33 | Exploring How Self-Love Can Affect Overall Health, Illness, and Recovery with Sierra Nielsen

The Optimal Body

Confused about what self-love really means? Why is everyone talking about it? Join us as Sierra Nielsen – personal trainer, nutritionist, and transformation coach – gives us wisdom on what self-love is all about and her journey with it. Tune in as she explains what it’s like to go through traumatic life events, even with a lack of support around, and how to work through loneliness along the journey. She dives into how you can take your power back by bringing awareness and acknowledgment to those feelings surrounding your trauma; why vulnerability, although scary at first, is therapeutic and healing. Lastly, listen as she gives advice on how you can truly focus on your self-love journey, without the distractions of social media, and how much the body and mind are intertwined.

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What You Will Learn in This Interview with Sierra Nielsen: @sierranielsen

02:20 – Why Sierra started her self love journey

05:30 – How Sierra addressed the pain she felt with the gaps she noticed in the medical system and her mothers fight with cancer - Why honoring your feelings is so important

12:25 – What Sierra recommends if you feel alone or feel people around you don’t understand you

15:25 – How our external world is a reflection of our internal selves - Why self love is not a destination journey but a daily practice

20:45 – How you can shut out the negative, or social media, and focus on your own self love journey - Why awareness and acknowledgement gives you your power back

25:50 – Why sharing your experiences and being vulnerable is a powerful way to connect to your own and other’s humanness

27:10 – How sharing your story gets easier the more you do it

28:42 – Sierra’s experience with physical issues due to her mental trauma

33:02 – Why understanding what stressors are going on within you body are so important

About Sierra Nielsen:

Sierra Nielsen is a speaker, entrepreneur and transformation coach.

As a well-known entertainment executive she had produced 3 movies before she turned 28 and was executive producer of 2 notable movies with an A-roster celebrity clientele with the likes of Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Anniston and even Harry Potter himself (Daniel Radcliffe). But that’s just the beginning. Sierra holds a degree in Psychology from Vanderbilt University, is a certified personal trainer, fitness nutrition coach and meditation specialist as well as the founder of Your Soul Sexy, an online program and virtual community dedicated to helping you to own your worth and become healthy from the inside-out.

Sierra has an online following of hundreds of thousands of individuals who tune into her message on emotional resilience, body positivity, inner confidence and personal empowerment. As a popular performance and transformation coach she has been featured in national media including USA Today, Variety and Self Magazine and has worked with anyone from D.C. Politicians and Hollywood Models/Actors to Award Winning Producers and NYT best selling authors.

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Sierra’s Website:http://www.sierranielsen.com/

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