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Lifestyle Strength
We discuss ideas, principles, and tactics that help people improve their position in life. With a background in fitness, Lucas strives to empower others by sharing amazing stories of challenge, transformation, and growth.
Lifestyle Strength
Adaptability in Life's Ever-changing Seasons
What sacrifices are you willing to make to achieve harmony in your life? Join us on Lifestyle Strength as we explore the delicate dance between wellness and parenthood with Ariel, a seasoned massage therapist, and Lucas, an experienced fitness coach. Ariel opens up about the challenges she faces as a breastfeeding mom trying to return to her workout routine, revealing the tough decisions she's confronted with to maintain her milk supply. Lucas shares his insights on the art of adaptability and the necessity of pivoting when life’s circumstances evolve, shedding light on how adjusting previous routines can help us balance personal wellness goals with family responsibilities.
In a world where we often idolize the relentless dedication of athletes like Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady, we challenge you to reflect on what truly serves you in your current season of life. Is it realistic—or even desirable—to make such sacrifices? Through our discussion, we emphasize the importance of consciously choosing where to invest your time and energy, ensuring that your actions align with your true priorities. We invite you to consider which "hill you're willing to die on" and how to make those tough choices that lead to a fulfilling life, both personally and professionally. Tune in to gain valuable insights that will help you navigate life's inevitable changes with grace and intention.
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Welcome to Lifestyle Strength, your guide to mastering health and well-being in the real world.
Speaker 2:I'm Ariel, a massage therapist with over a decade of experience in holistic health, and I'm here with Lucas, a seasoned fitness coach, who's transformed the lives of hundreds in Northwest Arkansas.
Speaker 1:We're here to share real stories and expert insights about embracing a healthy lifestyle while balancing the everyday hustle.
Speaker 2:Join us as we explore practical ways to achieve wellness and thrive amidst life's challenges.
Speaker 1:Let's dive in you going to kick it off.
Speaker 2:Yeah well, welcome back everybody. So I was telling you on the way here, I had something occur that I thought oh my gosh, we got to talk about this and it's that saying that you hear all the time the hill you're willing to die on, oh yeah, okay.
Speaker 1:If you're willing.
Speaker 2:If you're willing, and not only that, but potentially what you sacrifice, if you do decide to die on that hill.
Speaker 1:Right the insinuation of that phrase, yes, yes.
Speaker 2:So in my case it was is. Is it worth it? Because we talk about health, wellness and fitness all the time and we talk about the idea of the, the doing more, or maybe what we're missing. Well, what about the people who are so stuck on this idea that they're willing to sacrifice something that is more necessary, even if it's just for a season of life?
Speaker 1:It's like they want something more than they need something else.
Speaker 2:Yes, or just there's sometimes collateral damage of things that are sacrificed. So mine happens to be getting back into working out and it's awesome, I love it, it's so good for my mental health, I need it, I need that structure, all those things. But I'm a breastfeeding mom and any moms out there that breastfeed they know that when you start working out, um, you can actually, uh, reduce your supply and if you reduce your supply, you can't feed your kid.
Speaker 1:Okay, I didn't know that.
Speaker 2:And so it's a big deal. And so I'm in this place where you know, and so I'm in this place where you know the hill I typically would die on is work out, get back to it, do those things.
Speaker 1:They're necessary, they're necessary for the previous form that you're familiar with. Yes, exactly.
Speaker 2:And now I'm like, ooh, what is it supposed to look like? And am I willing to make that sacrifice? Because normally my head would be like, yes, we're working out, yes, we're doing this.
Speaker 1:Because it's all for you at that point. Yes, and now there's somebody else involved.
Speaker 2:Exactly. And so now I'm like wait, is this a hill I'm willing to die on? No, not at all, because I'm in the season of life. He has to be that priority and I have to keep that supply. So I'm not saying anybody who's watching this, I am not saying that you necessarily have to just cut out that thing that you've been so adamant about, but what I am saying is being flexible. So I'm trying to find what this new season of working out is going to look like, to also maintain my supply like I need to right.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I think that that that goes back if we were like put on a skill of living the lifestyle right is the skill of pivoting, understanding and knowing when to pivot mm-hmm it's. You know, you might have trained one way which I? I have an idea because I made your program for a while.
Speaker 2:So like right, exactly the weight training was like is.
Speaker 1:It was a thing that like is, you're familiar with. Yes, you feel comfortable with.
Speaker 1:You know how to challenge yourself with yes, and rather you feel comfortable getting uncomfortable doing that thing, absolutely and that's how you've progressed up into this point, and though now it sounds like that specific thing that once served you is no longer going to serve the exact same purpose, because now there's something else that you have to consider as a result of the choice that you made. And so now, what does the pivot look like? What does it look like for you to be able to get what you need what you actually need, not necessarily what you want, but what you need from exercise and what that looks like, while still be able to provide for something that you care about?
Speaker 2:Honestly, I don't have the full answer for everybody who's like, oh, if you're a mom and you're like, hey, I'm there too, I don't have the answer right now for you at all, or even ever for you, because what might work for me might not work for you. But this made me think of something we talk about a lot, and that's fad diets and it's that idea that people get in their minds right that hill, they'll die on you ever have to do something, or or it's.
Speaker 2:It's like, let's be honest, it's like mlms uh, let's say somebody who's all keto or even me, all plant how often do you just hear that person? Well, you, you could do it right by being calorie deficient, you know, and they, that's the hill they're willing to die on. And sometimes there's some things that are collateral damage, some things that you know you sacrifice for that. Um, and so my, my suggestion to everybody is and we've talked about it a lot is doing those things that are going to benefit you in the season of life that you're in. Um, but maybe just sit with yourself and kind of think about like, are there certain things in my life and it doesn't have to even be around diet and exercise, just in life in general? You know, sometimes we get ideas in our head about how we feel strongly about something and it can create family divide, friendship divide, whatever it is and just ask yourself, man, is this the hill I'm willing to die on? Am I willing to sacrifice, you know, other parts of my life for this?
Speaker 1:one thing that I've thought is I've adamantly needed I it's funny you brought this up, because I I feel like in an area of my life, this exact thing's been taking place, where and I'm not going to go into details on it, but like it's, where, like this one thing has been working for so long, or at least maybe you thought it's been working for so long in a certain way.
Speaker 1:And then you kind of realize, you know is, you know, maybe you, you, you play ignorant to certain things because you're like, well, this has worked before, why can't I continue doing it? And then you're like, ah, sweep it under the rug, or like you may not consciously make that decision. You may just like ignore the signs, or you ignore the, you know, not on purpose because, you're like I want this thing to to serve what it once did.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I want it to be that, but inevitably you've changed and your environment's changed. Things around you have changed and that means that if you want to continue the pattern of growth, yeah, as those things have changed, you also have to change, and that might mean trying something new. So, like in your case, it might mean like, instead of weight training, doing Pilates or going for a walk, or like trying all these things and prioritizing those things and figuring out how to maybe do some of those things and integrate them. Or also like do more of those things or do those things better or do those things in a different way. So, like that, that that's the sign of okay is it? Is it something that it has mattered this much and it still serves me in this purpose, and that purpose is more important than the season that I'm in and I'm willing to sacrifice that. It's like a professional athlete, right.
Speaker 1:Yes, it's the professional athlete that gets into college and it's like, well, I could go party, I could go do all these things that you know college has to offer, or I could be really, really disciplined and I can make it to the pros. And then, when you're in the pros and now you're getting paid lots of money the college athletes get paid anyways.
Speaker 2:Like yeah, that's true.
Speaker 1:Are you doing it to just make really good money and be average and do your thing, and if that's what you want to do, then awesome. Or do you have the mentality of I'm going to hire a private chef to get my diet perfect, I'm going to stay extra at practice, I'm going to not take a trade to a different team to get more money, but I'm going to be on the team that has the championship, right? So you think about those, those people, and why we admire them, why they're great is you know, patrick Mahomes good example? Okay, yeah, the hill he's willing to die on is that he will not make as much money playing for the Kansas city chiefs so that he can win more Superbowls than Tom Brady.
Speaker 2:That will be the hill he's willing to die on.
Speaker 1:And it's worth it to him, and I think we tend to idolize things like that, but in most of our lives I don't think any of us are willing to sacrifice things to that level.
Speaker 2:That's true. I know that I'm personally not for that thing, Not comparing myself to Patrick Mahomes in that sense.
Speaker 1:But for the things that I'm personally, not that you know, for that thing, right, for that thing, yeah, not comparing myself to Patrick Mahomes in that sense.
Speaker 2:But like for the things, that I care about right Right right.
Speaker 1:I'm not willing to be that great Right and want that awesomeness and then sacrifice some other things that, like we have no idea what he's sacrificed.
Speaker 2:Right, right. Of course we don't see it On the surface.
Speaker 1:You see, oh, you got money, you have fame, you have a family, you see all these things, but inevitably they're sacrifices and he's definitely dying on some hill. And so it's just to say we all have those hills.
Speaker 2:Well, I hate to make a counter statement of Brady. You make that comparison, brady to be in the NFL as long as he has been. Is that right yeah?
Speaker 1:Well, he's a commentator now. He's retired now, right, right. But what I'm?
Speaker 2:saying to be in as long as he has if anybody has done any research on him. He prioritizes recovery and that's kind of what. I do right, and so he prioritizes massage therapy, chiropractic, and that's kind of what I do right, and so he prioritizes massage therapy, chiropractic. I mean all these things that he prioritizes, which means, sure, he's the best, he was in it the longest, but he also siphoned a lot of his personal money to continue being the best and being in the field for as long as he had been right.
Speaker 2:So there's that counterargument. So in some ways, there's some hill that he chose to die on too, which was I mean in his book he talked about it the prioritizing of recovery for his body, because he understands that that's what makes him money. Just like my hands, right, I should uh endorse them, or endorse them.
Speaker 1:I should, uh, I should get like sponsorships on your hands liability insurance is what I meant meant, I think, just to wrap everything up too. It's saying that it's not. There are obviously sacrifices in anything you choose to pursue but, there's also wonderful outcomes that you can connect the dots on, and so it's just about determining how to connect those dots as well as what it's worth to you, and I think that was the point of what you were trying to say.
Speaker 2:Yeah, for sure, and that's what I'm trying to figure out, guys, and if y'all are in a season of life that you're also trying to figure it out, or there's some hill you thought you were going to die on, it's okay to pivot. So until next time, peace.
Speaker 1:Thanks for watching.
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