#115: The Importance of Individualizing Your Process

In today's episode, Gary and Will sit down with Amanda Ward, a licensed professional counselor and wellness coach. We dig into the importance of personalizing your health and fitness journey with everything from your reason why to the amount of time and effort you have to give. A big key in all this is taking smaller steps and avoiding the all-or-nothing mindset and approach. We did into some ideas of what this can look like. You do not want to miss this episode. Thanks for listening! Thanks to our sponsors: Coastal Strength & Fitness: www.coastalfitnessva.com Coastal Nutrition Coaching: Website: bit.ly/coastal-nutrition-coaching Social: Gary's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/garydeagle Will's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grillshively Amanda's Website: https://www.awardinglife.com/ Amanda's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/awardinglife/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 1:50 - Exercise for Losing Weight? 3:40 - What It Means to be Human 5:20 - Personalization of Exercise 8:38 - The 5 Whys 10:18 - Clarity Exercises 13:10 - Doing the Hard Mental Work Pays Off 14:40 - What is Stored Body Fat? 17:27 - Reframe Your Mindset Towards Exercise 18:50 - Your 'Why' Will Change 22:20 - "I'm Not a Workout Person" 23:40 - Exercise as We Age 25:18 - Golden Girls vs Sex in the City 27:55 - What's Right for Me Right Now? 30:36 - Autoregulation is an Advanced Technique 32:40 - Having an External Set of Eyes 34:20 - Being Kind to Yourself 36:20 - Gary's Clarity Word 38:40 - Emotions and the Nervous System 41:20 - Gut/Brain Connection 42:40 - The Milkshake Study 46:15 - Why It Gets Easier Over Time 50:37 - Having a Coach 53:27 - The Wrap-Up 54:15 - Feeling Satisfied With Your Day 55:15 - Start Small With One Thing 58:07 - Creating Experiences 1:01:10 - Putting Boundaries Around Habits and Experiences 1:03:05 - Gary and Will Feeding Their Dogs