WEBVTT - MOTIVATIONAL MOMENT: Take a break and propel your progress 😌

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Sam Wood, and this is your motivational moment for

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<v Speaker 1>this week why you should take a break. That's right,

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<v Speaker 1>Sam Wood here telling you to put the dumbbells down

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<v Speaker 1>and just take a break. Now, I'm kind of being

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<v Speaker 1>a bit tang in cheek, but I'm also being really serious.

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<v Speaker 1>I've taken a break for the last fortnite. Mine's been

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<v Speaker 1>a bit of a force break with everything that's been

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<v Speaker 1>going on, and I haven't been to work for the

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<v Speaker 1>last two weeks, which for me that's really strange, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's been wonderful. It's been absolutely necessary, and possibly for

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<v Speaker 1>the first time in a long time, I've been able

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<v Speaker 1>to do it guilt free. It's almost like the forced

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<v Speaker 1>nature of it, with Sneeze having to be in the

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<v Speaker 1>hospital and me having to be home with the girls

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<v Speaker 1>all day every day, which I've absolutely adored every moment,

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<v Speaker 1>has allowed me to do it guilt free and kind

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<v Speaker 1>of changed my perspective. But that's why I wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>talk to you about it today, because I think think

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<v Speaker 1>it's a really important message for all of us, irrespective

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<v Speaker 1>of what's going on in your family or personal life,

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<v Speaker 1>and whether it's forced, I think taking a break can

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<v Speaker 1>be a bloody great thing. There's obviously the practical physical benefits.

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<v Speaker 1>You might recover better, you might be injured less, you

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<v Speaker 1>might perform better because you were always performing under some

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<v Speaker 1>kind of muscular or neural fatigue. And once you have

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<v Speaker 1>a little rest, you come back fresher, bigger, stronger, whatever

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<v Speaker 1>it might be. But for so many of us, I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's more of the mental break that is so important.

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<v Speaker 1>So from a mental perspective, whether it's work or wellness

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<v Speaker 1>or fitness or whatever it might be, mental health, don't

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<v Speaker 1>be afraid or don't feel guilty about giving yourself a break.

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<v Speaker 1>You can be refreshed, you can come back better than

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<v Speaker 1>you were before. You can use that time to get

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<v Speaker 1>your thoughts, your emotions, your plan together. And perhaps that

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't have happened if you were trying to do that

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<v Speaker 1>while pushing through with all of these different balls in

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<v Speaker 1>the air. And I heard an analogy the other day

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<v Speaker 1>that you need to think of your mental health. And

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<v Speaker 1>this is a strange analogy that hopefully resonates with most

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<v Speaker 1>of our listeners, but as an eighties baby, it resonated

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<v Speaker 1>with me. You need to think about you as a

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<v Speaker 1>fighter in a computer game. That perhaps you played in

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<v Speaker 1>your youth, you know, street Fighter or Mortal Kombat or

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<v Speaker 1>one of these games, And he said, you've got a

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<v Speaker 1>health bar at the top, and every time something happens

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<v Speaker 1>to you, that health bar gets lower and lower and

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<v Speaker 1>lower and lower, until your health bar gets to zero

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<v Speaker 1>and bang, you're on the ground. Your character in that

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<v Speaker 1>game is on the ground. That is how we need

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<v Speaker 1>to approach our mental health. We all have that health

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<v Speaker 1>bar and different things impact us and take a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit of color or a little bit of power out

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<v Speaker 1>of that health bar as things happen. You know, you

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<v Speaker 1>might have a stressful situation, you might have a bad

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<v Speaker 1>day at work, you might have a bad night's sleep,

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<v Speaker 1>someone might say something to you that emotionally you don't

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<v Speaker 1>react well to, and eventually that bar gets so low

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<v Speaker 1>that you hit the ground and then it's much much

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<v Speaker 1>harder to take care of ourselves. So we need to

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<v Speaker 1>start identifying when that bar is getting low and how

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<v Speaker 1>we can do things proactively to get the full energy

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<v Speaker 1>back in that bar. And taking a break is absolutely

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<v Speaker 1>one of those things. And I think we tell ourselves

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<v Speaker 1>that things can't wait. We tell ourselves that if we're

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<v Speaker 1>not there tragedy or disaster is going to occur, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's just not true. The world will wait, work will wait,

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<v Speaker 1>people will understand. But we all like to portray the strong,

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<v Speaker 1>invincible persona when the reality is what's going on underneath

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<v Speaker 1>or behind the scenes is often far from that, And

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<v Speaker 1>whether it's a mental or a physical perspective, we need

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<v Speaker 1>to proactively take care of ourselves. So my message to

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<v Speaker 1>anyone that is listening to this on a Monday and thinking,

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<v Speaker 1>oh my god, this is so may I'm a bit broken,

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<v Speaker 1>or I'm far more depleted than perhaps I'm letting others know.

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<v Speaker 1>Give yourself a break,