[ 💭 ] The Power of Solitude in Personal Growth, w/ Mark England
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
❤️ Weekly Newsletter & the Chase Club
We’ve got a great chat with Mark England, co-founder and head coach of Enlifted, about the profound value of silence, solitude, and the power of storytelling in our minds.
We explore how these elements contribute to personal growth and well-being, delving into effective techniques such as full-sentence journaling and mindful breathing.
Mark shares his insights from his personal experiences and 17 years of professional practice, providing practical advice for managing the internal narrative and becoming more comfortable with oneself.
00:30 Introducing Mark England and Enlifted
01:55 The Importance of Silence and Solitude
02:43 Diving into Silence and Solitude
04:17 Mark's Personal Journey with Solitude
07:23 The Power of Observing Thoughts
08:41 Balancing Social Interaction and Solitude
15:28 The Practice of Journaling
19:23 Enhancing Gratitude Practices
24:52 The Struggle with Gratitude
25:38 Improving Mindset Through Storytelling
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29:18 Facing Silence and Solitude
31:06 Creating Positive Habits
32:16 Soft Talk Keywords and Their Impact
38:13 The Importance of Listening and Reflection
44:16 Final Thoughts and Enlifted Certification Information
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📍 Ben Bergeron is a best-selling author, coach to 7 CrossFit Games champions, and founder of CompTrain. Find him on Instagram.
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| 0:00.0 | And the Hello and welcome back to Chasing Excellence a show about Chasing what truly matters. |
| 0:20.0 | My name is Patrick Cremings. As always, I'm here with Ben Bergeron. How are you Ben? |
| 0:24.9 | Doing great. Thanks Patrick, how are you doing? |
| 0:27.1 | I'm doing fantastic, partly because we have a guest today. We've got a friend of the show here from down in Virginia, Mark England. |
| 0:34.3 | How are you my friend? |
| 0:35.3 | Doing very well, gentlemen. |
| 0:36.6 | Thank you for having me on. |
| 0:38.4 | Good, good, good. |
| 0:39.4 | I've mentioned you recently in a few episodes. |
| 0:41.1 | So folks will likely recognize your name. they may also remember when you and Kim came up to cross-foot New England |
| 0:46.4 | I should have looked at the date I meant to but I totally forgot it was a couple years ago he came up to visit we did some episodes people still talk about those |
| 0:53.0 | episodes they loved him and so for those folks who maybe don't remember that |
| 0:57.0 | episode or those episodes who don't know who you are you are the co-founder and |
| 1:00.6 | the head coach of InLifted can you you just give us the quick, quick and dirty |
| 1:05.0 | version of what Enlifted is and what you focus on with Enlifted? |
| 1:09.3 | Yes. |
| 1:10.0 | Enlifted is a certification company. |
| 1:13.1 | We certify coaches in how to get their clients unstuck |
| 1:17.5 | at the word and the breath level. |
| 1:19.3 | So a couple of things that we've done. |
| 1:21.2 | Well, we've demystified the conversation about mindset, so take this big picture |
| 1:25.8 | thing that's, you know, usually confusing and make it simple and then gamify it. Make it fun to play just like you said right before we |
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