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Want to redefine your fitness journey in the midst of motherhood?

In today’s Episode of the Fitness Simplified podcast, Fitness & Nutrition Specialist Coach Brooke Davis reveals the compelling story of Heather Martin, a Nutrition and Fitness coach. Heather recounts her transformative journey from struggling with food relationships to becoming a motivating coach for moms, emphasizing the significance of mindset in integrating children into workouts and navigating life transitions. 

But that’s not all – Heather also opens up about overcoming an Achilles rupture, shedding light on her recovery process and the crucial mindset shift required to bounce back stronger.

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Transcript:

Brooke

Hello there, lovely listeners. Today I have on Heather Martin, fellow fitness coach and mom premier, and we’re diving into a topic that’s both exciting and let’s be real, a little daunting. Mindsets are big transitions, from the wild ride of motherhood to navigating injuries and expectations. Whether you’re a new mom figuring out the ins and outs or a seasoned pro juggling multiple kiddos, the transition into mom life is a roller coaster of emotions, challenges, and of course, sleepless nights. But here’s the secret: it’s all about mindset – the way we perceive and approach things.

So, grab your coffee or tea, find a cozy spot, and join us as we chat about how the right mindset can turn these big life transitions into empowering adventures. Get ready for some real talk, relatable stories, and a few laughs along the way. Let’s jump right in. Heather is a mom, outdoor adventure enthusiast, and fitness coach from Colorado. Heather, welcome, and thank you so much for joining me on my first ever guest podcast, I am super excited to chat with you. We have so much in common, and this topic is one that is so important in so many aspects of life. So, to start, can you just share a little about you, introduce yourself, and your fitness journey?

Heather Martin

Yeah, well, thank you so much for having me. So yes, I am a nutrition and fitness coach, and I’m also a mom as well. So I have a five and eight year old. So then through the whole experience of, you know, what does fitness and nutrition look like, you know, before kids, and then, you know, when they’re little and all the different stages that we go through. So I’m super excited just to chat with you today and, yeah, spill all the things that happen in mom life.

Brooke

Awesome, awesome, I love that. So, what inspired you to become a coach? Can you share that and then a little bit of your philosophy?

Heather Martin

Yeah, I think a lot of people can relate on this. It’s usually what you had struggled with a little bit growing up and that was really, it was, I had a, you know, growing up, I had like a poor relationship with food, and I just didn’t understand how food and my body worked. Like I was very much like, I did diets or if I ate, you know, 1200, 1300 calories, like I felt like I had to like… be on the elliptical to like burn that many. I didn’t understand like how the body really works and like you’re already burning that as we know like in your metabolism too. But also, so I think it was coming back from like my struggles and like how I overcame my struggles and I just wanted to share with everyone else like who is going through that now personally. Like how do you have a better relationship with food?

And also just how do you, your mindset and how do you transition from going into fitness and mom life and that it is possible, but it’s all gonna come down. And I know it might sound cheesy, but like it does come down to like what you believe in about yourself and what you really know that you’re capable of, because we’ll put our limiting beliefs on like, really what we believe. And so it’s taking someone in like taking them out of that and like having them get out of their comfort zone. And that’s like the part I love is seeing someone thrive and like knowing what they’re capable of, but also having that support along the way because there’s going to be obstacles that come up. And so having someone in your corner is just like really powerful and really helpful. So that’s kind of how I started the business, honestly, from my own personal struggles and like wanting to help others kind of go through that too.

Brooke

Awesome. I love that. Yeah, it is so rewarding to watch the growth of that and, you know, to see and hear those limiting beliefs and then watch them also shatter them and, you know, achieve things that they didn’t realize they were equal.

So our overarching theme of today is mindset, right? And those, some of those limited beliefs, but through big transitions, which is really exciting to me. So mindset is arguably the biggest factor when it comes to reaching any goal, but especially when it comes to health and fitness, because inevitably there are gonna be changes in our lives, setbacks, or what I like to call growth opportunities along our journeys that we have to navigate. You know, I have and have had quite a few coaches myself and firmly believe that learning from others is the best way to do most things and achieve things. So this is near and dear to my heart as I am in a year of transitioning to two children and I have a one and a four year old now. So I am looking forward to gleaning some of your knowledge and experience for myself as well as listeners.

So there are obviously a lot of different kinds of transitions, but I was happy to see that you were wanting to talk about one that obviously we have in common, which was mom life. So diving into that, you’re a mom. How many kids do you have, and how old are they?

Heather Martin

Yeah, so I have two kids, they are five, and then Wyatt will be nine in a month, which is crazy. [Laughter]

Brooke

I’m not ready for that. Awesome. So that’s actually very close in our age gap. So you were an athlete as a, you were a young athlete and then as an adult, you started kind of your fitness journey in CrossFit. And then how did that change for you when you had kids? What did you come up against there?

Heather Martin

I know.

Oh yeah, okay, so there’s a lot of things I could talk about here, but like even being, I think going back to it of being an athlete, like I’m 37, so I think back then when we were athletes, we weren’t ever in the weight room or anything like that. It was like I played volleyball and soccer, and I think now it’s super cool to see that transition because all like the high schoolers and stuff are like learning how to lift weights, but like that wasn’t what we did when I was like in high school.

I’m working out with my mom on the step aerobics, doing videos and stuff. And so then, so that’s kind of where I say, oh, I was an athlete, but I didn’t know lifting back then. And then, yeah, I went to college, I developed a pretty poor relationship with food in college, and then I saw these women in lifting after college. And I was like, I want to feel like my old self. I felt like I was just so uncomfortable in my skin, and I was so far removed from what I used to do growing up. And I saw, I remember watching the CrossFit athletes and I was like, that is so cool. I just wanna be strong and not like I wanna be skinny again. It was a totally different mindset. And…

So I went to like my first CrossFit class, which is super intimidating. And then I just fell in love with lifting from there. And then like from then on, I’ve progressed like so much of like what, and then I like was doing CrossFit and then I had kids and I, then I transitioned to like working out at home. So I think that like CrossFit gave me a good background on like, okay, I know how to push myself. I know I can get into that next level from doing CrossFit, but that wasn’t what I could do anymore as a mom. I was working nine to five. I was living in Denver at the time, so my commute was really long. I was getting up early and taking the kids to daycare. And I would get home at six o’clock. So like, going to classes just didn’t fit really into my schedule, but I wanted to be really, really consistent. So then for like six years I worked out at home. But I had like the knowledge of like how to build up programs, like how to do that by that point. But yeah, then I just transitioned to –

Brooke

Were you a coach at that point?

Heather Martin

Um, yes. So like at the very end, like, so honestly, the first, uh, when I had kids, like I wasn’t a coach necessarily, but like I love nutrition and fitness. So if you go back to my Instagram, like I’m sharing all my workouts with people, like I’m sharing what I’m doing, but I didn’t have a business then. So like when I decided, like, I actually like want to make this a business, like I already, I had people already following me for a while because they saw my journey through all that. But I wasn’t necessarily coaching anyone, you know what I mean? It was just out of my passion, what I was sharing. And then over time, we built up our garage gym. And because for me, working out is…

at this stage, I think you get, it starts out as a physical thing, right? And then like over time, I think it becomes a mental thing. And so that’s like the stage I am now like, yeah, I keep my physical health, but like, it’s such a mental, like for me, like going into the garage gym, like lifting is like my energy. It is like what makes me feel good at the end of the day, you know? Yeah, so I think it’s just to answer that.

I’ve transitioned a lot and working out with the kids, I think it was like, okay, what is gonna fit best and what am I gonna be the most consistent with? And if it’s home workouts, that’s amazing. It’s more about what can you be consistent with than going to the gym a couple times a month. If you can be consistent at home, just do that. And your kids can be right next to you.

Brooke

Yeah, yeah, absolutely. I love that. And so I’m curious, you know, when you transitioned out of CrossFit to being at home, what were some of the things that came up for you? Did you find that, you know, I hear a lot that people are like, oh, working out at home, like, I can’t find the motivation. I, you know, there’s always things to do around the house. They look around, I’m like, I can’t go work out. There’s dishes, you know, et cetera. Can I ask what you personally came up against if there was anything like that you have worked through or are working through currently?

Heather Martin

Oh yeah, I think, oh boy, that’s good, we could talk about this for a long time. I think that’s the part, really like the mindset and like, I think too, okay, so when I like look back at it, like when I wasn’t working out really consistently before kids, right? So I was doing things based on what I felt because I was just like, I just, it was just me, you know? And then when you become a mom, like you have to do things even though you don’t feel like it. And I think then you kind of carry that over to be like, you know, like sometimes it’s like, we don’t wanna give our kids a bath right now, but like they need a bath. So you learn that like, you have to do things not based off the way you feel. It’s just like, this has to get done, you know? And like, I think when you become a mom, you get really pretty good at multitasking. And so taking that mindset of like, hey, I might not feel like it, but I still wanna like honor myself and I’m still gonna show up is important.

And I think at the end of the day, like I always tell this with clients of like, what is your why? Like, because your motivation is gonna go within like three weeks. And so if you don’t really know why you wanna keep doing it, like then you don’t get consistent with it. So, like for me, my why is I know what it feels like to be very strong and capable.

And I also know what it feels like to not be comfortable in my body. And I wanna make sure that I feel really strong and for my kids and where we live is a very active place, right? So we moved here for a reason. So I wanna bike with them, I wanna snowboard with them, I wanna go rafting with them.

For me to have those memories with my kids, I have to be in also physical shape to do that, to be honest. And so that’s my why is like, when my kids are in high school, I wanna play ball with them. I don’t wanna be on the sidelines. So that’s why I keep showing up, to be honest.

Brooke

Yeah, yeah, for sure. I 100% agree with that. And I’d say that most women that I talk to, that is a huge driving motivation for them to want to get healthy. But something that I think most people, most women, moms, struggle with is the battle between time, right? So the mom guilt of, okay, well, taking this time for me and you know it’s taking time either away from or you know from family time or whatever it is. Do you have any words of wisdom for the mom struggling with that?

Heather Martin

Mm-hmm. Yeah, so especially, um, the mom guilt piece of it, like I always say, like, I don’t want you to feel mom guilt. Like you shouldn’t. Like you should, your kids should see you working out and like honor it. Like I have always had my kids with me. So if you go back into my Instagram, it wasn’t like, oh my gosh, I’m going to like, yeah, sometimes they’re not with me 100%. But honestly, like it wasn’t like I’m going to do my workout and you guys are doing this. They were always like, I would pull, I would do, at the time I was doing short workouts, so it wasn’t taking me an hour. I would do 30 minute workouts. Maybe they would take an hour because you’re like, then we’re taking them to the bathroom and all that. But also releasing that expectation of like… okay, if I’m working out with my kids, like, it’s not going to go as planned.

So let’s just get that out of the way. And it’s okay. Like if I, and that was hard in the beginning because I was a very, no, like I did CrossFit and like, I have to get this Metcon done. But like, then when you become a mom, you’re like, oh, even if I, yeah, like I’m going to get interrupted and it’s okay. I’m doing something then like nothing at all.

And for me, it was like they were just a part of like, they’ve been a part of that journey forever. And so that’s also like their life now. So like, I’ll be like, I’ll just be hanging out and like the kids will be like, mom, let’s go like in the garage and like do stuff because that’s what they’re used to. So I think when you incorporate the kids, it’s just a part of what you do. Right. And then but then also knowing like, maybe you just freaking need to like go by yourself, right? And not thinking of it as like mom guilt, but like, how, you know, is this gonna allow you to show up better for your kids or are you gonna, for me, when I don’t get my workout in, I notice that I’m a little bit, like, what’s the word I’m looking for, a little bit more tense. And it’s like, you know, if I could spend that 30 minutes, I’m probably gonna be more calm with my kids too. So it’s that give and take of like, how are you gonna respond? And you do need to do something for yourself because you’re gonna show up for your family just better and maybe in a more calm state if you’re someone who’s very anxious.

Brooke

Yeah, yeah, absolutely. The expectation part, I agree, is huge, right? You know, especially if you are used to having whatever structure and things like that. So I think the first kiddo, right, transitioning is probably the hardest as you work around their needs and their nap times and my littlest is – I just heard this term, but it’s so accurate. She’s what I now call a Velcro baby. And so, I spend a lot of time holding her and modifying my workouts to where I can either have her on my back or be carrying her or whatever. And that used to really frustrate me. And to be honest, it still does some days, but I don’t let it stop me from working out. And so…

Yeah, just the expectation part of that and knowing that it’s not gonna look like it used to. However, something is always going to be better than nothing. So yeah, that’s huge for sure.

Heather Martin

Oh, I was going to say it was funny because on my stories yesterday, it was like eight years ago and I’m doing squats, like holding Wyatt, you know? And I think it’s also learning what that might look like and that it’s not going to go perfect. But like, OK, when they’re little, I had to have been a playpen and I would like put all their stuff, you know, in the playpen. So I’m like next to them, but I’m still working out. And then they get a little bit older.

and they want to run with you and you’re like, okay, you know, like, it just, you kind of learn the transitions of like, and it’s gonna look a little different to expect and then especially when you have multiples like that’s a whole different ballgame in itself there too, you know.

Brooke

Yeah, yeah, the transitions as they get older of what you can integrate, how you can integrate them, what you can do with them, what you can let them do. Yeah, I know personally the self-care part of it is huge. I wake up in the morning and we have our to-do list and I know that training is always at the top of mine, basically below feeding my kids and then whatever business stuff. And…

If I, the longer I go throughout the day with that on my list, just like haunting me looming over my head, the more frustrated and like pent up and, you know, snappy I get. And so if I can just go like move, get that done out of the way, like my body feels better. My brain feels better. And, you know, I, I’ve recognized at this point that if I go, you know, even two, three days without moving intentionally, or workout or whatever, but just moving intentionally, like my body actually starts to hurt, and I get even more frustrated. So I have, you know, and I try and pass that along to other people as like when you know how good you’re supposed to feel, it helps drive you, you know, to know when you need to prioritize yourself as well. So yeah, I completely agree with that.

Heather Martin

Yeah. And like knowing that like it’s not always going to be the same, like, you know, just different years of it. So there was parts where I’d worked out in the evening because that’s just kind of like what my schedule was. Like there’s parts where I’m building the business and I have like, and I’m with, I had the kids with me, like when Sadie was born Wyatt was three, like I watched them. And so like I would work out with them. There’s tons of content where like I was doing like afternoon workouts with them.

Now life is different, so I have to get up early in the morning to get it done. So just being able to have that flexibility to transition just wherever life is. And yeah, exactly. And I also work out a lot more on the weekends because that’s just easier for me now too. So it’s always, how can you transition?

Brooke

Totally, totally. The flexibility is, I think, in your mindset as well as schedule-wise, right? Being able to be like, okay, I would love to wake up and work out first thing in the morning, but I also know that that’s when my brain is freshest and that is my kids are sleeping, so I am gonna work. And then when they wake up, that is time that, yes, I can be with them and I go get a workout in and would I prefer to workout without them? A lot of times, yes, because I would love if my workouts weren’t interrupted. But you know, nighttime is like family time for us. So that is, you know, something that schedule-wise we have created and then I’ve been flexible with where my workouts fit in and you know, how I get them done. And that’s something that I know, you know, a lot of women struggle with of like, okay, I couldn’t stick to this schedule of getting it in the morning. And instead of being like, okay, where else could I squeeze it in or what else could I do? You know, a different kind of workout, a different timeframe of a workout, even if it’s a shorter one. Instead of thinking like that, it’s the all or nothing, like, oh, well, if I couldn’t do this in this perfect order, then I’m not gonna do it at all.

Or it’s not worth doing or whatever, right? And so that is the flexibility component is I think a huge part of the mental shift to be making through motherhood as well.

Heather Martin

Mm-hmm. Great. Yeah. And like what you said too, I know you said it earlier where my philosophy is the same, something is better than nothing. So even if it’s whatever, it’s 10 minutes, I think the most important part for people is being in the habit of it. So when you can get 10 minutes in, you’re still in that habit of getting it in, even though it’s not like this perfect hour workout. And we honestly…

When I look back, like almost in the best shape of my life, like it was 30 minute workouts. Like I wasn’t doing these like hour long things, but I was just honestly super consistent and also like knowing your schedule and like what you’re going to do. So for me, I couldn’t go to the gym. I like was raising two kids by myself, but like during the day. And then like you said, the evenings were family time. So…

I needed to work out at home. And then, and just knowing like, okay, like, yeah, we built up our garage gym because that was important to me. And I was like willing to invest to do that because like that, that’s a big priority for me.

Brooke

Yeah, yeah, it’s like I said, there’s so many components to making that transition, I would say successful and it’s a work in progress, even with you know, my oldest is four years or nine and five and you know, there’s always going to be like, life transitions. So I think that can also apply to like I said, so many aspects of life having that mindset of, you know, something is better than nothing. And the workouts, right? 30 minute workouts. That’s a whole other topic that we won’t head into today as far as, you know, overtraining and people’s expectations of what they have to do, right? That’s a whole other podcast, which maybe we can plan on. But, so speaking of, you know, your fitness, things like that, do you have any specific goals that you are working towards right now?

Heather Martin

So that’s interesting because I always have goals. But I think this is like the first time where I don’t necessarily have like a big goal. And the only reason is because well, it’s more like I had an Achilles rupture. And so, this year has been so different for me. And my goal is really just to get back to where I was. But usually I’m like, I’m a very big goal setter.

So I’m like, I wanna do this race or I wanna do this. Like I always have something I’m kind of working towards, which I think also helps you stay pretty consistent with that, because there’s something you’re working towards, right? So I don’t say like necessarily I have like, I’m trying to do a race or those things. It’s just, I wanna get back to like my fitness level of where it was like before my Achilles rupture. We’re close.

Brooke

Yeah. Nice. So, can you share what happened and how did that impact your fitness routine? What did you have to adjust and work through with that injury?

Heather Martin

Yeah. Well, what’s interesting with that, and I’ll kind of back it up a little bit because I actually had, so I had worked out for like seven years, six, seven years, like at home on my own, and I had like felt like I had reached a good fitness level. But I wanted to like go the next level, right? And so I had hired a bodybuilder like pro.

Um, and so I had hired her, not like I was going to get on stage or anything. It was more of, again, taking my fitness to the next level. Like my kids are a little older now. I like talking schedules, like our schedule change. We live like literally like, like I live across the gym so I can like walk to the gym. So I was like, I want to, I’ve been working out at home for seven years. I want to try the gym and the gym is like really new to me. Cause I was just like CrossFit at home, you know.

So I had worked with her for like six months, I’m like going to the gym like five days a week, like trying to get after it. And then I went and played a soccer game and I like ruptured my Achilles. And that was like devastating. So, I was like, I had just spent like all this time trying to like get to this next level. And I’m like – just ruptured everything.

So I think that’s the part of, and I had no clue when looking back, like how long that was gonna take me to get back. And it’s still like, I mean, this is a year, it’ll be a year, like a year and a month. And still to this day, it like, it still hurts me like every day, you know, but the mindset is just like super different, like going through an injury too which we can talk about.

Brooke

Had you been playing soccer? Was that like a one-off time or what? What does that look like?

Heather Martin

Yeah, so I was like, you know, I played soccer in high school. And then I was like, I want to get some more cardio because I’ve been lifting so heavy. And I was like, I’m going to do like a cardio thing. So I signed up for an adult soccer league. And clearly, well, I think what happened was, it wasn’t just soccer.

Like I looking back, I’m like, I remember tearing it, but I’d never been injured before. So I didn’t realize what a little tear felt like. I remember it like something felt weird. And then like a couple of days later, I went to my adult soccer league game and then that completely just like took it out. But yeah, I was trying to get back to my old self and I’m like, oh, I’m 37 now. Maybe I can’t just jump into adult soccer league.

Brooke

Yeah, I actually, I had a client who did that exact same thing. Like she ruptured her Achilles and went back into a soccer game as an adult without like preparing really, you know, for that kind of activity.

Heather Martin

Yeah, it’s so crazy.

It’s crazy because I’m like, I snowboard I like do all these things, but the movement of soccer, like I’m not used to doing a lot of like plyos, or I wasn’t a lot at that time and I had already again, like I said, I remember tearing it, so I should have like stopped doing what I was doing, but I’m a very I’ll just I’ll work through it, you know, but yeah, I’m in an Achilles rupture group and there’s like 8,000 of us in there

And they’re all like, you know, we went back to play our old, you know, our old recreational sports. Yeah.

Brooke

Oh no!

So with that you said it’s been a year. What kind of mindset shifts were required throughout this year and then what modifications did you make to your training?

Heather Martin

Yeah, totally. Okay, so like on the mindset side of things, this is where you can’t look at like, what I can’t do anymore. I think a lot of people go to that like, oh, I’m, you know, like I’ve seen people who have injuries and they’re just like, well, I can’t go 100%. So like, what’s the point of doing it, you know? And so you have to switch the mindset of like, okay, maybe I can’t do leg day anymore for like a little bit of time.

But I just changed it to be like, what can I do? I’m not gonna dwell on what I can’t do anymore, especially like, hiring someone and training so hard for five months or five or six months, it’s, you have to have a different mindset of like, that’s the past and like, what am I gonna do to move forward? Like there’s nothing I can change right now. So I just did upper body days. Like my back was like the best it ever been.

And I showed up to the gym in my crutches for four months because I was in a boot for almost four months. And yeah, I was like, I guess I’ll just focus on my nutrition a little bit, dial that in more, and I’ll get really good at upper body days. So more of the mindset of, not of what I can’t do, but like…

Okay, well, what can we do it and let’s progress there.

Brooke

That’s awesome. I love that you’re showing up to the gym in crutches and a boot. That’s dedication. And so often, you know, those setbacks are the end of a lot of people’s goals or, you know, so that what can I do attitude, right? Thinking that again, something is better than nothing. So even if, you know, it’s just upper body, maintaining that muscle mass.

And there are actually studies that show that when recovering from an injury, even, you know, doing exercises on opposite legs or whatever other body parts actually increases healing and recovery time, you know, and even like capabilities for the healing of the opposite limb. So, you know, it’s the components of circulation and blood flow and, but also I think a neural connection to, you know, your movements and your muscles is a big part of that.

So, it’s a not, you know, it’s not for nothing basically, even if you can’t work that one part or, or whatever. So that’s great that you were continuing through that. And, you know, thinking about like how much longer, right? It’s miserable being in a boot and on crutches, but you know, if you hadn’t been doing that, think of how much worse you would have felt had you done nothing. And you’re like, all right, I’ll sit on the couch for the next four months, I’m in this boot and go from there, right?

Heather Martin

Yeah, and like that part too, and like being someone, like I was a pretty active person. So I’m used to hiking. I’m used to like doing all these activities and that’s like all taken away from you. And so that part, I think, especially within Achilles rupture, because it’s such a big one.

There was like some deep times, like, because it was kind of my whole world of being active and doing all these things like, I couldn’t go for a walk anymore, you know, I couldn’t like, just be on crutches or I would take my little frickin scooter, like, try to walk around and my daughter would sit, it’s kind of funny now looking back at it, but like, I would have Sadie in the front of the scooter and then like, we would just like do our walk that way. So it’s…

Your mindset is like, yeah, what can I do and like transition? And then it was funny because she was like, oh, let’s like bring the scooter back. I’m like, no, we’re not looking at that thing anymore.

Brooke

I thought that’s gonna be burned.

Heather Martin

It’s gonna be burned, yeah.

Brooke

Is there anything that you used specifically to help you overcome? I agree with you. I’ve had some minor injuries, but I’ve never had anything that put me in a boot or on crutches. Knock on wood. But is there anything outside of physical training that you used to help break through the mental darkness and you know, frustration of being kind of shut down with what you love to do?

Heather Martin

Oh yeah, I mean, I think support just in anything, right? Like even your like fitness and nutrition. So that’s when I got into an Achilles group. It was an Achilles Facebook group that I still am in because I’m still going through it. And that was like the piece of it too that you’re not in this alone. I mean, I like joined that group immediately and that you’re not in this alone.

And we would just chat like, hey man, I’m like a month in, this is how I’m feeling. Like, is that how you were feeling? And so it was at the end of the day, like looking back, I was in the right place, but I made sure to make sure I had support and reach out for that. Because as a coach, like I know how important having support is. So I knew that mentally it was gonna be really, really hard for me. And I couldn’t.

And no one around me has ever had an Achilles injury. So like, I wanted to be in a group where there’s like 8,000 of us, like this kind of sucks together. But we’re in it together. And also like, yeah, you had PT, so they’re helping you figure out those mental roadblocks too, but just having, being able to like ask questions to someone in like a free, it was a free Facebook group.

It just, again, like it was just the support in the community that like really helped in that process.

Brooke

Yeah, yeah, you know, the quote misery loves company, but also, you know, there is a huge component to the community aspect of other people just knowing and being able to share the human experience, right? And unfortunately, especially in this day and age, we lack so much of that, you know, it’s funny, because I would have never like even thought of an Achilles injury group to look up, but it makes sense. And you know, why wouldn’t there be? I’m sure there’s obviously there’s a ton of people that have experienced that. So, I love that you like reached out to that and found that source and to help get you through that.

And that is, you know, something that again, with coaching, clients sometimes, either reach out to us or maybe dip their toe in the water in terms of maybe asking about coaching, but it really is like you have to decide that you want it type thing in order to really get the benefits from it. So like you said, you were engaged, you were asking questions, getting the most out of what the community had to offer. So I love that component of it too. And so they’re just…

being a fly on the wall, which could have also helped, but just getting the most out of it for sure. Awesome.

Heather Martin

Oh yeah, I think it’s like, I answered it through that too. So it’s like, okay, well I know, usually that’s the case, right? Like the ones who are like the most engaged and really are taking the time to like learn and be coachable, get the most out of it. So it’s like, I know that as a coach. So going into the Facebook group, yeah, it was nice to be a fly on the wall, but like, don’t be scared to ask questions of what you’re specifically going through.

Brooke

Yeah, that’s awesome. Well, I think we have given listeners a lot to chew on. So many good aspects in terms of overcoming those hard challenges, transitions in life, mom and otherwise, I think, like I said, it applies to just so many aspects of life and there are so many base tools to be used throughout those transitions.

Just want to thank you for sharing your journey, your insight. I think that was amazing, and you had some great insight. So we will let our listeners chew on that for a little bit, and hopefully use and apply that in their own lives, and move forward more empowered and more equipped to deal with those things.

Heather Martin

Yes, thanks so much for having me.

Brooke

Yeah, thank you Heather. Have a great rest of your day.

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