Made for More
Made for More
Healthy Habits, Busy Lives w Taylor Duckett: Tips for Success
In this episode of "Made for More," host Reagan invites Taylor Duckett, a fitness enthusiast and full-time professional, to delve into the challenge many face: balancing a demanding career with maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Together, they explore practical strategies for carving out time to exercise and eat nutritiously amidst busy schedules.
Taylor and Reagan share valuable insights on the importance of meal prepping and how it can streamline healthy eating habits. They discuss the benefits of preparing specific foods in bulk, offering listeners actionable tips for efficient meal planning and execution.
Whether you're navigating a nine-to-five job or juggling multiple responsibilities, this episode offers inspiration and practical advice for making health a priority.
Tune in to "Made for More" to discover how to reclaim your time and energy for a healthier, more balanced lifestyle, even amidst the demands of a full-time job.
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Hello friends, welcome to Made For More the podcast. My name is Regan. If we have not met yet, I'm so thankful that you're tuning in for this episode. I've recorded this intro probably about five times because words are just not working today. You know those days that you're like I can't even form sentences, I don't know what I'm saying, my brain is just fried. That is me today, but thankfully the podcast was recorded. Last week I was very fresh, brained and able to hold a conversation. But yeah, it's Monday and Mondays are heavy client check-in days for me. So it's just very brain, a lot of brain power, and emotional, emotionally heavy, which I'm so grateful for. But yeah, at the end of the day I'm just like, what am I even saying? But things have been pushed earlier this week because I head out to Miami Wednesday to compete in Miami High Rocks Saturday, the 24th of February. So super excited, I'm doing singles. And then that's also another big day for a lot of my Greenville friends listening, because the Greenville half marathon, or the Swamp Rabbit half marathon, is the 24th as well, which is that that was actually the first time last year, so a year ago. This weekend was the longest I've ever run. That was my first half and that is what got me into running and now I'm a runner girl. We love it. But, yeah, good luck to all my friends racing that this weekend. Lots of fun races Also. Just I love seeing everyone get into their running era.
Speaker 1:But this week's episode is with one of my friends, Taylor Duckett. She just got married. I don't know if that's her new married name or not. Oh my goodness, taylor, I'm sorry, but she is such a sweet soul and just one of those ways that social media is such a blessing, because it actually allowed us to connect and we officially met at Run Club in Greenville. So she is a personal trainer at the Cliffs in South Carolina and is now moving to some things online. But this was just a fun conversation. I talked a little bit more in this episode as well. Usually I feel like I don't do as much talking, but we just had such a great conversation on balancing a full time job and training how to mill, prep and make things easy and just just an encouraging episode that I think a lot of people will relate to and just a fun conversation. So so glad that you're here. And enough of me talking, because I can't form words today. Let's just get into the episode. Hi Taylor, thank you for being on the podcast.
Speaker 2:Thanks so much for having me. It's been a long time talking about it. I'm glad that we finally found time.
Speaker 1:I know we were people listening right now. We just pressed record but we were talking about her marathon and I'm like wait, we need to get this on the podcast just so people can hear about it, because I was telling her that she's gotten so much faster.
Speaker 2:And that's a big compliment coming from Reagan.
Speaker 1:So I'm so proud of you. Okay, so tell us your marathons 19 days out.
Speaker 2:Yes, I have really been enjoying the training. Surprisingly, don't get me wrong. It's been hard, as you know, because you just did your first one, but I set out to do something really challenging physically and mentally and man, this is it yeah oh my gosh, that's so exciting and it's in Wilmington, by the beach.
Speaker 1:It's gonna be so beautiful.
Speaker 2:Yes, there's like 3000 people signed up. I read the email they sent out and they're like make sure you have your hotels booked because there's a lot of people coming, so that's great.
Speaker 1:Wow yeah that is a lot of people Do you have because it's your first one. Sometimes I think it's fun to go into things that you've never done before and, just like, have no expectations. But do you have a goal or do you have anything that you're trying to hit?
Speaker 2:So it's funny, I first started out with my mile time, you know, probably in the nine higher nine minute pace, and so, based on half marathons I've done, I've heard that you usually double your half marathon time to figure out what your marathon time would be, and so that'd be about four hours, and then also read that, like just doubling it but then like adding a little bit because it is a lot of miles. So my original goal was four hours and 45 minutes. But then now I'm like what was I thinking? I can definitely do four hours For sure. Yeah, you definitely can. Yeah, like you just need that confidence that you get through the training to convince yourself that you can do better than you thought you know yeah, that's so true.
Speaker 1:Like because I mean I'm sure you see that on your long run you're like, oh my god, I've never, never thought that I. What's the furthest round that you've done 20?.
Speaker 2:We did. My running partner and I did 21 and a half on Saturday this past Saturday, so two days, two days ago.
Speaker 1:Like the confidence. After that I know, yeah, the confidence and the fatigue it's intense. I'm so excited for you. Thanks, Okay, so tell people oh, go ahead.
Speaker 2:Sorry, I do have to tell you guys. So I've got a big girl crush on Reagan, oh my god, and it's been awesome watching her through social media. We've met in person a few times, but then she moved to California and I've been just watching her train for her marathon. I was like, oh my god, she is so awesome, I want to do that too. So literally you inspired me to do this marathon, and I'm not just saying that.
Speaker 1:That just makes me tear up. You're inspiring people out there. You're so sweet. Okay, I'm like giddy now. Oh my gosh, I yeah, because we've been like. I mean, we like live close to each other, but we've been Instagram kind of like talking on there for a little bit and then met at Run Club. But you're so sweet and but it's cool Like Even just you saying that, because sometimes I'm sure you feel this way in some aspects.
Speaker 1:It's like I Am doing my best and I do not have everything together and I just like enjoy training and share it on Instagram and like for you to say, okay, you inspire me. I'm like, oh, wow, like I didn't realize that, but now you sharing your stuff, you don't realize. Like you're inspiring people as well. So, like, for the people listening, I think it's. I heard something one time and it was like you, you're an inspiration, like you're going to inspire people, no matter what. So, like, always think about. When I used to go to the junkyard, I used to always repeat that to myself in the head of like you're an inspiration because, like, if you're running besides someone on the treadmill and You're supposed to keep going, but you jump off and stop, you can inspire the person beside you to quit as well, because it's easier to quit in that moment. Or it's like if you keep going and like push past it, you're gonna more than likely inspire Someone that's watching you're someone beside you to do that too.
Speaker 2:So yeah, that's a great reminder. You don't realize it, it's easy to get caught up in your own feelings and your own goals and you're not thinking about. Others are looking up to you, especially in our space, and the influencer on the rise Is. It's crazy.
Speaker 1:It is. So tell, tell us what you do for work, because you're most definitely in the fitness, in the fitness space too.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so I currently work at the cliffs, which is a Community of golf courses in the upstate South Carolina and we have one outside of Asheville. I'm the wellness director at one of those seven clubs. So On a day-to-day I manage the gym. We have pickleball and tennis, lot of classes, personal training and it's it's awesome, it's really golf focused. So me coming in with my strength training background and now, you know, growing in my cardio knowledge and endurance training knowledge, showing these golfers and pickleballers that they can strengthen to and, honestly, a lot of the the members there are, you know, retired age and so they grew up in this time where you know your push-ups, your elbows are out to the side and your squats You're not supposed to let your knees go over your toes and all these things, and women don't pick up more than five pounds. So me coming in you know a 20-something year old telling them like no, grab a heavier weight. They're like whoa. So it's been cool to make that, make that mindset change with them.
Speaker 1:That's so cool, so you do personal training with them.
Speaker 2:Yes, so it was a really cool experience. About three years ago next month actually I moved to Greenville and took this position. So there was Pretty much a non-existent wellness program. It was all about golf. There was no Like even vision for the fitness aspect of the club. So for me, coming in, I was just Brad eyed and bushy tailed and just ready to Gung-ho go for it. So creating the entire program from scratch was a Unreal experience professionally and, you know, personally too. So Just getting to do that was Is awesome.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that is incredible. And I mean I'm sure it's great for them to have someone like young and bubbly and you know, I mean because I've seen personal trainers in the gym that just Look like they hate their life and I'm sure there's hard days but like you're out going you've smiles I'm sure that they enjoy coming to see you too and that you kind of get to rewrite and reframe their Relationship to the gym as well and like teach them new things.
Speaker 2:Absolutely. It's been really cool and you know you definitely have to speak to different generations different ways and you know me having the experience that I do and them having the experience that they do. We can come together and find the balance between the two schools of thought you know, like how they grew up and Learned how to work out, and then the kind of the new age. You know more mobility and like recovery and all these things that they didn't hear. You know If you don't run faster, you're not getting a water break type thing. You know.
Speaker 1:In class. That is true. So you work full-time because today, like I definitely want to talk about, you work full-time. You work at a gym and, you know, in a wellness center too, but how, like? You prioritize your help at the same time. So walk us through, what a Cuz. You're training for a marathon and that is like a full-time job.
Speaker 1:I mean oh my god yeah yeah, especially like I mean Friday nights, you can't do anything. Do you have your long runs? You know, I mean it's it's cold in South Carolina it has been cold and rainy like prioritizing getting your miles done even on that, so how we can talk about you and then talk about clients as well. But how do you manage and maintain your job full-time, 40 hours a week, but also prioritize your training as well?
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's a great question and honestly it's a every day, not battle. But you definitely have to make choices every single day to prioritize yourself and especially being in the fitness space, there's this preconceived notion that oh, your trainer see, you must work out all day. Like no, I'm making you work out all day, I'm kind of just walking around. So being at work is not really working out. So After a 40 hour work week, you know, also fitting in the time to not only train for the marathon but, you know, keep my strength training as much as I can is really a challenge. So I try to get up at 5 am Every day, go to the gym before work when I can. Sometimes I have to be there too early, but then I go after work. So it's just kind of shifting your training around. Your work day is is Every day is different.
Speaker 1:You know, yeah, like you said, it's a choice, because I'm sure there's some days that the last thing you want to do is train. Especially, do you work out at the gym that you Like train people at.
Speaker 2:No, so since most country clubs are like that, so like the staff is not really given the same amenities, privileges as like if you were to work at the YMCA and it's. So not only can I not really use the facility, like I have to go home and then go to the gym, you know. So it's just an added, sometimes could be an excuse. But you just got to pack your clothes, girl, and just go.
Speaker 1:Yeah, okay, let's talk about how do you prepare for early morning Workouts, or is there anything specific that you do?
Speaker 2:So it's, it's hilarious because I I like to consider myself a morning person, but I have like the first 20 minutes where I'm just like eyes are still closed, I'm just not saying much and and my husband wakes up and he's singing the most random song, like he was singing in the air tonight. This morning as we were getting up, I was like, can you stop? So having his energy helps me, but you know also that accountability, that he's also getting up at five. So We've definitely had to work on it and we're not perfect like we snooze the alarm Plenty. So but just like sometimes it's if I don't get up now, I cannot go after work because I work late or I have to run or whatever it might be. So it's also making that choice, like if I don't get up now, it's not gonna get done.
Speaker 2:So, Just having that discipline. Who really helped?
Speaker 1:Yeah, I like that. You said that one thing that I know and you can tell me if you relate to this as well. But I I If I pushed my training session back or I skip a training session, it creates a lot of anxiety in my mind of like, oh, I didn't get that done, like I didn't do that I should have went to the gym this morning, and like.
Speaker 1:It creates even more subconscious stress sometimes like I was stress about it rather than like if I would have just Gone and made that a priority. I talked to a lot of clients that you know are married and have kids and stuff and, like they said, they feel the same way inside of that too, absolutely with that have you always With your story, like, have you always been passionate about health and fitness or what got you into it?
Speaker 2:I would say that I mean, I was a cheerleader in middle school. I don't know if you count that.
Speaker 1:We'll count it.
Speaker 2:But my parents have always been super active. My dad is into bodybuilding and always has been. My idol is Arnold, but in fact about me. I have a signed centerfold poster of Arnold, framed in our house.
Speaker 1:What does your husband say?
Speaker 2:Hey, what are you doing? Well, when we moved in together, I was like so this is a non-negotiable, Arnold has to go on the wall and he goes. Okay, that's fine, I can't even argue with this. So yeah, that's. That's always a fun party conversation when we host.
Speaker 1:But it's kind of been grew up that way as well.
Speaker 2:Yeah, like my dad has been in a bodybuilding, like I said, and my mom taught aerobics classes, she'd take me to the gym with her and gold's gym back in the day, and so seeing those great examples of making it work with kids and jobs and all these things, I can relate to more now. But just growing up in school and doing cheerleading, trying track, wasn't really a runner. Then tried tennis do not have hand-eye coordination, so it kind of dipped my toe in anything I could. And then in high school my parents decided to get a divorce and it was just really hard on the family.
Speaker 2:So I luckily took my stress out with exercise and one day I literally decided that I was going to go run until I got dark and I ended up running eight miles and I'd never done anything like that. I mean I was in 11th grade and I could not walk for like the next three days. But like that runner's high I had never experienced before and I said I need more than that. So I literally got addicted to the endorphins that you get from exercise and that literally pulled me out of that hard time in my life and I just couldn't go back and then I decided to make this my career and that's pretty much it. It just pulled me out of a really low point in my life early on, and I always hold on to that when I don't want to get up early or I'm sore and I don't want to keep training. So just remember where you came from.
Speaker 1:I love that I was going to ask the next question. It was like if you had any personal experiences that were like a turning point inside of your own life, or it was like exercise has to be, like it can't not be a priority inside of your life.
Speaker 2:Oh, yeah, and you get to a certain point, especially when you've been as active I know you played softball right, so you know you've been active for so long and then if you take a week off at some or something, you feel so weird. You're like I feel like slimy or something. I have to move my body, yeah.
Speaker 1:It's just like I'm like what if people like I do love my rest day in there because I'm so productive on those days, like with the work stuff? But I'm like, hmm, what if people do like when, like what?
Speaker 2:do you do? Do you do the day? Are you okay? How do you feel Right? Are you bored?
Speaker 1:Like are you okay? So, with you prepping, with work and obviously like getting up in the morning, how do you prepare for your nutrition? Because your nutrition is a very big part of it. So do you tell us a little bit about that?
Speaker 2:Absolutely, this is probably an area that I could use some advice from you. I shouldn't. I definitely don't plan as much as I should Like I'll have a plan when I go to the grocery store and we eat very clean, so it's not that we're eating bad things, it's just like last minute, you know what can we throw together. It's like tonight we're like oh, are you making dinner? No, well, I'm talking to Reagan. So you know like there's not really a plan. But I will say every single morning I eat a big bowl oatmeal and some milk and a banana every single day, and if I don't, I feel so off. I'm one of those girls that can not change up breakfast.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I'm the same. I get obsessed with it and I'm like, hey, I'm gonna be obsessed with this for like five months at a time, literally. Yeah, do you mind if I share Cause? I know like this is kind of I'm asking you questions, but do you mind if I share some like things that I see clients do too, for people listening, yeah, please. So I think the biggest thing you always hear, like if you're felling to prepare, is preparing to fell is like I don't know. I always hear that I think it's about the lean kitchen bottles or something.
Speaker 2:And green bills. I love lean kitchen, but yeah, shout out to lean kitchen.
Speaker 1:Yeah, easy way to mill, prep and get that in. But I think seeing recipes and like being on Instagram or being on TikTok, people making all of these fun recipes and stuff, those are exciting and you're like, oh yeah, I can't wait to make that. But it keeps a lot of people from reaching their goals because it takes up too much freaking time. Like no one has time or no one wants to make, like I have time but I don't wanna make a 30 minute recipe. Like that's just not me, have no desire to doing that.
Speaker 1:So, that being said, is making your nutrition simple and keeping it simple and keeping it boring and finding ways that you can prepare without it being an added stressor, like in the moment.
Speaker 1:If it takes, if you take an hour on a Sunday and then you know an hour on a Wednesday night to prep Sunday through Wednesday and then Wednesday through Saturday, it may be a pain in the butt while you're doing it, but it is going to take so much stress off of you in the future, like when Tuesday night dinner comes around and you don't feel like cooking, you're gonna be like dang. I'm really glad that I took that time Sunday to throw some chicken in the crock pot or, to you know, make my overnight oats for the week. So it's like a way and an action that you can look out for your future self honestly inside of that. But I think when people think of meal prep they think that you have to make all these little perfect containers, stuff and like have you know every meal look the same and like have the full meal in the container. But for me, like meal prep is literally I'll make rice and bulk or I'll do the frozen bags from Trader Joe's that are three minutes and you pop them in the microwave.
Speaker 2:Like.
Speaker 1:Trader Joe's is the best. I literally tell my clients I'm like it's cheaper than Whole Foods, it's cheaper than a lot of grocery stores, but they have a lot of options that are just remade or literally take five minutes to make. But you can make rice and bulk and then you can make crock pot chicken and bulk and then you literally can get like the steamable broccoli from Trader Joe's and you have all your chicken in one tub of your container. You have all your rice in one and then you have all your broccoli in another and literally just take a cup from each, like take a cup from each. That's gonna be about 40 grams of protein, you know however many veggies and then a serving of carbs and throw some coconut and me knows on it and like you have a meal. But I think making things in bulk definitely I see a lot of clients have success inside of that rather than like having that pressure to mill, prep it, you know perfectly like in a little container as well.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that makes so much sense. I guess we're eating probably the same thing that you're saying, but we're making it every night, you know what I mean, which is totally fine.
Speaker 1:I mean I make my food as I eat it, unless I do crock pot chicken or something, because literally I'm either getting the broasted chicken or I'm getting chicken sausage, or I just make a bunch of ground turkey and like keep it, but it's the frozen rice, it's the steamable veggies, like is where the success is, I think. But for breakfast, so many options like prepping your overnight oats is great and having those things that like not eating breakfast because you don't have time is not an excuse anymore. You can grab a pre-made protein shake, you can grab the banana and then you can slap a tablespoon of peanut butter on it and like, yeah, that's fabulous, no excuses. Yes, sorry, I just got off on a tangent there, but I know that was great, it makes a difference. And like I mean I'm sure like if you don't eat breakfast, like you said it, it changes the energy and like the trajectory of your whole day.
Speaker 2:Oh, yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 1:So with your, let's see, so with a lot of the clients that you train, are they you said most of them are retired, or do some of them work full-time jobs?
Speaker 2:Yeah, I would say it's probably half and half. Some I mean you gotta remember a lot of these members are very successful. So you know they're still consulting with other business owners. You know they're still kind of involved in their businesses or some are just like playing now I'm done. So it's probably half and half working and retired, got it.
Speaker 1:From a training perspective. So if someone's listening to this and they're like I don't have an hour to work out every day, like they just can't commit to it. They have a lot of kids and a full-time job and husband and they don't have time, let's say what would you, you know, encourage as far as if someone can only do like a 30 minute workout? Or what would you say to someone like that? From the training side of things, I would say that something's better than nothing.
Speaker 2:I think that most people would agree with that. I don't know what it's like to have kids, but I do know that life can always throw you a curve ball. You can have the perfect day planned and then you get a flat tire or you have all these obstacles that could potentially come up during the day. But planning ahead as much as you can with your fitness is going to A keep you on track. B keep you motivated. And C just like take the stress down of oh, it's now three o'clock, I'm about to get off work and I don't know what I'm gonna do for my workout today. So just taking time on Sunday, like I should be doing on meal prep, to plan out your week the same way you would for your food, for your fitness, like Monday, I'm gonna do this Tuesday, I'm gonna do this Wednesday, I'm gonna take a break, or whatever it might be.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I like that. One thing that I encourage people to do is you know we have work meetings right, like our podcast phone calls, like things are going to be. If something's on my calendar, I'll do it, but if I'm supposed to do something and I forget to put it on my calendar, I'm probably gonna forget. Like that's just me, my brain's all over the place. So I always encourage people. I'm like put your workout on your calendar like it is a work meeting, because you're not going to skip a work meeting. Like, even if you're 30 minutes or a 30 minute walk or run, like whatever. But having it that way, like that is they say like once you write something down it, you know you're more likely to get it done. Like when you see it on your calendar, you're making it a non-negotiable when.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, and I'm an old fashioned planner type of girl. So yeah, if it's not written in my hourly broken down day, you know it's not getting done or I'll forget. So I totally relate there and that's a great piece of advice.
Speaker 1:I think Instagram makes it. I put up a story. Now we're just kind of chatting, but I put up a story a few, probably a few weeks ago, and I was like set a mention time blocking it on your calendar and I put that every day from like 930 to 1130 or 12, like that is my training window.
Speaker 1:Like I don't schedule phone calls, I don't do anything outside of like hearing that window and I looked at it and it had five or six shares. And then I had people reply and say like oh well, you know some of us have kids. And I'm like no, like y'all are missing the point of the story. Like you do not need to be, do not work out two hours a day. You know 30 minutes of my workout is like me warming up and like stretching and stuff, but like you don't have to put the pressure on yourself to train for two hours a day, so don't time block two hours out of your day. Like literally just do 30 minutes if that is all that you can do. And I always like to tell clients. I'm like okay, if you have 20 or 30 minutes, choose four or five exercises and just repeat them like a circuit for that 20 or 30 minutes. And like you always feel so much better when you're done.
Speaker 2:Oh, absolutely. And timers are great too, like a Tabata, or you know, if you do something for 20 seconds and then rest for 10, and then do that four times, there you go, there, your heart rates getting up, and you're, you're moving your body, and it's better than nothing, for sure.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I always forget about Tabata, but there's so many different things that you can do. And with the, with the aspect of training, do you have any like training programs or training apps that you recommend to people? Or like if someone were to ask you?
Speaker 2:Yeah, absolutely. As of like six months ago, I'm launching a online training business.
Speaker 2:Okay so there we go. That's a secret no, it's not a secret, but I am doing this totally not affiliated with the cliffs, but I just wanted to help other individuals out there. I absolutely love my job, I love all my clients, but I don't want to be confined to a in person gym, and I think that there's a huge movement right now, with trainers going from in person to online. For the same reason, I think it's beautiful. I think that you know the use of internet and social media is a way that you can either make the world better or make the world not better. So I'm definitely going to go make it better by reaching more people and, you know, not being confined to a location. So, yes, I am taking clients right now and I'm super excited. I can't, I can't wait to, you know, get. I have got two right now, and so I just can't wait to meet and help all the people possible.
Speaker 1:I love that. That's so exciting and I'll link everything in the description for everyone listening. Thanks. I definitely do think that they're. I mean, I see online working with clients online and through like Zoom calls and phone calls and such. I think in person is incredible, but that's two hours out of your week, like there's you can literally have the best workout, but if you're not doing the other things to support it, then it doesn't. You know, it really doesn't matter as much, but I do think online I've seen this with clients that there's a lot more vulnerability.
Speaker 1:And like people open up a lot more. I don't know if it's because it's not face to face, but I know I didn't realize going into it that like it would become such a safe space for people. So I do think, like going back to your business and you starting to do online programming, I think it gives you an opportunity to help more people, but it also gives you an opportunity to look at these other areas of people's lives that you may not talk about in the hour that you're training them.
Speaker 2:Absolutely, and that was another reason that I wanted to do it, Because I do most of the time. I have a client that I see maybe twice a week for an hour, and then you know there are a lot of other hours in the week that you know they're drinking a bunch of wine or, you know, not tracking their food or getting crappy sleep, and I don't know about it.
Speaker 2:So I wanted to kind of figure out a way to be all encompassing, because that's what wellness is, you know, it's not just fitness, it's your mind, it's your spirit, it's your community, it's all these things. It's not just showing up to the gym.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I love that very much. Full circle. Yeah, full circle, because I always tell that, and so I'm like you can eat the perfect thing, but if your stress management isn't good, or like you're not doing things in your life that bring you joy, like your help is not going to be optimized, and then your physique is not going to be optimized either. So I think it really does. There's so many pieces that go into it, so I'm excited for you to get into online training. It definitely it'll be fun to watch, but also, yeah, you get to help more people and reach a greater audience. Absolutely, thanks for your support. Yeah, so what with people that are listening to this and do work 40 hours a week? What are some tips that you would give them? Like to kind of close out and just say, okay, you know what. Like three or three to five. It's like actionable steps that you can take.
Speaker 2:I think the first thing would be to look around you in your life and do an inventory on the people that support you. Are they going to encourage healthy behavior or are they making you worse? Are your friends always wanting to go out, drinking and staying up late and going to bars and all that's fun, don't get me wrong, but are we doing that too much? Are they dragging you down when you might not want to do that every week? So I think that that would be the very first thing, because we're very influenced by the people that we surround ourselves with. So just do a quick inventory. Are you surrounding yourself with people that you want to be like? I think that that's the first step.
Speaker 1:Correct, we can do like a whole episode. I know.
Speaker 2:Yeah, like what's that saying? It's like you're the sum of the five people around you or something like that. But you said it was so true.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it is. And I, because you and I are about like late twenties and it's a transition of like I don't want to go out every weekend. I'm not in college anymore, right but I want to be able to celebrate like milestones and birthdays and stuff and, you know, spend time with friends still. But it's like if you don't have okay, I was listening to the David Goggins Andrew Huberman podcast. Did you listen to that one? No, I saw you posted it and I have to listen to it. It's so good.
Speaker 1:But David Goggins on there says, if people are not doing what you're doing, they will call you crazy. So, like, if you say no to going out with friends or no to a drink, like people will be like, oh, what's wrong with you? Like you're crazy, but it's just because they don't, they're not doing the same thing as you, like they don't understand it. Yeah, so like know that as you make that transition, like it's going to happen, like you're going to lose people. But life is just so fun and I know that you see this too with marathon training, like in running with Jerea but it's, it's like it's fun to be able to move with friends and work out and race with friends and like make a healthy dinner together with your best friend, like there's just so much joy inside of that. So I'm so glad that you mentioned that and brought that up.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, I think we need to talk about it more. I think you know, a lot of times we get caught up in FOMO you know, so are we giving into that every time, or are we making ourselves better by saying no?
Speaker 1:sometimes, yes, I think it's easier to not get FOMO when you are so set on your boundaries and set what your non-negotiables are of like I have a longer and Saturday morning I don't care what's going on. Like I'm going to bed Friday night. Like I don't have FOMO in that aspect. When you're able to set those boundaries and really get clear on what you want and like the person that you want to be, it's easier to say no because it's like this doesn't align with who I want to be.
Speaker 2:Or what, and you got to be okay with being different than your friends sometimes, you know.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and it's okay to outgrow people. Like inside of that, Like as you start taking care of yourself and doing things business-wise, it's like I mean I see this with like a lot of my clients is that they'll start prioritizing their help and their friendships change and like that's okay, it's part of it?
Speaker 2:Yeah, absolutely. Then I mean that's weeding them out for you Exactly. Sorry, that was. I totally interrupted you, but that was no problem. No, that was great. That's a great one. Yeah, like you said, we could talk on that for days. I think my next thing would be like so you're taking an inventory on your community, who's around you, who's supporting you? What is your support system? Second thing are you supporting yourself with your thoughts, with your choices every day, with the way you think about yourself? I think that our perception of ourselves is so powerful. Are you looking in the mirror? Are you saying five negative things about yourself, or are you saying five positive things about yourself? Are you looking back on your weekend and saying, oh wow, I literally sat on the couch and did nothing and I feel like crap? Or are you saying, wow, I ran 22 miles and I feel amazing, my body's great? So just taking an inventory on not only who you're surrounding yourself with, but how are you treating yourself, because I think that that goes unnoticed a lot of time.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it matters.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, I think that would be another piece of advice. And then, of course, you got to say plan your nutrition and your fitness. So, yeah, you work, yeah, you have kids, yeah, you have responsibilities, but you also have a responsibility to yourself. You get one body and you got to treat it right. What if you had the same car that you did in high school? Would you be able to make it until you're 80 in that same car? Did you take care of it? Did you get a car wash? Did you change the tires, all these things? So you need to be taking care of your body the same way. I mean, health and wellness is an investment. Man, eating organic food so expensive, I mean. But you think about all the benefits that you're going to get. You're either going to pay now for healthier food or gym membership or whatever it might be. We're going to pay later in medical bills because you didn't take care of yourself.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's so real. I love that you said that. But, honestly, processed food is really expensive too. Oh, totally, eating like this may sound harsh, but you cannot tell me that buying healthy food is expensive until you quit eating out every day. Then we can talk. It's such a real thing. And yeah, like you said, you're going to pay for it now or pay for it later.
Speaker 1:But there are so many ways to get around it. You don't have to go to Whole Foods, you don't have to go to Publix, you can go to Audi, you can go to Trader Joe's, you can go to Ingalls whatever is cheaper and there are definitely ways that you can get around that. But you see, when you get up in the morning and work out and when you have healthy food, it makes every single area of your life better, because you know that you valued yourself through that action and you were able to pour into yourself. And now you in your job, you get to pour into others all day and you get to pour into your clients, and it's with you pouring into yourself first.
Speaker 2:Yeah, absolutely. You can't pour from a half empty glass. I mean you could, but it'd be empty. At the end it would find its place, um, but I think I had one more thing to say. Now I'm forgetting. It's late. It's early for you, though.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's 3.45.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's when the 7 o'clock career you are. I know I'm like I hope dinner's ready when I'm done here, Hopefully.
Speaker 1:No, those were all really great and just very actionable steps that sometimes are hard to do, but I think the reoccurring thing is like it's worth it and it pays off. And I'm going to add one thing to what you said, because you were talking about social media. But I definitely think it's take an inventory of who you follow on social media too. Oh yeah, because obviously, yes, instagram is a highlight reel, but it's like you want to follow people that I've done muted so many people and followed so many people because it's like I want to get on Instagram and look at someone or be inspired. But the people that you follow on Instagram should be people that you can learn from, that you can relate to in some way. Or there's so many amazing moms and busy people that work full-time jobs, that still train really hard and like to see that on Instagram. I'm like, okay, they can do it, you can do it too, and using that to cultivate a growth mindset inside of that, which I think is important.
Speaker 2:Oh, absolutely, that's a fantastic point. I did the same not too long ago. I would get on there and just you know, especially Instagram gets to know you too.
Speaker 2:It wants to know what you want to see. Yeah, so you know, of course it's like mostly female, like working out, like fitness things, and so what do you do? You compare yourself to those women, when you know their intention is probably not for you to do that, but it's just like immediate and it's. It can really spiral, especially if you're already in a negative headspace and going back to how you treat yourself, are you looking in the mirror and you're saying negative things instead of positive things. So then you're getting on Instagram and you're seeing women that are, you know, far along in their fitness journey compared to you and you're just thinking about, oh well, I should do this and I'm not, and then you just kind of spiral back. So definitely a great point to take an inventory on who you're being inspired by.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I think it does go back to how you speak to yourself, though, because if I am speaking negatively to myself like which it happens for human, oh yeah. But if I am speaking negatively to myself and being mean to my body, and I would say today, look on Instagram and I see that girl and I'm like, oh, like God, she looks so good, like this is so annoying and impairing myself to her Right, and then the next week I could be speaking positive words into my body and, you know, really like being kind of myself, I could look at that same girl's page and be like, heck, yeah, she is killing it. If she can do it, I can do it too. And so, like that is one thing that I've noticed with myself. Like, okay, I am comparing myself to this girl and it's giving me these negative thoughts has nothing to do with her, it's because of my subconscious and how I'm speaking to myself, and like the fixed mindset side of things. So I definitely think is like how we perceive things starts with what we subconsciously are thinking too.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, and another actual step. Everyone needs to read the growth mindset book.
Speaker 1:I, carol, wait to work right. Yeah.
Speaker 2:Carol, oh my God, let's link that in the show notes.
Speaker 1:I definitely will have that book. I read it for ever ago. It's what you do. It again Like she's.
Speaker 2:She's like the OG and psychology, but it is changed how I make daily choices.
Speaker 1:Really Seriously.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah. I need it, it's a great book and like it's on Audit Audit, was it called audible. So when you're driving to work no excuses, you can read the whole book and probably like two weeks that speeded up the two X speed. Oh my God, I cannot handle that. That makes me like so weird.
Speaker 1:One of my friends was listening. He like sent me a podcast he was listening to the other day and I'm like the fact that you're listening to that on one egg speed, I'm like, oh my God.
Speaker 2:I'm bored for you, I know. Yeah, it's like somewhere in between. It's like one point, two, five is like the perfect speed. It's like it cuts out all the the lulls, but you're not like freaking out.
Speaker 1:Yeah, like anxiety.
Speaker 2:Literally, I'm retaining nothing. Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1:I'll link everything in the description. But, taylor, this was so fun, this was good. It was like fun conversation and I knew it would be that people can just take and go with. I'm excited for you with your online business and what you're doing, and for people listening. I will link the book, my set book, and then also link Taylor's Instagram with everything on there to get connected with her and then also watch her crush her marathon. This will probably come out probably the week of your marathon, so that'll be perfect.
Speaker 2:Oh wow, what an exciting week. Yeah, it's the 24th of February.
Speaker 1:Yeah, oh my gosh, I'm so excited for you. Yay, well, thank you for being on the podcast and thanks everyone for listening. Thanks,
