From Burnout to Boundless: Reclaiming Energy to Life to the Max

Hey, one more thing before you go. What if the energy that you thought was gone forever could be rebuilt from the inside out?What if the life you've been living to the minimum could be transformed into the life lived to the max?In this week's episode of One more thing before you go, I sit down with Adrienne Simmons, health and wellness coach, solo entrepreneur, and self proclaimed energizer bunny, which I love that. To explore how she went from, from rock bottom fatigue to radiant vitality.And we're going to show you how you can achieve that as well, so please stay tuned. I'm your host, Michael Hirsch. Welcome to One more thing before you go.After years of lifestyle choices that drained her energy and dimmed her spark, Adrienne found herself facing a terrifying truth. If she didn't change, her future might disappear before her eyes. But change she did.Through divine intervention, deep research, and a radical mindset shift, Adrian Beta tested her way through a sustainable energy to rebuild her body from the cellular level and reclaim her joy. Something we all should have the opportunity to do today. She's on a mission to help everybody, everyday people. Let me try that one again.She is on a mission to help everyday people, entrepreneurs, caregivers and professionals, and active retirees, wake up with purpose and show up with power. We all want purpose. This episode dives into the emotional, physical toil of chronic fatigue and brain fog.The spiritual turning point that sparked Adrian's transformation. How our bodies and minds shift as we enter our 50s and what to do about it.The principles behind Adrienne'senergy rebuilding program and why Sustainable energy in just physical. It's emotional, mental and spiritual. And I am happy to introduce my next guest, Adrian Simmons.

Thank you, Michael. Good afternoon. Good afternoon, audience.

Well, what a journey you've been on. I mean, I've explored your background just a little bit. That's the cop in me. Just a little wee bit. And you know, you got an amazing journey.I think that what you've brought to the world is a wonderful opportunity for us to be able to kind of reinvigorate ourselves and kind of ignite and find some purpose in our lives again and so forth. So I'm looking forward to the conversation. Thank you for being here and thank.

You so much for saying yes to me being a guest on your show.

Well, you know, I like to start at the beginning. So where'd you grow up?

I grew up in Le Bel Provence of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Do you have any brothers, sister? Siblings?

Yes. I have one sister a year older than me and I have two brothers and one lives in the States and the other two are still in Montreal.And I am living in the fair city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, currently.

Well, our Canadian friends to the north thank you, we appreciate you very much. Today's chaotic world and what's going on in this chaotic world, I want you to know that, hey, we love you.

Guys and we love you as well. Our Southern family partners.

Family partners is a good, that's a good phrase. I love that phrase. What'd you want to be when you grow up?

I wanted initially to be a veterinarian because I've always loved animals. I still love animals. But as I moved through my first year of college, obviously veterinarian is going to be a lot of science based courses.I flunked out on every single one. So prior to starting my second year, it's like, okay, what am I going to do now?Obviously sciences aren't my thing, so I'm not going to be a veterinarian. You know, you go to the guidance counselor, you do, you know, behavioral based tests.And basically what was revealed is I am more naturally a communicator in sales and marketing and public relationships and customer service changed my discipline. I excelled the next four years and basically I graduated with retail management business administration certification.

Well, I said, you're just taking care of a different kind of animal. Exactly, exactly, exactly, exactly, exactly. You describe yourself as like an energizer, but Energizer Bunny, I like that acronym. A little bit ago.What, what did energy mean to you back then? And you know, how, how has that kind of evolved? Because I know that, I know that. And I'm not giving, I'm not going to give away your age.But you, on some other, some other conversations you've had, you mentioned that you, you've stepped past the 50 mark.I know from experience, stepping past the 50 mark, our energy levels drop drastically and sometimes it's hard to get up off the couch and wander around and do stuff.

Well, your first question was, what did energy mean to me back then? It didn't mean anything. I, you know, I always, I just thought that was just normal. I just thought that was who I was.And a lot of times in life we don't realize what we have until we lose it. So for me, growing up, I was just very active.And it was my friends who dubbed me the energizer buddy who, when that commercial came out on tv, they equated it to me because from sunrise to sunset I was just go, go, go. I was go Go, go. I could eat what I want to eat, drink what I want to drink, smoke what I want to smoke. And I was good to go.So they dubbed me the Energizer Bunny. And I accepted the title with, you know, I laughed and I said, okay, you guys, you're right. I guess I'm energetic.Even though I didn't see myself like that, I just thought that this was just normal.

Well, you have an immense amount of energy now that we can see. So for those of us that you're listening, we absolutely can see it. So how has that definition evolved to you at this point in your life?How has that come about? Because I know, I mean, we all, when we're younger, we enjoy, we have endless energy.I used to work 12 hour shifts and didn't bother me kind of a situation. And now I'd rather sleep 12 hours than work, work 12 hours, you know.

Okay, so if I understand your question, you're asking me how did it evolve to, to today?

Yeah, I mean, obviously you, you say that you had the energy. Energy from, from what I understand, you had all this energy and then the energy kind of dwindled a little bit. You kind of did. You lost it. Right.And then, you know, so how did it, how did it take that dip? And then when you realized it took the dip, it's kind of a triple part question, I guess.When it took that dip, how did that then evolve into where you're at now? Because you recognize that it took a dip.

I understand. Can I share my story? Because it's definitely kind of woven into my story. Fantastic.You know, I like to start off with, my story is titled Lost and Found. I was, like I said already, I was born with boundless energy.From the time I can remember, my 20s, my 30s, even in, into my late 40s, I was just go, go, go. I could do what I want to do, little sleep. What can I say? My body was just fully energized.And it's only when, you know, in retrospect, when I think about it now, when I crossed over my 50 year line, I continued with the same behaviors, not realizing that our bodies can hold us up for so long.And after a while, if we don't make some well needed health shifts, our bodies are going to start to break down in a way where we're going to feel it in physical manifestation.So what I'm trying to say is, for me, when I crossed over my 50 year line, I was still working full time, you know, I was still eating a lot of Processed food. I was still smoking cigarettes, I was still smoking weed. But what really happened for that shift is I was a single mother.I was a single mother from the time that my daughter was about three years old. So we always lived together. So I always had a reason to come home. I have a responsibility, my daughter, take care of her, make dinner.We did a lot of things together. And then she goes away to university when she is 18. So it's the first time that I am now on my own and not having to care for anybody.For me, what that looked like was boredom. I would come home from work and I realized, oh, I don't have anybody to care for.I didn't know then what I know now, create my own activities to bring me joy. But back then, because I was only wrapped up in caring for my daughter, it's like, what am I going to do now?It's six o', clock, what am I going to do? I'm wide awake, I'm not tired. So I was, I would like pace my house up and down.And then I realized after a while, you know what, I'm just not going to come home after work. So initially it started with leaving work, just going out for dinner. But then I'm still back home at 9.But because I'm such a high energy body person, at 9 o' clock I'm still not ready to sleep and I'm pacing the house. How do I alleviate that? Oh, okay. Well, I discovered that after a restaurant there are some clubs you can go to.So I would leave the restaurant at nine and I would maybe go to a club, you know, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, whatever, hang out till about 11, 11:30 and then kind of come home. That was fine, I'm ready to bed. But what happens is when you are in certain environments, you get introduced to other things.And that's when I was introduced to something called an after hour. And I guess it's clubs that you can go to after midnight. And it goes from midnight to 6 in the a.m. so I started checking out after hours.But with that came a lot of drinking. I started indulging in illicit drugs. And then obviously at 6:00am I'm hungry now.So you know, I'm going to McDonald's, you know, I'm going to Wendy's, you know, but remember, I also have to be at work for 9am so I'm leaving work, going to a restaurant, going to a club, going to an after hours and maybe running home quickly, quick shower and then I'm heading back to work. Long story short, you continue this behavior month after month after month, year after year, your body is going to say, you know what?As much as I love you, I can't do this anymore. You're not giving me any fuel of decent food. You're not drinking any water. We're not getting any sleep. You're not getting outside in sunshine.And my environment was all individuals who were into the same thing as me, partying, drinking, and drugging. So all of that eventually took a toll on my beautiful body, on my energy levels.And I'm going to say at my worst out of 10, with 10 being, I feel like Superwoman and I can conquer anything. To one being, you're lucky if I can drag out of bed. On my worst days, I was lucky if I could drum a two or three out of ten.I don't know how my boss didn't realize something was going on at work. I don't know how my colleagues didn't realize something was going on.Thank God my daughter was away at school because I could never allow her to see me in that condition. Whenever she would come home for the holidays, I was able to kind of stop it and put it on pause because she's home now.I have a reason to come home after work. And then, bam, they go back to university after Christmas, holiday after Thanksgiving, they always go back.And for me, because I didn't find a way to keep myself entertained in a healthy way, it was easy for me to go back into that environment. All right, let's get to the crux of my story.

If I can stop it just for one second, please.So, I mean, from this perspective, always looking from the outside in, and especially from my previous profession and growing up with both my parents were alcoholics.Not saying that you were, of course, but in that environment where they were partying all the time, they had parties at night, they had parties at the house, they would go out drinking all the time, they go out to the clubs all the time. We both my parents would do this. We grew up as kids watching this. So I know that, you know, back then it wasn't as prevalent to kind of.To recognize that it was like society and culture just kind of accepted it within that realm.What, what led you, what moment did you realize that that lifestyle was leading you towards maybe something like a dangerous future or an uncertain future or something along that line. Can I ask that question real quick?

Absolutely. I was just going to segue into that. So every year, I was always mindful about doing my yearly physicals.So Again, I'm probably maybe, I don't know, maybe 54, 55. It's the fall. I go in for my physical because I had been with that medical practitioner for years. He knew me quite well.And as soon as I walked into the office, he goes, adrian, you look terrible. What's going on? And I'm thinking, remember, you don't notice the changes in you but those who haven't seen you for a while.So I said, what are you talking about? He said, you look like you've gained weight. I'm noticing the bags under your eyes.You don't have that same pep in your step and your complexion looks dull. What's going on now, Michael? You know, I'm not going to tell my doctor. I was just out till six o' clock in the morning doing what I'm doing.So we make up whatever. Oh, you know what, it's work. I got all these projects going on at work. You know, I don't worry about it.He goes, adrian, I am worried because I've never seen you like this. Let's do some tests and see if there's something else that might be going on. I said, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, no problem. Do what you got to do.Because my tests always came in positively, I'm confident. I'm not connecting my behavior with the ultimate results I may get results come in two weeks later. He goes, adrian, you sit down.I said, what do you mean, sit down? You've never said to sit down before. He goes, adrian, based on the test, unfortunately, you are pre diabetic.You are like one step over from being full blown diabetic. Now, Michael, the reason why that hit me is because my father died from his diabetes in his mid-60s.So if I'm mid-50s, Michael, the only thing I'm thinking of is, you mean I might be dead in 10 years? That's all I'm thinking about. And it's like, oh, okay. He goes, adrian, you need to make some changes. Yeah, yeah, yeah.You know, we say, yeah, yeah, yeah, and then we go out the office, you know, Michael, that same leaving, I was back doing what I'm doing. Because even though, yes, he's told me that reality, I'm still bored. And I want what I want. And what I want is an immediate kind of.I need to suppress that feeling of I may die in 10 years. Let me go and do what I have to do. Okay. It came to an end a few months after that.So like I said, this was maybe October, November, the following January. Michael, I remember it as if it was yesterday. It was an absolutely bitterly cold winter in Toronto that year.It was so cold, Michael, it took me 10 minutes just to layer up, to get dressed, just to go and sit in my garage and smoke a cigarette and smoke a joint. And Michael, I remember it was a Sunday, it was that January.And I'm sitting there with my gloves are off because, you know, I can't smoke with two pieces of fire in my hand. I'm smoking a cigarette here, I'm smoking a marijuana joint here. And Michael, I broke down.I don't know where it came from, but the tears just flowed from me. It's like it was pent up inside waiting to come out. And for some reason on that particular Sunday, enough was enough. Enough was enough. Michael.I don't know how long I sat there and cried in that bitterly cold, freezing garage. I think my cigarette kind of burnt out and I kind of brought me back to my sense. And all I said is, you know what? God, I can't do this anymore.I can't do this. I don't want to do this. But I don't know how to get off of this madness. It's like, you know, the wheel a mouse is on and it goes around and around.I didn't know how to get off the wheel. Michael, on Monday it would be okay. I'm going to be good this week.I'm going to go for a walk and I'm not going to go out and I'm going to come home because I know that my daughter's counting on me. But Michael, I might maybe Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. By Thursday, the itch was so bad, I'm back again Thursday.So it was a maddening wheel from Monday to Monday to Monday. And I said, God, I need your help. I need divine intervention. Please help me come to an end of this madness.So I finished my cigarette, I went back in the house, Michael, and went to bed. You know what? Up to today, Michael, I will say that for me it was divine intervention.Because I noticed over the next few weeks I didn't seem to have that same urge to go out every night. I didn't seem to have that same urge to drink.I didn't seem to have that same urge to smoke a joint or to indulge in some of the illicit drugs I was indulging in. Instead, I found myself more curious about how do women's bodies change as we cross over our 50 year line?So I started doing a lot of research online, trying to understand, well, what happened to my Energy, like, what is it that I am doing? What is it that I'm eating that could be robbing me of my energy?Because yeah, I knew that I was always vital and I knew that my body felt heavy, it felt lethargic, my brain, you know, in the afternoon I couldn't think. I had to go and let me get a coffee and let me get a coffee.And the only way I could survive and move through my day was with through outside stimulants. And it was usually coffee or a donut, just something to give me that quick kind of sugar, kind of a jolt.But as I continued with the research, I'm realizing I, oh, okay, so it's because I'm not getting enough rest that my body is not allowing me to be more functional the next day. Oh, it's because I'm not eating more fruits and vegetables that my body is not getting the fuel it needs.And every time I eat McDonald's or nachos or pizza, I'm not fueling my body with what it needs to give me the activity that I need. Oh, it's because I'm indoors all the time or out in a nightclub and it's dark, I'm not getting any sunshine.Oh, it's because I'm not moving my body, I'm not exercising, that I'm tired and I've gained all this weight because I'm not listening to my biology.Slowly but surely, Michael, over a 12 month period, I said, you know what, Adrian, why don't you create a nutritional plan for yourself based on the information that you're researching, something that's applicable to maturing women. So I used myself as a beta test, I created a nutritional plan, I created an exercise plan. I moved away from the nightclub crowd.I connected with a network of mature women who, who were focused on living a healthier lifestyle. I went to bed earlier, I just did the basic, some of the basic health style requirements that we require as biological organism.And over a 12 month period, my energy slowly but surely, Michael, started to increase. And it's like, oh, yeah, I can do this, I feel better, I can do this longer, I can do more weights, I can do this a bit better.And over a 12 month period. 12 month period.By the time I got to that 12 month, Michael, again, looking at that scale from 1 to 10, Michael, I was back up to an 8 to a 9 to a 10 out of 10.With my vitality sustainable from the time I woke up in the morning until the time I went to bed at night, I was able to reclaim my energy and I'm still benefiting from sustainable energy up until today.

So it's an amazing opportunity for divine intervention too.That little angel on your shoulder that happened to whisper in your ear or touch you in just such a way that it opened up your spirituality just a little bit more and that door to healing yourself and understanding the purpose of listening to our bodies.

Yes, yes, yes.

Yeah. You know, it's a connection. Mind, body, soul connection. And mind, body, soul connection is a way to heal.And once we understand how to connect them sequentially in the way they need to be connected, it allows us to take that run, which you obviously did from that perspective. You know, it's interesting you, I have, I have to smile just a little bit with you. Beta tested yourself. That, that, that was a unique approach.

To, you know, I had to start with me. I had to start with me.You know, I had no, I wasn't planning on working with anybody else, but for me, you know, it's funny, people ask me, but why then, Adrian, yes, you got the news from your doctor, but why then do you feel that you started making a change? And I realize now is because my daughter was finished university and she was coming home soon. And it's like, you know what?There is no way, Michael, I would ever allow my daughter to see me in that condition. I was always the kind of person that, you know, on tv when you hear kids are asked, who is your role model? And they might say, my mom or my dad.I always wanted my daughter to say my mom. You see, if I continued along those veins, why would she ever want to be like me? So my. Why was. I want my daughter to be absolutely proud of her mom.Number two, Michael. I love to travel. It was always my plan. I want to travel and I don't want to travel in pain. I don't want to travel kind of with help.I want to travel with full vitality. Whether I want to climb mountains, whether I want to swim, whether I want it, whatever I want to do. I want to enjoy any travel that I do to the max.And number three, Michael and I know you're going to laugh. People laugh all the time. Do you remember an actress by the name of Betty White?

Of course. I love Betty. Everybody loves Betty White.

Beautiful. We all know that Betty White died at 99. And up until the end, Michael, she was still co producing and acting.And for me, she was always my role model. And I said, Adrian, you know what?You're going to be just like Betty White At 99, you're going to be full of vitality and full of energy and full of activeness. Michael, I cannot. God rest her soul. I am not going to disappoint Betty White. And so all three of those whys were why I said, this is it.We're doing it now. We're doing it now.

Yeah, you picked a great. You picked a great person to. To model yourself after. Yeah, we love Betty White. I've been watching. We as a family, have been watching. So all.All generations, we've been watching. Between myself, I'm an older individual, myself, my wife, our daughters, we love Betty White from many, many, many years ago.Several generations, at least two generations, two and a half generations, somewhere abouts. So, yeah, I love Betty White and what she has stood for.So your principles basically were designed and set up in such a way, I think, that our children give us motivation every day. We just have to watch for it and look forward.Our children give us the opportunity for us to be better ourselves, not just to wish that they're better than ourselves, that we can be that model to better ourselves as well, in addition. So, yeah, I think that that's a great story. Great story. And. And damn it, Betty White. I mean, what better person to model that after?

My girl. That's my girl.

How do I. Yeah, I love. We love the clips where they were showing the. The. I love the bloopers from. From the different shows that she was in.Oh, yeah, she'd make everybody crack up and laugh. I know. Want to smile. We go back and watch those constantly. So. But we. We have to answer some questions for. For our. For. For our people. Right? How do.How do. We were talking about mind, body, soul. We were talking about getting that connection and the. The realization that you had.How do our bodies, our minds, and our emotions change the way we move into our 50s? You know, I did it. You did it. My wife has done it.Those of us are those of these individuals that are approaching 50, and I would say beyond those or those of us that have gone over 50 could utilize the same tips and strategies for us to recognize what we need to do as an individual to sustain our energy or to rebuild our energy. What steps do you think we should take in order to either prepare for it or look back and redefine ourselves with it?

Yeah. Okay. Thank you very much.You know, what I've learned since my own beta test and with some of the people that I've worked with, you know, we are still human, and it's very easy for us to fall back into patterns that, you know, we've been accustomed to, patterns that make us comfortable. You know, our brains, our minds will always want us to reach for comfort as opposed to something that's going to take more effort.So what I like to always start off with, especially those individuals who are maybe in their 30s and 40s and maybe even early 50s, and they know that, you know, I'm seeing my parents and I'm seeing my grandparents, and they're in pain and they're not living a vital life. I don't want that for my life. What can I start doing now in my 30s and 40s and even into my early 50s?I always say anchor it with a Y, you know, why do you want more energy? Why do you really want more energy? Because on those days when, you know what, maybe you've had a bad day and it's like, you know what?I can't be bothered to go home and eat something healthy. Maybe somebody has pissed you off.We automatically reach for something that's going to make us feel better and that has a tendency to be processed foods or smoking or drinking, whatever it is. So even for me now, absolutely, years later, I will still kind of get those triggers where, you know, what? Ugh.You know, let me just kind of stop by at McDonald's. But then my anchor is, but hold on, Adrian, though. I have people that are counting on me.I have people that are looking at me for support as well, too. And at the end of the day, I know that my body really doesn't want that. I want it. The ego, Adrian wants it.But when you look at my body and my spirit, they don't want McDonald's, they don't want a cigarette. They don't want alcohol. Adrian wants it. So again, what I teach anybody that ever comes to me, it's your, why? Why do you want this?And number two, start looking at your whole self. Your spirit, your mind, your feelings, and your physical body.And before you make any decision, just ask yourself, is this going to benefit my whole self, or is it going to benefit my ego? And whatever answer you come up with, move with that answer. Sometimes it's going to be, you're right, it's for me, I want McDonald's. Sorry, self.I want McDonald's. But a lot of times we don't make that connection between our whole self. We just think about ourselves. Because they don't teach us that in school.Making decisions should reflect from your spirit to your mind to your feelings to your physical body. Is it going to Benefit your whole self.Because if you are the kind of person that wants to live a life of vitality and abundance and activeness, you have to realize you have to be a partner with your whole self and not selfish, only about you. So that would be my core message to anybody that is looking to just live a life with a little bit more kind of vitality.Figure out, why do you want it? Because your why will anchor you on some of your harder days.And then think about building a partnership with your whole self and ask yourself those key questions before you make any decisions. It's going to take time because remember, for years, it's always been about my ego. What do I want? What do I want?So it's going to take a while for you to get into the mindset of, oh, yeah, okay, whole self, what do you want? For me to have this beer and this whole plate of nachos. Body, do you want it? Of course your body doesn't want it. Of course your cells don't want it.Of course. Of course your mind doesn't want it. You want it.So you have to decide, is it about my ego or is it about my whole beautiful self that has held me up from the day I was born?

Well, and I think that perspective is perfect because, I mean, reality, we can. That analogy works for so many things. Alcohol, food. I mean, even if you.You can overdo exercise, you know, exercise addictions, any type of addiction that we have out there, I think that that gives us an opportunity to kind of reflect upon that, to say, hey, I can make a change. The possibility exists in the change. Have to make a choice. And I think choice is a key word. We have to make a choice.Do we, you know, succumb to it, or do we make the choice to move away from it and forward in a different way or to somehow change that choice into something that is positive? I think so. That's great the way you say that.

Yeah. And, you know, just to piggyback on what you're saying, yes, we know we have a choice. We always have that choice.But for us to really make any noticeable differences in our behaviors and habits, it's got to go back to the why. Why do I want to make a change in my behavior? Why do I want to change my identity? Really, it starts with the identity.The identity is the root, and the branches are the habits, and the fruits that come from the branches are the rewards to you. So if you really want to make any noticeable changes in your life, I always like to tell people it has to start from the inside.It's got to start from the inside. Outside can be so superficial, but inside is where we truly divinely kind of come from. And inside will not lie to us.If we really listen to our insight, our insight, our spirit has our best interest at heart.

Absolutely. Yeah. Words to live by. Words to live by. For sure. We were talking about sustainable energy.Once we understand that connection that you were just speaking about, that we were just speaking about, we understand that connection, how can we. Or a better question is what does sustainable energy look like, I guess in real life now?And if we can recognize it, if we're not doing it already, how can we begin to recognize it and utilize it today?

So what does it look like? It's going to look different for everybody.For me, what it looks like is anything that I want to do throughout my day, I'm doing it fully engaged, fully alert and fully participating in it. And I'm doing it with a feeling of. I feel light, I feel joy, I feel empowered, and I feel I can keep on going if I have to.So, for example, I work a full time job. So I wake up and absolutely I wake up alert because I've given myself the sleep that my body has told me that she needs.As soon as my body, as soon as the sun sets and my melatonin kicks in, because I have learned to listen, Michael, to my body, Michael, I start to feel drowsy. And before you know, you fight it, you fight it, you're back on the phone, you're scrolling or you're watching TV or you're doing whatever.Now, because I know that I have chosen to partner with my body's energy kind of source, I will go to bed because I know the next day my body rewards me with the energy I need. So what it looks like for me is from the time I wake up, Michael, I'm fully alert, I'm engaged, I'm going to work, no problem. I drive an hour.Good to go. Throughout my day, Michael, I still have the same amount of energy. I'm still participating at the same level.But you see, Michael, throughout my day, I listen to my body and I keep on fueling my body refueling. Because, Michael, every physical movement that we engage in, energy is being depleted. So we have to continually replenish our energy.And how do we do that, Michael? Most people at lunchtime, Michael, they walk from their desk and they go sit for an hour in the lunchroom. Oh, not Adrian. I eat at my desk.And Michael, for my hour, I'm outside In the sunshine. I'm walking for an hour throughout my day, Michael. I've got my cup, I got my water here. Every hour on the hour, Michael.I'm drinking my eight hours as well too. For me, just because I choose to. Every hour on the hour, Michael, I push away from my desk and I get up and I do jumping dax. I'll march on the spot.I basically will boost my energy throughout my day because I know I'm using my thought process takes energy, my feelings take energy, and my physiology. So I need to remember my body is taking energy. I need to replenish it as well, too. So for me, it's a give and take.And that's why I call it a partnership. When I leave work, Michael. Yeah, I'm stuck in traffic for an hour, an hour and a half, and that depletes a lot of individuals.But I know I'm going to the gym, I work out, Michael. I'm reboosting my energy again. I come home, I have a healthy meal.And that's why when the sun sets and the melatonin kicks in, my body says, you know what, Adrian? It's time to sleep. So I have learned to listen to my body. When my body says, adrian, I'm thirsty. Before, you know, we push it off. I'm busy.I gotta get this email done. Now. It's, I don't care what I'm doing, Michael. I stop. She says she's thirsty. I'm gonna drink.If I'm working on my body, says, Adrian, get up and go walk down the hall, Michael. I'm getting up and I'm walking down the hall because my body is saying, adrian, I'm stiff. You've been sitting in front of this computer.We need to get up and move around, Adrian, because you've depleted all that energy over the last two hours working on the computer. Let's reboost your energy again. So my body knows at the beginning of every day, my major goal is, is I'm gonna build a healthy energy body today.So you remember, Michael, what you tell yourself, you manifest. So throughout the day, my mind is saying, well, Adrian, when you woke up this morning, you said you wanted to build a healthy energy body.This is what we need to do throughout today to build a healthy energy body. And that is my principle that I teach my clients. It's about every day building a healthy energy body.Especially if you want to have a phenomenal day, Michael. Fully engaged, fully, fully alert, fully present and fully empowered.

Well, I think it's safe to Say that those mindset shifts of your own helps you go from energy level of 1, 2, and 3 all the way up to 8, 9, 10, and maybe 11. I'm seeing 11 here, Adrian. I'm seeing 11.

Thank you.

How do you help others move to survive from surviving to, like, thriving, especially if they feel stuck in a fog or stuck in chronic fatigue is, like, terrible. I've suffered from myself in the past and it's hard to get past that.

Yeah. For me, what I'm realizing what seems to work for me is showing up as a role model, as a healthy energy body individual.Especially for a lot of my colleagues and friends who are younger than me, it's like, wow, you are older than us, Adrian, and you are like an energizer bunny. You are motivated. You are inspiring. Okay, you know, I'm okay, Adrian. Today. You know what I'm going to do?Can I go out and walk with you at lunchtime or. Adrian, you know what, what are some of the foods that you eat, though?For me, it seems to be people are insane inspired when they actually see the live Adrian, because at the end of the day, everybody goes home to their own home. So you have to have your own inner strength in, in, in, in figuring out, okay, I can't just do it for one day. I want it long term and sustainable.I've known Adrian for years and she's been like this for years. It's not like one day she's like this and one day she's all of a sudden fatigued.It's about wanting for yourself sustainable energy and willing to make the small shifts in your life to get maximum rewards. I like to tell people that, you know, our bodies don't ask a lot of us, Michael, but our bodies pay us back 100 fold.All my body says is, Adrian, can we maybe get seven or eight hours sleep? All my body says is, Adrienne, can we just drink a little bit more water? All my body says is, Adrienne, can we have more root foods?All my body says is, Adrian, can we just go out in the sunshine, Michael. Everything that is free and our bodies are rewarding us. Look how my body rewards me, Michael. And what did it cost me?I went out for a walk at lunchtime. I'm drinking water, Michael. I feel happy, Michael. And look how I'm rewarded.It's the greatest reward in life to know that you are showing up just fully present and alert, Michael. And alive.

Absolutely, 110% it. It is. Especially getting back in touch with nature. I think is a wonderful opportunity for us to be able to connect with that.And that in itself will energize us to a very specific purpose. I love. It brings me back. I grew up with a lot of Europeans around me, a lot of Europeans, family and everybody that had moved from Europe to here.And they couldn't understand just. This is along the same lines of what you're saying.They could not understand why Americans were like dusk to dawn, constantly going, constantly going, constantly going. France, Italy, you know, they'll take a lunch and they take a 45 an hour lunch and they. But they don't go sit in front of a computer screen.They don't on their phone. The work doesn't call them. France is against law to call your employee while they're on their lunch break.You can't text them or call them or anything so that they take time to regenerate, take time to breathe, go out and lunch outside, sit at the table, the tree, listen to the birds, go out in the morning, have a cup of tea, a cup of coffee, whatever you're. Whatever you're drinking a juice or.And you know, look at nature, look at the trees blowing, watch the leaves blow, watch the hummingbirds go, watch the birds and the bees, you know, do their thing. It is an opportunity for us to reconnect from that perspective.I think a very basic opportunity with, like you said, an immense amount of reward on the back end of it. So, yeah, let's tell somebody this conversation is going way too fast.Let's tell people how they can get in touch with you and what you have to offer them, please.

Yeah, absolutely. In the meantime, you can reach me directly using my email address and that is Simmons s I m m o n s 20 20amail dot com.That's simmons2020amail dot com.

And what can you offer them when they get you?

Oh, my goodness, you know, what I will offer them is listening to where they feel that they are currently in their life. A lot of times people don't have an opportunity to have others just really listen to them. Sometimes people just want to kind of share where they are.So for me, I am definitely, you know, a beacon of anybody wanting to maybe just share where they are currently in their life and maybe where they envision they may like to be maybe next year or next month or a few years down the road. And, you know, it all ties back into if only I wasn't so tired, if only I wasn't so fatigued.You know, if only, you know, I could shed you know, a couple more pounds, I'd be able to kind of maybe participate a little bit more in my life.So, you know, once I understand where they are and where they want to be, from there we can figure out how to slowly but surely, day by day, step by step, start rebuilding your own beautiful, precious bodies energy. Because at the end of the day, our bodies are our best friend. They have our back and they only want the best for us.They ask so little of us and they want to reward us so immensely. So we. Why don't you give your whole self the opportunity to show you how amazing you can really be if you partner with your whole self.

And I will make sure that everything is in the show notes for people to connect with you directly like that. And I mean, as a coach, what a wonderful way to coach people.What a wonderful to give somebody a change in life or positive change in life in such a way that it is going to be sustainable. So I think that's a. Again, it's a wonderful opportunity. Again, this conversation has gone way too quickly. You'll have to come back on.We'll have to have another one. I have to have another one. Another one. But okay, sure. Before we leave, though, this is one more thing before we go.So do you have any, Any words of wisdom for anybody listening right now that might feel like they're stuck or they're. They've hit rock bottom and how, how they can come out of it? I mean, words of wisdom.

Yeah.You know, my words to you would be if you aren't living your life to the max, instead you're living your life maybe minimally, but you know, there's something inside of you that's saying it's not over. It's not over. I know I can do more. I know I've always wanted to do more, but maybe you've just lost your way. I lost my way.I lost my way for many years. You can. You can. It's not over till it's over. I know everybody has heard that. It's not over till it's over.Find somebody that'll be in your corner, that'll hold your hand, that'll help you to climb back up if that's what you really want. Maybe I can be that person for you. But at least you know that I've walked in your shoes. So I know exactly how you're feeling right now.And you can definitely make tomorrow just a little bit more sunny with some small tweaks. Small, small tweaks. Your body is waiting for you and your body is saying, you don't have to live your life to the min.Why not live your life to the max? Why not? Why not take your vitality off the table? Too many of us leave our vitality on the table and it's just there. And you know it's just there.Your vitality wants once to make your life spectacular. Take your vitality off the table. Let me help you do that.

Brilliant words of wisdom. I think we should all write that up, put it on the screen on the computer here and look at it every time before we take our break outside.

Yeah, exactly.

Adrian, thank you very much for sharing your words of wisdom. Thank you very much for sharing your journey and for what you bring to the world. I appreciate you very much, Michael.

Thank you. Namaste.

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