123: The Joy Equation: How to Use Exercise for More Happiness, Hope, Connection & Courage with Kelly McGonigal, PhD
Feel Good Effect
Robyn Conley Downs
4.9 • 725 Ratings
🗓️ 1 January 2020
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
No matter how you feel about exercise, you've got to listen to this episode because it's going to change how you think in a major way.
This conversation with health psychologist, Kelly McGonigal, is going to change the way you think about exercise in the best possible way.
Kelly specializes in understanding the mind-body connection, so no matter where you're currently at with exercise, this episode will speak to your soul and give you tactical tips.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the feel good effect. |
| 0:02.2 | Okay, do you exercise? |
| 0:04.4 | Do you work out? |
| 0:05.5 | Like every day, a couple times a week, do you love it? |
| 0:09.9 | Do you hate it? |
| 0:11.6 | Or maybe you just don't do it at all? |
| 0:15.0 | I'm telling you, you've got to listen to this episode. |
| 0:18.7 | It's going to change how you think in a major way. Let's make it |
| 0:23.3 | happen. Welcome to the feel good effect. I'm your host, Robin Conley Downs, and I help people |
| 0:31.9 | find time and create space in their lives for what matters most by sharing simplified strategies for wellness. |
| 0:39.3 | This podcast is all about real talk, real wellness, and unpacking what it really means to be |
| 0:46.0 | healthy. Well, hey, feel good fam. I am so glad you're here. Welcome to a new year. If you're listening in real |
| 0:56.1 | time, I'm so glad you're joining me to kick off 2020. It's the first, I believe, when this |
| 1:01.6 | episode is planning to come out. And I cannot think of a better way to kick off the new year |
| 1:07.0 | with this conversation that is going to change the way you think about exercise in |
| 1:11.3 | the best possible way. Our guest today is Kelly McGonigal, who's a health psychologist who |
| 1:17.6 | specializes in understanding the mind-body connection. As a pioneer in the field of science help, |
| 1:23.8 | her mission is to translate insights from psychology and neuroscience into practical strategies |
| 1:28.4 | that support well-being and strengthen communities. So basically, we are now BFFs and very much bonded |
| 1:34.9 | over our shared approach and background. She's the best-selling author of The Willpower Instinct |
| 1:40.6 | and The Upside of Stress and her newest book that we're so thrilled to be talking about |
| 1:45.8 | today, The Joy of Movement, which explores why physical exercise is a powerful antidote to the |
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