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Thank you for clicking on this episode! Today's FLOW episode is about how to address the feeling that nothing you do matters and feeling powerless due to what's going on in the world today.

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Growing up in the segregated South in a family of eleven children and nurtured by a loving mother and father, Janice Bryant Howroyd faced racism and sexism in addition to the challenges faced by every new business owner. None of that stopped her from becoming the first black woman to own a billion-dollar business.

Janice Bryant Howroyd, a North Carolina native, left her hometown in 1976 armed with $900. Two years later she founded ActOne, which she grew into a multibillion-dollar global organization that now leads the human resources industry. With 2,000+ employees across more than twenty countries, ActOne Group is the largest privately held, woman-owned workforce solutions company in the world. A businesswoman, entrepreneur, educator, and ambassador, Janice has also worked with U.S. presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. In 2016 she was appointed by President Obama as an advisor on HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities), and continues her service. Her passion for education, mentorship, and self-empowerment initiatives has earned her extensive professional and philanthropic recognition. Her passion to support women and next generations in achieving their dreams of self fulfillment are key motivators to her sharing her story.

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Eddie Pinero is a speaker and producer from Boston, MA with a passion for inspiring others. An avid runner and former D1 athlete, Eddie has taken his competitive mindset to the realm of entrepreneurship, creating multiple businesses and reaching millions of entrepreneurs, athletes, and others around the globe. From the keynote presentations he provides to the viral video content he produces, Eddie’s message is clear; anything is possible in life if you believe in yourself and work toward your dreams.

- https://www.yourworldwithin.com/

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Susan David, PhD, is a psychologist on faculty at Harvard Medical School, co-founder and co-director of the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, and CEO of Evidence Based Psychology. An in-demand speaker and consultant, David has worked with senior leadership of hundreds of major organizations, including the United Nations, Ernst & Young, and the World Economic Forum. Her work has been featured in numerous leading publications, including the Harvard Business Review, Time, Fast Company, and the Wall Street Journal.

Emotional agility is a revolutionary, science-based approach that allows us to navigate life’s twists and turns with self-acceptance, clear-sightedness, and an open mind. Renowned psychologist Susan David developed this concept after studying emotions, happiness, and achievement for more than twenty years. She found that no matter how intelligent or creative people are, or what type of personality they have, it is how they navigate their inner world—their thoughts, feelings, and self-talk—that ultimately determines how successful they will become.

The way we respond to these internal experiences drives our actions, careers, relationships, happiness, health—everything that matters in our lives. As humans, we are all prone to common hooks—things like self-doubt, shame, sadness, fear, or anger—that can too easily steer us in the wrong direction. Emotionally agile people are not immune to stresses and setbacks. The key difference is that they know how to adapt, aligning their actions with their values and making small but powerful changes that lead to a lifetime of growth. Emotional agility is not about ignoring difficult emotions and thoughts; it’s about holding them loosely, facing them courageously and compassionately, and then moving past them to bring the best of yourself forward.

Drawing on her deep research, decades of international consulting, and her own experience overcoming adversity after losing her father at a young age, David shows how anyone can thrive in an uncertain world by becoming more emotionally agile. To guide us, she shares four key concepts that allow us to acknowledge uncomfortable experiences while simultaneously detaching from them, thereby allowing us to embrace our core values and adjust our actions so they can move us where we truly want to go.

- https://www.susandavid.com/


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Joseph De Sena, 44, has been an entrepreneur since his pre-teens. From selling fireworks at age eight, to starting a t-shirt business in high school, to building a multimillion-dollar pool business in college, to creating a Wall Street trading firm, De Sena is a living definition of the word "entrepreneur." Currently he is a managing director for ICAP, a brokerage agency.

De Sena knows what it feels like to succeed outside the office, too - and that's the feeling he seeks to bring to the world's athletes with the Spartan Race series. Throughout his lifetime, he's competed in any extreme sports adventure he could find, testing his mental and physical endurance against nature.

Growing up in Queens, Joe's mother valued healthy eating and living and passed along that value system. It's been well-documented that he worked hard growing up and ultimately got to Wall Street, where he made his mark and made himself a small fortune. He moved his family to Pittsfield, Vermont, and quickly entrenched himself and his family in the local landscape. Joe moved to Vermont in an attempt to get back to the way things used to be.

It's also well documented that Joe turned an interest in endurance racing into a passion. His racing resume is the stuff of legends - over 50 ultra-events overall and 14 Ironman events in one year alone. Most of his races are 100 miles or more with a few traditional marathons in the mix. (He once said that running a 26.2 marathon distance was "adorable.")

To put it in perspective, he did the Vermont 100, the Lake Placid Ironman and the Badwater Ultra... in one week. The elevation climb for the 135-mile Badwater race, which starts hundreds of feet below sea level in Death Valley, is over 8,500 feet up to Mt. Whitney and temperatures soar into the 120's. Joe also biked cross-country in the Furnace Creek 508 which has been coined "The Toughest 48 Hours in Sport." It's no wonder his favorite quote is, "Death is the price we pay for life, so make it worth it."

Joe's other athletic achievements:

- Raid International Ukatak: Canada, January 2001
- IditaSport: Alaska February, 2001 (1st place)
- Odyssey Adventure Race: Big Island, Va., March 2001
- OAR Beast of the East: Clayton Lakes, Va., April 2001 (1st place)
- Raid The North Extreme: Newfoundland, June 2001 (13th place out of 42)
- Adrenaline Rush: Dublin, Ireland, July 2001
- Discovery World Championships: St. Moritz, Switzerland August, 2001

In 2005, Joe decided that the world needed a new race, something that had never been done. And so, together with Peak Races, he created The Death Race, a 24-hour mental and physical test filled with unknown obstacles (www.youmaydie.com). Racers couldn't and wouldn't know what to expect. The fear of the unknown would either break or motivate, and all they could do was try to survive. The race waiver includes three words: "I may die." It doesn't get any more real than that. No way to train, no way to prepare, just show up and make it to the end. And don't expect any love from Joe or the volunteers. They want to break these people, make them quit. Joe's been quoted as saying, "There's no light at the end of the tunnel. We're basically holding your hand to help you quit. The same way life does, right?"

Joe, and other racers who came to be called the "Founding Few" wanted to create another event, something that captured the extreme spirit of the legendary Death Race, but was modified and accessible to a much wider racing audience. And so the Spartan Race (www.spartanrace.com) was born in 2010.

Spartan Race has grown dramatically in 2013 over just the year before. The number of competitors now stands at approximately 350,000 racers in 60 races in 2013 in the U.S., Canada and the UK. Over 3 million "likes" are on Facebook, a new e-book is available at spartanrace.com, and an NBC Sports TV Special airs on Dec. 7, 2013. Participation in 2014 is expected to grow to 650,000 at events in 22-plus countries.

Spartan intends to wake up the world up and save humanity, one racer at a time if need be. It's a race meant to challenge, to push, to intimidate, to test and even to break those brave enough to try, and it was designed by seven people who know what that feels like. "Fun run" doesn't apply here. It's about being uncomfortable, overcoming obstacles and finding out what's possible when what you expect of yourself is everything. In the words of Joe himself: "The phrase 'I can't' doesn't mean anything to me anymore, not because of my ego but because I know anything is possible."

About Spartan Race

Spartan Race, voted Outside Magazine's Best Obstacle Race in 2012, is the world's leading obstacle racing series and the first of its kind to have global rankings. With 350,000 participants in 2013 at 60 events, Spartan Race is making this one of the fastest growing sports in the world. Spartan Race is a timed event series featuring races at four escalating distances in locations worldwide that culminate in a World Championship Finale with cash and prizes for the champions - with $300,000 in cash and prizes awarded in 2013 alone. While featuring competitive elite heats, Spartan Races are for athletes of all levels and abilities and are geared toward ripping people off their couches and into the outdoors.

- www.spartan.com
- https://joedesena.com/

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I figured I'd give this a shot! Please give me some feedback on my inspirational poem :)

*inhale*

*exhale*

*inhale*

I remember those days
that were all bad
I remember my ways
that made me sad
I remember the way my face would look mad
No matter how hard I tried
I would fall flat on the floor
I was so mentally anguished dying at war
Looked up at the board and saw 0 on the score
Put my head back down, said I can’t do this anymore

but now looking back at it, it makes me glad
those days when I almost broke my back
and not just physically that,
I’m talking being torn mentally in half
tho metaphysically I grew exponentially on life’s graph

those days when everyone told me to give up
when I didn’t have anybody but myself
I had to forgive, accept, and love myself
because how else am I going to do this?

but now looking back at it makes me glad

My struggles made me into who I am
I couldn’t have designed a better life for myself than
just following and co-creating with the Universe’s plan
Towards finding my purpose like a wise man

Who can try his best in every scenario
Who doesn’t blame but takes responsibility
that can create new abilities
Who can find the truth, not the ego
what you will find is everywhere that we go
Life will begin to show you a new flow
a new wave you can jump on and ride
towards the next adventure
the next chapter
the next story
and then one day...
you can look back, much stronger
and say it makes you glad

Thank you for listening!

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Akshay Nanavati is a US Marine veteran, entrepreneur, ultra runner, author, and master of fear praised by the Dalai Lama. Everyone experiences fear, stress, or anxiety at some point in life—but that is not a bad thing. When harnessed, these forces can be our greatest source of strength.

Weaving together inspiring stories; in-depth research in neuroscience, psychology, and spirituality; practical insight; and effective strategies, Fearvana teaches the science of how to transform all your seemingly negative emotions into health, wealth, and happiness. Discover a revolutionary approach that shatters conventional wisdom, giving you the tools to leverage your fear, stress, and anxiety to accomplish anything you set your mind to.

By laying out clear, proven, and actionable steps to find bliss through suffering, Fearvana will help you develop an unstoppable mind. This is the essential guide for you to overcome any barrier standing between where you are now and where you want to be.

- https://fearvana.com/
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Marcus Aurelius Anderson is an author, TEDx speaker, Keynote Speaker and executive Mindset Coach. While preparing to deploy with the U.S. Army, Marcus suffered a severe spinal injury that left him paralyzed. After dying on the operating table twice, the surgeons saved his life, but told him he'd never walk again.

Having no other option, Marcus started doing some brutally honest soul searching, looking for the lesson to be learned from his injury. Once he started seeing his Adversity as a gift instead of a curse, something miraculous began to happen...

Marcus now speaks, writes, inspires and teaches others to overcome their own Adversity and actualize their personal definition of success.

His TEDx talk "The Gift of Adversity" tells of how we can use our Adversity to make us into better leaders, citizens and human beings.

- https://www.marcusaureliusanderson.com/

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Brandon Farbstein inspires millions of people across the globe with his universal message of living life on your own terms and innovating your own solution. At just 19, Brandon is a renowned empowerment & TEDx speaker, Gen Z activist, and author. Brandon was diagnosed with a rare form of dwarfism at the age of 2, and he has turned his experience of life from suffering, isolation, and victimhood to empowerment, impact, and influence. After a severe battle with cyberbullying in high school, Brandon decided to share his story- to both offer hope, and to enact change. Brandon has since helped bring forth two new anti-bullying laws in Virginia and will be working with lawmakers in DC to implement new policy federally.
Whether on tour with his recently published book Ten Feet Tall, sharing his message with students at schools across the country including Stoneman Douglas HS in Parkland, FL, or working with Fortune 500 companies, Brandon consistently delivers tools for audiences of all ages to shift perspectives and strengthen their mindset. Last summer, he toured with March For Our Lives, empowering youth across the country to impact and be the change they want to see in the world. In 2018 Brandon was named TigerBeat & Instagram's #19under19 as one of the 19 most influential teens globally.

- https://brandonfarbstein.com/

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Thank you for clicking on this episode! Today's FLOW episode is about how to address the feeling that nothing you do matters or the world and your life has no meaning anymore because of a crisis, adversity and struggle.

Catch my book - Screw Being Shy, on my website markmetry.com

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