Angela and Julie both discuss the process they use to choose their word of the year

Angela and Julie reveal the words they choose for 2025 and reflect on what they mean to them 

Will shares his background and how living based on society’s rule books lead to internal suffering

Will talks about his experience of enlightenment that began his journey seeking the truth of himself and the world

Will discusses the strategies he uses each day to live in alignment with his authentic self and how that infiltrates all that he does personally and professionally

Will shares so many powerful lessons throughout this conversation allowing us to truly know that we are loved and always provided for

William Crossan

campfireculture.com

@campfireculture

Linkedin: William R. Crossan III

Angela shares how becoming aware of her internal dialogue made her stop and reflect on the false framework that happiness comes when we achieve a specific goal

Angela goes over personal examples disproving this narrative and how she decouples her happiness from anything external to reclaim her power in choosing how she lives and feels

Julie discusses how this narrative causes us to be perpetually chasing a moving goal post therefore making us live in a state of lack

Julie talks about how our state of being is created not earned and some of the strategies she uses to cultivate how she feels and lives every single day

Jackie discusses the environment and dysfunctional thought patterns that fueled her eating disorder

Jackie dives into the wisdom she has gained along the way in her recovery and how she now uses it to educate others

We talk about how parents can help children cultivate a healthy relationship with food and body

Julie and Jackie review the presentation they gave to an elite youth soccer club on properly fueling their bodies

Listen to the end to hear how family and friends can support loved ones through their recovery journey

Jackie Pirtle-Hall

http://coachjaxtherunner.com

@coachjaxtherunner

Emerge Fitness And Personal Training - Emerge Fitness And Training (emergefitnesstraining.com)

Julie shares how googling herself and reading about the athletic accomplishments she did not remember getting prompted this discussion

Julie opens up about how feeling “not good enough” has caused her to devalue her accomplishments and miss out on enjoying the present moment

Julie discusses how she uses the practices of getting grounded and celebrating her successes to help her live more joyfully in the moment

Angela talks about her life long struggle with not feeling like she looks good enough and how it has robbed her of enjoying so many moments in life, big and small

Angela shares how this recently came up during a vacation and the strategies she used to return to the present moment and enjoy the experience 

Angela shares how life experience and personal development have lead to the evolution of her understanding of failure

Angela discusses how the “failures” in her life have been when she has learned the most, grew the most, and develop the most confidence

Angela details a conversation she had with Julie about her divorce that shifted her mindset on failure

Julie reflects on how her core limiting belief made her fear failure and avoid it at all cost by overworking

Julie discusses how entrepreneurship was the catalyst that helped her redefine her relationship with failure

Julie shares the wisdom she has gained around what failure truly is and how to use it to optimize your life   

Jenna opens up about her oldest son being diagnosed with nonverbal Autism

Jenna shares her experience with denial and grief and the freedom she found in acceptance 

Jenna honors her late brother Ricky who passed away at 29-years-old from glioblastoma 

From her need to process grief and her disappointment in the medical system, Jenna shares how she started her blog and business as a holistic health coach

Jenna Maziur

Blog: This Autism Mama

@Whole.HealthWellness

Angela shares the interaction with a former patient that sparked this topic

Angela reflects on how good and bad comments that were made to her in childhood have shaped her lived experience

Julie talks about her daughter’s school project that demonstrates the permanent impact words have on us

Julie opens up about comments that caused her limiting belief to come to life and the wisdom her mom gave her which has healed her

Listen to the end to hear Julie’s call to action for all of us

Jackie shares her story of becoming a D1 athlete and how underfueling her body lead to multiple injuries ultimately ending her college career

How the pervasive messaging of diet culture and what a runner “should” look like fueled an eating disorder and depression

Jackie opens up about how she made the choice to hire a therapist and a nutritionist to heal her mind and her body 

By properly fueling her body and learning to apply self love, Jackie began setting PRs and performing at the highest level in the running world

Listen to the end as Jackie shares so much of the wisdom she has gained along the way and her passion to pass it on to athletes 

Jackie Pirtle-Hall

http://coachjaxtherunner.com

@coachjaxtherunner

Emerge Fitness And Personal Training - Emerge Fitness And Training (emergefitnesstraining.com)

Julie shares her experience witnessing her children interact with others who are unkind to them 

Julie goes through the steps she uses to help her children navigate these situations and reframe them to develop empathy and resiliency 

Angela discusses how her career as a physical therapist has taught her so many lessons about people and their behavior 

Angela shares the insights on empathy, boundary setting, and the power of making people feel safe and seen she has learned from working with “mean” people