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3 Ways To Turn Fatigue Into Cash

Elea Faucheron — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 20:54:47 +0000

WARNING: This is not a get rich quick, or how to make $10k next month, or some multi-level marketing thing.

If fatigue were a WWE wrestler, it would immediately put your brain in Figure-Four Leglock. Believe me, your mental performance takes a beating every time your health declines.

I get it, no one wants to admit their brain is feeling sluggish, but let’s get real...your brain needs the right fuel for it to function properly.

The sad thing is, too many people forget the brain is a living organ. It only produces the good stuff, including better results in your career or business when it’s fueled properly.

When it’s under fueled, you start to normalize. When you normalize you get mediocre health and mediocre income.

1,825 = the annual average number of hours leaders, business owners and professionals are operating UNDER their potential. Broken down that’s 5 hours a day, or 76 straight days fatigue and burnout are literally stealing from them, costing them tens of thousands of dollars every year.

But not our clients. Not anymore. Once someone shows them how fatigue has huge costs while energy provides an incredible ROI...and they discover what they are really worth when their energy is maxed out, it’s game on.

Join us I as we discuss the 3 ways to turn fatigue into drastically more income by fueling an overworked, under cared for mind.

Ready to get your energy back now? We can help. Book a free call with us here: movethinksmile.com/talk

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Does stress take a vacation when you do?

Elea Faucheron — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 20:30:33 +0000

Normally, the first advice people give when you mention “stress” is to “take a vacation,” or “get some downtime.”

But why is it I just got off the phone with a middle-aged business owner who just had a two-week vacation in Hawaii...and is completely exhausted and burning out on the flight home?

He said the vacation was perfect. Lots of downtime. Plenty of resting on the beach. Yet, he’s still dealing with fatigue, weight gain, anxiety, joint pains, and muscle aches. His automotive business is barely hanging on due to what he says are “low-quality talent.” And, when I asked him about his free time...he uttered “what life?”

In today’s episode, we explore why stress doesn’t go on vacation when you do, and the misnomer behind the socially accepted concept of “downtime.”

If you're ready to conquer your stress and integrate health and energy back into a demanding career book a free call with us at movethinksmile.com/talk

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5 Ways To Accelerate Your Career Like A Spartan!

Elea Faucheron — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 20:13:32 +0000

Does your career feel like one giant obstacle course and you just can’t get to the finish line?

Look, we get it. Fueling your career/business with energy is tougher than a half marathon up a mountain with 35 obstacles...like the one Adam did over the weekend (AKA the Spartan Beast). What we’ve learned about career & business performance from our 123 combined obstacle races might shock you.

If you want to perform at your highest level and crush any business obstacle life throws your way, join us for today’s episode where we share the 5 things to accelerate your career like a Spartan.

Ready to conquer your career now? Book a free call with us at movethinksmile.com/talk

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F-words. Forgiveness + Fun = Freedom

Elea Faucheron — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 19:31:18 +0000

By Eléa Faucheron , Founder MOVE THINK SMILE | Head Coach: Burnout to Badass

Photograph From Unsplash.com

How often has a thought about someone’s bad behavior made you feel trapped in your own mind? Resentment + misery = prison.

As Confucius said, “Wherever you go, there you are.” There is no escaping you. And while you can travel from place to place, your internal world will always be with you. Eventually, you will ask: how can I be free?

If you keep rehashing the past, wishing things could have been different, you’ll feel caged and powerless. We often think freedom is outside of us, like money or power. But freedom doesn’t arrive once you have this, that, or the other in place.

Freedom is now. Today. In this moment. All around us.

Yet, no one can grant you this...only you. Freedom is yours when you are willing to stop letting bitterness drain you.

The Buddha once said, “Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.”

Often we are mad at ourselves. We can’t stop hashing the situation out, over and over in our heads. And nine times out of ten the person who is putting you in a prison of angst, does not even see it the way you do.

Forgiveness asks you this powerful question: “Am I willing to see this another way?”

Johns Hopkins Hospital has done numerous studies on forgiveness and health. They found a massive physical burden is placed on the body when we are chronically upset. This causes changes in our heart rate, blood pressure, and the immune system. The stress will then increase our chances for depression, heart disease, and diabetes, among other problems.

Forgiveness, however, calms stress levels, which leads to improved health.

While our culture can often send us messages that forgiveness is a sign of weakness or submission, it takes REAL strength, it takes REAL courage, it takes REAL boldness to forgive when you feel jilted.

This is when I must say to you loud and clear: stop giving everyone the power to destroy your health! Being good at suffering won’t get you any gold stars.

Forgiveness is the most tremendous gift you can provide yourself. If you want to have more FUN, it is the key to your kingdom! But many of us have no idea how to go about making forgiveness stick.

So here is a good place to start, ask yourself what you think forgiveness means….

I’m giving someone a pass for wronging me.

I’m being a doormat.
Giving up my grudge might help the other person hurt me again.
I have to pretend what happened wasn’t a big deal.
My emotions about the situation were unjustified or that I’m not entitled to them.
I have to force a false sense of peace on myself.

Now you have a choice. Do you want to continue to believe that? Or would you like to be free?

If you want freedom, and you’re willing to see this another way, circle the options below that make you feel unchained.

Forgivness...

Lets me better allocate my valuable time and energy.
Creates restful nights and productive days.
Stops me from replaying past hurts.
Makes me healthier and happier.
Means I have a right to feel what I feel and so do others.
Is done for ME, not the other person.

Remember you get to choose if you want to free or not.

In a famous interview, former president Bill Clinton talked to Nelson Mandela about how he had forgiven those who had unjustly deprived him of his freedom for so long. Mandela told him he “didn’t want to be in prison anymore.”

And here is the best part, when you feel free….you are free to have FUN. And isn’t that what you want? Having fun is not a luxury, it is a necessity, it is a human right, it is a powerful healer.

It’s time to bury the hatchet and unleash happiness back into the world. Plan a road trip out west, see a concert, have a food fight, dance at the rooftop bar, play frisbee, learn a new water sport, watch a funny cat video, but most of all hang out with people that make you laugh out loud.

Because when you forgive and start having some fun, freedom blooms within you. And when that happens. . . you show up with more energy, more solutions, and fewer problems. You do more in less time. You feel truly content. And suddenly, your life firing on all cylinders once again!

Need help turning your burnout into badass health, freedom, and energy? Chat with us here movethinksmile.com/talk

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The Smash Room

Elea Faucheron — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 19:12:39 +0000

Left to Right: Eléa Faucheron

By Eléa Faucheron , Founder MOVE THINK SMILE | Head Coach: Burnout to Badass

Photograph From Unsplash.com

After one particularly tough year, I had the idea of starting a SMASH business.

The concept was to rent a huge empty space and fill it with things people could break to release pent up stress. Shatter plates against walls, destroy old computers with baseball bats, kick down doors, etc..…Basically, you could “go postal” in a controlled environment and let that bad day, crappy month, or the terrible year OUT.

When I checked into it, turned out the UK was already on it. You can find wreck rooms and rage rooms just across the big blue ocean. After much consideration, I decided to open a different business, but I still know the immense benefits of ousting destructive emotions in a creative, and controlled ways.

Since then, anytime I need a good release you can find me destroying a old piece of rotted wood with sledgehammer, or breaking a few plates, or beating up an ancient laptop. When I get done, I gotta tell ya ….. I feel energetic and ten pounds lighter.

Does a SMASH room sound pretty good to you right now?

Are you battling overwhelm every day? Are you plagued by thoughts that nothing ever works out? That you’ll never get your business to succeed? Or that your boss will never respect you, or that you’ll never have a life outside of work? Are your frustrations threatening to bubble over?

Here’s some sage advice I read in a book years ago, emotions are meant to be in-motion. But too many of us bottle them up. And sure, exercise is an outlet, which is definitely better than going postal in your office….but sometimes exercise isn’t enough.

When you bottle up all that stress, it takes a massive amount of energy to keep it all down. That breeds exhaustion, which leads to depression. Then, your brain starts saying things like…Why bother? What’s the point? Multiply that by years and now you wouldn’t mind if you didn’t wake up tomorrow.

Not because you hate life, just because you're simply tired of the same struggles. Of course, you would never do that to your family. You know that’s not the answer, but you’re just too damn tired to find one.

Did you know Americans are spending more on healthcare than any other country, yet we are experiencing decreased life expectancy?

And that decreased life expectancy is happening primarily due to a stress epidemic. Stress is linked to the top six killers and is linked to what the CDC (Center of Disease Control) calls deaths of despair.

We live in a crazy busy world, and it’s easy to lose our sense of purpose and never participate in the activities that actually make us feel good.

>If you don’t know what makes you happy anymore.

>If stress-induced insomnia plagues you.

>If you drink a pot of coffee before 2pm and still struggle.

>If you eat sugar by the fist full and chocolate is eating up your retirement fund.

>If you are unexcited by your life, despite the people you love…..

It’s time to come back to life. One of the fastest ways to do that is to get those emotions in-motion. Find a time when you can focus on getting that frustration out….not just zoning out on the treadmill.

Now is time to enjoy life to the fullest. Not when you get your career off the ground, or the kids' graduate, or you win that contract, or you retire. Tomorrow is the day to wake up excited and energized. And that’s almost impossible to do when carrying around 100lbs of emotional baggage.

If you want energy and release, here’s what I suggest…

First, make your own wreck. Find that old computer you can destroy. And of course, wear your safety goggles, be smart about it, and take care not to hurt anyone or anything else in the process. If you need inspiration watch the fax destroying scene in the movie Office Space.

Second, realize that stress multiplies to unbearable levels when you believe you have no control. When you believe that, you isolate and battle shame. I get it, you never meant to land here. Exhausted, overwhelmed, and over your head...feeling like a failure. But when you believe you have no control, that’s like tossing hot sauce in your eye, getting mad, and then stuffing all those emotions all over again. Watch the movie Finding Joe for some epic inspiration on overcoming.

Third, hear this loud a clear….DO NOT ISOLATE. Stress will pick you off like a Cheetah honing in on a lame Zebra. Call on support and engage in your community. Get involved in a group that reminds you that you are not a causality of overwhelmed living. Need some proof? Watch HBO’s new special One Nation Under Stress.

Fourth, stop hiding...you are more powerful than shame. Stop sugar coating...you are stronger than exhaustion. Stop fearing judgment….you are worthy and don’t need to explain yourself. Need help overcoming the judgment? Watch the movie I AM.

Fifth, remember now is the perfect time to change the momentum of your life. Not next week, month, or year. If you want to crush all that emotional stress that drains your battery dead...the moment is now!

Need help turning your burnout into badass health, freedom, and energy? Chat with us her movethinksmile.com/talk

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Have you stayed the course?

Elea Faucheron — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 20:52:54 +0000

Left to Right: Eléa Faucheron

By Eléa Faucheron , Founder MOVE THINK SMILE | Head Coach: Burnout to Badass

Photographer: Abigail Marie

You were born a badass, and you were not put here to fail. You were put here to succeed and make the world a better place. You were put here to have a positive impact and to share amazing experiences with others.

And here we are, already a few months into 2019. You started out with new goals, dreams, and adventures you wanted to bring to life. Have you stayed the course? Or do you already feel yourself sliding?

If you’re sliding, it’s because your goal execution reversed. Here’s what most do: they list out each step and the results of their goal. But few spend time asking themselves who they need to be to achieve those goals.

Are you going to be resourceful, creative, dedicated, unstoppable, patient?

Look close. You choose goals because of how it will make you feel and who you will be once reaching them. And at the core of every want is the desire to feel good in the having of it. But if the journey to the goal sucks, if you are fighting yourself the entire way, if you let old thoughts hold you back, if you aren’t being the kind of person who could reach that goal, then you will never achieve it or get that good feeling your searching for.

Instead, focus on who you will be. The goals, resolutions, and commitments then get easier. In fact, doing this gives you more chance for success than anything else you do.

It is pretty safe to say whatever your goal is, it will likely feel tough once the initial motivation wears off. So you must do the counterintuitive thing: stay more committed to who you need to be than what you do. This will ensure you stay the course.

It’s tough to do new things from the mindset of the person who hasn’t reached the goal. So you must create a 2.0 badass version of yourself and operate from there. You do this by:

Creating a mental image in your head of 2.0 badass you, and how that person looks and behaves.

Writing out how this person handles obstacles and successes.

Spending more time focused on who you need to be instead of what you are doing.

Each time you bump up against the old you that won’t get you to where you want say to yourself: That’s so 2018! And get back to being the new improved 2019 version of yourself.

Get reconnected to who you want to BE every day and get big shifts in your life.

And why connect every day?

Because you’ll get caught up in the minutia. You’ll have every opportunity to lose focus. You’ll play small, complain, and find a reason to quit.

Conditions are going to challenge you. And people will always offer advice. But watch yourself. You’ll say they don’t understand what you are facing. How hard it is. And it’s true, the crap in your life, no one will ever take it away from you. It is hard. It hurts. And, you have the right to keep it.

But the important thing is: Your struggles are irrelevant to who you want to be.

How does the saying go? There is always a way for the committed and a condition for those who are not. So ask yourself, how important is it that you feel good, no matter what life brings your way?

Look, you don’t get merit badges for pointing out all the things blocking you. If you want to break out, you need to focus on who you want to be in the face of those challenges.

And you don’t have to be perfect, a saint, or even talented to do it. Martin Luther King, Steve Jobs, Bill Clinton, Mike Tyson — all accomplished amazing things. And each was deeply flawed, not perfect in the slightest. But they knew who they needed to be to get the job done and further their cause.

To accomplish, to achieve, to prove yourself, be the badass you know you are with a mental motorcycle helmet that says NO to garbage and YES to what’s good.

This is your year: the year you turn your grit into greatness. It’s time to thank the old version of yourself for taking all the punches so you could now become this new you. Protect it. Nurture it. And don’t let any thought or person steal it from you!

Need help turning your burnout into badass health, freedom, and energy? Chat with us here: movethinksmile.com/talk

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Podcast: From Surviving to Thriving after BurnOut

Elea Faucheron — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 11:40:53 +0000

I recenlty had the unique opporunity to be a guest on Stephanie Keenan’s Podcast: Stop Chasing Skinny. We spent a half hour together and I was once again reminded that Stephanie’s charisma has no limits, this gal excells at everything, including her interviewer skills! If you want to find great information on how to look […]

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