The inner gym
A growth practice that uses your everyday experiences to understand and strengthen yourself, so you can lead a meaningful life that’s yours.
It's Not Just About How We Respond to Life. It's How We Engage With It.
Every situation has different variables affecting the bigger picture, including our own interpretations, needs, values, and choices.
The more we understand ourselves and the other variables affecting what's happening, the more possibilities we can see and the more intentionally we can choose how to engage with life in a way that's aligned with our values and purpose.
Don’t simply get through life.
Grow through it.
See more accurately. Think more expansively. Choose more purposefully.
We Don't Strengthen Ourselves to Deal With Life.
We Use Life to Strengthen Ourselves.
Just as a physical workout shapes your body, your daily choices shape your inner world.
You don’t step away from life to grow. You use what life gives you to build a deeper relationship with yourself and strengthen how you lead yourself through life.
Inside the Inner Gym you’ll practice-
Taking responsibility for yourself.
Challenging black-and-white thinking and learning to hold multiple truths.
Developing discernment to learn from others while trusting your own judgment.
Seeing the meaning beneath the surface.
New ways of thinking , engaging , and making choices.
About the gym
Not a course, a practice.
Having a choice is one thing. Building the capacity to choose well is another.
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Purpose of the Gym
We have the freedom of choice and we are responsible for the choices we make.
But we can only choose from what we can see and understand. The more we expand our perspective, the more information we have to work with.
Get to know yourself better, see your experiences more fully, and understand the different factors influencing how you see, choose, and respond.
The purpose is to strengthen your ability to see beyond your first interpretation, understand the meaning behind things and the different variables at play, so you can make more informed, intentional choices.
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The Concept
Viktor Frankl wrote about our will to meaning: the human drive to live a life of meaning.
One way we create meaning is through how we engage with what life gives us.
When we use our everyday experiences as opportunities to understand ourselves, grow, and build ourselves, even the ordinary and difficult moments can become meaningful.
We don't just grow from life. We give what happens a meaningful purpose.
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The Belief
We are human.
We each experience life through our own perspective. What we see, feel, need, and understand can be very different from what someone else experiences in the same situation.
Understanding that there are perspectives beyond our own helps us become less judgmental and less certain that the way we see something is the only way to see it. It gives us more information to work with.
Our job isn’t to live someone else’s experience. It’s to understand our own, while allowing what we learn from others to expand what we see.
We evolve by staying open to what can expand us while learning to discern what is right for us.
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The Goal
There Is No Fixed Formula for Life
Viktor Frankl compared life to a game of chess. There is no single “best move.” The best move depends on the position you’re in.
Life is nuanced. Every person, situation, and interaction brings together a different set of variables, and even one piece of information can change how the whole situation is understood.
The practice is learning to be honest about what is happening, understand the different factors at play, make a choice with the information you have, and continue to adjust as you learn more.
The goal is to understand that there is no perfect answer. There are choices and moves you can make based on the position you’re in. The practice is developing the discernment to make those choices in a way that feels intentional, grounded, and true to you.
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The Practice
The more you can see, the more choices you have in how you respond.
We naturally make choices and respond to life based on the information we have and how we understand it.
The more we expand our awareness, understand our interpretations, and recognize the different variables at play, the more information we have to work with.
We use that awareness to make intentional choices and take action. What we experience through that action gives us new information, deepening our understanding and informing our next choices.
Awareness informs action. Action creates new information.
It's an ongoing cycle of learning, practicing, and evolving.
Turn meaning into movement
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1. Personal Training
For those ready to make a change.
Through personalized one-on-one sessions, we explore the change you want to make and identify the skills and capacities needed to get there.
Between sessions, you intentionally use everyday experiences, even in other areas of your life, to practice building those skills. You share real-life examples, and together we use what you're learning to adjust and strengthen your practice.
The frequency of sessions and level of support are tailored to your needs.
The sessions guide the work. Your everyday life is where you train.
Nothing changes until you do.
2. Interactive Group Trainings
Expand your perspective. Strengthen your discernment. Grow through connection.
Through guided, interactive discussions, everyone has an opportunity to share their perspectives, speak up, and learn from one another.
Together, we practice holding multiple truths, expanding our perspectives, and learning from others while staying grounded in our own values.