1 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: What's going on everyone? Emily A body here. You are 2 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: listening to five Minute Friday from Hurdle. This week, I 3 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 1: want to talk about listening to your body. It's a 4 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 1: big part of the conversation for me lately, and it's 5 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 1: not just listening to my body, but it's also listening 6 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:44,200 Speaker 1: to my gut. So in Wednesday's conversation on the show 7 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 1: with Rebecca Stowe, we talked about having grace with ourselves 8 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:52,239 Speaker 1: when it comes to sitting out a workout, knowing that 9 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: every day isn't going to feel like sunshine and rainbows, 10 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: and especially when it comes to running outside in the heat, 11 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: it can feel like a lot. And some days you 12 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 1: just need to be like, you know what, Today's not 13 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 1: my day. And that doesn't make me any less of 14 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 1: an amazing, amazing person. So for me this week, listening 15 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:21,400 Speaker 1: to my gut has actually been multifaceted. It's been reeling 16 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:25,319 Speaker 1: in my workouts. It's been me not doing a to 17 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:29,040 Speaker 1: a day just because I wanted to not let somebody 18 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 1: else down. I realized earlier in the week that I 19 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 1: had a workout that I needed to go to for work, 20 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:37,319 Speaker 1: which sounds kind of silly, but it was a meeting. 21 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 1: I was meeting someone to go to a workout class 22 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 1: and grab coffee and smoothies after, and I was supposed 23 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: to do a future workout in that same day. And 24 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: as much as I love the accountability that future brings me, 25 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 1: I will link it in the show notes because it 26 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: is my go to custom personalized training a pretty low 27 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 1: cost per month considering what you are getting. I digress. 28 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 1: I needed to communicate with my coach that I needed 29 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 1: to switch things up and I didn't need to do 30 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:09,640 Speaker 1: two workouts in one day. I on Thursday had a 31 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 1: morning event that I had to go to, then acupuncture, 32 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 1: and then another event that I was supposed to go to, 33 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: and an afternoon recording. This comes the day after being 34 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: swamped with work three back to back recordings, and I 35 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: was just feeling like my social battery was completely zombed, 36 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 1: and so I didn't honest on it, Did I need 37 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: to go to that middle of the day event, honestly no? 38 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 1: Did I need to get this interview done today? Honestly no. 39 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 1: And in fact, the interview was easily rescheduled to a 40 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 1: time that was more convenient and no harm, no foul. 41 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,399 Speaker 1: I realized that sometimes I don't do things for myself 42 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: because I don't want to inconvenience others. But when I 43 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: say that out loud, I reckon nys that there is 44 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: no one more important that I shouldn't inconvenience than myself, 45 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: because I know that in order to give to others, period, 46 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: it's got to start with me. And so this week 47 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: for five Minute Friday, that's what it's about. It's me 48 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 1: encouraging you to start with you to make the choices 49 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 1: that you need to make so that you can feel 50 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 1: like your battery is on the ups instead of on 51 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:32,079 Speaker 1: the downs. On the downs, be your own energy fawcet 52 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 1: instead of an energy drain. My question for you today 53 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 1: what can you do for yourself to be an energy fawcet? 54 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: For you this weekend? Today? How can you be your 55 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 1: own energy fawcet? And now a listener question. 56 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 2: Hey, Emily, this is justin Colorado. I'm calling to ask 57 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 2: just about how you balance really embracing loving where you 58 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 2: are while also staying really ambitious and focused on your goals. 59 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 2: I'm just struggling a lot with this around aging and 60 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 2: having a baby a few years ago, and my body 61 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 2: has really changed and I want to work hard and 62 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 2: get back into shape and get to a place that 63 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 2: feels really great. But I also want to be really 64 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 2: grateful for where I am now and like celebrate that 65 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 2: and what I'm capable of. But it's been a little 66 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:22,919 Speaker 2: bit of a struggle and I'd love to hear more 67 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 2: about how you balance that. 68 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:31,599 Speaker 1: Hey, Jess, thanks for this Listen. I'm not going to 69 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: sit here in front and tell you that this dance 70 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:39,039 Speaker 1: of embracing and having grace is easy. It's not, in fact, 71 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 1: like strengthening a muscle. It is something that you need 72 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:46,600 Speaker 1: to exercise so that you can become better with it. 73 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: I would be remiss of it. I didn't say that 74 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 1: there are things right now in my life that I 75 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 1: would change. I think we can all safely say that 76 00:04:56,200 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 1: right But I recognize that there was a in my 77 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 1: life where I would have killed to be where I 78 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 1: am right now, And so it can be both. I 79 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 1: can appreciate this moment and have gratitude for it while 80 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,599 Speaker 1: also dream and think about what's next. I can show 81 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 1: my current self appreciation and love by taking steps that 82 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:23,479 Speaker 1: point me to the direction that I want to go. 83 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 1: The only way you will get to where you want 84 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:28,160 Speaker 1: to go, The only way that you will get closer 85 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 1: to your goals is if you put in the work. 86 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,840 Speaker 1: And so again, it can be both and both can 87 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 1: be challenging, but you can do challenging because you have 88 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:43,359 Speaker 1: showed up to challenge before. And remember, this doesn't have 89 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:46,599 Speaker 1: to be a journey that you go on alone. Right 90 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 1: There are so many people, I promise you in your 91 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 1: inner circle that are struggling with something just like this 92 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: that can really relate to where you are coming from. 93 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 1: So dig deep, even if it feels challenging to get comfortable, 94 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: open up with someone that you trust and talk to 95 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:05,040 Speaker 1: them about where you're at so that you can feel 96 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 1: less alone, so that you can recognize that you are 97 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 1: not alone, and that you can move forward on your 98 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:16,480 Speaker 1: journey with support and care and concern because you deserve that. 99 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 1: That's it for this week over at Emily a Body 100 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 1: and at Hurdle Podcast, another Hurdle Conquered. Catch you guys 101 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 1: next time.