How likely are you to try something completely new when it comes to movement? Trying something new can be scary, but the benefits you get from incorporating movement into your daily routine and trying new things may surprise you.

Key Takeaways

If You Are Ready To Start Moving More, You Should:

1. Look around you to see what new movement practices you could try
2. Build resilience and confidence by trying new things at least twice
3. Create movement rituals to become more connected to your body

Finding Your Purpose Through Movement

Nicole Tsong, bestselling author of 24 Ways to Move More and America's Work-LIfe Balance coach, helps high-achievers use movement to connect to themselves and their purpose. The founder of Nicole Tsong Coaching, she reached hundreds of thousands of readers as the former Fit for Life columnist for The Seattle Times. She is the creator of the Clear Calling Method, which helps women create true work/life balance to discover their calling.

She is an award-winning journalist and, for three years, taught yoga at the White House Easter Egg Roll during the Obama administration. She has been featured on New Day NW on KING-5 TV in Seattle, in The Seattle Times, and reached thousands of people as a speaker with the Seattle Public Library, Elliott Bay Bookstore, and King County Library System. Today she is here to tell us about the 300+ activities that she has tried and explore why we should all be trying new things when it comes to movement.

Becoming Okay With Being Bad

Nicole has had many different careers that brought her to the place she is in today. From journalist to yoga instructor to coach, Nicole uses movement to help herself and others understand their purpose. Your body was designed to move, but we live in a culture that tells us it is hard and needs to be forced. While Nicole has always loved movement, her assignment to try a new movement activity resulted in trying over 300+ practices, showing her how strong she is both physically and mentally.

The Power Waits Outside Your Comfort Zone

From tap dancing to climbing trees, the resilience Nicole found through movement brings a unique perspective to the world of fitness. Trying new things can help you connect to your body and give you the confidence to try new things. 

Nicole is a testament to the energy and creativity that comes from putting yourself out of your comfort zone and integrating movement into your life, not just your time at the gym. Don't be afraid to try something new, even if you may be bad at it. The second time around, you will already be better.

Are you ready to step outside your comfort zone and experience new forms of movement? Share what activity you have always wanted to try but were too scared to, with me in the comments section of the episode page.

In This Episode

• Addressing the fears and uncertainty that come with making big changes in your life (4:21)
• Explore what it is like to write about health and fitness professionally (11:42)
• How to start trying new things, even if you might be bad or uncomfortable with them at first (17:17)
• Some of Nicole's favorite activities that she was most surprised by (24:02)
• Why strength training and Olympic weight lifting has stuck in Nicole's routine (28:43)

Quotes

"I also knew that if I didn't do it, there would be an even greater cost." (6:40)

"We came up with the idea of trying new things every week. And I thought, 'how am I going to get through a year? This is a lot.'. And I ended up doing it for six years and trying 300+ activities by the end of the column." (12:22)

"That's really what the book is about, 24 Ways To Move More, is really to inspire people to see movement as a joyful and fun thing versus a weight or a burden or something you have to do." (14:09)

"You can ask for help. And help is actually really important, but we are trained to not ask for help." (22:15)

"Movement helps you get out of that mental space and back into grounding so that you can then feel like yourself again. And then you can actually talk about clarity and purpose and really doing the kind of work you are passionate about in your life, serving your family in a bigger way, and reconnecting inward as best as you can." (33:00)

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