🔥 How Your Body Influences Your Brain (& Your Business)

It’s Monday. Time to CRUSH IT.

1. Important things first… we’re now 4-0 in volleyball. I’ll be signing autographs all week. 😂

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Alicia

Monday: Mission & Mindset

2 mins or less. A tiny thought or idea to help shift perspective and elevate your business and life — that doubles as a powerful message you can share with your clients to help them reach their goals.

Ever had an unmistakable “gut feeling” about a person or situation, and ended up being spot on?

Or a rush of confidence when you stood tall and took up space?

Turns out, those moments aren’t just coincidences…

That’s “embodied cognition” at work.

In the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, embodied cognition is defined as:

“...The idea that the body or the body’s interactions with the environment constitute or contribute to cognition in ways that require a new framework for its investigation.”

👉 In plain english, that means our body and the way it interacts with the world around us plays a big role in how we think and understand things.

How this shows up in real life?

When we’re feeling confident, our posture changes…

We stand taller, we project a more powerful presence, we speak louder.

On the flip side, when we’re nervous or unsure, we tend to hunch over, speak quietly, or avoid eye contact.

But here’s where it gets even more interesting (and more useful!)...

This phenomenon goes beyond our body language.

Our physical sensations and actions can directly influence our decision-making abilities, our mood, our creativity…

Even our intuition. ✨

Ever notice how taking a walk or a hot shower can suddenly spark a ton of great ideas?

Or how taking a few deep breaths can clear your head?

Yeah, that’s embodied cognition at work.

This is especially helpful to know when you’re working with clients…

It doesn’t matter if you’re a business coach, fitness coach, social media coach, or any other kind of coach…

Noticing subtle shifts in your clients’ posture, tone, or even their pacing can give you insights into their true feelings — or even underlying challenges that they can’t articulate yet.

When you can tap into these cues, it’s like having a “secret weapon” that allows you to get to the heart of their issues faster and FAR more effectively.

(This can even help you in your personal relationships, too!)

So how can you immediately leverage embodied cognition?

👉 Schedule sales calls AFTER your workouts so you can shake off any nervousness

👉 During long workdays, take short breaks to breathe, go for a short walk, or even to just check your posture if you’ve started to hunch over at the computer

👉 If you’re stuck on a decision, step outside — a simple change in your environment can help your brain process information differently and lead you to an answer quicker

The magic of it all is that it’s a TWO-WAY street. Just like our body influences our mind, our mind influences our body.

So the next time you're feeling stuck or overwhelmed…

Don't just think your way out of it — MOVE your way out of it.

Alicia 🚀