BITESIZE | How Movement Can Transform Your Life | Dr Kelly McGonigal #150

Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Alternative Health, Mental Health

4.8 • 10.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

If we can incorporate regular movement into our daily lives we will feel the physical and mental benefits, yet many of us view exercise as a punishment or an obligation. Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my new weekly podcast for your mind, body and heart. Each week I’ll be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Today’s clip is from episode 109 of the podcast with Kelly McGonigal. Kelly is a US research psychologist, a lecturer at Stanford University and an author. Kelly reveals how it’s possible to change our mindset to view physical activity as a way to engage with life. If we focus on calories and metrics, we may be missing the joy we can experience from movement. She explains how going beyond what you think you’re capable of, whether that’s an endurance event or lifting heavy weights, can change the brain in positive ways. Any movement is good for you though and can provide a reset for your mood and your brain chemistry. Repeatedly contracting any muscle, whether working out with weights or doing gardening, releases antidepressant substances called myokines that scientists have dubbed ‘hope molecules’. Kelly gives us tips on how to incorporate more movement into our lives and find ways to move our body that we truly enjoy. Show notes and the full podcast are available at drchatterjee.com/109 Follow me on instagram.com/drchatterjee/ Follow me on facebook.com/DrChatterjee/ Follow me on twitter.com/drchatterjeeuk DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.

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0:59.6	Welcome to Feel Better Live More, bite size, your weekly dose of optimism and positivity to get you ready for the weekend.
1:09.2	If we can incorporate regular movement into our daily lives,
1:12.8	we'll feel benefits for our physical and our mental health,
1:16.8	get so many of us for you exercise as a punishment or an obligation.
1:21.6	Today's clip is from episode 109 of the podcast with Kelly McGonigle.
1:26.9	Kelly is a US research psychologist.
1:30.1	She's a lecturer at Stanford University, and she's an author.
1:34.1	And in this clip, Kelly reveals how it's possible to change our mindset
1:38.1	to view physical activity as a way to engage with life
1:42.4	so that we can all find pleasure in the simple joy of movement.
1:52.1	The way we talk about movement in society has conventionally been around,
1:57.8	burning off energy, burning off calories, it's good for your physical health. I mean,
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