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🎤 Just had a fun podcast interview with Carissa Woo on her “Get a Heck Yes” podcast. It’s great info for entrepreneurs, especially those in the wedding space, like photographers.

We talked about:

⚡️ An easy, empowering morning routine to help you show up as your best
❤️‍🩹 Doing transformation work and self-discovery to overcome traumas that keep us stuck and overextending ourselves for acceptance
💪🏻 Resilience strategies for avoiding burn out during wedding season / busy season
✅ How to get a Heck Yes from your dream client by not being attached to the outcome and holding a safe space for them to truly be heard

..(and more!)

This episode will be up in the Heck Yeah podcast in Spotify (and other podcast platforms) in a few weeks. Subscribe now so you don’t miss it!

Thanks for having me, Carissa!

Leave your comment below 🙂

Question...

When Was The Last Time You Felt Highly Motivated To Reach a Goal and Why? 🤔

You’re not 'making excuses.' You’re just buying into Limiting Beliefs.

Question what you believe and the stories you hold on to.

🔥 Reality Check: Many Have Already Fallen Off Their 2025 Health Goals… Have You?🔥

It happens every year. By February, 80% of people have already abandoned their New Year’s resolutions.🚨Life gets busy, motivation fades, and old habits creep back in.

But here’s the truth: The problem isn’t your willpower. It’s your strategy.

If you feel stuck, inconsistent, or overwhelmed, it’s not too late to get back on track. My bestselling book, The Nine Shifts, was designed to help high achievers like you create lasting transformation—without burnout, frustration, or starting over every January.

💡Inside, you’ll discover:

✅ A mindset shift that makes discipline feel effortless
✅ How to reprogram your habits for long-term success
✅ A simple system to stay consistent—even when life gets crazy

This isn’t about quick fixes. It’s about lasting transformation—in your health, mindset, and life.

🚀 If you’re serious about making 2025 the year you finally follow through, grab your copy of The Nine Shifts today!

📖 Check the comments below for a link to my Book!

10 Things You May Not Know About Me⁣⁣
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1. I speak 5 languages (Armenian, Romanian, Spanish, French, English)⁣⁣
2. I’ve been to almost 50 countries (every continent except Antarctica, which doesn’t really count IMO)⁣⁣
3. I used to play drums in a heavy metal band while in Junior HS 🤘🏻⁣⁣
4. I competed in a bodybuilding competition (all natural) at the age of 50⁣⁣
5. I used to be a part-time ski instructor and have won medals in Giant Slalom⁣⁣
6. I worked for two of the largest consulting firms in the world (EY and Accenture)⁣⁣
7. My Motion Traxx fitness app was featured in numerous health magazines, including two in the same month (Fitness and Health magazines)⁣⁣
8. It took over a year, and totally re-writing my book from scratch after scrapping the first version, to write and publish my bestselling transformation book, The Nine Shifts⁣⁣
9. I’ve worked with over 200 clients, all over the age of 40, in helping them to transform their mind and body⁣⁣
10. I’m passionate about helping people understand how the mind works, and how their mind is wired, so they can break free of the mind’s limitations and live without limits⁣
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⭐️ 5 Steps to Thrive in ’25 ⭐️

Happy belated New Year!

I’m not here with just a wish, but with a plan.

Setting a goal is easy, but sticking to it?

Not so much.

You've probably heard that 90% of New Year’s resolutions go unmet.

A big reason for this is because most people approach their goals with the wrong mental frame.

𝙇𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙛𝙨, 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙯𝙤𝙣𝙚, 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙥𝙤𝙤𝙧 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨.

While many will fail, YOU will succeed.

This 5-step plan will help you have a rewarding year:

𝟭. 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗮 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗮: Pick one area (health, career, money, etc.) where you’d love to see real change.

𝟮. 𝗦𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗦𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹: Then, break it down into long-term and short-term goals (e.g., shed 30 LB by June; shed 5 LB by February).

𝟯. 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹: Identify a habit that won’t trigger resistance and block time for it in your calendar (e.g., a daily 30-minute lunchtime walk).

𝟰. 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲: Share your goal with at least one other human (the more, the better).

𝟱. 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆: Close your eyes and imagine your future self having already achieved your goal. Attach this practice to a daily habit like brushing your teeth.

This visualization will inspire actions that keep you on track.

Take these 5 steps, and by the end of 2025, you’ll feel not just “happy,” but truly fulfilled and accomplished!

Happy "thriving in ’25!"

P.S. If you’re ready to transform your health and life this year, grab my bestselling book, The Nine Shifts, and discover a proven path to lasting change. AMAZON LINK below:

https://bit.ly/TheNineShifts

🤫 How she’s dropping 3 LB/wk (steal her secret)

Want to learn how to get into a "fat shredding groove," where you lose 3 LB each week, without:

Feeling hungry
Working out non-stop
Hating what you eat
Moreover, want to learn how to do it despite the obstacles of:

Traveling for work
Tending to your family
Being a perfectionist
Yup, my client Faith has learned how to “effortlessly” lose her desired weight of 3 LB each week.

Not only is she conquering those obstacles posed by work and life, but also posed by the fact she's in her 60s, post-menopausal, and dealing with nagging injuries. 😮

How?

I’ll let you in on her routine; #3 is the MOST important:

1. 𝐀 𝐋𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 (12𝐊 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞)
Walking is a great tool for fat loss, especially if you're more senior. The trick is you have to do it a lot, and consistently, but it can definitely work. Faith wakes up an hour early each day and gets it in.

2. 𝐄𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 ‘𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭”
Eating a similar, repetitive menu takes the guesswork out of “what, when, and how much” to eat.

These are the 3 key facets of nutrition, as I teach in my bestselling health transformation book, “The Nine Shifts.” (See chapter 20, Optimize Your Nutrition).

Find a fat loss-friendly but tasty menu that helps you hit your macronutrient and calorie goals, then rinse and repeat.

3. 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝
We always hear about how important it is to “stick to the right habits.” But...

𝑻𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔.

That’s because we're slaves to our beliefs and subconscious thinking patterns; they drive every action (and inaction).

Without understanding the belief that’s driving a habit, we rely on willpower, which rarely lasts more than two weeks.

Instead, we must transform the thinking pattern driving the bad habit.

𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑭𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆-𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌, 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒔.

But now, she’s got it down:

The mindset, the walking, and the consistent eating that’s got her in a groove of losing 3 LB each week.

What I love the most about all this is how she FEELS. She says:

“𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘖𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳, 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 “𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴” 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐’𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦."

Getting yourself into this type of long-lasting, body-changing, and life-transforming groove isn’t a quick fix.

But Faith will say it’s worth it.

Happy “finding your groove,”

Deekron

𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘳: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘉𝘰𝘥𝘺
𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴

P.S. If you're ready to find your "groove," two things that will help:

1. Read my bestselling health transformation book, The Nine Shifts.

2. Apply for a free Nine Shifts Body Breakthrough Call

😤 The “Frustration Formula” (and how to undo it)

If you find yourself feeling frustrated more than once per week, this mindset email is for you...

As a fellow high achiever, I'm prone to get frustrated at people easily.

In fact, I’ve been going through some stuff with one of my virtual assistants and it’s been leading to some frustration.

So, I came up with this formula to help explain why this happens.

THE FRUSTRATION FORMULA:
𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 + 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 = 𝐅𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Let's break down each component:

A. I “expect” things to be this way
B. They “should” be no other way (i.e. you're “attached” to your point of view)
C. I feel frustrated when they're not that way!

Let’s deconstruct the formula in two easy steps:

1. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝
Our expectation has to be clearly communicated and realistic. If we make 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 that the person understands or is capable of meeting the expectation when they're not, the expectation was not realistic to begin with.

Note: This doesn't mean we're not allowed to expect and need certain things from the people we are in a relationship with. We totally are.

But it's 𝒐𝒏 𝒖𝒔 to make sure the expectation is clearly communicated, clearly understood, and fully AGREED TO by the other person (and NOT from force or coercion).

It can also help to ask them to 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅, and guide them to think things through in terms of how they will meet your expectation.

Some people "get it" faster than others, especially if they're struggling with something affecting their cognition like brain fog, anxiety, depression, poor sleep, poor diet, or simply them having a bad day.

To be effective leaders, this is something we have to be sensitive to.

2. 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐲 “𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝’𝐬”
I’ve written in the past about being careful with the word “should.” Using should indicates we are coming from a place of judgement and criticism.

It creates attachment to the outcome and locks us into one point of view.

We probably heard “should” so often growing up (and use it now in our own self-talk), it's just a natural part of how we speak.

However, our words create our perception.

𝑰𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐 “𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅’𝒔”; 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒖𝒑.

Being attached to an outcome or one point of view leads to frustration.

In sum, if we want to avoid frustration, 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 for our expectations and we have to be unattached to it getting done.

Expectations, especially unrealistic or uncommunicated ones, will hurt a relationship and cause frustration.

I believe that this is a big lesson us high achievers need to learn if we don't want to be "alone at the top of the mountain."

It takes more effort and patience to pull someone up the mountain with us, but in the end, the effort is usually worth it.

Let me know if this resonated with you!

Happy “frustration free achieving,"

Deekron

Chief Transformation Officer: The InPoweredBody
Bestselling Author: The Nine Shifts

P.S. To learn more strategies for thinking, feeling, and performing your best, pick up my bestselling transformation book, "The Nine Shifts." I’ll be super pumped if you read it and write a review. Here’s the AMAZON LINK -> https://bit.ly/TheNineShifts.

😬 Some Hard Truth About Blood Sugar and Prediabetes 😬

I love my tribe members (i.e. you).

Sometimes loving someone means dishing out some tough love when it’s needed.

With your permission, I’d like to share some much needed “hard truths” about blood sugar and prediabetes.

Per the CDC, 98MM Americans (38% of US adults) have high blood sugar levels.

The number has increased by 300% in the last 30 years.

𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒂𝒅𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒕.

Thanks to the American lifestyle, food supply, and Big Pharma, many of us will eventually develop it.

To make matters worse, traditional Western Medicine doesn’t have sustainable answers other than to put those with high blood sugar on side-effect laden medications like Metformin.

Now, there’s good news and bad news about this situation…

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭:

Having high blood sugar:

• Causes inflammation, accelerates aging and puts stress on our brain and organs.

• Increases our risk of stroke, cancer and cardiac disease.

• Makes it much easier to gain weight and much harder to lose it.

For these reasons, there is 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒖𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒚 to bring blood sugar levels down to a healthy range once it develops (or, ideally, prevent it altogether).

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬:

High blood sugar 𝑰𝑺 reversible. I’ve helped many clients reduce their A1C levels and ditch the prediabetic label for good.

𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉...

It takes very carefully monitoring and optimizing all of the key inputs of your metabolism because, again, high blood sugar makes losing weight a lot harder, especially after 40.

I won’t sugar-coat it (see what I did there?)…

𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒚, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆-𝒕𝒐-𝒏𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒇𝒊𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔.

Get any of these wrong and it can lead to a stubborn plateau, or, worse, rapid weight gain.

Thus, the right strategy and ongoing monitoring is vital.

If you or a loved one has elevated blood sugar levels, or you want to avoid getting it, then time to act is NOW.

👉🏻 To help with this, I’ve created a free, 2-minute blood sugar quiz that uncovers some key areas to focus on in order to bring blood sugar levels down.

Comment “Blood Sugar” below and I’ll send it to you.

Once you get it, take it.

Based on your answers, I’ll send you a free blood sugar management resource I use with my clients.

Comment “Blood Sugar” now.

Happy “low blood sugar for life,”

Deekron