Thrive Forever Fit With Jay Nixon

You're Being Lied To In today's episode, I'm going to expose the lies of the 4.5 Trillion dollar nutrition and fitness industry.  Think about that for a minute.  We spend 4.5 Trillion dollars a year on wellness, and we are the most unhealthy, out of shape, and overweight we've ever been.  And it's only getting worse.  Raise your hand if you're overwhelmed, confused, and feel stuck.  If your hand went up, you're not alone.  And this is EXACTLY where they want you. The more confused you are, the more money they know you will spend.  My goal and the mission of this podcast is to get you off the runaway train and back on solid ground.  You deserve the truth, and that's what I'm here to give you.  If you want to be surrounded by like-minded people seeking real and honest information about their health and wellness, join my free group.  Yes, it's 100% free with no strings attached.  Join the FREE ~ Wellness Lab Launch Pad ~ on Facebook if you'd like

Reigniting The Fire For My Life with Special Guest Amanda Bussiere In today's Super Success Story interview, Amanda is going to share how a chance meeting turned her life from troubled to triumphant. Keep this in mind as you listen to this compelling and moving interview ~ there are no coincidences in life. Here's a sneak peek at what you'll hear. *When you get better, life gets better. *How working on her relationship with herself helped her relationship with her hubby. *The importance of being congruent with your words and your actions *You are always one decision away from living the life you've always wanted. I know you're going to enjoy this fantastic interview. Join the FREE ~ Wellness Lab Launch Pad ~ on Facebook if you'd like to connect with me and receive tips, strategies, and information about living your best life. https://www.facebook.com/groups/wellnesslablaunchpad Thanks for listening to the Thrive Forever Fit Show!

Making The Decision That I Am Worth It with Special Guest Tiffany Bowman In today's Super Success Story interview, Tiffany will tell you about all the magical things that have happened in her life since making the declaration that she is worth it. I'm going to keep the show notes short as I don't want to take away from this ultra-powerful interview. Here's a sneak peek at what you'll hear. *How she no longer wakes up with anxiety. *Now her whole family is living a healthy, happy lifestyle, yes even hubby. *How stepping into her worth has opened up doors that she felt might be closed forever. *Becoming a cheerleader and support for everyone else has given her power and purpose to keep being her best. I know you're going to enjoy this fantastic interview. Please remember and never forget that you are worth it! Join the FREE ~ Wellness Lab Launch Pad ~ on Facebook if you'd like to connect with me and receive tips, strategies, and information about living your best life. https://www.facebook.com/groups/wellnessla

The Check The Box Mindset In this episode, I will tell you why your "check the box" mentality holds you back from all your success. Checking the box is the equivalent of getting excited about receiving a participation ribbon. Not only is it holding you back, but it creates a damaging false belief that you're doing everything you can. It has become your best and deadliest excuse. Because if you're checking the box and doing everything you "can," then it must be someone else's fault. Let me explain before you get pissed and throw your phone with me on it out the window. But before I do, let me make you a promise. If you listen to this full episode, drop the check the box lifestyle and begin to do things with 100% purpose and passion, your life will change forever. Bold? Yes! True? You bet your sweet ass it's true! Not only have I validated in my own life, I have thousands of clients who have stopped checking boxes and started cashing checks. I know that doesn't make a ton of sense, but it sounded very ballerish

Time Under Tension The purpose to today’s show is to help you get comfortable under tension. Not only is it important that you develop the ability to positively apply tension to your body and brain it is imperative if you desire a life of awesomeness. Your body and your brain are very similar to the respects of how they grow and evolve. Both respond and grow based on Time Under Tension. I will add the caveat that the tension needs to be POSITIVE with regard to the tension. Positive Meaning: Intelligently applied with respect to the weight and intelligently processed with regard to mental tension. You probably avoid tension because you have created the belief that it will create pain or damage. And the truth is you’re correct. Growth, both physical and mental, will be uncomfortable processes. Example: Weights create micro-tears in the muscle. This is how the muscle gets bigger and stronger. The body’s healing response kicks in, and in the process of recovering from the tears, the body builds a new layer of mus

Don’t Step In The Dog Sh*t Today show is designed to help you stay sane amid our current toxic social media-driven madness. I'm going to start with this little thought that will help you the next time you get thoroughly pissed off and write a 27-page response or rebuttal to something you read online. "Getting offended by something posted on social media is like choosing to step in dog shit instead of walking around it." I have a meme saved on my phone. It's a picture of Will Ferrell with a smirk on his face. The caption reads: "Admit it, you sometimes listen to stranger's conversations and think to yourself, "You are a stupid motherf@&ker." This same thought process applies to life on social media. First of all, my goal is NOT to consume nonsense, so I try to stay away from all forms of media, including social. But occasionally, I find myself captivated by the circus that is Facebook. And every time this happens, I leave thinking that exact quote from the Will Ferrell meme and my hope from a better world

4 Steps To Regaining Your Lost Momentum In the week's episode, I discuss why it's 100% normal that you have lost momentum. Plus, I give you a proven four-step strategy for creating positive momentum. You're going to love it. First, let's touch on the four common reasons people lose momentum. 1. Broken Promises: Breaking promises to yourself destroys self-belief and builds negative momentum Chapter 8 of The Overweight Mind is titled "What You Do In The Dark" ~ What you do when no-one is watching either builds or destroys momentum. 2. Lack of Accountability: Who will ever know? You WILL and truth be told that is all that matters because that is what destroys your belief that the process will work. 3. You Don't Believe In Yourself: You've broken promises to yourself so many times that you no longer believe your on BS. 4. It's Too Hard: You have convinced yourself it will be hard, and humans avoid things that we perceive as difficult or hard. Now onto the four-step strategy. 4 Steps To Creating Positive Momentum:

Booby-Trapped In the week's episode, I discuss why the path of least resistance is always booby-trapped. This is true in areas of war and all areas of life. The wish is that that path to success is a straight line. The reality is that the line is rarely straight, and it requires grit and determination and advanced navigating skills. Eco-Challenge ~ Adventure Racing ~ Military ~ YOU Weight Loss: The hack, the quick fix, the fad, the magic pill, or potion ~ the bright shiny object. We know that the only real formula for weight loss or overall quality health is committed consistency to the basics. The basics are boring to most people. And when humans get bored and lazy, they get complacent, and complacency leads to looks for a shortcut or the path of least resistance. In war, this is when you end up dead. Money: The get rich quick scam, the pyramid, the MLM, the gold mine in Arizona that sounds too good to be true. All of the above will leave you broke and jobless. Relationships: The lousy relationship y

Eight Lessons I've Learned In the week's episode, I discuss the eight lessons I’ve learned during my time as a life and transformation coach.  1. There is tremendous variability in individual responses to change. Some clients need to work twice as hard to get half the results. This is not fair, but it's reality.  2. Many know what to do, but fail to execute. Being accountable to a coach, and having an objective eye helps them go from average to excellent.  I think it's essential to define the word "objective" ~ not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts. 3. It's tough to predict success because it based on 90% mindset and 10% talent. You don't know where a client falls in that equation until they are faced with adversity.  4. Effort trumps talent in the end. I will always place my bet on effort. Talent gets bored and complacent. Effort always has something to prove.  5. Many overestimate the importance of the perfect plan and underestima

Happy Father's Day Mom In the week's episode, I give a massive and long overdue Father's Day shoutout to my MOM and all the other moms that have done the job of both parents on their own. For lack of a better term or phrase, my mom is a badass. The Power Takeaways From This Episode Is Simple: I hope you enjoy this episode as I share some POWERFUL stories about how my mom did the job of both parents and why I wouldn't have wanted it any other way. Thanks, Mom ~ I Love You! Join the FREE ~ Wellness Lab Launch Pad ~ on Facebook if you'd like to connect with me and receive tips, strategies, and information about living your best life. https://www.facebook.com/groups/wellnesslablaunchpad Thanks for listening to the Thrive Forever Fit Show!

One Yard Short  It was 29 years ago, and I remember it like it was yesterday. I remember the exact spot of the field. We are going into the East end zone.  I can still smell that unique odor that you'll only know if you've worn a helmet and shoulder pads. It's more of the smells that to the average person is gross, but to those that know, it's the smell of hard work and dedication.  Cisco 20 ~ Merkel 21 The excitement was building as our coach decided to go for the win instead of the tie.  "We are going for two boys. Let's win this thing." I was excited as I had just scored my third touchdown of the game to bring us one play away from the victory.  I can hear the band firing up the fight song.     I know it's all come down to me.  I can hear Coach Evatt call the play as we all gathered on the sidelines, ready to win.  "36 Belly G Keep" Wait. WHAT did he say keep. Keep meant that they would fake the handoff to me, and Jeff, the QB, would keep the bal

Power Chat With Tommy Baker In the week's episode, my brother Tommy Baker and I dive deep into a cornucopia of topics ranging from BigRick87 too Consistency and how we've handled this current state of the union. Power Takeaways From This Episode: TO DAMN MANY TO LIST! Grab your favorite beverage, something to write on, and saddle up for an hour of knowledge bombs and some laughs. Join the FREE ~ Wellness Lab Launch Pad ~ on Facebook if you'd like to connect with me and receive tips, strategies, and information about living your best life.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/wellnesslablaunchpad Thanks for listening to the Thrive Forever Fit Show!

The Damage of Deprivation In the week's episode, we dive into the damaging effects of deprivation on our mindset. Definition of "deprive of": to take (something) away from (someone or something): to not allow (someone or something) to have or keep (something) Depravation, by definition, means: the damaging lack of material benefits considered to be basic necessities in a society  or the lack or denial of something considered to be a necessity. Power Takeaways From This Episode: 1. We take a look at the damaging psychology effects of being deprived. 2. Show how being deprived can lead to illogical and irrational behavior. (Binge or overeating ~ hoarding of money or as we all know toilet paper). 3. Feeling deprived of essential resources - love, food, money, time - can lead to anxiety or anger. We may obsess about the thing we've been deprived of. Or we may begin to feel that we need to operate in emergency mode. 4. Deprivation creates a scarcity mindset. 5. A scarcity mindse

The Ultimate Hack Let's define the word "hack" before we get started: Hack: use a computer to gain unauthorized access to data in a system. Hacking describes the act of attempting to manipulate outcomes through orchestrated actions. The general function of hacking is to gain access to restricted information or to a physical space without proper permission. In this episode, I'm going share with you why all of your attempts to hack the system are actually causing you more harm than good. And why the only and the ultimate hack is consistency. Consistency Is The Ultimate Hack Join the FREE ~ Wellness Lab Launch Pad ~ on Facebook if you'd like to connect with me and receive tips, strategies, and information about living your best life. https://www.facebook.com/groups/wellnesslablaunchpad/ Thanks for listening to the Thrive Forever Fit Show!

Temptation ~ Gratification ~ Regret ~ Repeat In this episode, I’m going to show you how the neural pathways that you’ve created over the years are the reason you keep repeating bad behaviors. And of course, I’m going to show you how to correct the problem. The million-dollar question is: "Why do I keep doing that even though I know it’s bad for me?” The answers: It’s your brain's fault! It has to do with neural pathways that get created as we do things. When we do something right, a pathway is created. Unfortunately, a pathway is also created when we something wrong. So the reason we keep making the same mistakes is that we slip by default back into existing neural pathways. Here’s how the process starts and ends: Temptation: the desire to do something, especially something wrong or unwise. Gratification: pleasure, especially when gained from the satisfaction of a desire Regret: feel sad, repentant, or disappointed over (something that has happened or been done, especially a loss or missed opportunity).

The Power Of The WHO In this episode, I discuss why it’s not the "what or how" that is most important in your life but rather the WHO. Power Takeaways From This Episode: 1. You’re focused on the wrong thing. 2. The what and how it doesn’t matter if the who is wrong. 3. The BIG dreams of your barstool buddies and why they never came true. 4. Your WHO will either act as an anchor or a launchpad for all of your success. 5. You will never outperform the excitations of your peer group. 6. When I changed my WHO, my what and how became clear. 7. Is your WHO holding you back or helping you? Join the FREE ~ Wellness Lab Launch Pad

Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome In this episode, I discuss how a quote from a movie I watched in 1986 (I was 12) has stuck with me and massively impacted my life. Power Takeaways From This Episode: 1. The quality of your life will be determined by your ability to navigate adversity. 2. Improvise: create and perform spontaneously or without preparation ~ produce or make (something) from whatever is available. 3. Adapt: make (something) suitable for a new use or purpose; modify. 4. Overcome: succeed in dealing with (a problem or difficulty). Defeat (an opponent); prevail. 5. Why were those three words Marine Sergeant Thomas Highway so powerful? 6. At 12 years old, this became my mantra anytime life presented me with a challenge. Which I now call an opportunity. 7. What’s your mantra? 8. How do you handle adversity? Join the FREE ~ Wellness Lab Launch Pad

3:19 AM In this episode, I discuss why I get up at 3:19 AM every day. Power Takeaways From This Episode: 1. Setting yourself up with the opportunity to win 2. Taking a line from Jocko’s playbook, discipline does equal freedom 3. Your biggest competition in life is you vs. you 4. Complacency is the enemy of excellence 5. Chapter 7 of The Overweight Mind: Fall In Love With The Process 6. I loved to practice. Would you wear your pads to class? 7. First in last out 8. Be the hardest working in the room 9. The willingness to do what others won’t do Join the FREE ~ Wellness Lab Launch Pad

Opportunity 2020 The Shift In Perspective In this episode, I discuss how I’m viewing our current situation as a golden opportunity. Power Takeaways From This Episode: 1. Our current situation is an opportunity. 2. Is this making you better or bitter ~ remember it’s a choice. 3. What’s one thing you’ve learned about yourself during Opportunity 2020? 4. What’s one thing you’ve created or taken advantage of during Opportunity 2020? 5. Stop playing the blame game ~ it’s a lose-lose waste of time for you. 6. Opportunity 2020 has uncovered insecurities in your life and has also given you the time to correct them. 7. Has your perspective of life changed during Opportunity 2020? 8. Taking advantage of the gift of time! Join the FREE ~ Wellness Lab Launch Pad

The Stop Sign In this episode, I discuss the adage of how you do one thing is how you do everything. Power Takeaways From This Episode: 1. The Stop Sign story from my drive to work. 2. Is it true that how you do one thing is how you do everything? 3. The hypocrisy of ~ the rules don’t apply to me until I need them to. 4. Retraining your brain to see the world from a different perspective. 5. Pattens and how they influence our behavior and, ultimately, our success. Join the FREE ~ Wellness Lab Launch Pad