Feeling stuck? Use these 3 key tools to help you change your life

Are you having trouble making lasting, positive change?

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How many times have you determinedly decided to make a change in your life, only to, days or weeks later, return right back to the status quo?

Failing over and over again to change your life can be disheartening and downright painful. It can make us feel trapped with what we’ve got and hopeless that we’ll ever have a better life.

But, some people do change. How do they do it?

Below are three powerful tools that can help you make lasting, positive changes to your life.

#1 Remind yourself that change is hard

Change is not easy. Obviously. If change were easy we’d all be our very best selves, rocking the world with our confidence, creativity, and intelligence.

So, what gives, anyway? Why is it that when we want to make a positive change in our lives it can feel so damn difficult?

Here’s the thing: your own biology is going to resist your efforts to change it.

You probably remember the term homeostasis from grade school. It’s the biological mechanism that keeps your body functioning at it’s “normal” capacity. You are going to feel resistance if you want to…