Hi, I'm Natalie Jill, fat loss expert turned high performance coach.

When odds are stacked against us, how do we shift and create everything from nothing?

How do we level up when we aren't feeling it yet or we've had a big setback?

On this podcast, I'll be talking to some of the most inspiring and courageous men and women on this planet who, at their

worst, learned how to achieve success greater than they ever dreamed possible, leveling up and

creating everything from nothing. Nick Simmons was a two-time Olympian who competed for the U.S.

in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.

But when competing was over, his identity was challenged, big time.

However, his athlete mentality, what he was trained in is exactly what helped him level up

and fuel his passion today.

Run gum was born, and that's where Nick serves as CEO to the fastest growing energy company out there. Join in today and learn

exactly how Nick used athlete mentality to create everything from nothing. Today I'm here with

Nick Simmons and I'm so excited to chat with you today. He's a two-time Olympian, and he is the CEO and founder of Run Gum, which I didn't know what that was before I chatted with him on his podcast recently. Yeah, you were great. Thank you. I'm so excited to chat with you today. He had said, you know, I've got a good story for you. I'd love to be on your podcast. And I said, well, you have a really good story. He said, oh, I have a really good story. So I was dying to chat with you. You gave me a little sneak peek into it. And I'm excited to chat with you today because what people see on the outside and what they hear, two time Olympian and, you know, founder of this company that's doing so well, they don't know all

of the things that you've been through to get there. So what I wanted to ask you about today is that's not always who you were. Can you take us back a little bit? Tell us who you were before all this. I think, first of all, I need to thank you for coming on our podcast. You were incredible, and your story is so inspiring.

Our guest has really loved it.

My story, I think all of us, we have, we have two, two faces, right? We have the one that we put out that's like everything is going great, your Instagram face. And then you have the other one, the one you confide in with your friends and your family and your most trusted loved ones. And so, you know, today I'll take the Instagram face off and just tell you a little bit more about kind of the path that took me to where I'm at today. Now, I grew up in Boise, Idaho, and I'm pretty lucky. My parents are still together. They're still in love. You know, kind of the all-American family, right? One boy, one girl and grew up on a farm. And I ended up going to

college and running for a school called Willamette University and went on to run for Nike on a

pro contract and made the 2008 and 2012 Olympic teams. But like a lot of athletes, and I don't

know if you've interviewed a lot of athletes,

but they're what we call malcontents.

They're never really happy.

And that makes some good athletes in a way, though.

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