If you’re a typical Oxygen reader, you probably exercise regularly. You try to eat clean. You enjoy moving your body and being a healthy human on the planet. But do you ever feel like something’s missing? That even though you are diligent about feeding your body the right food and giving it the right amount of activity, you’re still sort of missing the mark?
Like they say, where the mind goes the body will follow, and frankly, if you truly want to improve your outward person, your journey starts inside your head. Likely, this is the irksome puzzle piece missing from your training — the one that fell behind the couch years ago and that has been gathering dust bunnies as confidants ever since.
This year’s Oxygen 6 Challenge coaches Jen Esquer and Nikki Snow are here to help — to reach under the couch, dust offthat missing piece and finally help you complete your puzzle. And even though they are dramatically different in background, demeanor and technique, Snow and Esquer are united in their view of mental capacity and the power of positive thinking as it relates to success in both your physical and emotional person. Because really, one can’t exist without the other, and when both are strong, there’s almost nothing you can’t accomplish.
“It is easy to feel lesser than and doubtful, and to live in the future hoping for results and happiness,” Snow says. “How many times have you reached a goal yet something is still missing? This is where we turn that thought process on its head and focus on mindset coaching to celebrate the present and move toward the future by setting mindful transformation goals.”
This story is from the Spring 2020 edition of Oxygen.
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