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The Sanity Solution with Brittany Anderson: Finding Balance as a High-Performing Mom

• Shelly Jefferis • Season 2 • Episode 105

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Motherhood often comes with an unspoken expectation that self-care is somehow selfish – a luxury that should take a backseat to the endless needs of family. In this refreshing conversation, high performance coach Brittany Anderson flips this narrative on its head, declaring that making space for ourselves isn't selfish but profoundly selfless.

"The more we're able to show up for us, the better we are able to show up for all the others that need us," Brittany explains, sharing how her own journey from teaching stroller fitness classes to competing in Ironman competitions while raising three young children ultimately led her to coaching other women seeking accountability and clarity in their lives.

What makes this episode particularly powerful is the discussion around modeling behavior for our children. Brittany recounts how her teenage son noticed she maintained her workout routine throughout their entire family vacation – a small but significant indication of how our habits are constantly being observed and internalized by our children. "They catch things. They are not taught them," she emphasizes, raising the important question: what habits do you want your children to catch from you?

The conversation expands beyond physical fitness to explore the critical importance of community for mothers. Both Brittany and Shelly share how easily women can feel isolated in their struggles, whether navigating motherhood, business challenges, or life transitions. Yet when we create safe spaces to connect and share vulnerabilities, we often discover we're not alone in our experiences. This revelation inspired Brittany's exciting new venture, "Limitless" – a mastermind group for teenage girls that provides the mentorship, community, and personal development opportunities typically reserved for adults.

Whether you're a mother seeking permission to prioritize yourself, someone looking to build more consistent wellness habits, or simply curious about creating meaningful communities, Brittany's practical "S3 Summer Era" approach – focusing on sweat, sun, and sanity – offers an accessible framework anyone can implement today. Connect with her on Instagram @BrittanyAndersonCoaching or through her podcast, Mom Sweat Sanity, to continue this important conversation about self-care, accountability, and creating the life you truly want.

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Thank you and God Bless! And remember to do something for yourself, for your wellness on this day!
In Health,

Shelly

Speaker 1:

As a mom. We all need to make space for ourselves, and that it is not selfish. It is selfless. The more we're able to show up for us, the better we are able to show up for all the others that need us Our kids, our partners, the people in our world, whatever that is. And it starts with us. We need to lead first, and it starts with us.

Speaker 2:

We need to lead first. Do you get confused by all of the information that bombards us every day on ways to improve our overall health and our overall wellness? Do you often feel stuck, unmotivated or struggle to reach your wellness goals? Do you have questions as to what exercises you should be doing, what foods you should or should not be eating, how to improve your overall emotional and mental well-being? Hello everyone, I am so excited to welcome you to Words of Wellness. My name is Shelly Jeffries and I will be your host. My goal is to answer these questions and so much more to share tips, education and inspiration around all of the components of wellness through solo and guest episodes.

Speaker 2:

With 35 plus years as a health and wellness professional, a retired college professor, a speaker and a multi-passionate entrepreneur, I certainly have lots to share. However, my biggest goal and inspiration in doing this podcast is to share the wellness stories of others with you, to bring in guests who can share their journeys so that we can all learn together while making an impact on the health, the wellness and lives of all of you, our listeners. The ultimate hope is that you leave today with even just one nugget that can enhance the quality of your life and that you will. We all will, now and into the future, live our best quality of lives, full of energy, happiness and joy. Now let's dive into our message for today.

Speaker 2:

Hello everyone, and welcome back to Words of Wellness. My name is Shelly and I am your host, and I am excited to welcome my guest today. She is a high level coach. She helps women level up with accountability and clarity, which is so important. She is a mama herself, which we have so much in common. She is also a wellness professional and she also has a podcast called Mom Sweat Sanity, which I love that title, and so fun to have you, brittany, here. Thank you.

Speaker 1:

Thank you. I'm so excited to be on your podcast and have conversation. Oh my gosh, I just keep smiling because, like you're just full of joy, you just smile all the time. So thanks for having me.

Speaker 2:

Thank you.

Speaker 2:

Well, thanks for being on and also, likewise, we just did a recording on Brittany's podcast, so it's really, really fun to do that and to be on each other's podcast, so thank you for that as well. You have a vast area that you cover with moms and women and you know business. How did you start with? Did you start right off the bat, kind of combining that? Because I know that many of us, as Brittany and I have met, we've met in a mastermind, so we are in a group with other business entrepreneurs and many of us and I know Brittany, you're, you probably are the same are multi passionate entrepreneurs, and I feel like that's exactly what you are as well. So, how, how did you start on this journey? And also, how do you, how do you combine the being a business professional, being a mom and having your podcast? Oh my, gosh.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, there's, I agree, I think that there's so many multifacets, to especially entrepreneurs, but then to us as moms and to all the things I say all the things is kind of a little I feel like I say that all the time, because it literally is all the things we incorporate and encompass so much in our worlds. How I landed to where I am today was a series of iterations of the who am I now I? You know, we'll start at motherhood. Similar to you, I started teaching women with their strollers at Fit for Two in the park with my youngest, which grew into.

Speaker 1:

I was obviously active at that point and always enjoyed health and wellness, and it has been a part of my lifestyle since I was a child and so it just felt natural. Through that I kind of got lost in different realms of work, if you will. I was in real estate for years because my parents were, and it just felt easy because that's what I grew up knowing. And it just felt easy because that's what I grew up knowing and it wasn't for me. It was not something that fulfilled me other than having the conversations and the networking with people. I loved that part, but through consistently leveling up my habits and my routines. I did Ironmans and I love endurance training, I love trail running, meeting new women. Through all of that, through all these different kind of versions of discovering things that I love for myself, I also discovered that a lot of us know what we want or should be doing, but we don't often do them because there's a lack of accountability which builds the consistency which then sees through our goals. And so, um, through COVID, I actually started my podcast because I was craving connection.

Speaker 1:

Um, before my podcast, when my kids were younger, I hosted what I called Mom's Club at my home and brought moms in to meet monthly for anything and everything in terms of we'd have guest speakers, whether it was the lawyer because we needed to draft wills, or whether it was the fitness expert telling us where our hormones were at today, right, all of the things. And so Mom's Club kind of transformed into what my podcast was for a while, and that transformed into women asking me how I stayed so accountable and how I kept wanting to do the next race. And you know the next thing? I'm a member of the Betty Squad, which is an incredible network of women that Kristen put us all together because we love to do things like triathlon, and she has a clothing line, and so it's just another iteration of a network and like minds.

Speaker 1:

And so I think that every part of what I have done over the years has put me to where I am now, and that is a high performance coach and accountability coach for women and primarily for moms, and so I work with women one-on-one and and or in small group, momentum, collective masterminds, um, where we work on all things, be it personal or professional, because I truly, truly believe that it is all coinciding. We are one person and so we need to make sure that we are taking care of ourselves, to better take care of everything and everyone around us so does that answer the question.

Speaker 2:

I love that because it just is so in alignment with what I share and what I do, and I know that we were talking earlier. We have so much in common and so I just love this conversation. And first of all, kudos for you doing an Ironman, or more than one. I'm like oof. I want to give you praise on that because that's a huge endeavor. We have a really close friend here in town who he's done I don't know how many of the Ironman, but that's a huge undertaking, so I just give you a huge amount of credit for doing that. That's not something that will be happening for me.

Speaker 1:

I love to push my body. I think that we learn a lot about who we are in those circumstances of where we're capable of going and capacity of doing. That is different for everyone. Right, it could be a 5K for some people, whereas it could be a marathon for others. So, whatever that is, you pick your own poison, but I think we all should be doing things that make us uncomfortable, because it's at the other line, the end of that line, at the other side of that, that we really truly discover what we're truly capable of.

Speaker 2:

That's so true, I? It's funny you say that about the marathon because I, when I was in college, I was helped out with an organization called at the time it was called Students Run LA and what it was aimed towards doing was bringing mostly like these low income families, children, teenagers, high school students, bringing this community and creating this community for them and helping them train. And then they eventually run the LA Marathon. And I volunteered with that organization and decided, well, this is as good a time as any. I might as well train and run the marathon, right, and so I did do that many, many years ago. So I know exactly what you're saying. It's like you set out for this goal and you set out to do it and it was an amazing experience. I was super happy with my time, super happy with the whole run. It felt great. So I'm like, okay, I'm good One and done.

Speaker 1:

I'm not doing this again. I don't want to spoil this.

Speaker 2:

This was many, many, many years ago, mind you, but it's interesting because I've never been one, although I did do road races for quite a while. I would do 5Ks or 10Ks, but I don't do so much of that any at this stage of my life, but I might again. But it's true, Like whatever it might look like for someone if there's a challenge ahead and it just helps you to see what you're really capable of of doing and you're so right on that, whether it's like a physically, mentally, whatever it might be and then it always just feels so great after you've accomplished it and completed it Absolutely.

Speaker 1:

Absolutely, and just shows to ourselves that we can do hard things. And if you can do something like that, then what else can you do? Right, yeah?

Speaker 2:

So good. So you have your podcast that's geared towards moms and you are a mom yourself, and so we were talking earlier. You have three children, like we have three little bit different ages, but you're not. I mean, you're a little bit. They're much younger than my kids, but how has that been combining your, your business ventures and your profession with your wellness, with also being a mom?

Speaker 1:

So the reason my podcast name, the mom's wet sanity podcast, is such is because when I began training for my full Ironman, I started a new Instagram account and I named it Mom Sweat Sanity. And so it was when. So I did my full Ironman gosh when my kids were I think my youngest was five, and so they were young. So it was a journey I was. I was tracking my you know workouts, tracking my journey along the way, and invited people to come along for the ride, basically as to what that all looked like. And so the sanity part of it is as a mom, we all need to make space for ourselves, and that it is not selfish. It is selfless. The more we're able to show up for us, the better we are able to show up for all the others that need us our kids, our partners, the people in our world, whatever that is. And it starts with us. We need to lead first, and so I was doing it at an extreme in that point, like trying to figure out how to train for an Ironman at the same time as raise three young kids, and I had a flexibility in my job at the time. Thankfully, that allowed me to, you know, to work my schedule around that, because I have worked for myself for forever, essentially.

Speaker 1:

When I was a kid I worked, you know, on restaurants and whatnot, but ever since I have been an adult I have been an entrepreneur, and so that side of it didn't need to find, you know, I was able to cater my schedule and myself to that. But it was more in those younger years of my kids. I wanted to choose to be around for them. I wanted to be their support, their you know, their cheerleader, their driver, their cook, their you know, their cheerleader, their driver, their cook, their.

Speaker 1:

I was the mom CEO, essentially, and within that is also a lot of opportunity to not be so strong in your own mind if you're not going to make the time for you. And so I found things that I loved, and moving my body is and has always been one of those, and so that's where that all began, and it's just always been a non-negotiable, and I practice and preach that to everyone. Whatever that looks like, whether it's 20 minutes, whether it's an hour, whether it's, you know, working out or reading a book, whatever that is, you have the time. So it's you know. No more excuses on that.

Speaker 2:

Yes, and that I agree a hundred percent. And again, it's it's the non-negotiable that is so important. And the more you do it, as you know, it becomes more of your routine and it becomes habit. And so I think that initial for some maybe it's just that initial starting, that can be that challenging point, but once you continue and just do little bits, little bit all the time, it adds up over time for sure.

Speaker 2:

And going back to what you said about you know, taking care of yourself and the self love, self care, is not selfish and I think that's such an important point to remind our listeners that you're sharing because it is so important. It's somehow along the way and I don't think I was taught this, but I know there are many out there that feel like it is selfish and they feel guilty, especially moms, if they do something for themselves. And it almost is like thinking, well, I'm a mom and that's 24, seven, and all my energy and effort should go to my children. Well, not really. I mean a lot of it does.

Speaker 2:

Of course it's a huge job, it's a huge responsibility, but, like you were saying and I always share the same thing and it's so cliche but it's so true we can't fit. We can't pour from an empty cup. We need to fill our cup first and then be able to fill the cups of our children and our loved ones. And so thank you for sharing that and making that point, because that is really in alignment with what, what I really share with moms, and it's just so important and it can't we can't say it often enough, like I feel like that's one thing we we could repeat it every day and it might just land differently on someone, or maybe somebody hears it for the first time and they're like oh yeah, that's right, I do need to take time for me. So thank you for that, and I think like we were.

Speaker 1:

We were talking about it earlier and maybe on my podcast or before this one we were talking about you know how our actions, the kids, they catch things. They are not taught them, and so we need to lead by example. And what do you want your kids to catch, right? And so it is in what you're doing every day that they watch and they see how you're talking, how you're talking to yourself, how you are moving your body, how you are eating. All of these things are things that they watch us do, and so what do you want to be mirrored onto them that they're catching from you? And this like a little story on this.

Speaker 1:

We were in on a family vacation a few summers ago and every day I still, like, would get up and move my body in some way for me start my day. And it was at the end of this. We were, we were away for quite a while. We were away for six weeks and my then um 15 year old said do you realize, you, you missed maybe one day of working out this whole time? And he watched, he saw, right, like, at home, we're in and out of habits, they know we're doing things, but suddenly, like we're in this environment where they see it, and I said to my husband later I was like wow, like they literally are watching us and you know. So what habits do we want them to catch? And that is one of them. I want them to make sure they are a priority in their life.

Speaker 2:

I love that you share that, because that's that's been me through all the years. You know, when we travel one, I want to get out and move my body, get some exercise, just to kind of wake up and just to stay into somewhat of a routine, because that's just how we feel our best. But I always will Most. Most of the time we'll go for a run and get up and work out, and it's for the exercise, but it's also for exploring, especially if we're in a new place. I love to go run and just explore and oh, I found a coffee bar for us to go to, or whatever it is. And but yeah, my family's the same. They know like, okay, mom's going to go for a run and then we'll go have breakfast or whatever you know.

Speaker 1:

They'll be cranky until then. She needs her own time.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, yeah, yeah so it's definitely part of the part of the routine and, and you know, it just works like and even like last week my son they would go get some coffee and then we would meet up after and you know, we just everybody can kind of do their thing. You know, as they get older too, they kind of we all kind of can do our thing, our routine, in the morning and then we meet back up and get on with our day. But I love to hear that, because that's exactly how I have been through all the years too, and sometimes my family's like, oh, mom's got to go for a run, but you know what I think overall, they know that that's, you know, doing that for my health, you know, and just to feel good, and it just pays off. It really does.

Speaker 1:

It really does. Yeah, move your body, change your mind, moving your energy. It's. You know, we all should be doing it. In whatever form that looks like and you also touched on it a while ago it doesn't need to look like two hours. It can look like 20 minutes, it can look like it's just. It's something.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, just any little bit is so important. What do you do for yourself? As far as you know, are you still doing some of the road races for your, for yourself and your exercise and your. You know your routine. Is that something you still do?

Speaker 1:

So I do. I currently I'm more into my strength training and trail running. However, I literally just said to my husband the other day I'm like, okay, I feel like I need like a race on the on the calendar, because when I have it there, it is a goal right, it is something that's going to stretch me, is something that I have to commit to, and I do love to do that in certain capacities, and so I'm not sure yet what that will be, whether it's a another triathlon or whether that is something in the trails, and you know I love to pick things that are also a bit of a destination. So I work hard and I train hard at home and then you're able to have a little bit of something exciting to look forward to. I think having both of those combined is a benefit.

Speaker 2:

That's so cool. I love that. What is it you do, Brittany, on a regular kind of like a non-negotiable daily basis for yourself and your own personal wellness?

Speaker 1:

Yeah, so I'll start with me. I'll start with a workout, whether I'm right now trying to do four days of strength a week, and then the other days are usually cardio in terms of running and maybe a road ride if the weather is good, and then I get on to leading with the kids, getting them out the door. Then I'm into coaching the coaching world in my groups, and then I do really try and have my days between the nine and two time zone so that I can log back off and do some of my own learning, my own personal development and growth and connections. And yeah, my goal, my, my word of the year this year is impact, and so it's. I'm taking it to heart. It's not just in how I can show up for others, it's also how I can show up for myself and how everything that I do is I'm trying to be more intentional with it all so that I can bring a bigger impact to everyone that I am able to connect with.

Speaker 2:

So I love that and I know that's something that we were talking about earlier is is is making an impact and I know you're doing it and I you're just doing a beautiful job of it. So thank you for that and just for being an example, sharing what you're sharing with the world. It's really wonderful.

Speaker 1:

Thank you, I appreciate that. Yeah, I started this this summer. Well, just before this summer, I have started to roll out a new kind of mastermind group concept that I'm starting in the fall. That is called Limitless, and I am directing that at the teenage girls and so between the ages of 14 and 18, a basically as adults and as women, what we put ourselves into these networking circles, these rooms, these personal development places, but bringing that to the teens where they have a safe place to talk, to dream, to ask what's next and to have kind of the multi ages of mentorship as well.

Speaker 1:

Again, guest speakers in different areas, applications for meditation and yoga, you know just different things that I feel like we all want more of as women. And why can't we afford our younger generation that? To start younger? Because if I was able to have that, I know as a teen where you are putting yourself in rooms with girls that are really excited for what's next and up leveling themselves, instead of all the drama that so many teenagers deal with in high school, especially girls. Girls can be really mean and catty. Let's bring something new to them for them that I really hope will benefit them over the years.

Speaker 2:

I love that so much. It's beautiful, like why not, like you're saying, some of these communities that we become a part of and the networking, like you're saying. You know it's something that we do as adults, especially if we're in business, and why not have that for our up and coming young women? That's just that's beautiful. I love that you're going to do that. I think that's that's so needed and especially during that phase of life, like you said, it can be a really challenging time for especially for young girls and young men but to be able to be in a safe space and feel supported and that's wonderful, I love that.

Speaker 1:

I think that there's so much you know questioning a lot of the time, and maybe when you're not necessarily in a sports environment as youth also, like it's like well, where do I even fit in? Or you are in a sports environment, kids and sports are high pressure, younger and younger these days too. And so just to know that, like you're not alone, just to know that probably your question everyone else wants to know the answer to. Also, because I know, you know, when we sit in, like the mastermind for example, even if it is about business, and there's a question that comes up, everyone's like oh my gosh, that was such a great question. I want to know.

Speaker 1:

Well, I put that into, like my momentum groups and it's the same idea, like everyone finally voices something and there's just this impact instantly of like, oh my gosh, I'm not alone, I'm not a bad mom, it's okay for wanting more mom, it's okay for wanting more. You know, I'm so confused and lost as to what I want next. All these questions, they aren't just, they don't just appear. These are all things that really do start to evolve in our own minds, in our teen years.

Speaker 2:

It's so true and it comes back to I know you're a big proponent as well as I am that just have that community and, again, that safe place where you can know and feel and be encouraged to know that you're not alone. And I focus on that, as you do with moms. But, gosh, the beauty of starting young, with these young girls, so that that can carry that confidence, can carry with them into adulthood life, I mean that's just a wonderful thing. I love that you're going to do that. It's so important and you're so right. Like we were talking earlier, you know questions come up in our, in our group that, oh, shoot, yeah, I, I have that same question. Or yeah, oh, I can relate to that, even though going into our session, like I was telling you we were talking earlier, we don't always have a question formulated for ourselves. But then when you start listening to others, you're like, oh, yeah, that's, that's. I feel that too, and that was really yesterday's call was very much that way for me as well, where I went, oh, wow, I was almost feeling it on such a deep level. I almost got emotional a couple of times because I went oh my gosh, I'm going through the same thing, or I think the same way, or, oh my gosh. So in any community where you're bringing people together and it's a safe environment to do that and ask the questions and to share, there's nothing but good things that come out of that. I mean, there's just right, it's growth, it's positivity, it's it's connections.

Speaker 2:

And you know, it's interesting, when I started my my own, my community for moms and moms who flourish community, I initially was going to start with the coaching and then, the more I thought about it, I went you know what? I want? To get these moms in the room. I want to get everyone together and to connect in person, and I've always been that way. But again, we lost some of that right through our whole country shutting down, and so it's like bring people back. And I know, for me personally, there's been phases and stages where I feel like I'm the only one going through it, whether it's business, wise, motherhood, what have you? And you and you start to talk to other people and you're like okay, no, I'm not alone. And that's really what I want to offer and I know you do too to others is we are in this together. You know we are. It's a sisterhood as far as motherhood is concerned, and same with our young girls. So yeah, that's true.

Speaker 1:

I don't know where we've all learned that we it feels like we are alone all the time in this and like that we can't share or express the like the hard.

Speaker 1:

And I think that the more that we just talk openly about all the things, like, as you were saying too, about the next stage and the empty nest and like all this, like why is this such an uncharted territory once we arrive to it? This happens all the time, and so how can we make every step just a little bit easier so that you know like even now, these days, everywhere you look, everyone's talking about perimenopause and menopause, and so it's big in our groups. We're talking about about that too, and so, like guest speakers are always coming in on, like you know, the naturopathic doctor and what we can do and all these kinds of things, and it's great why, why, all of a sudden, is this a big conversation? Why was it never before? Because we were like put to shame for doing what our bodies are doing and need to do, and you know, like how can we just help each other? I think is really the overarching goal of us here For sure, a hundred percent, a hundred percent.

Speaker 2:

And I question the same thing, like you're saying, like why all of a sudden it's just boom, it's everywhere you turn and I don't, I don't quite understand why or where that comes from. Like I feel like maybe generations ago there were so many things that weren't talked about, but yet now, like I mean I feel like I'm an open book. Ask me a question, I'm happy to answer anything like within reason. I mean, there's certain things maybe not, but most of them I'm like, I'm open. You know, I like to think that I'm exactly the same here on my podcast, on social, as I am in person in life. Whatever you know, and I just I know for me and I've experienced this firsthand and you probably have too that all I'm guilty of getting caught up in thinking about something and in a lot of times it's more business related and I think, oh gosh, I be doing this, or should I be doing this, or in just kind of like turning too much inward. But the second I talk to another, a friend or another business-minded mom like yourself, and start to share ideas and collaborate, it's like, oh my gosh, it just happened to me yesterday, like literally I woke up going, hmm, what direction should I really be going today and what should I really be doing with my life? Like kind of joking, but, you know, kind of sounding dramatic, was saying that.

Speaker 2:

But and literally from our call, from a podcast interview, like everything just shifted. And last night I went I don't think I'm going through any hormonal shifts because I'm way past that now, but what was that about? Like I literally in I don't think I'm going through any hormonal shifts because I'm way past that now, but what was that about? Like I literally in the morning felt like I could start crying to like woohoo, like bouncing off the walls by the end of the day, and I'm not usually like that, I'm not like one extreme speaker.

Speaker 2:

I'm not sure what that was all about. The second you like talk to someone and just share and share ideas and share similar views and doesn't always have to be the same views, but just being able to connect and collaborate just makes such a huge difference. And so when you think about that doing that one on one to me it's even more amplified when you have like a group setting where you can do that. I can't wait. I'm going to be sharing that information in the show notes for any of our listeners who have teenagers who would like to be a part of that, because that just sounds so extremely positive and encouraging for our young girls.

Speaker 1:

Thank you, yeah, I appreciate that. Yeah, I think, like my, my hope and heart is in it and I know that same with my daughters. I think that you know you get up to the question, or not even the question. The response that I've been getting a lot to is the I don't know if she'd like that, or you know she feels definitely more insecure in the group settings and all this kind of stuff. And my response back to that is is that her or is that you, or is that learned? And do we not all feel that way when we're putting ourselves into new opportunities? And so just trust that when you do, that's where you experience and that's where the magic can happen.

Speaker 2:

but you'll never know unless you try so good and so so true, you'll never know, and it always turns out I mean, I would say 99.9% of the time it turns out positive. Right, there's something that you can gain and again, I'm speaking about this more from an adult's perspective, but there's always something you can gain, or or a new friendship that can grow, or something happens through the process.

Speaker 1:

So, and I think if you can take something from some, you know, like I, whenever I go into a new room or try something different or a course or like whatever it is, it's like, well, if I can at least take one thing away from this, then like's worth it. And it's just like looking for gratitude in your day, right, like it's going in looking for that one thing, so that you're like, aha, I've done that, that feels good.

Speaker 2:

So true, oh, I love this and I love having a conversation with you. You're just so, you're so easy to talk to and I just love your. You have just this calm, beautiful confidence around you. So I just I'm so grateful for you and for us connecting and having this time. I really am, Thank you.

Speaker 1:

Likewise Me too. I mean, there's a prime example right of us both putting ourselves in a new room that we're then able to connect and and collaborate and have this conversation and learn more about what we each are do offer all those things.

Speaker 2:

It's so true and I I would love at some point we can talk about this another time, but some somehow collaborating. I know we're not close in proximity.

Speaker 1:

We're not that far. You're in Southern California. I'm there often. We go to Palm Springs all the time. Yes, yeah, okay, that's good to know.

Speaker 2:

That's good to know. I'm going to have to try and like twist your arm to come out here for our Moms who Flourish event. We'll have to talk about that, oh my gosh.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, absolutely, that sounds like an amazing event.

Speaker 2:

Yes, it's really special. So how can our listeners reach out to you, Brittany? What's the best place to reach out to you?

Speaker 1:

Probably social also. So on Instagram I'm Brittany Anderson coaching. You can still find me on Instagram also momsweatsanity, but that'll take you to my podcast one. I kind of shifted over sweatsanity, but that'll take you to my podcast one. I kind of shifted over applications there.

Speaker 2:

So the best is Brittany Anderson coaching on Instagram, yeah, or Britt Andersoncom for my website? Awesome. Well, I will definitely add all your information in the show notes and your and your podcast link, for sure, and this has just been such a joy. What would you like to leave our listeners with as far as any words of and I should say, words of wellness, anything inspirational, anything you want to leave our listeners with before we head on? Oh my gosh so many things.

Speaker 1:

Right now I'm living my S3 summer era and it is sweat, sun and sanity. So if you can lead every day with one component at least of all three of those, in whatever capacity that looks like, I think that you align yourself with a beautiful mood. You align yourself with a beautiful mood. As we've said, moving the energy, allowing yourself the time to rest and sunshine just fuels the soul, and so I have a freebie if anyone wants some recommendations on how you can do that, all with some workouts and playlists and all the things. So yes, same thing. Dm me on the links that you're going to provide.

Speaker 2:

Oh, I love it. Well, I'm going to. I'm going to check those out. That sounds. I want to start to incorporate that I have the sunshine and the sweat and the. I think I'm, I think I'm saying, but we can question it sometimes, especially as mothers. We can question it sometimes, especially as mothers, but again, the sweat, the sunshine helps you be sane, right?

Speaker 1:

It does, exactly, exactly I love it. That's so wonderful yeah.

Speaker 2:

Thanks, Shelly. Well, thank you so much for this. This has been great.

Speaker 1:

Thank you. I really appreciate you having me as well and, yeah, this connection, it's been beautiful.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, it's been wonderful and I'm excited for for see where it goes and grows along the way so well to all of our listeners. Thank you for tuning in and please take a moment to reach out to Brittany. Follow her on social. Take a moment to listen to her podcast. As you can tell, she has a huge heart and is really doing so many amazing things for women and moms and young teenage girls, and that's a beautiful thing. So, thank you for that and, as always, take time for yourself and your own personal wellness on this day and have a beautiful, blessed rest of your week, everyone, and we'll see you next time on Words of Wellness.

Speaker 2:

Thank you so much for tuning into today's episode. I hope you gained value and enjoyed our time together as much as I did, and if you know someone who could benefit from today's episode, I would love and appreciate it if you could share with a friend or rate and review Words of Wellness so that more can hear this message. I love and appreciate you all. Thank you for listening and if you have any questions or topics you would like me to share in future episodes, please don't hesitate to reach out to me through my contact information that is shared in the show notes below. Again, thank you for tuning in to Words of Wellness. My name is Shelly Jeffries and I encourage you to do something for you, for your wellness, on this day. Until next time, I hope you all have a healthy, happy and blessed week. Thank you you.