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Your Mindset 🤝 Your Hormone Response

Be Resilient Strengths Transformed, Redefine the Norm Hey Reader, I was just talking to one of the people I coach about how little mindset gets spoken about in health and fitness. Being diagnosed with a disc herniation... Being told your hormones are out of balance... Being told you should stay away from certain exercises or positions... How do you react to and think about those things? It may look entirely different from how someone else would react to being told the same things. For some it...

"Strengths transformed: Redefine the norm" Be Resilient Hey Reader, So if you've seen my social media lately, I just spent 3 intense but super fun days out in Phoenix, Arizona diving deeper into learning all about how to get faster & more explosive. What else could be better for physical health than to level up your performance? I know some of you may not identify or see yourselves as an athlete. But as Bill Bowerman (track and field coach & founder of Nike) once said: “If you have a body,...

"Strengths transformed: Redefine the norm" Be Resilient Hey Reader, You got to hear this story... As a team dedicated to helping individuals transform their lives through sustainable exercise and coaching, we've witnessed incredible journeys of self-discovery and growth. I want to share the remarkable transformation of a new mom named Charissa. Just a few months ago, Charissa was unsure about what to do for a workout and had reservations about working with a coach. She was super honest about...

"Strengths transformed: Redefine the norm" Be Resilient Hey Reader, If anything, life has taught us that age shouldn't deter us from becoming more athletic; if anything, we should strive to get MORE athletic as we journey through the later parts of life. It's never too late to start on a transformative path that improves our well-being and gives us the energy and ability to have a higher quality lifespan & health span. (Btw, you don't have to wait until the new year to get started!) At Be...

Be Resilient Strengths Transformed, Redefine the Norm Hey Reader, Ok here's my gripe with Black Friday sales season for anything related to health, fitness, and/or nutrition coaching services or products... They all fly in the face of basic principles of health behavior change. You're seeing it everywhere right now... "BUY THIS AND GET ALL THIS FREE STUFF AND ALL THESE MASSIVE DISCOUNTS BEOFRE IT GOES AWAY FOREVER." Listen, at Be RESILIENT, we ARE offering some free coaching. 💰 But we know...

Be Resilient Strengths Transformed, Redefine the Norm Hey Reader, You may have heard that your core is weak and that it's the primary cause of your back or hip pain. However, this oversimplified explanation can leave you with a fixed mindset about something as complex and uncertain as pain. Believing that "corrective core" exercises are the sole solution to alleviate back or hip pain can make you feel overly cautious and ill-prepared. Our mindset and beliefs about pain and other health issues...

Be Resilient Strengths Transformed, Redefine the Norm Hey Reader, I believe the biggest problem facing the health and fitness industry isn't necessarily getting people to be "healthier" but its helping people to be more consistent with making exercise and other healthy behaviors a part of a daily habit. And this really all boils down to something really complex: Human behavior change. I just started a 13 week course diving deep into human psychology and behavior change as it relates to health...

Be Resilient Strengths Transformed, Redefine the Norm. Hey Reader, Have you ever caught yourself thinking, "I used to be so much more active and do all the things when I was younger"? It's a common sentiment that often leads us to stay on the fence, hesitating to take action and make positive changes in our lives. We've all been there, and it's perfectly human to find ourselves in this position. We tend to use rationalizations like: "It's just not the right time right now." "I just have so...

"Strengths transformed: Redefine the norm" Be Resilient Dear Reader, We live in a world filled with fitness & rehab fads and trends, each promising to be the ultimate solution for strength, health, and longevity. From lifting heavy weights to spending six days a week at the gym, from targeting only your weak areas to indulging in fancy techniques and modalities - it’s easy to get caught up in the hype. However, as I’ve learned over the years, these strategies often fall short when it comes to...

"Strengths transformed: Redefine the norm" Be Resilient Dear Reader, I have always found it interesting how exercise or training is one of those things everyone knows is good for them. It keeps you healthy, keeps you moving, gives you the ability to live a high quality of life well into your 60s, 70s, and 80s. Yet, so many people struggle with it and all for various (yet similar) reasons I have come to find. Lindsey was one of those people that had been struggling with making exercise a...