WEBVTT - My magic morning routine: 5 habits to set you up for a successful day 0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:03.640 Hi, and welcome to the Rise and Conquer Podcast. I'm 0:00:03.680 --> 0:00:07.000 your host, Georgie Stevenson. I am a lawyer and health coach, 0:00:07.320 --> 0:00:11.840 social media influencer, wife, and dog mum. On the Rise 0:00:11.840 --> 0:00:17.560 and Conquer Podcast, we dive deep into all things mindset, habits, career, health, 0:00:17.720 --> 0:00:21.400 relationships and more. This is a podcast for women who 0:00:21.440 --> 0:00:24.280 want to rise up to be the best version of themselves, 0:00:24.600 --> 0:00:26.880 who have big dreams in who are willing to put 0:00:26.880 --> 0:00:29.080 in the work to get there. I want to bring 0:00:29.120 --> 0:00:32.839 you the tools and actionable steps to feel confident in yourself, 0:00:33.360 --> 0:00:38.000 inspired to take bold action, and motivated to conquer your goals. 0:00:38.400 --> 0:00:58.600 Are you with me, girl friends, Let's rise and conquer. Hi, guys, 0:00:58.640 --> 0:01:01.920 and welcome back to the Rise and Conquer Podcasts. I'm 0:01:01.920 --> 0:01:06.360 doing a solo episode today chatting about my morning routine. 0:01:06.440 --> 0:01:10.040 This was requested in our community Facebook group. A lot 0:01:10.120 --> 0:01:13.240 of people were interested, So I'm excited to chat about 0:01:13.240 --> 0:01:17.880 this because forming my morning routine and really kind of 0:01:18.440 --> 0:01:21.920 finding something that works for me and my lifestyle has 0:01:21.959 --> 0:01:26.240 always been so important because obviously a morning routine sets 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:29.880 you up for the day, and I also notice a 0:01:30.000 --> 0:01:35.520 massive shift in my mental state, my mental clarity and 0:01:35.680 --> 0:01:40.160 my happiness if my morning routine goes to plan. Before 0:01:40.160 --> 0:01:42.800 we get into that, though obviously you would have heard 0:01:42.880 --> 0:01:46.319 at the beginning, I'm so excited. I'm going on tour 0:01:46.400 --> 0:01:50.600 with a Healthy Hustlers podcast. Me and Madeline, like met 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:53.559 I want to say, at the start of the year, 0:01:54.120 --> 0:01:59.000 she interviewed me for her podcast and we just instantly gelled, 0:01:59.040 --> 0:02:01.440 like you know when you meet someone and you feel 0:02:01.440 --> 0:02:03.720 like you've known them for a very long time, almost 0:02:03.720 --> 0:02:06.880 like they're an old friend. And yeah, I don't know, 0:02:06.920 --> 0:02:10.800 we just gelled. And I'm just so excited to finally 0:02:10.840 --> 0:02:15.200 do an in person event to meet you guys and 0:02:15.360 --> 0:02:19.280 meet with my Rise and Conker community. So yeah, as 0:02:19.320 --> 0:02:22.200 we said, check out the show notes and our Instagram 0:02:22.240 --> 0:02:25.120 for tickets and all that jazz and I will obviously 0:02:25.160 --> 0:02:29.800 be giving you more information on that, but yeah, so excited. 0:02:29.880 --> 0:02:33.040 Oh my god. Okay, let's get into the episode. So 0:02:33.200 --> 0:02:36.320 I want to start this episode off with the quote 0:02:36.400 --> 0:02:39.960 we are what we repeatedly do by Aristotle, and I 0:02:40.040 --> 0:02:43.680 love this because, like I said, I really notice the 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:48.920 difference if my morning routine isn't on point, and I 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:53.360 think it's important to realize that your everyday habits really 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:57.520 set you up as a person, and it's really like 0:02:57.600 --> 0:03:00.600 what you do every single day is who you are 0:03:00.639 --> 0:03:03.280 as a person. So this is why I think a 0:03:03.320 --> 0:03:07.680 morning routine is very important. Before we get into that, 0:03:07.919 --> 0:03:10.320 let's talk about self care. And I know this is 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:13.520 a morning routine podcast, but bear with me, I swear 0:03:13.560 --> 0:03:16.600 it all intertwine. So I feel like there's this real 0:03:16.680 --> 0:03:19.680 movement at the moment with self care in regards to 0:03:20.840 --> 0:03:24.120 it being very prominent on social media, which I love. 0:03:24.280 --> 0:03:26.200 I'm loving, you know, the self care and the self 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:29.760 love movement. It's amazing. But I feel like a self 0:03:29.840 --> 0:03:33.400 care is often classed as this thing that you know, 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:36.080 it's a bubble bath, it's getting your nails done, it's 0:03:36.120 --> 0:03:40.440 a cozy movie night, indulging yourself. And I love that, 0:03:40.600 --> 0:03:43.400 of course that is self care. But I feel like 0:03:43.400 --> 0:03:46.360 the things that we often class as self care are 0:03:46.400 --> 0:03:50.200 things that you know, you do once a week if that. 0:03:51.080 --> 0:03:55.240 And for me, I've really noticed a difference in myself 0:03:55.440 --> 0:03:59.920 when self care is not just like a weekly or month, 0:04:00.680 --> 0:04:04.320 it's a daily thing. And I also think when you 0:04:04.440 --> 0:04:07.720 break down the meaning of self care, so I like 0:04:07.800 --> 0:04:10.840 to use the analogy. Of course, there's that the quote 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:13.840 like you cannot pour from an empty cup. But I 0:04:13.880 --> 0:04:16.960 love to use the analogy of if you were doing 0:04:16.960 --> 0:04:21.680 a road trip, you know, up north or wherever, and 0:04:22.320 --> 0:04:25.320 you don't stop for fuel, you don't stop for snacks, 0:04:25.400 --> 0:04:28.560 and you just keep driving on an empty take like 0:04:28.640 --> 0:04:30.839 no one would do that, you would not expect to 0:04:30.960 --> 0:04:34.599 get far. So it makes sense why we as people 0:04:35.040 --> 0:04:38.000 cannot just keep going. And you do need to give 0:04:38.040 --> 0:04:41.120 yourself self care so we can, you know, give to 0:04:41.200 --> 0:04:45.320 others and feel great and be overfilled with generosity and 0:04:45.400 --> 0:04:49.039 patience and love. So it all makes sense. And I 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:51.160 feel like we all know this and we all do 0:04:51.279 --> 0:04:54.280 try to do self care. But for me, I noticed 0:04:54.320 --> 0:04:58.880 the biggest change when my self care was done every 0:04:58.920 --> 0:05:03.719 single day and in the morning. So my morning routine 0:05:03.720 --> 0:05:06.640 has shifted a lot and changed a lot. But I've 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:10.760 realized that when I make sure there is this self 0:05:10.839 --> 0:05:15.760 care component in my morning routine, it changes everything. And 0:05:15.920 --> 0:05:20.120 I think it's not as glamorous as you're probably thinking, 0:05:20.720 --> 0:05:24.600 So let's get into it. Obviously, our morning routine is 0:05:24.839 --> 0:05:29.479 very important, like I said, but also I've just noticed 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:33.240 such a big shift in things throughout the day. If 0:05:33.240 --> 0:05:35.960 my morning routine is on points, so things like you 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:38.920 wouldn't think of. So, like I noticed, my patience level 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:42.760 is higher. I notice things don't get to me as 0:05:42.760 --> 0:05:46.359 they would. I'm a person who does suffer from anxiety, 0:05:46.360 --> 0:05:50.480 so I notice my anxiety doesn't get triggered as easily. 0:05:50.880 --> 0:05:55.440 And I also just feel happier from the morning, which 0:05:55.480 --> 0:05:58.680 obviously makes a big, big difference. So that's why I'm 0:05:58.720 --> 0:06:02.839 a big advocate for a morning routine. Also, like I said, 0:06:02.920 --> 0:06:07.960 my morning routine has changed a lot. So I got 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:10.719 out of high school, I studied full time, I was 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:13.480 working part time, and then I was working full time 0:06:13.720 --> 0:06:16.280 and studying part time. And then I was working full 0:06:16.279 --> 0:06:18.960 time and studying full time, and then I did a 0:06:19.000 --> 0:06:22.400 normal corporate job. I've had seven thirty starts, I've had 0:06:22.480 --> 0:06:26.039 nine o'clock starts. I've done a lot of different things. 0:06:26.640 --> 0:06:30.559 And I want to stress that your morning routine will 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:34.640 often look different to others, and that's okay. And so 0:06:35.480 --> 0:06:38.640 in this episode, I'm not going to tell you exactly 0:06:38.720 --> 0:06:41.880 my morning routine from you know, like time and then 0:06:41.920 --> 0:06:45.680 I did this because I just don't think that is 0:06:45.920 --> 0:06:48.480 relevant to you guys. And I think it's really important 0:06:48.839 --> 0:06:52.680 to build a morning routine off you as a person, 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:56.839 off your circumstances, off your schedule, because when you try 0:06:56.839 --> 0:07:00.240 and compare, it doesn't work. It does not work at all. 0:07:00.360 --> 0:07:03.640 And I understand everyone has different commitments and different things 0:07:03.680 --> 0:07:07.120 going on, and so I do really want to stress 0:07:07.279 --> 0:07:11.800 that you need to do the work yourself and find 0:07:12.040 --> 0:07:15.560 what works for you and how you were going to 0:07:15.600 --> 0:07:18.960 put these five big things into your morning routine. So 0:07:19.080 --> 0:07:21.880 I am going to talk about five things I always 0:07:21.880 --> 0:07:25.960 include in my morning So while I'm chatting to you, guys, 0:07:26.320 --> 0:07:28.880 try and have a think of how you could work 0:07:28.920 --> 0:07:32.120 this into your current morning routine or how you could 0:07:32.160 --> 0:07:36.240 see it really being optimized for your day. So let's 0:07:36.240 --> 0:07:39.000 get into it. These are five things I always include 0:07:39.000 --> 0:07:42.560 in my morning routine that just make it magical and 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:46.160 like just set me up the day and is a 0:07:46.320 --> 0:07:50.600 serious form of self care. So the first thing, which 0:07:50.720 --> 0:07:53.480 I think will be no surprise, is movement. I talk 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:56.920 a lot about this, and movement in the morning has 0:07:57.080 --> 0:08:02.560 just become routine for me because I have always noticed 0:08:03.040 --> 0:08:06.200 how much better my day goes, how much better I 0:08:06.280 --> 0:08:09.080 feel when I do movement in the morning. So at 0:08:09.080 --> 0:08:11.600 the moment I get up at five and I do 0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:15.200 a six am gym class. It's like a group gym class, 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:18.200 which I'm really enjoying at the moment because I don't 0:08:18.280 --> 0:08:22.160 have to think about it. Previously, I used to go 0:08:22.200 --> 0:08:25.520 to gym and have my own workout routine, and I 0:08:25.560 --> 0:08:29.040 was really invested in my movement, and I, you know, 0:08:29.200 --> 0:08:33.480 would work on getting my strength weights up and changing 0:08:33.480 --> 0:08:35.679 the reps and the tempo and all this sort of thing, 0:08:35.760 --> 0:08:38.640 and that's great. I'm just in a season of life 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:42.520 at the moment where I actually don't care too much 0:08:42.640 --> 0:08:46.320 what my movement is. It just has to be easy 0:08:46.760 --> 0:08:50.280 because my life is quite busy otherwise and I almost 0:08:50.400 --> 0:08:52.680 don't have the capacity, like I don't have the mental 0:08:52.679 --> 0:08:56.520 capacity to actually think about what workout I'm going to do. 0:08:56.880 --> 0:08:59.040 So I love this group training that I do. At 0:08:59.040 --> 0:09:01.440 the moment, I do fits and so I just get there. 0:09:01.640 --> 0:09:04.559 They've planned the workout, I do the workout, and I leave. 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:08.720 So obviously, you guys know that movement is good. We 0:09:08.760 --> 0:09:11.720 all know it's good. I personally, like I said, do 0:09:11.760 --> 0:09:14.679 it in the morning, because I've tried to do the 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:19.560 afternoon thing, and sometimes it works. But honestly, fifty percent 0:09:19.600 --> 0:09:21.160 of the time, if I say I'm going to work 0:09:21.160 --> 0:09:24.160 out in the afternoon, I don't. I'm just that sort 0:09:24.160 --> 0:09:26.200 of person, and I know I'm that sort of person. 0:09:26.320 --> 0:09:29.360 So for me, it's about being proactive working out in 0:09:29.400 --> 0:09:32.760 the morning, getting it done. Also, I find because it's 0:09:32.800 --> 0:09:35.760 just such a habit now, I do it without thinking 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:38.720 about it, whereas in the afternoon I have like the 0:09:38.720 --> 0:09:40.720 whole day to think about it, and I often took 0:09:40.760 --> 0:09:42.680 myself out of doing it because I'm like, you know, 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:46.040 you've got more important things to do. You've got this, this, 0:09:46.120 --> 0:09:49.960 and this. So for me, movement in the morning is 0:09:50.080 --> 0:09:52.640 just what I do. It's habit, it's what I love, 0:09:53.000 --> 0:09:56.280 and I do want to stress that movement doesn't necessarily 0:09:56.360 --> 0:09:58.480 have to mean a hit session or a strength session. 0:09:58.880 --> 0:10:01.200 If I'm not feeling it, I will often do like 0:10:01.240 --> 0:10:04.800 a beach walk or a homework out. For me, it's 0:10:04.840 --> 0:10:09.120 just kind of a non negotiable that has always worked. Also, 0:10:09.280 --> 0:10:14.400 of course, movement releases and dolphins, so instantly this is 0:10:14.840 --> 0:10:18.600 mentally getting me into like a good mind frame to 0:10:18.640 --> 0:10:23.480 start the day. The second big block is gratitude. Now, 0:10:23.600 --> 0:10:25.720 I'm not gonna lie to you guys, this is something 0:10:25.880 --> 0:10:29.800 that I always try to do, but you know, like 0:10:29.920 --> 0:10:31.839 sometimes I slip out of habit and I don't want 0:10:31.840 --> 0:10:33.319 to sit here and be like I do this every 0:10:33.400 --> 0:10:36.880 single day when I don't, but it is something I 0:10:36.960 --> 0:10:39.840 try to do. If I can't write it down, I 0:10:39.840 --> 0:10:42.760 will try and think about it. And so when I can, 0:10:42.880 --> 0:10:45.720 I do a gratitude list of three things that I'm 0:10:45.760 --> 0:10:49.400 grateful for at that point in time in my life. 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:54.280 And if you're wanting to know a bit more about gratitude, 0:10:54.320 --> 0:10:57.360 I actually just did an episode interviewing and from the 0:10:57.400 --> 0:11:00.960 Gratitude Project and she really breaks sit down and gets 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:04.679 into it and shows you how to practice gratitude properly. 0:11:05.080 --> 0:11:07.920 So if that's something you're interested, I think it's episode 0:11:08.160 --> 0:11:11.199 twenty three, so go back and have a look at that. 0:11:11.640 --> 0:11:16.640 But again, gratitude really shifts my mental state. Like if 0:11:16.679 --> 0:11:20.000 I'm feeling stressed out or unhappy or you know something 0:11:20.160 --> 0:11:24.000 like that, if I do my little list of gratitude points, 0:11:24.480 --> 0:11:29.480 I will always shift into a better mood. And like 0:11:29.559 --> 0:11:32.520 I said, this whole morning routine is about setting yourself 0:11:32.600 --> 0:11:35.280 up for the day, so obviously that's a big part 0:11:35.320 --> 0:11:40.000 of it. And also a gratitude list helps with clarity. 0:11:40.360 --> 0:11:42.880 I often find in the morning. You know, something can 0:11:42.880 --> 0:11:45.360 trigger you, if you've seen something on the news, or 0:11:45.920 --> 0:11:49.080 something's happened on social media, someone's made you feel like crap. 0:11:49.440 --> 0:11:53.120 Doing a gratitude list can often just make you feel 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:57.400 clear on Hey, that actually doesn't matter. That shouldn't get 0:11:57.440 --> 0:11:59.559 me down. I shouldn't actually be stressed about that, and 0:11:59.600 --> 0:12:03.720 like it's almost like looking at the bigger picture. The 0:12:03.760 --> 0:12:07.600 next thing that's really important to me is setting intentions 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:11.240 for that day. So, as you guys know, I always 0:12:11.360 --> 0:12:13.880 do a to do list. I do my to do 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:18.120 list after jim, after my shower, before breakfast, So I 0:12:18.120 --> 0:12:20.559 write a to do list on the most important things 0:12:20.600 --> 0:12:23.560 that I have to do that day. For me, again, 0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:27.240 that's about getting really clear the purpose of that day. 0:12:27.679 --> 0:12:30.640 It's like looking at my priorities so I'm not messing 0:12:30.679 --> 0:12:34.440 around and wasting my time. And then also I find 0:12:34.600 --> 0:12:38.280 it helps me stress less because I'm that person who 0:12:38.480 --> 0:12:41.080 I'll have a million things going in my head, so 0:12:41.160 --> 0:12:44.520 until I actually put them down on a list, I 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:47.160 will feel a lot of anxiety. And usually once I 0:12:47.200 --> 0:12:49.679 put them down, I'm like, oh, I actually haven't got 0:12:49.720 --> 0:12:52.760 that much to do, Like it's all good. And also 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:57.400 I find setting an intention for the day just really 0:12:57.440 --> 0:13:00.400 brings purpose for me. And so if you're a person 0:13:00.440 --> 0:13:03.440 who's not really into the to do list thing, it 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:06.840 could even be in setting an attention, like a broader 0:13:06.880 --> 0:13:09.679 sort of thing, like you know, setting the intention that 0:13:10.520 --> 0:13:14.280 you are going to be patient today or you were 0:13:14.320 --> 0:13:17.920 going to be positive today. And I just find it's 0:13:18.000 --> 0:13:22.199 just a really good practice to get into habit. The 0:13:22.240 --> 0:13:25.040 next thing that's really important for my morning routine is 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:28.080 having breakfast. Of course, I want to say like a 0:13:28.120 --> 0:13:31.840 nourishing breakfast, but sometimes that's not the case, but obviously 0:13:31.920 --> 0:13:36.960 just getting some substance into my body so I, you know, 0:13:37.080 --> 0:13:40.880 can think and start my day. My breakfast routine has 0:13:41.000 --> 0:13:42.439 changed a lot over the years. I used to be 0:13:42.520 --> 0:13:45.679 that person who ate breakfast at like six am, because 0:13:45.679 --> 0:13:48.520 I used to have a seven point thirty start, and 0:13:48.600 --> 0:13:52.600 also growing up, I ate very early. But then I 0:13:52.600 --> 0:13:54.960 don't know, at the moment, I actually don't eat breakfast 0:13:55.000 --> 0:13:58.240 till like nine o'clock because I like to actually like 0:13:58.720 --> 0:14:02.520 sit down and enjoy my breakfast. And I just find 0:14:02.640 --> 0:14:07.240 before then I'm very fast paced and doing stuff, and 0:14:07.280 --> 0:14:09.880 you know, I get home from a gym and then 0:14:10.000 --> 0:14:11.880 I have a shower, and then I'm doing my to 0:14:12.000 --> 0:14:14.240 do list and I'm having a look at my calendar, 0:14:14.520 --> 0:14:16.560 and so it's almost kind of like a thing that 0:14:16.600 --> 0:14:18.600 I like doing is like I sit down and have 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:21.520 breakfast and I write my gratitude list and I just find, 0:14:21.560 --> 0:14:24.400 you know, eating breakfast it just kind of gets things 0:14:24.440 --> 0:14:27.000 moving in the body. I'm always hungry by nine o'clock, 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:29.840 so I need it. I do try and have a 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:33.240 nourishing breakfast and really think about what is going to 0:14:33.600 --> 0:14:37.600 make me feel good at the moment. I'm having protein 0:14:37.680 --> 0:14:41.440 oats with like banana and blueberries and peanut butter on top. 0:14:41.480 --> 0:14:46.080 It's delicious. The next thing I do is I make 0:14:46.120 --> 0:14:50.320 sure that my morning has connection in it. So this 0:14:50.400 --> 0:14:55.560 connection can be either with myself or with others. Obviously 0:14:55.720 --> 0:15:00.120 it varies each morning. So as since moving house, I 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:03.560 live very close to my brother and my sister in 0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:07.760 law and we do gym together. So either one of 0:15:07.800 --> 0:15:10.960 them they alternate each day as they have a son, 0:15:11.040 --> 0:15:13.680 so someone stays at home with him, So either Cooper 0:15:13.760 --> 0:15:16.400 or Ash will come to gym with me every morning. 0:15:16.440 --> 0:15:18.560 They pick me up, we go to gym together, and 0:15:18.600 --> 0:15:22.480 I really enjoy that connection time just with another human 0:15:22.520 --> 0:15:25.440 being where you just like chat about pointless stuff, but 0:15:25.680 --> 0:15:27.880 you feel connected to someone. So this might be for 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:30.760 you when you first get into work and you have 0:15:30.800 --> 0:15:34.120 a quick chat with your colleagues. Or also every morning 0:15:34.200 --> 0:15:36.440 I call Melon at nine am to see what she's 0:15:36.480 --> 0:15:37.960 doing for the day, and you know, we have a 0:15:38.040 --> 0:15:42.280 quick chat. If you're more of like an introvert, which 0:15:42.320 --> 0:15:44.640 I am like kind of, I go in between an 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:49.920 introvert and an outrovert. Extrovert sorry, not autrovert, Jesus. And 0:15:50.200 --> 0:15:53.880 so another thing is connection with myself. So you know 0:15:53.920 --> 0:15:56.640 those days where you kind of just you wake up 0:15:57.000 --> 0:16:00.480 and you just feel very almost like you're floating and 0:16:00.720 --> 0:16:03.840 very very fairy, and you don't feel grounded or connected 0:16:03.840 --> 0:16:08.080 with yourself. When I feel like that, it's really important 0:16:08.120 --> 0:16:11.720 for me to find connection with myself again. So I'm 0:16:11.760 --> 0:16:16.040 a big advocate for meditation. Again, I don't want to 0:16:16.080 --> 0:16:18.360 lie to you guys. I don't do this every single day. 0:16:18.440 --> 0:16:20.560 I probably do this four times out of the week, 0:16:20.600 --> 0:16:23.120 which I still think is very good. And I just 0:16:23.320 --> 0:16:26.800 use that headspace app or I'll do like a guided 0:16:26.840 --> 0:16:29.960 meditation and I will just do five to ten minutes 0:16:30.000 --> 0:16:34.840 of meditation or self reflection, and I find that really 0:16:35.160 --> 0:16:38.920 grounds me and it is very important if I am 0:16:39.000 --> 0:16:42.680 feeling stressed or flustered or just not feeling that connected 0:16:42.680 --> 0:16:45.320 to myself, which I think we don't really think about 0:16:45.360 --> 0:16:48.240 that as being something that is important, but it really 0:16:48.360 --> 0:16:51.080 is for me another thing that I do if I 0:16:51.120 --> 0:16:54.840 feel very not connected to myself, and that often comes 0:16:54.880 --> 0:16:57.400 in a form of self doubt. So I don't know 0:16:57.440 --> 0:16:59.640 if you guys feel like this, but I will wake 0:16:59.760 --> 0:17:03.600 up one morning and I'll just feel really reflecting a 0:17:03.600 --> 0:17:06.679 lot of self doubt on myself, so, you know, literally 0:17:06.680 --> 0:17:09.000 to the point where I'm like, what I'm doing in life? 0:17:09.040 --> 0:17:10.840 Is this really what I want to be doing, or 0:17:11.480 --> 0:17:14.880 just like doubting myself at every aspect. And when I 0:17:14.920 --> 0:17:18.320 feel like that, obviously meditation helps. But then I also 0:17:18.480 --> 0:17:23.679 write my mantras. So I've talked about mantras before, but 0:17:24.200 --> 0:17:27.320 they're going to be very different for everyone. It's almost 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:31.080 like you need to find what triggers a really kind 0:17:31.119 --> 0:17:35.000 of emotional state in yourself. So I talked about this previously, 0:17:35.119 --> 0:17:39.000 but my go to mantra is no one is me 0:17:39.440 --> 0:17:42.120 and that's my power, and I go to that when 0:17:42.119 --> 0:17:45.160 I'm feeling self doubt, and I feel like I'm constantly 0:17:45.240 --> 0:17:49.080 comparing myself to others, which often comes up in the morning, 0:17:49.119 --> 0:17:51.520 which is kind of odd. I guess it can come 0:17:51.640 --> 0:17:54.320 up if you're scrolling through social media a lot in 0:17:54.359 --> 0:17:57.680 the morning, which I'm not gonna lie I do do. So, Yeah, 0:17:57.760 --> 0:18:02.360 getting meditation and writing men to ground yourself, I think 0:18:02.480 --> 0:18:07.040 is very important and definitely part of my magic morning routine. 0:18:07.880 --> 0:18:10.520 The last thing that I think is really important and 0:18:10.600 --> 0:18:15.400 that I do do every single day is I always 0:18:15.520 --> 0:18:19.000 make sure there is some sort of joy or something 0:18:19.119 --> 0:18:21.920 I love in my morning routine. And I think this 0:18:21.960 --> 0:18:26.280 is important because if you enjoy a habit, it's so 0:18:26.400 --> 0:18:29.640 much easier to make so I find when I'm putting 0:18:29.760 --> 0:18:33.679 joy into my morning routine, I will stick to it 0:18:33.720 --> 0:18:37.960 a lot easier. So, for example, at the moment, a 0:18:38.000 --> 0:18:40.600 big thing that I do that gives me joy in 0:18:40.640 --> 0:18:43.639 my morning routine is I listen to a podcast or 0:18:43.720 --> 0:18:49.119 audio book while I'm showering and cooking breakfast and getting 0:18:49.119 --> 0:18:50.879 ready for the day. So kind of like those in 0:18:50.960 --> 0:18:53.360 between times when you're having a shower and then you're 0:18:53.359 --> 0:18:55.399 putting on your makeup, and then you're getting dressed, and 0:18:55.400 --> 0:18:59.040 then you're cooking Breakfast. I will have a podcast or 0:18:59.080 --> 0:19:02.199 audiobook lang. So as you guys know, I love my 0:19:02.280 --> 0:19:05.520 podcast I love my audio books. I always get asked 0:19:05.600 --> 0:19:08.879 what are my favorite ones? So like podcasts, my favorite 0:19:08.920 --> 0:19:11.919 ones at the moment, and these always change are I 0:19:11.960 --> 0:19:15.520 really love the Shameless podcast. Those girls are great and 0:19:15.720 --> 0:19:18.639 very funny, and I find it very easy to listen 0:19:18.680 --> 0:19:21.240 to when you're like doing other things. You can kind 0:19:21.240 --> 0:19:24.840 of go off and it's not like you have to 0:19:24.920 --> 0:19:29.000 listen to intently. Another really good podcast I'm loving is 0:19:29.000 --> 0:19:32.679 obviously The Healthy Hustlers. Malin has such good content. I 0:19:32.720 --> 0:19:37.119 really loved their podcasts the other day about toxic relationships. 0:19:37.160 --> 0:19:41.359 I really resonate with that. Another podcast I love is 0:19:41.440 --> 0:19:46.639 Sees the Yay And also, as always, I love The 0:19:47.760 --> 0:19:50.200 Mind Punt The Raw Fitness Truth. I just love those 0:19:50.240 --> 0:19:52.760 three guys. They're like hilarious. And that's another one you 0:19:52.800 --> 0:19:54.480 can listen to and do other stuff and it doesn't 0:19:54.520 --> 0:19:57.959 really matter. And then actually, the audiobook that I'm listening 0:19:57.960 --> 0:20:00.240 to at the moment is really good and I want 0:20:00.280 --> 0:20:03.800 to tell you it is called and I got recommended 0:20:03.840 --> 0:20:07.439 this from a girl on the Bali retreat that I 0:20:07.480 --> 0:20:11.560 went to she's studying psychology and recommended this book and 0:20:11.600 --> 0:20:16.000 it's called Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by doctor 0:20:16.119 --> 0:20:20.720 Joe Dispenser, and it's so good. It kind of it's 0:20:20.800 --> 0:20:23.520 like a this is gonna I do not mean to 0:20:23.600 --> 0:20:27.200 offend people, but it's kind of like a smart science 0:20:27.280 --> 0:20:30.600 book for manifestation. So you know when you read like 0:20:30.760 --> 0:20:34.640 manifestation books and it's like usually a bit like I 0:20:34.680 --> 0:20:36.680 want to say, like Woo woo and airy fairy, it's 0:20:36.680 --> 0:20:39.080 always by a woman, whereas this is like by a 0:20:39.119 --> 0:20:41.520 guy and he breaks down the science and it's kind 0:20:41.520 --> 0:20:44.680 of like about manifestation, but it's all like the science 0:20:44.720 --> 0:20:47.879 behind it is so interesting. So I'm reading that at 0:20:47.920 --> 0:20:50.840 the moment too. Sorry I went off on the tangent then. 0:20:51.240 --> 0:20:54.240 So I always do something that brings me joy. Those 0:20:54.280 --> 0:20:57.000 sorts of things bring me joy, other things that I 0:20:57.119 --> 0:20:59.720 used to like doing, and these will like change as 0:20:59.800 --> 0:21:03.159 my morning routine changes or the season changes. Is I 0:21:03.200 --> 0:21:07.640 love journaling in the morning, something really funny that I 0:21:07.920 --> 0:21:11.600 never thought i'd admit on a podcast, but as something 0:21:11.600 --> 0:21:13.320 that I do at the moment is like I'll put 0:21:13.359 --> 0:21:15.639 on my favorite song that I'm really digging, put it 0:21:15.680 --> 0:21:18.399 on my little Amazon thing, what's it called? Like my 0:21:18.600 --> 0:21:21.320 Alexa and like Alexa play and then I say this 0:21:21.440 --> 0:21:24.840 song and then I literally run around the house with 0:21:24.920 --> 0:21:27.919 the dogs and they are so crazy, I don't know 0:21:27.920 --> 0:21:30.040 if you've seen in my stories, and they like chase 0:21:30.080 --> 0:21:32.040 after me and bark and get really angry because I'm 0:21:32.080 --> 0:21:34.119 running away from them. But I just think it's the 0:21:34.160 --> 0:21:36.119 funniest thing. And I always like get put in a 0:21:36.160 --> 0:21:38.920 really good mood, and that's something that brings me joy. 0:21:39.040 --> 0:21:41.040 Another thing I love doing is going for a beach 0:21:41.080 --> 0:21:43.120 walk because they live close to the ocean and that 0:21:43.280 --> 0:21:47.880 really grounds me. So I guess it's finding what brings 0:21:48.040 --> 0:21:50.960 you joy. It doesn't have to be anything extravagant, like 0:21:51.000 --> 0:21:53.840 it can literally just be something that's five minutes that 0:21:53.920 --> 0:21:57.600 brings joy to your morning routine. Because when you think 0:21:57.640 --> 0:22:01.400 about it, like life's too short to not enjoy your 0:22:01.440 --> 0:22:04.280 every single day. And I understand if you don't enjoy 0:22:04.400 --> 0:22:07.360 work during the day or anything like that, but it's 0:22:07.359 --> 0:22:10.919 so simple to just bring five minutes of joy to 0:22:11.000 --> 0:22:13.560 yourself in the morning. I think you'd be surprised how 0:22:13.640 --> 0:22:17.240 much you can really change your mood. So yeah, that 0:22:17.440 --> 0:22:19.720 is like the five blocks that I always included my 0:22:19.800 --> 0:22:23.439 morning routine. Obviously, I do want to preface this with 0:22:24.119 --> 0:22:26.879 you know, these things don't happen every single day. I 0:22:26.920 --> 0:22:30.040 would be completely lying if I said that, Like things 0:22:30.080 --> 0:22:31.720 come up and I have to deal with something and 0:22:31.760 --> 0:22:33.960 get straight on my laptop and you know, miss out 0:22:34.000 --> 0:22:37.439 the joy or the connection. But for me, it's just 0:22:37.520 --> 0:22:41.280 striving for these things every single day and they usually happen, 0:22:41.359 --> 0:22:45.560 and I do notice a massive difference. So I'm going 0:22:45.600 --> 0:22:48.320 to wrap up the episode now. I hope you enjoyed that, 0:22:48.400 --> 0:22:51.679 and I hope maybe you reflected on your current morning 0:22:51.760 --> 0:22:54.840 routine and just had a like I think about if 0:22:54.920 --> 0:22:58.320 you could change anything or add something in. You know, 0:22:58.400 --> 0:23:02.040 I'm all about adding things into your daily life. But yeah, 0:23:02.320 --> 0:23:04.920 I hope you enjoyed this episode and I'll see you 0:23:04.960 --> 0:23:07.960 in my next one. Also, let me know if you 0:23:08.160 --> 0:23:11.439 enjoyed this kind of like mini podcast just talking about 0:23:11.520 --> 0:23:14.800