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Lesley kicks off the first Friday of October by sharing community wins and her own celebration while in Cambodia. From a corporate exit to growing a Pilates business, this FYF episode is packed with inspiring stories about embracing transitions and celebrating milestones, both big and small.

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In this episode you will learn about:

• Leaving a corporate job of 24 years to focus on Pilates career.
• Steady growth in Pilates business and reconnecting with past clients.
• Lesley hosted her largest-ever retreat in Cambodia, a result of consistent effort.
• The importance of celebrating small wins during big transitions.

Transcript

Lesley Logan: It’s Fuck Yeah Friday.

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 0:46
All right, Be It babe. How are you? How are you? Happy, happy first Friday of October. I am in Cambodia when you hear this and that’ll be in my win in a second. But just in case, it’s the first episode of the Be It Pod you’ve ever heard, this is a short one, because we do your wins, win of mine and a little mantra, and it is to remind us that there’s good things happening, right? Like, as I record this right now, there are 17 things that went wrong today, all out of my control, and to be honest, makes me go, you know, I’m thinking, I’m just gonna hang today up, just gonna hang it up. But also there’s good stuff, and I think that’s what’s most important about taking time, at least on Fridays, to go FYF, here is a win for me today. So let’s start with yours, and we’ll get into mine.

Lesley Logan 1:32
I’m going to do Stacey Extence. I’m, I think we had a win from her recently, but I just want to, I’m really excited for this win for her, so I want to get this in here. My win is big and lengthy, so apologies. And by the way, it’s not lengthy enough, to be honest, Stacey, so no apologies necessary. I’ve been in my corporate job for 24 years on top of Pilates part-time for three years. For the past decade or so, I worried about being laid off, which is one reason I did teacher training. In June, I received an email letting me know I could participate in a voluntary severance package. No guarantee that I get it, but I pushed the button to apply and left it up to fate. I received notice Wednesday that I was accepted and will be leaving in a month. I am not sad to leave. There are so many reasons I believe I’m ready. They’re giving me a nice package and opens the door for so many other things to grow. Stacey, I’m so happy for you. I mean, gosh, 10 years of work and you’re gonna get fired at any moment, is so stressful, and I love that you just put it out there, like, yeah, let’s see if this happens. And I’m this is a huge win, because you get to go try something new, and that’s so scary, but also so exciting. It’s not even new, you’ve been teaching already. You’re an excellent teacher. I’ve known you for a lot of those 10 years, and I’m just so freaking excited to celebrate this with you.

Lesley Logan 2:40
We also have a couple from Katie, so I’m going to read them both. Katie is an agency member, just like Stacey and she wrote, my entire month of July is booked, so obviously (inaudible) but here we go, except today, because everyone took a long fourth holiday but I used the time to film three classes. Getting ready to start at a new studio in the fall now that my four year old is going to preschool longer, I’ve got a few pop-ups scheduled and for the new place this summer, and I’ve already booked some spots. I love the pace I’ve been growing at since Piper was born four years ago, and I left teaching high school to be a stay-at-home mom and focus on Pilates. It started with four hours a week, then five, then eight, and now I’m at 10. It’s so important to look back and realize I’m doing it. And I raised my prices. Love that one. Then we have an update to this. It says, from Katie Donnelly, this week, I subbed at a studio I taught at from 2017 to 2020. I left, I left because of a new baby, pandemic, 30-minute commute, so good terms. Some old clients saw my name and signed up for class, even though they normally don’t take it that time, one even asked what springs I had her on for short spine because, with your cueing, that was the best short spine I’ve ever done. My client who lost her daughter at 22 weeks in November of 22 had her rainbow baby last week. I (inaudible) her via text message, because I was on vacation. These are my favorite moments in my job. Katie Donnelly, so okay, you guys, I’m gonna go back four years. I remember her being pregnant, and like making this plan to switch from having this school job to having teaching as a job. And it is incredible to see how she’s made it work with her dreams. And that doesn’t mean it’s easy, by the way, like if you’re hearing this, cool, must be nice for her, it’s she worked hard for it. And I’m not saying that you don’t if you’re listening to this. I’m saying, like, patience, rolling with it, getting curious, getting support. Both these people had support during these big transitions, and so these wins are humongous. But also, do you see the little wins in between acknowledging what they’ve done and celebrating, like, the small stuff? Because you gotta do that, y’all, gotta do that.

Lesley Logan 4:42
All right, a win of mine. So we are, this is (inaudible) a big win, because it is a big win, but we are starting kicking off our biggest retreat ever in Siem Reap and we’re gonna have our biggest retreat ever, March of 2020 and obviously we had a few people drop out. We couldn’t cancel the retreat, because no one would call it a pandemic. So we, no one’s insurance would go in, so nor would ours. So we actually had to host it, and we had an amazing retreat. And what a family that was. I got to see some of those retreaters on the tour this summer, but this is our first retreat Since 2020 that is at capacity, and we’re actually celebrating with some people, like, my mom’s coming for the first time, my brother’s coming. Our publicist is coming. Like, it’s a really big party. We have a whole, a group of people who have all come together. They’re related, they’re best friends. It’s just really amazing. And so this win is actually a culmination of a lot of little wins along the way of us just continuing to go and be consistent and showing up for what we know is best, and like relearning and learning and adjusting and making changes and so Brad and I are really excited as we get ready for everyone to arrive. And actually a lot of people arrived a day early. We are celebrating and basking in, this win is huge and we don’t normally want to promote only the big wins, but I do mean it when I say it’s a culmination of a lot of little wins we celebrate along the way, and every single day will be a celebration. And I think that’s really cool. That’s really fun. And I’m excited, and I’m excited because several of you are with me on this retreat. You’re part of this win, and some of you are going to be with us on the February retreat because we’ll keep doing this. So anyways, I hope to see you on a retreat. We definitely talk a lot about celebrating our wins and being present and breath work and mindset and manifestation and all this awesome stuff, and we see some cool temples along the way. But yeah, that’s my win this week. I think it’s good to celebrate the big ones every once in a while, especially when you work so hard to get there. But if you don’t have a big win coming together just yet, like Katie did, or the close of a chapter, like Stacey did, or like our retreat, please remember that those small wins, like I slept in or I didn’t scream at my dog for doing the wrong thing because he’s a puppy and doesn’t know better. Like those, those are all wins, and you can celebrate those, too and I want to hear them, so make sure you send them in to the Be It Pod so we can shout them out to you, because by the time you hear them, you might just need to be reminded that you had a win last week or last month or whatever.

Lesley Logan 7:10
All right, so now let me lead you to a little mantra to kick off your weekend. I’m going to use this one too. All right, today I celebrate that I’m younger than I’m ever going to be. You guys, I pull these out randomly. Today I celebrate that I’m younger than I’m ever going to be. Today I celebrate I’m younger than I’m ever going to be. Y’all cannot at all once today say I’m getting old, because today you are the youngest you will ever be, and we’re celebrating that. You are awesome. And thank you for listening to the Be It Pod. Until next time, Be It Till You See It.

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Lesley Logan
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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.