How to Develop a Stronger Identity | Michelle Waterson (Replay)

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🗓️ 6 June 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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American mixed martial artist and UFC competitor, Michelle Waterson, sits with Lisa to discuss strengthening your mind-body connection, using failure to motivate your success, and balancing diverse identities as a mother and a warrior. [Original air date: 11-28-18]. SHOW NOTES: Michelle’s story and MMA being taboo for women [2:01] Defying family expectations and tradition [3:45] Live the life that you want to live [4:37] Managing vulnerability inside and outside the octagon [5:34] Accept that it happened and move on [6:45] Failing means you’re still climbing [8:57] Don’t start something without finishing it [10:45] Embracing the challenge as your roots [12:34] Exercising your mind [13:33] Balancing identities between mother and fighter [14:25] Practice being in the moment [16:45] Building the mind-body connection [18:41] Respecting your body as a key pillar of your lifestyle [21:25] Leaning on family to motivate her passion [24:00] Separating personal and professional life [28:42] Being a mother is being a natural warrior [32:13] Fighting in order to strengthen your inner voice [34:37] The power of being able to flow [36:17] FOLLOW MICHELLE WATERSON: WEBSITE: https://bit.ly/2Qlxuet INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/2P5w7vV FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/2KD4I3Q TWITTER: https://bit.ly/2raX5Zb SPONSORS: Be sure to get your copy of Lisa’s book, Radical Confidence, here: https://radicalconfidence.com/ Go to https://lumen.me and use code NYBBS to get $50 off your Lumen. o to https://www.heytabu.com/discount/LISA15 use code LISA15 to save 15% off your order Get 5 free AG1 Travel Packs and a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D with your first purchase your first purchase by going to https://drinkAG1.com/lisa. Go to https://tryviome.com/LISA and use code LISA to get 20% off your first 3 months, and take control of your gut health today! ORDER YOUR COPY OF LISA'S BOOK "RADICAL CONFIDENCE" (NOW IN PAPERBACK & WITH A NEW CHAPTER!) & GET YOUR FREE BADASS BONUSES: https://bit.ly/radcon ***CALLING ALL BADASSES!*** If you really want to level up your confidence game, check out the WOMEN OF IMPACT SUBSCRIPTION, specially designed to turn you into the badass you were born to be! *New episodes delivered ad-free, EXCLUSIVE access to hundreds of archived Women of Impact episodes, and so much more!* Don't settle for mediocrity when you can be extraordinary! *****Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/457ebrP***** Subscribe on all other platforms (Google Podcasts, Spotify, Castro, Downcast, Overcast, Pocket Casts, Podcast Addict, Podcast Republic, Podkicker, and more) : https://impacttheorynetwork.supercast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.3	In fact, if you looked up in the dictionary,
1:04.3	her face would be right there as the definition.
1:06.7	While in college, feeling lost,
1:08.7	she took a part-time gig as an octagon girl to make ends meet.
1:12.3	That, combined with a trip to her homeland, re-ignited her passion for karate,
1:17.1	and she finally saw an opportunity to put her blackbell she had achieved as a child to good use.
1:22.7	Just one problem.
1:23.9	At the time, there weren't any female MMA fighters.
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