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What would you say is your why?

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I know you mentioned is leaving the world a better place.

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Is there something other than that

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that's make you started on this path of your why?

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Yeah, great question.

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So this goes back to when I was 12 years old.

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So when I was 12 years old,

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I was actually diagnosed with chronic migraines.

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And long story short, medications were not working.

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They were not getting rid of these migraines.

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So as part of this study,

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just looking at kind of lifestyle intervention treatment.

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And basically what I was told to do is just journal,

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journal everything, journal what you eat,

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days you're active, what that physical activity is,

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all of that.

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And so what they ended up finding out in the study

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and what I ended up finding out about myself

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is that the days that I was active, I ate better,

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I slept better, and that I was not getting these migraines

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on days that I was physically active.

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And so 12 years old,

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that really was a foundational shift for me to realize,

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okay, if I wanna be well, and I wanna feel good,

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I need to move every day.

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And so that really took me on this path

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of looking at wellbeing,

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looking at personal growth and development.

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How do I continue to improve that?

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What does that look like for me?

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And it's really been a thread

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that's been woven into everything that I do.

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When I really look at the pursuit of wellbeing,

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what does that look like in our work?

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What does that look like in our relationships,

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in our personal lives,

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and in our physical fitness as examples?

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And that's really my why.

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I love the writing side of that,

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when writing in the wellness space.

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I love speaking in that space,

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but I also love working with schools

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and in the education space to improve school environments

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so that they can be healthy and well for all children.

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So I guess that's a little bit about my why,

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and it's been great to be able to make a career out of that

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and just to be aligned with what you do and who you are

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and what you really stand for.

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So it's been good.