How the Little Things Can Create Meaningful Change

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Transcript: How the Little Things Can Create Meaningful Change

Season 9, Episode 17  | December 17, 2024

David Freeman

Welcome back to another episode of Life Time Talks. I’m David Freeman.

 

Jamie Martin

And I’m Jamie Martin.

 

David Freeman

And today’s topic is talking about it’s all about the little things. So as we move into the new year, many of us are aiming to reset our routines and commit to habits that move us in a healthier direction. So in this episode, we’re going to be offering the ideas of staying on track with our health and wellness goals, despite the challenges by focusing on the little things we could do each and every day to add up to a meaningful change. And we got a special guest that Ms. Jamie Martin is going to introduce. Who do we got coming on today, Jamie?

 

Jamie Martin

Yes, thanks David. We have Jessie Syfko, our friend and colleague from Here at Life Time. Jessie is the vice president of group training and studio, as well as the creator of the MB360 Signature Group Training Program. She is also a doctor of traditional naturopathy, a registered yoga teacher, certified strength and conditioning specialist, and a functional movement specialist. And you’ve heard her on here before, so Jessie, it’s been a while, but thanks for coming back with us.

 

Jessie Syfko

It’s my pleasure. I always love spending some time with two of my favorite people.

 

Jamie Martin

You’re the best. Thanks for that. Alright, we’re going to kick off. I know that we’re kind of approaching the end of the year right now and people are starting to think about the new year. Often people think about that with resolution setting. Personally, I’m not a huge person on resolutions, but I know you’re someone who’s been in the fitness industry for a long time and you probably see people setting resolutions at the start of the year. What are some of the challenges that you have seen people encounter when they’re setting these big ambitious resolutions?

 

Jessie Syfko

Yeah, it’s a very collective focused event, right? Everybody thinks like that’s the right thing to do. think there’s a couple landmines people want to be aware of. think one of which is why are we doing it, right? Does it come from something inside of us that is actually more of a dark spot, like a negative? Like don’t like myself, I don’t like where I’m at. Or is it coming from someone more positive? I want to feel this way. Looking towards this new, you know, appearance or this new way of feeling or sleeping or whatever. And I think that when we think about our motivation and our come from, it’s going to actually help inform the trajectory and the longevity of our ability to be motivated to do it. Right? I think a lot of times we set these major goals and maybe they’re coming from external circumstances like the collective conversation is around needing to make a change. So what do I need to change or do I need to change versus, you know what, I’m called to start taking action and earning this new environment for myself, this new experience for myself to be able to live my healthy way of life in. So I think number one is that. think number two also, it would be the size of the goal, right? I think oftentimes we are punting a lot farther in our idea of these goals then we set milestones to be able to celebrate. And I think the little things like David started off are these little milestones, these momentary wins, these daily victories that we have to build a relationship to if we expect for this to become more long-term and lifestyle oriented. So number one, changing where it comes from and why. And number two, what is gonna be my definition of success and how often am I going to celebrate a milestone even by just saying, I did a great job today. I showed up.

 

David Freeman

Mm hmm. I love I love how you frame that up and then this going into something that you said I want to pull out of that as mindset and that’s a huge thing for you. I mean, that’s that’s almost like that core value and principles and the foundation of what you have within MB 360. So when we often think of our health and fitness and our efforts, we always think of I got to be all or nothing. So when we go back to the little things and being consistent within those little things because that makes the big difference.

 

Let’s talk about consistency. And if you can, can you speak to how you encourage your students to be able to shift and embrace that type of mindset?

 

Jessie Syfko

Yeah, absolutely. think the mindset is everything. The mind-body connection, it changes the neurochemistry of the body. It changes digestion because it’s affecting your nervous system. The way in which you perceive and receive the world around you is going to change your energy level, your blood sugar, all of these types of things that get in the way or actually support these transformative goals that we have for ourselves. But I think one of the ways that I help people frame it is framing the day.

 

If you think about the day as a whole thing, right? I can compartmentalize what I do in the morning and instead of looking at my whole day, and to your point, David, around all or nothing, which we know never works, right? Like we’re never perfect, we’re never gonna dial it all in, it’s never gonna be exactly what we imagined, and that’s life and that’s totally cool. So we can accept that in advance. So I look at my day and I say, I’m gonna start my day and what is my intention of that start? So for me, you know, I have a busy, busy career. I have a lot of responsibilities. It’s very easy for me to wake up and mentally go into the to-do list. It’s an easy thing. And I think there’s a lot of people that have that, right? What do I need to get done? Who needs me? Am I prepared? Am I nervous? Am I anxious? Like all of that energy starts to then take over my mind space. So starting the day intentional with a buffer could be I have 10 minutes today or I get up 10 minutes early, I have 20 minutes today to anchor myself. So that might be something like I’m reading, right? It could be like I’m reading in my spiritual texts or I’m reading something that’s gonna anchor my ability to be calm. It could be something like I write, right? I write down the way I feel or the way I envision my day to be.

And during that time of reflection and connection to myself, maybe I’m drinking my water or I’m making sure I’m getting my greens in or my protein or my fat. So I’m nourishing my body intentionally in a calm way to set the stage for how I’m gonna begin. Now I could do the exact same thing at the end of the day because at the end of the day, here’s the thing. There’s gonna be the controllables, the little things we did. I started my day with intention, right? I got my protein and my fat in. I drink water. my gosh, look at the winds. Celebrate the winds. But then all of a sudden the tide took me out to sea.

There was some things that I couldn’t control that happened to me. I can make a decision at the end of the day to say, Hey, it’s still a win and it’s still a great day. There was some un, you know, I don’t know, let’s say unwelcome or uncomfortable moments. What am I going to let that do to me right now? What am I going to learn? What am I going to allow to take up my mental and physical space? What am I going to let go of so that as I enter into sleep again.

I’m back to that whole mind-body connection, intention, gratitude, completion, to be able to do it again tomorrow. So compartmentalizing the day helps us to have more wins because it doesn’t, it’s not eating the entire cake. It’s one bite, one piece at a time.

 

Jamie Martin

Yeah, and that really takes us to kind of something we’ve talked about in the podcast before, this idea of habit stacking in some ways, right? One piece at a time. Like we have to start somewhere and we often suggest starting small because then you can build, right? And continue to progress. So, you know, as you’re going from there, why do you think that approach, I mean, you’ve covered this a little already, but like why is habit stacking a sustainable approach for people versus like, hey, I’m going all in on this thing?

 

Jessie Syfko

So much of our behavior is unconscious, right? It’s just like this underwater current and we’re sitting on the little raft and it’s just taking us where we wanna go. Our conscious mind only gets one thought at a time. And so we already have full plates. We already have a tremendous amount of unconscious habits that we’re trying to unlearn or rewire. And so by trying to say like, I’m gonna remove these 10 things and insert these 10 things, inevitably it’s like saying like, I’m going to go from not being a runner to a five minute marathon, right? Like you’re like, that is a very far chasm to cross. What can I find success at? What can I anchor into my daily routine or into my lifestyle is really going to be one, maybe two things at a time, because you have to think about what is my change cost? What is it replacing? Also, there’s an emotional response that most people are not giving any attention to, to, was I a bad person? Was I doing the wrong thing? Like, what is it triggering me emotionally to make a change? If we can get above those emotional contractions, right? So that would be shame or guilt or apathy, right? Like those things that don’t make us feel great about ourselves and just say, Hey, today I’m going to make a change because where I’m at isn’t serving how I want to feel where I want to go.

 

And I’m gonna start and I’m gonna master one thing at a time. I set myself up for success because it takes 10,000 repetitions to get to mastery. So how many repetitions am I gonna need to start to create a pattern? It’s minimally gonna be about 90 days. Now, if you wanna change too many things in too short period of time, think about it from an athletic standpoint. What are you willing to do to recover to keep your energy that high and your motivation that dialed in, your focus on the forefront of your mind in order to ensure that that bigger list of things is going to get enough recovery, meaning I’m not taking away, I’m not draining my tank, I’m not stressing myself out, which makes it that much harder to create behavior change. So I think that there’s a lot of compassion in accepting where you are, isn’t where you want to be, and that’s okay.

But also finding the foundation of successes. I’ve got to like dig the hole in the dirt before I start planting a seed. And part of that is just building a relationship with positivity, change over time, and then knowing consistency is going to beat intensity every day of the week.

 

Jamie Martin

Right, right. I want to tag onto that for a second, David, just because I think if we think about where, Jesse, we started talking about, like, often we start the new year with these big massive goals. And then I think there’s some statistic by, middle of January, the majority of people have fallen off. Like, they’ve fallen off the wagon of their resolutions or whatever you want to call it. But what that does to your mindset, to your point, you know, there’s this idea of, like, I’m not enough. I’m not able. I’m a failure. And that’s the thing that this habit stacking from what we’re learning is like little things that show progress over time can shift that mindset towards the positive versus that negative. So I just wanted to throw that out there because I think that’s where we get so like when we think of that all or nothing, which is so common this time of year, then we often have that same negative thinking and then it sets us up for like continuing that. We want to reverse that and go the opposite direction. I don’t know you want to add anything to that, but there’s just, that’s where my head is at.

 

Jessie Syfko

Totally. I think one of things we have to just acknowledge about being a human being is we make decisions emotionally, right? So marketing and advertising is meant to emotionally stimulate us. So we buy or make a different decision or feel a certain way and go, my gosh, there’s something wrong with me. Right. And if we can be in touch with how we emotionally respond to things, we can create a moment of pause and a little bit of space to come back to quality clarity, right? Versus I can be emotionally triggered in a moment and then not make a change. I can also be emotionally triggered in a moment and sit in that space of question to say, where does this trigger me and why? Right? We want to positively engage with our decisions so that we can build a relationship to how does that decision I’m now making impact how I feel, right? So for example, let’s start with the habit stacking of level one. I’m going to start my day with water and 10 minutes of space, whether it’s prayer or meditation or sitting outside, okay? I have to have enough days in a row and then I have to have enough time of reflection to say, hmm, what does that 10 minute of space, water drinking, prayer, meditation actually do? If I can connect the dots between doing this and feeling this, I’m much more likely to understand the impact of that decision. Now, let’s do it in the contrast. I’m going to pray, meditate, drink water, workout, walk the dog, take 10,000 vitamins that I just bought that I don’t really understand. All in order to get me faster down the line. And I don’t build a direct relationship to what is the impact of the individual things. I don’t have an emotional relationship to the value of each individual piece, right? The value of being hydrated, the value of being in my heart space and aligned to my faith or my belief or my intention for the day, the value of feeling a full belly, the value of being calm, and then how that impacts my morning meetings or my conversations or my drop-off line at kids’ school, right? Like, when we value it, we believe in its purpose. And I think a huge piece of this, and this is a long-winded answer, it’s been proven with the placebo effect that if we believe in the thing, we believe in the pill, is gonna make me happier. We believe in the action is gonna make me stronger. We believe in the mindset is gonna create resiliency. It will. But if we don’t know, we don’t know, right? It’s almost like gambling. Like, well, I don’t know. So we have to build the belief by building the connection first. And that’s why I’m such a big advocate of habit stacking and also saying, hey, David, you want to make changes great. Hey, let’s start with one. How does it make you feel? Does this, does this feel like a big lift, medium or if little lift? Okay, great. Let’s go to this second one. If we do A and B, David, how does that make you feel? You will understand in that moment, like I got it or I’m, I’m now I’m a little uneasy. These two things make me a little, let’s go to one thing. Your north star that you can build on and until you feel like that second one, has that same emotional confidence or that curiosity, that purpose that calls you to add it, let’s just pause for a minute. Let’s give it a week, check in, let’s give it a month and then check in again. Again, the long-term lifestyle of doing great things for ourself is ultimately the thing that we are hoping to achieve, right?

 

David Freeman

Yeah, yeah. Three C’s, get your pen and papers out for those who are listening, if you’re watching as well. Listen to what was just said. When you look at these three C’s, listen to it. You heard the word consistency. You heard the word connection. Now, when you have the consistency and the connection, it creates what Jesse just said, the relationship.

 

And our experience is always going to be our best teachers. And through our experience, a lot of our experiences shape the way we think and how we are connected to these things. Now, I’ve said this before, if you’re too big to do the little things, right, then you’re too little to do the big things. And connecting to that why, that passion point. So when we shift that word of resolution to evolution, the way you evolve in this space comes with, thing that is inevitable, time. Giving yourself that space, you gave a little bit of that finite of 90 days, but we understand that it’s an infinite game in this space. And as we continue to evolve the way we were at the age of 20 is different probably at the age of 30 and 40 because what else has changed? Maybe we have kids now, maybe we’re married. So you got to take all these different variables that come into the equation, but the one constant is you and how you continue to connect, create that connection to the relationship of what it is that you’re doing for you to grow in this space. And that’s the beautiful thing about what it is that’s being said right now is it’s not a one size fits all. Everybody’s experiences, everybody’s, you know, the day to days are going to be different, but you’re the constant. And for you to now understand what it is that you’re doing and why you’re doing it is going to allow you to move that needle. And like you said, celebrate yourself. I drank enough water today. I got seven hours of sleep. These are huge wins. So don’t take that for granted.

 

So I like how we were able to unpack that. And for the individuals who are listening right now, now it’s time to go apply. And guess what? If you fall off that wagon, get right back on and start another day. And that’s the beautiful thing about what we get to do is you get to get reps at this. Yeah. So I went on a little rant there, but I just wanted to make sure that the listeners can now take that away and leads me into my next piece with you, Jesse. When we talk about trust the process, that the process is such a journey when we look at it in those ways. In another word that’s near and dear to you as far as what you love is authenticity within the process. So talk to us a little bit about trusting the process and also being authentic within that process.

 

Jessie Syfko

Yeah, I love that. Authenticity is my north star. There’s a relaxed way to live your life when it’s authentically you. And I think ultimately, you know, one of the ways I talk about trusting the process is this, is that if I can know that any change I wanna make is gonna challenge me, and I accept, and I even maybe forecast, like, hey, these are some of these obstacles that I’m gonna get.

 

There’s gonna be a day I don’t get good sleep and I don’t have enough energy, right? Like there’s gonna be a day that I get in a fight with my spouse. Like there’s gonna be a day that I can’t work out, right? Like we’re just gonna keep it in the kind of the general health and wellness where like, I know it in advance, I can prepare by accepting that I’m okay without being a perfect every single day, but that I’m going to wake up every day to your point and start again. I’m gonna start again. That a little bit, over time is going to take me in a completely different trajectory. think, you know, when you think about sports like ball sports, like if I hit a ball, even if the ball is one degree going to the right, over time that takes me into a completely different universe, literally like not even on the earth anymore, right? Over time. And I think a lot of times is that we are putting too much pressure on us to make too fast of change. And I think that that is a byproduct of technology and innovation in our world right now where we are inundated with so many choices, so many results. And a lot of what’s being marketed to us is not talent or not immediate microwave change, but longevity success of a skill that someone is trying to say is gonna make it easy for you because they want you to jump in, right? It’s never gonna be easy. So why are we wanting it to be easy?

 

If it’s easy, we’re not gonna grow from it. If it’s challenging and we neutralize that energetic, which is an emotional charge that we get to it, like, hard is bad, challenge is gonna break me. We just say like, it’s gonna be hard, but I’m gonna show up for it. It’s gonna be hard, but I’m gonna learn for it. It’s gonna be hard, but I’m gonna bring a friend because I know that if I have community surrounding me, I’m gonna lean into them because they’re probably not gonna feel the same hard that I feel in the same moment. And I’m gonna be able to lean into it. I’m gonna start to trust that I’m gonna get what I need to become the right mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual person on the inside to make that long staying change. But I have to understand that if I, in my chemistry, in my mind-body connection, in my emotional spiritual belief system was what I needed to be to get to where I wanted to go, I’d already have what I want. So is this becoming something new in a slow steady process is going to naturally let go of what I’m not and if I focus on all the things I’m not I get more of that if I can focus mentally One at a time one thought one action one decision in a man maybe morning midday and night like I compartmentalize it and I and I Shorten my windows of focus

 

I eventually am going to get more experience, more opportunity, more community surrounding that thing that I’m trying to be and feel. And I’m going to forget all the things over there that I’m not. Because if you get what you are, you don’t get what you do. You get the energy that drives the behavior. There’s a big thing about fitness that I’ve learned through my fitness career is that my fitness career started as an athlete, which meant it was not about appearance ever. It was always about performance.

 

So you train, you’re learning plays, you’re learning skills, you’re learning teamwork, you’re learning general fitness, right? So you can get into overtime and you’re not crashing out, right? You still can show up, all the things. And then when I retired from competition, I had to walk into this world of fitness that was very appearance focused. And I was like, yeah, but what you look like doesn’t mean that you feel good, right? Being healthy isn’t being fit. Being fit doesn’t mean that you’re happy, right? Like what matters to you most? And I think if we can build a relationship to, I’m going to trust that if I want something new today, by working out, by sleeping, by drinking water, by eating good, you know, like high quality value nutrition, by being in great conversations with my community, I’m going to be able to take those new curiosity points into new directions, because again, I want this to be my lifestyle and nothing is forever. I’m not an athlete anymore that competes at this high level that needs to throttle my workouts to make sure I’m jumping the highest and pushing the limits. I’m a mom that wants to have an energetic body and mental clarity to be able to get home at the end of the day of work and be happy and energetic enough to play with my son. That’s a different why. So, the process is, not living your best days yesterday, but being present and open to the flow of taking you in a new direction and having the courage, the confidence in the community to be able to embark on a new journey at any given moment just because it calls your name.

 

Jamie Martin

Right.

 

David Freeman

Mm-hmm.

 

Jamie Martin

Well, you’ve said the word, I totally agree with you on all of this. That’s really powerful to think about all that. And you mentioned community a couple of different times. And I want to talk about the importance of community in these times of like we’re pursuing change, whatever that looks like for us. Community, teamwork, why does that matter so much for helping people make sustainable progress over time?

 

Jessie Syfko

I think community is the most important thing that we very much underestimate. I go back to the African proverb, I say it all the time, but if you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. I think that collaboration in community, whether it’s in health and wellness, if it’s in goals, if it’s in developing anything, is necessary because going back to authenticity, if I’m going to be the true north star of myself, I’m not everything, right? If I’m gonna try to be everything, I’m gonna be the master of nothing. But if I’m gonna be the things that I am, truth, I’m gonna wanna link to the everything that you are, Jamie, and the everything that you are, David, and that if we can have kind of like that circle of trust, if you think about it like Navy SEALs, Navy SEALs come together because they need to trust in each other to know that I’m gonna depend on you when I need to depend on you.

 

So it’s that circle of trust that everybody’s gonna be able to show up there. I think when we go into the goal world, we need to trust that I’m gonna have a bad day, I’m gonna have a good day. I’m gonna have an angry day, I’m gonna have a sad day, I’m gonna have a motivated day. But if I’m surrounded by people that also have other kinds of days, I’m gonna fill my cup with them when I need it. I’m going to fill their cups with myself when I have extra.

 

That’s a big thing that as a movement instructor, I facilitate and talk about in my classes, like, hey, you’re here today. You might feel like a two out of a 10. The fact that you’re here honoring your two is a win. There might be people in here that feel like a 10. They have enough energy to spill, but that energy, that inspiration, that you’re not alone and that we’re all on our own journey and in our own way, it creates permission to be more honest with where you are.

 

The other thing about it is you can never inspire from privilege. One of the things I’ve learned through overcoming a tremendous amount of adversity in my life is oddly enough, the more adversity I’ve been able to communicate out loud, the more relatability, which means the more trust and the more connection I’ve been able to create with people that felt like they were by themselves in a moment of their adversity. Part of humanity is that

 

we are going to be able to help support, mentor, guide, or hold space for other people when they’re not at their 10. At their 10, we don’t need help. let’s go! I’m at my 10, like, keep up with me, right? But at my two, I need David to tell me it’s okay. I need David to believe in me. I need David to say, hey, take a breath, reset, start again. That’s when we need other people, right?

 

There’s value at being authentic in all levels and all layers because if I can still show up, attitude, I’m never going to quit on myself, which is the only way we fail is that we quit.

 

David Freeman

Hmm. Yeah, I reference it all the time. This is one of my favorite references when I talk about community and being part of something bigger than self. I look at the Avengers, right? When you go back to the end game and understanding what happened at the end, they all had these superpowers. They all have this individual gift and talent, but it wasn’t until they all came together that the superpower of uniqueness and what it is that they were taken down as far as Thanos in this case to really defeat it.

 

We call it obesity, but it was evil in that sense, right? And it was, was dope just to see how they all came together. Coach K from Duke, actually said the same thing. said, he held his hand open. for those who are listening, just imagine me holding up the number five with my hand. He was talking about, this is all of us as individuals on the court. He said, imagine the impact we have when we come together and he made a fist. And it was just so impactful to get that visual and understanding the power of community and the relatability and being able to what you just said, empathize and put yourself in somebody else’s shoes. That unique skill set of being able to listen, being able to communicate, being able to come together and the words that you said show up. I mean, that’s half the battle sometimes and the power of being present. just, goes a long way. So I’m glad we were able to capitalize on community there. So anything you want to add to that?

 

Jessie Syfko

I think that’s the full thought. think that when we don’t have enough to believe in, that’s when other people’s belief in us is what we need to reach for. think the last thing I’ll say about it is, you know, we’re, we’re at this massive mental health crisis and none of us are great every day, right? None of us. And as much as we would like to be, right? Like nobody’s going to say, I want to have a really bad days all the time, right? but, that’s part of the life. think it’s, it’s okay to just ask for help. And I think, you know, being, on the front of the room for so many years, right, is that, you know, I want my people to have enough authenticity, vulnerability really is the doorway in to say, you know what, today I need you today. I need help today. I just needed a hug. Like it doesn’t all have to be in you, David. You spoke about it earlier. There’s no one size fits all plan process or journey. There never will be.

 

And if someone’s trying to share that with you, it’s because they’re trying to sell you something. It’s your journey and it’s special and it’s unique. And the bigger you feel, the more joy, the more pain. It’s just an energy channel, right? Like the more you are, the more access you have to all the things. Now, the pattern of habits, the pattern of lifestyle, healthy decisions and choices is what you lean into, you actually partner with to find your center again.

 

And that’s where that resiliency and that skillset comes in is that I might not work out for a year because that swings my pendulum way out, but I might be off for like three days and then I’m like, ooh, I’m not feeling the best. So I’m going to ladder up my behavior with my friend. I’m going to be getting accountability to come in. I’m going to drink my water again. I’m going to go to bed early, right? Like the little things. And you start to find that your pendulum doesn’t swing so far left and right anymore but you’re finding your way through connection of balance with less bumps and bruises over time. And I think, when I think about my life, I think, do I get bumped and bruised? Yes. Not as often and not as long. I don’t sit in the bruise as long as I once did because I’ve had the reps and the experience of knowing the value and the skill set of how to get out of it quicker. And that’s what we learn with healthy patterns. The healthier you are, the easier it is to find your center. The worse you feel, the more energy it takes to do it. Which means the more you have to rely on help.

 

David Freeman

Hmm. Solid, solid. Alright. we’re about to put a nice little bow on this thing, but you know what? I think that we got certain things at Life Time that we’d like to challenge ourselves with. And we always like a good challenge here at Life Time, right? So we’re excited about a new one that’s going to be launching in January through the Life Time app. We’ve been talking a lot about habits. We’ve been talking about community. We’ve been talking about a lot of great things here. So Jesse, tell us about what this launch is and how it brings together so much of what we have been talking about today through the Life Time app.

 

Jessie Syfko

Yeah, we’re really excited about the new universe of healthy way of life and being able to bring educational, entertaining, and empowering content together in a very unique way. I mean, we have a massive ecosystem at Life Time and we’ve got 35 plus years of expertise and data and talented people and passionate people that really want to commit to being servant leaders, to helping other people live happier, healthier lives, right? So let’s start with that. That’s our foundation. Where we’re going is really exciting is because in a healthy way of life world, you don’t always know what to ask or what to connect in order to bring a full thought into your belief system or into your understanding, right? And so these programs are going to be coming out that are designed for you to be able to listen, to be able to read and to be able to experience different types of content in a way that is simple, effective, not super time consuming, but hopefully is creating little light bulbs for you’re like, my gosh, I never realized that working out like that and taking that supplement and sleep all become this trivector that changed my entire energy, right? Like my whole energy level goes through the roof when I do those three things, right?

 

And so moving into 2025, this LT Digital world, is free to the world. mean, mean, unparamounted free access to expertise that is going to be personally relevant, delivered to David for David, right? Delivered to Jesse for Jesse, Jamie to Jamie, and whoever the human is that comes in there in a way that brings them what they want and what they do in a more cohesive way. So this first program is going to be the foundation of being able to experience great content, very, simple to digest, and in a way where you can do it daily without being overwhelmed. So that is a big piece of our digital play moving into the future, which I’m thrilled about. It’s been amazing to think about the tools that we’re going to be able to put in other people’s tool belts so that they, every single day, are more empowered to feel, to look, to experience their life and what that means to them in the best, most simple way possible.

 

Jamie Martin

Well, and as someone who is involved, like Jesse, you and I, I’m just gonna share, you and I are kind of partnering on a lot of these things as I’m a content creator, you’re a content creator, we’re working on these things together. You I think about it for me personally, this current year right now, I’ve had some really big goals for myself, right? But there’s something about returning back and kind of fundamentally getting those daily reminders of some of the little things. Like you’ve talked about hydration, you’ve talked about the sleep pieces, like returning to those foundational things that really do set me up for long-term success and better health, wellness, happiness down the road. And for me personally, I cannot wait to be able to kind of just dig into those again and really focus. And I hope when people see these programs that are coming, they see how this is not just like a quick fix solution for you, but really a lifestyle as a whole. And it’s not just the fitness lifestyle, it’s bringing it all together so you can truly feel and be your best in the world and show up as you authentically. So. I wanted to throw that in there because I do think it’s one thing. It’s like it’s one little thing at a time and those things add up. You know, it’s one of my favorite quotes from one of my girl’s daughters. She had it her wall in her classroom or one of my girl’s teachers. Did I say my girl’s daughters? We’re going to need to cut that line. Future. One of my girl’s teachers was like practice makes progress, right? And every day the little things we practice and repeat, they build up and progress us forward. So just wanted to add that in there, anything else to add to that, Jesse, with some of the work we’re doing.

 

Jessie Syfko

Well, another thing that one of my mentors said was that practice makes permanent. So be aware of the decisions that you’re making because you are rooting a habit. You’re rooting an unconscious pattern in there. I love that. Yeah. And I think, you know, a big thing of Life Time is that, you know, 90 days to 90 years, you can easily find a million options, types of communities, ways to be successful in your healthy way of life. And that’s one of my favorite things about working for this company and being here is that we’re not experiencing one world, one way for one type of a person. We’re opening up the whole universe of what health and wellness can be from beginner to peak performer in any way that you define that. And I love that. So, if you’re inspired to do something new, we’ve got a new initiative coming up with competition and in sports and hybrid athletes that anybody can engage in and just for the fun of it. think the last thing I’ll say is this, is that the joy of being in a healthy way of life is super impactful. And I think that more and more, if we focused on the things that made us smile, focus on the things that brought us happiness, we would intuitively be guided to be here and to do these types of things.

 

So, you know, letting that be a priority for the year is going to direct us back to some of the simple things, the little things, which are always the big things.

 

David Freeman

Well, we covered a lot. Before we get into the mic drop moment, I want to do a fast, fun checklist real quick. Because lot of everything that was said just now is like, got a lot coming in this app. So this is the fun checklist that I’m going to say, hey, does the app have this? And you can say, check. Alright, so do we have something for kids in that? what about just healthy aging, individuals healthy aging? We got that in there?

 

Jessie Syfko

CHECK!

 

David Freeman

Man, I know you’re gonna like this one. What about meditation?

 

Jessie Syfko

Check.

 

David Freeman

Community connection.

 

Jessie Syfko

Check.

 

David Freeman

Forward thinking podcast.

 

Jessie Syfko

Check.

 

David Freeman

Yeah. I had to plug that one in there. So we got all that and more. So that was just a fun five for y’all. So just know when it, when it come, we got a lot of these things already percolating right now, but just so much more coming into the new year to cater to the habits to cater to connection, community. So be on the lookout. We’re excited for that to launch. So here we go. Mic drop moment. Are you ready for it?

 

Jessie Syfko

As ready as I can be.

 

David Freeman

Okay, so this is good because we were talking about the Avengers earlier and I think this could be a layup for you. Jesse, if you had a superpower, what would it be and why?

 

Jessie Syfko

My superpower is helping you find your superpower because I believe in complete, unlimited access to your unbelievable perfection. So I’m a great amplifier of helping you find yours.

 

David Freeman

Love that. Dopeness, dopeness. Alright, Jamie, what we got?

 

Jamie Martin

Yeah. Well, Jesse, thank you so much for coming on and spending time with us. We want to make sure that our listeners can follow you and know where to find you on Instagram. You’re @jessie.mindbodylife. Anywhere else you want to point people?

 

Jessie Syfko

I that’s great, right there. For content in the future, you’ll see me in On Demand and collections and meditations coming up.

 

Jamie Martin

Awesome. Well, and we’ll link to your content.

 

David Freeman

Awesome, we’re so excited. Jesse, thank you so much. Have a great rest of the day.

 

Jessie Syfko

Thank you.