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Ep 252 Stand Your Ground (even when it's not popular) ft. Joel Penton Oct 12, 2022

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The message we are so used to hearing is, “Don’t make this mistake like I did…” or “Listen to me because I messed up big time…” and so on.

But what about the person who stood their ground (even from an early age in school) and can speak from experience about making good decisions and the outcomes of those good decisions?

That regardless of the popularity or consequences tied to them… he was going to do the unpopular thing and to go against his peers.

Our guest today, Joel Penton, is an ordinary man with an extraordinary message that has been shared with over half a million young people all over the country. You don’t need to fit in to stand out. You just need to stand your ground.

And Joel continues to spread his message through a new passion with Lifewise Academy.

“If you’re willing to work hard, willing to never miss a work out, and if you’re willing to do more than everyone else, then you could compete and you could excel.” - Joel Penton

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01:17 – Welcome to the ‘Strong by Design’ podcast

3:17 – Get to know today’s special guest, Joel Penton, a renowned youth motivational speaker

07:47 – Joel on what it feels like to give a speech to a large crowd and how he’s teaching the Bible in schools

15:41 – Joel on staying on the narrow path to God

21:03 – Joel reveals the biggest influence on his career

28:09 – Why he turns down the NFL dream to pursue public speaking

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Ep 251 The World Needs more Muscular Gentlemen ft. Ruston Webb Oct 05, 2022

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When you think of a pride of lions, what comes to mind?

The lionesses do everything, right!? They do most of the hunting and caring for the cubs. So, what about the lions?

Even though it appears that the male lion is lazy, eats much of the food and does not earn his keep, something else is going on entirely. He is patrolling, marking, and guarding his pride. He is the KING and will defend, protect, and provide for his family.

He will roar and claim his territory. This is what a muscular gentleman is all about.

A provider, protector and someone who will restore order and lead his family. It is not about control, it is more about showing up, stepping up, taking action and leading the way for everyone else to be at their very best. It’s living life strong by design!

Our guest today on SBD, Ruston Webb, is a muscular gentleman and he shares his insights and mission to help other men step into their greatness.

“If you change your language, you will change your life… I don’t think most people are aware of the thoughts we just flood our brain with on a regular basis.” - Ruston Webb

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01:02 –Welcome to the ‘Strong by Design’ podcast

03:44 – Get to know today’s special guest, Ruston Webb

07:46 – Ruston recounts his abusive childhood, and how it fueled his strength and personal training

11:26 – Are you a REAL man?

14:40 – The power of self-talk: Why it matters how you talk to yourself

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Ep 250 When One Door Closes Another One Opens ft. Troy Ericson of Lead Paramedic [Part 2] Oct 01, 2022

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Continuing the conversation with our guest today on SBD, Troy Ericson, hosted by Mike Westerdal.

Find out in Part 2 how much value Troy puts on focus and its impact on business success. Troy and Mike also discuss why thinking big and surrounding yourself with BIG thinkers is the key to growth in any industry.

Troy Ericson Is a Direct Response Copywriter & Email Deliverability Expert whose persuasion has generated over $50MM since 2019.

“Focus is like the only way you’re going to grow… You have to be good at being honest with yourself and catching yourself when you get off track.” - Troy Ericson

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00:00 – Welcome to the ‘Strong by Design’ podcast

00:58 – Focus: Why is it the key to business success

12:34 – The power of taking a day off from work

19:35 – Discover how to network the right way

23:15 – Troy on what would he do if he’s not an email marketer

24:16 – The importance of surrounding yourself with successful and like-minded people

27:30 – The art of being vulnerable

34:19 – The power of positive perspective

36:29 – Where you can go to connect with Troy Ericson

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Ep 249 When One Door Closes Another One Opens ft. Troy Ericson of Lead Paramedic [Part 1] Sep 28, 2022

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Often times life throws you a curve ball.

And in the case of our special guest today on Strong By Design, life actually took away the opportunity to throw a curve ball.

When purpose and passion are connected at a young age, it’s a wonderful thing and you feel invincible. You actually see yourself living out your dream vividly.

But when you realize the life that you’ve dreamed of is never going to happen, how do you recover? How do you respond? What do you do to reinvent yourself and discover your new identity?

Troy Ericson Is a Direct Response Copywriter & Email Deliverability Expert whose persuasion has generated over $50MM since 2019. But not that long ago he thought he was going to be a on the mound as a Major League baseball pitcher.

“When you’re this guy who is supposed to be really good at pitching in college and all of a sudden, you can't play catch, you feel like you’ve lost your purpose… You have no meaning.” - Troy Ericson

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00:49 – Welcoming today’s special guest on the ‘Strong by Design’ podcast

04:29 – Get to know Troy Ericson, owner of ‘Lead Paramedic’

10:25 – Troy on what it’s like to lose your identity

20:22 – Troy shares lessons learned after a major life change

24:58 – Discover how he got into copywriting and Facebook marketing

30:09 – Should you go to college? Troy's advice to young, aspiring entrepreneurs

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Ep 248 The 5 Steps to Breast Cancer Empowerment ft. Dr. Carol Lourie Sep 21, 2022

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Here’s the truth — illness starts before the symptoms appear. Treating only the symptoms of a disease does not help you recover your health. You need to get to the bottom of what caused your illness to begin your healing journey.

The path of healing helps you discover not only who you are, but enables you to create the life of your dreams. We support this by addressing the emotional and spiritual components of breast cancer, so deep healing can occur.  “There is always a path for healing.” -Dr. Carol Lourie

Dr. Carol Lourie is a Naturopath, Acupuncturist and Homeopath with over 35 years of clinical experience.

She’s helped thousands of women recover their health after a breast cancer diagnosis through her holistic protocols involving nurturing nutrition, targeted supplementation, healthy lifestyle changes, and an empowered mindset. Today on SBD we talk to Carol about her Empowered Against Recurrence program and the 5 steps to breast cancer empowerment.

“The phrase ‘cancer is a metabolic disease’ is connected to your lifestyle and the choices you make about self-care. It is also connected to how you eat and how you nourish your body.” - Dr. Carol Lourie

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00:00 – Does sugar feed cancer?

00:40 – Welcome to the ‘Strong by Design’ podcast

3:41 – Get to know today’s special guest, Dr. Carol Lourie

06:37 – Dr. Carol shares how she got into functional and integrative medicine

12:07 – The power of having an empowered approach to breast cancer

16:02 – Why cancer is a metabolic disease

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Ep 247 Inside the Mind of a Navy SEAL ft. Larry Yatch Sep 14, 2022

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I’ll never forget the moment when my fiancée Anne turned to me after I had been told that I could never be a SEAL again, and said,

“What makes you extraordinary isn’t what you can do physically. It's how your brain works, how you think.” (from sealteamleaders.com/about)

Larry Yatch is a retired US Navy Seal Officer - a 10-year veteran. And boy does Strong By Design love our military heroes. Thank you, God, for these brave men and women!

He's had a 100% success rate leading and planning over 200 of the most challenging missions in the world's most intense environments.

Today Larry is using his brilliant mind and revolutionary ability to take complex concepts learned from military training and turn them into simple, precise and actionable behaviors that create major impact for business leaders and entrepreneurs.

It has taken Larry 12 years and 4 companies to create the systems that allow he and his team to be unstoppable.

“If you want to be unstoppable in your life, your ability to coordinate action with others is what’s going to drive that.” - Larry Yatch

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00:58 – Welcome to the ‘Strong by Design’ podcast

03:59 – Get to know today’s special guest, Larry Yatch, CEO and co-founder of ‘SEAL Team Leaders’

08:24 – Larry shares his experience as a former Navy SEAL officer

22:58 – Discover the secret to becoming UNSTOPPABLE

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Ep 246 Life Without Self-Doubt, Anxiety, Fears and Self-Sabotage ft. Erin Pheil Sep 07, 2022

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Anxiety, stress, depression and despair seem to be at an all-time high in our culture today. People seem so weighed down by life.

Could it be the fear of failure, overcommitment personally and professionally and what about comparison syndrome… that need to keep up with your peers in a fast-paced world?

Our guest today, Erin Pheil, founded MindFix after discovering the magic formula to getting out of one’s own way following her own 3-year battle with pain and depression.
People are very HARD on themselves and seem to focus more on their defeats and losses more than their wins and triumphs.
Why are so many high achieving and successful people still not satisfied with themselves, with who they are and what they've accomplished?
Discover today what makes MindFix different than other self-help, self-care programs and therapies and what makes these severe mindset shifts so sudden and lifechanging.

“The programming in our subconscious – the ‘lines of code’ that are running in the background –  are kind of lenses through which we see the world.” -- Erin Pheil

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00:00 – The power of your subconscious mind

00:57 – Welcome to the ‘Strong by Design’ podcast

03:44 – Get to know today’s special guest, Erin Pheil, founder of The MindFix Group

10:33 – The impact of technology on mental health

13:52 – Why people are more anxious and depressed than ever before

17:15 – How to identify and overcome negative thinking patterns & belief

24:09 – Erin on what happens when you identify and eliminate the root causes of sel

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Ep 245 45 is the NEW 25 ft. Wade Lightheart Aug 31, 2022

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Getting older isn’t all it’s cracked up to be… or at least it’s not what it used to be.

We live in a very interesting period in history where science, nutrition and technology are pushing the limits of the aging process. We are literally aging S L O W E R.

Every day breakthroughs and new discoveries are made in real time transforming the way we look at old age. Professional athletes are staying in peak shape for longer stretches of time extending their careers…ahem, Tom Brady. What used to be a career ending injury is now a one-year recovery and sometimes less.

Brilliant minds like that of today’s guest Wade Lightheart, President of BiOptimizers, is a man on a mission to help men and women live superhuman lives.

When you begin to optimize your body from the inside out, you unlock your true potential.

“One of the big things I noticed today is that people don’t see the advantage or opportunity within the challenges in their life." - Wade Lightheart

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01:03 – Welcoming today’s special guest on the ‘Strong by Design’ podcast

04:28 – BiOptimizers’ co-founder and President Wade Lightheart recounts the birth of the company

12:57 – Discover the 3 events that totally changed the trajectory of his life

19:00 – The power of adapting to anything life throws at you

28:48 – Wade on the most important micronutrients for optimal health

41:18 – Wade on how to reverse micronutrients deficiency

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Ep 244 You ARE what you Eat! ft. Jovanka Ciares Aug 24, 2022

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It may be one of the simplest and most truthful health claims ever… you are what you eat. Especially when it comes to sugar and a poor diet.

Eat doughnuts, French fries, pizza and ice cream on a regular basis and you will look like a walking fast food advertisement. Eat colorful fruits and vegetables, whole fresh foods and high-quality proteins and fats and your body will turn heads at the beach.

Sounds simple yet most of us struggle with sensible nutrition advice and find ourselves enjoying far too many high calorie sugary treats. We are literally addicted to bad food.

Sadly, our culture has made our enjoyment of food a very dangerous activity for decades resulting in food related disease and obesity that’s off the charts!

High sugar, deep fried fat and overly processed foods will transform you into a ticking time bomb but our special guest today on Strong By Design is an integrative herbalist, nutrition educator, author and wellness coach. Discover how Jovanka Ciares is leading the charge on health in the land of abundance with her Get Off Sugar program.

“Every choice you made – what you feed your mind, body, and soul – eventually leads to a state of wellness.” - Jovanka Ciares

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0:52 – Welcome to the ‘Strong by Design’ podcast

03:54 – Get to know today’s special guest, Jovanka Ciares

05:49 – The truth about sugar: What’s the difference between natural vs. artificial sugar

09:00 –The true meaning of wellness

13:41 – Sugar addiction: Jovanka on why is sugar so addictive

18:18 – How sugar impacts your immune system

23:00 – Discover the 5 foods that are surprisingly high in sugar

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Ep 243 How to Better Lead Yourself ft. Annie Yatch Aug 17, 2022

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Where there is no vision, the people perish. —Proverbs 29:18

Whether we realize it or not, we are all leaders. Some of us may be in a position of leading hundreds if not thousands of other people while others just a handful.

But to be truly good as a leader you must first get great at leading one person, yourself.

Leadership begins with the person you see in the mirror every single day and the decisions made and actions taken by that person. Decisions and actions taking us closer to or further from our vision for our lives.

Our guest today on SBD is Annie Yatch, Chief Transformation Officer

and co-founder of Seal Team Leaders. Annie and her team focus their training on communication, feedback systems, and accountability processes that create the most sustainable fulfillment and success for all.

In the words of the amazing Craig Groeschel, “Everyone wins when the leader gets better.”

“Our biggest pain and trauma are actually the source of your greatest lesson and your greatest calling. Once you identify what this trauma is and do some work on it, you can step more into the calling or the reason why you are here."
- Annie Yatch

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00:45 – Welcome to the ‘Strong by Design’ podcast

02:43 – Get to know today’s special guest, Annie Yatch

04:25 – Discover the true meaning of leadership

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