How Building a Healthy Identity Changes Your Life (Beverly’s Story)
How Building a Healthy Identity Changes Your Life
(Featuring Beverly’s Story)
Most people focus on goals like:
“I want to lose 20 pounds.”
“I want to tone up.”
“I want to get in shape.”
There’s nothing wrong with those goals… but there’s something even more powerful that often gets overlooked:
👉 Your identity.
The way you see yourself has a massive impact on the choices you make every single day.
Do you see yourself as “someone who always struggles”…
or as “a healthy person who sometimes has setbacks but keeps going”?
The difference between those two identities can completely change your life.
Identity Drives Behavior
Recently, I asked one of my clients, Beverly, a simple question:
“Do you identify as a fit person?”
She laughed, like I was joking.
But I wasn’t.
Because over the past year, Beverly has done something most people never do:
She’s shown up three days a week for an entire year.
She’s gotten stronger.
She moves incredibly well.
She now handles advanced workouts with ease.
In every way that matters, she is a fit person.
But her reaction tells a story that many people can relate to:
Sometimes your actions change before your identity catches up.
What Happens When You See Yourself as a Healthy Person
Here’s why the question matters.
When you start to identify as a healthy person, your choices begin to shift naturally.
Healthy people move their bodies.
Healthy people drink water.
Healthy people go to bed a little earlier.
Healthy people don’t live on junk food.
Healthy people don’t let one bad day turn into a bad week.
Your identity becomes a filter for your decisions.
Instead of asking,
“Do I feel like working out?”
you start asking,
“What would a healthy, strong version of me do right now?”
That small switch changes everything.
