Does what you believe about aging and your ability to positively impact your health matter? Absolutely! But what you DO every day probably matters more and might change your beliefs about your metabolism and health and fitness. In this episode, Couture Coaches Jo and Jess discuss common misbeliefs about metabolism and the aging process, the relationship between belief and behavior, and why most fitness coaches say MINDSET is the biggest factor in their client's ability to achieve results.
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Does what you believe about aging and your ability to positively impact your health matter? Absolutely! But what you DO every day probably matters more and might change your beliefs about your metabolism and health and fitness. In this episode, Couture Coaches Jo and Jess discuss common misbeliefs about metabolism and the aging process, the relationship between belief and behavior, and why most fitness coaches say MINDSET is the biggest factor in their client's ability to achieve results.
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Want to start boosting your metabolism today? Buy our $79 DIY, self-paced "Master Your Metabolism" course.
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Hi everyone, welcome to Boost your Metabolism after age 30 podcast. It's Coach Joe here today and I've got our head fitness and nutrition coach Jess on today. And today we're going to be talking about mindset and how it impacts your metabolism. But first just always want to share with you how you can work with couture coaching. We have two coaching opportunities If you're interested in coaching. The first is our one-on-one metabolic makeover program. That's our signature high-touch coaching program where you get a coach, we set your macros, we give you an exercise plan, we provide weekly check-ins and life coaching with that package. And then we also have our $79 Master of Metabolism sort of do-it-yourself course. That's a self-paced course where you watch some lessons and sort of learn how you can master your metabolism on your own. So links to both of those coaching opportunities are in the show notes.
Speaker 1:So, like I said, today we're going to be talking about mindset and how it impacts your metabolism and you might be thinking what the heck is she talking about? Am I supposed to just manifest a faster metabolism? But if you really talk or pay attention to any coach in the wellness space, he or she will tell you that mindset really is the thing that impacts success the most and also what derails and sabotages people the most. So, yes, some of your beliefs about your metabolism, about your body, about how to take care of your body, about how to lose weight, could most definitely be sabotaging your metabolism or slowing it down. So, jess, I guess I'll start by asking you first. You're a coach in the trenches, coaching ladies every week. Any thoughts on this? How do you define mindset and what do you see as the common mindset mishaps that you see as a coach?
Speaker 2:Yeah, and I was really excited to talk about this topic because this is something that, even though I am a coach, I have been working on this for a very long time. I've honestly really struggled with mindset for a really long time and have gone through different periods where I can really look back and reflect to see how my mindset was impacting what I was doing at that time, what my results were, and now kind of come in full circle of understanding how important mindset really is. And when I think about mindset, I think of it as really how you approach anything you do from this mental and emotional aspect and, I think, for clients. A lot of times you may come into this program thinking like, hey, I'm getting a fitness and nutrition program, I'm going to follow the instructions and hit my goals and not have any type of focus on mindset, where eventually you realize that, oh my gosh, really mindset is everything. It's how you are approaching what that program is, how you talk to yourself when you're going through it, how you overcome hurdles, how your relationship with your coach is like.
Speaker 2:So much is really centered around mindset and some common mishaps that I've seen as a coach excuse me will be clients beating themselves up. I think something really common is like the all or nothing mentality, where you're going great with your program for a week, two weeks, three weeks a month and then a day happens that doesn't go as planned and you completely fall off track and you don't have that mindset shift and focus to be able to pick things back up and get back on track and you throw on the towel. I think sometimes there can be some shame associated with that. That then causes clients to pull away from their coach where it's the maybe having that mindset of okay, I know this is mindset related. I need to address this with my coach. Let's talk through how we can overcome that hurdle and any sort of negative self-talk in general, which I think can be a really easy rabbit hole for clients to go down.
Speaker 1:Yeah, the sort of beating oneself up or beating oneself up about how their body is reacting to things, how they're approaching the program, and then the same spiral afterwards is very common and very sabotaging. So I like to define mindset as really a set of core beliefs that someone has about themselves, their body, what is possible for them. But the good news is that boosting your metabolism, getting strong and healthy both of these things truly can be an enjoyable process if you can get your head and belief system in a good place. So I think common beliefs that women have about their metabolism number one that it slows down on its own after a certain age, that their hormones have jacked up their bodies and their metabolism, that it's really all downhill after you hit a certain age or you have your children, that their bodies are cursed, all is lost, or even that we have to do extreme things to lose weight or achieve the bodies we want. These are just very common beliefs that I think women maybe not just women, maybe men have about their metabolism and their bodies as they age.
Speaker 1:And I was just at a networking event a few weeks ago and I had even a 30-something guy come up to me and say, hey, I need to start listening to your podcast because something has happened to my metabolism and it's definitely slowed down since I hit 30. So these are very common beliefs that people have about, like I said, their metabolism, sort of what happens to their bodies as they age. We'll talk about whether these beliefs are true, but these can definitely impact the actions that people take towards their health and fitness. Jess, sort of do you want to share some core beliefs that you've observed in women that you've coached about their bodies or weight loss? That can lead to sabotage? Yeah.
Speaker 2:I mean I think you hit on a couple of really important and key topics that I think we hear a lot with our clients around age, about their metabolism is ruined. I think there are also a lot of clients coming in almost thinking that they maybe aren't worthy of reaching their goals or they'll never look like that or never have that person's results. And I think we are so inundated about what we see whether it's on social media or things we read or hear or see in other places, where it's so easy to kind of make that comparison game which, honestly, there's nothing worse that you can do to sabotage your own progress than compare your progress to somebody else's. And I really think that's important for clients to understand that their journey is unique and, even though we all come from different backgrounds, different experiences and different diet histories, that you can be healthy. You can do this program.
Speaker 2:We can certainly turn things around and learn what you need to do to strengthen and even have enough protein and hit your macros and just all of this I think comes into play when we have clients that are starting new and this is a brand new program, potentially overwhelming, and it's really shifting that mindset from gosh. This is so much I don't know where to start or I can't do this to hey, let's really look at breaking this down into these small incremental habits. Let's not let any negative self-talk or all or nothing mentality really sabotage that progress. And I think that's really important for our clients to understand when they come in, that how they talk to themselves and how they approach the program really can kind of make or break their progress and their time with us.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, I think any. No matter what twist you put on some of those beliefs that we mentioned, you know that, oh Just, my metabolism slowed way down after x, y or z happened. My body's wrecked, my hormones are jacked For reason x, y or z. I'm a unicorn and I'm never gonna get the same results as my friend Sally. All of those beliefs are extremely disempowering and they're all rooted in the core belief that that these things are totally outside of our control. So what I see of that is that it leads to a lot of Inaction and doing nothing, and that makes sense. Why would you waste time or energy on something that you have no control over and you can't change? So? Or there may be some action, but it's very inconsistent and usually gets abandoned pretty quickly when there are not immediate results. That's what I see. What behavior patterns Do you see as a result of these belief systems?
Speaker 2:Yeah, I think I think the same thing. I think it's, you know, maybe that doing nothing. I think maybe the doing nothing has been from what we, what I've seen with clients, maybe a an action item of the past of not doing anything. I do think that sometimes it's easy to revert back to old behaviors of, you know, throwing in the towel, where you know you're trying to be so perfect, something changes and a day isn't perfect, and then it's. It's very easy to kind of just give up.
Speaker 2:I think also the just the disempowerment of Having that, you know, negative self-talk, not having your mindset in a good place, I think that can really make what's already not necessarily like a hard program, but something that requires thoughts and Planning and you have to be really intentional when you're working with us or another coach or you're on your own fitness journey, where it can be Very easy to turn that negative self-talk into negative self-action as well, whether that's, you know, falling off your program or not communicating with your coach, and I just really think that it's so much more powerful than people realize that it's. It's definitely worthwhile to Take some time and reflect on you know what, think and ask yourself you know what? What is my mindset. Am I going into this with the mindset that I need to Stay positive and accomplish what I'm trying to achieve?
Speaker 1:Yeah, well, let's. Let's talk about, maybe, how behavior impacts belief and then also some Misinformation that we might have about how our metabolisms work. So, like I said, I'll start with the latter point Most people have a belief that their metabolism after a certain age just gets, you know, jacked, slowed down, and it's just a natural part of the aging process and there's nothing that can be done about that. And if you think something over and over, it feels like the truth and we get fed this to us. You know, everywhere social media, our friends, maybe even doctors have told us like yeah, this is just part of the natural aging process and the reality is that this isn't actually true.
Speaker 1:The health and speed of your metabolism is directly tied to your lifestyle. Specifically, your daily nutrition and exercise inputs far, far more than age, hormones or even genetics Not that these don't have some impact, but far, far less than people think. So usually, if your metabolism really is suffering and has slowed down, it's usually a matter of not eating enough Not eating enough protein, specifically, and because of muscle wasting, because you're not doing anything to preserve or build your muscle and you don't have the nutrition to support it, and also, you know, you may not be expending very many calories because you are very sedentary. On the other hand, there may not be a thing wrong with your metabolism and you might just be Overeating a little and not moving very much and that can lead to, you know, weight gain as well. Weight gain is progressive. Obesity is a progressive disease state that occurs slowly over time. So it may seem like this is just crept up on you and, oh my gosh, I just hit a certain age. I think what actually is crept up on you is probably the lifestyle. Your lifestyle has sort of maybe being sedentary and and not the greatest nutrition habits have sort of compiled and you are just noticing it at a certain age. But how you turn this around are consistent nutrition and exercise habits, not crash dieting or exercising, but consistent nutrition and exercise habits is what will get your metabolism back to a healthy spot.
Speaker 1:But behavior patterns I see over and over that sabotage that metabolism, are doing something very extreme for the short term and not really investing in a healthy lifestyle or figuring out how to incorporate eating better and exercising into daily lifestyle. So, believe it or not, it's that latter part, kind of just consistency, doing, taking, you know, regular, consistent action towards nutrition and exercise. That is really really difficult to get people to comply with. But you know, strangely enough, doing those behaviors can also influence your beliefs. So I think every time we are intentional with how we eat, every time we go lift weights at the gym, we believe a little bit more that it's not all downhill and that we do have control over our health, that we are empowered to even speed up our metabolism by doing those things. So your behavior can definitely build your belief.
Speaker 1:So, jess, what do you think? Do you think that we really have to change what we believe to get results? Can we just do the same things and over? You know, can I just do the things that you tell me to do? As a coach? Think whatever I want, that my all is lost, my body is wrecked. Won't I get the same results If I do what you tell me to do, but I do it with a very negative mindset? Why does that even matter?
Speaker 2:Yeah, I mean to your question of you know, can you just do all the things and think whatever you want? I mean, sure, if that's really how you want to go about it, we can't force you to think differently. But it's certainly going to not be as pleasant of a journey and I do firmly believe, because I have sat in that seat before, where it was the I'm going to stick to my program. You know, I'm still really frustrated with my body and I don't like what I'm seeing in the mirror, and you know it was really kind of like the embodiment of not having a great mindset, especially when I was really, you know, in the beginning of my fitness journey.
Speaker 2:It was very hard and it was a great learning for me to now be able to talk about this with you and my clients about how much of a difference it really does make when you shift your mindset and really start focusing on, you know, the positive, the positivity of what you're doing and what you're trying to accomplish. I just finished a book recently called the Gap and the Gain, where he talks about living in the gain, not the gap, and so if you haven't read that or listened to it, I highly recommend you do that. It's a great book on how to really shift your mindset and a great reminder of asking yourself am I living in this gap or am I living in the gain? And he also talks about how life doesn't happen to you, it happens for you, and it's really putting things into perspective of hey, even if everything isn't going perfectly the way that you want it to, if you're living in the gap, you're, you know, down about that, you're frustrated. You're, you know, having negative self-talk, you're beating yourself up, and that's not going to help you progress forward at all.
Speaker 2:Living in the gain, though, is taking that as a learning of. Okay, here's what I'm learning from you know this, this action that either I had taken or was a misstep or something that had happened, and I'm going to turn that into a positive to you know, help me achieve my goals, and knowing that you have that mindset really helps you to be able to reframe that from the gap to the gain, versus always living in the gap. So can you do the things and think whatever you want? Yes, do. I think you'll get the same same amount of progress and get that much closer to your goals by living that way. I truly, truly don't believe that. How about you, joe?
Speaker 1:Yeah, belief is definitely important, and I mean there's a lot of research out there that shows that when we believe something is possible, it really ups the odds that we will reach our goal. So I you know, what I have witnessed is a lot of women we coach come to us like almost in a state of total defeat and they're scared to even be optimistic that there's any hope of restoring their metabolisms or getting their bodies back to a healthy spot. But optimism definitely plays an important role in habit building. It's so so much easier to engage in the habits that are going to help you reach your goals if you think that they are going to work. So, simply put, I think if you don't change your beliefs, you probably aren't going to do the new behaviors long enough to get the results you are seeking. It's just how humans are wired, like we are efficient, we want to conserve energy, we're not going to do things that we think for very long. We might do it for a little bit, but not nearly as long as we need to to get the results that we want.
Speaker 1:I also think that the disempowering thoughts, the constant like fixating on how broken we are, that this isn't working, that I'm working so hard and nothing is changing and my body is just stubborn and broken. I think those thoughts can have very real hormonal and physical impact of surging cortisol. I mean that is very stressful to be thinking that all the time, and we know that cortisol makes you know. If you are surging cortisol it makes weight loss very difficult. So I think that there can be a physical impact to the negativity as well. So yeah, I mean for sure, what we see over and over I'm sure you've experienced this is the negativity. The coming to us and doing all these things out of a state of desperation and panic usually leads to quitting in some form or fashion, or very distorted view of how compliant one is with the things that we're asking them to do. So it just doesn't go well. I've never seen that in a positive way. So that's what I think.
Speaker 1:So I think then the question becomes like how do you believe something new about your body or your metabolism? It's not as easy as flipping a switch. I don't think it also works that you just say become very positive, polyana, and say, well, today I'm just gonna believe everything is possible, and then I, if I just just doesn't tend to work that way. So and, like I said, a lot of these things that we think about our bodies, about our metabolism, about the process of aging, they feel like the truth. We've thought them over and over so much and I think when you have a belief like that, everything you read you're looking for that to be reinforced, right, you're looking for that belief to be reinforced. So those articles and magazines or anything on social media that reinforces that belief sort of stands out to you and then reinforces the belief.
Speaker 1:So how do you believe something new about your body, about the aging process, about your metabolism? So I have a couple of steps for you. One is you have to pick. Start, pick something that you can believe, pick a slightly elevated belief that you can really latch onto. So maybe you know you don't go with like, oh, if I eat the way that my coaches tell me to and I go lift weights, I'm gonna have the metabolism of a teenage boy. Maybe you can't believe that, but maybe you can at least attach to the belief that you can have a better metabolism than you had before, that you can impact it and change it and you can improve it. But you don't go all the way to something that's completely fantastical. So pick something believable.
Speaker 1:Number two look for positive evidence. So, whatever your new belief is, look for positive evidence. Look for other people in similar situations that are having the change that you're seeking. Just look in your environment for positive or proof positive that your new belief could be true. I do think this is why you know if you're embarking on something like this. Being in a community is so important when we're trying to create different results, because you can see what's happening for other people. Now I also agree with you that the compare and despair game is it's a no win game. No one wins at that. So we don't want to be judging ourselves because we're not getting the results of someone else, but just looking to other people as proof. Positive.
Speaker 1:And then, third, do the work, do the engage in the habits for a while, build your foundation and really focus on process over results for a while, and the belief will build you. You know we are what we repeatedly do, so your behavior is going to reinforce your identity. You are what you eat, you are how you move your body, and so I mean we can just promise you that eating well, lifting weights, moderating your alcohol, being generally more active will change your way, your life, in ways that you can't imagine and it's definitely going to leave you with a different identity. I know that you know, after years of doing this, I really do identify as a healthy person who is active. I didn't well, I was always active. I didn't necessarily believe I had the best diet. I kind of knew that things were arrived, but you are what you do, so this is really going to help. Just engaging in the behaviors will also change your beliefs about yourself and what's possible. Anything to add to that, jess.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I mean I think you hit on a number of really important topics. I think a couple other items I just kind of want to throw in when it comes to some items that clients and listeners can do. When it comes to, you know, believing something new about your body and metabolism, you know, is also in taking action. I do think it can be really powerful and empowering when you do take action. So, like the do the work that you had mentioned, I think that can, you know, really help boost confidence, give you that reassurance that, hey, you can do this and you are worthy to hit your goals and do hard things. I also think even some things that might sound small but can make a really big impact, like positive self-talk journaling, being really present, can be helpful, especially for people that have, you know, kind of gone down like a dark tunnel of mindset, and I know we'll probably talk in a bit here about kind of our own paths, but I do really think that the way you talk to yourself is super, super important.
Speaker 2:I think a lot of times we will say things to ourselves that we would never say to another person and it's like my gosh, why would we do that to ourselves Like this is our. We have one body, we need to take care of it and ourselves, and we need to love that. And how do we get to that point to be able to look in the mirror and literally say something positive to ourselves? And that's something that I encourage clients to do too. As silly as it may sound, it's very powerful that when you tell yourself something, how you can believe that and I think that can really shift your mindset as well. I mean same with, like journaling and kind of being present.
Speaker 2:So I think sometimes our mindset and how we, you know, view our bodies or metabolism and our challenges and struggles, things like that can be a lot of times, you know, overshadowed by, maybe, emotions that we aren't, you know, maybe we haven't sat in or we haven't really acknowledged, and, you know, having that outlet, whether it's, you know, just personal and a journal, or even just having some like time to reflect on hey, what is this? What is my mind telling me? And is that true? How can I reframe that? And really taking, I think, a second to breathe outside of this like crazy world where we're always running around and it's just like, you know, trying to put our food in our trackers, get our workouts done and, you know, go to work and do things with the kids and then move on to the next day. It's like, hey, let's actually take a step back and reflect like you know, how did this certain work out, make me feel, how, what was the experience when I had dinner, and just things like that that I think can be really helpful when it comes to reframing and establishing a positive mindset around your body and your metabolism.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, I totally agree with all of that. So I guess, to wrap up, I mean we're not saying that if you just sit around and think positive things about your metabolism, voila, it's just going to speed up naturally on its own. But you definitely can manifest faster metabolism by doing the behavior to create a faster metabolism. So not dieting, not being low-cal all the time, eating enough protein, lifting weights. So that means for most people is that both the beliefs about their metabolism and beliefs about behaviors that impact their metabolic health have to change. But you definitely have the power over this and it's the power of changing your lifestyle to include certain nutrition and exercise habits. It sounds so simple.
Speaker 1:We realize much easier said than done and probably why mindset is the hardest part of this. You know it's really is. It's not impossible, but it's it's. It's hard to believe new things when we are very, very attached to our beliefs. So and that's that's a big reason why we do include life coaching and mindset work as part of our program, because that really all has to change. I think, like we said, to engage in the habits that need to be formed to make these changes and then stick to them and really view this as a lifestyle change and not a diet. So we thought that we would wrap this up by talking about some beliefs that we had around nutrition and exercise that have had to change and how just doing the work of the habits that need to be formed changed our lives and our beliefs about a lot of things. Jess, do you want to go first?
Speaker 2:Sure, yeah, so I'll give the cliff notes because otherwise we'll be here all night. So I'll I'll just give. Give a quick little background. So for those of you that have heard me either on the podcast or on a, on a coaching call or one of my clients, you probably know I have a long history where I played sports and I would always. I was always pretty active and enjoyed working out and things like that. And you know I always thought like, hey, I could, I cannot exercise a bad diet, that's. That's totally a myth. I'm going to prove that wrong. And you know, whenever I got to the point where you know I maybe wanted to lose some weight, it would be okay, I'm going to do, do a program or a challenge or a, you know 21 days of this or six weeks of that, and I remember being like, okay, you know, when I put in my tracker I'm going to decide do I want to give up you know sweets or do I want to give up alcohol? And I would pick like one extreme or the next. And I just had a very, very restrictive mindset all the time and, honestly, that's been carried with me for a very long time and earlier, when I mentioned, I have been working on my mindset and struggled with that for a long time. You know that's something that I can say. I feel like I am finally getting to a good spot with that because, even though, you know, I coach and I know that that's not the right mindset to have Old habits die hard and it's hard to kind of get over that hump and change habits. So when we say that, you know, we understand, you know what you as clients have gone through whether it's yo-yo diets or long histories of dieting or over-eating and challenges there, like we really do, because we've lived that life as well. So when I really came to understand that you know, hey, this strength training is a huge part of what's going to help, you know, boost my metabolism, going to build muscle, help me be able to have more flexibility in my nutrition, that was awesome.
Speaker 2:I think for me, the biggest shift was my mindset and my relationship with food and how I approach that and not being super restrictive when it came to dieting, really understanding you know what that looks like long term, that this isn't a quick fix, it's not something that I'm going to do a program for a few weeks, you know, lose a couple pounds and then go back and do the exact same thing that I had been doing my entire life, because, as we all know, that that doesn't work.
Speaker 2:So, really, kind of starting to wrap my mind around that and understand that, you know, this is a journey, it's a lifelong journey. I'm always going to be working on it. I'm not going to be doing something extreme. One way or another. I'm really going to chase, you know, the feeling of feeling healthy and maybe for the first time in my life, just very recently, I realized, like gosh, I feel good, like I am a healthy person and I am a fit person, even if I don't, you know, I'm certainly not like a, you know, bodybuilding, competitive or anything like that, but it's the. I'm doing the right things with my nutrition, I'm working out, I'm finding a good balance and I feel really good mentally and I think that's, you know, life changing in and of itself.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, gosh, yeah, similar to you. I probably better give the Cliffsnus versions, otherwise it'll be here for a while. I would just best describe my behaviors and beliefs around nutrition and exercise and weight management really up through my early 40s, as total feast or famine. Not that I mean I was never anorexic or anything never like, but the more extra extreme the physical activity or diet was, I thought it like the better, and so I would just swing from these extremes because, of course, a lot of the things I was trying to do were not sustainable, and I'll just give some examples. Like I, you know, I trained for a marathon shortly after it was my first year of course, looking back, even this is ridiculous my first year working as a professional. But, like after I graduated from law school, I was like, well, I'm going to train for a marathon and so, and then in my brain, the best way to do that was also like skip a meal during the day, which is ridiculous because if you're, I mean that's so much stress on your body the last thing I needed to be doing was trying to skip meals. It didn't work and of course, it always result in, you know, overeating or just what felt like out of control eating when that was not workable and lots of injuries and there just wasn't a lot of balance. There was a lot of energy being put towards diet and exercise but it was so wacky and so, just like I said, like I mean to me like the harder you hit it and the more you deprived your body like, the better it was, and till I got so exhausted and tired and defeated that I would just not do anything. And I had a very punitive relationship with exercise. It was all about like controlling my weight, how many calories I was burning. I was never doing enough in my mind, so just a really not pleasant relationship. I remember my husband and his friends going on vacations with them and some of the wives and some of the like oh, I just love to work out. I was like love to work out, like that's just something I do because I have to do. So I really was fortunate to call this just grace and being blessed that how I discovered bodybuilding and lifting weights and eating enough protein was.
Speaker 1:It sounds the opposite of what it would be, but I, allison and another friend approached me about doing a fitness competition and using their coach and so logically one would say, well, that would involve losing weight. But I didn't, for whatever reason. I did not see it like that at all. I just was like that sounds cool. So I showed up with this coach. I had no again. I figured it probably involved losing weight, but in a weird way that was not my goal. I just was like, you know, I'll just tell, I'll just do whatever she tells me to do. So that was really the first time I had ever experienced, you know, matching my nutrition to what I was asking myself to do in the gym, and I just felt a million times better. I mean it just, it was just a miracle. I mean I felt so, so much better. My body was actually responsive, I had energy, I liked working out. I mean I loved going to the gym and doing the workouts with my coaches and I liked the way I was eating. So, for whatever reason again, I call it like grace and miracle I got a little bit of a reprieve from that diet.
Speaker 1:My mindset is, as weird as it is, that it was in doing a fitness competition and like the light bulb came on for me. So, but I had to experience that, you know, before my belief around all of this changed. I mean, if you had asked me at the beginning of that, I probably would have said I'll go back to the weird stuff I was doing before, and so yeah, I would just say for me it was like doing change what I thought and how I believed and how I thought about my body and nutrition and exercise. So that was my experience. But there are just some real twisted, weird thoughts and beliefs about all of this that I actually don't think are that strange from what most women are. You know how we've been influenced by diet culture. So that's how my life has changed and my beliefs have changed.
Speaker 1:So with that, we'll leave it there today. You know we. If any of this sounds familiar, you might be a good candidate for one of our coaching programs. I really think coaching can make the difference. It's really hard to go at this alone. So please reach out if you just want to schedule a strategy, call or consider working with us. But that's what we've got for you today. Have a great week, thank you, bye, bye.