Dr. Peter J. Weiss

Today I’d like to give you a lit­tle encour­age­ment. Most of us could use a lot more encour­age­ment.  Try­ing to change your life to become healthy and well can be hard.

I’m proud of you for accept­ing respon­si­bil­ity, tak­ing action, and doing the best you can to become healthy and well.

It takes a lot of guts to admit that you have a prob­lem and that you want to change.  You’re show­ing guts!  You’re improv­ing your­self and that’s great.

Kudos to you! I’m very happy that you’ve taken this pos­i­tive step.

I want you to know, you can do it! It takes time, and sure, you’re going to have some set­backs. We all have set­backs.

It’s not going to go per­fectly.  What ever goes per­fectly?  But you absolutely can do it!

It is hard to change, but I’m sure you’ve accom­plished a lot of hard things in your life.

Did you grad­u­ate from col­lege? That’s hard. Did you raise chil­dren? That’s hard. Have you worked your way up through sev­eral pro­mo­tions at your com­pany? That’s hard. Have you ever faced a seri­ous ill­ness in a loved one or pos­si­bly in your­self? That’s hard.

So, you’ve done a lot of hard things in your life — you just haven’t done this one yet. It’s dif­fer­ent but it’s not any harder some of your other accom­plish­ments. You can do it!

Know that you are more pow­er­ful inside than you give your­self credit for. I know that this is true. All of us are telling our­selves that we’re not as good as every­body else. But actu­ally, we are.

You have vast inner resources of power inside, and when you tap into them, your jour­ney will get eas­ier.  Just keep at it.

I don’t know if you’ve asked for help yet on your jour­ney, but you should. We could all use assis­tance. Every­body needs help, and it’s no shame to ask for it.

In fact I’m very proud of you if you’re ask­ing for help.  There are so many peo­ple that would like to help you be healthy and well.

Now some peo­ple are crit­i­cal; some peo­ple are not sup­port­ive of your goals. Lose those peo­ple! You don’t need them. You need peo­ple that love and sup­port you and are will­ing to help you.

I’m sure that there are some around.  Find them and just ask for help.  They will sup­port and encour­age you.

So you know the secret to improv­ing your­self.  The secret is fac­ing your prob­lems, accept­ing respon­si­bil­ity, and know­ing that you have inter­nal resources of strength that you don’t give your­self credit for.

Real­ize that you’ve done a lot of hard things in your life up to this point. Ask for and accept help.  Mak­ing your plan, and keep work­ing the plan.

Don’t quit. Just keep at it. You’re going to have ups and downs.  Don’t worry about it. Just keep at it.

You absolutely can do it.  I know you can do it! I believe in you, and I’m proud of you.

You can do it.  Go for it!