This fun episode is inspired by a client who started our conversation with "why is something so hard, that seems like it should be easy?!?" In this episode, you'll learn the mental shift she made so that new wellness habits actually are easy. You'll hear 10 real life examples, plus get a cool challenge for yourself.
How do you advocate for yourself in the healthcare and wellness world? What are tests you need to spot thyroid issues -- even tests your doctor might not automatically do? How can journaling help you manage medical or health issues? My guest this week, Angela Mazza, RN, helps you uncover these answers. She's both a nurse and a thyroid cancer survivor. Join in for this inspiring conversation.
Cool things you'll learn about - Dr Bijoy John's formula for great sleep, nidra yoga, how sleep loss impacts your weight, the functions of the brain hurt that sleep deprivation, and women's hormones and sleep. It's a packed episode!
To find Dr. Bijoy John - head to Instagram dr.sleepfix and to your favorite bookseller for his new book Nobody's Sleeping.
Picture this: You go out with a couple of friends over the weekend and have a ton of fun.
Then on Monday you're at your doc's office. You get a great report and your doc says "Whatever you're doing, keep it up."
Believe it or not, the two are related. In this episode you'll learn the research about how relationships impact your wellness and three creative tools I've found to help you grow and deepen your friendships. The goal may be fun ... the bonus is a healthy body.
Here are the resources I mention in the podcast -
https://www.werenotreallystrangers.com/
https://harveymackay.com/books/
https://www.letsroam.com/adventure_book/scratch_off_family_book
Learn a tiny commitment that can transform your hydration habit. It is seriously easy. No matter whether drinking enough water is something you struggle to remember, or it is a daily rhythm for you, this micro-commitment will make drinking water the easiest wellness habit you do.
All-or-none thinking is so last year! In this episode learn a powerful hack to stop all-or-none thinking in its tracks. It is a thought you learned in the diet mentality. You don't have to hold it over into your Intuitive Eating journey. In fact, it slows down getting freedom in your relationship with food.
Here are the resource episodes I mention.
https://www.thevireolife.com/podcast/2022/11/10/ep-11-eating-well-through-your-holidays
https://www.thevireolife.com/podcast/2022/12/30/ep-18-should-you-set-realistic-or-big-resolutions-to-succeed
https://www.thevireolife.com/podcast/2023/3/22/ep-30-how-to-become-a-better-intuitive-eater
Compare the top paper planners for both productivity, and how they stack up toward helping you reach your wellness goals. Because your wellness is the foundation of your productivity.
Listen to a review of the Franklin Planner, Erin Condren, Full Focus, and some special planners from Etsy stores. Plus, how to decide what wellness goals you even need to plan and track in your planner
https://www.thevireolife.com/podcast/2023/12/15/ep-68-the-best-wellness-and-productivity-apps-to-use-now
https://fullfocusstore.com/pages/planner
https://store.franklinplanner.com/planners/classic-planners-5.5-x-8.5/
https://www.erincondren.com/champagne-a5-daily-lifeplanner-ring-agenda
https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheInspiredStories
When pain is what's preventing you from exercise, you need to check out GOATA training. When performing better in your sport - whether golf or tennis or fill in the blank - motivates you, you need to check out GOATA training. Or if, like me, you want to hike and move well when you are 100 years old, check out GOATA. Dr. Susan Wood is a Physical Therapist and GOATA movement specialist. Keep moving.
Here are the additional resources we mentioned.
https://www.thevireolife.com/podcast/2023/10/12/ep-59-spark-your-motivation-with-short-term-fitness-goals
IG: https://www.instagram.com/ptinmotiontn/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/PTinMotionTN
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-susan-wood-dpt-cert-mdt-a1572520/
Website: https://pt-inmotion.com/
Here are my top wellness and personal productivity apps for 2024. Listen to discover what style of wellness tracking is best for you. Plus, when to use an app - or not. Learn how personal productivity apps can help your brain health and lower your stress.
Extra resources I mentioned -
https://www.thevireolife.com/podcast/2023/4/13/ep-33-how-to-create-the-high-energy-lifestyle-you-need
https://www.thevireolife.com/podcast/2023/7/11/ep-46-fitness-apps-are-they-friend-or-foe
Ready to make meditation, movement, eating well, and great sleep EASIER? It is simple. I share my favorite 10 tips that I use personally and that I share with clients. These are battle-tested in the real world. They are proven over and over to make your wellness journey easy and fun.
Here are the resources I mentioned:
You want your wellness habits to feel easy. That's good. Sometimes though, switching habits can seem hard - which makes it "easy" to quit. On a recent beach trip, I experienced a life-changing lesson on how to handle it when your habits feel hard. This episode will shift how you think about "searching for easy street - when easy is just not available". Why? So you can keep going until you succeed.
When you ponder, "What's my most valuable asset?" does your mind automatically drift to your home or business assets? They are not your most valuable resources.
You spend time and resources securing your home and safeguarding business data, but do not forget the ONE priceless treasure — YOU!
YOU are your most valuable asset.
Ask yourself ...
How are you investing in your body and mind?
What are you delegating so you create time for you?
Which tasks "don't have to be perfect" so you have energy to take care of you?
What's your personal security system for nurturing your physical and mental well-being?
When you make yourself go hungry, you train your mind that your needs don't matter. That there is not enough. When you eat mindlessly or eat when you are not hungry, your train your brain that you can't handle discomfort. Learn how to listen to your hunger cues and honor them. It will give you a healthy body and a strong mind.
Imagine finally being able to tap into your strengths, not a cookie-cutter program. Learn how to leverage your lifestyle - effortlessly. Say goodbye to getting tripped up by unexpected challenges. How? In this episode you'll discover how to use a powerful classic tool from business -- the SWOT analysis -- to succeed in your wellness. Use your Strengths, work around your Weaknesses, take advantage of your Opportunities, and overcome your Challenges. You deserve a wellness plan that revolves around YOU.
Here are the additional resources I mention.
Episode 22 How to Get the Support You Need
- Learn about the benefits and pitfalls of fitness apps
- Answer "Is my app tracking accurate?"
- Discover how they can disconnect you from your body's signals
(and what to do about it)
- Gain valuable insights on how to make the most out of fitness apps
- Find several helpful fitness apps I love that can transform your wellness journey.
Is it better to mediate daily, but short - or to meditate periodically, but long? After research and my own 6 month experiment, I'm ready to share the answers.
Here are the resources I mentioned:
Guided Meditation for Mindful Eating
http://www.thevireolife.com/podcast/2023/2/2/ep-23-two-powerful-mental-habits-to-feel-great
http://www.thevireolife.com/podcast/2022/12/30/ep-18-should-you-set-realistic-or-big-resolutions-to-succeed
Do you find yourself with zero time for wellness habits like working out, prepping healthy meals, or meditating? Life can get overwhelming (understatement, right?) - and it is easy to let your wellness slide.
Overcome the "too busy" morning
Conquer the "too tired at night" to prep for the next day
Experience wellness when you feel there's no time for it.
What if changing just one core belief would make wellness faster and frictionless? When you shift from fear-based decisions to love-based decisions, you become powerful in your wellness. Discover the truth about "why" you make a decision - and how that is more important than the decision itself. Get free from the false-morality about your wellness.
Additional resource: http://www.thevireolife.com/podcast/2023/3/22/ep-30-how-to-become-a-better-intuitive-eater
What your mind attends to continually, it believes. And you'll eventually live it out.
So let's make sure what you are believing will get you what you want in your wellness. Easily.
Discover the 3 limiting beliefs I hear most often - and have experienced myself. And, of course, practical ways to breakthrough them.
http://www.thevireolife.com/podcast/2023/1/25/how-to-get-the-support-you-need-to-succeed
What is it costing when your company doesn't promote wellness?
Plus how to start and keep an effective wellness culture.
Learn about the Stages of Change Model
Hear from two companies who are doing wellness right
Get 5 questions to start and keep the wellness conversation going
In this FREE guide learn how to:
· Stop the fad diet roller-coaster
· Exercise in your lifestyle
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