Cherise Ann Beardsley is an International Business Consultant and Founder of WHY Coaching & Consulting. She’s a world traveler, proud foodie, and business strategist who helps businesses across the globe launch and level up for maximum potential. Born and raised in Milwaukee, WI, her career endeavors have molded her approach to consulting.  From international recruitment and partnership development around the world to founding an international non-profit and opening a fitness franchise from the ground up, her networks and clients stretch across the globe. Coaching and consulting with small businesses is her passion and her clients are her WHY. She believes the core of every business is their “WHY.” When you know your why, you’ll know your way! Now, don’t let her Midwest charm fool you. She’s a strategic thinker with a calculated approach to coaching and consulting.  She doesn’t believe in a one size fits all model because in her words, “your business is unique, just like you.” She takes time to get to know each of her clients and their needs and then outlines a step-by-step process to help them reach and exceed their goals. Cherise has worked with small-scale, in-home operations, to businesses bringing in multiple six figures. From Canada to South America, Europe to Australia, and across the US, she’s worked with some pretty diverse businesses.  If you are interested in learning how she can help you turn your dream into a business, or if you are ready to grow your current business, you can contact her for a Free Strategy Call at   In this episode, you’ll learn:  - How and why Cherise got into business coaching - How she founded an intentional non-profit that advocates for the importance of cultural exchanges - Climbing Machu Picchu violently sick on a weekend - Communal living versus individualistic cultures - The biggest lessons we can learn from developing countries to improve our health - How to use Instagram to meditate and slow down - Going off the grid with just a backpack, canoe, and fishing poles - How to ease your way into going off the grid - Why first-hand experiences can be crazy but are so valuable and important - How Cherise managed her health while starting her business - Why saying “no” feels sooo good - The importance of gaining clarity and focus Connect with Cherise:   Instagram:  Facebook:  Want more? Connect with me on & for behind-the-scenes footage! Plus, Cherise and I will be live on Instagram to dive even deeper into this episode and answer all your questions!

Why Small Health & Fitness Businesses Fail Myken proudly wears the midwestern badge of honour, while loudly cheering on the Wisconsin Packers and Badger teams! Having gained her degree in Marketing, her actual true knowledge and love of running businesses have come from her real-world, hands-on health and fitness experience of 12 years. Starting at the bottom cleaning toilets, washing down equipment, and making 100+ lead calls a day; She has gained her overall experience opening businesses from the ground up, hitting first-year revenue and member records, earning a National Manager of the Year Award out of 2500+ employees, to owning her own brick and mortar business. Some would say she specialises in the implementation and execution of systems and processes that directly correlate with your business’s revenue and client membership growth. Others would say that her coaching approach is that of tough love, honesty, and motivation. She has helped hundreds of clients get on the path to success. Every brick & mortar studio and online business is different, but if you are willing to put in the work and make things happen, then she will find a way to help you succeed in this journey. Go Pack Go! In this episode, you’ll learn: - How to grow your way up to being a ground-level manager and ultimately own your own studio - How Myken helped one of the world’s most successful boutique fitness studio owners grow and sell their businesses - How Myken transitioned from her very good-paying job and into starting her own business - The habits that allowed her to fly around the country as a regional manager of 30+ locations, heavily pregnant, and still do all that she did - What eating healthy doesn’t look like - How your diet affects your hair - The important role nutrition plays in restructuring your brain - Why using an online calendar to schedule absolutely EVERYTHING is so important to success - The importance of meditation - How (and why) to meditate on the move - Why Myken would not go to college and would go straight into the workforce if she had her time over - How a “horrible interviewer” can deliver the best interview ever - The #1 thing businesses that have flourished during COVID-19 have done that other businesses haven’t - The best marketing challenges to use during the holidays - How a studio in New York signed up 53 new members in 1 week - Hard sells versus soulful selling - How to sell without feeling too pushy - Why Myken sold her studio - The power of manifestation - The best money you can ever spend - The 1 thing I’m trying to convince Myken of - What you need to do when hiring - Plus, Myken’s words of wisdom for any boutique fitness studio owner The Effects of Protein on Your Hair 13:16 - 14:51 Using Nutrition to Restructure Your Brain 16:17 - 17:19 (17:44) Meditation for Anxiety 20:20 - 21:27 The Best Form of Meditation (and Relaxation) 22:34 - 24:18 The #1 Thing Businesses That Have Flourished During COVID-19 Have Done That Other Businesses Haven’t 38:27 - 39:53 Connect with Myken: Instagram: Pinterest: Facebook: Facebook Group: Boutique Fitness Coalition Boutique Fitness Coalition Facebook Group: Ready.Aim.Empire Podcast: Want more? Connect with me on & for behind-the-scenes footage! Plus, Myken and I will be live on Instagram to dive even deeper into this episode and answer all your questions!

Lisa Kuecker is a serial entrepreneur, military spouse, and mother of 2, who built her multi-7 figure boutique fitness studios across the United States. In 2016, she accepted a multi-million dollar buyout and began sharing the processes, systems, and strategies that enabled her to grow in this 42 billion dollar a year industry. Now leading a team of 40, she works across 34 countries and can be found on her weekly podcast Ready. Aim. Empire. In this episode, you’ll learn: - Why it’s important to shift from pivot mode to building mode during COVID-19 - Turning studios that were losing $10,000+ per month into million-dollar studios in 9 months - How seeing a reformer machine for the first time led to her multi multi-million dollar businesses in the health industry - How her experience in the hospitality industry became infused in the framework of her studios - The importance of outsourcing - The reason many people don’t know how to hand off - The two most important roles for outsourcing - When not to outsource and why - The importance of knowing the numbers (but to obsess over them) - Knowing the numbers in other areas of life outside of finances - The power of discipline - The lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina - What’s worth more than anything you can get out of a coach - Why making a lot of money is boring Connect with Lisa: Instagram: Pinterest: Facebook: Facebook Group: Boutique Fitness Coalition Boutique Fitness Coalition Facebook Group: Ready.Aim.Empire Podcast:   Want more? Connect with me on & for behind-the-scenes footage! Plus, Chris and I will be live on Instagram to dive even deeper into this episode and answer all your questions!

After years being in financial services and property businesses with his identical twin, in 2019 Chris decided to make a complete change.  Chris changed his businesses, his exercise, his nutrition; he stopped drinking and became plant-based.  The next 2 years were full of running, doing yoga & Pilates, and setting up R1SE yoga with his wife (Jen).  After the pandemic struck, R1SE pivoted gracefully and continued to thrive in the new world. In this episode, you’ll learn:  - His morning routine - Why he reminds me of the Wolf of Wall Street - Making over $1,000,000 - Building a wellbeing village in the Bulgarian mountains - Old Chris Vs New Chris at the age of 41 - How he started his yoga studio - R1SE - The benefits of gamifying and rewarding behaviour change in regards to health and fitness - His experience with being framed  - Being served a demand to pay $7,000,000 in 7 days - Becoming bankrupt - Why he went vegan but calls it plant-based - Why he spent 2 years of his life clearing an acre of land by hand starting in the British winter - How he found yoga - The one child-like activity that makes it hard to be depressed - The benefit of failing quickly Vs slowly - The 6 hacks Chris lives by and believers if you have these in your life, you will be the best version of yourself - His cure for the mindless consumption of media - Increasing his reading speed from 180wpm to 600 - Why he naps for exactly 26 minutes after skulling a coffee Connect with Chris:  https://www.r1se.co.uk  Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/r1seyoga/  Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/R1SEYOGA  Thank you so much for checking out this episode of The Mind Your Body Show. If you haven’t done so already, please take a minute and leave a quick rating and review of the show on the platform you’re listening on. This helps us to share our message and continue to deliver high-quality health and fitness information for you and others!  Want more? Connect with me on Instagram & Facebook for behind-the-scenes footage! Plus, Chris and I will be live on Instagram to dive even deeper into this episode and answer all your questions! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_mind_your_body_show Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/themindyourbodyshow

Professor Alan Pearce is a neuroscientist with an interest in understanding the physiology of the brain following mild brain injury. He has been focussed on this area since 2008 and has received international recognition for his work both in academic circles and wider community.  Alan was the first to present data on long-term brain injury in Australian football players in 2014 and in Rugby League players in 2018. His work has been featured across all television networks, newspapers in Australia and in International news including BBC, New York Times, The Guardian, Daily Mail UK, and NRC Netherlands.   Alan has published over 200 scientific papers and has just completed his second book entitled Principles of Exercise Neuroscience. Further to his work in brain injury, Alan also has an interest in researching neuroplasticity of the brain with strength training and aerobic exercise. In this episode, you’ll learn: - How we can solve the concussion crisis - What concussion is scientifically - How you can get concussion without even getting a bump to the head - The unexpected risks of concussion in soccer - The controversies of concussion research - The dangers of wearing a helmet in sport - Why women with concussion have more severe symptoms and longer recovery times - My experiences with being knocked out - Why people shiver and become extremely cold after being knocked out - The gold standard of return to play and the conflict between medical practitioners and scientists - How the brain responds to muscle damage - An exclusive into how the Australian brain bank procured Australia football legend, Graham Polly-Farmer’s brain for research - Plus, some woo-woo insights into my brain and why I believe I’ll live to 200 and will be donating every part of my body I can before being cremated. Connect with Alan: www.neuropearce.com [email protected] Instagram: www.instagram.com/alanpearcephd Twitter: www.twitter.com/alanpearcephd Items discussed in this episode: Australian Brain Bank www.brainbank.org.au 1800 551 898 Principles of Neural Science by Eric Candell Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman Anatomy and Physiology by Kenneth Saladin Principles of Exercise Neuroscience by Alan Pearce and Dawson Kidgell

Adam, aka The PHD (previously heavy dude), hit a rock bottom moment in his life where he weighed 327lbs (148kg). He then went on his own 100lb (45kg) weight loss journey, and as he was on this journey, he started to inspire people in his home town to join him. He started a gym and a bootcamp program and helped his home town lose over 35,000lbs in five years.   Adam’s the host of the top ranked health podcast, ‘The Million Pound Mission’, where his goal is to inspire one million pounds of healthy results (which he tracks on his website at . Following the success of his podcast, Adam’s now turned his part-time podcasting hobby into a successful full-time business through his new podcast, ‘Podcasting Business School’.    In this episode, you’ll learn: How Adam earned his “PHD” and lost over 100lbs (45kg) How he met his wife (this is actually quite funny) How his health effected every other area of his life The power of manifesting through the movie, ‘The Secret’ The value in 5-year planning Plus, some awesome Instagram ninja-hack moves   Connect with Adam:     Instagram:   Thank you so much for checking out this episode of The Mind Your Body Show. If you haven’t done so already, please take a minute and leave a quick rating and review of the show on Apple Podcasts by clicking on the link below. This helps us to share our message and continue to deliver high-quality health and fitness information for you and others! Thank you so much!       

To say this diet has taken the health and fitness industry by storm is an understatement. There have been many diets that have been promoted as the best diet EVER over my fifteen years in the industry — Mediterranean and Paleo come to mind, but I don’t think any of them have had as much pervasiveness through the industry as this one. In this episode, you'll learn: - What ketosis is - The challenges of the keto diet - The relationship between ketosis and glucose - How your body fuels itself in the absence of carbohydrates - What the brain's preferred source of fuel is - How much more effectively your body runs on a ketogenic diet - Plus, how the keto diet is used in the medical industry beyond weight loss. To learn more, check out www.JacobAndreae.com

The first thing any true Paleo follower will say is, “it’s not a diet… it’s a lifestyle”. And fair enough. For many people, Paleo is much more than the food you eat. It is the lifestyle you live. Many true Paleoers will grow their own organic fruits and vegetables, have their own free-range chickens to provide them with fresh homegrown eggs, and often workout in a Paleo kind-of-way. In this episode, you'll learn: - What the most popular principal is of the Paleo diet - The true meaning of "you are what you eat" - Why choosing the right nuts to eat is complicated - Which grains are "better" - The secret dangers hidden in many "natural" foods - The type of workouts recommended in the Paleo lifestyle - Plus, the main principal of the Paleo lifestyle. To learn more, check out www.JacobAndreae.com

The Mediterranean diet is probably the world’s most famous and healthy diet. Research shows over and over again that the Mediterranean diet is good for you. Full of fresh fruits, vegetables, poultry, fish, whole grains, legumes, and olive oil, the Mediterranean diet even allows you to drink a couple of glasses of wine. How good is that! In this episode, you'll learn: - How the Mediterranean diet has been scientifically proven to be beneficial - How inflammation works and what the Mediterranean diet can do to help - The benefits of all the foods that make up the Mediterranean diet - Why red wine makes it into the diet - Whether you should start drinking red wine if you don't already - Plus, how to choose "healthy" red wine. To learn more, check out www.JacobAndreae.com

Could your DNA actually determine what type of foods you should and shouldn’t eat? Could it be that your genes make it harder for you to lose weight, even though you’re doing everything right and eating healthy? The new field of nutrigenomics could show that it does. And the DNA diet might just have the scientific research that the Blood Type Diet lacks. In this episode you'll learn: - How you can test your own DNA - The level that at-home DNA testing is at - How to determine your ideal diet according to your DNA - How to establish what diseases you might be prone to - Plus, how to work out what foods to eat or avoid for FREE! To learn more, check out www.JacobAndreae.com