Episode 64: Strengthening Your Mental Fitness By Talking More?!?! artwork
Adulthood: Revisited

Episode 64: Strengthening Your Mental Fitness By Talking More?!?!

  • S1E64
  • 11:47
  • September 29th 2020

Hey, hey, A:R Nation!

I hope that you're doing well!

Today's been a great day on this side!

While summer is winding down, it's given us a final few days to enjoy with warm weather, and I've been making the most of that sun and heat!

I have a neat strategy I invite you to check out.

Have you ever read a self-improvement book, or taken a peak performance seminar?

A common thread throughout many of these materials is the idea of mental chatter, and that if we want to lead more productive and more fulfilled lives, we want to work on quieting that mental chatter.

For me, that mental chatter often starts as soon as I wake up.

I think about all the things that I want to get done that day.

I start getting anxious when my dog doesn't want to get up for his morning walk, because that will delay everything I want to tackle that day.

Then comes the onset of thinking about work, clients, health, food, bills, sex - everything!

If you're like me, that express train of thoughts leaves me feeling overwhelmed and exasperated almost as soon as I begin my day.

I'm about to start a 6 week mental fitness program (led by Nesreen Mahmoud).

As I was going through the initial pre-work materials, the suggestion of quieting mental chatter came up again.

Not sure why this resonated, but it reminded me of a convo I had with someone who shared how they read books aloud.

They shared that they are better able to focus on reading when reading aloud as opposed to quietly doing so.

So I gave it a whirl - and read the pre-work material aloud!

What a marked difference!

I then thought about chatting with myself in the mirror.

Same impact! So much more clarity, and no bottleneck of thoughts while doing so!

I am going to try and implement this in my life - speaking my thoughts more - and I encourage you to do the same.

Talk to me, baby! This is the Adulthood:Revisited Podcast.

Adulthood: Revisited

I dunno about y'all, but in the last few years I've been trying to figure who I am.

I've asked myself who am I as a person, as a man, as a partner in relationship, who am I in business.

I wonder if who I am is really who I want to be

If not, when did it change, and what can I do to tap into who I really want to be.

If you've asked yourself questions like these, then I invite you to join me on this journey, Adulthood: Revisited.