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

Habits and Hustle

Jen Cohen

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

4.5 • 818 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.
0:02.5	You're listening to Habits and Hustle.
0:04.4	Crush it.
0:07.7	I want you to tell everyone, so this is Beth, what do you call yourself?
0:11.8	Are you like a health influencer or fitness, social media influencer?
0:16.1	What do you call yourself?
0:16.9	I called myself a strength and nutrition coach and a mindset coach.
0:20.7	I actually used to train in person as a personal trainer inside of the gym and then transferred online when COVID happened. That's like a long story. But actually, I love that you interviewed Jordan Siyadh, 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
0:38.4	trainer mentorship with him. And actually how I got started really on social media was because of
0:44.3	Jordan. He gave us. Yes, he gave us during our mentorship program that happened like I started it in
0:50.4	2020. So literally got thrown in. The gym got shut down. So I'm like, all right, I'm going to go online and start working with Jordan and Mike Baconte. And so there was a TikTok challenge, right? Let's post on TikTok every day for 30 days. And I'm like, fuck this. Like, are you serious? Like TikTok, my stepdaughter was on it and it was like dancing and stuff. I'm like, 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. So I went from like, you know, in person, never went back to the gym after that. And then grew my online business. Wow. Okay. So which video went viral, by the way?
1:35.6	Gosh, it was one, was it 20, 21? It was like, it was a lot of F-bombs. I think it was the first video that I was like, you know what? I just don't get, I'm going to try to be myself because,
1:40.4	you know, you're trying to figure out who you are on social media. It's like, you know,
1:43.9	do I swear like you know do I
1:44.3	swear like I normally do and and it started being weird not swearing because that's just me
1:50.5	so holding shit back I felt like my content wasn't really authentic and so when I let it all out
1:55.4	that's when it was you know okay this this works for me because it's me, you know. Yeah.
2:01.1	But I think it was like you don't need to fucking eat 1,200 calories.
2:04.6	You don't need to starve yourself. It was like all these things you shouldn't be doing in order to lose fat and people lost it. Well, also, that's what your content is, right? Like, you know, it's funny. It's funny that you said Jordan because the way I would describe you is like you kind of remind me as a female version of him.
2:19.1	Like so much because that's you is like, you kind of remind me as a female version of him.
2:19.1	Like so much because that's what he does, you know, like even like the walking video that you did and then he did.
2:25.9	Like everyone's, you know what I mean?
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