Episode 87: Finding Courage From Within, with JJ Virgin
MYM Your Business: The Brutal Truth
Release Date: 04/17/2019
MYM Your Business: The Brutal Truth
Colin Sprake is a four-time best-selling author and mentor to well over 50,000 entrepreneurs!
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As a Co-Founder and President of Enlightened Alliances, Janet Atwood oversaw the marketing and PR that enabled her book, "The Passion Test, the Effortless Path to Discovering Your Life Purpose" to become a NY Times Bestseller.
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Colin Sprake is a four-time best-selling author and mentor to well over 50,000 entrepreneurs!
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Colin Sprake is a four-time best-selling author and mentor to well over 50,000 entrepreneurs!
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Thomas Bähler has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in the entertainment industry. He composed music for Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, directors Steven Spielberg and Barry Levinson, magicians Siegfried and Roy, Superbowl Halftime Shows and a number of other high profile stage productions. As a songwriter, he has written many hits including "She's Out of My Life", "Living In A House Divided", and "Julie Do You Love Me."
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Warren is a Smart City professional with 30+ years of experience in providing excellence in the fields of Power, Automation, Advanced Pedestrian, and Intelligent Smart City Technology Solutions. He is committed to helping the citizens of our country arrive quickly and safely to their loved ones, and to provide governments with efficiency to deliver the best service to their communities.
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Colin Sprake is a four-time best-selling author and mentor to well over 50,000 entrepreneurs!
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Have you ever thought about how much your emotions influence your health? Our guest today, Dr. Bradley Nelson is the author of the bestselling book, “The Emotion Code.” It explains how to identify and release trapped emotions that block mental and physical healing. A new edition of “The Emotion Code” is coming May 7, 2019, from St. Martin’s Press. For more information and a free Emotion Code Starter Kit, visit www.emotioncodegift.com.
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Colin Sprake is a four-time best-selling author and mentor to well over 50,000 entrepreneurs!
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Trevor Hall has been in the green industry all of his life. Trevor’s first source of income was cutting the neighbor’s lawn. Later in life, he began a summer job at the University of Calgary grounds and maintenance department, which became a full-time position and was his first real introduction to the creativity around landscape design. This summer job exposed Trevor to all of the aspects of landscape and irrigation design and construction.
info_outlineCelebrity Nutrition Expert and Fitness Hall of Famer JJ Virgin teaches clients how to break through food and carb intolerances, so they can finally lose the weight to transform their health and their lives.
JJ is a prominent TV and media personality, whose previous features include co-host of TLC’s Freaky Eaters, 2 years as the on-camera nutritionist for Weight Loss Challenges on Dr. Phil, and appearances on PBS, Dr. Oz, Rachael Ray, Access Hollywood, and the TODAY Show. She also speaks regularly and has shared the stage with notables including TD Jakes, Tony Robbins, and Brendon Burchard. JJ is the author of four NY Times bestsellers: The Virgin Diet, The Virgin Diet Cookbook, JJ Virgin’s Sugar Impact Diet, and JJ Virgin’s Sugar Impact Diet Cookbook.
Her latest book, Warrior Mom: 7 Secrets to Bold, Brave Resilience, shows mothers everywhere how to be strong, positive leaders for their families, while exploring the inspirational lessons JJ learned as she fought for her own son’s life. JJ hosts the popular JJ Virgin Lifestyle Show podcast, with over 4.5 million downloads and counting. She also regularly writes for Rodale Wellness, Mind Body Green, and other major blogs and magazines.
Find articles, recipes, helpful online programs, and more at www.jjvirgin.com.
What you’ll learn about in this episode:
- Why JJ became an English major in college after a professor insulted her writing, and why JJ believes in never doing things she doesn’t enjoy
- What important lessons JJ has learned throughout her career that she wishes she had learned earlier
- How JJ co-authored her first book with her then-boyfriend, who had her sign a contract saying he had the rights to everything she did for the rest of her life
- How JJ has learned to respond to people telling her “success was easy for you because…”
- Why JJ is glad that success is difficult to obtain, and why she continues to work hard and grind for her continued success
- Why JJ is always looking for opportunities to move outside her comfort zone, and how her family got through her son’s life-threatening injury
- How JJ managed to handle the intense pressure of desperately needing her book to sell to fund her son’s recovery while serving as the breadwinner for her family
- Why JJ took a life-altering field trip to a level 4 maximum security prison with 70 other entrepreneurs to speak to and mentor the inmates
- How to find out more about JJ’s work, her writings, or to contact JJ Virgin with comments or questions
Additional resources:
- Website: www.jjvirgin.com
- The Virgin Diet by JJ Virgin: https://amzn.to/2Iq7Twu
- JJ Virgin’s Sugar Impact Diet by JJ Virgin: https://amzn.to/2KnkzGZ
- Miracle Mindset by JJ Virgin: https://amzn.to/2P9Yhrj