“There’s a lot more than what we see and hear and taste and smell and feel. There’s a lot more to life.” -Ali West
Life can change in a moment. A new job, a new relationship, the death of a loved one, or other circumstances can throw us off our game and send us reeling. When this happens, it’s tempting to try and make sense of it by thinking about ourselves in terms of how we’ve always been defined by our past.
But this is not how we want our lives to be. We want them to be shaped by our own choices, by who we choose to be, and by what we choose to do.
Please join me again for an inspiring conversation with Ali West, the co-founder of Kinetik Fitness as we talk about how to navigate the constantly changing winds in our journey, how important communication skill is in anything that we do, what form of meditation works for our individual needs, how we can break the negative cycles in our life so as not to pass them to the next generation, and how to get all in on ourselves.
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Highlights:
- 00:59 When Your Path Takes a Sudden Turn
- 05:26 How Important Communication Skill Is
- 10:28 Put Yourself First
- 13:45 What Happened in Sedona?
- 18:48 Meditation— How to Make It Work For You
- 24:13 Meditation and Your Learning Style
- 31:03 Ask for Help
- 33:35 Recap
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Quotes:
04:40 “Sometimes, us as men, see how far we have to go but we forget to look down at how far we’ve come.” -Ted Phaeton
07:04 “The most important thing with personal training is being a good communicator. You can have all the knowledge of exercise and all the knowledge of nutrition but if you can’t speak to people, you’re not going to get very far.” -Ali West
17:00 “There’s a lot more than what we see and hear and taste and smell and feel. There’s a lot more to life.” -Ali West
23:15 “Choose which one you want to do, take it one step at a time and start small, and then make it a practice. It’s got to be part of your life. And you’ve just got to keep doing it. And you will get better.” -Ali West
27:42 “If your spiritual health improves, your physical and mental health will improve.” -Ali West
31:27 “We should always ask for help when we need it. We have all the answers inside but sometimes we need a guide to help us unlock those answers and get the answers for ourselves.” -Ali West
Meet Ali:
Ali West has been in the fitness industry since 2008, and has already helped many people boost their health and quality of life. Ali and his wife, Sarah, founded Kinetik Fitness, where they offer trainings, gym memberships, and nutitional diet plans to help people reach their fitness goals. Ali also hosts the Kinetik Fitness Show where he interviews fitness and wellness experts and shares his own personal fitness journey and lessons learned. Ali’s self-discovery journey began in 2015, and since then was practicing how to master his mental, physical, and spiritual health at the core.
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Author: Ted Phaeton
“The Modern Man” is a series focused on discussing the challenges and obstacles men face in today’s society. It is an open forum of discussion where thoughts, strategies and ideas of men living a happy and fulfilled life are explored. The Modern Man aims to create a community of men not only sharing and connecting on a deeper level, but also exploring how to thrive and live a happy and fulfilled life. This is done through intentional conversations strategically aimed at issues that men face in today’s society.
