571 From Drug Addict to Whole30 Founder: Melissa Hartwig

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes

Mindset, Relationships, Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Education, Greatness, Fitness, Celebrity, Health, Inspiration, Success, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Business, Money, Self Care, Celebrity Interview

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🗓️ 2 December 2017

⏱️ 49 minutes

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"I FELT LIKE I HAD TO CHANGE EVERYTHING ABOUT ME AND MY LIFE TO STAY CLEAN” So many of us feel like we struggle with our weight. We search for diets and end up getting frustrated with them because the rules are hard to follow or they simply don’t work because there’s no 'one size fits all' solution. A while back I discovered a great, easy to use program called Whole30. It explains, step by step, how you can find the diet program that works for you. There’s a lot of people out there whose diet is making them sick. Maybe your friends can eat grains, but you can’t. Whole30 is designed to help you find exactly what YOU need. This system is one that felt so good I took it way past the 30-day mark. But the woman behind it is even more incredible.

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0:00.0	This is episode number 5-7-1 with number one New York Times bestselling author and creator of the whole 30 Melissa Hartwig.
0:10.5	Welcome to the School of Greatness. My name is Louis Howe's former pro athlete
0:16.0	turned lifestyle entrepreneur. In each week we bring you an inspiring person or message to help
0:21.9	you discover how to unlock your inner greatness. Thanks for spending some time with me today. Now let the class begin.
0:30.4	Bernard Williams said, man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.
0:42.6	Ah, we've got a great one today with Melissa Hartwig who is a certified sports nutritionist
0:48.0	who also specializes in helping people change their relationship with food and create lifelong
0:54.5	healthy habits. She is the co-creator of the original whole 30 program, a four-time New York
1:01.0	Times bestselling author. And she has been featured by Dr. Oz, Good Morning America, The New York Times,
1:06.2	Wall Street Journal, Detail Shape, Outside Self, and ranked number 27 on the greatest top 100 most
1:12.2	influential people in health and fitness in 2017. She has also presented more than 150 health
1:19.3	and nutrition seminars worldwide and is a prominent keynote speaker on social media and branding,
1:25.8	health trends, and entrepreneurship. And her new book, The Whole 30 Day by Day, Your Daily Guide
1:32.0	to Whole 30 Success is out now. Now this book has been transformational for my life and all the people
1:37.1	that have gone through this program with me, I had been blowing my mind the results that they're
1:42.0	getting. So make sure you guys check that out. And what we cover today are Melissa's journey into
1:47.9	an out-of-drug addiction and how she got clean. Also, how a growth mindset can help you let go of bad
1:56.3	negative toxic habits. The experience of doing a book tour with her ex-husband while they were
2:03.0	separated and no one even knew what that was like. This was an interesting conversation. Also,
2:08.3	the healthy way to get through a breakup, even when it's not a marriage, but also if it is a marriage.
2:15.6	And also, what works to build a successful connected online community? Melissa's built a massive
2:21.2	community online of raving fans that buy anything that she sells. So this is a powerful one,
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