Movement Is Medicine | Simon Sinek + Nelly Attar | A Bit of Optimism Podcast

2 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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Nelly Attar tells Simon Sinek that movement is medicine. Humans are built for constant motion, but modern life traps us sitting, especially at screens. Brief intense workouts can't replace daily varied movement of fingers, legs, and core. The body and mind are inseparable, and caring for your body feeds your mind.

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You say you move for a living. What do you feel movement does for the mind that most underestimate?
Movement is medicine. Movement is medicine. We are designed to move. And I think a lot of the problems that we have today is because we sit. We spend so much time sitting behind screens. We are designed to move. We're designed to be moving around all day, not sitting all day and then going for an hour of CrossFit or an hour of high-intensity training. You're supposed to be moving throughout the day, using your fingers, using your legs, using your core. You know, we have a body for a reason. And I think because we've eliminated that from our life, this is why we have so many problems. The mind and body are one. It's not two separate parts. It's one. And this is what I've learned through training and years of extreme sports. It's actually my mind that gets me to do these things, not my body. My body helps, but it's my mind. You feed your mind, you, you help your mind, you support your mind when you take care of your body.