When we start working on a goal we go through stages. Our limbic system and amygdala naturally resist any change to our status quo. Most, if not all, goals are a challenge to our status quo (otherwise we would have already achieved the goal).
The R.E.L.A.T.E. model shows the stages we go through to achieve a goal. With better understanding of these steps we are better armed to get what we want and be who we are (or who we want to be).
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