What is Rebel Trying?

Here I go again, trying something new!

Welcome to my latest venture, driven, like all the others, by a combination of curiosity, skepticism, optimism, and self help books. Every performance review I’ve ever had tells me to speak up. I’m sure a Substack was what they had in mind.

Trying

The idea for Rebel Trying is to share and get feedback on all the tips and tricks I try to be healthy, happy, and just generally basking in the glow of a low-stress, high-love life. Are we there yet??

One thing I’ve been trying recently is getting up close and personal with my inner rebel.

For Rebels

The inner rebel is an archetype, part, or voice that one might have within them. As the therapy saying goes: We’re not just one person, we’re a crowd. In my crowd, there is a very loud, very insistent rebel. The rebel does not like to do what it’s told. Even when I’m the one doing the telling. She thinks a lot of things are BS and doesn’t care what you think. Even though the you is often me, which is also kind of her.

On the plus side, the rebel is independent and decisive. She’s a badass and she knows what she wants. I’m pretty sure she was the one who asked my now boyfriend if he was ever gonna kiss me on our 5th date. On the down side, we don’t really need a rebellion because we’re eating leftovers again on Thursday. Pick a better cause.

In training to become a Mind Body Eating Coach, my rebel’s tendencies have been coming up a lot. We’re learning to tune into our body’s hunger signals and to my shock and amazement, my rebel is behind probably 50% of what I used to think were signs for hunger. She is so dramatic!!

I think I’m hungry, then I tap into what’s happening in my body and I realize my stomach feels fine, full even, but my tongue is buzzing. When I focus my attention on the buzzing tongue it becomes clear to me that my inner rebel is just in there, tapping her stiletto heel and demanding some stimulation. She wants to get into some sh!t. But it’s 2pm on a Tuesday so she needs to relax. I tell all this to my coach and she encourages me to find some non-food excitement for my rebel to enjoy mid day. I’m currently trying to ascertain if my ceilings are high enough to accommodate a small trampoline.

So that’s what I’m trying now: tuning into my inner rebel and maybe trampolining (which is apparently now an exercise called rebounding??).

What part are you tuning into? And how does one have non-food related fun on a Tuesday at 2?

Thank you for trying with me,

Anna