The Overcomer’s Podcast

S3: Episode 11 - Brandi Binkley | Healthy People Make Healthy Decisions

Brandi is a veteran in the exercise and wellness industry, having been an Exercise Physiologist and coach for 18 years. She holds a Masters of Science in Exercise Physiology. Brandi left her hometown in Tennessee and enlisted in the Navy and served aboard aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Upon completion of her military commitment she returned home to Tennessee where she started her first business in the health and wellness industry.

She has been internationally recognized as a Health and Fitness Expert and has been the spotlight of many publications for her vision and forward thinking of the Fitness Industry. Her first company PhysioFit has been called the Gold Standard for its model being fully integrated with multiple disciplines and has now pivoted to the outpatient space. Brandi has truly embraced her desire for entrepreneurship in the last 6 years and has since launched 4 other ventures. Her most recent venture is in technology serving the health and fitness industry.  Her expertise has been sought after for both business and wellness through speaking, film, education, and print resources. She has also served as a consultant to many companies including the Department of Defense, Alpha Warrior, Technogym, Vertical development, and multiple healthcare companies.

Brandi also devotes her time to the Nashville community serving on the board for End Slavery TN, an organization that is devoted to rescuing and healing of human trafficking survivors and strategically confronting slavery in Tennessee. Brandi also serves on the Advisory Board for the NSCA in Tennessee. She is a member of the C12 Business Board and a Platinum member of The Todd Durkin Mastermind. 

S3: Episode 10 - Greg Justice | Pig-Headed Determination

Greg Justice is a speaker, author, fitness entrepreneur.  He opened AYC Health & Fitness in Kansas City, its original personal training center, 35 years ago.  In this time he has personally trained in over 50 thousand one-on-one sessions.  Now AYC specializes in corporate wellness and personal training.

He’s been involved in fitness and sports most of his life.  From martial arts, to being a club manager, becoming an owner of a fitness center, to being a personal trainer.  He even mentors and instructs other personal trainers all over the world through his coaching programs.  He is the CEO of the National Corporate Fitness Institute, as well.

 Greg frequently writes articles for many different publications and websites.  He is sought after for his expertise in the fitness industry, and for his speaking engagements.  On top of this, he is also the author of 7 different books, and he is still working and creating to this day.

S3: Episode 9 - Jason DiCuia | Soberbia

Jason’s journey started at 19, he had already found himself hopelessly addicted to drugs and the consequences had left him with 2 alternatives. Go on, fighting a losing battle of addiction or get help facing the things he’s been running from for as long as he could remember. Choosing the latter he sought to heal as best he could. The journey wasn’t easy but he found hope in the seeking of growth. As his sobriety grew so did his passion for helping others. He started to mentor people with addictions while still seeking guidance from his own mentors and eventually became a group facilitator in the treatment industry. 

From there he held various positions in the treatment industry while continuing to seek inward for growth. 

Around 15 years sober Jason had hit a spiritual and professional plateau. As he sought to broaden his understanding of self, he came to an unlikely teacher, someone he had know for years but didn’t particularly like. Understanding that, sometimes the teachers we need come in all shapes and sizes, he set to work learning about meditation. It didn’t come easy at first, as a matter of fact it was extremely difficult the first few times trying to quiet his mind. Jason was determined and kept practicing, slowly he was able to find deeper levels of peace. Although it took some time to find consistency in this practice he eventually started to see the value of making it a priority in his daily routine. As he continues to deepen and broaden his meditation experience Jason found new teachers, turned to the internet and YouTube to have different experiences with meditation. Through this seeking he found different reasons for meditation including, box breathing used by Navy Seals to activate the parasympathetic nervous system, connecting to the subconscious for core belief healing, passive listening to help find guidance and   Hemi-sync to help with clarity of mind. These and many other practices helped and continue to help Jason find not only deeper understanding of self but also how to be a better version of himself. 

Throughout the last 5 years of his journey Jason has become a Usi Reiki master, certified addiction counselor, freelance photographer, clothing brand owner and will soon have recordings of his own meditations available on YouTube. None of these things seemed attainable before then, because he had not been able to find something to focus his direction and drive. That, he found through meditation.

S3: Episode 8 - John Lee Dumas | Uncommon Success

John Lee Dumas is the creator of the podcast “Entrepreneur on Fire” and the author of the book “The Common Path to Uncommon Success.”  These are his most recent achievements, but there is plenty more to his story.

 

Mr. Dumas graduated from college in 2002 and was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Army.  He then did a 13 month tour in the Middle East, and came home to a new life.  A fresh start.  He had to find a job, and wasn’t sure where he was going to go with it.

 

He tried law school and dropped out after 1 semester.  He tried doing real estate in 2009, during one of the worst times to be in real estate.  He tried working for a start-up company in NYC, but hated his job.  This is when he was introduced to podcasts. 

 

This set off a series of events in his life that lead to him having the #1 daily podcast that interviews entrepreneurs, as well as becoming an author.  He continues to run his podcast everyday, and his book is helping people everywhere find their way to financial freedom.

S3: Episode 7 - Elias Tsoukatos | aiMonkey

Elias Soukatos is an entrepreneur that comes from a long line of entrepreneurs.  His family is in the salt business, but everyone in the family from his grandfather to his mother had actually started up their own businesses.  So he decided he had to try his hand at it.

 

He ended up creating his first business based on things that his own family’s businesses needed, but he eventually decided that he wanted to do something different.  He was actually inspired by an early interview with Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon.  This interview made Elias question where things were going, and what he could do to place himself at the forefront.

 

He knew he wanted to be in tech, and decided that AI (Artificial Intelligence)  was going to be the biggest up and coming thing to work with, and so he founded aiMonkey.  They help companies develop different services with the use of AI.  Placing him and his company in a position for great growth and expansion in the coming years.

S3: Episode 6 - David Richman | Cycle of Lives

David Richman has worked in several different industries.  He was a financial advisor for a Wall Street firm, decided that he was more suited to managing money than people, and proceeded to manage businesses for that same firm.  David has also launched two start-up companies.

 

David, in his late 30’s, became very into fitness as well.  He was overweight and unhealthy, and decided to change all of that.  He has now completed over 50 triathlons and several 24-hour marathons, more than 50 runs that are longer than marathon distance, and many other athletic challenges.

 

He is now the author of “Cycle of Lives,” which is a collection of stories about his cycling across the United States to meet with people that have cancer and their loved ones.  An incredibly uplifting book about how to deal with cancer emotionally, and how to be there for everyone who is affected by it.

S3: Episode 5 - Cyndy Barnes | Love Them Through It

Cyndy Barnes is the founder and franchisor of Journey 333. She is an ACE certified personal trainer, coauthor of the book “Journey Fitness” with forward written by Todd Durkin and co-author of 52 Amazing Journeys. She is also ranked number 11 of the 50 most inspiring women of all time according to Shape Magazine. 

 

She has also had her own struggles as well.  Whether it be with addiction, a husband incarcerated for almost a decade, raising a daughter without him, to putting their lives back together, and becoming one of the owners of the Journey333 Franchise.

 

A strong woman, with strong morals, and a head for business.  Enjoy the interview to learn about everything that she’s been through, and everything she has overcome.

S3: Episode 4 - Kelly Roman | Neurostimulation

Kelly Roman has been with Fisher Wallace since 2009.  Prior to him founding the company with Charles Fisher, Mr. Roman had graduated from Harvard and had been an award-winning executive in both the digital advertising and software-as-a-service industries.

 

While at Fisher Wallace, Kelly has been heading the program with their neurostimulation mental-health device.  This device uses low-level electrical impulses to stimulate certain areas of the brain.  This is meant to treat anxiety, depression, PTSD, sleep issues, as well as many other cognitive issues.  It also has been shown to increase focus and memory capabilities. 

 

Kelly Roman, as well as Fisher Wallace as a whole, are dedicated to helping people acquire mental health care that doesn’t include talk therapy or taking medication.  For more information on this device, you can check it out at fisherwallace.com.

S3: Episode 3: Mark Henick | Slow Down and Let It Breathe

Mark Henick is a man that has dedicated his life to helping people change their lives through mental health.  He’s had direct experience with depression.  When he was young his depression was so severe that he had even had several suicide attempts.  Now he spends his time trying to help others get out from underneath the crushing weight of their depression, like he made it out of his.

 

Currently, he is the CEO of Strategic Mental Health Solutions.  This is a consulting firm that helps people and organizations move from standard mental health awareness into having a more in depth understanding of mental health and taking measurable action to better mental health. 

 

He has a Master’s Degree in Child Development, a Bachelor’s of Arts, and several certifications (including trauma counseling and suicide intervention).  He has become a sought-after public speaker when it comes to mental illness and mental health, and he’s just written a book on those subjects called “So-Called Normal.”

 

Mark is a man truly giving his time to better the lives of people everywhere.  He’s overcome so much, and he continues to help people to overcome their problems to  this very day.  

S3: Episode 2 - Leah Guy | The Wounded Healer

Leah Guy is many things; an author, an intuitive healer, and an inspirational speaker being three of the most stand out things right off the bat.  Beyond that, though, she is a fighter.  She’s overcome many obstacles in her life.  These include, addiction, rape, eating disorders, and anxiety.  She made it through all of this so she could be here to help people today.

She’s achieved much in her years.  She is known as an expert on the mind-body connection, energy medicine, emotional healing, intuitive readings, as well as inspiring people to always live their best life.  That’s not all, though, she owns the Modern Sage product line along with A Girl Named Guy Productions.  She has earned a BA from the University of Louisville, her CMT from Alive & Well Institute of Conscious Bodywork, and she has studied at The School of Enlightenment and Healing in California.

All of that has led to her having a private practice for 25 years, along with teaching workshops and retreats for 12 years.  She’s authored three books.  She’s gone above and beyond to achieve her goals, and she is working everyday to help others achieve theirs.