More Than Sweat
More Than Sweat is a natural extension of Brook Benten's 2024 book, "Sweat with Brook Benten." In both, Brook encourages movement and emboldens humans to go at hard things with gumption.
With every word of every episode and every page of the book, she guides her audience to a world of well-being where worth has nothing to do with a workout.
She encourages listeners to walk as they tune in to episodes. In season one, every episode is synchronized to music to guide a walking pace.
But the message is always more than sweat.
This podcast exists to guide growth.
"You had the power all along, my dear." -Glenda the Good Witch
Music courtesy of Royalty Free Fitness Music.
Brook Benten, M.Ed., is an exercise physiologist, life coach, and personal trainer in Austin, Texas. @BrookBenten
More Than Sweat
Season 2, Episode 4: The Inside Job of Overcoming Strongholds
A stronghold: that thing that has you. The battle as silent as carbon monoxide and as strong as a bomb. It kills you every day. It chips away at your self-worth. The abusive lover that promises you protection from the world, but takes the world away from you. Too seductive to leave. Too violent to stay.
Telling someone exposes it and weakens its power. But only you can defeat it. It’s an inside job.
This episode suggests that the battle of breaking a stronghold is not won by your might, but by your moment.
You overcome a stronghold, moment by moment.
Referenced books:
“Tiny Habits” by B.J. Fogg
“Scarcity Brain” by Michael Easter
“We Are The Luckiest” by Laura McKowen
The reference to everybody having an internal mother that loves us — a mother that tenderly cares for us, wants what’s best for us, and wills us to be well — is from my just-released book, “Sweat with Brook Benten.”
Referenced podcasts:
Huberman Lab // How Sugar and Processed Food Impact Your Health, Dr. Robert Lustig, M.D.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/huberman-lab/id1545953110?i=1000638917560
The Drive // Overcoming Addictive Behaviors, Elevating Well-being, Thriving in an Era of Excess and The Scarcity Loop, Michael Easter
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peter-attia-drive/id1400828889?i=1000640881663
We Can Do Hard Things // Why Sober Life is the Luckiest Life, Laura McKowen
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-can-do-hard-things/id1564530722?i=1000641796291
Huberman Lab // Healthy Eating & Eating Disorders- Anorexia, Bulimia, and Binge Eating, Andrew Huberman, Ph.D.
https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/healthy-eating-and-eating-disorders-anorexia-bulimia-binging
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