Evolution Diaries

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Today’s episode will touch on topics of suicide and mental health.
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On the 7th of February 2022, Steve Jones received a second chance at life when he found himself being saved in the middle of his suicide attempt.

Fast forward to almost 2 years, he’s sitting with me today a completely different man.

He has since been motivational speaker in multiple public events for mental health and starred in a film documentary called Healing Men’s Minds talking about men’s mental health. He has also published a self-mastery journal and has a few other projects in the works, so as to help spread his message of looking after your mental health and how to master yourself to live your best life.

In this episode, we chat about his story, what led him to make a very difficult decision during the lowest point of his life and coming through the other side.

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Welcome to another solo episode and also my first "What This Week!" (but really, it's more like "what this fortnight" lol)

• What I’ve been doing
  • Guess who had TEN DAYS off work!
  • What social neuroscientists are saying about the topic of boredom
  • The power of reframing
• What I’ve been reading
  • I'm truly in my reading era
  • How many books I've read this year so far
  • Book club stuff
• What has inspired me
  • Hint: I deep dive into the quote “What you’re not changing, you’re choosing”
• What I’ve been listening to
  • Highly recommend Dr Rangan Chatterjee's "Feel Better Live More" podcast
  • Listen to episode 383 "Top 5 regrets of the Dying - Life Lessons Everybody Learns Too Late" with Bronnie Ware
  • What are the top five regrets of the dying?
  • My breast cancer scare

I hope you enjoy this solo episode and let me know a few of your key takeaways :)

Looking for a coach for your own Evolution in health and fitness?

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Website: www.evolutioncoachingbyjardan.com

Please welcome Alanna!

She’s a mum to three beautiful kids, a Level 2 CrossFit Coach at CrossFit Sisyphus and a Personal Trainer at Jetts Kawana.

Lanna was diagnosed with the rare form of cancer on her tongue at the age of 34. In this episode, we chat about her story including:

• How she discovered the cancer
• Her journey through surgery, losing a third of her tongue and chemotherapy
• How her fitness impacted her recovery
• The support she received from loved ones including the incredible CrossFit community
• How having only a portion of her tongue has affected not only her speech and taste but also her self-confidence
• Dealing with survivor’s guilt

Alanna, you are truly inspiring and incredible, thank you for sharing your story with us!
You can follow her Instagram >> @movewithalanna

We hope you enjoy this episode 🎧

Looking for a coach for your own Evolution in health and fitness?

Reach out and let's chat!

Instagram: @jardan.coach
Website: www.evolutioncoachingbyjardan.com

The Evolution Diaries is baaaaack for a Season 2 ✌🏽

In this solo episode, I chat about:
• my introverted birthday celebrations recap 🎂
• what I learned and how I felt from switching off notifications for 24 hours
• my thoughts on the term "switching off"
• fitness update
• uncovering "rest days" and the guilt around it, my experiences
• are rest days overrated?
• how do you know if you need to take a break?
• why rest days don't have to be lazy
• some other life updates

Thank you for sticking with me friends 🫶🏽

🎧 Happy listening!

Looking for a coach for your own Evolution in health and fitness?

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Website: www.evolutioncoachingbyjardan.com

Welcome to the final episode for Season 1! It also happens to be my 36th birthday 🥳🧁

In this episode, we chat about...
• My highlights from the past couple of months
• What my transition was like going from a CrossFit box to a conventional gym (and maybe back again?)
• Self-comparison
• The one thing that has improved my sleep by a long shot
• A new favourite weekend routine
• Non-traditional birthday plans
• Loneliness vs being alone
• A big announcement 🙊
• Goals for the rest of 2023

I just wanted to say a huge, heartfelt thank you for everyone's encouragement, love and support with my baby podcast! It means the world to me and I'm super excited to bring you MORE inspiring guests and topics in Season 2 💖

🎧 Happy listening!

Looking for a coach for your own Evolution in health and fitness?

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Instagram: @jardan.coach
Website: www.evolutioncoachingbyjardan.com

Please welcome my friend Lita!

Lita has been on a journey of weight loss and self-discovery for the past five years. After struggling with her weight her whole life, she decided to finally take control of her health by having bariatric surgery. Losing 60kg but gaining a whole new perspective on life, she has grown to love the person she has become and the life she is living.

In this episode we chat about...

• Her weight loss story - losing 60kg in 10 months
• Bariatric Surgery
• Does "skinny" mean "fit"?
• How her weight loss affected her physical, emotional and social/relationship health and status
• Her biggest lessons after losing a significant amount of weight (hint: it's not what you expect!)
• Discovering her self-worth and confidence regardless of her weight/size

🎧 Happy listening!

Looking for a coach for your own Evolution in health and fitness?

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Instagram: @jardan.coach
Website: www.evolutioncoachingbyjardan.com

This episode includes:

• Reflecting on a *cringe* moment from two weeks ago and sharing my lessons from it
• My thoughts on the term "people-pleaser"
• How Dr Rangan Chatterjee's book "Happy Mind Happy Life" changed me
• My personal values
• How I've learned to set boundaries whilst being a "people-pleaser"

🎧 Happy listening!

Looking for a coach for your own Evolution in health and fitness?

Reach out and let's chat!
Instagram: @jardan.coach
Website: www.evolutioncoachingbyjardan.com

Please welcome Paige Hibbins - a client/friend of mine who is on her way to becoming a Sex & Relationship Therapist.

It's no secret that sex and relationships (intimacy and connection) is a huge part of our human existence. In this episode, we discuss how a negative body image and/or low self-confidence can impact sex and your relationships, as well as ways to improve your overall confidence in this area.

It's our goal to bring these topics to light in a safe and informative manner so that it could help even just one person out there feel that little bit more capable when it comes to improving their body image and hence their sex life and relationships (with themselves and/or with their partner/s).

We hope you enjoy this episode!

Looking for a coach for your own Evolution in health and fitness?

Reach out and let's chat!
Instagram: @jardan.coach
Website: www.evolutioncoachingbyjardan.com

Hi, hello!! Welcome to the very FIRST episode 🎉

My name is Jardan and I have been a Personal Trainer and CrossFit Coach for over 12 years.

Health & wellness is a huge passion of mine and has taught me a lot about myself and who I am to my core... and it's now my mission to empower others to do the same.

If you're someone who's wanting MORE out of life and wanting to pursue a new challenge but something is stopping you from taking that next step, then this is the episode for you. We chat about messy action (starting imperfectly) and overcoming self-doubt and limiting fears. I also take you through my journey and my mission for Evolution.

Looking for a coach for your own Evolution in health and fitness?

Reach out and let's chat!
Instagram: @jardan.coach
Website: www.evolutioncoachingbyjardan.com