Angela I think I did a terrible job of explaining what I meant!
I agree 100% about the entire overwhelm aspect because that can be a huge stumbling block in more ways than one. I'm not sure if you are familiar with NLP but I use submodalities to understand how clients view their goals and this can help them make a quantum shift pretty quickly. It is very possible to have long-term goals and still treat each day at a time and not get overwhelmed.
I'm just unsure of the actual physical time to make something become a habit or ritual in 30 days because with most people its still almost certainly at the conscious competence stage and to be a true habit it's got to be at the unconscious competence level.
We may be splitting hairs I'm not sure.
One thing I think is important though; if I give clients op-outs they usually take them. The best work usually comes when people are backed into a corner and feel (rightly or wrongly) that they have to make changes or suffer the long term consequences whether that is with health, a job they hate, or just life stuff.
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