36: The Character Mile – Movement is a Gift

January 7, 2020January 7, 2020 / Scott McGee / Leave a comment

This episode is about The Character Mile and the reminder that Movement is a Gift, Health is Wealth, the Present is a Present, and that we have the freedom and opportunity to choose not only strength, but gratitude. Our paths are unique, but the courage, resilience, and willpower to overcome is universal. For those that don’t know, The Character Mile was a challenge to complete one mile every day during the month of December. One mile might not not seem like much for some, but that’s not what it was about. It was about character, consistency, commitment, and a celebration. The health we have, the ability to move, our senses, our will to move forward on our path – is all a gift. There are no ordinary moments.

This episode is dedicated to the community of people across more than 14 countries that not only participated in it The Character Mile, but found connections, awakenings, and appreciation for what they GET TO do. In the episode I read some of the comments and emails I have received as well as play some of the audio messages from our own character community that participated in this challenge. You see, it was never just about the running, the time, or how you completed it, it was an expression of character and gratitude. Gratitude isn’t just the best attitude, its a super power… greater than any negative.

Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths. -Epictetus

Thank you for listening, participating, and revealing your character!

Humbly, Scott McGee

P.S. I hope you don’t forget to celebrate and get yourself and a loved one the MOVEMENT IS A GIFT shirt. It is under the store tab on TheSisuWay.com

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28: The Way to Breathe – The Oxygen Advantage with Patrick McKeown

December 19, 2018December 30, 2022 / Scott McGee / Leave a comment

The breath is the bridge between the mind and the body.

This episode with international best-selling author of The Oxygen Advantage® and master breath instructor, Patrick McKeown, will change the way you think about breathing. How do you increase health, performance, resilience, mindfulness, fitness, and train the brain to be focused while lowering stress? You follow the breath through your nose. But it’s more than that. Mastering your breath is the path to finding peace and potential, and this episode is the roadmap.

In our culture, we prioritize health and fitness with an emphasis and education on hydration and nutrition. But, we can last days and weeks respectively with out either of those. It is air/oxygen, that we wouldn’t last minutes without. Without functional breathing, we do not have functional movement. But what is functional breathing? How can we most efficiently breath oxygen from the atmosphere and get it into the cells of our bodies? Why does that process matter to the health of our minds and bodies?

We answer all these questions and more. Patrick and his breath work has not only forever changed the way I breath, but also the way I teach my kids about breathing. I never thought I would be the one taping my mouth closed at night, but with an open mind I realized that it was my own mental boulder that was blocking my path. I am completely grateful and honored to have had the opportunity to sit down, face to face, with Patrick for this episode. His knowledge, passion, and humility on this topic is fascinating. Remember I warned you, you will forever be changed after this one!

Strength is a Choice,

Scott

SHOW NOTES AND TOPICS:

Intro: The Obstacle in our Path

5:30 Why is light breathing and nasal breathing not common knowledge? Breathing less is more.

7:55 Advice to teenager: Find the job you absolutely love to do.

Your profession is not what brings home your pay. Your profession is what you were put on this earth to do with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling. -Vincent Van Gogh.

Looking at sleep to change resilience.

13:00 THE BREATH – How you breathe and how much you breathe matters.

Why do people end up chronic over breathing through the mouth?

16:35 If you mouth breath during the day or during sleep, you’re likely to gas out too soon during physical exercise, your mind is likely to be agitated, and your sleep is affected.

20:18 How do you train the brain to be focused? You follow the breath.

21:08 The Oxygen (Carbon Dioxide) Paradox and the Bohr Effect

How do you increase CO2? You slow down your breathing. Don’t over exhale your CO2.

25:37 Light Breathing Exercise – and why it lowers stress and raises performance

35:00 Wim Hof breathing, box breathing, and “deep breathing”.

Wim Hof Method vs. The Oxygen Advantage

43:38 What I do is breath holding to change the brains sensitivity to CO2. I purposefully and deliberately increase CO2 in the blood. We hold the breath to increase CO2 in the blood to change the brains reaction to CO2. We reduce the sensitivity of the body to carbon dioxide and that translates to improved physical fitness.

46:15 Diaphragmatic and nasal breathing – If you don’t have functional breathing, you don’t have functional movement.

52:15 Combat/Warrior/Box breathing – Focus the mind through the breath.

54:14 The BOLT Score – Body Oxygen Level Test

1:02:40 The mechanical structures involved in breathing

Why mouth breathing isn’t as healthy as nasal breathing.

Oxyhemoglobin Dissassociation Curve (OCD)

1:25:10 Breathing Masks

1:28:30 Nasal breathing and Taping your mouth closed at night. Why, how, benefits, etc.

1:36:30 Nose Unblocking Exercise. How to get rid of a stuffy nose naturally.

1:42:30 The Mindful Warrior – Breath work, meditation, mindfulness – Finding the Zone

The mind dictates our quality of life. Thinking is a disease or a cure.

Mastering your breath is the path to finding peace. -Scott McGee

LINKS TO WEBSITES AND SOCIAL MEDIA

oxygenadvantage.com https://sisustories.wordpress.com/

@oxygenadvantage @TheSisuWay @1scottmcgee

The Oxygen Advantage book

24: Ryan Fischer – Strength, Work Ethic, & Reflection

October 15, 2018December 30, 2022 / Scott McGee / Leave a comment

Ryan Fischer has off the charts fitness, numerous feats of physical strength, and experience in helicopter flying, Olympic skeleton, BMX racing, competitive CrossFitting, and hiking all over the world. His life is a set of circumstances that have developed him into a fulfilled gym owner. But his biggest strength is his drive and his work ethic, and Ryan is more than a competitor or gym owner.

This episode is more than what his bio says. This episode is about the man you think you know as Ryan Fischer. We had the chance to dive deep into Ryan’s life on a level you have never heard before. This episode goes beyond fitness as we reflect on where Ryan’s drive comes from, his relationship with his family, how he always knew he was different, what makes him happy, and where his unconquerable soul comes from. This isn’t an episode I took lightly. I wanted to offer a platform of reflection and growth through a respectful path of vulnerability and strength. This special episode was an honor for me to record. I humbly thank you for choosing this to listen to with a special thank you to Ryan’s mom, Kim.

With gratitude,

Scott McGee

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Show Notes:

Short story: The Cracked Pot

4:32 What is stronger? Your muscles or your work ethic.

10:36 To find your work ethic, does it need to found through physical effort? Moments that forced you to be strong.

A story of a Son.

13:43 I never really had that dad feeling and because of that I searched for different things to put energy into that couldn’t be bought. You cant get it any other way except for super hard work. If I did that, I created that and it made me feel good.

Finding out some big news at 18 that changed everything.

22:30 I remember always telling my mom that there was something about me that was different. I knew that I was going to be different. I always knew it.

23:00 First contacts with real dad.

30:30 Raising money for Olympics. The biggest check Ryan had ever received.

The $500 check.

33:20 The grandparents

37:40 Everybody has a struggle. Everyone has a deal going on. But there’s always room for a heart to heart conversation between a father and son. -SM

38:33 Do you think finding out made you a stronger person?

40:00 Reflection on life and relationships.

41:04 What do you think your mom is most proud about you? A conversation with mom.

(Ryan’s mom): He never followed the crowd. He stayed true to himself and his values.

Where does Ryan’s drive come from? And how his drive is a weakness.

49:30 What makes Ryan happy?

58:00 “Settling down” and relationships.

1:04:30* What is your inner conversation like during a workout?

Once everything starts to hurt, we just started working out. Let’s go to work.

Little cues to help push through the work out.

1:10:20 The Little Man Story

1:14:10 How memory retention works.

1:16:11 The CrossFit drive that transcends and the ripple effects.

Two things that define you. Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.

Happiness vs Fulfilled

Planting the seed of gratitude is in someone else’s couch. -SM

1:28:09 Military dreams. How training to be a Nazy Seal led Ryan to CrossFit.

1:37:00 Wim Hof, Ice Baths, Float Tanks, Saunas

1:42:00 Being dedicated to action and non-action. How to destress.

Self-Awareness and Self-Regulation

1:48:14 What has hosting a podcast taught you?

2:01:15 Ryan’s online programming

You don’t see a moving truck behind a Hearse.

Links:

@RyanFisch @1ScottMcGee @CrossFitChalk @TheSisuWay

CrossFitChalk.com TheSisuWay.com

23: Author Ryan Munsey – Awareness Creates Choice

September 29, 2018December 30, 2022 / Scott McGee / Leave a comment

How do you create an unbeatable mind that provides the fortitude, grit, sisu, invictus, and mental toughness to overcome adversity? How do you positively alter your mental state? This is the episode that answers those questions.

The goal of this episode is to bring awareness on how we make decisions and how we take action and responsibility for our lives in an intentional way. Self-awareness is something we can develop. This awareness is what creates choice.

My guest is Ryan Munsey, author of the book, F*ck Your Feelings. Ryan is an artful scientist who has the drive, curiosity, and compassion to explore the reason of why some people succeed and others do not. He is also a high performance consultant, speaker, and host of the podcast, The Better Human Project. We discuss how to master your mind, accomplish your goals, and become a better human while being rooted in gratitude and lifted by awareness.

Show Notes:

Invictus

Moments – You are writing you’re own eulogy. When you’re gone, People will think and speak of you in the way that you live your life. We have the ability to shape how that conversation goes by the way that we move through the world. Those moments are a choice.

7:16 Line in the sand – What are you going to do?

15:20 Who are you and what does it mean to be a good human?

18:34 You can control your Attitude and Effort.

19:50 Your life is perfectly designed for the results that you are getting.

23:15 How do you measure success? Hint: It shouldn’t be extrinsic.

Chris Dancy – We don’t know how to measure what we value so we begin to value what we measure.

The Rocking Chair Test – Health, Happiness, Performance

28:00 Can you measure happiness? Heart Rate Variability

31:18 The 85 year-old Challenge. Memento Mori

Appreciation not Expectation.

36:00 How do we positively affect our mental states? How the brain makes a decision.

44:20 95% of our decisions are based on how we feel in any given moment.

Feelings – a mental experience of a physiological state. If we change our physiology we can change our feelings.

46:30 Limbic System – emotional ego driven teenager – feelings – the now

Prefrontal Cortex – the sage. – awareness

58:50 What is the vagus nerve and how does it affect you?

Emotional Resiliency – Bandwith

1:10:35 How to stay relaxed in traffic.

1:12:00 Wim Hof Method

Breathwork – how to stimulate your vagus nerve and why its important to exhale longer than inhale.

Cold Exposure – Stay parasympathetic in an environment that normally makes you sympathetic.

1:19:00 What you can do right now to improve mental resilience and toughness.

Developing grit though: Cold showers – look towards the sky and focus on the breath.

Be kind, be rooted in gratitude turn off defense mechanisms, etc.

Posture – Don’t sit or stand like a victim.

1:39:05 Playing – Don’t be the reason you stop playing.

2:03:08 The 360 sphere – Do not be out of round

Links:

F*ck Your Feelings – By Ryan Munsey

RyanMunsey.com for signed copy

Check out Ryan’s podcast: The Better Human Project

Instagram: @ryanmunsey_ @1scottmcgee @thesisuway

TheSisuWay.com

The Sisu Way Team for Whole Life Challenge

21: Andy Petranek – Stepping Up through a Beginner’s Mind

September 9, 2018December 30, 2022 / Scott McGee / Leave a comment

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few.” — Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki

Andy Petranek couples curiosity and enthusiasm and applies it to learn new perspectives for a better way. He is an early adopter, coach, athlete, entrepreneur, family man, and a life-explorer who travels with a sense of humor. He loves to work on developing and improving himself physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually, but more importantly he strives to help others do the same. He lives his life based on the words of his grandfather, “Never stop learning. Never stop growing.”

I open the show with a lesson on Shoshin. Shoshin is a word from Zen Buddhism meaning “beginner’s mind.” It refers to having an attitude of openness, eagerness, and lack of preconceptions when studying a subject, even when studying at an advanced level, just as a beginner would.

What is most fascinating about Andy is his curious mind and his ability to choose strength. These themes are evident when we take a step back and observe from a different perspective. From this framework, we take a look at some of the events that have lead Andy to become the father that he is and his ability to change lives for the better across the world through The Whole Life Challenge.

Strength is a Choice,

Scott

Show Notes:

2:20 Shoshin – Lesson in a Beginners Mind.

6:10 Spoon Challenge – See it for the first time with a curious mind.

11:20 Perspective Chair Challenge

13:30 Opening question on purpose and emotion

17:25 85 year-old self Challenge

21:00 Musical background and the life bowling analogy

29:10 Trumpet player to Marine – What was he looking for?

34:20 Outdoor Eco Challenge races – Lost for 36 hours, learning, and pushing himself

“Trust your compass”

52:40 Learning a new skill like unicycling.

56:15 The 10-Minute training to overcome weaknesses.

1:04:10 Back Tucks and what you can learn about life through them.

1:07:48 CrossFit History

1:15:13 How do I have a better impact on the wellness of my clients? Beginning of The Whole Life Challenge

1:22:11 “Its the transformation of humans. Its working on virtues. Its developing peoples courage and commitment and testing their resolve. Being in the game of life, rather than thinking of winning or losing.”

You have the power to change your life for the better.

1:26:00 We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence therefore is not an act, it’s a habit.

Virtues are formed in a man by doing the right actions.

1:27:28 The 7 Daily Habits

1:33:30 Awaken with Gratitude

1:37:20 Fatherhood, post-it notes

1:44:55 Lessons learned from The Andy Petranek Podcast

“You’re taking curiosity, enthusiasm and applying to people to learn new perspectives for a better way.”

1:54:25 Stepping Up – Newsletter

2:04:20 Fitness – Movement is a Gift

Links and Social Media:

AndyPetranek.com WholeLifeChallenge.com TheSisuWay.com

@andypetranek @wholelifechallenge @TheSisuWay @1ScottMcGee

The shin box for opening the hips

Oxygen Advantage

20: Logan Gelbrich – Awareness & Vulnerability on a path to Hold the Standard

August 31, 2018December 30, 2022 / Scott McGee / Leave a comment

Before recording this episode with world-class human Logan Gelbrich, Dr. Cara Miller had some advice for me. She said, “Hold him steady with love – Push him deep with humility – and be willing to go there with him courageously.”

This episode is a journey into the man, not just the entrepreneur/coach. We learn how awareness is a good and bad thing, what the cost of seeking adversity is, and that strengths have shadows. Most people think the ability to endure is a good thing, but what are the consequences of that? Can you choose your way to happiness?

There is something about Logan that makes us want to get better. He is someone I admire as a friend and revere as a leader. On the inside he is an intuitive and introspective soul with deep and complex thoughts. On the outside he is a world renowned leader who is pushing us to “hold the responsibility of the space between your reality and the standard and that never ending pursuit of it.”

It is my humble honor to present this deeply personal interview with my friend, Logan, with love and respect.

Strength is a Choice,

Scott McGee

Show Notes:

Antonio Machado said: Traveler, there is no path. The path is made by walking.

“It would be a ridiculous coincidence if your life was like someone else’s.”

5:00 Asserting Yourself – Baseball story and a lesson from Dad.

10:00 Are you Happy?

“Grateful and very hurt simultaneously for that awareness.”

“Step into awareness with great vulnerability.”

14:55 Introverted and Introspection in regards to Happiness.

16:50 Does any of this really matter?

Galactic Calendar

20:13 The Sisu Hammer

23:40 The ability to put things down. Meditation.

26:20 Death and Surrendering

32:00 Our greatest battles are waged within.

Strengths have Shadows

37:40 Lessons from College – Seeking Adversity & balance? Learning how to relax.

42:09 What do you do for fun? Solitude

52:30 Understanding depression and vulnerability

56:00 Beacon of Light

“Used my endurance as a crutch and that left me holding a lot of responsibility.”

1:05:13 Something about Logan that makes other people want to get better.

1:08:35 “My ability to endure has consequences, negative ones. Im aware, we all are aware, this is a project worth solving. Not just for my own own peace but for the on paper results that are required of me as a leader. And I like that accountability.”

1:09:08 Benefits and strength of therapy

1:13:20 Relationship with Brazilian Jiu Jitsu – Purpose and Utility

1:24:40 Personal relationships – “I seek relationships that allow me to help someone else grow or that help me to grow and that largely by definition is centered around the ability to give and receive the truth which includes negative feedback.”

*1:34:00-1:34:46*

The vulnerable ones who live with dissatisfaction.

1:37:20 What is Deuce Gym? Hold the Standard

Performance | Community | Lifestyle

1:44:18-:35 Fitness is the mechanism for teaching a host of bigger lessons, namely holding the responsibility or accountability of the space between your reality and the standard and that never ending pursuit.

1:52:28 Its chemically impossible to be a victim and happy at the same time. To take on a victim mentality is to relinquish all control of your life. You have a say.

Strength is a Choice

Challenge: Use it towards the first question.

He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times. – Friedrich Schiller, Playwright

Websites:

Deuce Gym Coaches Prep Developing World Class Coaches Free E-Book

The Sisu Way

Social Media:

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18: Wim Hof Method: Breathing, Cold Exposure, & Mindset with Retired Peace Officer Erik Milosevic

July 30, 2018December 30, 2022 / Scott McGee / Leave a comment

One of the best and simplest pieces of advice anyone could give to benefit energy, freedom, and health is: Remember to breathe and relax. We are constantly faced with acute and chronic stress, which causes soul cavities. Stress causes inflammation, which may contribute to many serious health problems such as cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, heart attacks, and strokes. Chronic stress may also give rise to emotional issues such as depression, anxiety, fear, anger, feelings of despair and hopelessness, as well as loneliness. These health issues create distance from our ourselves and our loved ones. The good news is…there is something we can do about it.

Joining me on this special episode is Certified Wim Hof Instructor, retired Peace Officer, lifetime Yogi, and my dear friend, Erik Milosevich. Together, we discuss ways to find peace and improve our emotional resilience. We share our personal journey with the Wim Hof Method of breathing exercises, cold exposure (via cold showers and ice baths), mediation, and mindset to strengthen our mind, body. The goal of this episode is to help you develop self-awareness skills and self-regulation tools to overcome adversity and stress in a healthy manner.

Get Up Strong,

Scott

For those lost in pain, we have to become gladiators. Power is within us all. Anything can be overcome by going within. –Wim Hof

Show Notes:

Opening: An excerpt from the book, The Warrior and The Monk: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Potential And Finding True Happiness by past guest Greg Amundson.

11:00 Milo’s history and life experiences

20:45 Wim Hof Method intro

26:40 Stress and Trauma, first responders, organizational stress

“The ability to breath and relax is a science and an art.”

33:40 The Autonomic Nervous System and the two branches, Sympathetic (Fight/Flight) and Parasympathetic Nervous Systems (Rest/Calm/Relaxed).

37:20 The Vagus Nerve. Understanding these systems helps your self-awareness which leads to the ability to self-regulate.

41:00 Mastering Peace

42:00 Purposeful and Mindful BREATHING. Different types of breathing tactics including nasal breathing, Wim Hof, box breathing, circular breathing, ocean breath, etc. all aimed at giving us tools to self-regulate our stress.

58:48 The gift of Wim Hof breathing. How to do it and why. The power of the journey inward.

1:11:30 Breathing and its relationship to Grief. Mindfulness – Be here and now without judgement.

1:19:20 COLD EXPOSURE – (Cold showers and Ice Baths) How, why, what are the benefits. Mindset and emotional, psychological, and physical benefits.

1:34:30 Chest freezer turned into Ice Baths

1:45:50 Mindset and MEDITATION

1:47:00 Ice bath conversations

1:51:32 Pursue Satori

Links:

TheSisuWay.com The Wim Hof Method

@erokdaworld @1scottmcgee @TheSisuWay

Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman

15: Caroline Burckle – Strength in Vulnerability

May 18, 2018December 30, 2022 / Scott McGee / Leave a comment

Caroline Burckle is an Olympic Bronze Medalist Swimmer performing in the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the 4 x 200m relay. She took gold in the 2007 Pan Am Games in the 800m freestyle, was the 2x NCAA champ, and was named the 2008 NCAA Swimmer of the Year.

But this is not a story of accolades. Titles and achievements do not define a person. In this episode, we look between the medals and at the person. Caroline takes us through the darker side of being an olympic athlete. We learn about the personal struggle of what to do after spending years preparing for a narrow window of opportunity.

We also discuss the strength in being vulnerable, mentoring, and generating a positive mindset in the face of adversity. I am proud of this conversation. Caroline is an honest, powerful, and unconquerable soul. I humbly thank you for listening.

Strength is a Choice,

Scott

Show Notes:

3:05 Creativity and Fear “Fear doesn’t want you to do anything” -SM

*5:17 Strongest when faced with a challenge

7:33 Was swimming and the achievements a challenge for you?

15:10 What was it like for your parents when you made Olympic team?

19:30 “I had no idea who I was. I was lost. I was depressed. I was in a dark place.” This was in the six months after winning an Olympic medal.

21:00 Transitioning your identity after being a competitive athlete

The dark side of the Olympics

28:00 Have you found what you are looking for?

“I am more than just what dives in the pool and mermaids around.”

39:00 Heel injury

47:00 What is your injury teaching you?

1:03 The Why

1:07 The power of depression

1:09 How do you generate a positive mindset shift

*1:17 What is your brother most proud about you.

“Im so proud to be part of what my sister did.” -Clark Burckle

1:20 The Spirit of Battle

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12: Olympian Lauren Gibbs – Happiness is a Choice

March 26, 2018December 30, 2022 / Scott McGee / 2 Comments

Lauren Gibbs is an American bobsledder who won a silver medal at the 2018 Olympic Games. While that is a statement of fact, it does not define Lauren’s character. She is equal parts power, intelligence, intuition, respect, and drive. This makes her a champion of a human being. Our conversation is meant to show people that grit is learned. That you can choose to be happy. That anyone can achieve their dreams if they work hard and are honest about deficiencies, and believe in their ability to choose.

Show notes:

8:30 What it feels like to be an Olympian.

12:05 College Coach Diane Short: “It was not a surprise at all. She never folded under pressure.”

Lauren says this was not true because she relied on natural talent. What does this mean now looking back.

Are most lessons through suffering and pain?

18:30 Lesson in asserting yourself

20:00 Business suit to Team USA suit – Staying in something you are not happy with.

Finding purpose

24:14 How does someone find what makes them happy?

“Happiness is a choice.” – Lauren Gibbs

“Take opportunities and see them through.”

28:40 I understand what I want to do. Public speaking, leading the youth.

You actually have to work!

33:00 Do that thing you want to do. Time is not a right its a privilege.

36:00 Your authentic self. Learning to work hard.

42:00 Training for bobsled and how to make the team.

45:10 Setting up to go for a bobsled run.

59:04 Fighting for gold.

1:04:00 Making Team USA and telling your parents.

1:08:27 Is grit learnable?

1:11:30 How to develop contentment with yourself.

1:15:58 Best lesson: “Be able to have open and honest conversations about your deficiencies.”

1:17:45 “You’ll you never be successful if its something that you can do different or better, then that means you have the opportunity to be better.”

1:20:44 Selfie with the First Daughter, Ivanka Trump. You don’t have to agree to be civil. Americans taking a selfie.

Social Media:

@lagibbs84, @1scottmcgee, @TheSisuWay TheSisuWay.com

Health is Wealth – Vulnerability is a Strength – Strength is a Choice

You are the Master of your Fate – You are the Captain of your Soul

Get Up Strong – Be Unconquerable

11: Christmas Abbot – Pressure is a Privilege

February 26, 2018December 30, 2022 / Scott McGee / 1 Comment

Christmas Abbott is an author, athlete, CrossFit gym owner, girl boss, former pit crew member, entrepreneur, branding/marketing expert, speaker, and model …but these titles DON’T define her. It’s her courage, spunk, guts, and her gumption that make her a relentless human. It is these qualities coupled with her heart, that will fuel her greatest title ever… Mom.

In this episode we talk about one of Christmas’ darkest years, how she is grateful for tragedy, the collateral beauty associated with it, what helps her recover emotionally, and her pregnancy. 2018 is serving to be a transformative year, as Christmas is using her vulnerability, struggle, fire, and heart to not only empower others, but to prepare for the best thing she will do with her life, and that is to be a mother.

I am honored to hear (and share) the news and super proud of her. I hope you enjoy this side of the one and only, Christmas Abbott.

Show Notes:

“Stopped being impressed by things, and started being impressed by people that were happy. People that made other people feel good.” – Scott

4:00 Who are you? “Work in progress. A human who wants to leave a beautiful footprint.”

8:00 1996 Sister’s car accident when Christmas was 13 – Darkest years of life, as was 2017.

11:13 2017 A dark year. Learned what made of and the bigger picture

13:01 Near death experience – Mortar round in Iraq

Experience in Iraq as a female

14:10 Looks a strength or a weakness?

16:37 Health is Wealth – Broken Foot

2017 Broke up with finance – friend OD’d – Depression – Broken foot

19:15 Big Brother TV show – Human Experiment