This episode is about sticking to my guns and pushing through when motivation dies. Because I've set up ambitious habits for myself, the bar is higher and it has been hard to adhere to. Instead of wallowing in my failure and letting life circumstances derail me - I've chosen to resist and persist. I reflect on ways to build my resilience. How I manage guilt, shame, and frustration.  How I regulate myself through juggling opposing mindsets: relentless versus forgiving. How I take extreme ownership of my circumstances and lean into the support system that keeps me accountable.

This episode is about why I chose Powerwolf Athletics and how I became one of their coaches. Powerwolf is a fitness organization that has a mission to bridge mental and physical health. The program holds space for the cohorts to embrace vulnerability, take ownership of their lives, and support one another in their pursuit of improving mental and physical fitness. 

The values align strongly with my podcast. There's immense power in a community that chooses to be real and not sugarcoat with positivity. A community that leans into the pain and uses learnings to lift one another. A community that thinks deeply about self betterment and acts on it. 

What I love about it is that we're a paradox. Our founders are women entrepreneurs who are fierce. Our men are expressive. Together we're breaking boundaries and representing people as they are, rather than the roles they should be playing by societal standards. The work that we do brings depth to a fitness industry that can be very shallow.

Mindset Series - designed to help you become a better version of yourself. These episodes will highlight the mediums I intentionally chose to partake in so that I could become a better person. Mediums that enabled me to practice living out the values I stand for.

Summary: This introductory episode is about the importance of embracing vulnerability. Being brutally honest with myself, was the first step to becoming stronger. That required me to sit with insecurities, face them, and take ownership of them. I grew up avoiding a lot of problems, it was easy to keep myself distracted. However, in my adult years I've been working to be a person who faces setbacks and insecurities head on.

Lately I've been tired of letting myself down. So a mindset I've been trying to practice is that, there is freedom in choosing to commit to something. Why? Because it frees you from being paralyzed. It frees you from optimizing your choices. It frees you from not doing anything, and doing something is better than doing nothing at all. If I get the things that are important to me finished, then it's easier for me to be fully present for those who matter. Because I'm not caught feeling guilty for letting myself down. When you listen to this episode - think of all the times when you were stuck in this state stagnation, not making progress. Are you relying more on discipline or motivation?

P.S. I also cover the HabitShare app in this episode. I've found it to be super helpful in helping me stay committed and disciplined. Give it a try! :) 

Your vibe attracts your tribe. This episode breaks down how I try to set the right vibe and energy for myself daily. I struggle with this a lot, but on the days I get it right, the rest of my day is right. At the end of the day, I want to be able to give my best to the people who matter to me. Are you giving the rest of you or the best of you to those around you? 

One of the biggest challenges I have faced in adulthood, is defining who I want to become. With all the noise these days about what should be the right career, social life, lifestyle - it was really hard to dig deep and define it for myself. It's easy to get distracted. This episode covers the process of how I define  what I stand for, and some of the challenges I face along the way. 

Give yourself the permission to start doing things for you. Often times we fall off track because we get lost in the thought of how others will judge our choices. Or even worse, we let our own mind judge us and prevent us from changing things up. Family, societal, cultural pressures. Give yourself the permission to start seeing yourself in a different light. Shape yourself into who you want to become (and let go the parts of you that no longer serve you). A boss at what you do, or will be a boss at what you choose to pursue. It first starts with your mindset and giving yourself permission to cultivate thoughts of who you want to be. Anything from a career change, moving to a new city, an insightful IG post (lol), a hobby, meeting new people, how you want to dress, how you carry yourself – just start doing shit for you. 

When you listen to this episode, I want you to think of all the things that you’ve wanted to do, and all the possibilities of who you want to become that have not happened yet. I know you guys have thoughts about how you want to be better and to shake things up.