Overview:
This episode will provide commentary on a few illuminating excerpts from chapters 7 & 8 of Brad Stulberg's book, "The Practice of Groundedness".

Excerpts Discussed From Book:

📖 Chapter 7
“...pushing your body teaches you to experience pain, discomfort, and fatigue and accept it instead of immediately reacting to it or resisting it.” - page 175

“When you develop a movement practice it is likely there will be times when you are uncomfortable. These times not only make your body stronger, but they give your mind safe and controlled opportunities to practice acceptance, to practice staying grounded during distress.” - page 177

📖 Chapter 8
“Your inner way of being influences what you do, but what you do also influences your inner way of being.” - page 206

“Simple changes…can be extremely powerful–precisely because they are so simple. We often make things more complex than they need to be as a way to avoid the reality that what really matters for behavior change is consistently showing up and doing the work. Not dreaming about it. Not thinking about it. Not talking about it. Doing it.” - page 213

“Complexity gives you excuses and ways out and endless options for switching things up all the time. Simplicity is different. You can’t hide behind simplicity. You have to show up, day in and day out, and work toward your desired changes. Your success hits you in the face. But so do your failures. This kind of quick and direct feedback allows you to learn what works and adjust what doesn’t.” - page 213

“Shift from needing to be an all-star athlete to exercising for its mind-body benefits. Stop measuring workouts. Don’t worry about training for any specific goal. Don’t let physical activity be another thing [you feel you]...need to be great at all the time. Realize the self-imposed pressure in this domain…is not serving [you] and let go of it.” - page 212

Links and Resources:
📘 Purchase book
🌏 Author’s website