High Quality Motivation in Health & Fitness with Chris Bell

Consilience Podcast

Clients struggling to stay motivated?

Probably because they are driven by low quality motivation, like a desire to change their appearance.

Our role as coaches it to help our clients develop stronger forms of motivation that can be inclusive of, but are ultimately broader than, a drive to look better.

But how do we do that?

Well, that's what I have Chris Bell on the show to discuss.

Chris is a Doctoral Researcher at Brunel looking at the effects of fitness social media on body image and exercise motivation. In addition, he has a decade of experience working with clients in Personal Training and Nutrition and lifestyle consultancy.

In this episode we draw upon Self Determination Theory and unconditional self acceptance to find better ways to help our clients.

We discussed:

• Why do clients struggle with motivation?
• What distinguishes high quality motivation from low quality motivation?
• How might social media influence our exercise motivations?
• How can we develop internal motivations for change when our appearance concerns are really salient?
• What is unconditional self worth and why is it worth developing?

Find Chris Here:

• https://www.instagram.com/chris_bell_pt/

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