How do you define true wealth? Why should your fitness and health be the compass of personal wealth building? These are the types of questions Bart Zandbergen and I take a deep dive and discuss!

Bart Zandbergen is a Certified Financial Planner and CEO of The Zandbergen Group based out of California in the US. Bart is 60 years young and a true testament of how prioritizing health over (financial) wealth fosters true wealth and optimal performance and well-being.

During our dynamic conversation, Bart and I discuss:

Bart Zandbergen can be found on Facebook & LinkedIn via his name and, to learn more about his financial planning services, his website is Bartzandbergen.com

Bart also host’s a podcast called the Zandbergen Report and can be found wherever you get your podcasting on!

William Nippard is a national speaker and author in the area of job dissatisfaction, corporate teamwork, and the science of happiness. He has a book coming out in March 2022 called “I Hate my Job; The Cure for the 9-5 Syndrome.”  William embodies an active lifestyle regardless of his traveling schedule but has empowering insights on living happy, healthy and to our full potential.  According to William, to be authentic and a leader, you must align your actions with your core beliefs and values.

“We are managers of our own lives and we must manage our time and priorities in the hecticness of life."  - William.

•The notion of feeling “well” and the importance of defining what that means to you

•How momentum inertia happens both while in a rut or when thriving & the value of a healthy lifestyle to build lasting momentum

•Why discipline is essentially not needed when you truly enjoy the physical activities you do regularly

•How competence impacts your confidence and ability to stick to healthy habits

•William’s pillars of fitness

•The science of happiness and job dissatisfaction and how it drives our wellness actions

•The core principles of leadership

•How William uses his fitness routine to set up his day for optimal focus and performance

•William’s current fitness goals, training focus & his approach to nutrition

•The power of ‘time boxing’ and how it can help you better manage your daily and well-being tasks

Show Notes:

His facebook is William Nippard and his IG handle is @williamnippard

His new book is called “I Hate my Job; The Cure for the 9-5 Syndrome” is coming out in March 2022

After a hiatus, we are back!!  Onto to season #2 with the Fit Leaders Talks!

Amanda, 45yrs, has practiced plant-based eating for the past 5 years and always had an active lifestyle.   But what she was lacking, prior to us working together, was resistance training and a sense of feeling strong and confident.  Our primary focus over the past 3 months has been structured and progressive strength training and she absolutely crushed things with her training!  Thus, I wanted to share her story and discuss where she was mentally prior to us starting together and the impact of feeling/being stronger has had on her both physically and mentally.

• Why she transitioned to a plant-based eating lifestyle & how she has benefited from that change

• Why Amanda prioritizes strength training & the tangible impacts of being stronger has had on her

Had the great pleasure to chat with one my coaching clients and local meteorologist, Eddie Sheerr, about his personal fitness journey and balancing work, a young family and staying fit.  

Had the great pleasure to chat with executive and fitness enthusiast, Ingo Ickoldt, about the value of having a team-first and "community" mentality when it comes to managing his fitness and establishing a positive home and work environment.

Ingo is a true fit leader from his mindset to wok ethic.  

**Ingo Ickoldt is the Director of Sales for Terra Nova Old Port Foods Inc. and is based in St. John's Newfoundland.

Leadership consultant, University Professor and ironman triathlete, Brent Scholar, has experienced the ultimate training/performance highs and the unimaginable lows. A decade ago, his life got rocked with a back injury that left him barely able to walk let alone run.

Attention mothers and women entrepreneurs!

“If I never had the confidence to be successful with managing my bodyweight, I would have never had the confidence to start a (successful) business during Covid. Mindset is everything.”

In this episode, we discussed:

Kelli Hayes Smith is a productivity specialist and foundational business coach.

She can be found at www.kellihayessmith.com

Paul Currie is a business owner of a 40 yr old family business.  The combination of Covid hitting and unwanted changes to his body, Paul decided to shift his mind on HOW he needed to upgrade his fitness routine and his overall healthy lifestyle - and he levelled up!

• How the impact of the Covid lockdown in 2020 impacted not only on his business but his mental and physical health

"Living fit is just who I am. I think differently therefore, I behave differently."  Business owner and true fit leader Gila Kurtz shares her story of fitness and how her life (being a ripe age of 60yrs) and company values prioritize health and wellness at their core.  

I get the pleasure to speak with entrepreneur and founder of Dempster Wellness, Pamela Dempster. Pamela embodies the fit leader lifestyle and mentality and she explains where her passion for fitness developed and why maintaining a strong body fosters a resilient mind in life and within her business.

• 6:58: the mental and physical struggle of her post university years trying to juggle motherhood and her budding career 

• 8:30: how her love of movement enabled her to shift her mindset and gradually being back various forms of activity into her life

• 11:14: how her career in long-term care homes & her mother's cardiac event cemented her purpose for healthy living and aging 

• 13:37: why she now focuses on building and maintaining a strong body and how it directly relates to running a resilient business

• 18:46: how she feels when she cannot fit exercise in & how she adapted during a lockdown in the pandemic

• 21:09: her #1 non-negotiable that keeps her accountable to her fitness routine