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Lesley and Brad share inspiring wins that highlight the power of persistence and gratitude. From life-changing transitions to transformative moments, this episode reminds us that every step—big or small—contributes to growth. They also celebrate an exciting podcast milestone, sharing insights on how setbacks can turn into opportunities.

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In this episode you will learn about:

• Ainsley’s transformative retreats and her evolving growth
• Erin’s journey of overcoming challenges to rebuild a life she loves
• Celebrating the Be It Till You See It podcast’s success in the top 1.5%
• Turning perceived setbacks into setups for growth and opportunity.

Episode References/Links:

• OPC Winter Tour – https://opc.me/tour
• eLevate Mentorship Program – https://lesleylogan.co/elevate

Transcript

Brad Crowell: Fuck yeah.

Lesley Logan: Get ready for some wins.

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Lesley Logan
Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I’m Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I’ve trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it’s the antidote to fear. Each week, my guests will bring Bold, Executable, Intrinsic and Targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It’s a practice, not a perfect. Let’s get started.

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Lesley Logan 0:47
Hello, Be It babe. Welcome to your, probably your favorite podcast episode comes on a Friday. Honestly, most podcasts on Fridays are long and who has the time? And really, you just want to know that it’s Friday. This is like the TGIF. Did you ever watch that, Brad? Did you get to watch TGIF?

Brad Crowell 1:01
No.

Lesley Logan 1:02
Your parents didn’t let you?

Brad Crowell 1:03
No.

Lesley Logan 1:04
Oh my God, Family Matters, Step By Step?

Brad Crowell 1:07
Nope.

Lesley Logan 1:08
Oh so good. It was like two hours of like sitcom shows that were weekly episodes. And we lived for TGIF.

Brad Crowell 1:17
Yeah, I was allowed to watch, like, Mathnet and Reading Rainbow, and then we would go to TGIFriday’s.

Lesley Logan 1:23
No, that’s a lot of money.

Brad Crowell 1:25
Not the same.

Lesley Logan 1:25
Never, no, no, no.

Brad Crowell 1:28
Special occasions. Come on, let’s be real.

Lesley Logan 1:30
Yeah. So this is the Fuck Yeah Friday. It’s the adult version of TGIF, and it’s actually where we celebrate some of your wins you’ve sent in, and some of ours.

Brad Crowell 1:38
Yes.

Lesley Logan 1:39
So we have Ainsley. We just got back from Cambodia with Ainsley.

Brad Crowell 1:42
We did.

Lesley Logan 1:43
And we’re gonna see her in March. And she said, so this, obviously, this win is from a bit ago, because it’s before, before Cambodia. But she said currently boarded and sat on the plane for Cambodia, that’s got to be a huge win. 10 beautiful days filled with adventure Pilates and Pilates people, oh, and so far, there’s no one sat next to me. I’m excited for the adventures that lay ahead.

Brad Crowell 2:07
Well, I could attest those were adventures.

Lesley Logan 2:10
They were amazing adventures.

Brad Crowell 2:12
It was incredible.

Lesley Logan 2:12
And that was Ainsley’s two years in a row.

Brad Crowell 2:13
Yeah, second time joining us. Yeah.

Lesley Logan 2:16
Fabulous. Like, it’s amazing. It was amazing to watch Ainsley do it a year again, like, in a row.

Brad Crowell 2:22
Yeah, your limit.

Lesley Logan 2:22
And just see how much her life has changed because of what she implemented from the last retreat. And now I can’t even wait to see, no, we’ll just see her in March at another retreat, so, here at the house, so I can’t wait to see what she’s implemented by then.

Brad Crowell 2:35
Yeah, it’s gonna be amazing.

Lesley Logan 2:36
All right, we have Erin Donohue.

Brad Crowell 2:38
Okay.

Lesley Logan 2:38
She is an eLevate OG grad.

Brad Crowell 2:40
Oh, yeah.

Lesley Logan 2:41
And she wrote so many wins. Backstory to my personal win. With the help of Lesley Logan, my incredible partner, Kim Craig, and the amazing ladies in my eLevate cohort, I’ve realized my worth and found the strength to leave my emotionally abusive marriage. I had to quit my job in a private practice PT, and take a hospital-based job to get health insurance and a salary to pay my bills. After a year of hustling, I saved up enough money for the eLevate retreat in 2025. I can’t wait. My practice win, I made time for movement snacks throughout the week. It helped me stay consistent. Today was 15 minutes on the chair before my afternoon client. My teaching win, I have a client who practices Pilates in a bigger body. She told me this week after a session, I never thought I’d find a form of exercise that I like, but I really like this. I am so honored to teach her.

Brad Crowell 3:26
Wow, that is a lot.

Lesley Logan 3:28
I’m emotional.

Brad Crowell 3:29
That is a lot.

Lesley Logan 3:30
I’m gonna cry. So first of all, a year ago, we’re on winter tour, and on the day that this comes out, we’ll have just seen Erin in Hershey, actually.

Brad Crowell 3:39
Oh, fun.

Lesley Logan 3:40
I don’t know. Maybe not. Guys, don’t ask. Two days from now, we’re gonna see Erin in Hershey two days from now. Okay, so we’re recording this in the past for the future. But she had said are you going to do the Elevate retreat again? And I said I don’t know, you know, like, I was hoping more people would want to come, and this is important. Like, not everything goes the way you want. But she’s like, oh, I really wanted to go. Just couldn’t make it happen this year. I said okay, look, I will do it one more time, and you have to come, and you have to get other people to come, and she fucking did it. I love that we get to share this win on this FYF, because some of these wins are years in the making.

Brad Crowell 4:14
Yeah.

Lesley Logan 4:17
And I also think it’s really cool that she shared she had to make some really tough decisions, like leaving a job that you love to do a job that you also are qualified to do, but maybe you have to make some changes to your schedule or changes where you work, or changes with who you work, so that you can make the life changes that are going to be long lasting. You can look at this with a lens of oh, that sucks. Instead of oh, I get to do this so that I can have these things. I just really love that she shared that with us. Because sometimes we have to make decisions in our life that feel like a setback, but they’re really set ups for opportunities, and also that teaching win is fucking beautiful.

Brad Crowell 4:50
That’s super fun. That’s the kind of client that makes you excited to show up for work. So totally love that. Totally get that.

Lesley Logan 4:57
Yeah, oh my God, Erin, thank you so much. And Ainsley, for sharing these wins. Also, I just want to highlight Ainsley’s one more time. Do you see how she made no one is currently sat next to me as a win like wins don’t have to be efforting that like, you did. It could be lack of effort on someone else’s part.

Lesley Logan 5:15
All right, I have a win, unless you have one.

Brad Crowell 5:17
No, go.

Lesley Logan 5:18
Okay, this podcast is in the top 1.5%.

Brad Crowell 5:20
What?

Lesley Logan 5:22
Yeah.

Brad Crowell 5:22
I know. I’m excited.

Lesley Logan 5:24
So when we launched the podcast, because of our dedicated listenership, we actually launched at the top 2% like, which is cool and incredible. We were beating our friends, and that felt weird and cool. We would never say that in front of their face. I was like, I’m proud of us for doing that. But then we sat at 2% forever. And now look, here’s the deal.

Brad Crowell 5:43
For how many it’s.

Lesley Logan 5:44
When did we launch in ’21 or ’22?

Brad Crowell 5:46
2021? 2021.

Lesley Logan 5:48
2021. So three and a half years.

Brad Crowell 5:50
Yeah, three and a half years.

Lesley Logan 5:51
Yeah. And here’s the deal, we also, in those three and a half years, thousands, tens of thousands of podcasts have launched.

Brad Crowell 5:58
Oh my gosh.

Lesley Logan 5:58
So we didn’t.

Brad Crowell 5:59
Probably millions.

Lesley Logan 5:59
Millions. We didn’t drop out of the top 2% but it was just frustrating, because in all the podcasts of all the world, we were in the same spot for three and a half years about, with all the effort that we were doing. And I’m like, I don’t, doesn’t anyone like us, the downloads are going up. What’s going up? But honestly, I, we might have hit 1.5% a month ago or two months ago, but I stopped looking because I was getting really sad about it. So that is a team win, and also it’s a win that includes you, because your listening is what made it happen. So you get a listen score and a percentage, and the percentage gets better as the listen score goes up, which means the number of people who are listening, but also the amount of time they’re listening, so listen all the way to the end, or at least fast forward. But don’t skip the mantra. So anyways, I think that’s a great win.

Brad Crowell 6:50
Yeah, that’s a good one. That’s amazing. It’s exciting to see forward progress, for sure. Sometimes it has felt like, are we spinning our wheels? But no, apparently we’re not. So, that’s exciting. I love it.

Lesley Logan 6:59
Yeah. I love it.

Brad Crowell 7:01
Validation.

Lesley Logan 7:02
That’s exactly what that was. Yeah. Okay, so the mantra for today, I embrace change seamlessly and rise to the new opportunity it presents. There’s a lot of words in this.

Brad Crowell 7:14
I embrace change seamlessly and rise to the new opportunity it presents.

Lesley Logan 7:19
Yes, we repeat it three times, I embrace change seamlessly and rise to the new opportunity it presents. I mean, it’s December, like, middle of December, like, right now, guys, there’s a lot of change that probably not many of us are doing well, seamlessly well. So let’s try it. And there’s an opportunity it presents. And I think that actually goes align with the two wins that we shared with our listeners and ours, you know, so I don’t know that we were that seamless and celebrating the fuck out of yes, we’re 1.5% and I can’t wait the next step is 1%.

Brad Crowell 7:51
Heck yeah, let’s do this.

Lesley Logan 7:53
Alright. Thank you all so very much. Until next time, Be It Till You See It.

Brad Crowell 7:56
Bye for now.

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Lesley Logan
That’s all I’ve got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It podcast. One thing that would help both myself and future listeners is for you to rate this show and leave a review. And, follow or subscribe for free wherever you listen to podcasts. Also, make sure to introduce yourself over on IG at the @be_it_pod on Instagram. I would love to know more about you. Share this episode with whoever you think needs to hear it. Help us and others to BE IT TILL YOU SEE IT. Have an awesome day!

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Lesley Logan
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Brad Crowell
It’s written, filmed and recorded by your host, Lesley Logan and me, Brad Crowell.

Lesley Logan
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Brad Crowell
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Lesley Logan
Special thanks to Melissa Solomon for creating our visuals.

Brad Crowell
Also to Angelina Herico for adding all of our content to our website. And finally to Meridith Root for keeping us all on point and on time.