Between The Before & After (The Stories that Shape Us)

Sherry Diamond is a Health & Wellness Coach in Los Angeles with over 30 years of sales & marketing, luxury retail & medical experience.⁣⁣⁣ Sheri's weight fluctuated up and down (but mostly up) for most of her adult life. ⁣⁣⁣ When she was 64 she went to the doctor and⁣⁣⁣ was informed that she was "knocking on the diabetic door". ⁣⁣⁣ This scared Sheri to death because she is terrified of needles and...

When Adam was 18 years old his girlfriend at the time told him she no longer found him attractive. ⁣⁣⁣ This led him into a spiral of yo-yo dieting going from excessive binge eating to extreme exercise and restrictive dieting till the point where he competed on a bodybuilding stage, but continued to binge eat off of it.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ From binge eating to the stage Adam’s Journey of working on his mind to...

Driven by her motto, "Be inspired to be yourself and be inspired to empower someone else," Patrice Brantley passionately serves as a Teacher and Community Licensed Mental Health therapist who is committed to helping others heal from the pain of their past traumas, and walk into a healthy and WHOLE Future.⁣ ⁣Patrice Brantley is an Author, Educator, Licensed Therapist, and Podcaster, who is on a mis...

Tony Winyard worked as a club DJ around the world for more than a decade, living in 11 countries and visiting another 80.⁣⁣ His focus in recent years has moved more towards health and wellness after his realisation that all of his close relatives have died of cancer, and in recent years has completed studies in nutrition, breathwork, sleep and behaviour science and now helps people to create and i...

Emily Thiroux Threatt is the author of Loving and Living Your Way Through Grief: A Comprehensive Guide to Reclaiming and Cultivating Joy and Carrying on in the Face of Loss.⁣⁣ In Emily's words: "I have kept journals and written to express myself most of my life. This led me to a career of teaching writing and writing books. So, after my second husband died, I naturally turned to writing to help de...

Founder of Lifestyle Performance Transformations Matt Sutton is not your normal Personal Trainer or fitness entrepreneur. ⁣ Former semi-professional Snooker player, 7 times Billiard Champion and World Championship quarter-finalist Matt initially chose his path into the fitness world to give him the freedom to travel the world and play at the highest level on the green baize.⁣ However as his love f...

From age of 11 Christine Handy was dependent on external value. ⁣ Then she started to get sick at 35, then again at 41, then aggressive cancer.⁣ The external facade crumbled and caused her to take a deep a look at who she was inside and changed it all. ⁣ Christine wears many hats from being an international model, a best selling author of Walk Beside Me, a motivational speaker, humanitarian, Mothe...

At his first annual physical, he weighed 260 pounds. His doctor tried to prescribe medication for high blood pressure.⁣⁣ He didn’t want a lifetime of medication, so his doctor told him to lose weight. Turns out, that’s much easier said than done. ⁣⁣ He dove into research, but all the conflicting information was overwhelming. Justin hoped living around healthy people would reveal their skinny secre...

Diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 2015, Ray was suffering. Not just from the physical effects, but also because of the crushing stress of a job in finance.⁣ After over 20 years chained to an equity trading desk at investment banks around Asia, Ray's life changed dramatically in early 2019 when he took his first freedive course. He fell in love with the art of one breath diving immediately. As of 2021...

Nick Chontos has not had an easy life, to say the least.⁣ A rough abusive childhood leading to a life of drugs and ultimately prison. But, at rock bottom, he decided this wasn't going to be his final destiny. Thus began the long journey back, from a dark place, to one of hope and inspiration.⁣ This is Nick's story.⁣ ⁣ CONNECT WITH NICK:⁣ WEBSITE: https://apexmasculinity.com/ ⁣ NICK'S BOOK: https:/...

While he might look like an intimidating beast of a man (with an epic beard), Dillon is truly an empath with a heart for helping others. ⁣ From a young age he always seemed to attract, or be drawn to individuals who would label themselves as "broken." ⁣ The majority of people he meets in his life seem have this instant sense of comfort when around him. It never takes anyone very long to open up ab...

Remember when you were kids and you thought your dad was the strongest guy in the world? Chris Fudge legitimately lives up to the title. ⁣ But it's not all a cakewalk trying to balance dad life and fitness. ⁣ This is Chris's story. ⁣ ⁣ CONNECT WITH CHRIS: https://www.projectfitness.ca/ ⁣ ⁣ CONNECT WITH COACH JON:⁣ NUTRITION: https://www.freedomnutritioncoach.com   ⁣ ⁣YOUTUBE: https://jonmclernon.l...

Jonathan and Charlotte have both been on their own transformational wellness journeys. Both, at one point in their lives, were crippled by stress and anxiety. Which got them looking for solutions. And, instead of just keeping it to themselves, they decided to share these solutions with others. They are now a dynamic duo who want to inspire others to be a force for good in the world. This is Jonath...

Teresa Hildebrand is a mom of two, first responder wife, podcaster, life coach, entrepreneur, and Precision Nutrition Level 1 coach. She is the host of the Organized Chaos podcast where she helps busy moms develop habits to live with intentionality and generate the confidence they need to make themselves a priority. As a working mom with a chaotic schedule, she found herself struggling to make tim...

I am an Attorney, an Intuitive Psychic Medium, and a Podcaster.  Since August 12, 2004, I have witnessed a world full of amazing spirituality!  When my grandfather passed away from a stroke it opened my intuitive abilities.  The night of my grandfather's death,  I first witnessed orbs of light in my hotel room in Wisconsin during a work trip right after learning about my grandfather’s stroke a few...

Nicki is a remarkable woman. Her world was rocked with 2 devastating losses very close together. ⁣ Add to that being a busy professional and a single mom. ⁣ And, yet, here she is, continuing to fight, to love and to live. It started with one small thing. ⁣ This is Nicki's story. ⁣ ⁣ CONNECT WITH NICKI: ⁣ https://www.facebook.com/lifeasourlabels ⁣ ⁣ https://linktr.ee/lifeasourlabels ⁣ ⁣ CONNECT WIT...

Shaman Morton was on a very unhealthy path. Get home from work tired. Sit on the couch and play video games. ⁣ And the weight kept piling on. It was a vicious cycle. ⁣ Until one day, he decided he wanted to get off the train that was barreling towards a health crisis. And, so he did. ⁣⁣ This is Shaman's story. ⁣ ⁣ You can hear more of Shaman's ramblings on his podcast called "No Room to Talk" ⁣⁣ h...

Angela Shurina has lived quite the adventurous life, starting out in Siberia. ⁣ Driven by a passion to create better, healthier humans, she works with high performers, helping them to achieve results they didn't think possible :)⁣ ⁣I am absolutely passionate about working with purpose-driven leaders, entrepreneurs, founders in tech and innovation. Leaders and emerging leaders like you, who want to...

Marc Hildebrand is a current Law Enforcement Officer from LAPD who struggled through a 100 pound weight loss journey while losing touch with his family and blamed it on his crazy career. ⁣ After discovering what was truly holding him back, he was able to navigate a 100 pound weight loss, create an EPIC connection with his family, and show up as the LEADER he wanted to in all areas of his life. ⁣ H...

FROM JEFF: "Born and stayed in St. Petersburg, Florida, I’ve always loved where I lived and found it to be my own personal paradise. As I went to USF for college, I worked for the Tampa Bay Rays, and was awarded a 2008 American League Championship ring (which was later stolen). After college, I got and built an impressive career in the insurance industry over the next decade.   I slowly died throu...

From Brain Tumor, to Blindness, to Business Owner: Kevin Lowe is the creator and host of “The Lowe Down with Kevin Lowe”, a podcast and blog that lets you see the world from his unique point of view. ⁣ Kevin is completely blind. ⁣ Kevin has shared how he has been able to overcome the unthinkable, becoming blind at just 17 years old, with churches, schools, through public speaking engagements, on r...

When Sophia first got the news that her husband had heart disease, and was at high risk of a cardiac event, she thought 'That can't be right, he's barely 40' ... Not wanting to lose her husband, and her children to lose their father, at a young age, she embarked on a journey to figure out what they could do. Sophia is a client-centered health coach, meal systems expert, plant-based recipe creator...

Through overcoming her own struggles with weight and disordered eating, Erin learned that people don't fail diets. Diets fail people. Most diets are based on restriction, and that's never sustainable long-term. However, we can't think our way out of overeating. There are 4 aspects of modern foods that damage our metabolism and hijack our physiology. This creates a damaged metabolism that drives we...

To meet Greg today, you will meet an articulate, witty woman with years of wisdom behind her, and a twinkle in her eye that belies a very colorful past. ⁣ Greg is remarkably candid in telling her story, and it can give hope to anyone who has struggled with disordered behaviors.⁣ Greg has now been an entrepreneur for over 20 years. She runs two businesses. ⁣ Rebellious Wellness Over 50 where she co...

Rusty was "an obese, drunk, binge-eating, bad-decision-making, guy." He then tried running, 5k's to ultramarathons, and had a personal trainer but only lost about 30lbs. After getting injured from overdoing exercise, he got into nutrition and just focusing on being healthy instead of losing weight, and dropped another 50lbs (total 85lbs lost, then put on 25lbs of muscle). Rusty Osborne (@TheCoachR...