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What is holistic health?

This is what google says...

A Holistic Health Coach is a trained professional who uses an integrative approach to both diet and lifestyle changes to improve their clients' health. Working as a guide toward an overall healthier life, they will look at their clients' nutrition patterns, relationships, physical fitness, spirituality, and more.

This is exactly what Marlon Azurdia is and he is very passionate about it. So much so he lives and breathes the full circle of a holistic approach in his life and his family.

I had the pleasure of having the walk through of his sanctuary that him and his wife has built. It had a very calming affect on me.

This podcast is a two part series on Marlon. The first half is about his career as a holistic coach and the second half is about his career as an elite athlete.

In the first half we covered topics as a holistic health coach.

1. Ego

2. Limited believes

3. The importance to the circadian rhythm of our bodies.

4. Mindful thinking

5. And DIET

So much value to all these spectrums.

Part #2

Marlons story....

He is Guatemalan. From Central America. Crossfit change things up a bit. We are now allowed to represent our home country even if you don’t live there. As long as you have dual citizenship you got yourself a hall pass! So that is exactly what he did...

His score is ranked top of Guatemala and is now waiting. At the moment he hasn’t received the official results but we are certain he is going. He sent in his videos the headquarters said is a good thing if you don’t hear back. Crossfit will announce the official champions of every country this week coming up! Very exciting!

What sacrifice means to Marlon as he’s been an athlete all his life and right now has the opportunity to represent what he truly stands for. This responsibility takes great sacrifice and being a family man it takes his team (family) to create as much of a balance as they can. Balance in the way that assures nutrition, mindset and recovery is mostly on point.

Marlon’s wife has gone through her own challenges and he shares. Being a cancer survivor they take the more holistic approach. This helps enables Marlons passion for holistic health and wellness. This approach has benefitted their health and careers.

Disapline is something Marlon is very familiar with. In order to stay disciplined him and his wife have created a lifestyle that supports less than no distractions. They have a beautiful acreage with everything they need on it. It’s full of serenity and peace and it’s exactly the way they like it!

This all counts for the everything in between that he has control over. Instead of listening to music all the time he will typically put on an e-book or podcasts on things that he is passionate about and has something to learn from.

“I am always a student in this process.”

~ Marlon

There is so much truth to this and everyone should resonate with that.

When it comes to training this can vary. This will depend on what time of the year it is. Typically in between important times a year such as the Crossfit open to regionals and then in his case the games.

When gearing up for these type of events training has different segments in the day because there is so much to cover. Sessions can start in the morning and then again in the afternoon or in the evening. But as we can both agree on that the recovery is by far the most important part of this piece along with high quality nutrition.

In saying this he is also a huge advocate to intermittent fasting. He uses this method in conjunction for fuelling his body for performance.

And clearly it’s working!

Again I am so excited to share another valuable episode and want to thank Marlon for his expertise and time.

Check him out on his IG page:

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And his website

https://www.marlonazurdiaprogram.com/

Thank you everyone. With much love ❤️

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Morgan Chaulk

Her back ground was event planning so this gig was really right up her alley!

I feel like there’s a lot of life experience and the understanding of the philosophy of life to go feet in organizing and planning all these amazing CrossFit events.

Morgan and her husband Brian have done such a good job organizing these events that Crossfit headquarters decided to make Canwest Games a sanctioned event!

Meaning the winners in the elite male category, the elite female category and the elite team category will get an invite to the CrossFit Games!

The rules have changed so much from a few years ago that it is too hard to reach even the regional event mind you getting to the games. But with grit and hard work this event has been honoured such an experience.

This really isn’t all that Morgan offers. She is a huge advocate of women supporting women and loves, loves mindset development! Need I remind you, that is what this podcast is based around.

She’s not only a boss babe in event planning but she’s also a mother of two beautiful children. How does one successful woman have and find a balance between work, children and family? Here is where Morgan shares how her and Brian accommodate their life‘s morals and values in with their little people!

What does it mean to be venerable? Many still see it as a weakness but yet it’s a time for taking a breath and being humble. We don’t always have to know the answers but just trust that where we are in that moment of time is where we are meant to be and there’s a lesson in every part of it for you and you only.

What do you want to be remembered for?

‘You can decide how you want to live your life. Every day is a new day.’

~Quoted by Morgan

Morgan is value driven alongside with staying within your integrity and being honest all the way through. This way of being and thinking leaves a legacy forever in the books. These type of lessons need to start within your home and then travels outside to everywhere you go and everyone you talk to. That is true impact!

Family is so important to Morgan that all these values came on so much stronger when she had children. The purpose grew larger and her voice grew louder. Now the importance is bigger than her.

Morgan and her husband/fiancé have a history of friendship before they ever decided to create a life together. How do you work and live and raise children with your partner? My favourite quote of this episode is “I choose you”. This is so powerful!

We all have a life to live and everyone is in their own journey but it doesn’t mean we have to live in our own little bubbles. If your someone who is driven to make a difference and knows there’s something bigger than you, check out this episode. Maybe it will inspire you to finally put yourself out there with 2 feet in!

With all our hearts thank you for joining us! ❤️

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How do we handle hearing someone say their ill thoughts about us?

This is coming from someone who used to lose sleep over this. I cared so much that I lost focus on what the truth really was. Is it truth when someone make shit up about us? Obviously not! But we do get more upset about the ‘why’ they would do such a thing...

But let’s face this fact: Hurt people hurt people. You’re someone feeling on top of the world and confident in your own skin you are not likely to sit in a space that would really judge anyone. You’re definitely not going to spit venom to others that’s for sure! So if you are feeling ill feelings about other women or people that you don’t really truly know, maybe you need to look in the mirror.

Is it all really fake if you get your lashes done, lips injected, hair dyed, nails done, brows tattooed? Hells no! That’s just surface shit. But we really have going on runs so much deeper. Hearing what negative people say about us or others doesn’t actually make us feel confident they are not talking shit about us. So create those healthy boundaries for yourself so when this stuff does come up it won’t be affecting you as much as they would hoped to.

Since we are on the topic of the ability of creating what we see as beauty with make up and surgery, we want to teach our daughters to be confident with who they really are. Where do we draw the line? Listen in on Tiffany’s experience with her 9 year old daughter on this topic!

I’ve heard this many times, focus on what you have control over. This is us! Focus on yourself. Worrying about what others think distracts us from dealing with what is really important. Isn’t that the truth?

Be true to who we really are. Or looks really mean nothing when it comes to the meat and potatoes. Beauty stems right down to the soul. But when we are judged based on our looks it really says everything about the person making the comments. Never know what’s happening behind closed doors and even though it seems to look so perfect it really isn’t. If you’re human you have ups and downs like the rest of us. So watch your dialogue, have compassion and know there is more to meats the eye especially behind closed doors.

Excited for you to hear this rant!

Sending much love and appreciation. Thank you for all your loving support:

Tiff and Jill 💕

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So Jess is like a sister to Tiff. They have known each other since Jess was about 9 or 10 years old. Now Jess has an 18month old. Boy does time fly!

We were so compelled to have Jess on the show because she’s not only well spoken and specializes in western medicine like essential oil‘s, but she’s also the founder of a popular Facebook group called Bad Moms of BC!

This group was intended for open dialogue of parenthood. But it doesn’t stop there because what Jess noticed in other groups was a lot of cliques and judging. Know anybody who is a parent is knows that being a parent is the hardest job you could ever have on the face of this earth other than working on a marriage. The last thing any parent needs to feel is judgment from people throwing rocks at glass houses. 🙄

She was inspired because she understands the struggle with postpartum and juggling life with the baby/toddler/child or children. Now there are good times, don’t get me wrong. As a parent children have this way of bringing the child out in ourselves. Whether it’s a complex that we haven’t dealt with or keeping us young with playing and using our creativity.

With this special Facebook group there is zero tolerance for bad mouthing and judgment. Jess makes sure if it!!! These are things that will naturally happen with a group of over 3000 women. But as many know, women can get pretty nasty with each other. Jess seems to do a really good job with managing the unmanageable. DELETE!

Not everyone gets deleted that lashes out. In this episode Jess talks about the importance of giving the benefit of the doubt.

When behaviours seem out of this world or there can be a lot of conflict in someone’s words we can guarantee that there’s more than meets the eye. We all have bad days and we have to understand judging someone for an action isn’t always helpful. Being diplomatic gives the space of redemption. In which anybody in their right mind will usually own up and learn from it.

Measles! Yes we are talking about that. Funny enough Tiff Jill and Jessica all have different views on this topic. Maybe one of these will help resonate with you. There’s so much conflict with the belief in vaccinations or not. Which one do you fall under?

When we talk Western medicine we definitely are going back to the way things once were many years ago. In the last few years essential oils has made a serious come back! It’s not proper to make specific claims but with this method but when used issues are diminished which brings a happier life not to mention how good it all smells. Listen in on how this method has changed Jessica’s life and the people around her!

Check Jess out on her instagram page:

@thelittlewolfessentials

Also if your a woman and a mom you have to add yourself to her Facebook page:

Bad Moms of BC

Thank you for all your love and support!

Much love 💕

Tiff & Jill

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We are really excited to introduce This guest. He takes a huge stance for the fight against bullies and standing for what’s right. Not only that he has a heart of gold because he understands the philosophy of human compassion. He’s lived a life of many experiences that is brought him to this. But I’m also pretty sure we discussed that he is hardwired this way and was born like this too.

There’s something to be said about yes-man. He seems to be that person. The guy is down for anything and lives fearless.

He is a born fighter with his fists and his mind. He’s also looked up as one of the top training facilities in the lower mainland as far as fitness and MMA fighting goes. You’ll hear further in the podcast how this all started and how he is continuing to persevere against those who don’t believe in him. He’s a very large following with many well respected people in this industry.

He’s found to be humbled but yet so full of energy. I bring that to the forefront because he is proclaim to be a one-man show with all that is happening in his world, which is A LOT! The most current thing happening right now is that he is just turned 40 and he’s about to fight his last fight. Now he has said this before but in the fighting world in the octagon, fighting at that age many would have already retired. This seemed to be a good idea one late night and the guy means what he says and he does what he says! I love it!

We are so excited to witness this last flight of this monumental leader! His events that he holds for the rest of the community is at least annually and has been very successful within these events!

We love his energy and his passion for all that we stand for! As we dive deep into what we always hear in motivational speeches and what we need to do to create these wins for ourselves.

If you’re not sure what your purpose is maybe this episode will help.

Mamba Fight Night 6:

Hosted by Mamba MMA

Event is held @ Abbotsford Event Center March 8th Doors open 4pm, events start 5:30pm

Tickets available! A family friendly event.

Check out mfn.mambamma.com for fight info.

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Mamba Martial Arts Academy

Much love ❤️Tiff & Jill

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Being a parent has to be one of the hardest jobs ever! But yet the most rewarding. Today we talk about parenting from our experiences. Now we try to be diplomatic in the way we take in information that helps us be our best selves in this role.

This conversation is important because there is a lot brought up sometimes we feel alone in certain challenges in motherhood. Heck even dudes could maybe take something from this too.

Does baby fever ever go away? Some say yes some say no. It really depends on where you are in your life. How old or young or you? Have you had children yet? Is the biological clock ticking? Or are you totally content where your at? Either way what your feeling is totally normal. If it’s either a burning desire or a passing thought, no matter where your at, dig deep and sit with it and you know in the end what to do.

EVERYONE has a funny baby or kid story! We had so many to pick from really. But it only seemed appropriate to share the first one that came to mind. 💩

Breastfeeding... this day and age it’s strongly promoted to at least try and just. We know many who don’t and it’s not for us to ever judge anyone based on that decision. I’d assume it would have been a well thought out decision. But we both miss this experience. So if this is your path take it while you can!

How are kids so resilient? They have this ability to really living in the moment. They also have this ability to block certain memories. Typically when they go into survival mode. They don’t even know it but they do what ever they can to just move forward. They haven’t learned how to deal yet. So they are pro when it comes to stuffing things away.

It is a thing that we take memories that we don’t remember (I know right?) and it stores in our subconscious and it develops into complexes as we become adults. Those experiences and feelings you stuffed when you were a kid? Yeah now they are back and now as an adult your wondering why something that is causing you hurt, sadness, drama or triggers are typically things that happened from when you were so young that you barely remember. This will take someone with serious experience to work with you on. But there is hope. We can all overcome these challenges. You just have to be open if you choose to go this route. I suggest to many to do so.

Our habits can actually stem from our families history as far as behaviours go. Some of these things stem so deep! It takes work to uncover these issues. They typically don’t get uncovered until your open the change because the current you is getting in the way. Again you would typically do this with someone who has experience in this. If you are sure on which direction to go with this just PM us and we have some highly recommended people for this. Called ‘inner child work’.

So at the end of the day our little babies are so vulnerable we need to protect them by having our full attention. Talks like this help as well as good parent groups. Mostly on FB in our experience. I’m happy to share a good friend of mine who started a very diplomatic group. Drama there is NOT tolerated! Strongly suggest if your looking for a place to vent and or learn,

check out Bad Moms of BC! So good!

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Thank all for all your loving messages!

With much love ❤️ tiff & jill

We are so excited to introduce some inspiring people who make a mark on health and fitness. Also these are things that make communities strong. Gathering outside of gym time and supporting a celebration of gratitude. We really felt that here!

Meet our new friends in some small segments and learn what behind those fierce minds!!!

Thanks Aimee and Nick and other guests for this experience! 🙌🏼🙏🏼💕 #grateful

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How did you start your fitness journey? Such a good question to all sorts of answers. Everyone will have their own reasons.

When you step toward better health naturally things come up and at the end you’ll here lots of success stories start with “I never though I would be here”.

It’s hard not to compare yourself to the next person because that’s where you want to be but you have no idea what that person had to do to get there. You won’t know their background unless you ask.

So we did?

Meet Aimee! She is another boss babe taking action. Being a leader and composing fearlessness in her journey.

Aimee shares her back ground in fitness growing up. But as time goes on and consistency isn’t so consistent we will naturally loose what we worked hard for.

But don’t fret! Muscle memory has a way to make it back in a short period of time.

Aimee comes from a competitive background. So competing has come naturally for her. Something she has done for sometime now!

Her focus has changed now that she has become an intentional leader. She has put her self out there and listen to her calling to coach her very own gym. But couldn’t do it without her community! ❤️❤️❤️

Hear her story and what it took to be successful at this point!

Check out Aimee and get gym on Instagram @aimeewiebe6 @grittathletics

Thank you! Much love Tiff & Jill 🖤❤️

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In today’s episode we are more excited than anything because we were able to get out for the first time since this nasty flu took us over! We both were undertaken by the darkside! Cough cough lol (so we are sorry about that part!)

How do you get back into your routine after falling off that bandwagon? Whether life gets busy or you get sick or injured there is those times that’s gonna take you off track.

We like to share our experiences through this recent endeavour and ones from the past.

Do these speed bumps keep you from feeling your best you? Well, why wouldn’t it? That is why you eat good and go to the gym and stay active. It’s because it makes you feel good.

So sometimes when we get off track it should be a moment to realize maybe this was meant to be. Maybe it’s time to take a small break and rest it out. Listen to your body and what it’s telling you. Our minds can play tricks on us! But, if our bodies are saying no and our mind is working against that... maybe listening to this podcast will help calm that mindset.

Now, what if it’s the other way around? What if your body is totally fine and your mind is really not feeling like doing much other than eating bonbons and watching your favourite show?

Yeah, that’s when you dig deep and find the reasons why it’s a good idea to get those running shoes on and get out that door AND DON’T LOOK BACK!!! Lol

What about what makes us feel beautiful?

There are lots of things that we do to make ourselves feel beautiful. Like doing your hair, putting your make up on, dressing in flattering clothes or clothes that make us feel good. But what about enhancing our body under the knife?

As a hot topic and a trend setting procedure, many sit wondering should I get my boobs done or I wish I never have.

We share from both sides, Jill has hers done and Tiffany does not. There is a certain mindset that takes place before making a decision such as that. Many women undergo this procedure because they once had boobs before children. Or are you someone like Tiffany where you never really have them.

You have to ask yourself, will this make you feel more beautiful? Why don’t you feel beautiful? Am I beautiful? There is deep rooted questions that everybody should ask themselves before going and doing such a procedure as that. We know lots of women that have had amazing experiences getting their breasts done but on the other hand there is many that have really struggled and regretted doing it altogether. Which one are you? Are you happy with your female flat chest or are you struggling with your rocks in your socks?

Either way you’re not wrong for doing either! Let’s get that straight! At the end of the day the decision you make is based on where you are at in your life and that moment in time. My best advice would to sit with that and do your research and make sure that its something you were very certain of.

We hope this resonates with you and anyone you know. Love, rate and share!

Check us out on iTunes and give us a rate and review!!!!

Happy Valentines Day everyone!

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Much love Tiff & Jill ❤️✌🏼

It’s always nice to start a new year with new goals. It may not be for everybody to start in January but for others it works. Maybe you’re somebody who sets goals throughout the year. Are you putting too much on your plate or are you setting yourself up with a realistic goals?

It’s important to us to share our experiences so you don’t feel like it’s over because you’re not feeling motivated, but if you do enough research and have reasons bigger than you, these can help.

Depending on what life throws at you Sometimes we need to just put one foot in front of the other so as a whole it doesn’t seem so overwhelming. Sometimes just showing up is all that matters. To keep yourself on track listen in on some key tools Tiff and Jill use that help keep them going.

Goal: during your health and fitness goals to maintain a healthy relationship with it is to keep it fun. If it ain’t fun then switch it up! Do what it takes to keep the energy high. Be creative!

We would love your feed back or questions on this topic. We understand sometimes we need to break barriers on what holds us back from making decisions for our better health. At either end of the spectrum!

Thanks again for all the support and loving messages. It motivates us to keep putting out good content!

Much love ❤️

Tiff & Jill

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