21: Master Your Morning To Thrive Throughout The Day

The secret to owning your day lies in how you start your morning! In this episode, Kimberly and Terry dive into the transformative power of morning routines and how setting the tone for your day with intention can boost your mindset, skyrocket productivity, and enhance your overall well-being.

Discover the essential building blocks of a successful morning routine, including mindset practices, energizing physical movement, and nourishing your body. Whether you’re looking to thrive at work, have more energy, stay grounded, or feel more accomplished throughout your day, this episode will inspire you to take actionable steps toward crafting your ideal morning routine.

Start your day right and create the life you want - because every morning starts a new page in YOUR story! Make it a great one!

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Transcript

How you start your morning can set the tone for your entire day. Are you hitting snooze until you're rushing out the door, or are you taking charge with intention and focus? Well, today we are uncovering the secret sauce behind morning routines that will fuel success and fulfillment.

Kimberly/terry (00:52)
Welcome to Group X Appeal. am Kimberly Spreen Glick And I'm Terry Shorter. And we are so glad you're here today because today we are talking about the power of morning routines. Made a huge difference in my life for sure. They do. Right? So first things first, why do morning routines matter? How the first part of your day is spent will influence your mindset and productivity. Like it just lays out, sets a tone for the entire day. So there's quite a bit of science between

habits and morning rituals. Why don't you take us through some? Well, I think the most important thing that we're all trying to avoid is stress. It helps reduce stress right out of the gates. As soon as you wake up, once you know that you have a routine, you have confidence with that routine, that stress is gone, the anxiety as well, but also improves your confidence because you have that routine to fall back on. There's no question. There's no having to wonder what the day is going to look like or how it's going to start. You have it locked in.

And because of that, you'll experience an increased amount of energy and stamina and overall because of those things from reducing stress and anxiety, because you have a high amount of confidence and energy and you feel good, you're just gonna overall feel happier in a much better mood and what better way to start the day? Yeah, definitely. I've certainly learned that with my routine, if I stay with my routine, I definitely go into the day feeling

more grounded, feeling more focused, having more clarity of what I want to get done. does, it reduces my stress. makes me feel more productive. It's amazing. unstoppable, unstoppable. So if you were to think about creating a morning routine for yourself, should you not have one already? And if you do, we certainly want to hear from you and hear what, those elements are. But let's talk about the elements of just a great morning routine. The first element would be mindset.

what can you incorporate into your morning routine that's gonna help up level your mindset? So these could be things like focusing on gratitude. Maybe it's gratitude journaling, maybe it's just a mental, emotional gratitude moment that you take for yourself. Maybe it's a presence practice, a breathing practice, meditation, but something that puts you in a good mindset to move into the day with. Sure, and so for you, as soon as you open up your eyes, what's the?

very first thing that you like to do of all those things that you mentioned from a mindset standpoint. It's actually something else. I go pee. Now everybody knows that around the world that Kimberly takes care of her business. And in five countries, by the way. Yeah, for now, right? Yes, we have downloads in five countries so far. I love it. So you went straight to movement rather than mindset. Well, here's the thing. that bowel movement? No bowel movement. Not tell my tea.

But I do, I wake up, I go, cause I don't want to try to meditate uncomfortable. Got it. should have specified what do you do mindset? Why was the first mindset activity? Yeah, sorry. my fault. That would have been more clear in my head. So yeah, I meditate. All right. And how long do you meditate for? Honestly, it's only

between 10 and 20 minutes. sometimes it's more affirmations and guided. Sometimes it's more relaxation focused or gratitude focused. But how about you? Same. 10 minutes, affirmations. Like right out of the gates. I think I mentioned in a previous episode, I love to just go right to YouTube. it's probably the only reason why I'll pick up the phone. Right. Right. And the first thing in the morning.

I'll pick it up, go to YouTube. have a list of my favorite affirmations that I go to. My go-to is between 10 and 10 15 minutes, 20 at most. Yeah. Yeah. I think if it goes beyond 20, you start getting kind of stressed. Yeah. I got to get going. I know. It's like, now I have to start my day. It's a difference between cave dwellers and house dwellers. We do still need to get the day started. Absolutely. So those are some of the mindset practices that we'd encourage you to incorporate to some of the elements to that great morning routine.

And then the second tip would be movement, you know, or just getting up to go to the restroom. Yeah, that's movement for sure. So in addition to getting up and going to the restroom, perhaps stretch and maybe you're stretching while you're getting up and going to the restroom or stretching when you're in the restroom. I've been known to that would be called habit stacking. But yeah, stretching, walking, perhaps.

Working out is a great thing to start, a great routine to get going. And ideally outside. And who are some people that have recommended getting outside right away? My favorite is going to be Andrew Huberman from Huberman Labs. He has his own podcast, Huberman Labs. And a huge thing that he researches, teaches about, talks about is aligning with our circadian rhythms. And part of getting aligned as the day starts is getting some sunlight. And nature.

So lots of benefits to being outside in the sunlight, of course. So shout out to Andrew. Thank you. What up? Call us. Yeah, call us. Jingle, jingle, jingle. For me, the other thing that I love to do first thing in the morning is roll. I'll do some myofascial work, 10 minutes of rolling, and then I get out and walk. So I do my morning walk, and that sets the tone for the day. And I feel energized and ready to go. I love that. Good deal.

So the third element we'd like you to take into consideration when you're putting together your morning routine is what are you going to do to nourish your body? So we talked about how you can nourish your mind. We talked about how we can get moving. But now let's talk about actual nourishment, meaning a healthy breakfast of some kind, making sure you're hydrated. Now there is the big trend right now, the intermittent fasting. So you have to decide what works for you. Sure.

But at some point as you're kicking off your day, like for example, I actually do the intermittent fasting, but I still start with a tea. And in that tea, will put, no, I'm blanking on what it is. How they make- agave. No. It's like a quiz show now. Boba.

But it's a way of making it bulletproof coffee. Okay. So the, the, but I, but I do tea, but I don't do butter. I don't do ghee. I do the coconut oil. Okay. Got it. my gosh. Someone helped me by putting in the, in the comments. Kimberly puts MSG in her tea.

MCT oil. was close. Yes. my gosh. How did I blank on that? I'd use it every single morning and I use a powder version. so that it kind of adds to my team, makes it kind of creamy because I'm very British with my tea. I like it to be kind of creamy. I'm sober. So cheeky. And so what that does is it gives me, you know, a bit of a boost for the day. And then soon after, you know, not too long after I do have my first meal, but

Yeah, you gotta find a way to nourish yourself somehow. Absolutely. So the MCT oil is going to be, you know, crucial for some brain function. Exactly. Yeah. Awesome. Satiate you to a bit. Yeah. So what's your, do you have like a go-to breakfast? It's my shake. Because there, there are times that you teach like three in the morning. So yeah, what's non-negotiable is making sure that I get something in my belly, within the hour of waking up. So I'll do a protein shake, you know, 40, 40 to 50 grams of protein mixed with,

Coconut milk, half a banana. Sometimes I'll throw some wild berries in there, but that's my non-negotiable every single And if you don't get that within the first hour, do you get hangry? a beast. I am David Banner, also known as the Hulk. my. Yeah. We don't want to see you angry. No. OK. Give the man his shake. Yeah. So it's the most important meal of the day is getting that healthy breakfast and making sure that you get some water, some proper hydration as well.

To lug the water in the morning. Yeah, we're all electric beings and so we've got to have that water in order to get energized in order to You know continue or perpetuate that energy in our bodies and so, you know, So so those are the three, know Those are the three elements of a great morning routine But here are some tips to create a routine that just works for you based on your goals your personality and values That's important

It's everything because everyone has different goals, different values. But regardless of those, the key thing is, there's three key things. The first one is starting small. There are people who will want to change their lives, which are great, and they're ready to do it, and they're excited about it, they're gung ho, and they want to do it all at once.

Overnight. Yeah, overnight. Starting tomorrow, I'm going to blah, blah, blah, Exactly. Exactly. I'm going to journal. I'm going to do my gratitude practice. I'm going to stretch and do a walk. going to meditate. I'm going to have a seven course breakfast. I'm going drink a gallon of water when I first wake up. No, that's not going to work. It's not sustainable. You will get overwhelmed, and you will feel defeated within the first couple of days. Yeah, do not set yourself up to failure. Right. start small. Perhaps incorporate one healthy habit.

at first and implement that just one thing at a time. And over time, what you'll find, perhaps you take that healthy habit. And we're talking a little bit about habit stacking. And that concept comes from that principle comes from James Clear's book, Atomic Habits, where you can, once you've established a brand new habit or action at, one at a time, then perhaps you pick up another habit. So one of the things that I'll do actually, I brush my teeth and listen to my affirmations for 10 minutes, brush my teeth.

So I'm brush your teeth for 10 minutes brush my teeth and floss for the first 10 minutes It takes exactly that amount of time. It's a great teeth So breath brush and floss while I'm listening to affirmations Yeah, right and when I'm speaking the affirmations out when my mouth before my sound like this, but that's okay. It's okay. I'm it done. I Love that So what about you? How do you start small? Well, I don't brush my teeth for 10 minutes. Okay

But I certainly do brush them.

You are welcome.

But yeah, starting small is really, important, but I will do the stacking as well, which is something we highly encourage you to do, because it's just kind of more bang for your buck. It doesn't take additional time. But also, be focused with your intention of what is most important based on the values, the goals, your personality, and all that fun stuff. yeah, start small. Starting small is big. Hey.

Kai's in. So that's right. Kai's in. We should talk about that. we did. Okay. Next up, just a tip for you here. And this, think is really something that requires you to take a step back and look at, okay, what are your goals for how you want to start your day? For some it's, I want to be more productive. For some it's, I want to have more energy. For some I want a more positive mindset or to be more in a state of gratitude. Or maybe it's all of those things, but

Be very clear about what your goal is, your intention for having a morning routine, because that is going to help dictate what you start small with. And then once you start with one thing, what you add next, what you add next. Now, once you realize what maybe one, two, three actions or healthy habits or rituals you want to incorporate initially, pair that with, okay, what time do you really need to start your day? What time do you need to leave your house? What time do you need to be in your first meeting, your first call, whatever the case may be.

And then kind of go back from there. How much time do you need to accomplish those few healthy habits you've committed to doing? And that's going to determine your wake up time. Do you need to potentially set your alarm for five, 10, 15 minutes earlier than you normally would have it to ensure you have the time, the proper time for the morning routine that you feel is going to help you accomplish the goal you have set for the way you want to enter into your day. just think about the timeline for that.

The time you need to have to incorporate what you want to incorporate what time do you need to wake up to be able to? To kind of hit the ground running when it's time to do so Awesome. Awesome. Awesome And then the third tip that we'd have for you is after you've established based again on your values and your goals once you've established that new healthy habit that you want to incorporate and Once you determine how much extra time you may need in order to incorporate that new habit if at all perhaps you don't it might just be a shift, right, right

At that point the next thing is to commit to an amount of time a duration that you're going to put that practice into into play So, you know and then from there, let's say if you want to do this new habit for seven days, that's doable Everybody can do seven days. We do anything for seven days. Absolutely. So let's say you choose seven days I'm gonna do this habit for seven days and then from there once you pass the finish line after that seventh day You can look back and say, okay It's time to reassess now and not just reassess but also to revel

to celebrate, made it to seven day, whoop whoop. But reassess, okay, how did that new habit, how did it make me feel? How did it work out? What kind of shifts do I need to make? What kind of adjustments do I need to make to my schedule or to my day? Now that I've incorporated that habit, do I need to scale back? Can I do a little bit more of it? Can I add an additional habit perhaps? Is it time?

Or do I need to do it another seven days to really feel like I'm locking it in, you know, because I've started to kind of create some consistency. I can feel now it's going to start becoming that new, you know, that new bedded in habit. Right. So the assessment and that celebration, the revel is going to be super, super key. And just always ask yourself, am I feeling the benefit that I want to feel from establishing this morning routine? It's huge. It really does become, you know, part of your lifestyle.

So if you are ready to own your mornings and transform your day, we're here for you. And we want you to hit Subscribe, download this episode, and start today crafting your ideal morning routine. For sure. And we'd encourage you. We appreciate you by sharing this with someone who's always hitting that snooze button, Abby. she just called somebody out. She listens. And so there's your shout out, Abs.

I'll take care him for you. So if you have somebody like an Abby you could in your life you can share you know you can literally change their life by sharing this episode we really would love to hear from you and We'd love to know what's the one thing you include in your morning ritual that makes you feel ready for the day Yeah, definitely put that in the the notes in the comments in the review We'd love to hear that and would love to be able to share your tip with listeners as well. So help us inspire

everyone who listens to Group X appeal. Yay. Fantastic. So that is it for us today. We appreciate you listening. I am Terry Shorter. And I'm Kimberly Spreen Glick. And as always, we encourage you to make it a fantastic day. And why Kimberly? Because it is a great day to have. Yes, it is. Much love.