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Speaker 1: Hi, and welcome back to bounce forward with me, Tiff Haul.

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Speaker 1: I'd like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land

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Speaker 1: on which I'm recording this podcast. The wereundary people of

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Speaker 1: the cooler nation. I pay my respects to elders past

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Speaker 1: and present. Mail contacted me with such a good question.

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Speaker 1: I love this male Haytiff. I feel like I'm a

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Speaker 1: bit overwhelmed with wellness at the moment. I'm trying my

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Speaker 1: hardest to look after myself, but every time I go

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Speaker 1: on social media there seems to be a new wellness

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Speaker 1: trend or routine. Is there's such a thing as wellness burnout? Oh, yes,

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Speaker 1: there is. There is such a thing as wellness burnout.

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Speaker 1: Mal Lulu Lemon's twenty twenty four Global Wellbeing Report has

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Speaker 1: just come out and it's titled The Pressure to Be

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Speaker 1: Well and it does explore wellbeing burnout across fifteen markets globally,

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Speaker 1: and it found out that wellbeing is burning us out

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Speaker 1: big time, and one in two people are experiencing wellness burnout,

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Speaker 1: so half of us. That's absolutely crazy. Myself, I have

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Speaker 1: periods of time where I have to go off social

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Speaker 1: media and shut down a little bit because my life

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Speaker 1: is health and fitness, and I talk about it all day.

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Speaker 1: I respond to people in my community. I run a

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Speaker 1: fitness platform. I'm constantly all about it, and then I'm

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Speaker 1: bombarded by it as well. And sometimes I need to

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Speaker 1: shut down because if I see one more person do

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Speaker 1: a day on their plate or an elaborate morning routine

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Speaker 1: where there's cold plunge and a sauna and collagen and

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Speaker 1: some magical elixa and you know, a quarters old cocktail

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Speaker 1: before seven am, I think, oh my god, I'm failing.

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Speaker 1: I'm failing as a trainer. I'm failing as a human.

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Speaker 1: I'm failing as a mom. You know, I should be

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Speaker 1: doing the collagen and the quick fixes and the TikTok trends,

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Speaker 1: and you just can't keep up. So I absolutely hear you.

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Speaker 1: And those elaborate day on our plate, I think, have

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Speaker 1: they had a chef come in and cook all this

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Speaker 1: up and like make it look all pretty in the

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Speaker 1: sunshine coming through the windows, And you know, it's absolutely

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Speaker 1: elaborate and curated content that isn't real. So we're burnt

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Speaker 1: out and stuck in this perpetual wellbeing cycle because of

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Speaker 1: three points to study found sixty one percent of respondents

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Speaker 1: feel overwhelmed by societal expectations to appear well. Fifty three

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Speaker 1: percent report confusion due to conflicting wellness information and my my,

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Speaker 1: is it confusing out there. You never know what to do.

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Speaker 1: And eighty nine percent of those experiencing well being burnout

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Speaker 1: site loneliness as a major factor that they feel like

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Speaker 1: they're going it alone on this journey of wellness, and

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Speaker 1: that we're all on these little islands and we all

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Speaker 1: just feel completely alone and absolutely overwhelmed. So there were

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Speaker 1: three components that the report found as being the main

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Speaker 1: components of well being, and they're no surprises. Physical the

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Speaker 1: empowerment to meet one's bodily health needs, Mental the emotional

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Speaker 1: preparedness for future challenges. And societal a sense of connection

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Speaker 1: and contribution to community. Now, what I found really interesting

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Speaker 1: about this wellbeing Burnout report was that Australia was the

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Speaker 1: number one most burnt out wellbeing zone in the world

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Speaker 1: YEP Australia, followed by New Zealand, Canada, Malaysia and the US.

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Speaker 1: So we're doing something really wrong here. We are obsessed

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Speaker 1: with wellness, obsessed and it's just being too much. It's

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Speaker 1: absolutely overwhelming, So what can we do about it? And

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Speaker 1: I don't want to add to the problem by you're

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Speaker 1: probably saying, yeah, TIF your podcast, this is part of

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Speaker 1: the problem because every week there's more questions and more things.

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Speaker 1: But I hope that in Bounce Forward, I'm breaking down

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Speaker 1: wellness and fitness trends and trying to make it simpler

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Speaker 1: for you, so there's not the confusion and you just

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Speaker 1: follow one voice. But what do you do if you're

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Speaker 1: on your own journey? How do you break the cycle

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Speaker 1: and feel less stuck to really combat the well being burnout?

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Speaker 1: Number one, the report said, You've got to quit the noise,

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Speaker 1: so focus on your own journey, take breaks from social media,

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Speaker 1: and set those personal boundaries. And I love it. I

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Speaker 1: love a little bit of a phone detox where I

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Speaker 1: just put my phone literally in a box. I've got

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Speaker 1: a box in my office and it'll just live in

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Speaker 1: there and I'm so happy without it. And I take

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Speaker 1: that time to recalibrate on being mindful, being present in

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Speaker 1: the moment. It's really important. Number two, the report said,

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Speaker 1: you got to do what makes you feel good, So

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Speaker 1: engage in mood boosting activities at your own pace. So

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Speaker 1: that of course includes physical movement throughout the day, but

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Speaker 1: also spending time in nature. Very simple, and it's been

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Speaker 1: proven time and time again, study after study that just

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Speaker 1: being in nature boost your mood. Very important. And then

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Speaker 1: the third point, which I found the most intriguing, was

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Speaker 1: that you need others to join you on your journey.

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Speaker 1: You need to be social about your wellness journey, team sport,

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Speaker 1: simply sharing your needs with friends and family, group, physical

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Speaker 1: activities can be incredibly satisfying. And when you join community

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Speaker 1: and movement and they come together, you have the opportunity

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Speaker 1: to increase your holistic wellbeing. So I always say community

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Speaker 1: powers purpose and I have a fantastic fitness community on Facebook.

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Speaker 1: It's my Tixo community, and it's so special because it's socializing,

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Speaker 1: it's motivating each other, it's inspiring each other, but it's

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Speaker 1: also about health and wellness. But we're not alone, and

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Speaker 1: we're always raising each other up. Women. Raising women is

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Speaker 1: such a special thing, And the report really did emphasize

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Speaker 1: the role of community and social interaction in enhancing well being.

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Speaker 1: So engaging in physical activities with others not only alleviates

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Speaker 1: improve well being. So all the findings advocate bite sized

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Speaker 1: and fun approaches to wellness, and I repeat, wellness does

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Speaker 1: not need to be intense. Wellness does not need to

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Speaker 1: be intense. It can be just bite sized and fun,

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Speaker 1: little snacks along the day. And I hope in Bounce Forward,

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Speaker 1: I help you to realize that you can do a

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Speaker 1: tenmint walk in fresh air. You can do five pushups

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Speaker 1: in between zoom calls. That really does count. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's about constantly moving and engaging in your body, just

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Speaker 1: little snacks. It doesn't have to be intense, long hours slogs.

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Speaker 1: And you know, we really do need a combined effort

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Speaker 1: in public policies and I think in the private sector

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Speaker 1: to really address well being burnout, highlighting the importance of

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Speaker 1: community to foster a sense of purpose and improving overall

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Speaker 1: health and making it really simple for people, and really

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Speaker 1: making sure that young people in particular understand that what

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Speaker 1: they see on social media, you know, they're trends, they're

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Speaker 1: going for clicks, and they're trying to go viral, and

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Speaker 1: it's not necessarily good health advice, and that you have

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Speaker 1: to be really strict with who you follow and what

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Speaker 1: experts advice you take, and just be really aware of

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Speaker 1: your own hygiene, your mental hygiene, and how that is

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Speaker 1: looked after, because it's so important. Your mental health has

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Speaker 1: to come first. So you know, we had burnout during COVID,

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Speaker 1: we just had regular burnout. But now to think that

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Speaker 1: we're having well being burnout on top of it, it's

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Speaker 1: just so much. So you really do have to cut

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Speaker 1: that noise out. I think, focus on your own journey,

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Speaker 1: focus on what feels good to you, and invite others along.

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Speaker 1: That's that's the basis of it, and it's really quite

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Speaker 1: simple and easy to do. Thanks so much for listening

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Speaker 1: to Bounce Forward. I love having your company, So please

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