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Healing My Mind, Body, and Soul. By: Tiffany Leiseth

  • Writer: Tiffany Leiseth
    Tiffany Leiseth
  • May 4, 2023
  • 3 min read


My postpartum fitness journey has been less about "losing weight" and more about finding myself.


I started a NEW cycling program with my favorite trainer this week, and it’s amazing! It’s the best workout/pep talk/therapy session/inspirational speech ever 🙌


Here are my takeaways after the first few days…


Healing is not becoming the best version of yourself. Healing is letting the worst version of yourself be loved ❤️


Imagine this…

You have an aerial view of every past version of yourself. All the ups and downs, the most impressive accomplishments, the sweetest memories, and the epic failures.


I see 4 year old Tiffany playing Barbies in her tiny bedroom with the Barbie house in the closet. She’s so shy and has separation anxiety. She cries every day when her parents drop her off at day care.


I see 8 year old Tiffany at recess talking to her teacher. She only had 1 close friend that year, so when she was absent, it was too scary to attempt making more friends. So she spent recess with her teacher out of fear of being rejected.


I see high school Tiffany. She started cheerleading and made a few more friends and will come out her shell around them. She is still insecure with social anxiety. Something traumatic happens to her and she doesn’t know how to process it.


I see college Tiffany. Dear lord… how did I survive those years? 😳 She discovered 🍻🥃🍹🍸 helps with social anxiety. A blessing and a curse.


I see Tiffany in her 20s. Lost, broken, full of anxiety, self doubt, and eventually completely unraveling into someone unrecognizable (she’s in the photo on the left)


I see Tiffany in her 30s. She’s completing the Spartan Trifecta with her husband. She is advancing in her online fitness business. She’s learning who she is. She’s doing the work. She’s getting answers about her mental health. She’s diagnosed with ADHD. She’s in therapy for ADHD, and taking medication.


She is ME (right photo)


I’m healing and learning to love and accept myself exactly the way I am and all the past versions who led me here…all while doing the work to step into my best future ME✨


You see… this is more than just a workout to me. It’s me… saving myself… showing up for myself… loving myself… every day 💖


And I keep sharing my journey and inviting others to join me because this is profoundly meaningful and pursposeful to me. I’m not in this simply to help people lose weight. The most rewarding part of all of this is helping people find themselves. 🙌

If you read all that… I challenge you to take the next step. I would love for you to do this with me.


I know starting a postpartum fitness plan can feel impossible and overwhelming. But I'm here to remove the guess work. Our online fitness programs are developed by the best trainers in the industry. They provide a simple home workout plan to follow that includes nutrition guidance as well.


It's my mission to reframe your mindset and help you fall in love with your postpartum body. It is amazing and deserves to be celebrated. I spent so much of my past feeling insecure and desperate to be "skinny" and fit the mold of what society deemed an ideal size for women. When I was at my LOWEST weight in my adult life (left photo), I was also at my unhappiest and unhealthiest (mentally and physically).


When my time is up on this earth and my soul leaves this body, no one will remember me by the amount of pounds that I weighed, and that number certainly won't be displayed on my tombstone. So WHY would I make that the focal point of my life?


I'm no longer chasing a meaningless number. Instead, I'm finding joy, health, strength, and confidence, and helping other postpartum moms do the same.

 
 
 

1 Comment


rblakeharlow
May 04, 2023

I have to find something I’m good at to rewire this brain to NOT think of the number. I somehow feel like if my body can ‘do’ things then I will love my body for what it can do instead of what it looks like. Ex: Run a Mile without dying, lifting heavy things, just physically/mentally completing something challenging makes me proud of my body. Loved this read.

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