The Power of Starting with You: Why 'Me Time' Matters and How to Reframe All-or-Nothing Thinking with Abby DeGraff

In this episode, Chris welcomes Abby DeGraff, Founder of Uncommon Wellness. Abby is a NASM Certified Personal Trainer, Fitness Coach, and Fitness Nutrition Specialist, as well as the host of the Uncommon Wellness podcast. Her coaching empowers women to live their happiest, best lives by helping Moms build healthy & sustainable habits. As a certified personal trainer, nutrition + mindset coach– she bridges the gap between aesthetics and alignment. You’ll hear about the most important habits Abby incorporates around bedtimes, what happens in her solo morning routines, ‘enjoying the journey’, motherhood, and self-care.The Standard Podcast aims to change how the world navigates mental health. In each episode, host and The Standard founder Chris Pallatroni interviews experts and coaches who can help guide listeners to methods and practices that can lead to self-transformation. The Standard Podcast is brought to you by The Standard, a social platform dedicated to mental health and wellness. The Standard organizes information from coaches and experts into searchable categories to help you find information on issues that you may currently be dealing with, and through storytelling, connects you with others to help you navigate to building better habits, motivation, and self-transformation.Discussion Points:Discipline, motivation, and disordersOur lives are made of habitsCoaching and how habits fit inLoving the journey and the processMario Bros.Abby’s best habit Motherhood and self-care - put on your mask firstGetting enough sleep vs. waking up reactiveSleeping times and the familyOther habits for the next day’s successThe actual steps in Abby’s morning routineWhich mindset helps Abby the most?Don’t let your narrative derail youThe 5-second ruleAttitude, perfectionism, deconstruction, disconnectingBuilding a meditation practice and productive meditationWhat habit do you wish for humanity? Being still. Listening and being with ourselves.Resources/Links:Book: Atomic HabitsBook: The Five-Second RuleAbby DeGraff IGUncommon Wellness IGAbby DeGraff’s Profile on The StandardUncommon WellnessAbby DeGraff WebsiteUncommon Wellness Podcast on SpotifyUncommon Wellness Podcast on iTunesChris Pallatroni’s Profile on The StandardThe Standard AppThe Standard IGChris Pallatroni LinkedIn