Let's Talk About Emotions and Health with Lindsay Hunt

Everyday EQ

In this episode of the Everyday EQ podcast, Julia chats with Lindsay Hunt, one of her favorite mind and health coaches. Listen in as Lindsay drops some serious knowledge about the role your mindset plays in you successfully transforming your health and body; how you can identify what program/process will actually work for you; and why taking responsibility for your own change is crucial.

To connect with Lindsay, follow her on Instagram @walkonthehealthyside or visit her website walkonthehealthyside.com.

0:26 - Introducing the woman of the hour, Lindsay Hunt

1:03 - How does mindset play into our eating and health habits?

1:48 - Is your mindset aligned to your wellbeing? Lindsay explains what this means.

3:04 - It's vital that we listen to our internal cues, but most of us ignore them when trying to grow and improve our health/life. Why is that?

3:26 - Mic drop: "Mindset and EQ is the nutrition of the future."

4:21 - Getting to know your mindset + emotional components is v supportive of you and your growth.

5:14 - Let's start normalizing high-level mindset training. Treat it like a (mental) fitness program.

6:25 - Mic drop #2: "It comes down to what makes you tick, and the plan the supports your 'ticking.'"

6:48 - Julia's advice for figuring out what your 'ticking' feels like

7:24 - And now for Lindsay's answer on how you can figure out what makes you tick

8:21 - Now that you've figured out what makes you tick, you may still keep yourself from taking action from doing what makes you tick. What's up with that? Lindsay weighs in.

8:57 - And this is how we fall into traps of doing something that's not really aligned with who we are and what we need.

9:24 - The struggle of creating your own path (being aligned) vs. trying to take a short cut and adopt someone else's as your own (not being aligned)

9:57 - But the process can be fun, promise.

10:21 - Self-trust is your fuel.

10:32 - What makes Lindsay tick, and how she started pursuing her own aligned path in career, health, and life.

12:21 - Pain and discomfort motivated her to make positive changes

12:32 - Julia expounds the value of uncomfortable emotions + shares a small story from her own struggle with health and self-expression.

13:45 - Mic drop #3: "It's ok to want that. [...] You can love yourself while you work on yourself."

14:01 - It's important to know that it's possible to have the health, body, skin, WHATEVER you want. You don't have to settle.

14:31 - And enjoy the process of getting to a place where you feel good.

14:56 - On taking responsibility for making your own life better

15:26 - Lindsay shares the exact moment when she realized she was the only one who could change her circumstances, and what it felt like when she finally started making those changes.

17:08 - Two components of getting in alignment and changing

17:54 - No one is going to "fix" you -- not even your coach. And that's how it should be.

19:31 - What you learn emotionally in the process of improving your health can be applied to improve ANY area of life

19:57 - How Lindsay helps her clients build a solid process for transforming their health, and then life

20:38 - What is your worry center?

21:22 - This is the biggest thing people get stuck on when going through their transformation process.

22:09 - Julia can relate. For her, it's about fear of failure.

22:33 - Lindsay sees it as a lack of trust.

23:10 - Mic drop #4: "If you trust yourself, you will get there."

23:45 - Once again, Julia can relate. She sees this in herself when it comes to working out.

24:56 - You know you'll get to your end result when...

25:20 - Get in touch with Lindsay!