79 - How to Motivate Yourself to Get Healthy with Fitness Trainer Jillian Michaels

The Verywell Mind Podcast

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Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Mental Health, Education

5 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Jillian Michaels is a fitness expert and renowned life coach. Her fitness videos and apps have helped hundreds of millions of people get in shape around the globe. She is best known for her role as a coach on the TV show, The Biggest Loser, where she helped people lose weight week after week. She’s also a New York Times bestselling author and the host of a popular podcast called, “Keeping It Real.” Some of the things she shares on today's show include how to motivate yourself when you don't feel like it, how to set other people up for success, and how to get back on track when you've messed up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Very Well Mind podcast. We've interviewed over 100 authors, experts, entrepreneurs, athletes, musicians, and others to help you learn strategies to care for your mental health.
0:22.9	This episode is hosted by psychotherapist and bestselling author Amy Morin. Now let's get into the episode.
0:45.4	Okay. My guest is Jillian Michaels.
0:48.9	You might remember her from the TV show, The Biggest Loser,
0:51.3	where she coached people who were losing weight.
0:55.4	Or perhaps you've seen her on the cover of fitness magazines or on her reality TV show, just Jillian. She's a personal trainer whose fitness DVDs have sold over
1:01.3	100 million copies. She also has one of the most popular fitness apps in the world. Today, she's
1:08.0	talking about the link between mental health and physical health, how to get
1:11.6	motivated to create positive changes, and how to balance self-acceptance with self-improvement.
1:17.7	Jillian offers some great tips. Some of the things that she says, though, if taken out of
1:22.1	context, might not be in line with what I'd recommend as a therapist. So make sure to stick
1:27.1	around for the therapist
1:28.0	take at the end of the episode, and I'll explain more. This is the part of the show where I break
1:32.9	down my guest's mental strength strategies and share how you can apply them to your own life.
1:37.8	So here's Jillian Michaels on how to motivate yourself to get healthy. Well, Jillian Michaels,
1:43.1	welcome to the Very Well Mind podcast.
1:45.5	Oh, thank you for having me. I am thrilled to talk to you. I am a therapist by trade.
1:51.3	I talk to a lot of people about mindset and mental health, but I'd love to hear from your
1:55.2	perspective as a fitness trainer about the link between mental health and physical health.
2:00.7	Well, I think that it's
2:03.3	biochemical, right? So when we exercise, it does shift our biochemistry to release mood
2:12.6	enhancing brain chemicals, right? We've heard it all before. The endorphins, all of that stuff. That's very
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