Episode 355: Beth Wilkes Feraco’s Real Talk on Health, Fitness, Sobriety, and Social Media

Habits and Hustle

Jen Cohen and Habit Nest

Education, Health & Fitness, Business, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship

4.4 • 763 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Are you sick of extreme diets, unnecessary restrictions, and the constant fear-mongering in the wellness world? In today’s episode of The Habits & Hustle Podcast, I chat with Beth Wilkes Feraco, a strength and nutrition coach who's cutting through the crap and keeping it real. Beth's refreshing, no-nonsense approach to health and fitness is exactly what we need more of on social media. Our conversation delves into the fact that consistency beats intensity every time. Instead of chasing the latest fads or pushing yourself to the brink of exhaustion, focus on building sustainable habits that you can stick with for the long haul. It's not about being perfect, it's about making progress. Beth gives insights on everything from intermittent fasting to the importance of walking. Her story of overcoming alcoholism and disordered eating to build a thriving online coaching business is truly inspiring. At 42 years old, Beth Wilkes Feraco was 180 pounds and deep in an alcohol addiction. In the summer of 2015 she quit drinking and started running and weightlifting. Through her own recovery, she decided to help people lose weight, get strong, and accomplish things they never thought possible! What we discuss… (00:01) Inspiring Fitness Influencers Thriving Online (06:08) Navigating Diet Culture and Disordered Eating (12:05) Overcoming Addiction and Finding Balance (20:23) Fitness and Supplement Discussion (32:04) Fitness Coaching and Social Media Realness (39:24) Praise for Beth Fracco Fitness …and more! Thank you to our sponsors: Magic Mind: Head over to www.magicmind.com/jen and use code Jen at checkout. BiOptimizers: Use code JC10 for 10% off and shop here: bioptimizers.com/jennifercohen Find more from Jen: Website: https://www.jennifercohen.com/ Instagram: @therealjencohen Books: https://www.jennifercohen.com/books Speaking: https://www.jennifercohen.com/speaking-engagement Find more from Beth Wilkes Feraco: Website: https://bethferacofitness.com/ Instagram: @bethferacofitness

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0:00.0	Hi guys, it's Tony Robbins. You're listening to Habits and Hustle.
0:05.0	Crush it. I want you to tell everyone, so this is Beth.
0:10.0	What do you call yourself? Are you like a health influencer or fitness, social media influencer?
0:16.1	What do you call yourself? I call myself a strength and nutrition coach and a mindset coach.
0:20.8	I actually used to train in person as a personal trainer inside of the gym and then
0:25.1	transferred online when COVID happened that's that's like a long story but actually
0:29.7	I love that you interviewed Jordan Sigh it because he's my biggest mentor. In fact, a lot of my journey started with Jordan. I've been in his inner circle, I've been in his personal trainer mentorship with him, and actually how I got started really on social media was because of Jordan.
0:44.8	He gave it.
0:45.8	Yes, he gave us during our mentorship program that happens like I started it in 20-20 so literally
0:51.5	got thrown in the gym got shut down so I'm like all right I'm gonna go online
0:54.9	and start working with Jordan Mike Bicante and so there was a Tik-Toc challenge right let's post on
1:01.1	Tik-Toc every day for 30 days and I'm like fuck this like are you
1:05.4	are you serious like TikTok my stepdaughter was on it and it was like dancing and stuff
1:10.0	like that's this is going to be interesting so I did it and one of my videos went viral and I'm like that's this is going to be interesting so I did it and one of my videos went viral and I'm like all right and I have not stopped and it's been like four years
1:18.0	so I went from like you know in person never went back to the gym after that, and then grew my online business.
1:25.0	Wow, okay, so which video went viral, by the way?
1:27.3	Um, gosh, it was one, was it 2021?
1:32.4	It was like, it was a lot of F-bomb. I think it was the first video that I was like, you know what,
1:36.9	I just don't get, I'm going to try to be myself because you know, you're trying to figure
1:41.7	out who you are on social media it's like you know do I
1:44.1	swear like I normally do and I'm and it started being weird not swearing because
1:49.9	that's just me so holding shit back I felt like my content wasn't really authentic and so when I let it all out that's when it was you know okay this this works for me because it's me you know
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