Purpose Through Pain

When you're in a relationship, and you're telling yourself, he does it because he

loves you or loves you anyways, but he's still treating you wrong, stop telling

yourself the story because it gets you stuck.

In this episode, Joseph shares about going through something that affects and

holds us back that creates a story in our life all centered around trauma,

pain, guilt, and shame.

A lot of us get stuck in our situation because the story that we tell ourselves keeps

us there.

Key Takeaways:

• Don't get stuck on your story where your story makes you get stuck where you are.
• Tell your story from a hero's perspective, not a victim's.

Tweetable Moments:

“Pain is life's greatest teacher.”

“Transparency brings healing to others.”

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On this episode

We have an amazing guest – Joe Ortega.

His journey started at 14 years old, homeless and hungry for change. He came across

“think and grow rich” and instantly changed his life. He started to sell

clothes online for quick money, which led him to create his first business, a

clothing brand called “Elite Kings Clothing”. He was homeless at the time of

founding his first business, applied what he learned from think and grow rich,

and sold that company at the age of 18. This was the true beginning of his

journey into the journey of a thousand miles.

Tweetable Quotes:

Stop wasting your time doing things that don’t get you results. – Joseph Ortega

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It doesn’t take much to recognize when we’re in a storm. In this episode, I shared some actionable steps that one can take when experiencing a difficult situation or facing life's trials and tribulations.

Key Takeaways:

• Always do your best to weather the storm.
• Don’t stop in the midst of your storm.
• You’re going to have bad days but never let your day dictate your life.
• Do not change direction in the midst of your storm.
• Know and recognize that you’re in a storm, and it’s completely okay. 
• Feed your mind with things that will help you get better.

Tweetable Quotes:

• To change your mind, you have to feed your mind.
• Change your mindset. Change your world.
• You can not climb a smooth mountain. 

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When you are disciplined, get your life in order so when you aren't, everything doesn’t fall apart. 

In Joseph’s life, there have been times he has excelled at being disciplined, but in times of grief and pain, he has failed. Joseph has been a member of the marine corps, law enforcement, homeland security, taught self-defence, has a dog training business, and is a solopreneur. This does not mean that he has self-discipline all the time.

If you need discipline for eating better, doing better in school, getting better at work, going to the gym, etc, this episode is for you. 

In this episode:

• Joseph shares the best and most effective ways to get disciplined, even when it seems impossible
• Why you need to be disciplined
• How to plan ahead for a better life, when things are going wrong

Key Takeaways:

• Challenge yourself to finish
• Plan ahead
• Create an atmosphere in which you want to thrive and be successful,
• There is no such thing as perfectionism 
• Celebrate yourself, even if everything goes wrong.

Tweetable Moments:

• “It's very easy once you’ve done something to find an escape route, this is just an easy excuse”
• “Becasue of the fact I am human, I go through stuff.”

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When you keep telling yourself the same story, nothing will change. 

In this episode, Joseph James talks all about identity, and how most people prioritize the wrong thing. Changing your identity is something that many people struggle with for a whole lifetime. 

If you want to change your identity, the vision of yourself must change.

How we feel about our own lives is so important. We create an identity for ourselves about how we talk, look, act, and even who we interact with so we can keep up a certain look or idea of ourselves

But when your profession becomes your identity, something certainly needs to change. Joseph experienced this first hand, and in this episode, tells the story of how he was able to change his mindset around this. 

If your identity is work, and if your job changes, your job changes your life feels meaningless. 

In this episode:

• Joseph shares how he had to change his identity twice. Once after a career change, and once after his wife passed away. 
• The steps to take to change your identity. 
• How to know when your identity is no longer working for you. 

Key Takeaways:

• If you want to change your identity, the vision of yourself must change.
• Work should not be your identity.
• Your identity can change, when you put effort into it. 

Tweetable moments:

“Align your future with where you want your identity to be.”

“If I want a different future, I have to change how I think now.”

“Change your mindset, change your world.”

We’ve all experienced deep wounds that can last a lifetime. When we don’t practice forgiveness, we prevent healing and become the ones who are hurt in the long run.

On This Episode:

• Joseph James shares the physical abuse he experienced as a child.
• Walk in a mindset of forgiveness, even when you’re in the heat of it.
• Joseph warns how trauma can control your actions and lead you to hurt others.
• No human being can bring healing to you. You have to make the decision.

Key Takeaways:

1. Make the decision to change.
2. Recognize the value of forgiveness.
3. Identify what needs to heal.
4. Acknowledge your emotions.

Tweetable Quotes:

"You win by forgiveness."

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At the age of 16, Alison Leitheiser was diagnosed with a virus in the spinal cord that left her as a quadriplegic but did not let that define her life. She experienced seizures, fatigue, organ damage, and paralysis. She did not give up, she wanted to be a contributing member of society once again and do what she loved, being active. 

As a child, she loved gymnastics and wanted to go to the Olympics. That was her coping mechanism to stress in life, and at the age of 13, she had to give it all up. 

She asked God time and time again, “Why did you give me a sidelines body, but not give me a sidelines heart”. She learned to build her body back up as a friend and ally, and love it regardless of the struggles and pain.

She went on to compete in American Ninja Warrior, finishing a triathlon, and other athletic endeavors. 

She now helps others heal emotionally, physically, and spiritually through her clinic. She started her road as an alternative health care practitioner in 2002, started her own clinical practice in 2009, and today she loves working with people's health challenges and helping them find their way to wellness. Now she wants to give that experience of feeling better, help others participate in life more, and reclaim your health!

Key Takeaways:

• Not allowing adversities to define your life
• Allison’s strong desire to continue participating in life. 
• The power of feeding your faith and starving your fears 
• How music can lift up our mood and use as therapy 
• How to move from a place of overwhelm to calmness so you can show up and connect with yourself 

In this episode:

• How Alison was a gymnast before becoming a quadriplegic
• How she coped with the dark thoughts, including listening to worship music and motivational speakers
• How difficult if was for her when she became a mom because her body was not always consistently there for her 

Tweetable moments:

• “I had to be easy on my body and love myself.”
• “Every moment is a choice, and I get to make those choices every day.”

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In this episode, Joseph James speaks with Sharron Keogh a women’s wellness expert who shows professional and entrepreneurial women transform their relationship with themselves so they can enjoy more clarity, have a greater sense of self-worth and self-belief, significantly improve wellness, and deeper connections with themselves and those around them. 

She has experienced the highs and lows of maintaining physical and mental health, working full time, having multiple side businesses, and having a social life! 

When Sharron was a child she was sexually abused, and this caused her to carry guilt and shame for years. As an adult, she had to learn how to let love in and let go of the shame. 

They speak about how we all have a reason that we are here, we just have to uncover it. Finding our purpose is where our ultimate happiness will come from. It starts with talking about our emotions.

In this episode:

How her childhood sexual abuse led her to become suicidal in her teen years. 

How she reestablished herself after hitting rock bottom.

How she mentally processed 2 miscarriages in 6 months.

How she found herself in a time where she had nothing going on, so she followed her passion. 

Key Takeaway:

Growing up with shame and finding ways to cope.

How she learned to make her pain worth it by helping others.

We all have a reason that we are here, we just have to uncover it. That is where our ultimate happiness will come from. 

Tweetable moments:

“How you look at things helps you process and move through things more powerfully.”

“We are all so unique. From our DNA to our personalities we are all here for a reason.”

“It’s so important to normalize talking about the uncomfortable parts of life.”

“I can create a new me.” - Joseph James 

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

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharronkeogh/

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We can’t control our thoughts, but we can control what we do with those thoughts. Growing up, Joseph felt a lot of hatred towards his father and he did not know how to process those thoughts, but he challenged himself to learn. He learned that he couldn’t do positive things if negative thoughts were dragging him down. 

The power of the mind is like a magnet. We can attract or we can repel, it’s up to us. When we attract things, it’s things that we want. Surround yourself with people and thoughts that you want to attract and be like. 

If you want to move on, and stop living the life that you were living or are living,  it all starts with your thoughts.

Key Takeaways:

• When you surround yourself with positivity, positivity will come into your life. 
• Only you can control what you do with your thoughts.
• If you want a healthy life, think positively. If you want a toxic life, think negatively.

Tweetable Moments:

• “What you feed your mind, makes it grow.”
• “The power of the mind is like a magnet.”
• “Create the life you want with your thoughts”

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On This Episode:

• Caleb shares the difficulty of growing up as a “P.K.” (Pastor’s Kid.)
• Learn about the incredible bond Caleb has with his twin brother.
• Joseph and Caleb discuss the difficulty of having a strained relationship with strict fathers.
• Caleb felt like no one understood him growing up and the desire to commit suicide as early as 4 years old.
• Discover how Caleb set healthy boundaries with his father.
• Caleb shares how bodybuilding helped him heal.

Key Takeaways:

1. You must forgive the one who hurt you and yourself to receive closure.
2. Be patient and things will happen as they are supposed to happen.
3. Put yourself in other’s shoes.

Tweetable Quotes:

“There’s a difference between being a father and being a dad.”

“If there is a possibility for a spark of love in this world, why am I not grasping for that spark?” – Caleb Peterson

“Turn your losses into lessons.”

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