Personal and wellbeing coach, trainer and author ELISABETTA FRANZOSO introduces self-responsibility – the first topic of the Wellness Wheel Inventory by John W. Travis M.D.

In my experience as a wellbeing coach I’ve often encountered people who persistently look “out there” for solutions or quick fixes to their problems, only to later discover the answer was within all along.

Reality Check Attempts to find the appropriate therapy, a listening ear or the ideal book with the magical solutions to all your problems, will only leave you in deep frustration. Looking within and assuming responsibility for what you might discover is the only condition for genuine wellbeing.

Insight As a society, we’re used to allowing others to dictate what’s best for us. We give up our “personal power” to teachers who decide what we must learn and how to learn it, to politicians who decide how to use our money and to medical professionals who assume responsibility for our wellness.

              The problem isn’t that we use experts – it’s that we often shift all the responsibility to someone or something other than ourselves, so we won’t have to suffer guilt or shame should we fail. 

Result If you’re reluctant to take responsibility for illness or emotional misalignments, you’ve lost touch with your reservoir of knowledge and intuition, physical body signals and emotional responses. The end result is a power-robbed existence – diminishing of personal freedom, weakened self- concept, guilt and shame.  

Moving Forward By taking responsibility for a problem, you accept you may not have intentionally engineered your current situation and it could have been caused by external factors, but you’re assuming responsibility for how you choose to respond to the situation. Taking responsibility is a true sign of personal growth and maturity.

Q: What is responsibility?

A: Responsibility is defined as “owning the ability to respond to an event”. Taking charge of your life and wellbeing means taking calculated risks, recognising you have choices and are willing to live with the consequences of those choices.

Q: How can I recognise when I’m practising self-responsibility?

A: Regardless of whatever challenges you might face, if you acknowledge there’s a lesson to be learned you can release the blame and embrace the process of assuming full responsibility. A personal coach is able to facilitate this process allowing you to escape denial, release blame and enter the process of true self-responsibility.

Elisabetta Franzoso BA, Dipl.Psych, MSocSc Author of Stella’s Mum Gets Her Groove Back available at bookstores and www.amazon.com
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Elisabetta Franzoso is a highly self-driven coach and motivator who focuses on communication, self-expression and wellbeing. Her passion is to empower people to achieve excellence and transformation from the inside out. To complete your Well-Being Inventory Index and get your detailed personal Health and Wellness Assessment, contact Elisabetta and her team of professional Life Coaches, Psychological Counsellors, Fitness Trainers, Nutritionists, Physicians and Body Therapists.