You Are a Real Runner

Life can be good imperfect! Birthday parties! Vacation! Life can also be not so great imperfect. Family member gets sick. A pandemic! Life is rrrrreally imperfect. How are you going to act? Who are you being?  How are you going to respond to stress? How are you going to eat? Who are you being?      Join the Systems for Self-Care FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/systems...

A lot of women think that they want to be the weight they were in high school. Or they have some other random number they think they should be. But holding that number as the most important thing can really mess up how you approach your meals. I want to help you define what actually IS important to you when it comes to food and your body. I hold the belief that YOU were put on this planet for more...

Have you ever tried to eat exactly like someone else and it worked for like 4 days and then just didn't work anymore? And you felt really frustrated with yourself yet again!   Instead of trying to eat exactly like someone else, pick up a few tips and figure out a way of eating that works for you.   How to know it works? You feel good/not gross during and after the meal. You feel energize...

Imperfect Eating/5Ps is the solution I created to solve my problem of eating alllll the things or attempting to be perfect with food and eating none of the things. Imperfect Eating is my way of eating in the middle. It's my way of moderation. It's a system for self-care! Join the Systems for Self-Care Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/systemsforselfcare Email me: coachjaclyn@jaclynri...

    If you know what small actions you're supposed to be doing and you're not doing them because they feel so tedious and blah, you need to chunk up to the bigger purpose.   You need to connect the small actions to the big thing you're working on and why that's so important to you.   ---> Are you in the Systems for Self-Care Facebook group? Live trainings and worksheets in t...

You have a BIG thing you want. But sometimes it's hard to even allow yourself to dream BIG because you get overwhelmed and don't know how to start.   Or maybe you have a lifetime of failure proving you can't achieve big things. So you slink back and do nothing at all and try to convince yourself this is okay.   I got you. I want you to be able to have that BIG thing AND I want to help yo...

Could it be that part of the reason you're not doing the thing is because you tried to do too much all at once?  I did this too when it came to Whole30 and running marathons and the 100 day running streak! I took on too much at once, couldn't keep it up, and went way back to 0. Wanna maintain motivation? Wanna be the person who actually can keep doing the thing? Just do something a lil outsid...

Hey! It's ok for things to not be perfect when you start! It's okay if your start is super duper small. Super duper imperfect. Just get in the habit of showing up. Then when you have that momentum, when you see you're showing up and being the person rep after rep, you can revise and grow!   Zone of Proximal Development: Motivation Worksheet:       Send me an email: coachjaclyn@...

Lots of people think that motivation = enthusiam or that one day they will wake up and enthusiastically want to do the thing... but if you wait for that day, a whole lifetime might pass by.   Let's chat motivation and think of it as the reasons for doing something. We'll hit on pain/pleasure a lot!   Lemme know your aspirational identity.  Email me coachjaclyn@jaclynricchio.com &nbs...

If you keep trying to do things for yourself in the evening, but they're not happening or maybe just happening sporadically... have you ever thought of moving them to the morning?  I used to not be a morning person until I realized that having no structure in my life wasn't helping me move along, and if I wanted to get my life together, I was going to have to start with my mornings.  I s...

If you don't have a strong aspirational identity, you will keep falling into doing the things your old identity does.   If you keep identifying as a stress eater, you are basically giving yourself permission to eat when stressed.   "Oh man, I am so stressed. Well, I am a stress eater so I will go eat. Oh look, I am a stress eater."   Soooo let's pick your aspirational identity and y...

Lots of people own fitness trackers and don’t use them. They’re fun! I have one! But the novelty does wear off...   If you really want to change your life, figure out your pain, pleasure, and aspirational identity and then do a habit that supports that identity. A habit you can actually do every day.   Example:   "I am tired of feeling lethargic and discouraged with myself.   I...

It's currently 18 degrees here in Chicago, and I know that January and February are hard months for people in regular times and even more so this year.   I wanna talk about Winter Mental Health and taking care of yourself...   Please, please, please, if things are hard and you cannot take the steps to take care of yourself, take the step to learn more about CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Ther...

How to stop feeling angry with yourself for not doing the thing!   1. All emotions are valid and serve a purpose! 2. Numbing or ignoring an emotion doesn't really move you along...  3. What's the purpose of anger? Anger serves to alert you to a problem and tells you where you need to make a change 4. So let's learn from the anger and make the change.   Email me at coachjaclyn@jaclyn...

How to eat some pizza without eating all the pizza...   I tackled this hard for all of 2016. Learn from my mistakes!   Write: Pain- I am so sick of feeling: _______ Pleasure- I'd like to start feeling: _______ Aspirational Identity- I am someone who: _______ Easy steps- 5Ps Old self will try to sabotage by saying: _______ Aspirational self will kindly nudge by saying: _______   &nbs...

"How can I eat healthy without being on a diet?!"   REMEMBER THAT THE YOUNG FEMALES IN YOUR LIFE ARE WATCHING AND LEARNING FROM YOU!   If it's not good enough for them, then it's not good enough for you.   Want your question answered? Click here:   http://bit.ly/coolaskaquestion   Email me: coachjaclyn@jaclynricchio.com  

Answering your questions--- > "I keep watching videos about eating healthy and exercising and changing my life, but I am so stressed right now. Everything feels hard and uncertain, and I don’t know where to begin. A few weeks will go by, and then I’m even more upset with myself for not doing anything. Where do I even begin?” In the video, I mention picking 1 small 3MS habit and sticking with it...

"How can I get myself to follow through? I start something and I’m all excited and motivated, but then a few weeks go by, and I just don’t want to do it anymore and I stop again. Help!"   First, you're totally normal. Not many people are super excited and enthusiastic with every task in their day... You're normal...   Let's create a system to follow through!   Email me at coachjacly...

Exciting news- my new website Systems for Self-Care will be launching soon! Stay tuned! But today I am answering your questions ----> How to remember to do the new thing that is not on your radar.. yet...   If youre not remembering something, you need an OBVIOUS CUE to trigger the habit!   Everything I am giving you is what is working for my YOG clients. Give it a shot! Email me at co...

Hey- have you ever started working on a goal and then life gets in the way and you stop working on the goal? I have a plan for you!   Answering your questions---> "How to stay consistent when life gets in the way (it always does), while on vacation, when family comes to visit, etc."   Lemme know your takeaways below or send me an email at coachjaclyn@jaclynricchio.com   Grab the...

When you mess up and you are imperfect, do you scold yourself because you weren't perfect and then not do anything at all?? Being imperfect makes you super inconsistent?   Answering your questions---> "How to overcome the mindset that consistency means perfect"   You have a story running through your head. A narrative.   The story is: "I have to be perfect or I am shit." It's the...

Answering your questions----> "How many habits should we try to break at once? Or I guess I should say how many new habits should we implement at a time?"   Quick answer: if your life is super chaotic and super stressful, start with a habit that will help make your life less chaotic and less stressful. Otherwise you're attempting 8 million random habits waaaaay outside your zone of proxima...

So many people feel frustrated with themselves because they don’t stick with self-care habits. With Systems for Self-Care, you'll take care of yourself CONSISTENTLY AND feel good in your head and body. Here's what to do: 1. Start your morning with a Self-Care Session. It can be 5 minutes to start. Seriously. 2. Write your aspirational identity and a habit that person does. 3. Write all the things...

I used to really struggle with holding myself accountable... I used to not be able to get anything done!! Like anything- it's really embarrasing to think back! And as I turned 30 and 31 and 32 and on, I was like, "Ok, what are you going to do? Are you going to keep struggling or are you going to figure this out?" So I started working with coaches, I started taking online courses, and I started CRE...

I used to struggle with going for long periods of time where I wasn’t exercising at all and then I’d try to hype myself up with seeing a personal trainer several times a week or purchasing a gym membership or a maybe a fancy new DVD or a registering for a marathon or doing a 100 day running streak - shall I go on? I would do something that wasn’t sustainable. And then be back right where I started...