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- Hey friends, it's Terri, your cheerleader of dreams.
Last year, I decided to try a different 30-day challenge
every month and I was shocked at some of the results.
And I wanna share some of those with you today
and encourage you to pick one of these 12
that can change your life.
You know, you've probably heard that phrase,
if it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you.
Well, I found a video last year
on 30-day challenges and people responded
to it more than any other video the whole year.
I couldn't believe it!
And you might even wonder why 30 days
and why even do these challenges.
Well, I found out that within 30 days,
you can actually make a massive difference
to your life without spending a ton of money,
or just reinventing your whole self.
You can just develop new habits
that will improve your health,
your productivity, your finances,
and seriously set you up for success
with a 30-day challenge.
Now, the cool thing is,
it's just a month-long period,
where you implement small, simple actions
that can either be a start to some new habits
or stop some old ones.
And challenging yourself is so good for you.
You know, Justin Timberlake said,
you're not meant to do what is easy.
He said, you're meant to challenge yourself.
Plus, let me just tell you,
it builds your confidence, your self-esteem
and your momentum to go after bigger goals in life,
and 30 days is a perfect amount of time
to really push yourself without feeling overwhelmed.
So like I said, last year, I decided to give myself
a 30-day challenge every single month.
And I wanna give those 12 challenges
to in your free download,
so you can just pick and choose
if you wanna do any of them or pick a couple of them.
You know, y'all, I was amazed at the results
and what God did in my life.
In fact, 2021 was the greatest year of growth
our ministry has ever had,
and I attribute some of the success to these challenges,
and I'll explain.
But first, I wanna do another fun giveaway this week
to help you stay disciplined with your 30-day challenge.
So what it is, it's my habits calendar.
Now, I wanna give this to three winners today.
It's a little habits calendar,
and I actually signed it just for fun,
but this is my custom design calendar.
Now, this is the greatest tool
to help you start and keep new habits.
Plus, I list the five daily habits that I do
every single day that I never skip,
so you write your challenge that you choose
and then you have a place to record it
to check it off every day.
I'm telling you, this is gonna keep you motivated
to see your progress.
Trust me on this.
So I wanna give away three of these today,
and like I said, I just signed it for fun,
but all you need to do to enter the little contest
is subscribe to this channel, number one,
just push the little play button,
number two, follow me on Instagram, and number three,
post a photo from this podcast on your story.
Now don't forget to tag me in the story at @terrisavellefoy,
so I can see your story.
Here I'll pose. (laughs)
I love looking at your Instagram stories,
and I'm gonna choose three winners today.
So, choose whatever pose you want,
I don't have to be posing for you,
but I know you're gonna love this habits calendar.
I have to have a visual to mark my progress.
That's why I love these so much.
Okay, so back to the challenges I chose last year.
I shared recently on how October 1st of last year,
which is the day after my birthday,
I was getting ready to speak at Palo Whites conference,
and I was just thinking about a few things.
I've asked God for some of my personal dreams
and goals that just haven't happened yet.
I was praying over 'em daily, declaring them,
I've got the vision in front of me,
but they just haven't manifested yet.
Well, I just felt in my spirit, I need to build my faith.
I don't need motivation right now.
I need faith, but I will say,
faith comes by hearing and hearing God's word, right.
So here's what I decided to do.
Number one, I said I'm gonna choose one minister
to listen to for 30 days to build my faith.
So write that down, choose one minister.
And I found myself,
I was just kind of going from person to person on YouTube.
One day I would learn the seven keys
to a successful morning routine
and then the next video would be five ways
to build your confidence
and then how to build mental toughness,
and I was just all over the place.
So I said, I'm just gonna choose one person, one minister,
to absorb and learn everything I could in 30 days.
But that's not all.
Number two is I also decided to journal
what I learned from them.
Whatever stands out to me, write it down.
And many times in the evenings,
I would just turn the TV off
and turn that minister on, even for 10 minutes,
and write down everything that encouraged me.
This is my notebook right here.
Look at this.
I can't even tell you how big my faith is.
Look at all that.
That's from just setting a goal for myself to do this.
Why is my faith so big?
Because faith comes by hearing, right.
Well, can I just say that I don't think it's a coincidence
that after I committed to build my faith consistently,
that God brought an opportunity into my life two weeks ago
that I had been praying over for years with no success,
and it's one of the biggest dreams
I've ever had come to pass,
and it's the biggest leap of faith I have ever taken,
but I had a choice to respond in fear or faith.
And because I chose to do this 30-day goal,
building my faith, I responded with faith,
and a dream that I had been declaring
all year long in 2021 happened two weeks ago.
God responds to faith.
So I wanna challenge you,
choose one minister to listen to you for 30 days.
Next, get a journal and write down everything you learn.
I mean, this journal is so valuable to me,
I can't put a price on what God's word
does on the inside of you, right.
Okay, another 30 day challenge I did last year
was, number three, I did a whole podcast on this,
but I did a 30-day metabolism reset last March,
and it changed my health, my body and my energy.
Now I was going through something
where I literally had no energy,
just serious fatigue,
and I'd gained a little weight
and I couldn't figure out what was going on.
Well, I believe the Lord led me to this doctor
and I got his book and I did what he said.
So I made a shake every morning
for breakfast and for lunch for 30 days,
and you eat this great protein-rich meal at dinner,
but I was determined to do it.
After the 30-day metabolism reset,
I went back to the doctor to get my blood levels checked.
Everything that was off was made right.
He said, whatever you did, it worked,
so I don't have time to go through it all right now,
but I put the name of the book
and this shake recipe in your free download,
so just click the link in the description
and you can reset your metabolism like I did.
Okay, number four, this might sound funny,
but for 30 days, do countertop pushups.
Now, my friend Diana told me to do this.
She does it every single night and she's done it for years.
I mean, just check out her biceps for inspiration.
Let's just watch Diana.
- 45, 46,
47, 48,
49, 50.
- Now, if we want beautiful sculpted arms like Diana,
let's do this, right.
See, what's cool about these 30-day challenges
is that some of them will stick.
You're gonna enjoy the benefits so much that you think,
I'm just gonna make this a part of my routine.
Number five, another challenge I gave myself
was to use resistance bands every morning.
In fact, here's a video I did for a friend
who asked me for a fitness hack,
and I told her these bands work wonders.
Plus, you can travel with them.
You can do 'em on commercial brakes
when you're watching a movie.
They will completely reshape your thighs.
Watch this.
- So, these are my gymnax resistance bands.
I take these bands everywhere,
and you can work your arms.
You can work your arms this way.
You can get a better bicep workout by going up higher.
You can work your shoulders.
You can even do like the Arnold press.
Work your shoulders (mumbles).
- Okay, number six is, keep a food journal.
You know, whether you're trying to lose weight,
or just eat healthier,
keeping a food journal can help you make positive changes.
I had never done that before,
but I was just curious why I had no energy,
and I wanted to just see if my foods
were affecting how I felt, so I documented it.
I found out, foods affect moods.
It's true, but doing this for 30 days is a short experiment
to just help you with either weight loss.
You know, writing down everything you eat,
it makes you less likely to pick up
a Snickers bar in the office,
or order the large fries at Chick-fil-A.
Plus, it helps you detect food intolerances.
Just writing down how you feel
after you eat can help you figure out
which food your body reacts to negatively or positively.
It helped me a lot.
Okay, I wish I had time to go through all 12
of my personal challenges last year
because they were so helpful in causing me
to grow in different areas of my life.
So I put the rest of the list
in your free download this week,
along with the shake recipe that I used
for the reset metabolism for 30 days.
Now you can get all of that by clicking
the link in the description.
Maybe you'll wanna choose one of my 12.
I would love to hear in the comments
which ones you're gonna choose.
so just click the link in the description,
get the download with the shake recipe
and the book that I recommend.
Now, in the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson,
he said, unless you try to do something
beyond what you've already mastered, you will never grow.
So push yourself, enjoy these challenges,
and remember, I am cheering you on to live your dreams.
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