1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,320 Hello, my name is Leslie and I am the host of the Why Not Today podcast. 2 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:11,320 This is a podcast to celebrate people who have been courageous and said, why not today? 3 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:16,680 I started this podcast in honor of my father, Patrick Cain, who often said, why not today? 4 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:20,800 I'm based in Reston, Virginia, a planned community right outside of Washington, DC. 5 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:22,800 Thanks for joining us today. 6 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:23,800 So I'm excited. 7 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:28,440 We are officially this week starting a, instead of twice a month, we're going to every week 8 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:31,440 podcast, which is kind of fun and exciting. 9 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:34,360 Except for saying that, I think we're skipping next week. 10 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:35,360 That's okay. 11 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:38,680 Starting in January, officially. 12 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:44,040 So and so my guest today is somebody I've known for several years, Liz Kemp, and she 13 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:50,560 has a spin studio here where I live, but I found something new about her the other day. 14 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:55,040 And so she's here to share about her courageous moments with her studio, but also we're going 15 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:59,600 to talk about the one word and intentions as we start the new year. 16 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:01,800 So I always talk about how we met, where we connected. 17 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:07,600 So Liz lives in Reston, but I didn't meet you until you opened the spin studio at Lake 18 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:13,440 Ann and met you through that when you just probably met you before you opened and then 19 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:18,280 went to a couple of sessions, but then really got to know you better or you got to know 20 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:22,680 me better because I put out on social media one day that I was looking for somebody to 21 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:28,080 help work with my younger sister as down sender with some exercise and you reached out, you 22 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:30,680 have a nephew that's down down the center. 23 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:36,920 And so Liz works with Amanda every week and walks around the lake and does exercises. 24 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:43,240 So and I'm sure I'll show you everything I don't want you to think about our family 25 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:44,240 hanging out with Amanda. 26 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:49,680 So I love that connection and that, you know, we become like become like family through 27 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:51,120 connections of business. 28 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:54,760 So and I had no idea you did the my intention thing training. 29 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:58,280 So you know, it's funny, you know, things about people who don't know everything about 30 00:01:58,280 --> 00:01:59,280 them. 31 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:05,920 So introduce yourself, Liz, just a quick bio with a fun fact and then we'll encourage 32 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:07,800 and your courage stories. 33 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:08,800 Sounds good. 34 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:10,520 Yeah, thank you for having me. 35 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:15,240 So I'm Liz Camp and I'm the founder of new trail as Leslie mentioned. 36 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:20,680 And yeah, I feel like we've known each other forever, even though we haven't. 37 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:26,400 But yeah, the studio has now been open for about five years and I have lived and rest 38 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:32,360 in for about 15 years, almost 15 years now. 39 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:36,600 And I, we love living here. 40 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:44,240 And we have three kids and a dog and just thoroughly enjoy, you know, the rest in life 41 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:46,320 and being not far from Lake Ann. 42 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:50,200 That was a priority for us when we bought our house. 43 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:54,200 So yeah, we love this area. 44 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,000 And I'm originally from upstate New York. 45 00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:00,320 And I like to say that I went to college in Baltimore and when I realized that the sun 46 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:04,200 could shine and there could be snow on the ground at the same time, then I realized I 47 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:09,240 wouldn't be going north farther north in the mid Atlantic again. 48 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:13,440 And so I'm definitely one of those people who's hoping for snow though this winter. 49 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:14,760 I do love the snow. 50 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:18,440 Can't be fun, but we don't want to like you up there. 51 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:20,320 Yeah, true, true. 52 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:21,720 Yeah, well, I'm excited. 53 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:26,520 I know you'd lived and rested not long, but yeah, yeah, we're coming up on 15 years. 54 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:27,520 Crazy. 55 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:33,840 I've lived in rest since I was two. 56 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:36,800 So yeah, well, a little different there. 57 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:40,960 So Liz, what does courage mean to you? 58 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:41,960 Start there. 59 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:42,960 Yeah. 60 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:49,560 To me, I think it just means acting when you don't know what the outcome is going to be. 61 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:57,960 I think I am very much type A. A lot of people would say I'm very type A and I like to know 62 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:02,200 what's coming and I like to see what's coming down the path. 63 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:09,200 And so for me personally, courage is definitely acting on the unknown. 64 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:12,600 And yeah, but love that. 65 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:16,040 So you started, you opened new trail five years ago. 66 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:22,240 So let's talk about that courageous move and starting that and what motivated you and was 67 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:28,880 it scary knowing and then you probably open, were you open a year and then COVID? 68 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:33,360 Just yeah, a year and a couple of months before COVID started. 69 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:39,440 So yeah, I mean it was, in a lot of ways, it was a really long road to open new trail 70 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:42,760 because I worked in the fitness industry. 71 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:48,800 I started in college teaching classes and had worked in the industry. 72 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:52,760 It worked for the town of Herndon running their fitness programming. 73 00:04:52,760 --> 00:05:00,640 So that experience between the town of Herndon working for a YWCA, a couple other fitness 74 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:06,320 facilities realized that I really wanted to do it my own way. 75 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:11,640 And I couldn't really do that unless I really branched out on my own. 76 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:17,840 So I knew that I wanted to stay home, be a stay at home mom with our kids when they 77 00:05:17,840 --> 00:05:19,000 were little. 78 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:24,720 So it kind of was put on the back burner intentionally just sort of like got to wait until the time 79 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:27,240 is right. 80 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:34,280 And so during that time, we had our three babies and I taught some classes with my mom's group 81 00:05:34,280 --> 00:05:36,840 and still sort of kept my foot in the door fitness. 82 00:05:36,840 --> 00:05:41,440 We were working another job where you just not just but we're home with the kids. 83 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:42,440 Just home with the kids. 84 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:43,440 Yeah. 85 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:44,440 Home with the kids. 86 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:45,440 Just is not a good word. 87 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:46,960 Yeah, just is not a good word for that. 88 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:49,280 That is very true. 89 00:05:49,280 --> 00:05:55,800 But still kind of continued my fitness journey in terms of teaching classes to my mom's group 90 00:05:55,800 --> 00:06:01,520 and being involved in running and walking groups and things like that. 91 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:08,600 But really new trail in the iteration of Lake Ann once the pharmacy closed at Lake Ann. 92 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:12,760 So for those of you who aren't familiar with Lake Ann Plaza and Reston, we have a beautiful 93 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:15,880 lakefront mixed use area. 94 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:23,240 And there was an original pharmacy that was also a little cafe and the post office all 95 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:24,240 wrapped into one. 96 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:30,800 And when that candy store with the main lady when we were kids, I forget the candy store. 97 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:38,320 So when that closed down, let's see, I was not even pregnant with my youngest. 98 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:41,200 I think that timing is about right. 99 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:45,200 And I remember saying to my husband, like, that's the spot. 100 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:47,400 I just I'm not ready to do it right now. 101 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:49,280 But oh my gosh, that's my space. 102 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:51,720 Like that is where I need to do this. 103 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:52,720 Yes. 104 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:59,360 And then, you know, but I, I knew truly that I, I didn't, I couldn't take it on in that 105 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:00,360 moment. 106 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:06,120 So I could just kind of waited and the space stayed vacant and stayed vacant. 107 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:09,520 And I kept watching it and kept saying, oh, I just did. 108 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:15,040 I'm going to be so upset if somebody else goes in there. 109 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:21,440 And I still can vividly remember the day sitting with my two sister-in-laws at Calypso's, a 110 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:26,720 restaurant across the way, and saying, I think I just need to do it. 111 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:30,840 Like I just, it feels like that's my space. 112 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:32,720 I think I just need to do it. 113 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:34,240 And why not today? 114 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:35,240 Why not today? 115 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:36,240 Why not today moment? 116 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:37,240 Yeah. 117 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:42,600 And it just kind of felt like this overwhelming sense of like, yeah, I have to do it. 118 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:44,920 And if I don't act, I'm going to regret it. 119 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:49,840 And I don't want to regret not just trying. 120 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:52,440 And then it just kind of spiraled from there. 121 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:57,800 I reached out to the landlord, got in touch with the broker and started the very long 122 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:04,320 process of negotiating and was able to secure the space. 123 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:13,280 So my daughter, our youngest was a year and a couple months when we, no, more than that, 124 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:19,560 maybe two, two and a couple months when we first started really the process. 125 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:24,000 So yeah, it was one of those, I don't want to look back and regret it. 126 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:25,000 Yeah. 127 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:29,320 So which is what her does, just doing the things and it wasn't perfect. 128 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:32,280 And we had to spread a lot of stuff in between. 129 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:33,280 Yeah. 130 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:35,680 Putting the things on the wall, right? 131 00:08:35,680 --> 00:08:36,680 Yeah. 132 00:08:36,680 --> 00:08:37,680 All of it. 133 00:08:37,680 --> 00:08:38,680 All of it. 134 00:08:38,680 --> 00:08:41,480 Lots of, lots of learning curve there. 135 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:48,400 But I think too, when you believe in what you're doing, it's easier to be courageous. 136 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:54,640 And I feel like I just so deeply believed that the service I wanted to provide people 137 00:08:54,640 --> 00:09:03,240 was worth pursuing, excuse me, worth pursuing that, that also is what really pushed me to 138 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:05,740 do it. 139 00:09:05,740 --> 00:09:11,480 And when we were talking the other day, like you're a spin studio, but you do other things 140 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:16,360 and other exercise and when you work with me as a personal trainer, but what you said, 141 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:22,120 I loved and so aligned with the why not today message and what I'm trying to do with this 142 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:26,240 podcast is why do women come to new trial? 143 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:27,240 Right. 144 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:28,240 Yeah. 145 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:33,400 I think that to me, it's always been deeper than just a workout. 146 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:40,480 You know, my degree is in psychology and for me in high school, fitness became an outlet. 147 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:44,480 It became a way to improve my mental health. 148 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:47,720 It was a way for me to connect with other people. 149 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:55,680 And so new trail to me, so, you know, I named new trail new trail because it's a new trail 150 00:09:55,680 --> 00:10:01,320 and rest in it's a new way again for the listeners who aren't here in town. 151 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:08,040 New trail was founded by Bob Simon and the community is connected by trails. 152 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:14,040 There are 55 miles of trails and Bob said his vision was for people to meet on the trails 153 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:15,960 and connect on the trails. 154 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:22,040 And so when I was trying to figure out what to call the studio new trail is what came out 155 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:27,760 because I thought, well, my whole goal is people to connect people to feel seen people 156 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:33,160 to, you know, be there to work out for more than just burning calories. 157 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:39,480 It's about feeling good, making connections, being a human as having that human connection 158 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:41,640 is just so big. 159 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:47,240 And so for me, yeah, I think all women in particular just want to feel seen and they 160 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:49,600 want that human connection. 161 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:53,200 And so we try to provide that. 162 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:54,200 That's awesome. 163 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:58,000 And you know, I never heard that side of it and it makes so much sense. 164 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,400 And I taught water rubrics for 13 years and the same thing. 165 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:09,360 People came for the community and it goes back to Lake Ann too, that Lake Ann was designed 166 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:13,400 and all the original shopping centers and rest of you had to get out of your car and 167 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:16,080 walk and build a tree and living. 168 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:17,480 I live right here, right? 169 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:23,280 Probably if I had a really good arm for a rock at the studio, but you know, it is connection 170 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:28,840 and you I can't walk out of my door and walk to new trail without probably running to three 171 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:30,520 or 10 people that I know. 172 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:32,360 And that's what I love about this community. 173 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:34,640 So it's not just about working out. 174 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:35,640 Yeah. 175 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:36,640 Yeah. 176 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:37,640 So much more. 177 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:41,800 I mean, you talk about one word which you'd never heard of, but you talk teach classes 178 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:43,600 on something else. 179 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:44,920 Is it my intent? 180 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:46,600 Yeah, my intent is. 181 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:49,480 Let's talk about that and what that is. 182 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:51,760 How people come about doing it. 183 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:52,760 Yeah. 184 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:53,760 So my intent. 185 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:54,760 Gosh, I should. 186 00:11:54,760 --> 00:12:03,200 Yeah, I was going to say, how did I first stumble upon my intent? 187 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:07,440 I think actually it was at a fitness conference. 188 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:13,040 And they, they were just starting out and my intent, if you're not familiar, it's a company 189 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:16,760 that does, they do workshops, but they do it. 190 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:22,160 It's all about finding your word, your inspiration for the year or this particular time in your 191 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:23,160 life. 192 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:28,440 And then you hand stamp it into a bracelet or a necklace. 193 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:29,440 Which is funny. 194 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:32,800 I have it and I don't have it on today, but I do have a my intent bracelet, but I have 195 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:33,800 made. 196 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:34,800 Okay. 197 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:35,800 It says why not today? 198 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:36,800 There you go. 199 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:40,880 And that's kind of how I got introduced to it at a conference and, and I just thought, 200 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:45,680 wow, I love the idea of living with intention. 201 00:12:45,680 --> 00:12:50,760 I mean, that's the whole point of it is we are all rushing through life. 202 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:56,720 And so how can we be intentional with the choices that we're making day to day with 203 00:12:56,720 --> 00:13:01,960 our goal for any particular time or year in life? 204 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:07,040 And for me, it really fits in line with the goal for the studio, which is to go deeper. 205 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:08,040 Right. 206 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:09,360 So again, it's not just the workout. 207 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:12,040 It's the how do you feel and your overall well being. 208 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:16,120 And so my intent to me is along those same lines. 209 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:19,120 How do we live with intention? 210 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:28,120 And so I also love using it on the, at the studio because I do think people particularly 211 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:32,560 around this time of year, when we're looking at New Year's resolutions and we think, okay, 212 00:13:32,560 --> 00:13:34,560 yes, here's my goal for next year. 213 00:13:34,560 --> 00:13:38,240 I'm going to lose 20 pounds. 214 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:43,640 And it's really hard to just say, I'm going to lose 20 pounds and have that motivate you 215 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:45,240 all year long. 216 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:51,400 And so to me, I really like flipping it for people and saying, okay, so I understand that's 217 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:54,120 your goal, but why is it your goal? 218 00:13:54,120 --> 00:14:01,520 So is it that you want to lose 20 pounds because you want to be healthier so that you can run 219 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:08,440 around with your kids or grandkids or you want to be able to travel next year and you 220 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:13,440 know that it will be easier for you to travel health wise if you're in better condition. 221 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:16,400 So then you kind of go deeper from there. 222 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:17,400 Right. 223 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:20,200 So is it the, you know, the time? 224 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:22,080 Is it how you feel? 225 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:26,120 What is that then going to allow you to do? 226 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:32,680 So I think I really enjoy the layers, peeling back the layers, right, to see what truly is 227 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:41,800 motivating someone to either add to their life or also potentially remove things from their 228 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:42,800 life. 229 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:43,800 Absolutely. 230 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:44,800 Yeah. 231 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:48,880 So in your workshops, I love the digging deeper with the why and totally relate a friend of 232 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:54,280 mine the other day, text me because I think my word is going to be health, which can encompass 233 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:59,440 the lose whatever, how much weight or and talking about the grandparents or one play 234 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:00,440 with your kids. 235 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:05,840 My niece just had a baby and my brother-in-law is lifting weights and wants to get healthier 236 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:07,520 so we can throw the baby up in the air. 237 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:08,600 There you go. 238 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:10,480 You know, what a visual. 239 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:12,800 So how do you help people feel back? 240 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:13,800 The why? 241 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:14,800 What are you doing the workshop for? 242 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:15,800 Yeah. 243 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:21,000 So people, you know, we're doing a one word painting event January 4th and I know your 244 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:22,880 workshops at the end of January. 245 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:28,000 So some tips and ideas of how do you figure out that word? 246 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:29,000 Yeah. 247 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:35,280 So usually our workshops start with a little bit of meditation to just kind of open people 248 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:39,560 up to allowing words to come to them. 249 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:45,280 You know, I think you and I were chatting about our own words and saying things like, 250 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:49,360 oh, yeah, and then this one word just kind of kept coming to me. 251 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:53,480 And I think once you get used to doing this process, that does start to happen. 252 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:54,480 Right. 253 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:58,440 You just start feeling like once tapping you on the shoulder over and over again. 254 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:02,440 And so for us, I think in the workshop setting where you're limited on time, I think it's 255 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:08,160 helpful to start with a little meditation and just breathing and open up some ideas 256 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:10,000 of questions, right? 257 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:16,040 And then we're starting to think about what do I want to be doing, what do I want to be 258 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:22,000 doing, questions to start letting people think about what do I want more of in my life? 259 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:26,000 What do I want less of in my life? 260 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:30,000 What do I want to feel like next year? 261 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:33,000 What do you know? 262 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:37,000 What, what change do I want to see? 263 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:42,880 And then we talk a little bit deeper and I tend to share stories of sort of passwords 264 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:46,920 of mine and how I reached them. 265 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:50,240 And then we kind of brainstorm a little bit in the group setting for people if they want 266 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:53,000 to share and talk about what their words are. 267 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:57,640 And they might come up with something and I might then respond with a question, asking 268 00:16:57,640 --> 00:17:04,560 them again, just sort of that searching question to get a little deeper to what they're looking 269 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:06,080 for. 270 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:09,960 And how long, how long are your workshops and determine your life? 271 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:15,520 It's about depends on the number of people, but usually about 60 minutes. 272 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:16,520 Okay. 273 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:17,520 Yeah. 274 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:18,520 Yeah. 275 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:19,520 Love that. 276 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:22,320 So do you have a word that, that you've had in the past? 277 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:25,360 How many, I don't know how many years you've been doing this, but you have a word that 278 00:17:25,360 --> 00:17:27,240 was just super memorable? 279 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:33,480 I mean, probably my most memorable is last year's but or 2020 had a lot of, and it's 280 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:38,280 interesting how it kind of twists, like I probably shared this on the last podcast, but 281 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:43,480 2020, my word was connect and my friend was father and we kind of laughed about it in 282 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:49,240 March, but we're like, all right, it's an invitation to figure out how to connect and 283 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:51,200 gather in different ways. 284 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:52,200 Yeah. 285 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:54,880 So it totally can unfold in totally different ways. 286 00:17:54,880 --> 00:18:00,120 So do you have a story of a word or intention? 287 00:18:00,120 --> 00:18:12,800 Last year mine was feel the, but the year before that mine was here, H-E-R-E. 288 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:19,000 And what I found helpful about that one was wearing it on my bracelet on my wrist, because 289 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:24,760 my goal for that year, my intention was to be more present. 290 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:32,760 And so to me, that meant here, wherever that wrist is with that bracelet, just be here, 291 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:34,440 be present. 292 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:40,800 I think the, as a mom, the balance between work and kids, I mean, balance again, I don't 293 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:47,760 think it really exists, but try in the world of constant cell phone and constant connection, 294 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:48,760 right? 295 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:54,280 When I'm here in this moment, I want my attention to be here. 296 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:58,280 And so to me that year in particular, it was so helpful to have it on my wrist because 297 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:04,920 I literally would start to multitask, see my wrist reach for something and go, nope, 298 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:07,640 just stop, just be here. 299 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:10,640 You can get to that in a minute. 300 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:16,640 So it was helpful in a different way that year, I think, being such an actual physical 301 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:18,720 reminder that I would see on my wrist. 302 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:22,680 Where last year I didn't even, I actually didn't wear my bracelet as much as I normally 303 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:31,560 did because I think I had really just encompassed it so much that I didn't need to see the reminder 304 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:32,560 to focus on it. 305 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:35,240 So yeah, you need different things in different years. 306 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:39,800 My bracelet says why not today, but I think I'm going to need to get my word to remind 307 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:42,120 me because I put it around my house. 308 00:19:42,120 --> 00:19:45,000 I paint it with our one word event. 309 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:50,360 It's there, but then it's, you know, and I actually have my graphic person a lot of times 310 00:19:50,360 --> 00:19:57,400 use a fun graphic and give me a graphic and I print it just on a photo paper and put it 311 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:00,400 around my house so it's there. 312 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:05,440 But I think the wrist thing, because mine this year was space and a lot of it was being 313 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:08,080 present in my space with who I was. 314 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:15,680 But we forget and, you know, we're multitasking as you said or doing the other things. 315 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:24,040 Yeah, and I've had people take so the, you know, you put your word into a metal ring 316 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:27,400 and it's already on a bracelet, but I know a lot of people who cut them off the bracelet 317 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:30,800 put it on a necklace, which I think is a nice way to do it. 318 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:32,200 And I may do that this year. 319 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:36,600 I like the idea of, you know, as you're sitting and thinking or working, you might pick up 320 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:41,560 the necklace and just sort of fold it in your fingertips and remind yourself of the word, 321 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:45,000 feel the word with your hands because it is stamped in there. 322 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:48,000 So there are lots of different ways of doing it that I think. 323 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:53,520 Well, and I wear a lot of times a starfish necklace and we'll talk about it because of 324 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:56,000 the story of the starfish, you know, the story of the starfish. 325 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:57,000 I don't know. 326 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:01,800 So this guy was walking down the beach and picking up starfish and throwing it in the 327 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:04,280 ocean and somebody walked up an older man walked. 328 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:05,280 He's like, what are you doing? 329 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:07,120 Because I'm saving the starfish. 330 00:21:07,120 --> 00:21:09,320 He's like, how could you possibly save the starfish? 331 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:11,320 There's thousands on this beach. 332 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:14,200 And he picked one up and threw it in the ocean and goes, I saved that one. 333 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:16,200 And so I really try to live by that motto. 334 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:20,560 Like you don't know who, what one person's life you're going to influence or how one 335 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:25,240 person can make a difference in your life or just pouring into one person. 336 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:28,480 Like you just never know who needs you that moment. 337 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:29,480 Yeah. 338 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:30,480 I love that. 339 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:33,080 And that ties into being present with people. 340 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:38,400 But yeah, the necklace thing, I often wear it and I touch it and feel it and talk about 341 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:39,400 it. 342 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:40,400 Yeah. 343 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:47,520 I kind of like that idea of maybe making a necklace out of the word. 344 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:48,520 Yeah. 345 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:51,520 Well, you can come to the studio and do it. 346 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:57,600 And I found somebody else that does stickers. 347 00:21:57,600 --> 00:21:59,680 She does handwriting. 348 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:02,040 And I found her a couple of years ago. 349 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:06,800 I was just scrolling on social media, mindlessly not being present probably. 350 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:11,240 And she had this thing for like $5, you get your word on the sticker. 351 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:12,680 And so I did it. 352 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:16,360 And I happened to be out of town and had it sent to where I was, well, completely forgot 353 00:22:16,360 --> 00:22:18,000 about it. 354 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,880 And my friend sent it to me and I'm like, what is this? 355 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:25,000 And she does an amazing job with her packaging and marketing with the word and all kinds 356 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:26,000 of a fun envelope. 357 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:30,640 And it's a fun experience just to get your word, which is now on my laptop all the time. 358 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:36,000 Yeah, which reminds me of another thing that you could do. 359 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:44,880 And I did this one year with goals and I gave it to someone to mail to me like a few months 360 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:45,880 later. 361 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:48,560 So, and you know, you could do that with your word too. 362 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:49,560 That's a good idea. 363 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:51,560 Have someone mail it to you. 364 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:58,600 And it was such a sort of a reminder moment of like, okay, you said this was going to 365 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:00,400 be your goal for the year. 366 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:02,560 Are you really doing it? 367 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:03,560 Yeah. 368 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:04,560 Let's check in. 369 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:06,200 I think sometimes just check in. 370 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:07,200 Sorry. 371 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:09,920 Yeah, because I talked to a friend of mine about her word for this year and she's like, 372 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:12,400 I don't remember what my word is last year. 373 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:13,400 Yeah. 374 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:18,120 And so I literally take my, we do the painting and I leave the painting in my bathroom. 375 00:23:18,120 --> 00:23:19,920 So I see it every morning when I get it. 376 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:20,920 Every day. 377 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:21,920 It reminds me. 378 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:22,920 Yeah, I like that. 379 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:23,920 Yeah. 380 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:28,800 So any other tips or ideas on helping people come up with their intention word? 381 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:33,920 I think if you have the time to let yourself sit with it a little bit. 382 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:36,560 I think that is always good. 383 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:42,920 And maybe that just means, you know, spending an extra couple of minutes being open to it 384 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:46,120 morphing into something different. 385 00:23:46,120 --> 00:23:57,280 Yeah, I think, I think just being open to suggesting, to suggestions that, that your, 386 00:23:57,280 --> 00:23:59,120 your brain and body will, will give you. 387 00:23:59,120 --> 00:24:00,120 I know it sounds weird. 388 00:24:00,120 --> 00:24:02,320 I've got two, I'm toying between. 389 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:04,480 I'm just kind of looking and watching. 390 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:06,720 And last year I knew what my word was going to be. 391 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:08,320 And then all of a sudden it wasn't. 392 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:10,120 It was like, Oh, it's not it. 393 00:24:10,120 --> 00:24:11,120 This is it. 394 00:24:11,120 --> 00:24:12,120 Yeah. 395 00:24:12,120 --> 00:24:15,600 So we're going to talk about how to encourage people before we do that. 396 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:17,760 We started on the podcast having sponsorships. 397 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:22,920 So new trails like Frank is our sponsor for this podcast this week. 398 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:24,480 It says it's located in Lake N. 399 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:26,160 Pause in Reston, Virginia. 400 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:31,000 And they offer group indoor cycling, strength and yoga classes, as well as personal training. 401 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:35,200 New trails mission is to make fitness successful for everybody through their challenging yet 402 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:38,800 achievable workouts where all levels are welcome. 403 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,600 And she has special for anybody listens to why not today. 404 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:48,160 You can get a free class by just going to, and we'll put this in the show notes too, 405 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:51,600 www.NewTrailCycling.com slash free class. 406 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:57,840 So a good way to end your year, start your year right, or, and we can also share about 407 00:24:57,840 --> 00:24:59,760 your intention workshop. 408 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:03,160 And for those of you listening, and if you're local and want to join us, we are doing the 409 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:08,680 one wine women in one word painting on January 4th at Pino's palette in Herndon. 410 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:12,120 And it's another way to have your word present for you. 411 00:25:12,120 --> 00:25:21,160 So I always ask my guests, how would you encourage somebody else to be courageous? 412 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:26,120 I just think it's always so much better to look back with no regrets. 413 00:25:26,120 --> 00:25:33,440 I so rarely regret the things that I try. 414 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:39,800 So if you're on the fence about something, you know, I do think it's not wise to go into 415 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:41,920 things blindly, right? 416 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:47,920 So look in all directions, but trust yourself. 417 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:53,960 I think deep down, we all kind of know the right path. 418 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:57,840 And so, yeah, no one wants regrets. 419 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:00,680 So it's worth taking the leap. 420 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:01,680 Absolutely. 421 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:02,680 And it's interesting. 422 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:08,680 There's something I've been toying with trying to make a decision on and it has to do with 423 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:10,480 the word be seen. 424 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:13,960 And after you said that the other day and it keeps popping up, I'm like, I just need to 425 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,560 do it because it just doesn't come off. 426 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:18,200 I just can't stop thinking about it. 427 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:21,840 And I often share in this podcast and talk about Daniel Page. 428 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:23,840 Do you know who that is? 429 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:29,760 He's an author who actually lives in Northern Virginia, but he wrote a book about regrets. 430 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:36,560 I don't remember exactly the title, but one of the things he said is we rarely regret the 431 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:39,480 things we didn't do or that we do. 432 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:41,720 We rarely regret things that we do. 433 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:42,960 So let's just do those things. 434 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:47,000 And that's really the why not today message, the little things, you know, and some days 435 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:52,080 it's getting out of bed or going to the lot or, you know, starting businesses or just 436 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:56,720 sitting at a restaurant looking at a space going, I know in my gut, that's mine and going, 437 00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:57,720 right? 438 00:26:57,720 --> 00:26:59,440 Aren't you glad you didn't? 439 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:00,440 Yes. 440 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:01,880 And timing is never right. 441 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:07,360 No, you know, I just think there's no such thing. 442 00:27:07,360 --> 00:27:12,160 I don't really know anyone who said, Oh yeah, you know, things just perfectly lined up and 443 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:14,520 slowed down and life was so easy. 444 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:16,560 So I decided that was the perfect time. 445 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:19,720 No, it just that doesn't happen. 446 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:23,600 We are in a fast paced life and us living in Northern Virginia. 447 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,240 It's a fast paced area. 448 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:31,680 And so yeah, if you keep thinking to yourself, I might regret not doing this. 449 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:32,680 Then there's your answer. 450 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:36,480 Yeah, we just, you just have to take that stuff and do it. 451 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:41,400 Yeah, there's always there are always lessons in things that don't work out. 452 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:42,400 Right. 453 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:45,880 So you still have the lessons and you're further ahead because of that. 454 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:46,880 Right. 455 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:51,360 Well, I always try to connect back to my dad and people always say, well, I never met your 456 00:27:51,360 --> 00:27:53,160 dad, which did you ever meet my dad? 457 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:54,160 Probably not. 458 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:55,160 No, no. 459 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:57,160 Never saw him floating around resting. 460 00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:58,480 Everybody wants to explain them. 461 00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:01,800 They're like, Oh, I know who that is. 462 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:03,600 But so couple of things. 463 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:05,440 One, I didn't know you worked with the town of Herndon. 464 00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:08,320 I don't know if you knew this, but my dad worked for the town of Herndon. 465 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:09,320 I didn't know that. 466 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:12,680 I'm planning it years and years and years ago. 467 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:16,120 He was a city planner and he actually did the redevelopment of Rochester. 468 00:28:16,120 --> 00:28:18,000 I don't know if you knew that. 469 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,080 No, I don't think I did know. 470 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:21,080 Yeah, he did that. 471 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:24,560 I was born in Buffalo, but he worked all over the country. 472 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:27,480 So I was actually born in New York, too. 473 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:29,480 And his first office was at Lake Ann. 474 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:35,560 Oh, you know, his office was at the townhouses, you know, where the coffee shop is. 475 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:37,680 He was over at the aunt. 476 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:38,680 Amazing. 477 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:40,600 Yeah, so lots of points. 478 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:41,600 Little connection. 479 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:48,280 I know, and it feels like I should have met him at some point, just feeling like I know 480 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:51,720 your mom so well now and your sister. 481 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:52,720 So. 482 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:56,680 Well, it's funny when I, as I said, when I meet people and they're like, Oh, I know 483 00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:57,680 who your dad is. 484 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:02,040 Or I actually had a new customer come in here that I knew through the chamber and she came 485 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:03,680 into my house and I had a picture of my dad. 486 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:05,680 They're just like, how do you know Pat came? 487 00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:08,160 And then she thought, Oh, wait a minute. 488 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:10,400 I never thought about that. 489 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:11,880 That's hysterical. 490 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:12,880 Yes. 491 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:17,600 Well, Amanda and I often go and walk down to the bench that has his name. 492 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:20,880 We need to get that redone because you can't really read it anymore. 493 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:23,080 It seems to be polished up a little bit. 494 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:24,080 Yes, exactly. 495 00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:25,400 So, well, this was a pleasure. 496 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:30,040 I'm so excited that we thank you and acted and people recommended you. 497 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:31,640 And you know what? 498 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:37,640 Christmas is this like in a few days and our next episode is the weekend of Christmas. 499 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:38,640 So we are every week. 500 00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:41,360 I thought there was an extra weekend there. 501 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:44,360 I was trying to give you an extra week of a mom with three kids. 502 00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:46,200 Yeah, I need another week. 503 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:51,520 So I really appreciate you doing that this episode this week before Christmas. 504 00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:57,800 And this will come out Saturday the 23rd will be when everybody can officially listen to 505 00:29:57,800 --> 00:29:58,800 it. 506 00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:04,840 So, and I will share in the show notes how everybody can find you miss Liz and your intention 507 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:06,480 work, be intentional. 508 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:12,440 My intent, my intent, our workshop is January 27th. 509 00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:16,800 Yeah, Saturday at 11 in the morning. 510 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:18,480 I might have to come join you. 511 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:19,800 Yeah, I hope so. 512 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:23,680 Definitely promote it here on the podcast and I'll have all your contact information 513 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:27,480 and don't forget if you're listening and you look here and want to try out a class that 514 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:29,600 just go to new trail. 515 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:31,760 What is it? 516 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:34,960 New trial cycling.com slash free class. 517 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:35,960 You got it. 518 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:36,960 I'm going to show that. 519 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:37,960 So thanks again. 520 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:38,960 Thank you so much. 521 00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:40,680 Can't wait to hear what your word is. 522 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:41,680 You have to pay. 523 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:42,680 Sounds good. 524 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:43,680 Thanks. 525 00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:44,680 All right. 526 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:45,680 Thanks. 527 00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:49,440 Oh, and I forgot to say, if anybody wants to connect on why not today, we have the why 528 00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:50,880 not today podcast. 529 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:53,000 If you just go to the podcast, you can get on our email list. 530 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:56,120 I'm going to start having some newsletter with some fun content. 531 00:30:56,120 --> 00:31:02,920 If you do want to sign up for the one word event on January 4th, I'm thinking of some 532 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:05,160 gifts I'm going to provide for everybody that signs up. 533 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:07,120 So we're going to add some fun things to that. 534 00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:09,880 So don't forget, say why not today. 535 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:11,600 She just never know. 536 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:12,600 Thanks again, Liz. 537 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:39,200 You're welcome.