The First ever guest on the Podcast returns for a conversation about perseverance, doing what you need to do no matter what, and answering the question, "who are you?"

The main theme of this episode was a little quote that we dropped at the gym talking about different jobs you have and different versions of yourself that you present.  "They're not masks, they're hats" is what today's episode centered around.  We all wear multiple hats in our lives.  Maybe it's employee, student, friend, lover, son, mother, drunkard, or you when you're alone.  Regardless, they are all you, and you are all of them.  Listen in and see how this plays out in real life.

Doing hard things is great!  In fact, to reach our full potential, it's a requirement.  There is ZERO workaround.  No matter how much we wish, we can never become who we are truly meant to be unless we do hard things and suffer to some degree.  We will all also have some degree of suffering happen to us in life.  Whether that is an unexpected job loss, divorce, tragic accident, childhood trauma, or abuse of any form, we ALL will have things that cause suffering.  Yet, while doing hard things is the key to growing, what if I told you most of us actually avoid the truly hard things?  Many of us on a personal developmental journey use hard things as a shield to not face the root of the issue.  We stay busy with our job, lives, children, friends, workouts, fitness, that we use up the time to do the hard work of rebuilding our internal worlds.  Join me on today's journey to see how and why we avoid this topic and how you can begin to face the otherside of voluntary suffering to maximize your growth.  

You walk into a room, and without anyone saying a word, you know who the "Boss" is.  Their facial expression isn't angry, mean, sad, or happy.  It is simply at peace with a hint of "Fuck around and find out" in it.  The energy they give off is indistinguishable.  You've just started working for this company, and you already know you want to get close to that person to learn their secrets.  How do they do what they do? How are they always so calm, cool, and collected even when everyone is running around like a chicken with their heads cut off?  

The good news is that we can learn and train to become this person without going to a remote monk monastery and taking a vow of silence or giving up our worldly desires or possessions.  We can do it while we still live out our everyday life.  Gradually transforming ourselves into that type of person.  

One day you get a minute with your boss.  You've been working hard to try and gain their trust in order to get close to them.  Finally, you muster up the courage to ask them what their secret to being so cool, calm, and collected all the time.  All you see is a small smile appear on their face.   One of amusement, joy, and a secret world behind it.  Finally, after what seems like forever, they tell you.  "You must choose to suffer."  Confused, yet confident that is the truth you walk out of their office on a new trajectory in life.

You're walking down the street one day and you start to feel your shoulders rise up and your fists clench.  You don't know why because just a second ago you were totally relaxed.  But now you notice a plastic bag fly by, there is a bug crawling on the bench near you, and you hear footsteps behind you.  You jump and spin around ready to fight at the surprise.  Then you look down and realize it's just your buddy trying to catch up to you.  You think to yourself "Man I was ready to knock this cat out and I didn't even think about it"  Our body has an immense influence on how we feel and think.  Yet our mind has a huge influence on how we feel in our bodies.  If we're happy, we have energy like a toddler, boundless and never-ending.  Yet, if we're sad or depressed, we can barely get out of bed for the day... Listen in and learn about this incredible connection we were all gifted with and how we can start to use it tp our advantage TODAY!

#EarnYourGoodDay

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We all grew up hearing how we should be a "Go-Getter" and chase our goals more.  That people who were Go-Getter were the top echelon of people to emulate.  This story flips that phrase on its head and gives it a new meaning and a new name, lol.  A short story about some very powerful principles of success, 5 Laws to stratospheric success, in fact.  1) The Law of Value 2) The Law of Compensation 3) The law of Influence 4) The Law of Authenticity and finally 5) The Law of Receptivity.  

This Story, while focused on these 5 laws, brings so much more value to the table.  In fact, it gives us a lens on how to see if a principle is a truly good one.  That is more than how it impacts your financial balance sheet, but how does it balance your LIFE balance sheet?  Tune in and apply one of these laws each of the next 5 days and watch how your life changes!

If you are interested in reading the full story, it is a PDF and I would be more than happy to send it your way! Email me at [email protected] or send me a DM @Conati_fit on Insta.

You can reach me at both of those locations if you are looking for any combination of personal training, nutrition counseling, or mentality training.

#EarnYourGoodDay Y'all

Well, folks, it has officially been one year since the podcast first started.  It was a whim that I didn't know would be such a part of my life and such a point of pride I have in myself.  I have released one episode every single week for 52 weeks in a row, and my original goal was only 26 episodes.  I doubled my original goal.  When I was younger, I had a lot of fears and have done a lot of work to overcome them, and trust that I can take care of myself.  Even when I have fear now, I don't cower from them, I stand up courageously and face them.  I have proven to myself time and time again that I am brave and courageous.  I showed my younger self that I got us now.  He doesn't need to be afraid anymore, even if we get scared.  In today's episode, we dive into why most of us fail our goals, and why the reason we truly wish to change is usually deeply rooted in who we are.  Yet, when we realize why we actually want to change, we can begin to act in a manner that will facilitate that.  Listen in and be prepared to do some introspection, go through a little difficulty, but come out the other side prepared to do what you need to do to succeed.   

If you are looking to become the best version of yourself in terms of your fitness, nutrition, and mentality, send me a DM @Conati_fit or an email at [email protected].  It's time for your true self to emerge!!

#EYGD

Do you constantly hear people saying "New Year, New Me.", knowing that most people who say that will not make any progress towards that new version of themselves they desire? Or hearing the same new years resolution the last 5 years.   Most of the people who say that don't follow through with it.  However, every year there are those few people who do make the change.  When we meet them in person, we say, "So and so seems like a whole new person", or, " So and so really stepped it up."  The person is so entrenched in their new way of life, or they feel like a whole new person.  The crazy thing is... They are a whole new person.  Come along for a short conversation on how to make changes permanent. You'll learn the very straightforward plan you can follow to start to move in whatever direction you, please.  

If you want coaching in fitness,  nutrition, or mentality DM me on Instagram @Conati_fit or email me at [email protected].

#EarnYourGoodDay

We just finihed 2022 strong, it's time to bump up that momentum going into 2023 to have an even better year!  While we all want to feel better and more positive emotions in our da to day life, it can be hard at times.  In today's episode I share with you a few stories on how people have been improving my life this year by being the light in the darkness, and a few scientific backed tips om how to have more gratitude in your daily life so you too can begin to have more gratitude in your life.  Listen in and start the year off running towards your best year of life yet!

If you're looking to get the most out of 2023, reach out and let's get you to the best place you've been to in your nutrition, fitness, and mentality so you can crush this year!  IG: @Conati_Fit or Email: [email protected]

Sir Roxas- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5novIlxbWZaMDYfaA8bQcm?si=HdD1_jwcSzS0k5R3Qzft8g

Hubberman lab podcast on gratitude and building a gratitude practice

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=huberman+lab+-+gratitude

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5GYvrvQmFQmD77vpsiMn59?si=d9e228fe7df6434d

Do you hear people talking about "new year, new me" and think, "man that person sure is going to change their life around this year!!"?  No, you don't.  We all know that people who say that, said the same thing the year before, and the year before that, and the year before that, and nothing has changed.  That doesn't have to be you.  We have been told to think about goals the wrong way.  That new years is the only time to reinvent yourself or that you can set big goals.  Well that's a lie.  It's just another one of the 365 days in a year, that some person decided was the starting line of where the earth was in space, relative to the sun.  We all know this as well.  Yet we all jump on that bandwagon of setting all these goals, and then hopping off a week or two later because of some excuse that you always use to justify why you failed at achieving your goals yet again.  This does not have to continue.  When we think about what a goal really is, and why we truly want to achieve it, we can set goals that 1) get us to where we actually want to go, 2) we truly care about, 3) have core motivation to see it through, and finally 4) a high likelihood of achieving it, or making tos of progress towards it we wouldn't have with conventional thinking.  Start today with one step towards who you want to be at the end of next year!  

If you're interesting in fitness, nutrition, or mentality coaching, in person or online, DM me @conati_fit, or send me an email at [email protected] to get going on becoming the best version of yourself.  I am taking the first 5 sign ups.

Are you searching for a reason to get out of bed in the morning? Are you asking yourself what the point of working so hard is or what you should be doing with your life?  Most of us are searching for a reason to continue with all the BS we have to deal with daily.  We see other people who have this energy for life and this crazy energy they attack the day with.  If you're anything like me, then you want some of that energy.  Some of their zeal for life.  Well today's episode we dive into how to find that zest for life and how to know if you've found your reason for getting up in the morning.