Category: Brainstorms

What do you continue to guard or protect yourself from that’s no longer in your life?

Today, my life is amazing and I’m 100% grateful and full of love for my past and all the opportunity my future holds.

Even so, I find myself subconsciously going back to a sense of “survival mode” when it’s no longer needed and I can let it go.

WHY?

I believe it’s because a majority of my life has been spent protecting myself from some sort of negativity.

The better part of my childhood and early teens I was physically, mentally, and verbally abused by someone my mom married, along with her and my little brother. Later on, my mom battled colon cancer. And, I’d say about 1/3 of my life I unknowingly flight brain tumors.

I don’t share this for sympathy.

I share this to point out the patterns I’ve recognized that my subconscious falls into with worry, fear, street, doubt, and/or protection from changes when my life is great, my brian is just programmed from 2 decades or more of being in survival mode.

The silver lining here is that even if you can’t pinpoint your cause of survival mode, you can choose to rewrite your life and make an important choice today to take action and create the life you want.

The choice is yours- to live in fear or to live life on your terms.

Which will you choose? 💚✌️

-Josh P.

📸 @jciake

You bought me my first BMX bike but little did you know the impact that purchase would have on my life and lives of others around the world.

You didn’t think that bike would lead me to seeing the world and being paid to be myself. You didn’t see that bike leading me down an extraordinary path that would save my life and inspire & empower others around the world.

You supported my dreams every step of the way even if you were afraid for my taking the risks or not stoked of the wear and tear lugging my bike around had on you car. You gave me freedom yet taught me responsibility and how to be a man and own my choices.

You taught me the value of hard work and being the best I could be in all aspects of life.

You led by example and I picked up on your personality and how you treated others and how they treated you, and I always wanted to be like you. You gave me an opportunity to become who I wanted to be and make my dreams come true. You gave me freedom and the ability to create a life I dreamed of.

You fostered a great relationship with my mother, which is the reason I tired out how I did.

I know you always say you’re proud of me, but I’ll never stop striving to be the best I can and make you as proud of possible. I love you, dad! ❤️💚✌️

-Josh P.

Some days I fast, some days I have a super brain fueled “keto” coffee, other days I just have a “fat” coffee.

These are some of my go-to’s for when I’m having a keto coffee in the morning:

👉🏼 @kerrygoldusa unsalted grass-fed butter

👉🏼 @wildfoodsco 🍄 either Lions Mane or Reishi (code: WildJosh12)

👉🏼 @gardenoflife MCT Oil (code: ambassador20)

👉🏼 @perfectketones Keto Nootropic (code: JoshPerry)

👉🏼 @drjoshaxe Collagen protein

Then I blend em all up and pour into my @coffeencreate travel mug (code: JoshPerry15) and head to the gym or office. 💚✌️

-Josh P.

📸 @jciake

Push yourself everyday.

Whether it’s physically or mentally, it’s always worth pushing forward in life.

The temporary stress yields strength in the long run. Muscles get stronger from temporary stress, just as the mind does.

It’s not to be confused with negative chronic stress, which is detrimental because there’s no light at the end of the tunnel or goal. 💚✌️

Josh P.

📸 @bcookmedia

One of my top sources of fuel for my life and goals is to never live with REGRET.

FEAR is the other component but I’ve realized FEAR will always show up in our lives, especially when we change paths.

What’s cool about FEAR is that we can choose how big of a role it plays in our lives. REGRET, on the other hand, is harder to work with since it’s a past experience that can’t be undone.

That said, we can shift our focus and move forward with PERSPECTIVE, GRATITUDE, and LOVE while learning from our past rather than living in REGRET. 💚✌️

-Josh P.

I ride for those who can’t.

I ride because I love to ride. I ride because I am able. I ride because it was a childhood dream to make a career out of riding and now I’m living that dream- aka, GRATITUDE. I ride because it’s what fuels me.

I used to ride to prove people wrong. I used to ride as an escape from negativity in my life. I used to ride because it was the only way I knew how to express myself authentically and enjoy my life.

Although some reasons as to why I ride has evolved, I still ride because I love to ride.

More importantly, I ride to prove to others they can do what they set their minds to, even in times of hardships or obstacles.

I live with 4 brain tumors, have had many traumatic experiences in my life, have been broke and living out of my car, in storage closets, and on couches. I’ve been surrounded by a pool of my own blood I was violently throwing up with the belief I was dying.

What kept me going? My vision. My dream. The fact that I was still alive and not out for the count yet. Not fear!

GRATITUDE. OPTIMISM. LOVE. 💚✌️

-Josh P.

📸 @jciake

“You’re going to die” were the words I heard when I was 21, living my childhood dream and sitting alone in the doctors office as my world abruptly started to cave in on myself.

See, perspective is everything in these circumstances because when we are dealt such a shit hand in life as a brain tumor diagnosis, or 2 more, we still have a choice in how we move forward in life.

Move forward with gratitude or fear.

Had I not chosen to shift my perspective from fear to gratitude for being alive and finding the tumor, and staying true to my inner truth and desires, I wouldn’t be here today sharing with all of you.

I also wouldn’t have won contests, been featured in major media publications sharing my story, gone to Iraq to perform for the troops, met my beautiful girlfriend, or helped inspired change in others by choosing to live my life in the perspective of love and gratitude rather than fear.

Perspective & Gratitude are key for obtaining the reality we desire 💚✌️

-Josh P

📸 @jciake

Yes, I eat meat. Yes, I eat a high-fat & low-carb diet, also know as a ketogenic diet. Yes, I eat grass-fed, organic, wild-caught, and pasture-raised meat, eggs, and fish.

No, I don’t eat sugar. No, I don’t eat a high-protein diet. No, I don’t eat grains. No, I don’t eat cheap quality animal foods. No, I don’t just eat meat and fat. No, I don’t “cheat” or have carb “re-feed” days.

Contrary to what most think, a ketogenic diet is predominantly plant foods in the form of veggies and fats like olive oil, olives, avocados, avocado oil, coconut oil and full-fat milk, and some nuts/seeds. It’s also paired with a non-sedentary or overly stressed lifestyle. It’s main focus is to turn your brain away from dirty quick burning fuel (carbohydrates) dependency that comes with a host of negatives (main ones: inflammation, oxidative stress, weight gain, hormonal imbalances, fatigue, sleep issues, and digestive problems to name a few) to high-octane solar-like energy calls ketones or ketone bodies.

This process doesn’t happen overnight, which is why you hear the majority of people speak negatively about trying a ketogenic diet. There is an appropriate adaptation process and period to this way of eating after being so reliant on carbohydrates constantly.

I follow this way of eating for the health, protection, and healing of my brain.

My perspective is not common to the majority of society. Why? Because I live with 4 brain tumors and have had multiple concussions in my lifetime. That said, protecting my brain and keeping it as healthy as I can is my priority.

Every one of these foods benefits the brain in multiples of ways. I also add to this meal a routine of intermittent fasting and low-carb eating.

From high-octane brain fuel (ketones), to reduced inflammation and oxidative stress, to antioxidants, probiotics, prebiotic fiber, and polyphenols, this meal gives your brain and body just about all it needs in a meal. 💚✌️

-Josh P.