More Than Motivation

Emily Helderman is a clinical social worker, health coach an podcaster. In this conversation we talk about the doors closing. Emily gives us a ray of hope in the middle of what may seem like a crashing world. Doors close and sometimes it can be difficult to see a new one opening. We chat about break ups and the dreaded lengthy job search.

How can we take care of our mental health through these seasons?

Tune into this conversation and hear her guidance on mental health and how you can can be more kind to your mind!

If you want more of Emily's wisdom go follower her on IG @EmilyHelderman or tune into her podcast: "The Kind Mind Project"

I stopped running last year and have seen nothing but positive results!!!

What do we need to think about when we set goals?

1. Realistic - How well have we evaluated our current life situation? Running a business, balancing grad school, homeschooling the kiddos, maybe working out for an hour or more everyday to train for a triathalon isn't something you need to fit in right now.

2. Fun - It's SO important to find joy on the journey! Don't dread every second on the treadmill, its EXTREMELY unnecessary.

3. Achievable - Having something to check off helps to keep going! This may be a strength program, workout tracker, or meal plan with an end goal to strive for! When we goal hop it makes following through with anything really difficult.

We talk about a study done on the most common reason for people to give up on their goals. In Acuff's book Finish, he discusses the most common day for people to give up. Listen in on this conversation and you will find out what day! Its not day 30 and its certainly not day 365.

Finish By Jon Acuff:
https://acuff.me/books/

This conversation we get talk about goal setting comparison. Why are we setting goals based on what other people are doing? This is what causes the yo-yo dieting that will never ever work! How do we stop setting career goals based on what other people think we should do? This will lead to a very dreadful journey. 

Until you find your why and build goals around your own reality, they will never be achieved. Goals are personal, they need to be customized to you. Just because someone else is seeing the results doesn't mean it will work for you. Your realities look vastly different!

Let's talk about goal setting and how to be mindful when setting goals we can actually WANT to achieve!

In this episode I talk to the one who feels isolated, lonely, disconnected from close friendships. Maybe you are working from home and away from that work environment that gave you that community. You may be the new grad who suddenly had to leave college and now you’re back home. You don’t want to go back to your high school friends but you also don’t know how to find true fellowship, especially while social distancing. Don’t give up, there is a solution. Finding friends, close community, true fellowship, it can be extremely difficult as we grow up and have to be more intentional about it.  

Why is community so important?

Why do we feel so isolated in such a connected world?

How do we find community?

“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another” Proverbs 27:17

Need community, accountability, close friendship?

Link to my accountability group interest form:

http://bit.ly/Fit4freedom

OR just send me a DM over on IG @kelleyfit4freedom! I would love to chat with you. If you are anything like me, you’ll hesitate and procrastinate because that’s just what the introverts in us want to do. DON’T put it off another day…just do it! I’ll be here waiting to hear from YOU.

In this episode, Kami and I chat about how to grow through transitions in life. These can be the hardest times when you're moving away from home, graduating college, applying for your first full time career job, moving with the military, etc.

Kami talks about her experience moving back home after graduating with a Masters degree in Counseling. Applying for that first full time job out of college can be one of the most challenging times in our lives. After 11 months of going through it myself, I feel confident in saying you CAN grow through it! 

If you loved this conversation please screenshot that you're listening and tag Kami and I over on Instagram. We want to personally thank you for being the megaphone to this message!!

IG: @Kamilleleslie @Kelleyfit4freedom

In this episode we are going to chat about the connection between body image and your results in the gym. We are going to find some new lenses because the ones we are wearing right now are quite scratched and we are missing out on seeing true beauty. Too often we define our beauty with numbers. How exactly do we break up with the scale and why do we need to? What actually defines beauty? What are the lies we are listening to from the enemy?

Listen in on this coffee chat my friend, we all need to hear this truth every once and a while. I get vulnerable for you because this is where I found massive breakthrough on my fitness journey! Are you ready to find true joy on this journey?

Are you looking at your vision of the future and thinking, that looks AMAZING! We have these big dreams, massive ambitions, and real potential but then we let something get in the way. That something is FEAR. Today we are going to chat about the fear of failure and how to overcome it with some inner dialogue I have found really helpful in the past. I want you to know, you’re not alone in this and that is why I will share my 2 year battle with fear.

Pastor Rich Wilkerson Jr. — The Story You Tell Yourself: That’s My Story and I’m Sticking to It.

Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and swear and blood.” – Theodore Roosevelt, the Man in the Arena. April 23, 1910.

If you are "UNMOTIVATED" this is the episode for YOU!

“How are you so motivated?!”

A question I get all the time, something you probably are wondering about as well. Here is your answer!!!

My friend, so often we want motivation from the moment we wake up in the morning. We want it to be sparked every day and never have it dwindle. I hate to break this news to you but it doesn’t typically work that way. We have to actually take action to intentionally build this motivation and maintain it with consistency. 

• What is motivation?
• How do we find it?
• What habits do we need to develop?

Internal dialogue is a significant component of your workout motivation. In this episode I give you 3 tips to “get motivated” without actually having any preexisting motivation. It all starts the moment you wake up and the habits created throughout your day.

If you haven’t already, come hangout with me over on Instagram @Kelleyfit4freedom and let me know you tuned into today’s conversation. I would love to personally thank you my friend!!!

In this episode:

• Who am I?
• What makes me qualified?
  • Hint: I’ve hit rock bottom and needed to find the “motivation” that no pep talk could provide. Discomfort has become my greatest motivation!
• The lessons I learned while going through the hardest school I had ever been to.
• Finding your why to keep going!
• How did I start my journey as an influencer and health coach?

Hey friend! I am Corinne Kelley, a 24 year old grad student, solider, and fitness coach. If you asked my introverted self 3 years ago if I would ever record a podcast I would have laughed and said, definitely not. Well, here we are. Nice to meet you, I am now an introverted podcaster who absolutely thrives from helping other women get out of their comfort zones. It’s not going to be a motivational pep talk that will get you there I can promise you that. We will have brilliant guests who will give you the tips, tricks and tools to take action and take steps in a direction you never thought possible! They are not any different than you and I but they have been through different storms, they have failed a few more times, and they are willing to share that experience with us!

Song: "Reckless Love" by Cory Asbury https://youtu.be/Sc6SSHuZvQE