We have learned from a very young age that when we don't fit in, we try to adapt and therefore we stop becoming ourselves and we become a false version of us.

A lot of people are so focused on how they look on the outside, they're not really taking care of themselves on the inside.

The process of getting to know yourself is a lifelong one, and you become what you say to yourself repeatedly.

On today’s episode, my guest is Rock Thomas, a coach, a trainer, a mastermind leader, a real estate businessman, and an inspiration for millions of people, including me. We discuss how our brains can be reprogrammed for success and happiness and how everybody can become financially free by changing their mindset.

Rock Thomas is the world’s number one Whole Life Success expert, whole life meaning business, personal relationships, and finance. He is a leader in the personal development community and if you don’t know who Rock Thomas is, all you have to do is go to Youtube and type “Rock Thomas Goalcast” and you will find that he has a video that touched approximately 72 million lives, where he shares his story.

So, listen to Episode 15 of My Fitness Ride, to learn how to change the way you see yourself in a world where the words that follow after “I am” are influenced by the environment that we live in.

Questions I ask:

• What stage of your career would you say you found yourself at, at that point, when the Goalcast video happened? (05:30)               
• Which book have you given most as a gift? (31:46)
• Which failure, if there is a particular one or a group of them, would you say has been the one you've learned from, the most? (33:55)
• what's the best recommendation you can give to someone, for example like me, who is starting in this process of learning how to invest in real estate or becoming a coach or a trainer, who's on the first floor on your building? (37:57)

In this episode, you will learn:

• How Rock got to shoot the video for Goalcast. (03:52)
• The meaning of the metaphor, “50-floor building” (06:22)
• The purpose of M1 Mastermind. (07:48)
• The five steps of ingraining into yourself an empowering reality. (19:12)
• How to deal with judgment from the outside world, with regards to appearance, or trying to lose weight, or trying to be healthier. (22:20)
• The Sunday System for success. (26:30)

Connect with Rock:

• Website
• M1 website
• Facebook

Resources mentioned:

• Book: The Power of Your Identity: The Secret to Creating Lasting Change
• Youtube Goalcast Video

Putting yourself out there and speaking from the heart, is one of the best ways to connect with other people.

Sometimes you really don't see all of your qualities because you've been living with yourself all these years and you don't realize you've got a lot going on.

When you're full of happiness and you're full of love and just have a lot to give, people feel that too, and you become naturally more attractive.

With a bit of self-confidence, you can look like a completely different person.

Everybody has a beautiful soul and it's just a matter of getting to it.

And we all have something to offer.

In today’s episode of My Fitness Ride, I talk with a dear friend of mine, Tina Jesso, who will give you tips and tricks on what matters most in the dating world.

Tina is the co-creator of LoveinSync dating website for those passionate about personal growth – that is launching soon! She strongly believes that every human has unlimited potential and that with perseverance, the right support and guidance through coaching, great achievements are possible. That is why she and her partner and life coach, Susan Hum have integrated life, love and style coaching into LoveinSync. Her intimate knowledge in the online dating industry is a valuable quality that will help her guide LoveinSync and its members on their love journey and she hopes to bring this to a countless number of singles to bring them together in the world of love. Her key to success is not only focusing on the inner self, but also using her long-time passion for style to help educate singles on how to revitalize their appearance and thus, their attraction factor.

Find out how to fully take advantage of LoveinSync website, from a woman with a million dollar smile.

In this episode you will learn:

• What matching algorithm is used on Love and Sync (09:20)
• The types of coaching that Tina will provide on her dating website (12:30)
• How Tina views people that are dating multiple people (32:25)
• Zoom pre-dating can save you a lot of time (35:50)
• What superpowers does Tina have (39:45)

Connect with Tina:

•  www.loveinsync.com

“In a world of the truth, you own the ability at any given moment to bring anything to the party. You have the ability to break free from your history. You have the ability to break free from your past.”

The natural state of humanity is one of reaction. 

Once you find a way to gain control of your own life, you’re taking the first step to creating an intentional life. 

You have to give back to create that leverage and keep you going. 

On today’s episode, my guest is Michael Nitti, one of my good friends and mentors. He is a leader of our Mastery Mastermind. We discuss overcoming the natural state of reaction, and what it looks like to be intentional in life and love. 

Michael has been touching people’s lives and hearts for over 30 years, having held executive-level positions in several industries. He works primarily with higher-end clients, coaching for one of the top coaching companies on the planet. He’s one of the most prolific coaches on the planet, coaching over 100 clients a month, allowing him to refine and perfect his signature teachings. 

So listen to Episode 13 of My Fitness Ride, and take your first step into moving out of a life of reaction and into a life of intention. 

Some Questions I Ask: 

• Who were you before you became a coach? (4:51)
• When did you actually become a coach? (14:51)
• What have been your biggest wins with your coaching clients? (19:31)
• After falling off track, how can you start again? (35:36)
• What does showing up on purpose look like? (36:31)
• What moves you in life? (50:17)

In this episode, you will learn: 

• How Michael came alive through Landmark Worldwide. (7:59)
• How Michael contributed to Tony Robbins’ first coaching program. (14:57)
• How to shift from reaction mode into a state of intention. (24:01)
• How the inherent human fear of not being good enough tries to hold you back. (33:46)
• How to find and keep love. (43:26)

Connect with Michael: 

Intention Quest

Resources mentioned: 

The Trophy Effect by Michael Nitti

Landmark Worldwide

"Fear itself is the creation of your mind, it does not exist independently. Since it is a fabrication, you do not have to fight it, just understand it. Understanding is the key to freedom."

Always consider what's behind fear.

When you know that the by-product of fear is amazing

And the best things in your life always run the other side of that

Then you move on and you create something so beautiful and so great!

On today’s episode, I talk with Frank about two of the most important emotions in our life: fear and gratitude.

Frank Clark is a results-oriented Life and Business Coach with over 25 years of formal training with accomplished transformational speakers like Tony Robbins, Zig Ziglar, Brian Tracy, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Jim Rohn, and Keith Cunningham. He is the co-creator and co-host of GratiTube TV - a show dedicated to the power of Gratitude, Finances, Relationships, Health/Fitness, Entrepreneurship, and Personal/Professional Development.

Frank says that fear is an important component of your body but it's not the component that needs to run your life.

So, listen to Episode 12 of My Fitness Ride, to learn that when you face your fear and you take some chances, you will lose sometimes, but you really only lose if you don’t take away the lesson.

Questions I ask:

• How did you feel about gratitude when you were going through your divorce? (16:24)
• Did fear play a factor in knowing that you were putting yourself up there, with another person? (38:39)
• What advice would you give to a brand new midlifer who just turned 40, about to enter the midlife world? (51:44)
• Do you have a favorite failure that you’ve been throughout your life? (54:20)
• If you could have a gigantic billboard with your favorite phrase/quote, what would it say? (55:40)

In this episode, you will learn:

• The Spiral Dynamics exercise – what it represents and what meant to Frank’s development. (04:45)
• The steps of grieving. (19:22)
• The components of state management. (29:53)
• The Second Act Mastermind – what it is and who can benefit from it. (43:42)
• The importance of Mastermind classes. (49:15)

Connect with Frank:

• Website
• Gratitube TV
• Instagram
• LinkedIn
• Facebook

Resources mentioned:

• Date with Destiny
• Unleash the Power Within
• Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Gratitude is the antidote to all the nasty emotions that we go through.

You cannot be angry and grateful at the same time.

When you live a life where you're grateful for what you do have at the moment,

Everything you want will slowly but surely make its way.

Challenge yourself to be grateful every day!

On today’s episode, my guest is Michelle Sorro, one of my mentors and the woman behind the Facebook Live Challenge. She and I talk about the power of gratitude, the real meaning of the challenge she has started, and the fears and biases that stop people from moving forward.

Michelle is a Transformation Activist and Media Strategist. She is the Founder of the Live Video Mastery Academy, TV Host on Extra, Speaker, and the host of The Fire and Soul podcast. She is a published author on the topic of gratitude, has meditated with the Dalai Lama, and literally walked on fire.

She says that when she was really young, she told her mother that she wanted to have a job where she could say what she wanted, when she wanted, how she wanted and where she wanted.

So listen to Episode 11 of My Fitness Ride, and come with us in a journey that encourages you to let people see your true self.

Questions I ask:

• Singing Waitress Little Mermaid – What is that all about? (00:05:37)
• How did your mindset change from being a real estate agent, and facing that crisis, to changing careers? (00:12:47)
• Can you explain to our listeners what The Facebook Live Challenge is? (00:20:57)
• What is Radical Self Love? (00:34:07)
• What can someone in a bad situation be grateful for? (00:55:04)

In this episode, you will learn:

• Michelle’s story and the challenges she’s been through. (00:8:12)
• What ‘significance’, as one of the basic human needs, means. (00:27:04)
• Why people want to join the Facebook Live Challenge. (00:32:35)
• What you can do when you’re in a bad place. (00:38:34)
• Why the impostor syndrome stops you from showing yourself to the world. (00:49:15)
• How looking at hard times you had in the past, helps you with the hard times you are facing now (01:01:05)

Connect with Michelle:

• LinkedIn
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Website
• Facebook Live Challenge Group
• Fire and Soul Podcast

"It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has."

Everyone's case is very individual, we're not all the same,

What works for one person, doesn't have to work for someone else.

Not everything is one thing.

Some things could be structural, could be nutritional,

And some things could be chemical or emotional.

On today’s episode, Carla and I help you find answers to a variety of topics on human health, from structural, nutritional and emotional standpoints.

Carla Vilches is a chiropractor, clinical nutritionist, occupational therapist and coach, Board Certified Pediatric and Pregnancy Chiropractor, holds various Certifications, specializing in emotional release work and body healing techniques. She currently has a practice in New York City and Puerto Rico. She has experience with pre- and postnatal care, pediatric population, special-needs children and adults, patients with mental health issues and people who find themselves overwhelmed with anxiety and panic, addictions, physical and mental blockages, endocrine and spine-related issues.

She always says that she doesn’t bring any healing, she just brings your body to balance.

So listen to Episode 10 of My Fitness Ride, to learn that being exposed to things that are keeping you off homeostasis, is a problem and find out where to dig in your life, to have a mind-body balance.

Questions I ask:

• What exactly goes into your evaluation? (11:10)
• What do you do, energetically, with the body? (22:25)
• What is adrenal fatigue? (31:35)
• How do you measure, monitor and treat fatigue? (35:23)
• What exactly do you do as a nutritional coach? (45:58)

In this episode, you will learn:

• The emotion code. (06:57)
• The two levels of awareness. (18:13)
• What Applied Kinesiology is. (26:50)
• The difference between fatigue and exhaustion. (33:42)
• The Superman Pose and the Smile Technique. (40:37)

Connect with Carla:

• Website
• LinkedIn
• Instagram
• Facebook
• Office Number: 917-756-9022

"To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before."

We are told to set goals that scare us,

But we always feel tempted to set goals that seem reachable

Because we tell ourselves, "I'm not going to set a goal that is unachievable and then feel bad about it."

This is not about feeling bad or feeling good, and it's not about reaching it or not,

It's about giving your brain the directive, the target of where you want to go, to reach your full potential.

What matters, in the end, is that whatever you believe in, it takes action to get where you want to go.

On today’s episode, I’m talking to Lilly Wang about the Law of Attraction, and how its concept is often misunderstood by many people.

Lilly Wang is a public speaker on human rights and female empowerment and she has worked as a consultant in places like the World Health Organization. Having been involved in so many events and public speaking with regards to female empowerment, she decided to go into entrepreneurship, basically, to change her whole life, build a better financial structure, and have the freedom and money to do more things for others, such as public speaking in events for female economic empowerment. She coaches other people through changing their mindset and then becoming more effective in their projects.

Lilly says that talking about the Law of Attraction is like talking about the concept of the air.

So listen to Episode 9 of My Fitness Ride, to learn how you are constantly attracting what you are, who you are and your thoughts.

Questions I ask:

• What does the Law of Attraction mean to you, personally? (14:53)
• What is the vibration concept all about? (19:22)
• Is it the Law of Attraction or is it just the hard work and dedication and faith in your talents, to get where you want to be? (29:39)

In this episode, you will learn:

• How our reticular activating system brings into focus what we desire. (04:00)
• Why goal setting is extremely important in our economically driven society. (17:27)
• How you can attract money by first understanding what it really means. (21:53)
• The perception people have that success comes from nowhere. (26:04)
• Why two people, at the same job, with the same job title, can have drastically different results in life. (33:47)

Connect with Lilly:

• Facebook
•  LinkedIn

"Your life is like a play with several acts.

Some of the characters are going to have short roles to play, others much larger.

Some are villains, and others are good guys,

But all of them are necessary, otherwise, they wouldn't be in the play.

 Embrace them all and move on to the next act.”

Things happen at the right moment,

And we have to view those that are seemingly bad, as the Universe giving us what we need at the time.

On today’s episode, I have a powerful conversation with Dana about the struggles a victim has to deal with and the benefits of pulling through.

At the age of 19, Dana Liesegang was raped and thrown off of a 75-foot cliff. She ended up being quadriplegic, but her life didn’t end there. She has written a book called, „Falling Up: My Wild Ride from Victim to Kick-Ass Victory”. Her will to live and her determination helped Dana walk again. Now, she is a motivational speaker, with a strong desire to help other victims accept and acknowledge what happened to them, and move on.

She says that the love for the people around her has kept her alive.

So listen to Episode 8 of My Fitness Ride, to find out about how giving up is not an option and how forgiving can sometimes be the first step to recovery.

Questions I ask:

• Why is your book entitled "Falling Up"? (03:57)
• Do you remember that event? (07:34)
• How do you start to be able to forgive? (20:46)
• What's on your bucket list for the future? (30:25)
• What would be your biggest fear? (38:35)

In this episode, you will learn:

• What happened to Dana and how she recovered against all odds. (04:43)
• How visualization made her able to move her feet. (13:45)
• What Chinese doctors did, that helped Dana improve her movements. (15:20)
• The steps to forgiveness. (19:10)
• How she got over the suicide attempts. (27:40)
• Why she dedicated her book to her dog. (43:05)

Connect with Dana

• Facebook

"Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom" 

There's so much suffering that goes on relationships, it's not all fun and games.

It's the place where we are the happiest and where we suffer the most.

With relationships, there's so many things that you can learn about yourself.

When you first come into a relationship, sometimes you do things for them, rather than remembering who you are as a person and what you bring to the relationship.

When you lose who you are, they're not attracted to you anymore.

Once you become emotionally attached, it's hard to be clear in what that relationship offers

Because in the world we live in, we're fed stories and is very easy to fall in the trap of not staying in the real world.

On today’s episode, I have a conversation with Jenny Falter Souto, regarding relationships, but also regarding fitness, exercises, and habits around walking every day. 

Jenny Falter Souto is a relationship coach. She helps men and women rise above divorce, rebuild their confidence and recreate a life they love. Creator of Heart's Untethered, Mending your heart post-divorce and beyond, she is also a Post-divorce Heart Coach and Speaker. And there's a small detail - she is also a nurse of 22 years.

She explains to us her mission regarding helping people recover from divorce and regain their confidence and being able to be free again.

We all deserve a second chance - you do too. So listen to Episode 7 of My Fitness Ride, and learn how you can heal after a breakup.

Questions I ask:

•  What is Relationship Coaching? (10:30)
•  What do you tell someone who has just been dumped? (13:20)
• Do you get many people needing relationship coaching, in order to find the relationship? (22:25)
• When does someone decide that it's really over? Is there a black and white way to figure that out? (32:00)
•  How did you decide to get into coaching? (33:40)

In this episode, you will learn:

• What is the purpose of the 100 Days Moving Challenge. (05:00)
• The difference between bragging with your success and bringing other people up. (06:50)
• What the meaning of limerence is. (27:50)
• How Jenny’s first divorce influenced her to become who she is now. (34:35)
• The three levels of confidence. (38:00) 

Connect with Jenny:

• Website
•  Facebook
•  LinkedIn
•  Instagram
• Email: [email protected]

“Meditation is the tunnel to the soul and the language of our spirit.”

When you meditate, you do not quiet your mind.

Your mind will always produce thoughts.

You just acknowledge them and let them go.

The magic happens in that space between thoughts.

Our subconscious makes up 90% of our mind and it’s like a computer that stores every event you've ever experienced in your life.

It controls every choice you make, every habit you have.

Intent alone is very powerful.

But when you're using imagination and feeling, to communicate, it literally reprograms your soul and your subconscious mind.

On today’s episode, I have a conversation with Nancy Penttila Lemire about meditation, energy, and visualization, amongst other interesting topics.

Nancy Penttila Lemire is recognized internationally as a holistic healer, spiritual advisor, multifaceted healer, teacher, and alchemist. Nancy is also the developer of best-selling „Inner Miracles” hypnosis audio programs. She is also the founder of the Whole Body Wellness Center and InnerMiracles.com, where you can find some of the world's most comprehensive healing protocols, life-changing retreats and transformational coaching and membership programs. She has trained and worked with world-renowned doctors, healers and meditation masters, that have credited her as being ’revolutionary’, ’ranking among the best healers in the world’ and ’having the potential to make an eternal imprint on humanity’, with her powerful intuition, pure energy, gifted hands and her love for the human spirit.

Her driving force is the vision she holds of eliminating needless suffering and creating a healthy and peaceful world, one in which she will play a vital role in helping you to reclaim your power, recapture your health and revitalize your life.

So, listen to Episode 6 of My Fitness Ride, and learn how meditation and healing practices can help you exceed the expectations you’re having for a harmonious life.

Questions I ask:

·       Who is our higher self? (08:05)

·       How would you explain the health benefits of meditating? (09:45)

·       What are energy bodies? (15:35)

·       Why is visualization so powerful? (29:10)

·       What are the main ways that women suffer from vulnerability? (42:20)

In this episode, you will learn:

·       The difference between meditation and hypnosis. (09:55)

·       How the holes in your aura attract negative energies. (20:20)

·       The types of energy healing. (24:10)

·       How the fear of change influences your success. (33:05)

·       How vulnerability can be a strength (37:30)

Connect with Nancy:

·       Facebook

·       Website

·       Whole Body Wellness Center