“What’s the story you’re telling yourself?” is a life lesson I learned from Dr Brene Brown. This line has been such an incredible tool in my communications with myself and my loved ones and here’s how you can use it too…
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6 years ago I had a vision that I’d create a business that supported pre and postnatal people. I had no money, I’d just had a baby and it was a complete career change. Everything about my situation was risky, and had I listened to the “sensible” voices or my self-doubt and perfectionism which told me to “wait until I was ready” I would never have gotten started.
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I spent years of my life trying to make people like me, I molded myself to fit whatever group I was in, and before too long I found myself indecisive, unsure of what I liked or disliked, and worst of all I was burnt the F out. You see in order to make people like me I was saying yes to everything. I was so scared of saying no because then they wouldn’t like me and I’d have to sit with that deep sense of self-loathing that I was hiding.
This was a really hard cycle to break, for me, it went on for a really long time until eventually my body started reacting to my boundaryless lifestyle and I HAD to listen.
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Hands up if you’ve ever heard or used the phrase “It’s time to embrace your flaws!” whilst its roots might be well meaning I take issue with that statement and here’s why…
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This is something we get asked about a LOT! When most of us think of improving our heart and lung health we might think of things like running or some sort of super intense HIIT class and whilst those things are great if you like them…what do you do if you don’t?
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What if your relationship with the gym didn’t have to be full of guilt and shame, of punishment and self-loathing? What if I told you that you could have a happy, healthy relationship with exercise and in time yourself? Would you believe me?
I wouldn’t blame you if you didn’t but It is in fact true! And this week I want to shine some light on exactly how you can start to love the gym!
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Ladies remind yourself daily that lighting another woman’s fire doesn’t distinguish your own - in fact it will most definitely help it burn brighter. That’s a world I am so here for, and I hope you are too.
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I don’t exaggerate when I say that lifting weights saved my life. It gave me the chance to finally be in a place where I don’t have to shrink myself, to feel strong and to want to nourish my body with food, and to no longer feel afraid of weight gain or body changes. It showed me that I was more than how I looked and gave me the confidence I needed to begin to heal and the strength, passion, and fire in my belly to build SLAM!
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I feel that call to go inward, I get this weird temptation to spend all of my time scrolling through social media. I then start to compare myself to every other business/human/parent and because my energy is lower and it’s time for me to answer that call to surrender, something I naturally find quite difficult, I start telling myself all of these lies about how I’m not doing enough. So, last year I wanted to experiment further and decided I was going to take an extended break and see what happened, I stayed away from social media for a year.
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Age is a number and I’m challenging myself to reframe the patriarchal conditioning that’s taught me to fear it.
So here are 3 reasons I feel better in my 30’s than I did in my 20’s. I loved my 20’s and I’m not for a second dismissing anyone who is still in that phase of their life but when I was 26 I feared all the things that I am now.
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You may have seen Gwyneth Paltrows recent interview where she shares her “wellness” hacks. True to form we are not here to take another woman down, what works for Gwyneth works for Gwyneth but what we are here for is to empower, educate and support women to live their best lives.
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Nobody really talks about the psychological impact of becoming a parent for the first time. We talk about the body changes, we plan births, we have an expectation of what maternity leave will be (walks, coffees, play dates) and actually, when the expectation and reality don’t quite meet, we’re often found questioning ourselves – are we good enough, are we somehow failing, is everyone else doing better at this than me?
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Zelda (she/her) is a weightlifter, amongst many other things such as being a civil engineer. We’d love to share with you her newfound love of weightlifting and the change it’s brought to her life!
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Amy (she/her) is a weightlifter and long-time member of SLAM. We’d love to share with you her experience in sport throughout her life and how she is passionate about equality for women in this!
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Tania (she/her) is passionate about trial/ultra-running. So, we’d love to give you an insight into how her journey into running all began and what her sport has taught her along the way!
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You might know Ana from her incredible coaching here at SLAM but today we’re taking the opportunity to speak to Ana about her incredible passion for combat sports and her place as a women within this sport.
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We are so excited to be bringing a brand new offering to Strong Like a Mutha!
Strong Girls Club is a coach lead and peer-support exercise and wellbeing program for girls and young women aged 13-16 by Strong Like a Mutha.
Our vision with Strong Girls Club is to empower a generation of young girls to know that they are worthy exactly as they are and to find body confidence and happiness regardless of their weight, shape or body size.
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Because, the toxicity of diet culture tells us that it’s wrong to get bigger, no matter what the cost. It teaches us from an incredibly young age to be consumed with being small. So we begin to believe that our worth is determined by how we look, but when we don’t fit that mould, what happens?
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When you’re scrolling and wondering:
Why don't you look that way?
Why don't you have that life?
Why isn't your house tidy?
Why don't you have that many followers?
Why you’re not that parent??
Stop and remind yourself that what you see on your feed and page is another person's highlight reel, and very often isn’t what they are truly feeling at the time.
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I want to part of a future where the perception of our health isn’t determined by the size and shape of our body, and where our self worth isn’t fed by diet culture, where each and every person is able to show up authentically and is empowered to love and accept all sides of themselves.
On Valentines Day it's so easy to express love and gratitude to others but how often do we extend that to ourselves?
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