Mindset, Mood & Movement: Systems Thinking for Founder

When we view ourself as an ecosystem, we see how the whole system works, interacts and affects each other. More importantly, this allows people to make significant changes that go way deeper and create more impact in life and work.

I use a unique approach to personal development that works with the mind, mood and movement together. In this short episode, I explain this approach and process with examples.

If you're stuck, stressed, exhausted and ready to changes this might show you a new way...

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If this episode has caught your attention and you wish to learn more, then please contact me. I offer a free 20 min call where we can discuss a challenge your facing and how I may be able to help you.

Time, productivity and stress are key issues that affect our work. Get it right, and you'll be in flow, productive and happier. However, poor time management means reduced efficiency, increased stress and takes us in the wrong direction.

With my guest, Matt Pattison, we discuss these challenges and areas to provide insights and answers. Using Matt's skillset of design thinking, combined with my knowledge of psychology and human behaviour, we endeavour to give you practical steps to take away and apply.

The main points you'll learn are:

Design is a way of thinking and seeing the world and you can apply it in your world and work to.

Connection - real world connection with other people.

Human behaviour - reactions, responses and we are influenced by our mind and our environment. Working with both will positively impact you.

Design your day - it's your life and your calendar so design it in a way that is aligned to your natural body's needs.

Stress - it's how we respond to stressors that is vital. Understand yourself and your needs and how you respond to events.

Matt Pattison BIO

Matt's eclectic career has taken him from clinician to researcher, designer to film maker. He works tirelessly to design products and services that represent the lives and needs of everyday people across context and culture. He describes himself as a multi passionate entrepreneur and for anyone who might have spoken with him you know conversations can go deep, future focused and diverse pretty quickly. So we will see where this one goes.

Links & References

Matt's Design Thinker course: Apply design thinking to your work, your life and yourself [FREE]

Matt's Mindful Eating course - Slow The Fork Down

Referenced books Matt discussed and a couple more.

1. Business Model Generation and Value Proposition Design by Osterwalder et al. 

2. Sprint: How to solve big problems and test new ideas in just 5 days Jake Knapp et al

3. Make Time- Jake Knapp et al 

Also worth a look:

4. Tiny Habits - BJ Fogg

5. Gary Brecka on Diary of a CEO with Stephen Bartlett - Episode 225 [Feb 2023]

Sal's link and references

George Miller 1956. Research into how many things we can hold in our attention.  +/- 7 pieces of information 

Research on brain processing 

Early morning daylight affecting the cortisol ‘pulse’ and circadian rhythms 

Get in touch with Sal

If this episode has caught your attention and you wish to learn more, then please contact me. I offer a free 20 min call where we can discuss a challenge your facing and how I may be able to help you.

Growing up, I wrote a self-development list at the age of seven, believing that it contained everything I needed to do to fit in. Over the years, I managed to check off many items from that list, but despite my efforts, I didn't feel like much had changed on the inside. I went on a quest to answer the many questions I had about myself, the mind, and the whole experience of life. This journey has taken me to many places, from self-help to therapy, philosophy to yoga, psychology to performance coaching.

Through my experiences, I've learned that our beliefs, emotions, lifestyle, and physicality are all interconnected with the story we hold about ourselves. And the good news is that we all have the power to change that story.

As sensitive, intelligent, and motivated individuals, we all have things we want to improve about ourselves that we believe will change something fundamental. But sometimes, when our efforts to change the world around us fail, we get frustrated and stuck. The key is to recognize that our opportunity lies within ourselves.

Hi, I'm Sal Jefferies, and I help people free themselves from negative beliefs and old ideas while developing a new, deep confidence in themselves. In my new podcast, Mindset, Mood, and Movement, I speak with specialists from the fields of health, psychology, movement, performance, and leaders like you. Together, we'll uncover how finding coherence between our mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing can help us move beyond anxiety, build a deep conviction, make an impact in life, business, and the world, and generally, be happier in the process.

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Hey, welcome to this interview with Victoria Salomon and myself, Sal Jefferies.  In this episode, we discuss from our respective fields the theme 'Your story is in body as well as your mind'. We share how working with body and mind can unravel blocks, heal traumas and help you become strong.  

There are 3 areas we cover from working with the body and the mind: 

Victoria works with healing trauma from a body-based practice. I work with mindset, mood (emotions) and movement. We have a deep and insightful conversation about some of the ways we both experience healing and growth. We hope you find insights and new knowledge and thank you for listening.  

Key topics and timing:

00:01 - Intro

01.00 - What the body can tell us. Feet and movement can show up all sorts of things.

06:50 - Posture is very telling. What does your posture say about you?

09:45 How to deal with ‘issues’ held in the body

17:05 - Victoria explains how trauma expresses in the body. Looking at this from a systematic approach and what can be done to aid the process of healing.

22:47 - I continue on from Victoria about trauma and share my perspective . Getting back control is a vital part of processing. Our story is a key part of our identity and that needs to be considered.

29:29 - Peri-menopause and menopause. How biology = psychology and what you can consider if you are at this stage.

36:35 - Breathing and why it matters plus Victoria’s process plus my approach to working with breathing for health and mental wellbeing.

46:00 - Why relaxing the tongue helps release the jaw. This has a huge effect on breathing and emotional state. Victoria gets us to think about the timing and movement we can be aware of when breathing well.

49:44 - Summary of the themes. How thinking systemically can help with all kinds of issues from pain, trauma, lack of confidence or anxiety.

“Suffering is being stuck. Being free is movement; whether that’s physical movement, breath movement or mind movement”

For more information about me, please go to my website: https://saljefferies.com.  For more information about Victoria and her work please go to: https://ixcheltherapies.co.uk

New Year resolutions brings out different thoughts and feelings for many of us. They can be fun and effective but easy to break. If you want to make lasting, positive change then there are several steps which will ensure you will meet your goals in a healthy way.

In this episode, I share three steps that are fundamental to take when making any goals and outcomes.

Step 1. What do you really want? You need to clearly define what it is you want, what it feels like, what the specific details are to avoid ambiguity.

Step 2. Why do you want to do this? You need to develop a compelling reason combined with your motive or drive to ensure that you can achieve your goal 

Step 3. How are you going to do this? By combining decision, commitment and structure you will have a much clearer and easier process to follow.

Finally, you need to give this time, lots of time if it's going to be worthwhile and sustainble.  

Do you share your thoughts, comments and questions with me as I always love to help.  You can reach me at my website; www.saljefferies.com or on Linkedin and Instagram - @saljefferies

Do you find yourself worrying excessively?

Has the pandemic and the ongoing fall out caused you to spend way more time worrying and it's becoming unhealthy?

In this podcast episode, I cover this topic and share insights and practical knowledge of why we worry, how to change the habit of excessive worrying and how to access deep inner strength.

I cover specific areas including:

💡 What the purpose of worry is.

💡 How worrying can become a habits and how to break that habit.

💡 Catastrophizing and a strategy of applying a non-attachment.

If this triggers something for you, do reach out as I specialise in helping smart people who overthink get a wider perspective, find courage and apply that in business and life.

Do you share your thoughts, comments and questions with me as I always love to continue the dialogue.  You can reach me at my website; www.saljefferies.com or on Linkedin and Instagram - @saljefferies

Do you replay the conversations you had through the day? Perhaps you even start mentally rehearsing what you'll say/do tomorrow - and that can be exhausting!

Having a busy mind full of racing thoughts is unpleasant and a major cause of stress. Incessant thinking and negative thoughts can feel overwhelming and difficult to control. In my latest podcast episode, I share some helpful strategies of how to take control of the mind when it's become too busy.

Three strategies I cover in more depth are:

1. Breathing and state - consciously control in the breath directly changes your neurological state and emotional state.

2. Create space between things - having no space for your mind to process things is not helpful. Putting in small breaks between work, meetings, activities is helpful.

3. Control the inner noise - turn down the volume and then move your attention to external sources.  

Please send me your experience and if these help you or you'd like to understand more. I'm always happy to continue the conversation and answer questions as this is a big topic with much more to explain.

Contact me via email: [email protected] or @saljefferies on Instagram and LinkedIn

 One major cause of stress is overwhelm. When you've taken on too much and it's taking it's toll. In this episode, we cover this topic, how boundaries are vital and ho to put them into place.

A boundary can be defined by asking 'what’s OK and what's not OK'? and often saying YES when it’s better to say NO. There can be emotional, psychological and physical boundaries - time, financial, workload etc

Listen now to learn more and get some further strategies to help you reduce overwhelm and reduce stress. 

Do send me your comments and thoughts as I'm always happy to continue the conversation (well this is an episode about good listening!)

Contact me via email: [email protected] or @saljefferies on Instagram and LinkedIn

Ways to overcome stress - the desire for things to work out as we’ve planned but then don't can cause a whole host of stress.

In this episode , I cover 'why' this might be causing you a stress and what identifying the difference between control, influence & acceptance can do to help.

The 3 questions to ask are:

Where are you in control?

How could you influence the situation?

Where & when are not in control ?(concern)

How can you accept the situation?

Do you worry what others think of you? If so, this episode or unravel some of the reasons why you may have this thinking habit and the steps you can take to change this. This annoying habit can happen to anyone and is an energy drain and simply unhelpful way of thinking.

Stages to overcome this repeating pattern.

Do send me your comments and thoughts as I'm always happy to continue the conversation as it's a big topic with much more to explain.

Contact me via email: [email protected] or @saljefferies on Instagram and LinkedIn