Tackling Fear and Finding Happiness Through Discomfort, Kelly McGonigal Pt. 1 / DEKA

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

“If you can recognize that you want to feel empowered, that you want greater vitality and health, that you want to be able to deal with stress better, that you want to find a community that you belong to. Things we know are part of what exercise gives us. If you get clear about that, that “Why?” It can help you find the willingness to go,” says Kelly McGonigal, PhD.

Dr. Kelly McGonigal is an award-winning Stanford lecturer, health psychologist, author, and public speaker. Health psychology may not be a field you’ve heard of before, and after hearing this conversation, you’ll be amazed and will want more people like Kelly in the fitness world. In this episode, you’ll learn:

Tolerating discomfort to the point that you feel independent and the sensation of it

How uncomfortable situations tell us who we truly are

How to develop the willingness to overcome your challenges

Kelly’s own epiphany to be physical and be HAPPY

How to harness the energy from stress for healthier responses and better performance

If you enjoyed our conversation, make sure to check out Kelly’s new book, The Joy of Movement

Connect with Kelly on social:

Instagram - @kellymariemcgonigal

Twitter - @kellymcgonigal

Website - kellymcgonigal.com

Books - kellymcgonigal.com/books

Connect with Jarod and Yancy on social, and attend a DEKA event:

-Jarod’s Social: @jarod_cogswell

-Yancy’s Social: @YancyCulp

-Race a DEKA Event: DEKA-FIT

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Producer: Lake Watters

Host: Jarod Cogswell and Yancy Culp

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Transcript

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0:00.0	If you can recognize that you want to feel empowered, that you want greater vitality and health,
0:06.3	that you want to be able to deal with stress better, that you want to find a community that you belong to,
0:10.3	things we know are part of what exercise gives us. If you get clear about that
0:15.2	that why it can help you find the willingness to go.
0:18.1	Welcome to the Spartan Deca series on Spartan Up. With Jared Kogswell, director of sport, and Nancy Culp, director of programming.
0:27.0	What's up Spartans? Welcome to the Deca Series on the Spartan Up podcast.
0:32.0	I'm your co-host, Cogswell along with my brother
0:34.6	Yancey Cole and today we have a very very special guest. She is an author,
0:41.3	psychologist, educator and lecture at Stanford University,
0:46.0	and one of the most excellent speakers I've ever heard.
0:49.0	You'll, you'll, you'll see her TED Talk after this is all done.
0:53.2	And her mission is to connect, lift one another up,
0:57.6	amplify what is good in humanity
0:59.8	to support the communities that bring out the best in us.
1:04.0	You guys, I'm talking about Kelly McGonigal.
1:08.1	Today's episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by Nutri-fall,
1:11.7	clinically shown to improve hair growth and thickness naturally.
1:15.1	Go to Neutrophal.com and enter the code Spartan to save $15 off your first month subscription that's N-U-T-R-A-F-O-E-F-O-E-T-F-O-E-T-R-A-F-O-L-com
1:26.4	and the code Spartan.
1:29.7	Kelly, welcome to the show.
1:32.2	Thank you so much for having me, and I know that Spartan is one of those communities that brings the best out in people.
1:37.5	So I am super excited about our conversation.
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