014: From Bullied to Fighting For the Forgotten with Justin Wren

Midlife Conversations with Natalie Jill

Natalie Jill

Business, Entrepreneurship, Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 607 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Almost a decade ago the world got to know Justin Wren through his successful mixed martial arts career in the UFC- from starring in the Spike reality show The Ultimate Fighter, to becoming a dominating force in the heavyweight division, to his MMA record of 15-2. Today, the world knows this 6-foot-3-inch, 265-pound fighter for the size of his heart.

Following a six-year struggle with addiction and depression in his early career, Justin stepped away from MMA to seek out purpose and passion for his life. What he found was a forgotten tribe of Mbuti Pygmies deep in the jungle of the Congo, beaten down by the economic environment, disease, and hopelessness.

Through his Fight for the Forgotten initiative, 1,500 members of this formerly enslaved people group are now free and flourishing on 3,000 acres of their own land with access to clean water and their own farms.

Justin 'The Big Pygmy' Wren has expanded his Fight For the Forgotten to empower all those who dont have a voice. He regularly speaks to raise awareness for those affected by the water crisis, as well as those who are bullied, and those suffering from depression and addiction.

Today, the world knows this 6-foot-3-inch, 265-pound fighter for the size of his heart.

Today meet JUSTIN and learn how he LEVELED UP and continues to create EVERYTHING from NOTHING.

Make sure to give big for Fight for the Forgotten at www.fightfortheforgotten.com

In this episode, you will learn:

How to empower others instead of beating them down
The art of learning from our pasts
It's the size of your heart that matters most
How you can Fight for the Forgotten as well!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Natalie Jill, fat loss expert turned high performance coach.
0:07.2	When odds are stacked against us, how do we shift and create everything from nothing?
0:11.0	How do we level up when we aren't feeling it yet or we've had a big setback?
0:15.2	On this podcast, I'll be talking to some of the most inspiring and courageous men and women on this planet who, at their
0:20.9	worst, learned how to achieve success greater than they ever dreamed possible, leveling up and
0:26.9	creating everything from nothing. Justin Wren felt worthless as he was bullied constantly by mean
0:35.9	kids up until eighth grade. He believed that he was
0:38.2	fat, weak, and ugly. And his speech impediment certainly didn't help convince him otherwise.
0:43.6	It all changed one night, though, after running away from a party where he was being bullied.
0:47.3	He got home, took all of the allowance money he had been saving up, and he purchased every
0:51.7	single VHS tape he could get his hands on that featured and
0:55.7	highlighted UFC fighters. The men on those tapes, they were powerful, strong, and confident,
1:00.9	everything that Justin felt he wasn't, but that he wanted to be. Fast forward a few years,
1:05.6	and Justin turned his pain into purpose and began a successful wrestling in MMA career.
1:12.6	The world was introduced to Justin Wren in the Spike TV reality show all about the UFC called the Ultimate Fighter, and he went on to
1:19.3	become a dominating force in the heavyweight division with a winning record of 15 to 2. But deep down,
1:26.0	Justin was still hurting inside from all those years of being
1:28.9	bullied and childhood emotional trauma. Attempting to mask that pain with opiates and sleep,
1:34.4	Justin slid into numbness and darkness. He even went as far as to completely missing his
1:39.5	best friend's wedding. And then he even attempted suicide at his lowest point. Down but never out,
1:46.1	Discover how Justin healed himself, found his true purpose, and freed over 1,500 enslaved
1:51.8	people in a foreign country in the process. From weak bully kid to 6 foot 3 inch, 265 pound
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