S5 EP19: How To Silence Critics & Listen To What Matters
The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast
Constantly Varied Gear
4.9 • 724 Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2021
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Do you find yourself spending a lot of time worrying about critics? Do you avoid doing certain things because you’re worried about being criticized? That’s the topic of today’s podcast. In this episode, Rachael and Kelsea discuss the critics, the feeling of fear of criticism that can stop you from doing the things you want to do, and whose opinions should matter to you.
Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:
- The CrossFit Games
- Not using age as an excuse not to do things
- The critics
- Fearing that you’ll be next to be criticized
- Missing out on things because of fear
- The hurdles that women face
- The opinions that you’re looking for out in the arena
- Choosing courage
- Recognizing the brave things in your life
- Whether or not the outcome is as important as you think it is
- The people who want to help you get back out there
- What to say to yourself about the haters and critics
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- Constantly Varied Gear's Workout Leggings
- Our Fitness Blog
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Are you going to say nothing the rest of your life? |
| 0:02.9 | Are you going to say nothing because you're afraid of everyone not liking what you have to say? |
| 0:08.5 | Like there is a really fine line between being brave and having the courage to stand up for what you believe in |
| 0:15.7 | and being too afraid that the critics are going to come too loud. |
| 0:18.6 | Yeah, I mean, the greatest podcasts ever |
| 0:21.9 | were never made. The greatest movies of all time were never made. I mean, we know this because we know |
| 0:28.6 | that there are absolutely ridiculously incredible people on this planet that throw out their best |
| 0:35.7 | paintings, Picasso's that will never be seen because they're too |
| 0:41.8 | afraid of the critics. |
| 0:46.8 | The big question is this. |
| 0:50.7 | In a world of fake Instagram models and bad diets, how do real people achieve their fitness goals? |
| 0:59.0 | We are an army of hardworking women, changing their lives through fitness and health. |
| 1:06.0 | Wherever you are at on your journey, we have the answers to how to make working out and eating well a part of your life. |
| 1:15.7 | Join us in changing the dialogue for women everywhere. |
| 1:19.6 | Welcome to the Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast. |
| 1:24.7 | Hi everybody and welcome back to the Thick Thigh Save Lives podcast. I'm Rachel. And I'm Kelsey. |
| 1:31.0 | Could you hear the smile in my voice? I could hear the smile in your voice. I don't have to smile |
| 1:36.5 | every day. No. You don't. I don't and I won't. You can feel your feels, your whole range of them. |
| 1:43.2 | I'm going to just reserve myself to be like a half smile today, |
| 1:47.4 | and that's just going to need to be good enough. |
| 1:49.4 | And there is good enough. |
| 1:50.6 | You're over there in your sunglasses inside. |
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