Elevated Life: Real Wellness and Transformation

Our first guest interview! Ada Dennison moved to Tonasket four-and-a-half years ago and Johnna was one of her very first friends (they met at Granger's birthday party that he didn't tell us he was inviting people to). Ada's now a dual-certified health and life coach, and this is her first podcast interview ever—so we're all growing together, and we don't edit, so you know what to expect. What we d...

We've been listening to Kate Northrop's money mindset course and she dropped something that got us thinking—pick ONE thing and do it for 21 days. Not 15 things where you fail at all of them and decide you're a failure, you weren't ready, you're supposed to stay at this low level whatever. Just one thing. Clint forgot who he was at the start of this episode (bring on some coffee), but we're talking...

We started with a meme—alcohol consumption in the US has fallen to 54%, lowest since first tracked in 1939. Clint's looking at Gallup data, metadata studies, and hard sales numbers while Johnna's ready to talk about what alcohol does to your light body (fractured auroric field, entity access, soul gate closure). The stats say 18-34 year olds dropped from 72% to 59% drinkers, but here's what's weir...

Johnna's 3:45am mornings are rough, and something hit her during the drive to work—we don't put timelines on spiritual ascension or trauma healing (nobody says "in three months I'll be over my parent's death"), so why do we do it with fitness? Beach Body programs, Instagram influencers promising transformations in six weeks, the "rock hard summer body by spring" mentality—it's all setting people u...

We've been doing this for eight months and it's exhausting—constantly re-evaluating what we're doing, refining a message that feels like a moving target. Johnna's a leaper (let's just start right now, work it out as we go), but something wasn't sitting right in her gut about Instagram. The culture wanted perfection, ChatGPT scheduling posts, asking AI what caption to write—and it all felt fake as...

Johnna had a rough week and wanted to mindlessly watch something engaging but not action-packed (hard on the central nervous system), so we landed on Netflix's Biggest Loser documentary "Fit for TV." Clint watched episodes here and there when it aired, but Johnna watched several seasons back when Netflix mailed red-envelope DVDs—and watching it now through transformation-coach eyes was shocking. W...

Clint's flipping the script for our first official interview episode—no questions shared beforehand, just heart-to-heart conversation. Johnna didn't want to be a personal trainer (you have to be perfect with 10% body fat and no stretch marks and no story, right?), had a massive panic attack when putting together Johnna's Journey because showing progress pictures felt way too transparent, and now t...

We're back from nine days away—legitimately tired after our first full work day, but godsmacked by what just happened in the redwoods. Dan Braun met us at the gate saying "we've been waiting for you, we followed your whole trip on Instagram," and within two hours of arriving, people kept stopping us like "you're the people from Washington, right?" What we discuss: The campsite selection process—wh...

We're recording from Highway 6 (or maybe 26?) somewhere in Oregon with big beautiful trees everywhere, heading toward the coast and eventually Camp Navarro. Yakima was 99 degrees that felt like 120, Hood River hit 104 but somehow didn't feel like it, and we've already made nine trips back to the truck in one night figuring out our packing system. What we discuss: The chips conversation—how many ti...

Johnna woke up on Lion's Gate morning with her heart chakra beaming—Venus aligned in the sky, gratitude flooding through, floating away in bliss—because today's the launch of REBUILT. Not a diet plan, not a quick fix, but the method she spent a decade figuring out after gaining 100 pounds in one season and then losing-regaining the same 40 pounds for eight years straight doing what everyone told h...

Sirius rising, the sun in Leo, the numerology of 88, and a full moon on Friday—we're in the thick of the Lion's Gate portal, and Johnna's been gearing up for this cosmic alignment since late July. If things have been bubbling up from your past that you thought you dealt with, there's a reason. What we discuss: The veil-thinning situation—what happens when your subconscious becomes more suggestible...

No equipment, no gym, just you and a few square feet of space—we're diving into the most underrated exercise that hits your glutes, quads, hamstrings, calves, AND core. This is the first in our new series on free stuff you can do for your body, and we're starting with something anyone can do anywhere. What we discuss: The glucose thing—what happens in your bloodstream when your muscles get activat...

We're getting real about what happened at Mumford and Sons—Johnna wandered off to chat with strangers, Clint came looking for her and wasn't happy about it, and what unfolded over the next few days became one of those messy-but-not-dirty growth moments that changes everything. What we discuss: The Chelan beach situation—why we've never seen it that packed, what's happening with the infrastructure...

Most people think personal training is just about losing weight or building muscle—show up at the gym, do your hour, see you next time. We're breaking down what actually separates a personal trainer from a transformation coach, and why one might be right for you while the other isn't. What we discuss: The thing about motivation being a four-letter word—why Johnna sees it last about two weeks in mo...

This is Part 3, and Clint thought he was done—he'd had his rebirth, kicked the alcohol, was feeling amazing. Turns out halftime was over and the universe had other plans. We're picking up after those first dates, moving into winter 2023 at the lake house, where the highs were higher but the lows hit harder than ever. What we discuss: The conversations Clint had with himself on the couch at the lak...

Clint got a last-minute invite to meet with State Representative Andrew Engell—less than 24 hours notice, five small business owners showed up, and what came out of that hour and a half completely shifted how we think about participating in state government. Turns out there are three specific things we can actually do that make a difference. What we discuss: The dental bill situation—what happened...

This is Part 2, and we're picking up where we left off—Clint at the farmhouse, five months in isolation, facing demons with vodka and whiskey displayed on the counter. He's journaling drunk without remembering what he wrote, talking out loud to the bottles, and about to figure out what's really been driving everything. What we discuss: The withdrawal symptoms Clint went through going cold turkey (...

EPISODE 39: 2nd Chances – Small Business Saturday Updated Title: 2nd Chances Boutique – Small Business Saturday Description: It's Small Business Saturday and we're spotlighting Second Chances Boutique in Oroville. This isn't your claustrophobic, mothball-smelling thrift store—Gillian's created something completely different, and Clint found a $15 KitchenAid blender there that we used the heck out...

We grew up drinking hose water with no water bottles in sight—and now everyone's carrying around a gallon jug like it's the law. Turns out, a lot of what you "know" about hydration is wrong. We're busting myths about thirst, clear pee, and that whole gallon-a-day thing. What we discuss: The thirst myth—what "if you're thirsty, you're already dehydrated" actually gets wrong about how your body sign...

This is our first car episode—recorded at 9pm driving to Wenatchee with adventure coffee in hand. Clint's telling his story, and we're not holding back. This is Part 1 of the transformation that took him from half a gallon of vodka every 2-3 days to where he is now. What we discuss: What Clint thought lifting weights was for in high school (and why the concept of metabolic health never even occurr...

Description: It's Small Business Saturday and we're spotlighting Wild Rose Floral Design in Tonasket. We walked in Thursday to treat ourselves to flowers (because self-care), and ended up watching Kelly create art right in front of us. What we discuss: The color explosion that hits you before you even walk through the door—and why Johnna loves the visual presentation so much What makes Kelly's app...

Sleep used to be something Clint despised—staying up late, drinking to help fall asleep, waking up screaming from night terrors. Now? He falls asleep in minutes. We're breaking down what changed, what the science says about sleep, and the exact nightly routine we do every single night. What we discuss: What kept Clint awake at night for years (the thoughts about death and "nothing" that his mind c...

We're home. After two weeks in the city dealing with everything that happened with Eden's birth, we're finally back in the country—and realizing just how much we took for granted about our routine, our environment, and our "lame" lifestyle. What we discuss: What you don't notice about your daily routine until it's gone for two weeks—and the thing that hit hardest when we got back The gym session a...

Part 2 picks up Wednesday morning as we prepare for the meeting with Charlotte, the owner of the Special Delivery Birth Center. This is where we asked the questions that needed answers—and documented what happened when we did. What we discuss: The meeting itself: Charlotte's opening moves, the victim narrative attempts, and what happened when Johnna said "I know where the bowls are—Alexa threw up...

This is the most important podcast we've ever recorded. It's the story of Eden Jovi's birth—and why we're sharing our experience with the Special Delivery Birth Center in Arlington and Providence Regional Medical Center. What we discuss: Johnna's admission about putting natural medicine on a pedestal—and what this birth experience forced her to reconsider The castor oil treatments, the cervical ch...