Purpose Through Pain

Host of The Mastermind Effect Podcast, Brandon Straza believes that the right mastermind can be the ultimate secret weapon when it comes to personal development which is why he created The Success Finder App that focuses on helping cut through the noise, invest in oneself, and move past our natural limits. Learn more about working through our limiting beliefs, defining success, and more!

On this episode:

• Brandon shares the “No’s” in his life which are the reasons why he does what he does today
• Learn about the Champion’s mindset
• Learn ways on how to navigate the feeling of self-doubt
• How we can define success
• Learn why ourself is the greatest investment

Key Takeaways:

• The byproduct of solving a problem is money
• Choose to be helpful over being right
• You can take charge of your own success
• Self-doubt will always creep in and we just have to recognize it every time
• Everything in life is sales
• Learn from your past so you can have the opportunity to not make the same mistake

Connect with Brandon Straza:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brandonstraza/

The Mastermind Effect Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-success-finder-podcast/id1524511812

The Success Finder Website: https://thesuccessfinder.com/

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

On This Episode:

• Learn how to get out of the “funk” created by troubles life brings.
• Discover how you can create SMART goals.

Key Takeaways:

1. Think about the results you want to see.
2. Create SMART goals
3. Write your goals down.
4. Create an action plan
5. Create a timeline.
6. Take action.
7. Re-assess

Tweetable Quote:

• Without vision, people perish.
• Our eyesight is distorted. Vision comes from the heart.
• We have the ability to create the atmosphere within which we want to live.

Connect with Joseph James:

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/purthrpn
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

In this episode, Joseph James is joined by Travis Chappell, Host of the Build Your Network, a top 200 podcast. Travis has been featured in Forbes and Entrepreneur and is the founder of Guest IO, a Talent Booking Marketplace, A Better Way to Find, Book, and Pay Guests for your Podcast, Virtual Event, YouTube channel, or content platform.

On This Episode:

• Travis talks about his interest in entrepreneurial topics from an early age.
• Listen in as Travis talks about growing up in a religious bubble, and the difficulty of making the decision to move away from ministry.
• Get the keys to overcoming rejection.
• Hear why Travis began his podcast.

Key Takeaways:

• Confidence is important. Stop imposter syndrome in its track.
• Consistency is the key to success.
• Learn from your no's and remember your yeses.
• Keep a good relationship with yourself.

Connect with Travis Chappell:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/traviscchappell

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travischappell/

Website: https://travischappell.com/

Build Your Network Podcast: https://linktr.ee/BYNpod

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

(replay) Struggling to establish a morning routine? Joseph shares the benefits and the practical steps to establish one that will help you heal.

Before we can reach our goals and create a positive vision, we just need to start small. We need to stop thinking about all the negative things in our lives and think about our future goals.

Download Joseph's Free Morning Routine ebook: https://witty-artisan-3809.ck.page/e99d552ce1

In this episode:

• Morning Routines can heal you.
• It is easy to get stuck in a negative routine.
• The lack of a routine gave Joseph panic attacks.
• How to use the SAVERS strategy in your day.

Key Takeaways:

• Get up 15 minutes early so you can devote time to your morning routine.
• Don't sabotage your sleep or your morning with negative thoughts.
• Create a specific space in your home to begin your morning.

Tweetable Moments:

• "Get specific on what you want to see happen."
• "Time heals wounds if you take action to heal."

Recommended Resource:

Hal Elrod's The Miracle Morning: https://www.amazon.com/Miracle-Morning-Not-So-Obvious-Guaranteed-Transform/dp/0979019710

Download Joseph's Free Morning Routine ebook: https://witty-artisan-3809.ck.page/e99d552ce1

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

(Replay) Family is so important to Joseph James, but as a child, it was quite difficult. He grew up with an abusive father and was very scared of rejection. In this episode, Joseph invites his brother, Michael James, onto the show. They discuss how they grew in their life and what they dealt with as an adult who grew up in an abusive household.

In This Episode:

• Joseph and his brother, Michael, discuss their abusive childhood and the things they’ve taken from it.
• Learn what drove Michael to become entrepreneurial.
• Michel discusses how travel impacted him.
• Michael opens up about his divorce.
• Hear how cycling helped Michael’s mental health.
• Learn how to stop quitting.

Key Takeaways:

• Don’t allow your pain to stick to you.
• You have to be able to stop erosion before you have a full flood.
• We have everything we need to succeed. We just need to take the consistent, correct, steps.

Tweetable Quotes:

• “Make it a priority every day to do SOMETHING.”
• “You’re either eroding or growing.”
• “We quit in small stages.”
• “We’re built to make a difference.”
• “You can’t be grateful and hateful at the same time.”

Connect with Michael:

MichaelJamesRemodeling.com

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

In this episode, Joseph wants to retell his story. This podcast is growing so rapidly, Joseph would like to reconnect with his listeners! Message Joseph on Instagram (@meetjosephjames) or on Facebook (Joseph James or facebook.com/meetjoejames)

On This Episode:

• Joseph shares how he learned to deal with feelings of abandonment, rejection, and abuse.
• Learn the danger of trying to always be a fixer in your relationships.
• Joseph shares how he always sought approval from others.
• Hear Joseph’s vision for the future of the Purpose Through Pain Podcast.

Key Takeaways:

• The number one place you need to look for help is within.
• The pain we experience has a reason for it.
• We can’t touch what we can’t feel.

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

(Replay) Happy New Year! This episode is perfect for the new year. If your new year's resolution is to become the best version of yourself, this is the episode for you.

Joseph James is speaking with Jeremy Herider, the founder of Optimal Self, an organization dedicated to helping you create lasting, quality habits, that we are proud to pass down to the next generation.

Besides helping 1000's create their "Optimal Self" via getting uncomfortable, defining values, then creating the daily habits needed to become the person THEY want to be... Jeremy has plenty of stories to tell from playing 𝗠𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹⚾, then becoming a 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝘁 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻🏋️‍♂️! Both took INSANE daily habits and discipline to achieve! Jeremy's diverse background and extreme dedication to living to his Optimal Self is guaranteed to inspire you.

In This Episode:

• Jeremy talks about his childhood and what led him down the path of professional sports.
• Hear about the crushing moment Jeremy was told he wasn’t good enough to make the all-star team as a 13-year-old and how it shaped his perspective forever.
• Joseph and Jeremy discuss the danger of excuses.
• Learn the power of putting in the work.
• Jeremy breaks down the three values that make him who he is.
• Jeremy opens up about the loss of his son-in-law.

Key Takeaways:

• We overestimate what we can do in a year, we underestimate what we can do in five.
• You have to take responsibility for yourself first and be willing to do shit when nobody is watching.
• It’s not that you’re not good enough, it’s that you’re not good enough yet.

Tweetable Quotes:

• “When the milk spills, if you don’t clean it up, it’s gonna rot.”
• “You don’t get handed shit.”
• "The power of tomorrow starts with the intention of today."

Connect with Jeremy Herider:

Optimal Self: https://www.optimalself.today/

Jeremy's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/basebrawl/

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

Today's episode is perfect for going into the new year. In this episode, Joseph James shares his tips on how to deal with trauma head-on. It is just instinct to want to avoid things that do not make us feel great. The way to heal is to stop avoiding pain and begin working through it today.

Start healing from your past, so you can flourish in your future.

On This Episode:

• Joseph talks about the dangers of avoiding situations that remind us of our past.

Key Takeaways:

• The end result of trauma is shame.
• Shame makes us seek approval.
• Healing from trauma requires turning to the true authentic self.

Tweetable Quote:

• "Vulnerability brings healing."
• "All human behavior is nothing but an attempt of protection learned in childhood."
• "Trauma creates core beliefs."

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/purthrpn

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/252908273026721

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

In this episode, Joseph speaks with Michelle Jewberry, an international philanthropist and advocate. In July 2017 she founded a non-profit called Unsilenced Voices, an organization that inspires victims to break free of silence and assault. 

Joseph met Michelle at the Ultimate Wealth Camp in Las Vegas, where Joseph was a speaker. 

Michelle was a victim of domestic violence. In 2016, she performed a 65-minute solo play about her experience, and after that, she connected with so many others who the same things have happened to them. 

Text UNITE to 26786 to receive a downloadable document to help you overcome and recover 

In this episode: 

Michelle grew up in a healthy and happy family

She found herself in an abusive relationship for 4 years 

How she founded unsilenced voices

Key Takeaways:

The stages of domestic abuse

Try to leave at the first sign of abuse

Before you're trapped in a toxic relationship, research that person 

The ways to get out of an abusive relationship

Tweetable moments: 

"Hurt people hurt people."

"You fall in love with someone for good times."

"Just keep swimming. Nothing can make you give up." 

Connect with Michelle Jewberry:

Unsilenced Voices: https://unsilencedvoices.org/

Michelle's coaching and masterclass: https://www.unsilencemyvoice.com/

Michelle’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michellejewsburyspeaks

Michelle’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michellejewsbury/

Text UNITE to 26786 to receive a downloadable document to help you overcome and recover

Do you find yourself struggling with triggers? In this episode, Joseph James explains how he recently learned what triggers are and how to communicate with someone who struggles with them.

Through the process of learning, he was able to understand how to be sensitive about others' triggers, as well as how he was able to acknowledge his own triggers to work through his past.

Key Takeaways:

• Triggers are teachers that show us what we need to heal.
• Triggers disclose areas where we need to heal.
• Learn what triggers others and focus on the root cause, not the symptoms.

Tweetable Quotes:

• “Ask what happened and WHY it happened.”
• “Triggers are teachers.”

Connect with Joseph James:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meetjoejames

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/