657: Finding Gratitude in Your Hardest Moments: Powerful Lessons from a Challenging Year

Legendary Life | Transform Your Body, Upgrade Your Health & Live Your Best Life

Ted Ryce

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4.8 • 848 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Some years lift you up. Others stretch you, test you, and force you to grow in ways you didn't expect.

And 2025? It was the kind of year that does all three.

In this powerful episode, Ted shares an honest reflection on what worked, what failed, what hurt, and what ultimately made him stronger in 2025. From the explosive start to the year, to the sudden collapse in social media traction, to a $20,000 mistake, and finally to rebuilding the business with clarity and intention—Ted opens the curtain on the real journey behind the scenes.

You'll hear how losing momentum in his main acquisition channel forced him to confront blind spots, rethink his strategies, and rebuild the foundations of his business. You'll learn why the right coach matters, how the wrong partnership can derail months of progress, and how returning to his true strengths—podcasting, connection, and speaking—brought his mission back into alignment.

This episode is a reminder that growth doesn't come from the easy seasons. It comes from the messy chapters, the setbacks, and the moments when you're forced to evolve.

You'll learn:

Why your hardest years often become your most transformative

What happens when you rely too heavily on one platform for leads

How to evaluate coaches and business mentors with a clear mind

Why setbacks often point you back to your true strengths

The mindset shift needed to navigate chaos without losing direction

If 2025 tested you too, you're not alone. Let this episode help you see your challenges through a lens of gratitude—and step into 2026 with renewed clarity and purpose.

In this episode Ted discusses:

00:00 Introduction

00:52 Reflecting on 2025: A Year of Growth

03:05 How Ted Overcame Challenges in His Business

05:26 Lessons from a Failed Coaching Investment

09:43 Pivoting to a New Business Coach

11:14 Embracing Podcasting and Future Plans

16:03 Gratitude and Personal Growth

21:21 Conclusion and Looking Forward to 2026

Transcript

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0:00.0	Businesses, exercise, and personal development.
0:08.9	You have to grow a lot from who you used to be if you're going to survive in business.
0:16.0	You have to do that.
0:17.6	You have to learn skills that you maybe you don't want to.
0:22.6	You have to think differently. So I just feel so grateful. I'm grateful for the lessons, the expensive ones, the emotional ones.
0:29.6	I'm grateful for the amazing clients who trusted me. Even though it's hard, I'm grateful that every setback this year pointed me back to my true strengths.
0:41.7	And the message was clear.
0:43.4	It's like, stop trying to play the game that you don't like.
0:47.3	Get back into where you feel in your zone.
0:51.8	Welcome to the legendary life podcast, where it's all about taking control of your health,
0:57.2	losing fat, transforming your body, and living the life you deserve with celebrity fitness trainer
1:02.9	and longevity enthusiast Ted Rice. So if I had to describe 2025 in one sentence, it was a year of growth through frustration,
1:16.7	a year that tested everything, my patience, my business, even my sense of direction and where
1:23.2	I'm going in my life. And in the end, it forced me to grow up as an entrepreneur, but also as a
1:30.2	person. So we started strong. Actually, let's do this. So in today's episode, I want to share the
1:36.9	lessons, the challenges, and the gratitude I feel looking back on 2025, the wins that made me
1:43.2	proud and the failures that forced me to evolve.
1:46.5	And I love doing episodes like this because too often people put me on a pedestal because I
1:53.7	have this podcast or social media following. You think that maybe I have my life more together
1:59.8	than you or that because I'm in great shape,
2:03.4	that everything in my life is fine. Or if you look at the highlight photos on my Instagram,
2:09.9	you're like, man, this guy's travels everywhere, is having a great time. Those are the highlights,
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