This episode of the Bodies by Brent Podcast will have you asking yourself uncomfortable questions around the trauma you might be holding on to. Our guest Will Rezin has learned under the Shipibo people of the Amazon and is on the front lines in our species' battle against trauma.

Psychedelics were Will’s foray into feeling all the things that were happening inside himself. Little by little, he followed his curiosity about esoteric mystic traditions, religion, culture, psychology, and physiology. This led him to practice meditation, movement, introspective awareness, and hiring mentors to help him discover more and more about himself. 

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While turning to “feeling good” is natural, it’s a trap… Life is painful sometimes. Our resistance to the pain is what creates our suffering. Will shares some information, practices, and techniques to overcome and combat our trauma.

What we learn from Will in this episode: 

• How to trust your natural impulses
• The only type of animal that PTSD shows up in
• How medication can stop the body from processing our experiences
• That not resisting our emotions can help us process them
• How awareness is the start of healing 
• How to trust yourself and your experiences
• Why pain is necessary for healing 
• How to embody your full self

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This episode of the Bodies by Brent Podcast will leave you setting goals larger than you believe possible. Our guest this week is an Ironman, US Infantry Veteran, Author of ‘25 Hours a Day’, and founder and CEO of Bare Performance Nutrition. He shares his story of how his eating disorder in high school led him to run a supplement business out of his college dorm room. He then turned his US Army loan into a business loan to launch his eventual 8-figure supplement business.

Nick breaks down his path of being a bodybuilder and weightlifter and how he eventually ran a sub 3-hour marathon and finished an Ironman - and the spiritual experience involved with that process.

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Nick shares with us the reasoning and some of the formulas for his supplement company and how they are focused on complete health & performance at Bare Performance Nutrition. And lastly, he reminds us to “Always set goals larger than you believe possible”.

What we learn from Nick in this episode: 

• The best platform to grow your brand
• The importance of a morning routine
• The mental/spiritual experience of going through an Ironman
• The secret supplement you can use to reduce your “coffee crash”
• The importance of constant deep self-reflection
• The biggest lesson we can take from our grandparents
• What you need to “Go One More” 
• What it takes to say “I only need to run a marathon” 

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This episode of the Bodies by Brent Podcast will leave you envisioning a brighter, more aligned future for yourself. Rashanna Moss is a Sports Psychologist/Mental Performance coach and she joins us on the podcast to share the benefits of what she has learned through her practice that she knew was her path since she was a 6th-grade tennis star. 

She brakes down her 5 tools to help us understand ourselves. Including an extra point on the #1 thing holding you back from being aligned with your truest self.

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Rashanna shares with us the importance of nurturing yourself first and how to utilize the 24 hours in a day to get the results we want. Sharing the visualization and breathing techniques she uses with clients and how they can tune your personal frequency to match the outcome you desire in your mind. In other words, the work required for manifesting the life you want. 

What we learn from Rashanna in this episode: 

• Why shutting out “the noise” is crucial for performance
• What you can learn from people that “annoy” you
• The power of being honest with microscopic truths
• How to start listening to your body
• How to beat anxiety in the gym and life
• What releasing tension in your body can do for your mind
• Why Visualization is so important
• The questions to ask yourself to achieve your goals

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This episode of the Bodies by Brent Podcast will have you reimagining the benefits of strength training and what it can do at different stages of your life. We are joined this week by Lauryn, an entrepreneur, and creator of Skinny Confidential. She is a mother and is expecting another child soon. She shares all the benefits she has felt from strength training during her current pregnancy.

Lauryn shares her belief that strength training can benefit everyone and that if you’re looking to “bio-hack” you need to start with a strength program. Along with talking about the physical body, we dive into the mental practice of meditation and how she incorporates that into her daily routine.

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Lauryn shares her advice for creating a brand as well as her juicy dating advice for both men and women that she has picked up over the years working on her brand ‘Skinny Confidential’ and being around a “ladies man” in her father. The advice isn’t just for dating, it is human advice that can be taken into business relationships too.

What we learn from Lauryn in this episode: 

• The one simple supplement to help stop sugar cravings
• The biggest mistake women make when looking for their man
• How patience and space can drive attraction in your relationship
• What meditating during pregnancy can help you accomplish
• The biggest difference between men & women 
• The key to success when starting a brand
• The importance of confidence and where you can find it

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We are joined once again by two leading health and fitness trainers in the Austin area, Tessa and Erica. This week they come on to the show and help me answer some of the most asked questions we receive as personal trainers. We dive into how you can incorporate this information into your own gym routine. 

We talk about how the health market is a billion-dollar business and how you actually don’t need supplements for optimal health. We touch on things like just because it fits your “macros” doesn’t mean you should be eating it, how if you’re not achieving your goals it’s probably because you are protein deficient and what you can do about these facts. 

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The girls hammer down on the importance of “What is your why?” and how knowing the answer to that one question makes everything in your diet and workout program easier to manage. And the importance of communicating with your spouse, partner, family, and friends about your goals if you don’t want to be constantly cheating yourself.

What we learn from Tessa & Erica in this episode: 

• The #1 thing to eliminate from your diet to achieve your goals
• How to increase the difficulty of your workout without adding weight
• The difference between macros and calories 
• The biggest lie the fitness industry tells you
• How to gain weight if you have a supercharged metabolism
• What choosing a path of fitness & health might reveal about your relationships 

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Warning: This episode dives into heavy real-life trauma and may be disturbing to some listeners. 

This episode of the Bodies by Brent Podcast will have you questioning how to heal your unconscious traumas of the past. 

Olivia is a culinary trained, wellness entrepreneur, trauma-informed coach, healer, speaker, and boxing coach. She never realized that as a boxing coach at her ‘Box and Flow’ studio in NY she was sharing the exact advice she needed to hear. 

Liv shares her story of “answering the call” of plant medicine in her life, how that led to her uncovering hidden traumas from her past, and how it all started in Janice Joplin’s old apartment at the Chelsea Hotel. She shares what she has done to integrate these harsh realities and what she's been able to do to reclaim what was once taken from her. 

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Liv explains how even though she is in her 30’s she feels as though she's about to celebrate her second birthday. She explains how her yoga practice and boxing training combine to bring the duality that is needed in her everyday life to achieve the balance we all deserve.

What we learn from Liv in this episode: 

• The forgotten secret habit that can help heal trauma 
• How to “flow through the fight” 
• The need for duality in life to establish balance
• That everything we need is inside us 
• How becoming an entrepreneur can empower other aspects of your life 
• That we can see beauty even in the ugly of life 
• Why inner child work is so important 
• How to reclaim what was once taken from you

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This episode of Bodies by Brent will have you radically re-evaluating how you treat your body. 

 Our guest this week is Elizabeth Swail. She is co-owner at Alive and Well Austin which offers the Austin area a one-stop-shop of specialists who work to treat both the mind and body with long-term solutions to address every individual's unique wellness needs.

 She joins the podcast to share her journey of self-acceptance Leading her to live her truth of abundance and wellness.

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She tells us the story of the one cup of mushroom tea she drank in the Caribbean that completely changed her life. And how her newfound self-acceptance led her to never want to lie again… To herself, friends, or the world.

She delivers a masterclass in health and wellness sharing everything she has learned on her journey of self-acceptance and optimized health.

Taught by Elizabeth:

·    The most underrated pre-workout you’ve never considered before

·    The one word you can eliminate from your vocabulary that can rejuvenate your health 

·    Where you can start your health optimization journey

·    How ancient medicine can heal us for a better future

·    Learn how to uphold yourself by trusting your values

·    How women can align their lives based on their hormonal cycles

·    The 2 easiest changes you can make to your diet changing your health for the better

·    How the answer to eliminating brain fog and chronic fatigue lies with your stool

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This week week is Garrain Jones. Founder of MpoweredBrotherhood and Author of the book ‘Change Your Mindset, Change Your Life: Lessons of Love Leadership and Transformation’. He credits his book about love, leadership, and transformation to a chance encounter with a homeless man while he was at his lowest point.
 
 From manifesting a role as Beyonce’s boyfriend in a music video for Destiney’s Child without even showing up to the audition to living in his car for 2.5 years. He takes us through the highs and lows of his personal journey.
 
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After 2.5 years of living in his car, he was stressed, depressed, numb to his emotions, and had nearly given up on life. Being on the brink of suicide, and hearing those choice words from his guru in a homeless man, Garrain started to completely change his mindset.

Listen along as Garrain reminds us that mindset really is everything as he shares his lessons and hacks of how to unleash your inner artist so you too can create magic in your life.

What you’ll learn from Garrain in this episode:
 

• How Visualization got him a job as Beyonce’s boyfriend… Without even showing up to the interview!
• How the power of community can change your life… For better or worse
• How the optimal lifestyle is one you can maintain longterm
• How a homeless man (“in ‘city’” I just can’t remember the city so only add if you can get it) became a “guru” when needed most
• When was the last time you spoke to your inner child? Maybe it’s time.
• Can’t get out of your negative headspace? How doing everything opposite might be the key to happiness for some people
• Nature’s law is giving and receiving: What’s needed to allow for abundance in your life
• How forgiving the man who killed his father allowed him to receive abundance and prosperity

Garrain’s running his “Awaken the Artist Within” retreat from June 10th-12th with very limited spaces remaining, you can find all the info here:
 
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This episode of Bodies By Brent dives into one of the biggest body transformations a woman can experience: pregnancy and birth. Special guest and fitness influencer Yovana Mendoza returns to the podcast to share her story of conception, pregnancy, and her heroic 30+ hour birth. 

Yovana begins by telling Brent about working with a naturopath to help her to conceive, which involved blood tests, diet changes, and supplements. She then walks Brent through her experience of pregnancy, sharing her pregnancy diet and fitness regime and how she adapted to her changing body through each trimester. 

Then Yovana and Brent discuss Yovana’s birth story, comparing the birth that she planned to have with the birth that actually happened, which was an emergency c-section. Listen in to find out how Yovana coped with going 2 weeks over her due date and why she eventually decided to use medication to induce her labor and to manage her pain. Yovana also outlines how she’s helping herself to mentally and physically recover from the birth and what her workouts look like at the moment. 

At the end of the episode, Yovana gives tips on nutrition and self-care for pregnant women and new mothers, and share her plans for the future, which include building a house and the exciting prospect of baby #2! 

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What You’ll Learn

• Yovana’s conception journey with a naturopath after experience a miscarriage
• What returning to fitness and working out is like when you’re recently post-partum
• How Yovana managed her epic 30-hour labor at 42 weeks pregnant
• Yovana’s mental and spiritual transformation into motherhood
• What happens to your body when you eat your placenta 

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    Karena Dawn, co-founder of Tone It Up, is a wellness entrepreneur, NY Times best selling author, NAMI board advisor and a passionate mental health advocate. Growing up with a mother who was diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenic, her childhood was filled with traumatic experiences that resulted in repressed emotions, guilt, shame and a suicide attempt. She knows from experience that suffering in silence only reinforces the stigma surrounding mental health issues and creates barriers which prevent healing.

She overcame a dark period of depression, anxiety and substance abuse in her teens and 20s, was able to forge a path to self-discovery, build a nurturing community that has helped millions, and ultimately find peace. She has always used her platform and influence to inspire people around the world through fitness, mindfulness and spiritual empowerment and founded The Big Silence Foundation to further her mission and erase the stigma surrounding mental health..

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What You’ll Learn

• What it was like for Karena growing up with a mother who suffered from paranoid schizophrenia 
• What an early 00’s Compton crack house was like
• Karena’s transformation from taking ketamine and crack cocaine to training for triathlons
• How to cope with overwhelming grief
• Karena’s key principles for a happy, healthy life

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