Meet Brooke Burke
Brooke is a television personality, author, fitness trainer, actress, and entrepreneur. She’s the host of the “Intimate Knowledge” podcast. She’s appeared on the cover of many fitness, lifestyle, and fashion magazines. She also has a fitness app that focuses on both physical and mental health.
Why Brooke Burke Is Mentally Strong
Brooke is known for doing a lot of things–modeling, acting, hosting, and fitness. She’s also a busy mom. But she makes it clear that she makes self-care a top priority in her life.
What You’ll Hear on the Show
Why Brooke believes in incorporating the mind and spirituality into her wellness routines and the three things we can from doing so How she became certified in breathwork and what that means How she teaches people to get uncomfortable What the pandemic has taught her about well-being How Brooke makes time for herself no matter how busy her schedule is Why Brooke is actually trying to have less of a social life and how her boundaries help with this How a routine physical helped her discover she had cancer and what she learned from this experience The link between self-care and awareness The importance of combating stress The supplement Brooke takes to help her feel her best How to get over the fear of not being good enough How to practice self-compassion
What You’ll Learn About Mental Health and Mental Strength
Brooke takes a very matter-of-fact approach with managing mental health. She makes it clear that we shouldn’t wait to practice self-care once we’re already sick. We should get proactive about taking care of our mental and physical health now.
Quotes From Brooke
“Having those moments of gratitude for me, it just feels so good that I remember to slow down.” “I feel like we’re just grinding and moving so fast that we don’t slow down often enough or long enough to just listen.” “It’s really scary to slow down, go inward and start looking at what’s really going on.”
More About the Podcast
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