Category: Brainstorms

Eating healthy doesn’t have to be stressful or difficult. It can taste amazing too!

Here is a basic, easy, and nutritious meal you can prep and enjoy in a matter of minutes.

No crazy recipes or crazy kitchen tools needs.

Hormone-free & antibiotic-free baked chicken thighs in grass-fed butter, zucchini sautéed quickly in grass-fed butter and slices, and an avocado sliced up with some @redmondrealsalt and pepper sprinkled on top. And @jackie made a delicious savory spread on top of the chicken, but you’ll have to ask her for those ingredients 😉😍

Typically there would be more zucchini and some fermented food (for probiotics) on the side (kraut, pickled okra, kimchi, a @kevitadrinks etc.) but we have to grocery shop and I got @gardenoflife @davidperlmutter Dr. formulated probiotics to supplement 👌🏼

-Josh P.

Success is neither created nor destroyed. Success is a choice. A mindset. A matter of perspective.

YOU choose what Success looks like for your life.

YOU choose what actions to take in life in order to make success apart of your reality.

YOU choose to become a survivor in times of hardship or, YOU choose to become a victim and lay down and give up on the life you desire.

Hi, my name is Josh Perry and I’m fighting 4 brain tumors. I’ve been fighting for 8 years throughout my career as a BMX athlete.

Reflection is great because I can look back and see how the path I chose was the one I loved and the one that would save my life.

March of 2010, I fell and hit my head that led to an MRI revealing the first brian tumor taking up half of my brain. If it wasn’t for that crash, I wouldn’t be here today.

I could and can easily choose to become a victim and complain about how “hard” or “unfair” life is and I wouldn’t have judgment from anyone other than my own network of support that knows that’s not an option for me.

The point is, I chose and choose to be a survivor and create the success I desire by taking non stop action every single day that aligns with and leads me closer to the life I envision for myself. 💚✌️

-Josh P.

What we focus on is what we tend to attract in our lives.

I’ve learned this all too well, on and off my bike.

It’s easy to be distracted from our vision due to things like fear, worry, stress, or doubt in the form of thoughts, procrastination, self-sabotage, convincing ourselves it’s not possible, or aimlessly entertaining ourselves with any form of media.

Sometimes these distractions are externally suggested but too often do we create these distractions internally.

If we focus on taking action towards our vision, then the distractions and negative suggestions seem to not be an option anymore, and the results that come from taking action leads us closer and closer to making our vision our reality.

If you have a vision for your life, be aware of your focus.

If we’re finding ourselves experiencing negative emotions and thoughts, “failures”, or not seeming to be gaining any form of traction towards our vision, we must check our focus and see if our focus and actions are aligned with what we say we want in our lives. 💚✌️

-Josh P.

They said you’re not “cool” if you train.

They said “you don’t need that”.

They said “you’ll bulk up”.

They also said “BMX isn’t a sport, so why train”?

They say a lot but learned the truth the hard way…blowing out my knee in 2013. Since then, I’ve improved on and off my bike in so many ways thanks to training, and I haven’t “bulked up” even tho I lift. I’ve just got stronger and leaned out, which is largely contributed to my diet.

I’ve also learned the affects and importance training has on the brain. So, if you want a healthy, resilient, and happy brain, I suggest fitting exercise into your weekly routine.

I’m not saying everyone has to train like an athlete to be healthy, but I believe regular exercise is a must for any living human capable of exercising.

I love the gym and BMX for exercising, and they compliment one another very well. I am grateful for my last mistakes and hardships because it’s taught me what to prioritize and WHY today. 💪🏽💚✌️

-Josh P.

What changes can you make in your life to stop “suffering” and falling down on a regular basis from the same patterns and habits?

Sometimes it takes falling down to show us the changes we need to make.

As a BMX athlete, I’m no stranger to falling down and BMX has taught me to get back up and try again.

It took more than a fall for me to learn the changes I needed to make in my life. It took a death sentence to wake up and audit my life and how I was living it.

I’m grateful for that moment because it saved my life, showed me the strength I have within, which we all have if we choose to see it, and it turned my life around 180°.

The changes I saw that NEEDED to take place were what I put in my body, what I did with my body (exercise outside of just BMX), what I thought about and how I spoke to myself and others, and what I could do to give back to the world rather than looking at life as in “how can I gain from this?”.

You can learn more by listening to my appearance on the @thebackpocketpodcast! 💚✌️

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-backpocket-podcast/id1223753020?mt=2#episodeGuid=09c61e0d-c400-8c9f-3cad-9a28c4384ff2

-Josh P.

Thanks to @thebackpocketpodcast for allowing me to share my story and beliefs with all of you. 🙏🏼💚✌️

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/full-time-podcasters-feat-josh-perry/id1223753020?i=1000411955285&mt=2

-Josh P.