Let's Think About It Podcast

Episode 49: Finding Your Why-The Ultimate Fuel for Transformation

• Morice Mabry • Season 2 • Episode 49

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What happens when your energy levels drop so low you can barely recognize yourself? Adrienne Simmons found out the hard way when her doctor delivered shocking news: she was pre-diabetic. After years of late nights, substance use, and processed foods following her daughter leaving for college, Adrienne had to face a harsh truth – she was on a dangerous path that could cut short her dreams of seeing grandchildren and traveling the world.

But this isn't just another health transformation story. It's a masterclass in identifying what truly matters. Adrienne shares her raw "lost and found" journey with Coach Mo, revealing how a tearful breakdown in her garage became the pivotal moment that changed everything. "I can't do this anymore," she whispered – words that would mark the beginning of her remarkable return to vitality.

The wisdom Adrienne shares about reconnecting with your deepest values resonates far beyond physical health. She explains how our bodies, minds, emotions, and spirit function as an interconnected system, and why most people never recognize the connection between their physical ailments and their value-misaligned choices. "We don't give ourselves the respect our bodies deserve," she notes, challenging listeners to examine where they've placed health on their priority list.

Most powerful is Adrienne's simple philosophy: "You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours." Your body wants to give you energy, creativity, and vitality – but it needs whole foods, water, sleep, sunshine, and stress management in return. This reciprocal relationship becomes the foundation for everything else in life.

Ready to reclaim your energy and live with purpose? This conversation offers both the inspiration and practical steps to start your own transformation journey today.

Speaker 1:

Welcome to the let's Think About it podcast, where we embark on a journey of thoughtfulness and personal growth. I'm your host, coach Mo, and I'm here to guide you through thought-promoting discussions that will inspire you to unlock your full potential. In each episode, we'll explore a wide range of topics, from self-discovery and mindfulness to goal-setting and achieving success. Together, we'll challenge conventional thinking and dive deep into the realms of possibility. Whether you're looking to find clarity in your personal or professional life, or seeking strategies to overcome obstacles, this podcast is your go-to source for insightful conversations and practical advice. So find a comfortable spot, chill and let's embark on this journey of self-improvement together. Remember, the power of transformation lies within you, and together we'll uncover the tools and insights you need to make it happen. So let's dive in. Welcome to another episode of the let's Think About it podcast. I'm your host, coach Mo, and I'm here with another amazing guest, and her name is Adrienne Simmons. Adrienne, my sister. What's up?

Speaker 2:

Happy.

Speaker 1:

Friday no, first and foremost. Where are you checking in from?

Speaker 2:

I'm in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Okay so it's really cold right now.

Speaker 2:

You know what? Today is a milder day. Today our temperatures went up to seven degrees Celsius. So that is very mild when you compare it to a couple of weeks ago, when it was like minus 10, minus 15, minus 20. So seven degrees. People are outside, the sun is shining, the sky is blue. I saw a guy outside with shorts. I said you're good, brother, you're really good. Most people have definitely donned a lighter jacket. They're not wearing the hats, they're not wearing the gloves. The snow is melting, so more people are wearing running shoes versus boots. So today was a really beautiful winter day in Toronto. Born and raised in Toronto.

Speaker 2:

I was born and raised in Montreal. So yeah, born in Canada, but Montreal oh that's great, I love talking to.

Speaker 1:

I think you're like the fifth or sixth guest that I've had from Canada. So I'm feeling this vibe with the Canadians. I'm feeling the vibe, so really happy that you're here. So tell my audience who you are, what you do and the value that you bring.

Speaker 2:

No, absolutely. Wow, you know who you are. That could be quite in depth, but, as it relates to the reason why you invited me to be a guest on your show, I am an advocate, I am a champion, I am a motivator and I am a steward when it comes to people living their life with vitality. We can't do anything about the life we've lived. We can only do something about the life we are currently living right now. So if we have a choice and that's what differentiates us human beings from all other species we have the ability to make a choice. So my advocacy is if we have the ability to make a choice on how we want to live our lives, why not live it to the max? So I'm all about shouting from the mountaintops live your life with vitality, because you don't know how much life you're going to have left.

Speaker 1:

How did you get there, though? Choice, power of choice, vitality. How did you get to this state, right now, of what you're preaching? Take us through that journey to help us to find like who you really are.

Speaker 2:

Absolutely. And for me it goes back to again. As human beings, we have a tendency to take things for granted. We feel that we will always have something, and when we don't pay attention, sometimes it's when we lose it. That makes us sit up and say you know what, if I can get a chance to get it back again, I'm not going to mess around with it this next time.

Speaker 2:

So for me, how I got to where I am right now is my story that I like to call lost and found. I was born with an abundance of energy. In my 20s, in my 30s, right up until my late 40s, I was just bounding around the place. I bound out of bed, I'd head to work, I'd go out after work, I could drink what I wanted to, I smoked cigarettes, I could eat as many Big Mac and French fries and cheesecake. And then I over my 50-year line and a couple of major things happened. So, number one I became 50 and again there's a big deal. Oh my gosh, you're in your 50s now. You're in another phase of life. Number two my daughter went away to university.

Speaker 2:

Now the backstory is I was a single mom of my daughter from the time that she was three, so it was always her and I, like we, were like this and I always had a reason to come home because I had a responsibility. And then she goes away to university. So I am now coming home to an empty house, and you know that term that they use, what the emptiness syndrome. It affects us all differently and how it affected me. Somebody with so much energy is I would pace around the house with nothing to do. I have no one to cook for, I have no one to do laundry for, I don't have to take her here. I was restless. So to prevent that restlessness because it started driving me crazy, I just started staying out after work Instead of coming home. I might go to a restaurant. But I'm coming home at nine and because I'm high energy, I'm still pacing around. I'm not ready to go to sleep. So then I said what can I start doing after a restaurant? And then I realized, oh, there are some clubs open during the week, so I would leave the restaurant at 9, 930. I'm going to a club and I'm having a good time, and maybe coming home at 11 o'clock-ish. That was fine for a while, because by then I'm ready to go to bed, because I got to work the next day. But then what happens? When you're in certain environments, you start connecting with different individuals, and I connected with individuals that introduced me to after hours. After hours are the club closes at 11. We can go and party somewhere else. So I said, absolutely, you know me with the energy. Absolutely, let's do it, let's do it.

Speaker 2:

And I started indulging in after hours activity. So that's more alcohol started party drugs, a whole lot of party drugs, and then with that comes a whole lot of processed foods, because by three, four, five, six in the morning. Now you're hungry. So I'm always stopping. And what are you going to get at that time of the morning? It's strictly processed foods. So remember, I've been going all day, I've been going all night. I'm drinking, I'm smoking, I'm dancing, I'm drinking, I'm indulging in a whole lot of drugs.

Speaker 2:

And it started to take a serious effect on my overall body. I gained, I don't know, 25, 30 pounds over the next couple of years. My energy levels plummeted and I remember what came to a head was maybe I was 55, maybe I was 54. And I always would go for a regular medical checkup. So I'm going into my doctor thinking everything is still the same, and you remember he hasn't seen me since the year prior. So when I walked in he looks at me and says Adrian, what's wrong? What's wrong with you? I said what are you talking about? He goes you don't have that spunk. I've known you for years and you always had a spunk and you always had a pep in your step and your skin just looks dry and I'm seeing bags under your eyes. What's going on now? There's no way I'm going to tell him. We come up with stories, you know what? Probably a lot of projects at work and I'm just really busy and I'm involved with it. I'm probably not sleeping. He goes. You know what, as a doctor, adrian, there's something else going on. Let's do a couple of tests and let's see what your tests come back with. Yeah, doc, no problem, did my test, whatever. And that night I'm back in the club again.

Speaker 2:

Week later gives me a call, says Adrian, sit down, I got some bad news for you. He goes. All these years I've known you. I've always only called you with positive results. This is the first time I'm letting you know.

Speaker 2:

I'm very disappointed, adrian. What is it? What is it? You are pre-diabetic. I don't know what you're doing, I don't know what you're eating. I don't know what you're not eating. I don't know what's going on in your life, adrian, but you are one step away from being full-blown diabetic.

Speaker 2:

And I sat up and I said, oh shit, and he goes. Yes, you should be upset, but is there something else going on? I said my father died from his diabetes in his mid-sixties. So if I'm in my mid-fifties, mid-sixties to me is 10 years away, 12 years away, and all I thought about is you mean I could be dead in 12 years? Oh, shoot, oh, maybe I should be taking this seriously. So I started thinking about my mortality. I started thinking about my daughter. I want to be there to watch her walk down the aisle. What if she has children? I want to be there to get to know and build a relationship with my grandchildren. I've always wanted to travel. How am I going to travel if I am dead? So all of that was ruminating in my mind. But even though we know better, we don't automatically stop. I still continue doing what I was doing.

Speaker 2:

So this was, I don't know, maybe October November when I went for that appointment. Two so this was, I don't know, maybe October November, when I went for that appointment. A few, two months later, the following January. I remember it as if it was yesterday Because for me that was my turning point. It was a bitterly cold Sunday in January. Literally took us 10, 15 minutes just to layer up.

Speaker 2:

No, I was still smoking cigarettes, still smoking weed. Never smoked in my house because out of respect for my daughter. But I have a garage attached to my house, so 10 minutes to get dressed up, sat in my garage, had to take off the gloves because I don't want to burn the gloves. So I'm smoking a cigarette here, I'm smoking a joint here. I just broke down. I broke down and I said, god, you know what? I can't do this anymore. I can't do this anymore. My daughter's coming home from school. How can she see me like this? I've always been her role model. I want to be the kind of mother that when your child is asked years ago who was your role model, you want to say your mother, you want to say your father. But I'm sitting there in the garage.

Speaker 2:

I'm broken because every Monday it would be that's it, that's it. I'm going to get straight, I'm going to go for walking, I'm going to eat better, but by Thursday back in the clubs. So I did not know how to get off of that madness. I created that wheel. It was like a mouse on a wheel and it was Monday. I'd start, and then Thursday I'm back again and I said, god, you know what? I haven't asked you before, but I'm asking you now. Can you help me? Can you help me find a way to break this hellhole that I had created for myself. I sat there for another 10, 15 minutes crying, went inside, went to bed. All I can say, mo, is you know what, up to today, even when I'm 100, I'll say it's divine intervention, because I started noticing a couple of weeks.

Speaker 2:

After that, my mind started to shift. As opposed to wanting to go out all the time. I started to get curious about. Let me look into how is my body changing? Is it something that I can't do anything about, or do I have the power to maybe course correct and maybe build a bit of a healthier body? So, sure enough, as you're doing your research, it's taking you to all these different channels, and I'm realizing when a woman gets as she matures, things are going to change in her body, so she needs to be more mindful of how she's taking care of it. When we're younger, our metabolism good to go, everything is strong bones, ligaments, everything is good to go. But as we age, things start to break down slowly but surely. So we need to be a little bit more mindful of what we are ingesting into our bodies.

Speaker 2:

Long story short, once I realized you mean I have so much control over the lifestyle choices I make and, as a result that may yield me in a healthier body. Ok, let me put it to the test. So I used myself as a beta test. I created a nutritional plan. I joined the gym. I disassociated with that club crowd. Instead, I went online and I found a group of women who were into living healthier lifestyle and making those choices. I started associating and bonding with them. I started spending a whole lot more time out in nature. Every day I went outside in the sun, I went by the water and slowly but surely, I noticed my energy levels. I feel a little bit stronger today.

Speaker 2:

Slowly but surely, over a 12 month period when I started my energy levels out of 10, with 10 being max and one being zero, I got to be honest that my worst I was maybe a one or two in my energy. I crawled through my day, I crawled into work. I don't know how somebody, people at work didn't notice. Maybe they did, but they didn't say anything. But I felt like crap. I had no energy and by the end of that 12 month beta test, my energy levels shot back up to an eight, to a nine, to a 10 out of 10.

Speaker 2:

And I can say up to today because of the choices that I choose to make on a daily basis. My body continues to reward me with an abundance of energy, because I figured out how to rebuild our body's energy from a cellular level. No additives, no supplements. I only use what nature has made for us. We tap into what nature, what God gave us, and that is all that, basically, I needed to keep my body healthy and strong, and that's where I am today and, as a result, people started complimenting me.

Speaker 2:

Adrian, you're looking a bit better. You got more pep in your step again. You got more energy. What are you doing? And I didn't realize then that it was because of all those choices. I just said I'm eating more fruits and I'm eating more vegetables and I joined the gym and I'm out in the sun. That's why I am feeling healthier and stronger, and people are noticing it because of all the choices I'm making.

Speaker 2:

And that's when I said you know what people keep on complimenting me about? I love your energy levels. If I had your level of energy, I could do so much more throughout my day. I would get so much more accomplished, but I'm just tired all the time and I'm tired, and I'm tired, and I'm tired. And that's when I said you know what, if I was able to rebuild my energy using some simple steps, why don't I help others do the same? And that's when I created my coaching program, the energy edge. Unlock your body's energy potential. And that's the program. It's a 12 week program and that's what I help my clients with to rebuild their energy, kick fatigue out the door, kick brain fog out the door and let enter an abundance of natural energy. And that's my story.

Speaker 1:

That's what I'm talking about. I love it. A couple of things that stuck out to me One about who you surrounded yourself with. There was a couple of components there. You were saying that when you were going to the clubs, the party, then the after party that's a different environment of that, I would assume, produces a lot of negativity, a lot of constraints, a lot of restriction, and you're in that environment. That's what you become and, as a result, pre-diabetes, weight gain, processed food, all of these things. Then you said what I also heard. I started hanging around this group of women who are about health and things like that. Next thing, you know, you're at a 10, your energy is up, it's so powerful and who we surround ourselves with. That makes a difference of who we become. But I want to go a little deep for you In this transformation process.

Speaker 1:

Pre-diabetic got the news, but you already created a habit of partying out late at night. I want to go here and be healthy and be healthier. That's what my mind is saying of what I want to do. But my actions was really hard to shift that because the habit is to party all night and knowing that I'm miserable, struggling throughout the day. The habit is the habit, and it's just easier to be in that autopilot mode to continue to do what I'm doing. So take my audience through. How did you work on that component of yourself? In the moments of the self-judgment that we carry, I want to do this, but now it's easier to stay here. How did you make that switch to get over?

Speaker 2:

the hump For me. Once I hit my rock bottom and it was in the garage that Sunday and I just broke down crying and I asked for help from the Almighty. I believe that something changed inside of me during those moments, something shifted inside of my mind at that moment and, like I said, over the next couple of weeks I felt more of a curiosity in understanding how much was I responsible for the hellhole that I had dug myself in. And then, as you're researching, there's a lot of information on mindset and how your mind really is the one that has to buy in on any changes that you want to make. And then that took me to something called your why and it's like my why. And then you read a little bit more and it's okay. So why can be your anchor? So when you go through those storms because through any transformation it's never going to be smooth they're going to be those transformations, there's going to be those storms. For example, I had a bad day at work, but it's probably easier for me to go and smoke a joint. I was stuck in traffic for an hour. So you know what? Let me just stop by McDonald's because I got to pass by it as opposed to standing up and cooking a healthy, balanced meal for myself. So for me, once I realized how powerful a why could be in helping you to stay on course, to helping you with that transformation, I started thinking what are what is strong enough for me to really withstand those storms, those hurdles that they say are going to be ahead of me? And for me, my why was my daughter. It was so important for me to know that, if she has ever asked that question, who is one of your strongest role models? I want her to be able to say with pride my mother. I could not do that if I allowed myself my daughter. A second one was future grandchildren. I want to be around for my grandchildren and too many times you will see a grandparent who's always sitting down at the side. I want to be involved, I want to be interactive. I don't care how old I am. If my grandson or my granddaughter says you know what? Come to my game, can you be my coach? Can we go run around in the park? I don't want to be those grandparents that you see sitting there because they have no energy. So that was my why I want to be fully involved, interactive, in any potential future grandchildren I may have. I know I'm going to travel. I love to travel and I love discovering new countries, but I don't want to travel lethargic. I want to travel fully engaged. If I decide I want to walk up that mountain, I'm going to walk up that mountain.

Speaker 2:

Most people live life on default they get up, they make breakfast, they get in the car, they drive to work, they sit at their desk, they go for lunch in the lunchroom, they come home, they sit on the sofa, they watch TV, they're on their phone, they go to bed. For me that's living life on default. So many people when I look around and I see them, I work with them every day and it's man. There are more people just moving around like robots, just going through the motion, as opposed to people living on purpose, living with an abundance of fun and energy. And for me, my why was do I want to look like that in a few years or do I want to look like the few that I see? That 89, that woman's 89. Wow.

Speaker 1:

You know who my hero was.

Speaker 2:

Do you remember Betty White Betty?

Speaker 2:

White died at 99, right up until the end, she was still producing her comedies. She was still acting in her comedies. For me, my role model has always been Betty White. I want to be 99 and I want to be full of vitality. The only way to do that is to hold my why as my anchor.

Speaker 2:

Absolutely, once in a while I'm going to go to McDonald's. Once in a while I'm going to have a cheesecake, but it's once in a while, because I know that if I want my body to reciprocate, I need to give my body what my body's asking for. My body is not going to produce for me if I just feed it with pizza and fries and burgers and ice cream. My body will say thank you for the vegetables, thank you for the fruit, thank you for working out, thank you for taking me out in the sunlight, thank you. Let's go to bed, adrian. Adrian, I'm tired and I need to do a lot of repair while we're sleeping, because when you wake up tomorrow morning, I know you're demanding a lot of energy from me as well too. I found my whys and I made sure that they were strong enough to get me through those turbulent days.

Speaker 1:

That's great, I love that and it's so powerful. Not only how important the whys are, I think you add in the values too, because we often get distracted away from our values and that is what causes a lot of times, what causes the disconnect. We don't have an ideal of what's important to us. One of the things that I work with my clients on is let's go to the core. Let's look at what are your top values for you. Let's talk about that, right, because if you don't know what your why is and sometimes people struggle with that I don't know what my purpose is.

Speaker 1:

Let's start with your values, because when I hear you talking about your why and your daughter, you know what value came to mind almost immediately Family, family, number one thing, right, and everything that you said. It evolves around family and then that becomes the core of your why and as you decide I want to get healthier, my value is higher, family, and here's why I want to be 99. I want to be able to be involved in my grandkids. I want to be there for my daughter. When we look at ourselves in the mirror and we don't like that person that we see. What's your values, what's the root core of your value, so you can get back on track. Exactly. We all get off the track, right, absolutely. And it's hard to get back on the track if you don't know what your values are Exactly, exactly, right, and that can be the foundation to find your why.

Speaker 2:

It has to be what you value, what you hold true to your essence, to your identity, has to be the root that you are building now upon that, and that is your why. These are my roots, these are non-negotiables. This is what I stand for. And then, on top of that, this is my why. So, even if you don't know your why, go back to what do you stand for, what have you always stood for, and once you realize that, yeah, wait a minute, okay, I see. Okay, now let's plant some seeds on that. From now, the trunk is starting to grow, and then the branches. Okay, go ahead, sorry.

Speaker 1:

Man, you're preaching to the choir. I love that because when and this is how I help my clients and just make it easier for them. Exactly Just what you just said your non-negotiables when it comes to your values. I don't know what my values are. Okay, we can do this one of two ways. You can do it yourself, which is very simple. You can go to chat GPT, type in give me top 100 value and list them in alphabetical order. It will list 100 values for you. Oh yeah, very simple. Exactly when you see that hundred, highlight 20 of them. That resonates with you. Exactly, you get that 20. Yep, rank the top 10. Thank you, that's your top 10. Okay, of those top 10. Yes, which are non-negotiable, that's right. Live your life, start navigating. That's right Around. Your non-negotiable, that's right. Live your life, start navigating. That's right.

Speaker 1:

Around your non-negotiables. Test number one You've identified your non-negotiables when you go to work, is the mission, vision, core values of your organization in alignment with your non-negotiables? If it's out of alignment, what are you going to do about it?

Speaker 2:

Some people again, the majority of us. You know what is paying the bills, reason, reason I've been here for so many years and what happens is when we allow ourselves to remain in any situation that's not congruent with our mental wellness, our emotional wellness and our physical wellness, sooner or later you're going to start to feel it and a lot of people don't identify that connection with oh, it's because I hate my job why I'm feeling this pain. See, people have to realize that we are a living organic system. We are living organisms and, as such, everything within us is connected. We are a living organic system. We are living organisms and, as such, everything within us is connected. Our mind, our bodies, our spirits, our emotions are all connected.

Speaker 2:

So if you are unhappy with your job, that's affecting you mentally, Sitting right here and anything that starts here, it's going to move into our emotions. I hate this place, so you're feeling it. And you're feeling it. It's manifesting. So you're physically feeling it and a lot of people it's. I got a pain here, I got a headache here, I got a bowel movement here and they don't realize it's because of something that has affected you mentally. It's moved into your emotional system and it's manifesting physically. So, like you said, if where you're working, just as an example, is really not aligned with your missions, your value, your statement, your vision, is it really worth your overall mental health? And for a lot of people, they don't make that equation. Ah, you know what it's, paying the bills and we wonder why so much of our population is chronically stressed, is chronically embedded with diseases, yep.

Speaker 1:

And then they also feel that they don't have a choice. You always have a choice. There's always power of choice. When you incorporate your values, you're creating your power of choice Because here's the thing values. You're creating your power of choice Because here's the thing. We have our non-negotiables. Whether we recognize it or not, we live by our non-negotiables Absolutely. When your boss, a family member, whatever, goes against your internal non-negotiables, you have the same right type, feeling that's correct, do you dismiss it and keep moving? Most of us, absolutely. But it's compounding, thank you, it's a compounding effect, thank you, thank you, it's a compounding effect.

Speaker 2:

I got to pay my bills. I don't have no choice, thank you.

Speaker 1:

But here's the thing, here's the catch when you do pay attention to it and you do honor your values and your goals, yes, yes, the spirit, whatever it is, you believe in, thank you, and you're in alignment with what your values are, thank you. It will guide you to where you're supposed to be and in that alignment, you're a different being.

Speaker 2:

You're living with more joy, even if it's a job that pays half of what you were making. If you are able to find something that brings you joy, there is no financial value on that. And for too many of us it's about that financial compensation. Even though I know it doesn't feel right, even though you know what, I know what's going on here and I know it's wrong, you know what. I'm not giving up that financial compensation. So for me it boils down to we don't give ourselves the respect that our bodies deserve. It's all about me. It's all about me If I give this up. I got the house, I got the car. I might not get this again, but what you are getting is you're getting joy, you're getting a sense of self and a sense of peace within yourself.

Speaker 2:

But you know what? You and I could probably go on for hours and hours about that, but it does boil down to hours and hours about that. But it does boil down to are we treating ourselves our whole selves? And our whole selves is our spirit, our emotions, our mind and our physical body. Do we treat ourselves with respect that our selves deserve? And the answer is profoundly no. The majority of people do not treat their whole self with the respect that our whole selves deserve Right.

Speaker 1:

I was living example for five years.

Speaker 2:

I totally abused myself. I gave no respect to my whole self. It was about what do I want in the moment? I want to drink, I want some drugs, I want this, I want that. I totally disregarded what my whole self needed and it was only about what Adrian wanted in the moment.

Speaker 1:

That's the purpose and the will of what we're talking about is, if you reintegrate our values to create our own purpose for self, you have better and you will have better alignment yes, Not only with just yourself and what you need for yourself, but what your purpose is and how you can navigate moving forward. Because here's where we get in trouble as well. Everything you were saying and I'm coming from the audience perspective everything you guys are saying makes sense, but you don't get it. I just can't take a pay cut right now. I'm not doing that. I can't walk away from my job to do something that I feel I'm in alignment with that is going to pay me less money.

Speaker 1:

We're not saying to do that. I wouldn't tell anybody to do that but you have to build toward where your alignment is taking you. We're not asking you to make irresponsible decisions when you know you got certain bills that needs to be met. Absolutely, you keep your job. But when you can identify these values and it's not in alignment with the organization that you're working for, that's paying your bills. What's your pivot to start to transition? Bingo, Bingo.

Speaker 2:

That's where we're coming from, absolutely. You know what I like to say. Just to piggyback on what you're saying, we have to decide as human beings what do we value, what, at the end of the day, what's really important to us? And I believe that our health and wellness must be at the foundation of everything else in our life. We've got to take care of ourselves first. From there, we can now take care of our family and friends. From there, we can now take care of ourselves and our jobs, or whether it's business or whether we're going to school.

Speaker 2:

But too many of us, the order of preference is different it's about my job, because I'm making all that money. Too many of us do not give any consideration whatsoever to our health and wellness every day. Our health and wellness never make it to our A-list. It's always, you know what, not even thought about it. And for me, I want to create a movement of individuals that realize for me to be successful in any other area of my life, I got to be successful with my health and wellness first. Because if I don't have my health or wellness, how am I going to be able to create wellness and fitness in my job, with my family, at school, if I am mentally tired, if I am physically tired, if I am emotionally drained, because you know what? It wasn't a priority today, I didn't even put it on my list. Today I got to do this, I got to do this, work is doing this, work is pulling here. My kids want me to go to thing here.

Speaker 2:

Most people don't even put health and wellness on their list and then they wonder why. You know what? Wow Tired, I'm just tired, I'm not feeling well, I'm just I'm not looking well, I've gained weight, my hair is listless. And then we got don't even, we're not even going to start on this here, which we know is a phone and how that is affecting our physical body. People don't even, but that's another story for another day. Those EMFs, the electric magnetic fields that are coming from all of these electric gadgets, and they keep on piling more and more on us. People are wondering what? But that's okay. I always say 10% in life we can't do anything about. But the 90% left over, that is in our power to make a choice on how we react, leftover, that is in our power to make a choice on how we react. Our health and wellness must be at the root of every decision that we make every single day, and then we build on top of that.

Speaker 1:

There it is. There it is as we wrap up, ed, I'm going to bring you back on the show because I want to get into the energy edge and talk about a little bit more around that, and I don't think we had the time, we didn't get into that today, but so I want to bring you back onto the show so that we can get into that aspect of what you do. Lastly, final thoughts for today.

Speaker 2:

My final thoughts are I would love for everyone in your audience to remember this phrase you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours. Your body is saying okay, what do you need from me? You want energy, you want health, you want abundance, you want creativity, you want innovation, you want pep in your step. I got you, but you know what I need from you. I need whole foods, I need water. I need a whole lot of sleep, I need sunshine. I need you to manage your stress. If you can take care of those six things for me, mo, I got your back. You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours. Simple, that's it, mic drop.

Speaker 1:

I appreciate you, my sister. Thank you, Adrienne.

Speaker 2:

Namaste.

Speaker 1:

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