Mindset, Mood & Movement: Systems Thinking for Founder

When I coach freelancers, founders or business owners we are always working on individual first. A person's belief system, perspective and one of you in front both their personal behaviour and professional actions. Are you putting all your energy into your business that you are neglected your health and body?Are you trying to so hard to 'succeed' in your business that you're sacrificing too much of yourself? Many people do this but as a long term strategy, it's a bad idea. As Max Strom says "if you lose your health, you lose everything "This mini episode contains some case studies of people I've worked with and strategies you can consider for how you can also benefit from a healthy body as part of a healthy business.Get in touch with SalIf this episode has caught your attention and you wish to learn more, then please contact me. I offer a free 20 min call where we can discuss a challenge your facing and how I may be able to help you.

Where do you go if your regular doctor doesn’t have an answer for a health problem? What is the difference between conventional medicine and health optimisation? This is a fascinating conversation with Dr Ed Caddye who works in both fields. If you want to learn about the future of medicine and healthcare, this is an eye-opener to say the least.As Dr Caddye says, "just because you’re not SICK, it doesn’t mean you are HEALTHY"Some of the cutting edge fields we discuss we cover are:7 pillars in Health Optimisation. Measure metabolism at cell level ‘metabolites’ Using objective testing and markers to assess health.A simple but profound approach. From A+B+C > A = absence of disease. B = balance of anabolic and catabolic processes (builds things up and what breaks things down). C = depending on the lifecycle of the Individual.Bottom up and top down approach in the nervous system to health. Evolutionary Medicine, Trauma and BioEnergetics are some of the exciting new fields available.This is a must listen!Get in touch with Dr Ed Caddye and [email protected] mentioned Elliott Wise at Limitless University. Link to the Monday morning huddle on zoom every Monday at 7amGet in touch with SalIf this episode has caught your attention and you wish to learn more, then please contact me. I offer a free 20 min call where we can discuss a challenge your facing and how I may be able to help you.

Breathwork is the conscious manipulation of how we breathe to affect an outcome in our body and mind.The science and practice of breath work is becoming better understood and in this episode I explain fundamentals of breathing mechanics and what you can do to reduce stress and change the way your feel by breathing in a particular way.Simply put, if you experience stress on a regular basis, you need to know how and why your breathing is directly correlated to managed your body and emotional state.Get in touch with SalIf this episode has caught your attention and you wish to learn more, then please contact me. I offer a free 20 min call where we can discuss a challenge your facing and how I may be able to help you.

Aches, pains and restricted movement may be the result of a lack of mobility training. Gemma Ferguson and I go deep into what mobility is, how to integrate it into life and other exercise activities.Mobility is way more than a bit of stretching. It's a foundation for all other movement - in every area of life. The positive effects on the body and how I feel make this a non-negotiable part of my training.Gemma and I both teach Yoga and movement disciplines and we discuss the differences between yoga and mobility. We also call out the negative impact and risk factors a lack of mobility has on strength training and exercise. Gemma has such a positive energy and and I think you'll get a lot from this episode to support your body and fitness training.Get in touch with GemmaFacebook: gem.fitInstagram: @gem.fit_Website: https://gem.fit/Get in touch with SalIf this episode has caught your attention and you wish to learn more, then please contact me. I offer a free 20 min call where we can discuss a challenge your facing and how I may be able to help you.

Self criticism can be so hard to live with but sadly it's very common for many of us. I share my personal experience about how my own critical voice has affected my life, how it came about and what I needed to do to deal with it.More importantly I share the reason we may have a critical voice and what it core reason actually is...Subscribe and shareIf you like this podcast, please subscribe to Mindset, Mood & Movement via your favourite podcast app. And if you have a friend who needs to hear this, please forward this episode on to them.Get in touch with SalIf this episode has caught your attention and you wish to learn more, then please contact me. I offer a free 20 min call where we can discuss a challenge your facing and how I may be able to help you.

Self care impacts everything - your health, your relationships, your work. In this episode with Tom Weaver, we cover Tom's pillars of self care.The 8 Pillars include:Sleep - misconceptions, how to do it right, breathing at night, my strict boundaries, no screens Movement - how movement is different to exercise - the threshold being 5649 steps not 10,000 Nutrition - how can we listen to our bodies, what you can do test itHydration - the liquid we drink, how much and how oftenBreath - The nose not the mouth, What we are doing wrong, I could talk for more than 2 hours on this topic alone Stillness - The hardest one for me, stillness is more than meditation, Purpose - I can go into why I felt I needed to leave construction to do what I do now. Relationships - speaking to real people, being connected through other means than digitally. Resources and linksThis book is all about our solutions at Beam to the Fundamentals we spoke about - Radical Self Care by Lianne Weaver Sleep Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker Breath The Breath Library The BreathSource The Breath Cure by Patrick McKeown StillnessI use the BreathSource app for moments of stillness Purpose Sum: Forty Tales from After Lives by David Eagleman Relationships The Good Life by Robert Waldinger ~~~~~Subscribe and shareIf you like this podcast, please subscribe to Mindset, Mood & Movement via your favourite podcast app. And if you have a friend who needs to hear this, please forward this episode on to them.Get in touch with SalIf this episode has caught your attention and you wish to learn more, then please contact me. I offer a free 20 min call where we can discuss a challenge your facing and how I may be able to help you.

I used to suffer from anxiety. In this episode, explain how the nervous system works and the importance of our stress response. I share my own personal journey to learning and overcoming anxiety and I trust this will help you if you are struggling with anxiety.Key topics.Poly vagal theory and how the nervous system works.The prime job of the nervous system is to spot threats and keep us safe.It is natural to move to a different emotional states throughout the day.There are many practices including breathing and movement help us come back in to balance.If you're a sensitive individual, it can be hard to navigate the world until you understand how the nervous system works and how the mind interest this.Subscribe and shareIf you like this podcast, please subscribe to Mindset, Mood & Movement via your favourite podcast app. And if you have a friend who needs to hear this, please forward this episode on to them.Get in touch with SalIf this episode has caught your attention and you wish to learn more, then please contact me. I offer a free 20 min call where we can discuss a challenge your facing and how I may be able to help you.

I'm in conversation with Adam Morgan, a clinical psychologist. Our focus is to share our mutual knowledge and skills about how to regulate emotions and why combined with how to find meaning. Emotions and meaning are deeply connected which is why we are covering both subjects. Key themes & learningsAnxiety has an important role to play (it's not necessarily bad) - we need to understand when it's appropriate and when to regulate emotions.Stress can be good for us - it can help us grow but distress is a problem so we need to distinguish between these types of stress.Anxiety can alert us to look closer at our internal world and/or external world and make changes as appropriate.Meaning - finding what we are competent at and what brings us joy. Do what you love.Connectedness - with nature and people we care about. Importance - everything will pass which is vital to remember ~~~Adam has a not for profit organisation where you can access their BrainGym - a set of tools and processes go help you regulate emotions.Real Life Psychology has plenty of resources you can access for free.Subscribe and shareIf you like this podcast, please subscribe to Mindset, Mood & Movement via your favourite podcast app. And if you have a friend who needs to hear this, please forward this episode on to them.Get in touch with SalIf this episode has caught your attention and you wish to learn more, then please contact me. I offer a free 20 min call where we can discuss a challenge your facing and how I may be able to help you.

The desire to do it all is powerful but is often unhealthy. It's easy to believe that you have to achieve everything before you can feel satisfied. The problem with this habit means it can feel all consuming and you never really get there. Even worse, if you keep going, this could lead to burnout - and that's absolutely no place you want to get to.In this episode, I share some of the principles and practices that I have worked with to help my clients understand, address and overcome this. Subscribe and shareIf you like this podcast, please subscribe to Mindset, Mood & Movement via your favourite podcast app. And if you have a friend who needs to hear this, please forward this episode on to them.Get in touchIf this episode has caught your attention and you wish to learn more, then please contact me. I offer a free 20 min call where we can discuss a challenge your facing and how I may be able to help you.

Beliefs shape our thoughts and feelings about money and wealth. My guest, Kevin Boyd is a financial coach and we discuss the financial and psychological influences that affect us. Kevin shares many practical steps you can take to have a healthy relationship to wealth.The main topics include:Wealth and morality - wealth can be healthy and moral.What do we mean by wealth? We unpack a better understanding of money, income streams/types, assets and health.How much is enough? - defining this and how.Beliefs and mindset - how these affect wealth.Kevin’s BIOEver wondered why some people are wealthier than you? Do they know something you don't?Well, that was the question that haunted me when I turned 40. I had nothing saved for my retirement and I wanted to know how other people had managed to get wealthier than me!I  have spent the last two decades studying and practicing how the wealthy behave. After becoming financially free in 2010, I committed myself to help others achieve the same through first publishing my 2012 bestseller The Job Delusion and then training as a UK Financial Adviser.My mission in life is to help you understand the rules of the financial game, change your self-defeating behaviours around building your wealth and guiding you towards financial freedom!Kevin's Offer:Get a free copy of the 2023 edition of The Job Delusion and receive a free 20-minute audit of your current financial position.Resources:Great book to get started is Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Think Rich to Get Rich!Best UK Budgeting app SnoopBest investment podcast - Merryn Talks Money And if you want to check out Bjorn Lomborg and his ideas about how best to save the planet then here is a podcast for you, to save reading his rather long book False Alarm.Get in touch with SalIf this episode has caught your attention and you wish to learn more, then please contact me. I offer a free 20 min call where we can discuss a challenge your facing and how I may be able to help you.

When we view ourself as an ecosystem, we see how the whole system works, interacts and affects each other. More importantly, this allows people to make significant changes that go way deeper and create more impact in life and work.I use a unique approach to personal development that works with the mind, mood and movement together. In this short episode, I explain this approach and process with examples.If you're stuck, stressed, exhausted and ready to changes this might show you a new way... Get in touch with SalIf this episode has caught your attention and you wish to learn more, then please contact me. I offer a free 20 min call where we can discuss a challenge your facing and how I may be able to help you.

Time, productivity and stress are key issues that affect our work. Get it right, and you'll be in flow, productive and happier. However, poor time management means reduced efficiency, increased stress and takes us in the wrong direction.With my guest, Matt Pattison, we discuss these challenges and areas to provide insights and answers. Using Matt's skillset of design thinking, combined with my knowledge of psychology and human behaviour, we endeavour to give you practical steps to take away and apply.The main points you'll learn are:Design is a way of thinking and seeing the world and you can apply it in your world and work to.Connection - real world connection with other people.Human behaviour - reactions, responses and we are influenced by our mind and our environment. Working with both will positively impact you.Design your day - it's your life and your calendar so design it in a way that is aligned to your natural body's needs. Stress - it's how we respond to stressors that is vital. Understand yourself and your needs and how you respond to events.Matt Pattison BIOMatt's eclectic career has taken him from clinician to researcher, designer to film maker. He works tirelessly to design products and services that represent the lives and needs of everyday people across context and culture. He describes himself as a multi passionate entrepreneur and for anyone who might have spoken with him you know conversations can go deep, future focused and diverse pretty quickly. So we will see where this one goes.Links & ReferencesMatt's Design Thinker course: Apply design thinking to your work, your life and yourself [FREE]Matt's Mindful Eating course - Slow The Fork DownReferenced books Matt discussed and a couple more.1. Business Model Generation and Value Proposition Design by Osterwalder et al. 2. Sprint: How to solve big problems and test new ideas in just 5 days Jake Knapp et al3. Make Time- Jake Knapp et al Also worth a look:4. Tiny Habits - BJ Fogg5. Gary Brecka on Diary of a CEO with Stephen Bartlett - Episode 225 [Feb 2023]Sal's link and referencesGeorge Miller 1956. Research into how many things we can hold in our attention.  +/- 7 pieces of information Research on brain processing Early morning daylight affecting the cortisol ‘pulse’ and circadian rhythms Get in touch with SalIf this episode has caught your attention and you wish to learn more, then please contact me. I offer a free 20 min call where we can discuss a challenge your facing and how I may be able to help you.

Growing up, I wrote a self-development list at the age of seven, believing that it contained everything I needed to do to fit in. Over the years, I managed to check off many items from that list, but despite my efforts, I didn't feel like much had changed on the inside. I went on a quest to answer the many questions I had about myself, the mind, and the whole experience of life. This journey has taken me to many places, from self-help to therapy, philosophy to yoga, psychology to performance coaching.Through my experiences, I've learned that our beliefs, emotions, lifestyle, and physicality are all interconnected with the story we hold about ourselves. And the good news is that we all have the power to change that story.As sensitive, intelligent, and motivated individuals, we all have things we want to improve about ourselves that we believe will change something fundamental. But sometimes, when our efforts to change the world around us fail, we get frustrated and stuck. The key is to recognize that our opportunity lies within ourselves.Hi, I'm Sal Jefferies, and I help people free themselves from negative beliefs and old ideas while developing a new, deep confidence in themselves. In my new podcast, Mindset, Mood, and Movement, I speak with specialists from the fields of health, psychology, movement, performance, and leaders like you. Together, we'll uncover how finding coherence between our mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing can help us move beyond anxiety, build a deep conviction, make an impact in life, business, and the world, and generally, be happier in the process.Don't miss an episode. Subscribe to Mindset, Mood & Movement on your favourite podcast app or visit sal.fm to follow the show.