"Jail Was My Wake Up Call" Going from Felon to Fitness Mentor w. Doug Bopst

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🗓️ 15 March 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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This week Victoria is sitting down with Doug Bopst the award-winning personal trainer, author, speaker, and host of the Adversity Advantage Podcast. Becoming known for transforming his life as a former felon and drug addict, sentenced to years in jail due to his poor decisions to be a successful mentor, and public speaker, today Doug shares parts of his story like never before.

Diving into the toll striving for external validation can take on your mental health, the reality of navigating complicated family dynamics, and how creating true self esteem is about showing up for yourself first. You don't want to miss this powerful conversation!

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a deer media production.
0:30.0	New episodes of WithWit are available every Tuesday on All-Prot Farms.
0:38.1	Welcome to RealPod. It's your host Victoria Garrick and this is the podcast where we hold
0:43.0	nothing back. Oh, so we're getting deep, huh? I've really cried for 12 days straight. Why do I want
0:49.5	to be perfect? There's nothing in my life that is perfect. Every week I'll bring you honest, unfiltered
0:54.9	and eye-opening conversations to help uncover the real in all of us. I crave the type of content
1:00.5	that you're talking about. I actually felt insecure. Oh my god, am I going to cry? Let me just unload
1:05.3	everything. New episodes every Wednesday leave those filters at the door because it's time to get real.
1:12.8	Hello, everybody. Welcome back to RealPod. I hope this podcast episode is finding you well.
1:30.3	I am back from Peri, Bonjour, Au revoir. J'aime à peu Victoria. It's funny. I did not say that
1:38.0	in Paris, but now I'm saying it on the podcast. I learned, did I learn some French on my trip?
1:44.4	No, not really. Unfortunately, I didn't. Well, actually, that's a lie because I didn't know
1:49.1	anything going in. And now I know Bonjour Au revoir. J'aime à peu Victoria. And I know Pari,
1:53.2	Wu, and Gloss, which means to speak English. So, you know, we learned some things. But anyways,
1:58.8	my mom and I had the best time. It was so much fun. Literally every day was just the best. And I am
2:06.9	happy to be back. I do. I don't get homesick, but I do love living in America, mainly the food. I'm
2:14.4	converted by just a classic turkey sandwich, a pizza bagel, baby carrots and ranch. I mean, and it
2:20.6	just hits different when you eat in the States. Anyways, Paris was amazing, but I'm happy to be back
2:25.6	back in the swing of things and it's Wednesday. So we got you another RealPod episode. And today's
2:31.1	conversation is super powerful. My guest Doug Boost is an award-winning personal trainer,
2:36.9	author, speaker, and host of the adversity advantage podcast, which I've been a guest on.
2:42.0	I had a lovely experience with Doug. That's why I wanted to have him on RealPod. He is known for
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