If I was able to figure out how to rebuild my
own body's energy from a 1 to 2 out of 10 back
to an 8 to 9 to a 10 out of 10, why not help
others do the same? If your mind is not in alignment
with what you say, what your goals and your visions
are, your mind will always kind of revert you
back to what it's gotten used to. We need to
fuel our minds. by managing our stress, by filling
our minds with more empowering, positive feelings.
Anything that happens to us starts at a spiritual
level, that life within us. You need to have
that belief within yourself that you can be a
better person today than you were. yesterday.
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Through a powerful mindset shift and intentional
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a life full of energy and purpose. And Adrienne
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unlock energy potential. And I want to say, again,
say welcome to the Thrive Old Journey podcast.
How are you doing today, Adrienne? I'm doing
absolutely fantastic. And thank you very much
for saying yes, for me being a guest on your
show. I do appreciate that. Yeah. When we first
met back in 2024, I was excited to have the conversation
with you and see what you had to bring because,
especially in my life, I'll just talk about my
life real quick, in the world of entrepreneurship
and building a business, it takes a lot. Sometimes
you don't find, I won't find the time to work
out or, you know, and I'll be drained throughout
the day. So it's like, you know, finding something
that will work for me and also work for me in
my business. And so I know that you had, you
know, some things going on with your life and
you had an incredible journey of transformation.
How would you describe yourself now? Oh my goodness.
As a result of my transformation, I am a staunch
advocate. I am a huge steward and a believer
in we need to show more respect to ourselves
as a whole. And when we come from that foundational
concept, it becomes a non -negotiable. So for
me, having a body that is healthy and well and
functioning as it was meant to be must be moved
up on our daily priority list on our A -list
as opposed to being I didn't even think about
my health and wellness today. It's not even on
my to -do list. So that's kind of the premises
where I'm coming from, based on my own transformation.
Yeah. The first thing that came into mind was,
you know, put yourself first. When you wake up,
you know, think about those things that you have
to put in place in order to make your day work
and work well for you. What was the turning point
in your journey that helps you reclaim your vitality,
your energy? Well, can I can I share the backup
story leading to that? Or do you just any turning
point? No, please share your story. That's that's
the most powerful part of it. Thank you so much.
Absolutely. So, you know, I turn my story lost
and found because to me, when we take advantage
of anything in our life, it's only when we no
longer have it, it's only it's only when we no
longer have access to it that we realize, wow,
I took that for granted, you know. If I could
get that back again, things would definitely
be different because I really don't like what's
happening right now because I took advantage
of that. So for me, I was born with boundless
energy. I've been reflecting on it now in my
teens, my 20s, my 30s up to my late 40s. I just
had a whole lot of energy. I don't know where
it came from, but I could jump out of bed, whether
I'm going to school, whether I'm working, I'm
going out afterwards. I'm eating Big Mac. I'm
eating cheesecake. I'm doing the smoking cigarettes.
I'm smoking weed. Good to go. No problem. I can
still go to work. It's a couple of hours sleep
and I'm bounding back again. Then Michael. I
crossed over my 50 year line. I don't know why
that was the number for me, but a couple of huge
things happened for me when I became 50. Number
one, you know, the big deal about your 50 now
and how life changes and dealing with that from
a psychological perspective. My daughter went
away to university. And why that was so paramount
in my life is because I was a single mother from
the time she was three. So it was always her
and I. I always had a reason to come home. I
always had a responsibility. I always had somebody
counting on me. So that gave me my purpose in
life. And then she went away to university. And
then I really got to know what that term emptiness
syndrome really meant. And it's like I would
come home and it's like I'm pacing. the house,
because I ain't got nothing to do. You know,
she was my something to do every day, even when
she was a teenager, do laundry and make dinner,
take her here, drive her here. I always had something
to do. She's gone now. And I'm realizing, you
know what, I don't like to be home alone. I'm
pacing around like a lion in the cage. Because
remember, I still got the energy. So I started
going out afterward. That's how it started. You
go out for dinner with a couple of friends. I'm
still coming home 839. And because of my energy,
I'm still pacing. I'm not ready to settle in
yet. So then I said, well, what can I do after
a restaurant? I realized, oh, there are odd clubs
around. So I would find a club on a Monday or
a little sports bar on a Tuesday. And that kind
of kept me busy till about 11 o 'clock. Not bad,
it worked. But what I realized is that when you're
in certain environments, you get introduced to
other things that that environment is connected
to. And I discovered after hours. I had no idea
that you could go somewhere at midnight, one
o 'clock in the morning and it's happening. So
for me, with my high energy, it was perfect.
Oh my God, it was perfect. Leave work, go to
a restaurant, go to a bar, sports bar and go
to an after hours. But with that, Michael, comes
an extreme toll on your body because you remember
I'm going from all day and then in those environments
now, I'm starting to drink more alcohol. I'm
getting introduced to certain party drugs that
I used to hear about. I would swear, oh, no,
no, no, no. But in that environment, just to
kind of keep up. I'm starting to indulge in certain
party drugs. And then after that, it's the processed
food because you're going all night. You're hungry
now. It's five o 'clock in the morning. So it's
a whole lot of processed food. Long story short,
that went on year after year after year after
year until I'm going to say maybe 54, 55. This
is where my change is happening. Went in for
my yearly medical. I always went in for my yearly
medical, always wanted to make sure I'm doing
okay. Soon as I walked into the office, my physician,
who I had been with for many years and who obviously
knows me quite well, looked at me and said, what's
wrong? Like, you don't look good. And I said,
what do you mean? He goes, usually you have more
of a pep in your step. And usually your skin
is glowing. And you know, I can see you've gained
weight. You're not even on the scale yet. I'm
looking at the black eyes under your, and you
just, you look pale. What's going on? Now, of
course, Michael, you know, I'm not going to tell
him I was at an after hours a couple of hours
ago. You know, I'm not doing a whole bunch of
crazy kind of drugs. So we make up stories. Oh,
you know what? I work and projects and I'm probably
not sleeping well. And yeah, I'll do better.
He goes, you know what? I know you, Adrian. It's
more than that. But until you're ready to reveal
it, I'm just saying let's do some tests and let's
see what any of your blood and urine tests might
come back with. Yeah, no problem. Okay, it went
and did whatever, whatever. Calls me a week later
and says, Adrian, you know what? I got some bad
news for you. Now, prior to that, Michael, every
year it's great checkup, great checkup. Everything's
good. Everything's good. So you see, as soon
as he said those words, it's like, you know,
I'm sitting up. It's like, he has never said
those words to me. So I'm thinking the words.
He goes, Adrian, you know what? I don't know
what you're doing. I don't know what you've done
over the last year, but your tests are revealing
that you are pre -diabetic and you are so close
to the diabetic line. You just one step away.
I don't know what is going on, Adrian, but you
do not want to be in that space of being diabetic.
Make some changes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. Michael is human beings. Even when
we get the honest truth, you know, that doesn't
turn us around right away because we're so used
to being in that kind of other comfort zone.
Absolutely. I was back at the club again. Let's
fast forward. So maybe this was October, November.
Two months later, the following January, I'll
never forget this, Michael. It was a really cold
winter in Toronto. I live in Toronto, Canada.
And I remember because I never smoked in the
house out of respect to my daughter, even though
she wasn't there, I still didn't smoke in the
house. My garage is attached right to my house.
It was so cold. It took me 10 minutes just to
layer up. So I'm sitting in my garage. Gloves
are off because I can't smoke. I got big bulky
gloves, you know, those big book. So I got to
take the gloves off. My fingers are freezing.
Smoking a cigarette in one hand, smoking a joint
in the other hand. And you know what, Michael?
What can I say? I just broke down crying. I don't
know where it came from. It was in my spirit,
but something inside of me said, you know what?
This is craziness. This is craziness. And Michael,
I cried and I cried. You know, I remember, I
remember saying, you know what, God, I can't
do this anymore. I cannot do this anymore. It's
like on Monday, it would be, okay, that's it.
It's Monday. I'm going to start off fresh. I'm
going to start off. I'm going to eat a little
bit better. I'm going to go for a walk on my
lunch hour and I'm not going to go to the clubs.
But you see Michael by Thursday. I'm back in
the club Saturday, Sunday, sometimes even Monday,
sometimes even shoot. You know those, you know,
those racks on the wheel that go around and around?
Yeah, I felt like on my own wheel of hell. So
I'm sitting there in my garage and I'm crying
and I'm saying, God, you know what? I don't know
how to get off this wheel. I want to get off
this wheel. This is not the life I envisioned
for myself. I'm unhealthy. I'm tired. I'm fatigued.
My daughter is going to be coming home soon.
What if she sees me like this? What kind of Role
model, am I at work? I know my production has
plummeted. Am I waiting for that call from my
manager to call me in to say what's going on?
Everything was kind of compounding. And I said,
you know what? I need to stop this nonsense.
I need to stop. I need your help. Evening finished,
went inside Michael. And, you know, up to today,
I will always say it was because of my plea for
divine intervention. Slowly but surely, Michael,
I noticed that my mind was shifting. It was shifting
more so towards, you know what I really start
looking into? How do women's bodies change as
we get older? And I felt I didn't feel that same
kind of pull to go out after work. I felt more
of a push to let me go home. I'm curious. I'm
curious. So my mind opened up like a curiosity
path to see, is there anything that I can do
to maybe improve? where I am with my health,
because I'm thinking, you know what, my father
died from his diabetes when he was in his late
60s. So if I'm in my mid 50s and he died in his
late 60s, all I'm thinking, Michael, you mean
I could be dead in 10 years? I could be 12 years.
So that may be because I said, my daughter, what
if she gets married? I want to be there to see
her walk down the aisle. What if she's blessed
with children? I want to be able to have a relationship
with my future grandchildren. I've always loved
to travel, and it was always my plan as I retire
and get older. I want to do a whole lot more
traveling because I've worked so hard in my life.
That is my pleasure that I'm looking forward
to. And for me, the cherry on the cake was I
love to tell this to people. Hopefully, if they
remember Betty White, she was an actress on a
show by the name of Golden Girls. And then she's
known exactly. And thereafter, she created her
own half an hour sitcoms. And Betty White died
at ninety nine. And up until her late 90s, she
was still active. She was still working. She
was still producing. She was very active in her
life. And for me, that was my role model. It's
like, I want to be like Betty White. Whatever
I'm doing, I want to be able to do it vigor with
vigor and vitality in my sixties, in my seventies,
in my eighties and nineties. And if I'm blessed,
why not even my hundred? Like, how can I live
that type of a life? So that is that all of that
kind of spurned me to kind of continue to do
a lot of research into what is my responsibility?
What am I accountable for in my life that I can
do something about it? And as I move through
the year, I use myself as a beta test. I created
a nutritional plan. I joined the gym. I totally
moved away from that nightclub crowd that did
not have my best interest. And instead I found
a network of women 50 plus who advocate for creating
healthy lifestyle, creating habits, creating
new identities. And I spent more time with them
because I chose to surround myself with individuals
who were successful on their health recuperation
journey. I also started spending more time outside
in nature. I got out in the sun because this
is all the information that I am deriving from
my research. And over the 12 months in that beta
test, Michael, I noticed the energy levels starting
to improve. I would wake up and I would feel
more energetic and people would start complimenting
me on, you seem to have more pep in your step
and seeing a glow in your skin and you just seem
to be happier and you're walking a little bit
faster. And what is it that you're doing, Adrian?
And I said, you know, you know. buying more fruits
and vegetables and going outside and going to
bed a little bit earlier. And, and I didn't say
I'm not doing any of that. I didn't talk about
the negative, but I talked about what I was doing
based on my research. Michael, at the end of
that year, I would say if the beginning of the
year, my energy maybe was one or two out of 10,
10 being I'm super woman and one being I can't
even get up. By the end of that 12 months, Michael,
I can honestly say I was able to rejuvenate my
energy back up to levels of eight to nine to
10 out of 10 to where I am still today enjoying
the benefits of a high energy body. Now, because
of my success and because people kept on coming
to me asking me for what are you doing? I wish
I had more energy. I love your energy, Adrian.
If I had your energy, you know what I could do
every day? You know how much more I would get
accomplished. You know how much more I could
be engaged with my family at work and my business
if I wasn't so fatigued and tired all the time.
And that's when that came on. It's like, you
know what? If I was able to figure out how to
rebuild my own body's energy from a one to two
out of 10. back to an eight to nine to a 10 out
of 10, why not help others do the same? And that's
when I created the energy edge unlock your body's
energy potential coaching program. And that's
when I introduced the world and that's, that's
my story, Michael of loss and found. And since
I found it, it's like, you know what? I will
never take advantage of my health again. I never
want to be back to one or two. I never, never.
We'll talk about energy edge, but just coming
back from what you talked about, I mean, there
are so many powerful moments. I tried to write
notes, but then I wanted to be entrenched in
the conversation, right? I think the first thing,
let me pull back my thoughts here. The first
thing that you're talking about was that you
were in an environment with people that weren't
necessarily good for you. And then because of
their activities, you got connected to that,
what they were all about. So I think getting
in the environment, which you did later, helped
you with, I guess, your new energy and vitality.
When you talk to people, I guess, since we're
talking to entrepreneurs and business owners,
what would you say to them when they're in that
low energy phase all the time and they may not
necessarily have the community? of people that
are caring about themselves first. What would
you say to them? The first thing I would tell
them is if you do not have a current network
of individuals that are on a journey of empowerment,
whatever their journey may look like, but it's
always on the road with a growth mindset they
want better for themselves, you need to start
with yourself, though. You know, even if you
do have that environment, you need to have that
belief within yourself that you can be a better
person today than you were yesterday. So for
me, understanding that I made my shift when I
realized that my mind was also in alignment.
If your mind is not in alignment with what you
say, what your goals and your visions are, your
mind will always kind of revert you back to.
what it's gotten used to and what it's gotten
used to is not necessarily what's always what's
best for you, but you've proven to your mind,
well, I'm really comfortable when I have that
Big Mac and fries and it makes me feel really
good. So our minds are kind of programmed to
always take us back to what it remembers made
us happy. But again. Even if it's drugs and alcohol,
your mind realize, well, this person gets, they
get, they seem to get excited and happy when
they have a drink, when they know that they're
going to have a hit of something and they seem
to relax or they seem to kind of get a lot of
joy. Let me take them back there. But you remember
your new goal is, is I want something else in
my life and this is not congruent with it. So
you need to find. some kind of an anchor. And
for me, that anchor is your why. Why are you
making this change right now? Why are you saying
to yourself, I am ready to make a change? And
in this case is, you know what? I'm tired of
being tired all the time. I wake up feeling tired
and just thinking about that one hour drive to
work. I'm already tired and it's 11 o 'clock.
Let me go downstairs and get a kind of a coffee
and a Danish because that'll give me that kind
of that boost that I need. But I'm tired of always
relying on whatever I ingest to give me that
temporary kind of boost. So individuals need
to really think about. why they want to make
that change. And once they know what it is, they
have to use that as their anchor to get over
those hurdles. Because absolutely, there will
definitely be hurdles. There will definitely
be roadblocks. There will definitely be storms,
because that's just how life is. That's just
the reality of life. And so when you are confronted
with that, entrepreneurs to kind of stay on that
journey to get back on track, you need to kind
of pull that line. It's like, oh, yeah, that's
why I'm doing it. OK, that's why I'm doing it.
And then again, you kind of attach it to tools
that you can kind of implement to kind of course
correct. We need to we need to find tools that
you can action to kind of bring you out of that
vibe, that energy vibe that's that thing, your
energy that's keeping you fatigued and that's
that's producing that brain fog within you. I
was going to go back to your story because there
is a point in your story when you had talked
about when you went to the doctor, the doctor
told you about you being like one step away from
being diabetic. But it didn't mean anything to
you at the moment, right? Until whatever the
story that you lived in, it connected with you
in a different way. And then you're like, you
fell on your knees and you cried and you're like,
I can't do this anymore. Then you attached yourself
to, you know, tools or your why, and then your
tools. What was the first tool that you used?
For me, my first tool was putting together a
photo library of my daughter as she was growing
up throughout her life. So whenever I, my mind
said, you know what, just go back, go to McDonald's,
man, go to McDonald's. It's easy. You've had
a hard day. You've had a hard day today. And
I know where all the McDonald's are. Cause you
remember I've gotten used to them over the years.
It was, you know what, I'm sitting there at work
thinking, oh my God, I gotta go home, and I gotta
stand up over the stove, and I gotta cut up this
salad, and I gotta season the fish, and the mind
is saying, go to McDonald's, man, let's go to
McDonald's. I would put out that photo library,
and I'd look at my daughter, and I'd say, you
know what, yeah. That's why I'm doing it. That's
why I'm making the changes. Because, you know,
Michael, for me, one of the greatest honors is
when I hear kids say when they're asked the question,
who is who is one of your greatest role models
in your life? Whenever I hear a child say my
mom or my dad or my grandfather, my grandfather,
for me, it's like, you know what? I want my daughter
to say that about me. If she's ever asked, I
want her to say one of my foundational role models
was my mom. If I did not allow myself to pull
up my socks and start living a life of more health
and wellness and vitality, why would she be proud
of that? So for me, my why and my anchor was
I want my daughter to be proud of me forever.
What can I do to ensure that when she looks at
her mom and she sees my examples and she sees
how I strive and she sees how I move through
life? Oh, yeah, I'm really proud of my mom. She
really set some good foundational ethical points
for me to role model as her daughter as well,
too. So for me, that having that why, that's
my anchor. That's what kind of... There's a legacy
change as well, you know, when you made that
shift. And then she can talk to, you know, the
people that will, her children or whomever and
be like, yeah, this is my mom is my role model.
And, you know, this is her life. And then I get
to brag about it and boast about it. Yeah. There's
another thing, too. You talked about the mind
shift. And what about the spiritual energy? What
about your spiritual energy? Does that participate
and play with your physical and your mental energy?
And if so, how does it do that? Human beings
are living organisms on a biological level. With
that comes our physical body that we feel in
the third dimensional world. We have our mental
consciousness and we have our spirit as well
too. So I know for a fact that we are connected.
Everything within us is intricately connected.
Our spirit our mind and our bodies. And because
of that, anything that happens to us starts at
a spiritual level, that life within us. If we
don't have that life within us, we are no longer
alive. So anything that happens to us, so for
example, you're driving, somebody cuts you off.
The first thing is how you feel about it. Are
you kidding? I can't believe he or she did that.
And then your mind takes over. And based on your
perception of how you feel about that, your mind
is either going to say, oh, no, they didn't.
Oh, no, they didn't. I'm going up there. I'm
going to let them know something or your mind.
You know what? It is what it is. And then however
your mind perceives it. It's manifested physically.
So it's either going to be manifested with you
physically driving up faster to catch that driver
to show them the finger or you to say, you know
what? That's okay. Let me just slow down a little
bit right now. Some people are kind of crazy
out there. Let me just kind of go about my business.
So for me, what happens to a spiritual, we need
to be more intimately connected to who we are
as spiritual beings. Cause to me, my spirit is
life. My spirit, how I relate to spirit is the
spirit of life. If I don't have that spirit of
life within me, I am not alive. And as As a result
of knowing, okay, this is where it all begins,
the spirit of life again sustains and supports
my mental consciousness and my physical third
world body as well too. If I don't respect and
honor my spirit, it's gonna manifest in ways
through my mind and through my physical body
as well too. So I believe our spirit is like
the engine, the engine of a car. And then everything
else from there, we have our mind that runs a
certain part and we have our body, which is the
physical part. But I do believe that our spirit
is at the core of what drives our entire engine
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that is nutritionally dense foods. I like to
say foods that come from the root. I also like
to say foods that come from a plant, not foods
that were made in a plant. We're biological beings.
We're 75 to 80 % made of fluids. We need to drink
ample fluids. predominantly, number one, water
every single day. We're living organisms. We
need to go outside and we need to respect and
connect with other living organisms. That is
the sun. That is the air that is standing on
the earth. We need to fuel our bodies with what
our bodies were designed for. We need to fuel
our mind by managing our stress, by filling our
minds with more empowering. positive feelings.
We need to have those thoughts. So I like to
tell my clients, there's nothing wrong with being
aware of what's going on around the world. But
no one says that you need to spend an hour focusing
on what's going on in Israel and Gaza. No one
says that you need to keep on reading about what's
going on in Russia and Ukraine. Because the more
we allow ourselves to read that information,
it's not feel good information. And that our
minds begin to kind of start forming our own
stories and that negativity. start sitting in
and then that stress, oh my God, oh my God, I
wonder, oh my goodness, oh my goodness, oh my
goodness, what's going on with the tariffs as
well too? Absolutely, it's scary. But you know
what, if there's nothing that you can do about
it, do not allow it to sit inside of your mind
and allow your mind to continue grow with negative
feelings. And then we go to how we feel, you
know what? Oh my God, I wonder what's gonna happen
with the tariffs. And we get anxious and our
stress raises up. or you know what depression
oh my god you know what i'm not happy in my job
i've been it's monday coming up oh and i gotta
deal with and that you know what i'm saying and
that negative feeling inside of us we have to
be more mindful we have to stand guard on what
we are deciding to fuel our bodies with every
single day when we know what our bodies need.
Let's make more decisions to give our bodies
what our bodies are asking for as opposed to
what I want. I want a pizza. I want nachos fully
loaded. I want another vodka and cranberry, as
opposed to, does my body really need a whole
plate of nachos fully loaded? Is my body asking
for that? Of course not. Your body is asking
for what it was designed for, but as humans,
we can be selfish. It's what I want. It's what
I want now. How do you make that distinction?
Or how do you begin to create that distinction?
Absolutely. For me, again, it goes right back
to what kind of life do I want to live moving
forward? I can't do anything about the life I've
lived, but you see the life I have today and
the life I hopefully will have tomorrow. What
is the quality of the life I want for myself?
And I'm the only one that can design it. I can
sit here and dream about it and dream about it.
But until I do something about it, it's just
a dream. So for me, it's like, you know what?
I want a life where if my daughter is blessed
to have grandchildren, I want to be active in
their life. I don't want to be those grandparents
that you just see sitting down at the side. They
just sitting at the side because you know what?
I'm tired. I'm overweight. I'm in pain. I don't.
I'm just tired. I'm not thinking. No, not me.
I want to be up there. I want to be in my fight.
My son, if my grandson needs a coach, I want
to say you need an assistant coach. Absolutely.
I'm there for you. You know, my granddaughter
says, you know what? Let's go. Let's go down
to the street festival. I want to say, yes, absolutely.
I want to be actively involved in my family's
life. I don't want to be sitting on the sidelines.
And I see too many people, even now, as young
as in their 40s, just sitting on the sideline.
Just sitting on the sideline because you know
what, I'm just tired, just tired. That's not
me. Not at all. Not gonna happen. Not gonna happen.
I was there. I know what it felt like. And whenever
I think about it, it's like, you know what? I'm
not going back there intentionally. I'm not going
there. And I have that choice every day. Make
a choice. I often, when I have these kind of
conversations, I often refer back to my dad.
My dad is 86 and I was talking to the producer
of the show and she said, who's taking care of
your dad? I was like, he is. Like, he doesn't
need anybody to take care of him. He doesn't
need to go to a home or whatever. He, you know,
he has a huge RV that he could drive, you know,
across the country if he wants to. You know what
I mean? He doesn't need that. And that's what
I want for myself. And I think when you're talking
about, yeah, it's like You're thinking long -term
for who you want to be for the rest of your life
and not just in that moment. And so, yeah, go
ahead. You have more? You know, what I was going
to say, Mom, I love you, but, you know, I got
to keep it real. My mother, same age and just
totally chronically fatigued and in pain. I can.
Yeah, I could see over the years she wasn't taking
care of herself, didn't really exercise, ate
a lot of processed food, didn't drink any water.
And you see fast forward now into her 80s right
now. Wow. So for me, she is my other role model.
I don't want to live my life like that. When
I hear stories of your dad, I have a choice.
Why I intentionally from now say I want to live
like my mom. just kind of sitting like this all
the time. And when she gets up and move, it's
like a turtle pace. And then you look like your
dad's still standing up and drive getting into
that RV, which is pretty high. So he's obviously
flexible enough and strong enough to get up on
that RV and power that kind of machine with confidence.
He obviously has a strong cognitive capacity
as well too. Why didn't I choose that? And that's
what I say to my clients, you're choosing from
today. You're choosing from today. Which it's
what path what you choose. It's in our power.
We have to stop letting life happen to us and
we need to take that power back from life. That's
automatically kind of I'm on default. I wake
up in the morning. I make my breakfast. I get
in my car. I drive to work. I do my job. I come
home. I sit on the. I mean, so many scary. They're
just they're just going through default in life.
You know, they're just like. It's just sad to
me. Would you say that about entrepreneurs and
them achieving things and then they just burn
out? You know, for a lot of entrepreneurs and
solopreneurs, because their main focus is, you
know, I got to keep on developing the business
and growing the business and learning and doing
and doing and doing and doing, that takes a first
priority. And for a lot of them, they don't.
put their health even in the mix. Taking care
of myself, giving myself time breaks, giving
my eyes a little spa away from staring at a screen
and small print all the time. We don't give thought
to the health and fitness of our eyes. Sitting
in the same chair hour after hour and your body
is saying, Michael, please can we stand up? Michael,
please can we just go for a fight? But no, we're
so kind of zoomed in. on what we have to do,
and staying on top of it, and there's so many
of us out there, and there's so much competition,
and I gotta keep on going, and I gotta keep on
going, because we're fighting for the same them,
and there's only so, and it's like, you know
what? And your body is saying, I'm tired. So
you see when you finally stand up, and all of
us, oh, oh, ow. And the first few steps are kind
of slow, right? The first, you know, and the
person's in their 30s, these are young people.
And you never stop for a minute and said, you
know what? Let me just drink some water. You
haven't had a glass of water for the last four
hours. You still got that cold cup of coffee
that you made from eight o 'clock in the morning
as well, too. You know, for entrepreneurs to
support your success, I'm asking you to put health
and wellness practices on the top of your A list
every single day. For me, our health and wellness
are the roots. They're the roots of everything
else in our life. If we plant, if we have that
mindset of my every single day starts with what
can I do to ensure that I'm building a healthy
energy body? I need a healthy energy body because
you know what? I got a whole lot of things ahead
of me today. Whether they're physical things,
whether they're things that I need to think about,
whether it's how I need to feel, my spirit is
saying. Just build a healthy energy body. What
can I do to support that? What can I do to support
my overall success today? If you have a productive
day, a day where you have some key items that
you need to take care of, you need to make sure
you're fueling your mental channels, your emotional
channels, and your physical channels. Because
when you're fueling yourself, you're realizing,
okay, you know what? Let me set up some protocols
in the beginning. Let me set up my time windows.
Let me set up time windows for break. All of
that fought around your health and wellness.
You're building it into your day to ensure that
your health, yourself, your business and your
family, your family also has to be taken into
consideration as well, too. But it starts with
my it starts with you, Michael. And for me, you
are what is Michael's health and fitness going
to look like today to support? the other areas
of his life. It's got to start with you first,
Michael. Right. And what I'm hearing is creating
a structure, right? So within that structure,
what's what's like one daily habit that you recommend
that you can give to an entrepreneur to sustain
their energy throughout the day? Absolutely.
For me, a very easy tip for them to support sustaining
energy throughout the day is have a pitcher of
water prepared. advance. You know, make sure
that you are setting yourself up. for the small
successes. And for example, if you are focused
kind of on the one thing, you have one thing
you've determined that you need to focus on in
the first kind of four hours of your day, then
you know what? What do I need to support that?
I need to have sufficient water. So make sure
you have your water jug there with you and you
have your cup. You know what? I'm gonna need
maybe a healthy snack. So let me just have some
grapes already peeled or some strawberries or
blueberries or whatever it might be or some celery
as well too. Okay, you know what, I've turned
off my notifications, turned off the phone, phone
has moved away from me because for me a huge
big deal is EMF, electronic magnetic fields.
That's a huge deal for me in sapping our energy,
move your cell phone away from you. These are
all simple things that you can do from the beginning
of your day to ensure that you are sustaining.
And you're building a healthy energy body because
you're fueling your body. Your body needs water.
Your body needs fruits or vegetables as well,
too. And your body. Exactly. And your body doesn't
need any additional electronic fields around
you. Yes. Fine. You're on a laptop. So fine.
Your laptop needs to be plugged in. But you know
what? You don't need your phone. Move your phone.
20 feet away from you that's less of a magnetic
current frequency that's now getting into your
body under your cells. So you know what, those
are some of the simple things that for me, they're
non -negotiable. And they're just something that
I just do automatically to set up myself. I also
set up a timer on the clock because again, it's
so easy. You're in the flow, you're in the flow
and things are happening and you look up and
it's, oh my gosh, it's two o 'clock. I've been
seeing her from 7 .30 in the morning. You don't
want to do that to yourself because you're hurting
your body and your body is saying, you know what,
you want me to help you out, but you're not doing
anything to help me out. Set up your timers,
whether it's an hour, whether it's 90 minutes,
it's up to you. Your timer goes off. That's the
sign. I need to get up. I need to stand outside
five minutes in the sun. Let me stretch for two
seconds. And then 10 minutes later, let me come
back and sit down. and go again. Simple things
to sustain energy throughout your day. I love
that. First of all, thanks for confirming that
for me because I normally have a 64 ounce cup
of water that I have next to me but I like to
have it cold and it wasn't cold enough for me
so I left it in the freezer so I got me a smaller
one and then this watch that I have, it don't
take, I don't think it takes too much energy
from me because I didn't ever thought about that.
The whole, the EMFs. My phone's actually way
over the way over. So, but I haven't thought
about that as far as the zapping, but this also
reminds me when I've been sitting too long and
be like, walk around, do something. And, you
know, I do that. So thank you for confirming
that, that is something that, you know, a practice
that I use. um, to help me. I didn't even know
that that was a thing that I was doing. I just
kind of just did it. You know, to piggyback to
what you were saying, you know, because we are
living organisms, you know, our bodies require
just basic things from us. And for me, that was
like the big mind blower for me as I was doing
my research. It's not like our bodies are asking
us for an arm and a leg. Our bodies are just
saying, you know what, can I just have just a
few more fruits and vegetables? Can I just have
just a little bit more water? Can we just go
to bed just a little bit earlier? Can we just
get a little bit more sleep? Can we just go outside
and get some fresh air? Can we maybe just kind
of? You know, just walk around, you know, nature,
maybe some water and, you know, your body knows
what it needs. And, you know, once you know that
and you start respecting and honoring and giving
your body what she or he needs, your body says,
you know what, thank you. This is what I can
do for you. For me, it's like a genie, you know,
like in Aladdin and you rub it and you get three
wishes. Your body says, you know what, I want
to grant your wishes every day, Michael. I want
to grant your wishes every day, Michael. All
I need from you, Michael, is just let's eat.
Let's eat more food from roots. Let's just, you
know, instead of that juice, let's just drink
a little bit more water, you know, instead of
just, you know, after you finish work, you sit
on the sofa. Can we just walk around the block,
even if it's just once? I know you're tired,
but just one walk around the block, though. It's
such small things. Yeah. Our bodies say, you
know what, Michael? Thank you. What can I do
for you? You want some energy? You got a few
more hours to go. I got your back, Michael. You
scratch my back, I'll scratch yours. And all
those good things compound and it supports us
in our system. Give ourselves a little TLC, right?
Michael, absolutely. I love that. So Energy Edge
is your business. I have it written here. Energy
Edge, I like your energy potential program. How
does that help our audience? entrepreneurs, business
owners. Once an individual figures out where
they're losing their energy, because some individuals,
it's the mental block. It's the mental drain.
For some, it's physical. For some, it's financial.
For some, it's occupational. So, you know, for
me, it's determining out of your eight dimensions
of wellness that make us a human being. Let's
figure out where exactly you're losing your energy.
And once we know the areas that are draining
your energy, those are the areas that you and
I need to work on to figure out strategies to
rebuild energy in those particular areas. So
as entrepreneurs, what I hear a lot when I connect
in meetings are, you know what, I started from
seven in the morning and I'm still going eight,
nine, 10 o 'clock at night because it's my business.
no one's gonna build it, I have to build it.
And I have everything. It's like a 12 hour clock,
I gotta do this, I gotta do this, I gotta do
this, I gotta do this. And it's not like at five
o 'clock I can say, you know what, work is done
and I'm out of the office, I gotta keep on going.
And there's just a plethora of responsibilities
and activities that solo and entrepreneurs have
to undertake every single day. And as a result,
Sometimes, a lot of times, we just get so wrapped
up in, I gotta keep on going, I gotta keep on
going, I gotta keep on going, I know I gotta
take a break, I know I should take a break, but
we just keep on going. It's just, it's just in
our nature to, you know what, I... I was told
that it's going to be a long journey. I was told
that it's going to be a lot of sleepless nights.
And we take that as the Bible not realizing,
yes, it's going to take its toll, but we can
figure out how to find more balance. And so for
my brothers and sisters in the solopreneur and
entrepreneur space, one of the things that I
would say to you is, yes, there will always be
a whole lot to do. But if you want any sense
of success, there's no point in making a whole
lot of money and you are burnt out and too tired
to enjoy it. There's no it makes no sense whatsoever.
So why don't you come and talk to me? Talk to
me. We can talk about it. I want you to understand
that it starts with taking care of your health
first. You got to build in. bridges throughout
your day to prioritize your health and wellness,
you will see a huge, a huge shift in what your
day looks like. When you build in health and
wellness breaks, you'll be so much more surprised
that you have so much more energy to power through.
Most people experience small bouts of energy
throughout their day. Few people enjoy consistent
energy, high levels of energy throughout their
day. And when you go through just the putters,
okay, you know what, you wake up, you bought
a whole lot of energy, and then an hour and a
half, two hours later, you're starting to slow
down, but you keep on going, but you don't realize.
The quality of your work is suffering, but you
keep on going, but you keep on going. Quality
of your work. Maybe you have a meeting with clients
and you're doing your best to show up, but you
know what? In retrospect, you know what? Wow,
you're not impressing them because you're just
kind of going through the motion because you
don't realize, you know, you were up till 12
o 'clock last night trying to finish that group
presentation you're putting together instead
of, you know what? I'm killing myself. If take
care of your health and wellness and your health
and wellness will say, what do you need now,
Michael? What do you need now, Michael? I got
you. I got you. It's amazing how our bodies want
to serve us. But if we don't serve them, where
are they supposed to get the energy to serve
us, Mike? Right. What I was also hearing in that
was sometimes you got to really slow down and
take a break to really listen to yourself, to
your body and hear what it's telling us. Absolutely.
Yeah. How do you connect or reconnect entrepreneurs
or clients with their passion and help them rebuild
their energy? Well, they have to share with me
what their current or future passions are, what
they see for their own selves, what they see
the kind of relationship they want with their
family and friends. Where they see either themselves
in their job or their businesses and how it's
all interconnected. That's their vision and their
passions as well. So, you know, once they share
that with me, you know, many different things
for some individuals who are visual. It's like,
you know what? We're going to create an amazing
vision board. So it's an actual hard copy, and
it's actually one that they can put on their
home screens. They can have on their phones as
well, too. I'm a big believer in the law of attraction
and in manifesting. And obviously, since I went
through my own mindset shift, I have come to
realize the power that my mind has to keep me
on track, to kind of move me in the direction
that I want to go. Or if I don't, if I don't
take control of the power of my mind, it's easy
enough for my mind to kind of take me back to
where I am because we will never forget. our
experiences. Absolutely, Michael, I'm going to
be honest with you. Every time I drive by McDonald's,
absolutely, especially, you know, sometimes the
fries are just perfect. They come out perfectly.
And that Big Mac is perfect. And the lettuce
is all green as opposed to sometimes it's white.
And sometimes you just get that perfect meal.
Absolutely, Michael. When I think about it, it's
like, yeah, because you know what? We will never
forget. Memories are forever. But it's about
building new, healthier memories that support
your new identity of how you see yourself or
who you see yourself or the vision of yourself
moving forward. So, you know, what was the question,
Michael? I'm sorry. I'm sorry. That's OK. So
much I want to share. Yeah, it's okay. It was
really talking about how, how do you help the
clients connect to their purpose? Yeah. So once
they have a very clear picture to themselves
about that, it's just kind of, for me, it's finding
tools to keep them back on track. I like to say,
like, you know, in AA, you have a sponsor. So
if you feel that you're that sponsor, you give
that sponsor a call and the sponsor kind of horse
corrects you. So it's having those tools that
You know, you want to stop at McDonald's, but
it's like, you know what? Oh yeah, picture of,
oh yeah, my son's waiting for me at home because
you know what, we're going, I got, I'm a coach
now. I'm a coach now. So, you know, so it's having
the tools. Number one, accountability. For me,
that's really huge as well too, because not all
of us have the capacity of. Yes, I know, I know
my why. Yes, I have my vision board, but I'm
still human. So you know what? But having that
accountability partner to check in on you and
say, OK, how was your week now? And be honest
with you. OK, you off? No worries. You know what?
That's cool that that's life. Let's talk about
why you fell off and what we can do when you're
maybe triggered next time as well, too. So it's
putting it's just putting in place those practical
kind of tools that you can kind of. easily kind
of tap into to kind of support you staying true
to your purpose and your vision, you know? You
need support. You need ongoing constant support
on your journey of transformation to wherever
you've decided you want to go and the quality
of life that you want to live. Yeah. The mindset
can move you forward to the vision, the goal
that you have, or if it's not in that space,
it can definitely take you off. Oh yes, oh yes,
oh yes. What is your vision of the future of
energy and wellness and especially like for entrepreneurs
or entrepreneurs, business owners? I do what
I do because I was given a second opportunity
and because I have the pleasure of enjoying quality
of life that I've always envisioned. Even when
I was younger, it was, you know, I'm going to
be full of spunk and full of energy forever because,
you know, you're able to, you enjoy life so much
more when you're, you're energetic, when you
have the energy and everybody knows what it feels
to, you know, like best example. Okay. You went
out with your friends and you had a lot to drink
and you wake up the next morning and you're just
tired. And that's because your body is still
trying to process all that sugar and you flooded
your body. with all that sugar that's in that
beer and all that junk food, but you know what?
It was a family celebration. So of course it's
represents a lot of sugar and grease and processed
foods. But I got, I lost track again, Mike. Cause
that's okay. I mean, you have a wealth of knowledge
that you want to share. So what was your question?
Sorry. I'm sorry. The question was, it's okay.
What is your vision of a future for wellness
and energy? Thank you so much. So for me, my
vision is I want more people in the human race
to understand that they have the power to design
the life that they would love to live years in
advance. And I want them to understand that there's
so much more to experience and to love about
life if they have a life with more energy, a
life with more vitality, a life with higher levels
of wellness. I want, my vision is an awareness,
an awareness. I don't feel that our educational
system, I don't feel that our parents teach us
from the time we are young the absolute. vital
necessity of health being at our root. Yes, in
school they say, eat more vegetables, go outside
and play. Now you're hearing, yes, you have to
manage your stress. You know, you hear about
it, but unless you're embedded in that network
where that's all the information they talk about,
so it becomes second nature, but otherwise out
in the mainstream. It's not flooded enough. The
importance of building your health and wellness
as your route every single day, embedding in
decisions when you start your day that automatically
include health and wellness breaks. It's not
shouted out there in the media. And for me, my
vision is over the years. voices as myself and
others who are living a longer life with energy
and vitality and knowing, wow, what a difference
I can have. I'm enjoying my life so much more.
I want everybody to at least experience it, experience
it. And if you don't like it, if you don't like
having fun in your life, then you can go back.
But I want everybody to at least feel. what it
feels like and know that, wow, it didn't cost
me anything. Yes, fruits and vegetables are organic.
Yes, they cost a little bit more. But look at
what it's costing me because I'm sick and all
the medication and the prescription and I'm missing
out on life because I'm chronically sick all
the time versus You mean if I just went out for
a walk, it doesn't cost me anything to go for
a walk. Yes, I know I have to buy running shoes.
Yes, I know I may have to go and buy a gym membership.
But when I look at the initial cost and it's
the cost and analysis benefit, it's costing me
this now. But in the long run, wow, look at the
quality of my life. And that's exactly, you know,
so for me, my vision is more of an awareness
of putting health and wellness. on the top of
my A -list every single day, and then build the
rest of my day from there. That's my vision,
health and wellness. It has to come first. You
need to build your health and wellness every
day, and then from there, you build up from there.
You build up from there. Foundation, and then
you build up. What's your last piece of wisdom
that you want to leave with our audience today?
You are the only one that has a choice on how
you want to live tomorrow, how you want to live
right now. I'm saying to you, with the choice
that you have, why continue living your life
to the min when you can live your life to the
max? And it's just some simple tweaks that you
need to make in the decisions that you make every
single day. Simple tweaks and the benefits, the
rewards. It's like the pot of gold at the end
of that rainbow. There's so much gold for you
at the end of the rainbow and it just requires
just some small steps. Are you worth? small tweaks
that the gold is waiting for you. The gold is
waiting for you. A golden life is waiting for
you tomorrow. Just make the little step today.
Make little steps today. I think that's, that's,
that's powerful. Like make the little steps to
create energy, vitality and longevity in your
life. And like you said, it only takes a small,
small changes that compound. And I love that.
So first of all, thank you for being here on
the podcast. I know you have so much more to
share. And we'll definitely probably have you
back, you know, and we can continue the conversation
in the future. For now, I would love for people
to know how to get in touch with you and connect
with you. Yes, they can reach out to me at energyforlife
.energy. That's energy, F -O -U -R life dot energy.
Energy for life dot energy. Adrian, I'm so glad
it took us a while to get here, but I'm so glad.
Well worth the wait. And, you know, again, just
thank you for being here. Appreciate you. And
for all you listeners and you watchers, you know
what we say around this time? Let's make thriving
our new normal. Absolutely. Namaste. Thank you.