In this week’s episode with coach and personal trainer Evan Button whom I recorded the first ever episode of this podcast with (check out episode 1 on Epic Goal Setting). With the ever changing social distancing landscape here in Singapore, I was inspired to reach out to him after seeing a post he created on Instagram mentioning that now is the perfect time to start working towards your health and fitness goals, or for those who have already begun, it’s a great time to continue. Through this episode, we highlight the importance of perspective and how different perspectives allow for different behaviours to follow. We often fail to realise that our behaviours map to our beliefs (by and large about ourselves) and those beliefs map to our self identity - something we can be resistant to working on and unpacking. Though one of the most important aspects of my health I have worked on - my belief system and self identity, it can be incredibly challenging to do alone not to mention confronting and, at times, painful. We give power to what we believe in and if we believe such statements at: “I’m lazy; I’ll always be overweight, I have no work ethic or discipline” etc then we will act accordingly. How to change? Start by CHALLENGING those statements. If you find yourself constantly saying that you’re short on time, ask yourself “Why am I always short on time; what beliefs do I hold about time?” It’s one thing to hold a belief, it’s another to question it. When we question our beliefs, we invite room for shifts to occur surrounding those beliefs. That’s where a tonne of power lies and the potential to shift our own self identity and perception. I so admire how Evan works with his clients in challenging their perspectives and by offering them alternative perspectives. That acts as a portal not only to reaching new heights in heath and fitness but to life in general and that is why wee exist - to help people level up in more ways than one. When our belief systems change, we achieve things we never knew or thought to be possible. Please connect with Evan using the following links and let us know what your main take away from the episode was: https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/epic-goal-setting-with-evan-button/id1552691534?i=1000508175869
