On the journey to change, there are so many different points where we can get hung up on. What needs to be changed? How do I start? Another roadblock? Now what's the point? Why am I even trying anymore? Am I even worth trying? All these questions have run through my head so many times.

In my therapy practice, I often go over with clients goals they would like to set and work on identifying the roadblocks that are holding them back from achieving their goals. Once we are able to work through the roadblocks, then we map out the course they can travel to achieve their goals. All is easier said than done, but on this path of exploring the roadblocks, we discover how much was really there blocking the way. Sometimes this can be enormous piles of old memories, trauma, negative belief systems, poor habits, and unprocessed emotions. This is where the real work gets done and then the achievement of the original goal is now attainable.

Now bringing this back to my journey of achieving the goals I want to see in my finances, I am realizing that there might be a lot more there than I had expected. I have struggled with the negative cognition "I'm not good enough" my whole life. I struggled with a severe eating disorder from age 13-23 with this negative cognition as my life mantra. Since this time, I have worked hard to defeat this old belief system, but now I am realizing that there are several other negative cognitions that I may still be living by. "I don't deserve happiness", "I am helpless", "I am unworhty" are just a few of the negative belief systems that may be underlying my struggles to achieve my goal.

Maybe for you, it is a negative cogntion too. Or, it may be some traumatic experiences that have resulted from the past. Maybe there are unprocessed emotions there that need to be sorted through and expressed. I would begin with idetifying the goal you would like to achieve and begin to look at what roadblocks may be keeping you from your goals. There may be a lot underlying some of those roadblocks.