314: Shawn Stevenson: Rebuilding His Body And Success By Reshaping The World

Join Up Dots - Business Coaching Made Easy (With A Bit Of Life Coaching Too)

David Ralph of Join Up Dots

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🗓️ 9 March 2015

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Todays guest on Join Up Dots is a man who seems to have cracked it big-time, and knows exactly what he was put on this planet to do. And his mission is to make us the healthiest version of what we can be and live an amazing life everyday But unlike so many of our guests who have a childhood that was less than perfect, his life started in a very different way. As he says in his own words “I spent the first half of my childhood in a quiet suburban neighbourhood with all of the love and attention that a child could ask for. I spent the second half of my childhood growing up in some of the most dangerous parts of the inner city, surrounded by gangs, drugs, alcohol, and violence on a daily basis. I was able to gain so much from both environments, and I’m truly grateful for the life I’ve been given. The situations I was in helped me cultivate perspective, resourcefulness, and (most importantly) the power of choice. However, it was in college that my entire world really changed. Not because of the education I was receiving, but because of the devastating illness that I was diagnosed with at the age of 20. Seemingly overnight I was in excruciating pain, I lost a great deal of function in my leg, and I could barely get from room to room in my house, let alone get around on campus anymore. Essentially, my spine was deteriorating far faster than it was supposed to. And according to my doctor at the time, I had the spine of an 80-year old person, even though I was just a young college kid.” And that was just the start of what would become life mission. Starting with getting himself healthy, he learnt so much that he could then share with the world. And now being the founder of Advanced Integrative Health Alliance, a successful company that provides Wellness Services for both individuals and organizations worldwide, podcast host, and a dynamic keynote speaker life seems good…in fact very good. So does he see people struggle in life as they haven’t had the good and the bad, so aren’t aware of what they can deal with? And would he like to go back in time and change anything that has occurred whilst on this earth? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show, to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Shawn Stevenson

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0:00.0	When we're young we have an amazing positive outlook about how great life is going to be
0:05.2	but somewhere along the line we forget to dream and end up settling.
0:09.4	Join up dots features amazing people who refuse to give up and chose to go after their dreams.
0:15.0	This is your blueprint for greatness.
0:18.0	So here's your host, live from the back of his garden in the UK, David Ralph.
0:25.0	Yes, hello there everybody.
0:28.0	Episode 3.14 of Join Up Dots.
0:32.0	I'm loving today. I have done so many shows and I feel like I'm
0:36.6	sprinkled with rocket power. It's energy all the way. And it's not surprising really
0:41.4	when I speak to these motivational go getters and the kind of chat that I'm going to talk to now because I heard him actually on another podcast and I thought man this is a guy I need to get onto my show because he seems to have
0:53.8	cracked it big time and knows exactly what he was put on this planet to do and
0:58.2	his mission is to make us the healthiest version of what we can be and live an amazing life every day.
1:04.0	But unlike so many of our guests who have a childhood that was less and perfect,
1:08.0	his life started in a very different way.
1:11.0	As he says in his own words,
1:12.0	I spent the first half of my childhood in a quiet suburban
1:15.1	neighborhood with all of the love and attention that a child could ask for. I spent the second
1:20.6	half of my childhood growing up in some of the most dangerous parts of the
1:23.6	inner city surrounded by gangs drugs alcohol and violence on a daily basis I was able to
1:29.0	gain so much from both environments and I'm truly grateful for the life I've been given.
1:34.0	The situations I was in helped me cultivate perspective, resourcefulness and most importantly
1:39.7	the power of choice.
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