Author: JoshPerryBMX

BE Before You Become

Without consciousness (awareness) of our personality, we can’t expect to change.

When we live each day as our past self, making the same choices, having the same thoughts, and creating the same emotional experiences, we trap ourselves into a loop of auto pilot.

The thoughts we have, the actions we choose, and the emotions we feel as a result creates our state of being.

In order to change, we must be greater than our state of being, which takes an immense amount of awareness, commitment, and faith in what we can not yet see.

I had a long conversation about this work with @lifesamitchism last week and something he reminded me of clicked. He reminded me that once we leave the “program” (our subconscious personality made of our thoughts, behaviors and emotions) and get into the seat of the observer, let go of judgment and just OBSERVE ourselves for what we see and surrender from controlling our past or future.

For me, letting go of past judgments of myself is a huge success in overcoming myself. I’ve always been so hard on myself and put unneeded pressure “to succeed” when in reality, we’ll “succeed” once we choose to feel as if we have already and can feel that emotion.

In order to get into the seat of the PROGRAMMER and change our reality, we have to let go of any intention and emotion that makes us the current version of “ME”. Once we can establish this new observation and behavior pattern (personality), we can begin to rePROGRAM our personality defined by a vision of the future we have for our lives.

To create a new reality, we have to shed the past / current state of being of ourselves that’s creating the current reality in which we desire to change.

Of course, if you’re truly happy and fulfilled with you’re reality then this may not apply but I argue this applies to all us striving to be the best we can be.

Biggest lesson so far from learning about this topic is “be before you become”. Don’t wait for a cause and effect situation, create the effect that draws the cause into fruition.

Josh P. 💚🧠✌️

Ketones & Mitochondria

I don’t have a weight loss journey that led me to keto.

That’s not to say there’s anything wrong with that but it’s my belief body composition is just scratching the surface and is a by-product of prioritizing brain health.

Because we can’t see our brain, I find we often dismiss how we harm it on a daily basis. I learned this the hard way and it’s my life’s mission to shift perspectives through the lens of my life journey so others can choose to make changes from a state of joy and gratitude rather than pain and suffering as I experienced and was forced to reactive to a situation to save my life.

The profound benefits from ketones in regards to 🧠 health & performance come from optimally performing mitochondria and sufficient, superior, and efficient fuel to the 🧠 and body that produces less damage as a natural byproduct of metabolism.

When we’re running off of glucose for fuel predominantly, we produce more free-radicals and inflammation in the body, which damages mitochondria and create more free radicals and inflammation, which creates a damaging cycle.

Over time, from chronically elevated glucose levels and trauma to the brain (TBI, toxins, stress, depression, anxiety, etc.), the mitochondria can also become dysfunctional and begin producing less energy, storing fat, and can lead to more serious issues.

The problem with getting this message across?

There’s no way to measure WHEN issues may occur.

That’s why I share my story. I was 21 when I was diagnosed with a brain tumor even though my external looked “healthy”. Educate yourself and choose to change for the health of your 🧠 and from a state of gratitude.

Josh P. 💚🧠✌️

31 Years Old

Today, I turned 31 years old.

Reflecting on my crazy past and multiple times I’ve escaped death has me incredibly grateful to be alive and the amazing people in my life, like this woman right here @jciake who has been by my side at some of the most difficult times of my life I never fathomed appearing in my reality. She won’t let me give up even at times of my lowest questioning my purpose and my life in general, and I’m incredibly grateful for her doing that.

Loosing my younger brother last year on his own terms messed with my brain chemistry in more ways than I can event attempt to understand.

It’s shown me how fragile this experience on earth is and how much potential we have to impact others, one way or another.

Out of all the things I’ve experienced and learned so far, the biggest things that stands out to me is that we all have one choice every single day and we don’t’t live up to our fullest potential in life.

A choice in perspective: how we see the world we live in and the life we create, whether or not we’re conscious of our potential.

From dropping out of highschool to pursue an unlikely path few have succeeded in, to overcoming life or death situations, today, I have chosen the perspective of wanting to do more in terms of contribution to the world.

I decided to step away from my childhood dream to fulfill a higher purpose focused on serving others to live as healthy, happy and successful as possible.

The hardships I’ve overcome and learned from have shown me no matter how much I thought I gave it and wanted to give up, I had even more to give and have experienced extraordinary things because of it.

I know others have experiences and thoughts about life similar to mine and I want people to know they’re not alone, broken, crazy, or lack a purpose to fulfill in this world.

Even when you feel as if you’ve given it all you have, dig digger to the untapped potential that lies within us all. Live by a vision of your future rather than your past. It’s worth the effort!

Thank all of you for supporting me over the years as I’ve shared my wild journey and continue to do so.

Josh P. 💚🧠✌️

When You Grow Up

“What do you want to be when you grow up?”

We all remember being asking this as a kid, right?

The possibilities are endless we were told.

But, how sincere was this question when it was asked & how true is the latter statement? How many of us manifested that dream into our reality, better yet, how many of us actually took a risk on that dream?

It seems, although sparking creativity & inspiring imagination, this question was a mask for confirmatory disguised as an idea of a dream when those asking this question most likely didn’t take a chance on theirs…maybe they did, maybe they didn’t.

I’ve realized there are few of us that take a risk on who it is we truly want to become when we grow up & that’s because few are often supported in being that person when they’re younger.

I was encouraged to “go big and fly high”, as my mom always told me, & my family backed anything I chose to do, as long as I worked hard at it and gave it my all.

I realize not everyone has a support system as I did growing up with, but I also had my own struggles along the way.

I often hear the phrase “must be nice” or “you’re so lucky” & it pisses me off.

To me, it negates all the hard ass work, the sacrifice in a “secure” career left behind to pursue and unlikely & unconventional path, pain and suffering endured to find my way (mentally and physically), risking my life, & the countless times I fell down (figuratively and literally) in order to get to a point people have the audacity to say such things to me.

To be on a path speaking my truth to people I don’t know, 100% fueled by passion & purpose, is crazy to sit back & reflect on.

It started with a self filled dream to become a professional BMX athlete and after many unfathomable adversities along the way, I got real clear on my purpose in life to show others what’s possible when we dig deep within ourselves, even when we thought we had nothing left.

This purpose is fueled with a mission to inspire new perspectives in others to step into that untapped potential empowerment by living through the lens of my life rather than waiting for catastrophic events to occur in your life to wake up.

Josh P. 💚🧠✌️

It’s All In Your Head – get out of you way.

I just sat down and read Russ’ new book “It’s All In Your Head” in one sitting on my couch next to my puppy on this cold ass November day in Durham, North Carolina 3 days prior to my 31st birthday.

I’ve been feeling defeated before I’ve even really got started due to me allowing others opinions get in my head and turn my own being against me. I’ve also felt “lost” in the transition from my past childhood dream to a vision I’ve recently created based on my past life experiences and passions it’s led me to.

I just gained great perspective and took mental and physical notes on my life, my purpose, and how to stay focused.

The only thing I seem to let really take over my thoughts and create self doubt is money….bills, expenses, money in, how I’m going to create enough, how I’ll take care of my team, etc. even though my reality is that right now and tomorrow, I’m fine.

I’ve been focused on “what happens if…” for much of my adult life, when in reality I’ve always been ok. More than ok. My life has been amazing in many ways, despite’s hardships along the way. All that focus on “what if” takes time and energy away from changing that fear sooner than later and allowing the abundance to flow in.

Survival mode doesn’t promote growth and repair, it promotes more catabolic experiences to take from the purpose. When in that state, my mind spirals down this dark tunnel of self doubt, victim mentality, fear, worry, self pity, overwhelm and confusion. I start to analyze my every thought and action, and audit whether it’s the right move or use it my time. Then it starts up the cycle all over again.

This is what I was experiencing when I woke up almost paralyzed with fear, stress, self doubt and worry the other day. I want so much to make a difference in the world and take care of those I love and even those I don’t know.

I need to stay focused more on that feeling and desire so my internal being will reflect that state of love and gratitude for being who I am, with a purpose as such as I’ve fallen passionately in love with, that I’d walk away from a dream I developed as a child and was living to fulfill.

I choose what goes in my head and I confess I allowed others to influence that, for whatever reason it may be.

I’ve turned that bullshit over and kicked it out of my head.

I am focusing my energy on my purpose and aligning my inner being today to reflect the sense of gratitude for what I’ve created and what’s to come, once time reflects that into the known relearn of the now.

I’ll probably read this book again and again to see what others have made possible based on these principles, even after years of no signs of success other than their own delusional belief in themself.

At my core, I believe in what I’m doing. I believe I’m the best fit for the job. I believe I’m already successful. I believe I have immense value to share with others. I believe I’ve lived the life I have based on the infinite intelligence within all of us and that runs the operation we know as life.

I believe it’s set me on the right path and will continue to. I believe I’m right where I need to be experiencing exactly what I need to in order to get me ready for what I’m creating and what’s beyond that.

I love Jackie, my family, my friends, my fans, my supporters, and my haters. For without them, I wouldn’t be who I am and I’m grateful for all of them.

I love you reading this and the energy we share.

Josh P. 💚🧠✌️

My Voice WAS Suppressed

My first talk- April 13th, 2018 at University it Florida. I was beyond nervous the first time I gave a formal talk to a crowd of people I didn’t know.

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My first talk- April 13th, 2018 at University of Florida. I was beyond nervous the first time I gave a formal talk to a crowd of people I didn’t know. I had my notes close by and was so scared I’d freeze and lose my place/thoughts. I almost didn’t go through with it but something down inside of me pushed me to do it despite the fear and anxiety I was experiencing of others judging me. That “thing” was my PURPOSE. My purpose to inspire perspective in others based on my life journey and the amount of pain I’ve endured in my short time on this earth to do what I love has taught me a tremendous amount about living. It’s all what fuels me past the fear and anxiety of others not caring what I have to say or not doing a good enough job because I know several aspects of my experiences will resonate with someone when they’re meant to hear it. I’ve spent a lot of my life silenced by various people in my life, some of which almost killed me and kept me from pursuing the life I envisioned for my life leaving me feeling as if I was broken and not worthy of my desires. Beyond inspiring perspective, part of my purpose is to support others in becoming empowered to share their voice and create the life they truly want to live. We all deserve to at least take a shot on our dreams with full potential and courage. Not live suppressed by those too scared to go after what they dreamed of and pass down their insecurities to others. I spent a lot of time avoiding my full potential influenced by negativity and it’s my mission to not leave a single person I connect with feeling any bit of doubt in themselves. Josh P. 💚🧠✌️

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I had my notes close by and was so scared I’d freeze and lose my place/thoughts.

I almost didn’t go through with it but something down inside of me pushed me to do it despite the fear and anxiety I was experiencing of others judging me. That “thing” was my PURPOSE.

My purpose to inspire perspective in others based on my life journey and the amount of pain I’ve endured in my short time on this earth to do what I love has taught me a tremendous amount about living.

It’s all what fuels me past the fear and anxiety of others not caring what I have to say or not doing a good enough job because I know several aspects of my experiences will resonate with someone when they’re meant to hear it.

I’ve spent a lot of my life silenced by various people in my life, some of which almost killed me and kept me from pursuing the life I envisioned for my life leaving me feeling as if I was broken and not worthy of my desires.

Beyond inspiring perspective, part of my purpose is to support others in becoming empowered to share their voice and create the life they truly want to live.

We all deserve to at least take a shot on our dreams with full potential and courage. Not live suppressed by those too scared to go after what they dreamed of and pass down their insecurities to others.

I spent a lot of time avoiding my full potential influenced by negativity and it’s my mission to not leave a single person I connect with feeling any bit of doubt in themselves.

Josh P. 💚🧠✌️

Survival Mode

Adversity leads to greatness.

Stress leads to breakthroughs.

Failure leads to growth and success.

All of these statements hold true when we reflect on our past and how we got to where we are today.

In those moments of hardship, though, it’s not easy to see so clearly the truth of each one of those statements.

I’ve been reminded by loved ones, friends, mentors, and complete strangers of these statements as I’ve still been trying to find my way or carve out my own path, and enduring the obstacles that every day presents.

It’s crazy that even though I live with 4 separate tumors in my skull, I choose to ignore that reality and focus my time and energy on how I can succeed at being the best version of myself and fulfilling my purpose to serve others.

One thing I want people to see in my and my efforts, and that I want my legacy to be, is that I never gave up and that I inspired others to see their life’s from new perspective and choose to believe they have the capability of doing what they truly desire and believe they want/can do, no matter what outside influence says otherwise.

I’ve had ups and downs with giving into the words of doubters and haters, some of which I one respected and admired.

The people that truly know me don’t let me play small and give into that BS because they know me better and know how hard I work to make others lives the best they can become. They force me to own my truth and know my worth.

For anyone reading this, believe in yourself and be grateful you’re alive.

It could always be worse but we’re still here and able to make choices to make our current moment and future what we envision it to be.

I love and appreciate you all.

Josh P. 💚🧠✌️

Focus

Focus: the center of interest or activity | pay particular attention to.

My focus was BMX.

My focus was myself.

My focus was proving others wrong.

My focus was making my dream a reality.

Then my focus shifted to staying alive after being diagnosed with a brain tumor when I was 21, 23, and again when I was 28.

After the third diagnosis and my younger brother taking his life, my focus has shifted all-in on a purpose to inspire perspective in others to take care of their brains and show them the potential we all have in life but don’t tap into it due to fear.

One aspect of my life I’m super passionate about is living a ketogenic lifestyle and how ketones have amazing ability to improve our focus among many other profound brain health benefits like mental health and increased resilience and energy production.

I’m stoked to have readily available and bio-active forms of exogenous ketones thanks to @justpruvit.

Until recently, the only form of exogenous ketones was in the form of a salt based powdered you mix with water.

Then came along Keto//UP, which is a liquid version of exogenous ketones in a free-cell technology that isn’t bound to a salt/powder.

You just crack open the can and enjoy but what’s interesting about this form of exogenous ketones is that it hits your bloodstream even more rapidly than the salt form.

This allows for quicker absorption and uptake by the brain and other cells in the body.

Thanks to SPECT imaging with @doc_amen and @ryanplowery, I have scans looking at my brain in terms of blood flow, focus, mental clarity, ADHD support, improved testing abilities, and other cognitive benefits from exogenous ketones.

What do you do for focusing in your life? Have you tried a ketogenic diet and exogenous ketones?

Thanks to @d_sunrise_w for the images and @justpruvit for having me speak and perform.

Josh P. 💚🧠✌️

Defined by A Vision Of the Future

Are you defined by your past or a vision for your future?

I struggled with overcoming who I thought I was that was molded by my past identity and personality.

I thought who I am was determined by what I did and experienced.

It wasn’t until I began learning about consciousness and our subconscious minds that I realized I was living my current life based on a past perception of my being.

In doing so, I was creating the same reality and one could predict how my tomorrow would look based on these actions.

When I began to understand this concept on a deeper level, I began to audit my thoughts, actions and emotions that were influencing the creation of my reality today and tomorrow.

It hasn’t been easy but it’s been worth it to let go of the familiar past in an effort to focus my attention and energy on creating my future vision.

The mind is beyond powerful as it triggers the things we say, do and feel, all of which make up who we are in terms of our personality, which creates our personal reality.

By choosing to let go of who we think we were or the identity we’ve clinched onto for the familiarity of the “known”, we can grow the courage to step into the unknown where all the potential possibilities live for our future.

It hasn’t been easy to remove my past identity as I built over half my life based on it, but it’s been an amazing experience to see how much contribution I’ve given to others in the short time I’ve consciously worked on focusing my time, energy and resources to create a new version of myself build upon a future vision I’ve created based on purpose.

Josh P. 💚🧠✌️

Purpose > Giving Up

Never in a million years did I think this was possible.

That I would be speaking to a crowd of hundreds to thousands of people I don’t know.

Especially with my insecurities of being “good enough” to speak on such a stage.

Or, my social anxiety of speaking with strangers and how they may judge me and my life decisions.

Or, thinking “who wants to hear what I have to say? I’m just a high school dropout that pursued BMX as a career option, overcame some challenges along the way, and am trying to find my way in life beyond my past identity as just a BMX athlete living with brain tumors”. That’s the thing about being on PURPOSE, though.

You overcome the mental challenges to pursue the mission at hand while finding yourself in situations you never fathomed being in.

In this case, my mission is to inspire new PERSPECTIVE in others that leads them to making the choice to step into their power of creating the best versions of themselves.

With that said, I find myself speaking around the world, making videos sharing my journey, experiences, passions and my TRUTH, and reaching out to strangers to have a conversation to what value I can provide and what perspectives/insights I can learn.

The last decade of my life has taught me 3 valuable pieces to life that I live by and am passionately sharing as much as I can:

– perspective is essential.

– Health is internal.

– our reality is a manifestation of our choices.

The more I focus on my purpose to serve others, the more the anxiety, fear, and overwhelm disappear but it’s a constant work in progress to do so.

As a former professional athlete and multiple brain tumor survivor, I find myself being incredibly hard on myself and thinking I could be doing more.

I’m learning this perspective is limiting my ability to fulfill my purpose on a archer scale and manifest my goals in an efficient and the least challenging way.

The fact that I get out of bed every day & don’t give up even when I feel as if I’m a failure, I can’t handle the overwhelm & stress, and think “why bother because no one would care either way”, is something to be grateful for.

If you haven’t given up, be grateful & see the value in that.

Josh P. 💚🧠✌️