From The Depths of Darkness to The Light of Success

On October 15th, 2002, Angelo Sisco was involved in a hit and run motorcycle accident that changed his life forever. In an instant, he went from being a 20-year-old entrepreneur to someone fighting to save his leg and his way of life.

After 8 surgeries, two months in a hospital bed, 5 months of daily rehab and the encouraging news from his doctors that any kind of athletics is permanently out of the question, Angelo fell into a deep depression.

In 2009 he discovered CrossFit and everything changed once again. He had a new focus. He had a new purpose. He lost 100 pounds, which catapulted a 10-year journey that he couldn’t even imagine.

During the 2010’s, Angelo opened O’Hare CrossFit and CrossFit Harwood Heights, consulted over 400 CrossFit Affiliates worldwide, co-founded Lifestyle Nutrition and Conquer Athlete, became an international speaker on how to succeed as an Affiliate owner, and coached multiple CrossFit Games competitors.

Angelo’s success in coaching and business gave him the confidence to begin what he would consider his most important journey of them all; his self-development, which he began in 2015. After years of deep inner work, reflection, and growth Angelo titled his journey of self-discovery, Alpha Hippie.

In true Angelo Sisco fashion, he followed what inspired him and began sharing his message through his podcast Alpha HIppie, and began mentoring other men on their path to self-discovery.

In late 2019, Angelo realized he was at a crossroads in his career. A choice had to be made; to either stay in a place of comfort or to step into the identity that was calling him: Alpha Hippie. Angelo chose to step fully into Alpha Hippie.

In 2020, the most unprecedented time in our recent history, Angelo removed himself from all business ventures that were CrossFit related, moved his new family to San Clemente, California, and partnered up with Markus Gerszi and Ryan Bucciantini to embark on a renewed and more focused version of Alpha Hippie.

Alpha Hippie’s mission is to help overwhelmed men over 30, who are stuck in stress and burnout, reconnect to their mission and rebuild their lifestyle, so they can enjoy their free time again and get back to crushing it at work.

Alpha Hippie share’s their mission via their men’s Facebook group “The Way of the Courageous Man”, the Alpha Hippie Podcast, and their world-class program for men entitled Alpha Hippie Mastery.

You can also follow Angelo and his journey through his podcast Alpha Hippie on Instagram @iamalphahippie or his personal account @angelo_sisco or on Facebook at the same name Angelo Sisco! 

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I am so excited for all you to hear this episode with endurance athlete Liam McVarnock, from Halifax, Nova Scotia! 

He pushes himself to the limits everyday with everything he does in life. He has competed in Iron Man competitions over the years. But nothing like he is about to embark on later on this summer in September. He is planning to do a double+ Iron Man with a couple of friends, but the kicker to this one is that he will be doing it for charity. His goal is to raise $100k for charity! 

We also dive deep into what it's like to give back to people and just being present in others lives. You have to learn how to be compassionate and empathetic in life. There is so much value in this one, please give it a listen from beginning to end. You can follow Liam and his jounrey over on his Instagram page @liammcvarnock

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In this episode I sit down virtually and have an amazing and educational conversation with fellow podcaster Kyle Moore, he originally grew up not to far from me in my hometown of Kitchener, Ontario, but at young age his family moved to the east coast of Canada. 

Kyle struggled with his mental health from a young age, but it was not until university that he started to get help and spoke with a therapist, which also led him to starting his own show "Life's A Wreck". 

During this episode we have those hard chats about his struggles, and how he's gotten the help that was needed to get to where he is today. If you'd like to follow his journey you can do so over on Instagram @lifesawreckpodcast or his personal page @moorzyyy

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This was taken from an article written by William Douglas on www.nhl.com

Elijah Roberts has his eyes on the prize. But he also has a Plan B, just in case.

Roberts, a 21-year-old undrafted defenseman who was an overage player in the Ontario Hockey League last season, is still chasing his dream of playing in the NHL by taking a longer, less-traveled route. He's committed to play in 2020-21 for Ryerson University in Toronto, where he's enrolled in the sport media program.

He's already putting his hockey and budding media skills to use as co-host of Soul On Ice: The Podcast with award-winning filmmaker Kwame Damon Mason and Los Angeles Kings forward prospect Akil Thomas. The podcast recently joined the NHL stable of podcasts.

"It's still Plan A to play pro," said Roberts, who scored 108 points (23 goals, 85 assists) in 294 OHL games for Niagara and Kitchener. "My main goal is to come out of Ryerson, get a contract and hopefully still make the NHL."

But working in sports media, specifically broadcasting, is Roberts' Plan B. Studying it in college and co-hosting the podcast is giving Roberts a head start in the business, whether it's after a professional playing career or if he doesn't reach the pros.

"Getting the chance to do this podcast; to learn from Kwame, who's been in radio for over 30 years, and with certain guests that we have -- (Hockey Night in Canada hosts) Ron MacLean and David Amber -- to learn from some of those guys has taught me a lot," he said. "It's going to give me a big advantage, and I'm learning a lot already."

Roberts listens attentively to his on-air guests and soaks up critiques that some of the guests and Mason, director of the 2015 Black hockey history documentary "Soul on Ice: Past, Present & Future," offer when the microphones are off.

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You can follow Elijah over on Instagram @elijah_roberts98 and his show @soulonicethepodcast 

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In this amazing episode you will hear Ellocin Daz who is a fellow ADHD'er and host of the podcast Blue Is Beautiful Podcast! She brings light to mental health through comedy on her show and what she does in life! She has been through her fair share of struggles in life. She was recently diagnosed with ADHD and severe anxiety! She believes laughter is the best medicine, and has found relief through doing her podcast, amongst many other outlets in life! She is an aspiring artist, rapper, comedian. She brings so much value to this show with her laughter and witty jokes! You can go and follow Ellocin and her show over on Instagram @blueisbeautifulpodcast or hit up her website for some of her merch or amazing art work www.ellocindaz.com

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In this episode I sit down with Rory Mitchell, and fellow Canadian podcaster Rory Mitchell, he is a Ontario native, who is also the host of the Mitchell Report Unleashed Podcast! He is also a life coach, who took one of the famous Eric Thomas courses and is now a life coach and mentor himself! He is pushing on 300 episodes released on his show, which has been around since 2016! He also had a very successful blog before he started his show! Strap yourself into your seat for this action packed episode, where we will be talking about mental health, setting boundaries, how you can stay successful and focused with anything you do in life! Pave your own lane in life! 

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You can follow him over on Instagram @official.rory and go check out his show over on Spotify Mitchell Unleashed Report 

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After a long journey of pelvic and thoracic endometriosis, Alexandra became an endometriosis patient advocate.

She started her journey utilizing social media and created @yellowbowsxo on Instagram where she shares her story and struggles with endometriosis. 

​She became passionate about what the future holds for endometriosis care in Canada, when she realized we need change.

In this episode here are some of the things we cover:

If you would like more info about this head over to www.endometriosiscanada.com

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TRIGGER WARNINGS THROUGHOUT THIS EPISODE!!!!

Hey everyone this week I sit down and have such a powerful chat with Calgary native Angelique MacLeod, she is a marketing executive, who's been through hell and back with everything she has been through. You can follow her on her journey over on Instagram @amacleod_ba

She is now showing her art through her modelling career that is taking off! She is also the author of her own book to be released in the near future. 

In this tell all episode she starts right from the beginning being born to teenage parents, being bullied at school and beaten up regularly. She was raped at 13 years of age by a man she thought she loved at such a young age. 

She had her first child at 19, and was then married as well around the same time to a man that was abusive in so many different ways to her. She developed eating disorders along the way and was very unhealthy at one point that she could barely breathe to get up a flight of stairs. She is such an amazing mom to 2 beautiful daughters. 

She has overcome her reliance on alcohol to cope with the copious amounts of pain that she was suffering from through the years, and is now 3 years sober! This is huge for her! 

This story is heartwarming and empowering, she is paving the way for so many others coming up behind her. 

LETS END THE STIGMA TOGETHER AROUND ALL OF THESE THINGS. ITS OK TO NOT BE OK! 

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I am a very intuitive, shamanic healer that through darkness has found light. I have always been highly sensitive and never understood it. I spent majority of my life feeling isolated and trying to numb emotions I felt guilty for having. We compromise ourselves so much for others yet where does that leave us? I understand today, I have always been empathic and had special gifts, I just did not understand it then or how to navigate it. I suppressed so much trauma and pain through isolation, addiction, sex and conditioning my happiness to others. My main goal in life was not to feel. I had a sick body, mind and spirit that manifested into many chronic health issues. I exhausted all I could in Western medicine and got tired of feeling at a brick wall. I realized then that the world is so much bigger than what we know. This sparked a whole journey into healing as whole. I was tired of playing the victim and waiting for someone to save me. I realized I am the only person responsible for myself. I decided I wasn’t going to settle anymore and accept the labels doctors had given me. I was willing to do everything in my power to change my life around. Today I acknowledge that our struggles are necessary for growth. I was blessed to be in isolation for so long that it dove me deep into my divine truth. I realized all I needed was my intuition which is the power of God to guide me. I dedicated two years to intensive work clearing and restoring my health. Once I switched over to a clean, natural lifestyle, I started to realize how literally everything is connected and this began my journey into spirituality. This dove me into Ayurveda, Energy Work and understanding the Law of Attraction. Coming from a girl who felt entirely hopeless and constantly cheating death, I am now standing strong utilizing my empathic gifts to help others release the pain body and gain more awareness into self. I want to empower others to be their own self advocates, peel back the layers to their divine truth and move beyond self-limiting belief patterns. If only we could view every challenge as an initiation to get closer to God. Everything we are creating through the law of attraction and is essentially designed to show us where we are creating resistance in our lives. Life does not have to be a struggle unless you believe it to be. The door is wide open all the time, we just can’t see it. It is our minds that tell us it is closed yet if we have the power to create that thought we have the power to change it.

I ask you to be kind and patient with yourself. I have to remind myself this at times. It takes courage to face yourself and acknowledge your truth, it's not always pretty. Our body holds onto everything, every emotion, feeling, thought we suppress. This damages our cells and creates disfunction in the body and can be the primary source of most health conditions. This is why reiki is so powerful to help release cellular memory. We must feel everything we did not allow ourselves to feel in the past. This can be a process but we can let it go and be free. It is possible and I am living proof. Healing takes time and there is no end result. We just get better at handling the situations and learn to not attach. It can just be an experience. I promise every experience will teach you more about yourself. You are the one creating them.

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