Tune In: How Fitness Pioneer Tracy Anderson Cares For Herself

Here are some words to live by: "Your health can handle the truth, but it can't handle lies," says fitness pioneer Tracy Anderson, founder of the TA Method and MYMODE. 

On this episode of Clean Beauty School, I chat with the famed fitness expert on how she takes care of herself, what she's learned about the wellness world in her career, and the dangers of receiving self-worth from social media. 

But mostly, we talk about life and how sometimes it can be challenging to actually live well: "I'd like to think that we all come into this world primed for wellness and well-being. It's the highly commercialized world that is what largely makes us unwell." 

It's important to be honest, period. But it's most important to be honest with yourself. 

"You've got to be truthful about the things that you really love, the things that light you up in the world, and the things that make you whole and happy," she says. "When your truth and body don't line up, when there's no balance, the body gets sick. You can't have health with poor character." 

I can't count the number of times I've started a workout or gone to a workout class, and halfway through, I find my mind lost in thoughts about what I still need to get done or what tomorrow holds.

For Anderson, your time to work out is your time to declutter the mind. As she says, do what you can beforehand to make sure your mind is less likely to wander. 

"When I do my workout, I turn everything else off. I dive into my workout, and that is my time to problem solve, to connect to myself, to floss inside, to get everything out," she says.

Perhaps my favorite message from the episode is the value of boredom. 

"I think that it's really important to be bored. When I get really overwhelmed, I just go sit outside and be in nature. I'll literally just sit there and be bored because I think it's really important to have moments where I'm not doing anything," she says.