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48. Before Making Your New Years Goals Ask Yourself This One Question (The Key To Actually Achieving Your 2021 Goal!)

12/28/20 • 13 min

Live Your Personal Best - Workout Motivation and Routine Building For Current and Former Athletes

It’s that time of the year again when you want to create new goals in the hopes of becoming a better you, right? Does that mean you’re going to ditch what you’ve already been doing so far because, well, it was an unprecedented year after all? But how about thinking of goals that make you feel most energized and fulfilled instead of following what your friend is doing.

In this episode of Girls Gone Healthy, I discuss that one key question you need to ask yourself before making those new health and fitness goals for yourself. Listen in to understand how your goals should be a bridge between where you are now and where you want to be.

Key Takeaways:

The importance of reflecting on what you’ve been doing for your health and fitness before setting a new goal.
Stop putting yourself down because of what you didn’t do, and instead take note of what did and didn’t happen to help you this year.
How to let your goals be a bridge between where you are and where you’re going.

Episode Timeline:

[1:09] Think of the goals you accomplished, adjusted, and what didn’t work for the past year.
[4:20] How to set goals in relation to your ideal life.
[8:31] Reflecting on my journey with ‘Girls Gone Healthy’ over the past year, plus 2021 plans.

Quotes:

“You can’t make goals for the future without knowing what your ideal life looks like.” [5:26]
“Usually, the days that you’re having the most fun is you’re doing something, you’re creating something.” [4:47]

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Key Takeaways:

The importance of reflecting on what you’ve been doing for your health and fitness before setting a new goal.
Stop putting yourself down because of what you didn’t do, and instead take note of what did and didn’t happen to help you this year.
How to let your goals be a bridge between where you are and where you’re going.

Episode Timeline:

[1:09] Think of the goals you accomplished, adjusted, and what didn’t work for the past year.
[4:20] How to set goals in relation to your ideal life.
[8:31] Reflecting on my journey with ‘Girls Gone Healthy’ over the past year, plus 2021 plans.

Quotes:

“You can’t make goals for the future without knowing what your ideal life looks like.” [5:26]
“Usually, the days that you’re having the most fun is you’re doing something, you’re creating something.” [4:47]

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49. Feel More Energized Some Days Over Others? Here’s Why and How to Plan for It

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Ever wonder why some days you wake up feeling super energized and others you just feel drained for no reason at all? Did you know that hormonal health goes beyond your reproductive health? It impacts your overall body wellness making it crucial to have a hormonal balanced body. The way you move, nourish, and honor your body highly determines how healthy your hormones are throughout your menstrual cycle.

In this episode of Girls Gone Healthy, I speak with Brandy Oswald, a certified fertility awareness instructor, women’s healing arts coach, yoga instructor, and the Founder of Sauvage Wellness. She helps women connect to their natural cycles and heal their hormonal struggles. She shares her personal struggles with hormonal imbalance that she healed naturally, and that set her on the path she’s on now.

Listen in to learn the importance of tracking your cycle to better understand your body and what it needs to stay healthy.

Key Takeaways:

Understanding why hormonal health refers to whole-body health and wellness, not just reproductive health.
The importance of moving your body in a mindful way to avoid inflicting hormonal imbalance.
Learning to nourish your body before and after exercising, and honoring your body to avoid hormonal imbalance.
How cycle syncing helps you understand your body better and choose activities that your body needs and can perform at a time.
The benefits of cycle tracking in giving you information about the health of your hormones and body altogether.

Episode Timeline:

[0:55] Hormonal health explained.
[2:16] Brandy Oswald narrates her journey with hormonal imbalance which she uses to serve others experiencing the same.
[7:56] Signs to look out for hormonal imbalance caused by excessive exercising.
[13:20] Brandy Oswald explains cycle syncing which is working out in the rhythm of your menstrual cycle.

Quotes:

“It’s really important to listen to our bodies so, get rid of that no pain no gain mindset.”- Brandy Oswald [11:14]
“Sometimes is just about being more present with what our bodies need.”- Brandy Oswald [18:44]
“Keeping track of what you’re experiencing gives you access to so much information about the health of your hormones and your body.”- Brandy Oswald [20:00]

To help you get started using these powerful cycle tracking tools, here’s a copy of Brandy’s free Cycle Tracking Starter Guide: www.sauvagewellness.com/cycle-tracking-starter-guide

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