54 min
Amanda Alexander on Show #4: Meditation, Crossfit, British Military Fitness and Fitter Food POWER to Live More with Jo Dodds
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- Self-Improvement
Meditation, Crossfit, British Military Fitness and Fitter Food from Amanda Alexander of AmandaAlexander.com
Listen Below and Here’s What We Recommended:
Apps
* Headspace – for meditation
* Dragon Naturally Speaking – for dictating to the phone and answering emails whilst doing other things
Tools
* Evernote – can use it for dictating notes and for storing recipes using the web clipper
* Freeagent – software for bookkeeping
* Buffer – for social media scheduling, an alternative to Hootsuite
Other Resources
* Working Families – Charity
* Forward Ladies – a membership organisation unleashing potential in professional women.
* Psyllium husks – an ingredient in life changing bread
Books
* Dying to Be Me by Anita Moorjani – Amanda says, “it’s about a near death experience and if you read the book you’ll find out more, is that the thing that we need to do in our life, the one thing we need to do, is to be ourselves”.
* The Fear Cure by Dr. Lissa Rankin this book comes from a medical perspective, and she’s talking about the link between fear and cancer.
* The Paleo Primer – a book with very tasty, very healthy recipes
Tips
* “my morning routine is I wake up and the very first thing I do is I meditate”
* “The yoga bridge”– to retain flexibility
* “The 5 Tibetans”– from the blog further.net by Brian Clark, the key to lifelong youthfulness and health. 5 exercises to do in under ten minutes, yoga/tai chi based”
* “Eat the frog first”
* “What is the one thing that if I do it today, it’s going to make the biggest difference to my business?”
* “I love the way, for me, fitness and community and friends and living, they are one and the same thing. They absolutely lift me. Being in a group of people, testing myself, pushing myself, I love doing that.”
* British Military Fitness – “involves mud and beasting sessions, lots of really really pushing yourself”
* Crossfit – ORE in Telford
* Tough Guy Nettle Warrior “involved electrocution, running through fire, climbing up things, jumping into pools, running through nettles”
Meditation, Crossfit, British Military Fitness and Fitter Food from Amanda Alexander of AmandaAlexander.com
Listen Below and Here’s What We Recommended:
Apps
* Headspace – for meditation
* Dragon Naturally Speaking – for dictating to the phone and answering emails whilst doing other things
Tools
* Evernote – can use it for dictating notes and for storing recipes using the web clipper
* Freeagent – software for bookkeeping
* Buffer – for social media scheduling, an alternative to Hootsuite
Other Resources
* Working Families – Charity
* Forward Ladies – a membership organisation unleashing potential in professional women.
* Psyllium husks – an ingredient in life changing bread
Books
* Dying to Be Me by Anita Moorjani – Amanda says, “it’s about a near death experience and if you read the book you’ll find out more, is that the thing that we need to do in our life, the one thing we need to do, is to be ourselves”.
* The Fear Cure by Dr. Lissa Rankin this book comes from a medical perspective, and she’s talking about the link between fear and cancer.
* The Paleo Primer – a book with very tasty, very healthy recipes
Tips
* “my morning routine is I wake up and the very first thing I do is I meditate”
* “The yoga bridge”– to retain flexibility
* “The 5 Tibetans”– from the blog further.net by Brian Clark, the key to lifelong youthfulness and health. 5 exercises to do in under ten minutes, yoga/tai chi based”
* “Eat the frog first”
* “What is the one thing that if I do it today, it’s going to make the biggest difference to my business?”
* “I love the way, for me, fitness and community and friends and living, they are one and the same thing. They absolutely lift me. Being in a group of people, testing myself, pushing myself, I love doing that.”
* British Military Fitness – “involves mud and beasting sessions, lots of really really pushing yourself”
* Crossfit – ORE in Telford
* Tough Guy Nettle Warrior “involved electrocution, running through fire, climbing up things, jumping into pools, running through nettles”
54 min