03: Traveling While Balancing Health with Filmmaker Pat Clark

“To each his own, but when you start building up those [bad habits] small things, they become bigger, right?”  - Pat Clark

 

Welcome to the Bombshell Beauty Rituals Podcast, I’m your host Liz Steffen. In this episode, we have a fascinating guest, Pat Clark! He will be discussing how he managed to work out and establish sustainable skin care routines despite a busy schedule, the virtue of listening to your body, and why small habits matter on the way to wellness. Cheers to a beautiful life!

[00:01 - 08:20] Embracing Sustainable Beauty Rituals on the Move

• Get to know Pat Clark
• • Pat talks about his morning routine
  • • Pre-workout in the gym
    • Sauna after workout
• Establishing better habits
• • Introducing heat brings in an influx of oxygen in the dermis tissue, leaving our skin glowing and detoxified
  • Having a gym buddy makes all the difference
• Pat Clark on filmmaking
• • Getting workout in during travel can be tough, but doable
  • Daily rituals comes first

 

[08:21 - 22:46] Being Lean - The Struggles of Bulking Up 

• On the way to bulk up
• • Skinny doesn’t mean healthy
  • • Journey to the Batman physique
  • Everyone is different - be in tune with your body
  • • Caveat to dairy consumption
  • Circumstances in life can cause us to shift our perspectives
• Why throw your microwave oven away
• • The molecular structure of the food changes in the microwave
  • Small habits build up and leads to a toxic body
• Good food for a good body
• • Go for brain foods like walnuts, avocados, etc.
  • • Eating healthy and natural

 

[22:47 - 49:00] Build Your Confidence and Live Like a Badass

• Pat’s skincare routine
• • Applying coconut oil after shower for shaving
  • • Be cautious of coconut oil application
  • If you feel like picking your skin, get yourself an ice cube
  • • Natural doesn’t always mean better
    • Back off from antiperspirants
  • The chemicals and what we put in our body will excrete through our pores
• Significance on research and studies - burning off energy
• • You can't out exercise a poor diet
  • Emotional pain can lead to physical pain
  • Age truly prompts changes in your body’s reaction
• Feeling like a badass
• • It’s all about building your confidence and checking your form
  • • Building each other up
    • Gym etiquette
  • Never talk to someone working out mid set
• Pet’s favorite body part

 

[49:01 - 52:05]  Wrapping Up! 

• Pet’s beauty ritual advice: Time flies, results are addictive
• Connect with me (links below) 

    

 

Key Quotes

 

“What happens [during sauna] is that when you are introducing heat into the tissue, so the dermal tissue in the epidermis, it's just going to have an influx of oxygen pushing into it. And so you're left with that beautiful glow and you're detoxifying.”  -  Liz Steffen

 

“I am trying to bulk up. A lot of people will say, ‘Oh, you're skinny. You don't have to work out.’ but we know skinny doesn't mean healthy.” - Pat Clark

 

“ I got one body and I want it to be the best it could be.” - Pat Clark

 

“It's very attractive to see someone who wants to get better.” - Pat Clark

 

“That's kind of one of my philosophies is to get what works for you and just keep trying.” - Pat Clark

 

Patrick Clark is a graduate from Chicago’s Tribeca Flashpoint Academy in the art of filmmaking.  Patrick travels to film music videos and maintains a healthy balance to life while on the road. Learn from my buddy Pat how one can still travel for work and maintain a regular schedule based around nutrition and exercise. Check out his website at www.patclarkproductions.com. 

 

Connect with Pat Clark!

Instagram: @itspatclark

 

 

SPONSORSHIP This podcast is brought to you by Vanilla Sugar Face & Body. If you want to build self-confidence with innovative solutions and feel comfortable in your own skin visit https://www.vanillasugarfaceandbody.com

 

Let’s get connected! 

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Facebook: @vanillasugarfaceandbody

Email: [email protected]

 

 

You can find Liz on Instagram and Visit her website https://www.elizabethsteffen.com 

 

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