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2.32: Finding Health and Happiness on Your Own Terms with Lily Fontas

Lily Fontas is a wellness coach and educator who is on a mission to help women get strong, healthy, and happy on their own terms. After struggling with a binge eating disorder and nearly burning out as a classroom teacher, she turned to bodybuilding for stress relief by combining strength training and positive reinforcement. She found a way to live a healthy life without dieting or deprivation and now she shares her expertise with women worldwide as an online coach. In this episode, we talk about Lily’s personal journey, the importance of finding a balance between paying attention to what you put into your body but not paying so much attention that it becomes an obsession, why the diet mentality needs to go, and so much more. Enjoy! What you’ll hear in this episode: What Lily loves about what she’s up to now Lily’s transition from being a kindergarten teacher to becoming a professional body builder Why Lily feared losing her job when she took control of her health Why it’s so important for Lily to help others become more fit How the health and fitness industry isn’t designed to help people lose weight and keep it off Finding the balance between focusing on the details of getting fit but not becoming too obsessive and adding extra pressure on yourself Why the diet mentality needs to go What Lily considers to be her biggest achievement and how she accomplished it The biggest challenge Lily has faced while building her business The importance of focusing on what you do want rather than what you don’t want How weight lifting has reframed Lily’s view of failure Follow Us On: FacebookInstagramTwitterYouTube

2.31: Success is a Journey, Not a Destination

In last’s week’s episode with Chelann Gienger, we talked about her incredibly entrepreneurial journey that saw her open a brick and mortar business when she was only 18 years old, why it’s important to see everything in your business as a growth opportunity, why we need to take “extreme ownership” of our lives, and so much more. In this week’s episode, we were inspired by our conversation with Chelann to dive more into the idea that we should embrace moments in the present to better enjoy our journey instead of focusing so much on the destination or goal we’ve set for ourselves. Enjoy! What you’ll hear in this episode: How Chelann’s story reminded Blake of the power of starting where you are now An example of how Ivy let the fear of starting too late stop her from doing something she wanted The role having a growth mindset can play in the story we tell ourselves about what we’re capable of accomplishing at any age What Blake likes about Seth Godin’s perspective on our threshold for failure What Ivy doesn’t like about Seth Godin’s perspective on our threshold for failure What do you want to gift your future self by taking consistent steps through your journey? How managing our expectations can help us be happier on our journey to achieving our goals Taking ownership of your journey to make it more enjoyable The difference between happiness and fulfillment Follow Us On: FacebookInstagramTwitterYouTube

2.30: The Success of a Serial Entrepreneur with Chelann Gienger

Chelann Gienger was recently named one of the top 40 millennials to follow in 2018 by the Huffington Post. Chelann is a serial entrepreneur who owns the NUYU Juice Bar in Washington state, is the Host of the Entrepreneur Before 25 podcast, and the author of Dear Millennial,: A Compass to Defining Your Unique Purpose, Pursuing a Life of Fulfillment, and Building a Legacy. In this episode, we talk about Chelann’s incredibly entrepreneurial journey that saw her opening a brick and mortar business when she was only 18 years old, why it’s important to see everything in your business as a growth opportunity, why we need to take “extreme ownership” of our lives, and so much more. Enjoy! What you’ll hear in this episode: How Chelann first got started in entrepreneurship The advantages Chelann says she’s had growing up in an entrepreneurial family The ways Chelann’s grown throughout her entrepreneurial journey so far The importance of seeing everything in your business as a growth opportunity Chelann’s challenge of opening a brick and mortar business at the age of 18 Which of Chelann’s incredible achievements surprises her the most? The parts of her book Chelann felt were the most challenging to open up and write about What Chelann would tell her younger self if she could go back and have a conversation with her Why we need to take “extreme ownership” of our lives Is social media causing millennials to be too flexible with our values? Follow Us On: FacebookInstagramTwitterYouTube

2.29: Loving Your True Self

In this week’s episode, we’re reflecting on our conversation last week with Gregg Clunis from the Tiny Leaps, Big Changes podcast. One of the main things that stood out to both of us during that conversation was how Gregg knew in high school he needed to change from being an introvert to being an extrovert if he was going to accomplish all his goals in life. He was able to accomplish that transition by throwing himself into theater and other events that put him in the spotlight. However, as an adult, Gregg’s struggled with understanding what part of him is still in performance mode and what part is who he truly is. It’s this struggle that we’re diving into today. Enjoy!

2.28: How Tiny Leaps Lead to Big Changes with Gregg Clunis

Gregg Clunis is a content creator, author, speaker, and entrepreneur. He’s also the creator and Host of Tiny Leaps, Big Changes; a top-ranked self-help podcast with over 2 million downloads. Through that podcast, Gregg helps people change their lives by focusing on making changes to their day-to-day behavior. Gregg is also the Founder of Podsimply; a digital education and services platform where his team helps individuals and businesses launch and grow podcasts that get noticed, attract an audience, and generate sales. In this episode, we’re talking about why people are drawn to Gregg’s research-based approach to self-help, what recording his thoughts during the grieving process after losing his father taught Gregg about opening up so publicly, the simple steps we can take to make big changes in our lives, how Gregg is attempting to embrace the fear of truly being himself on public platforms in order to achieve his goals, and so much more! Enjoy! What you’ll hear in this episode: How Tiny Leaps, Big Changes was started, and the emphasis Gregg placed on research during the process The types of people Gregg finds are attracted to his research-based approach to self-help Gregg’s experience of sharing so personally on such a public platform The biggest challenge Gregg has faced while building his podcast and community Gregg’s three steps for making big changes in your life The three main areas Gregg’s noticed people care the most about improving How the world cares more about the value we provide than they do about us as individuals Follow Us On: FacebookInstagramTwitterYouTube