Social Media Marketing : SEP Episode #113: Owning Your Life and Telling Your Truest Story with Dr. Chris Zaino

Owning Your Life and Telling Your Truest Story with Dr. Chris Zaino

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On today’s episode, we have Dr. Chris Zaino. We are excited for round two of our conversation. This is a very special episode because it is the first and only round two video podcast episode to date.

Dr. Chris Zaino, who is a world-renowned speaker, author, entrepreneur, and HERO. After winning Mr. America in 1998, and being a leader in the fitness industry, he found himself defying a deadly disease in his late 20’s. Dr. Zaino leveraged his experience to establish one of the largest health and wellness clinics in the world, seeing thousands of patients per week (yes, per week). The Core Premise of his work is that everybody is born with seeds of greatness and capable of heroic things if given the chance. That each person has the noble qualities inherent in them to drastically shift themselves and their work. Dr. Chris seeks to unlock this in each man, woman, and child he reaches. Rather than let people silently grieve their potential, he exists to wake up the hero that we know is hidden within each of us. Dr. Chris Zaino takes us on his journey and his transformation, with lots of great advice and inspiration on becoming your own hero.

Dr. Zaino has so many great stories to share. In this episode, we picked up from our last conversation and we talked about the importance of mindset. Then we talk about courting yourself and not breaking agreements with yourself.

We discuss:

[01:21] Dr. Zaino shares about his defining moment.
[01:34] A lot of times we are defined by the stories of our ancestors.
[04:48] We can have a story that we are born into or hangs over our family, but it is a story. You always have the choice to change the paradigm.
[06:02] A name takes on identity or story that is superimposed on the person given the name and it was not that persons’ truth.
[07:28] It isn’t a mid-life crisis at all. It is a crisis of life. People start to wake up and say what is my truth.
[09:58] As spiritual beings we are always looking for expansion.
[11:27] The manifestation of your health and your body was because of how you thought. He could give people that tactical tools but if the mindset wasn’t there, it wouldn’t be long-lasting.
[13:04] You have to use stories persuasively to get people enrolled in changing their own mindset.
[15:09] We have to make the choice and we have to do the work.
[16:32] In his story he exposes his weaknesses, thinking errors, and paradigms that were holding him back from life and happiness.
[17:51] Putting your story into your audience’s words, but telling it through your story opens up people in a powerful way.
[18:46] Dr. Zaino shares his story about meditation. The beginning was hard.
[20:56] If you want to make a change, you have to actually give it time.
[23:25] Practice doesn’t make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.
[24:47] Professionals at the highest level, they practice like it is game day.
[25:48] When you give them steps that are clear to move forward it makes it easier for them to move forward.
[28:09] If we don’t fully trust our team, they will never take full ownership.
[31:41] Dr. Zaino shares the affirmation that he says every day.
[32:27] We have a desire to do it, we want to do it, and then we really make a decision to do it. When we make the decision we don’t break an agreement with ourselves.
[33:22] When I break an agreement with myself, it is going to get easier and easier to do that and I am not going to stick with my own word.
[36:07] Make choices because they are part of your goal and don’t sabotage yourself. .
[37:31] It is always good to have people around you that might be able to look into and speak into your life and give yourself grace.
[39:31] The healing happens the more we talk about our deepest darkest situations because it is in the light.
[41:08] The thing that you are afraid to share and be vulnerable with is the thing that really helps people connect with you.