Boost Your Motivation to Train With This w/ Kasey Jo Orvidas

Whether you are on the client side or the coach side, if you are trying to make positive changes in your life in regard to fitness, nutrition, and your health in general, having strategies to help you take a step forward and get better results is crucial. Having the right approach when it comes to improving your nutrition and fitness, especially when dealing with a lack of motivation or self-sabotage, comes down to the science behind health behavior change.

Key Takeaways

If You Want to Understand Your Mindset Better, You Should:

1. Work with a coach or a client who is willing to talk about and prepare for the hard stuff

2. Understand that mindsets can shift drastically and often

3. Be kind to yourself when struggling with a lack of motivation or self-sabotage

Your Mind and Your Health with Kasey Jo Orvidas

Kasey holds a Ph.D. in Psychology and is a certified health and fitness coach. She has spent a good chunk of her life developing some serious expertise in mindset and health behavior change. She has transformed hundreds of lives (and minds) in her coaching career, while also being published in multiple peer-reviewed scientific journals for her research exploring the relationship between our mindset and our health and fitness behaviors.

The Base of the Pyramid

Your mindset is the lens through which you see the world through, how you assign meaning to things, and how you make sense of what is happening around you. It is the base of the pyramid for your health and nutrition, which is why it is so essential to understand the science behind making positive changes. 

When you are able to face mindset challenges, you can start working towards more consistency, more motivation, and ultimately better mindset health outcomes.

Not All Sunshine and Rainbows

I'm sure you have heard people preaching positivity and mindset in the fitness space, but this is not a show about pushing through negative thoughts. Instead, Kasey Jo wants you to think about the hard stuff and prepare yourself for those inevitable moments when you get tripped up psychologically. 

Addressing problems from a mindset perspective, whether you are a coach or a client, will help you determine which path will be the most successful in the long run. While truly understanding psychology, mindset, and behavior change is not necessarily the norm, Kasey Jo is working to fix that one person at a time.

Are you ready to take a deep dive into the role your mindset is playing in your health and fitness? Share your thoughts with me in the comments on the episode page.

In This Episode

• Why this isn't just another mindset show (5:10)
• Understanding the spectrum of mindset science (12:16)
• How to collect evidence to stop your self-limiting beliefs (23:09)
• Tips for coaches on making a realistic yet optimistic plan for your clients (28:54)
• The difference between scientific evidence-based mindset work and other offers out there (34:20)
• How to understand the role of your own mindset as a coach and as a client (43:55)