The Warrior Life - Overcoming The Mental and Physical Battles of Life

This is a tough subject. I'm going to share what it's like to be a victim of childhood abuse. I'll give you a background to my childhood abuse story and then we're going to talk about 7 ways to start overcoming childhood abuse.

Links To Additional Resources:

• Game On! Challenge - FREE Diet book, full-length workouts, and coaching to jumpstart your weight loss
• Fit Psych 7 Challenge - Stop Guessing, and Start Knowing!! Find out why you have been struggling with weight loss and conquer it once and for all in 7 days
• The Warrior Life Facebook Group - It is a community page that I have created where all my warriors can come together and share their struggles, get coaching from me on the daily, and find other awesome warriors to connect with.
• How Running Saved My Life and How it Can Save Yours
• The Biggest Secret to Sticking to your Diet

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This week I talk to one of my best friends and a true warrior woman, Breda Kalinski about her life growing up in Ireland, going to school in Wales and eventually moving to California to make it as an international millennial.

Links To Additional Resources:

• Game On! Challenge - FREE Diet book, full-length workouts, and coaching to jumpstart your weight loss
• Fit Psych 7 Challenge - Stop Guessing, and Start Knowing!! Find out why you have been struggling with weight loss and conquer it once and for all in 7 days
• The Warrior Life Facebook Group - It is a community page that I have created where all my warriors can come together and share their struggles, get coaching from me on the daily, and find other awesome warriors to connect with.

Wanna Get My VIP Coaching Calls? Sign up here!

I love my VIP Coaching Peeps!! When you sign up I give you my best tips and tricks before everyone else!! My goal is to take your diet from frustrating to fun and create the body and life you love.

Failure sucks! It hurts, it puts a little zing in your self-esteem and self-confidence. In the podcast, I outline 10 signs you have a fear of failure and five steps to overcome your fear.

Links To Additional Resources:

• Game On! Challenge - FREE Diet book, full-length workouts, and coaching to jumpstart your weight loss
• Fit Psych 7 Challenge - Stop Guessing, and Start Knowing!! Find out why you have been struggling with weight loss and conquer it once and for all in 7 days
• The Warrior Life Facebook Group - It is a community page that I have created where all my warriors can come together and share their struggles, get coaching from me on the daily, and find other awesome warriors to connect with.

Wanna Get My VIP Coaching Calls? Sign up here!

I love my VIP Coaching Peeps!! When you sign up I give you my best tips and tricks before everyone else!! My goal is to take your diet from frustrating to fun and create the body and life you love.

Who They Are & Something Only The People Closest To Them Know:

She is a mother of 2 and wife of 20 years. She is also 1 of 9 kids. She loves to laugh and snorts when she laughs. She is all about motivating women and helping them live and succeed.

Their Battle, Mentally Or Physically, They Fought And Came Out A Warrior:

As 1 of 9 kids, she grew up poor but never knew it. She decided that she wanted to a degree in marriage and family therapy and did it. She married her high school sweetheart immediately after graduating and got pregnant right away. As a mom, she stayed at home and felt like she lost her identity. She needed to figure out how to change her situation and get herself back. She used fitness as a way to change her body inside and out.

Warrior They Look Up To:

Her mother is her warrior. Her mom was a single mom to 9 kids. She did everything she could, including 2-3 jobs at a time, to provide everything she could for her kids. Despite everything she went through she is positive and outgoing.

Heart Of The Interview:

She really wants to help moms keep their sanity and identity, She is developing Mom Sanity Academy and is created to help moms live their best lives. This academy is not just for moms that are married but also single moms. Molly gives AMAZING steps about how to take care yourself when life is crazy and you are raising a family. Seriously, you are going to want to write these down.

What Being A Warrior Means To Them:

When Molly thinks warrior she thinks fighter. She believes warriors are courageous and passionate.

Their Greatest Life Lesson Learned:

You can be a barrier breaker. Whatever you have gone through doesn't define you.

Where You Can Find Them:

www.mollymotivates.com

www.momsanity.com

facebook.com/mollyrichardsfit

Sugar is eight times more addictive than cocaine. And an average American eats one pound of sugar a day; one pound!

Breaking up with sugar is difficult. It literally gives us pleasure in our brain when we eat it and it's an immediate energy source. But it's important to break the cycle so you can achieve the body and life of your dreams.

In this podcast, I'll explain the six important ways to break your sugar addiction.

Links To Additional Resources:

• Game On! Challenge - FREE Diet book, full-length workouts, and coaching to jumpstart your weight loss
• Fit Psych 7 Challenge - Stop Guessing, and Start Knowing!! Find out why you have been struggling with weight loss and conquer it once and for all in 7 days
• The Warrior Life Facebook Group - It is a community page that I have created where all my warriors can come together and share their struggles, get coaching from me on the daily, and find other awesome warriors to connect with.
• What's Causing your Cravings Blog
• Dr. Mark Hyman - a fantastic doctor that goes into overcoming the sugar addiction from a doctor perspective
• Overeaters Anonymous

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I love my VIP Coaching Peeps!! When you sign up I give you my best tips and tricks before everyone else!! My goal is to take your diet from frustrating to fun and create the body and life you love.

Chad Austin has been a personal trainer and runs his own gym in the Kansas City area for 11 years. He is an avid obstacle course enthusiast. One thing that most people don't know about him is that he is an introvert. He learned how to overcome that to pursue his passion.

Their Battle, Mentally Or Physically, They Fought And Came Out A Warrior:

He is 2-time world tough mudder champion. It is a 24-hour obstacle course that is crazy but he came out a warrior.

Warrior They Look Up To:

Kyle Maynard has a book called No Excuses. He is a paraplegic that lives his life to the most. He is an Olympian, record keeper, and so much more!

Heart Of The Interview:

Chad came up with the idea of this book while he was in Toastmasters. He took a poll and asked what people's top priority in your life and overwhelmingly the answer is career and family. He was shocked to find out that fitness wasn't a top answer. He wanted to fix that. He felt that there were a ton of excuses behind not making fitness a priority. He wrote an awesome book called Make Fitness a Priority to help you overcome the excuses that hold you make from making health your priority. He shares awesome tips, tricks, and strategies to battle through your excuses.

Additional Resources:

Check out his book on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Make-Fitness-Priority-against-excuses/dp/0692701230/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1464741994&sr=1-1&keywords=make+fitness+a+priority

What Being A Warrior Means To Them:

Someone who never lets the size of their "but" get in their way.

Their Greatest Life Lesson Learned:

Pull the trigger on your ideas.

Where You Can Find Them:

www.facebook.com/makefitnessapriority

Studio Name: www.priorityfittraining,com

www.chadaustinfitness.com

Who They Are & Something Only The People Closest To Them Know:

Australian who lives in London. He does extreme adventure challenges. He helps people get out of their comfort zones in simple ways. He is a real food cook, motivational speaker, and coach. Something most people don't know is that he battled depression and hid it from them for a long time.

Their Battle, Mentally Or Physically, They Fought And Came Out A Warrior:

His battle with depression is ongoing. When he started to speak about it openly after going through therapy it was a huge battle won for him.

Warrior They Look Up To:

His mom was his hope and inspiration during his battles.

Heart Of The Interview:

He felt like he was living a double life. He would train clients to reach their goals but had days where he didn't want to get out of bed. He was a soccer player that had injuries which caused him not to play and thus started his depression. Luke talks openly and candidly about his battle with depression. He talks about how he was able to cope and handle his depression. You will really learn a lot from how he lived a double life to living a life of adventure.

What Being A Warrior Means To Them:

Fighting for something that you are passionate about.

Their Greatest Life Lesson Learned:

Enjoy your accomplishments.

Where You Can Find Them:

Instagram:@luketyburski

www.facebook.com/luketyburski

www.luketyburski.com

www.theultimatetriathlon.co

Burnout sucks. I've experienced burnout multiple times in my life. I'm not proud of these moments but they happen. Last year (2015) I went through what I dubbed "craptastic" September. Honestly, I've never exploded and burned out the way I did that day and I will never forget it. There are 7 steps I created and have used on myself and others to help avoid burnout in your life.

Links To Additional Resources:

• Game On! Challenge-FREE Diet book, full-length workouts, and coaching to jumpstart your weight loss

• Fit Psych 7 Challenge- Stop Guessing, and Start Knowing!! Find out why you have been struggling with weight loss and conquer it once and for all in 7 days

• The Warrior Life Facebook Group-It is a community page that I have created where all my warriors can come together and share your struggles, getting coaching from me on the daily, and find other awesome warriors to connect with.

Wanna Get My VIP Coaching Calls? Sign up here!

I love my VIP Coaching Peeps!! When you sign up I give you my best tips and tricks before everyone else!! My goal is to take your diet from frustrating to fun and create the body and life your love.

Mariah is a 36-year-old mom who married her high school sweetheart. She works in corporate America and travels a ton. She also has a business called Because I Decided, which is all about how she decided to lose weight and transform her life.

On the day she delivered her son she weighed 275 and was mortified! That number stuck with and caused her to be depressed. However, she decided to make a change and lose weight.

Their Battle, Mentally Or Physically, They Fought And Came Out A Warrior:

She battled her weight and body image issues. When she started losing weight but having a hard time with it. She wanted to lose the weight quickly and bought into, and it was so hard on her mentally and physically when she didn't live up to it. She shared how she hit rock bottom and had to learn how to not chase the perfect body.

Warrior They Look Up To:

She has a really amazing and strong family that she looks up to especially her grandparents. Her grandparents have an amazing relationship and are always there for every family even supporting everyone. They taught her how to put God first and take care of others.

Heart of The Interview:

She realized after having her son that her weight was holding her back from being the mom she wanted to be and showing up in her son's life. She decided to get an at home workout program and start there. She didn't know what would happen but she committed to seeing it through. She gained so much from just starting. Mariah shares how to show up every day and make those little decisions to make a big change in your life. She dives deep into helping you figure out why this diet will be different, why this time will be different, and how to make that change that will ultimately be different.

Additional Resources:

Join her 10 Day Low Carb Challenge for Yourself- www.10daylowcarbchallenge.com

What Being A Warrior Means To Them:

Keep showing up even when things are hard and not fun.

Their Greatest Life Lesson Learned:

Everyone is fighting a battle that we don't know about, and you never know what others are going through.

Where You Can Find Them:

www.facebook.com/becauseidecided

Instagram: @because_i_decided

www.becauseidecided.com