Life is going good, Merari had a Solid Job and was raising her lovely daughter. Then her world got turned upside down! At first it started with pain in her breast which at first seemed like soreness that would just go away. This soreness turned into a rock hard tumor that the doctors ended up diagnosing as breast cancer. Chemo treatments followed surgery which meant a long painful road to recovery. Cancer is gone, Chemo is over, but the scars still remain. Listen as Marari shares her story... 

Dustin tells his story. His parents split up when he was the age of 3, soon after he would loose all contact with his father. His mother following her dream of becoming a make-up artist for the rich and famous moved them to Los Angeles. Dustin bounced around from different schools and city's at this time in his life never getting the chance to settle in and become familiar with a place he could call home. His mother ended up marrying a man Dustin had barley met and this lead to very dark times. It was struggle after struggle for Dustin during childhood which lead to negative and dangerous behavior as a teen and young adult. Listen and learn how Faith and Fitness was the key to turning Dustin's life around!

Is going to be a great way for future students and parents of students to learn about my wife and I, the founders and Operators of Solid Foundations.

In this series of podcasts we will be discussing the Laws of Power and how we either use them or they use us. I’m sure if you are listening to this podcast you are familiar with Solid Foundations Mission, you know everything we do is to instill confidence in our youth. With that being said I thought it would be cool to start a mini series that allows us to tell stories of our past particularly as a teen and into our early 20’s. These stories will describe how we personally fell victim to, or used to our advantage each of the 48 Laws of Power that Robert Greene wrote about in his book.

Don’t worry, of course we will continue to do our regular program, we have plenty of guest lined up and will continue to keep uploading those important interviews.

As always, I hope we deliver some value to you through our podcast.

These episodes will best serve those who want POWER, observe Power or wish to arm themselves against POWER...

Albert grew up in an abusive home, at the age of 6 an incident at home got himself along with his brother and sisters sent to an orphanage. Albert was forced to grow up fast and felt alone most of his childhood. He started hanging out with the wrong crowd as a teenager and soon found himself relying on violence to not only survive, but to fit in as well. Right after high school he left his home town of San Diego and moved to Santa Barbara where he attended UCSB and joined the Marine Reserves. He later opened up his own business and had legitimate success, but his past along with a relationship gone bad sucked him back into depression and without knowing how to cope with this Albert began to drink heavily. Before he knew it he had hit rock bottom. It was then that Albert started to turn his life around. He used fitness specifically body building as therapy and now is on a mission to teach the youth the powers of Fitness. 

Gus talks about how as a youth he used different negative outlets to try and cope with anxiety and depression. Now as an adult, Mixed Martial Arts is the major antidote that helps him keep the demons at bay!