Invisible Prison

Have you ever talked yourself out of something? Let's say you want to make a sales call and before you pick up the phone to call your mind starts to go nuts. You begin to tell yourself that the people on the other side are not interested or they might be too busy to speak to you. All sorts of things go through your head that are probably not true, but you make them true.

This could be a pattern for a lot of people in every aspect of their lives. This is what I call an "Invisible Prison". When you put limitations on yourself without any reason to justify it. It is all in your mind and yet it seems so real to you. Do you know what I'm talking about? We all do it in some form or another, but some people are able to break free of that prison. When you break free is when you are now expanding as an individual. I call it coming out of your comfort zone.

There is only one way to get out of that comfort zone and it is by taking action. No matter how awkward it might feel it is still the best way to free yourself from this prison. I can relate to this greatly as I have slowly come out of my comfort zone over the last two years. Never in a million years did I think I could write a blog or record a video. Once I did these things I was able to continue to expand as a person. Each time I would stretch myself a little further and a funny thing happened. As I would step out of that zone more opportunities opened up. Imagine that! Had I not taken action I would still be in that prison.

Under full disclosure, I am still expanding as a person and I hope to do that for the rest of my life. If you become to complacent then you will stop growing and if that happens then your world begins to get very small.  Opportunities start to fade away even though they are still right in front of you. Don't let that happen to you.

Since my passion is helping educate people on nutrition, I too have had to bust out of that invisible prison. How I did it was by educating myself, but more importantly by finding my voice. I am not afraid anymore of speaking up when people talk about food and then I chime in about the dangers of our food supply. Most people don't want to hear the truth because if they face the truth they would then have to do something drastic...like change their lifestyle. In a way, these people are also living in this prison.

I can completely understand where these people are coming from because at one time I was in the same place. I couldn't imagine my life without eating all this great food we have in this country until I did my research. It appears that the food in this country is so addicting that most people would rather poison themselves then take responsibility and eat food that contains no chemicals. When it comes to food I don't think I have ever seen anything like it. To a lot of people food is everything.

Our "7 Day Super Food Challenge" is another way to break out of that invisible prison. Most people I talk to say that they could never eat just Super Food for one whole week. Is it really such a stretch to not eat traditional food for 7 whole days? We have become so conditioned to eating a certain way that it is very difficult for people to even fathom not eating their favorite foods.The good news is that it is only 7 days. The bad news is that if you don't try it you will be stuck in that prison forever.