Category: Brainstorms

Following my last post, I’ll be sharing my 21-day meditation journey to focus on the desired outcomes for my life, the steps I feel I need to take, what I’m grateful for, and what resistance to changes I can identify in an effort to pursue those changes.

The only way to get new results is by taking new actions. The subconscious mind is a sneaky and powerful tool we possess that often goes without notice. Becoming conscious to the deep rooted beliefs, thoughts, self-talk, and actions we take is step 1. That’s where meditation, visualization, and reflection come in.

They say you can create new habits, which creates new possibilities, in as little as 21 days. I plan to make this an every day priority for 21 days and further as I have learned and experienced the power of this easy to utilize strategy before.

I find when I slack, that’s when the doubt, worry, and stress come into play while missing the successes I’ve had and the things to be grateful for. 💚✌️

-Josh P.

There’s always a way if there’s a will. It may not be easy. It may not be guaranteed. It may not seem like it’s possible. But if the path you choose is aligned with your life vision and beliefs, and chosen out of love, that path ultimately will manifest success if you keep finding a way to stay on it and never give up.

I’ve been faced with the thought of giving up many times over the years since I left home when I was 17. From injuries, brain tumors, depression, anxiety, being broke, living out of my car, or feeling doubtful, I’ve always managed to find a way to get over the challenge and push through for what I want in my life.

I find it helpful to find other people’s stories that have similar experiences of almost giving up but didn’t. When things got bad enough that they almost broke and gave up, they pushed through a little bit more and that’s when things turned around for them.

I find that it’s those times of resistance in our life that builds up so much and makes us want to give up are the times that we are the closest to achieving whatever it is we are working towards.

Change isn’t always easy for people. The brain is designed to protect us from harm. The problem is that the brain can’t decipher between physical stress and mental stress. So when we live in a state of fear, stress, worry, anxiety, panic, or lack, the brain try’s to protect us from making changes due to the unknown outcomes compared to our current reality. Our current reality is maybe not 100% desirable but it’s what we know and doesn’t require change.

The term neuroplasticity comes into play here big time. It basically means the brain is plastic-like and can be altered when a change is practiced over and over again. Whether it’s mentally and or physically, changes that becomes habit re wire the brain.

Example: if you tell yourself you’re not happy every day for whatever reason it is, you’ll begin to believe this over time and develop a deep rooted belief that you’re not happy. If you choose to say “every day and in every way I’m becoming happier” you’ll see opportunity to become grateful and happy if you make a change, aka delete the negative self-talk and take action to become happier if that’s the desired outcome.

Our life is a manifestation of our choices everyday. We can choose to stay in our ways and not create new paths or beliefs for our lives, or we can choose to create a new path and keep making changes for the desired outcome. It’s as simple as making changes until you are, or on the way to living the life you envision. 💚✌️

-Josh P.

Be the change YOU want to see is my way of saying “walk your talk”.

I believe a change in perspective to what makes up true health and well-being is needed. I’ve believed this for about 7 years once my perspective shifted.

I learned the change we want to see starts with YOU first. It then begins a ripple effect that is spread to others in and out of our lives. We can’t expect change to take place in others if it’s not been changed within ourselves first.

I’ve taken my interests in holistic health and my experiences battling brain tumors and major injury and combined them into a business where I share my passion in an effort to help others in their journeys to becoming the healthiest and happiest possible. It took being told I’d die to change my perspective and open my mind to new ways of living. I’m grateful for my journey and where it’s led me to today. 💚✌️

– Josh P.

Are you living a life that matches your vision?

Or, are you leading a life trying to find the motivation to put the work in because it’s someone else’s vision- either for their past that they regret not taking action for or for what they think is “best” for you due to their own fears and insecurities?

I hear people say they can’t find the motivation for their life. Usually it’s because they lost their vision. Not because they don’t want it. But because they either failed and got scared to try again, never tried in the first place due to fear of failure of it not being a possibility for themselves because someone told them it wasn’t, or because they’re living a life that matches another persona vision other than their own.

When we lead a life that matches our vision, it becomes clear what our goals are, which also creates the motivation we all possess to succeed.

I’ve learned that inspired work creates more success and fulfillment rather than uninspired work that I feel “I have to do” rather than “I get to do”.-

Create a vision for your life, set realistic yet scary goals, believe that you can do it, and take non-stop action! 💚✌️

-Josh P.

My name is Josh Perry and I’m a BMX athlete, multiple brain tumor survivor, and a holistic brain health coach living with 4 brain tumors.

I was diagnosed the first time in 2010 with a tumor taking up the left half of my brain and it was wrapped around a main artery in my brain as well as my optic nerve, which led me to loosing my vision. One day when my vision was ok enough to see I fell while training and hit my head, which led to the MRI that saved my life.

In 2012, the tumor came back in 2 areas due to the complications of the original surgery and Gamma Knife Radio-surgery was selected as the treatment plan moving forward, which led the re-growths to shrink for 2 years until not becoming stabilized-best case scenario for my situation.

My experiences of being an athlete and overcoming brain tumors led me to become passionate about the power of holistic health and share that passion with others in an effort to help them become well.

Now as a coach, I guide my clients to leave behind carbohydrate dependency by optimizing their brain through nutrition, exercise and stress management.

The byproduct of leaving behind carbohydrate decency is also leaving behind what comes with it…so things like weight gain, poor sleep, cravings, poor digestion, systemic inflammation, accelerated cell division and aging, and much more in an effort to heal the brain.

My effort is to guide my clients to success in a much quicker manner than what it took me on my own all those years.

I believe people should not have to suffer the way I did and think that’s it’s just apart of life.

In 2017 I was diagnosed with 2 additional tumors on the opposite side of my brain, which is said to be a result of what they call Neurofibromatosis- a genetic disorder that causes brain and spinal cord tumors.

A year follow up MRI showed those 2 additional tumors actually were stalled in their growth after making drastic shifts to my diet and lifestyle in following a high-fat, low-carb, stress-free (as much as possible) lifestyle. Today I’m thriving and doing what I love and an sharing that passion for life with the world.

-Josh P.