Week 7:"One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself"

"One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself." This reminds me of another quote, something along the lines of "You can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk?" I think a big problem that many have with health and wellness professionals is that they do not always "practice what they preach." Many feel it's "easier said than done," especially when their providers are giving them instructions and suggestions, that sometimes feel like criticism, and it seems like the provider is not exactly following their own recommendations.  This has happened to me in the past and it really discredited anything of merit that the provider had to say.  I either felt like what was suggested obviously wasn't working for this person, so why should I bother? OR why is this such a big issue for me, if it apparently isn't a big issue for you?
I feel as health and wellness professionals, we do have a responsibility to be familiar with the practices we are recommending to our patients.  While I feel health and wellness is an ongoing process and we do not all have to be the "perfect" person in order to do this job, I do think we need to be actively working on ourselves all the time! Not every practice is going to work for every person, but at least we have tried it and know what the roadblocks were for us.  Maybe our patients might even have ways they overcame the same roadblocks and we can benefit from that as well.