This past Thursday evening at The Running Center, Lois Barth, a New York City-based wellness expert and life coach, led the Fit to Perform MIND Workshop. Lois, a self-proclaimed “stand-up philosopher,” is an experienced and credentialed life coach who has worked with several clients over her twenty years in the field, many of whom are striving to achieve fitness and health goals. Her programs and workshops are built around the idea of living lusciously and staying connected with a vision of what you want to achieve.
Lois Barth
The workshop was split into three parts, each with a group exercise and reflection:
- Create your finish line
- Breaking through the motivational wall
- Work-Life-Run balance
We performed different exercises in order to visualize ourselves achieving our goals, shutting out the interior voices that pop into our heads while running, and finding a balance between training and life. Lois presented us with ideas on how to make our goals attainable. She encouraged us to change our perspectives by maintaining a playful, almost humorous attitude toward the voices that tell us, as runners, what we can and can’t achieve.
After the workshop, I felt a newfound sense of dedication to my training program. I was reminded I am dedicated to attain my running goals because I have made a commitment to myself as an athlete to both train hard and take care of my body by resting and refueling. Lois’ multi-faceted approach to training the mind is essential to improving the sometimes troubled psyche of all runners and athletes.
For more information on Lois Barth’s programs, check out her website: Luscious Living with Lois.
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