The Overcomer’s Podcast

S4: Episode 9 - Billy Price | Taking Back Your Indpendence

Billy Price is currently the Co-Founder of Billy Footwear, a shoe company that makes shoes accessible to people with limited mobility.  Billy, himself, had sustained an injury in his freshman year of college that left him paralyzed, and that’s where his ideas for these shoes came from.

 

Prior to his current career, Billy had graduated from college with a degree in mechanical engineering, and had worked for the FAA for 16 years.  

 

He lives a fulfilling life with his wife and child while he and his business partner, Darrin Donaldson, continue to help people take back their independence with their line of shoes.

S4: Episode 8 - Pauline Nguyen | Manifesting Mastery

Pauline Nguyen’s story is that of survival first. Escaping war-torn Vietnam as a toddler, Pauline eventually made it to Australian shores after a year in a Thai refugee camp. She went on to suffer tremendous physical and emotional abuse until she was a young woman.

It’s this adversity that Pauline now refers to as her ‘training’ to have since become one of Australia’s most sought after speakers. She is also the co-founder of the world’s most awarded Vietnamese restaurant, Red Lantern.

She was named as one of ‘Australia’s Top 50 Influential Female Entrepreneurs’, and one of the hand-selected ’200 Women Who Will Change the Way You See the World. As Huffington Post puts it, Pauline is, “The most grounded spiritual entrepreneur on the planet”.

To get a feel for Pauline, here’s an interview she did with the ‘Future Hacker’ Podcast!

S4: Episode 7 - Peter Twist | The Greatest Overcomer I Know

From a background as a competitive athlete and NHL strength and conditioning coach, Peter Twist has become a world leader in sport conditioning and athlete development.

Sport science researcher, published author, educator, business entrepreneur, CEO, motivational speaker, leadership and team building, Stage 4 cancer crusher and mountain recreationalist – today Peter Twist’s path is focussed on methods that train both brain and body in sustainable ways, and, holistic health and mindset.

An exercise physiologist with a Masters in Coaching Science, he coached full-time in the NHL for 11 years and along with his own high-performance camps has personally trained over 700 professional athletes including four major league MVP’s from three sports. His firm TWIST Performance + Wellness has assisted 2,000 pro and Olympic athletes and 20,000 high school and college athletes in 10 training centers. In 2015 Twist was selected by the China Olympic Committee to lead the modernization of training and rehab for summer and winter Olympic sports leading into the RIO & South Korea games. 

A lifelong educator passionate to help set others up for success, overcoming challenges, and rising to their aspirations, Peter Twist has published 1,200+ papers, written 20 books and manuals, 44 DVDs and 22 certifications, including packaging TWIST Methods for Under Armour as their Global Education Partner. In addition to Peter Twist’s 1,500 presentations delivered globally, his Master Trainers also teach TWIST Certifications in 33 countries. 

Twist is a Scientific Advisor to the Global Foundation of Community Health, a research group collaborating with the United Nations on children’s health and physical literacy. 

He was honoured with 2001 NSCA’s President’s Award, 2003 CanFitPro Specialty Presenter of the Year, 2010 IDEA Program Director of the Year, CanFitPro's 2012 Canadian Presenter of the Year, 2013 IDEA World Fitness Inspiration Award and in 2015, was inducted into the USA Fitness Hall of Fame. In 2018 Twist partnered with IDEA to bring IDEA World to China where it builds leaders in fitness as IDEA China. For his contributions to fitness and sport in China Twist received China's Most Inspirational in Fitness Award.

Twist makes his home in Vancouver with his two daughters and husky dog at a boat access cabin up Indian Arm fjord, advocating health, happiness, peace and positivity as foundational staples for the world to build from. 

This year, Peter has a lot coming out.  He’s starting a new digital education business that will be continuing to provide accredited certifications for trainers, coaches, therapists and those shifting other professional careers (like law or finance) into coaching, to align with something they are more passionate about.  This program will be called TWIST University, and it launches at the end of this month!  It’s going to be amazing, and it will even help trainers differentiate via specialization into sport performance, functional training, sports medicine, and more.

Also this year, he’s going to be launching his Comeback B2C program which is heavily geared towards helping people with the mindset to persevere, overcome, heal, restore, and comeback to being their best selves ever.

He’s got a lot on his plate, a lot to give, and a lot of work ahead of him, and we all hope that you join him on his journey!

S4: Episode 6 - Charlotte Dunford | Strength From Struggle

Charlotte is a graduate of The Georgia Institute of Technology where she earned her B.S. in Business with a focus on business analytics and technology. Charlotte, along with her business partners, currently sponsors the repositioning of 24 value-add and turnaround mobile home parks. Charlotte is also a Certified Associate in Project Management and speaks fluent Mandarin.

S4:Episode 5 - Jeremy Purifoy | Better Versions of Yourself

Jeremy was born and raised in Elmira, New York, where he currently lives with his wife, Kristen, daughter, Jocelyn, and son, Julian. Jeremy graduated from Elmira Free Academy and continued on to Corning Community College and eventually SUNY Brockport where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Health & Sciences. In the Spring of 2014.

 

 Jeremy launched his fitness career at Journey Fitness’ first location in Elmira Heights, as a Trainer/Coach. He was promoted to the Chief Operating Officer shortly after. In 2015, he spearheaded the opening of the second location in Corning, New York where he was first the facility director, growing membership from 0 members to over 300 members in five years. 

 

In 2019 he became the first Journey 333 franchise owner. His Journey Fitness Corning location is the most profitable location due to his implementation of effective sales and marketing strategies and strong corporate relations. Jeremy is a co-author of 52 Amazing Journeys.

S4: Episode 4 - David Wood | Living the Life You Want to Live

David is a former consulting actuary to Fortune 100 companies. He built the world’s largest coaching business, becoming #1 on Google for life coaching and coaching thousands of hours in 12 countries around the globe.

 

As well as helping others, David is no stranger to overcoming challenges himself, having survived a full collapse of his paraglider and a fractured spine, witnessing the death of his sister at age seven, anxiety and depression, and a national Gong Show! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgKwAJieQes)

 

He coaches high-performing business owners to double revenue, and their time off by focusing on less and being 30% more courageous in their business or career.

S4: Episode 3 - You and 2022 | Your Vision

This podcast is about you, your goals, your thoughts, and your feelings.  We here at the Overcomer’s Podcast hope that this helps you focus yourself and get your goals set firmly in your mind.  We hope that you’re feeling well, and having a good holiday season!

S4: Episode 2 - Richard (Ricardo) Mullinax | Discipline and Gratitude

This is the first episode of Overcomer’s Podcast where we’re highlighting members of the Journey333 team.  Today we have Ricardo Mullinax, a  man that I met in El Salvador on a mission trip, and who now owns a Journey location in Indiana.  At the time, he was down on himself, feeling bad about his health and his fitness.  So I offered him a chance to do some workouts with me, and everything after that is history.

 

After we met on our first missionary trip, we actually sent him all the equipment he would need to workout from home, and he was following some online videos we had to continue his workouts, and we taught him about nutrition and how to lose weight.  Now he’s down 40lbs of weight in total, and he’s gained plenty of muscle.  Because of his experience with losing weight, and how much the Journey method helped him, he decided to open up his own franchise in Columbia City, Indiana.

 

Ricardo went through a lot of hard times.  He had a divorce, moved to a new area, and had two battles for custody of his children.  He started a Journey333 franchise, and then the pandemic shut the whole world down 3 months later.  He has gotten through all of that with discipline, gratitude, exercise, and prayer.  How often do you see someone go through so much and come out still grateful and successful on the other side?  

 

I’m proud to have Ricardo as part of the Journey team, and I’m proud to call him my friend.  I only see good things for him from here on out.  Not to say that there won’t be difficult times, but, in the end, he’s always going to come out on top.  Thank you for sharing your story with us, Ricardo, and thank you for always being who you are.  I’ll talk to you soon!

S4: Episode 1 - David Lindsay | The Three Pillars

David is a personal trainer who has devoted his life to helping both CEOs and Olympians achieve peak-performance at work. He is often the cure for people wanting to achieve massive things in life, but don’t want to put up with the toxic hustle culture.

He is not your typical expert, he has a black belt in Wing Chun (Southern Chinese Kung Fu style and a form of self-defense) and had a professional rugby league career. David is also extremely passionate about the new generation, and is the ambassador of Fighters Against Child Abuse Australia (FACAA).

He also has his course to help anyone start on the journey to achieve their version of success.  Phenom Leap is his company, and they have a program that consists of three pillars to start you on your journey.

S3: Episode 12 - Sylvia Hall | Naturally Lifted

Sylvia is a wellness advocate and co-founder of Lifted Naturals, which is one of the top probiotic brands that is carried by major retailers like Walmart.

With just 3-years (and extreme competition in this space), they have been able to take it to over $1m in revenue.  What Sylvia is most proud of is that she ‘retired’ her husband from his job so he could be home with them, and bring her family closer.

It all started when she was selling jewelry on Etsy and hit a brick wall (and burnout) that led to a big ah-ha moment when she asked herself one important question: "Is this scalable?". That’s when the Lifted Naturals was born!