Oct 5, 2020
Michael McDonnel knew he was
different than the average person. But it was in learning how to
navigate his own life around his
cystic fibrosis treatment and cystic fibrosis-related diabetes
that give him the upper hand in organizing and prioritizing healthy
habits.
Listeners will find inspiration for a healthier life from this
podcast, learning
Michael McDonnell is a speaker,
author, and entrepreneur. He was born with cystic fibrosis and
eventually developed a diabetes similar to type 2 from the mucus
that
cystic fibrosis causes acting like fat. His physical struggles,
however, pushed him to work harder and longer than his peers at
sports and fitness goals.
He explains that he needed to think differently than other people
to find his place in the world, both physically and in terms of
work. Eventually, he used his expertise on developing physical
fitness to become a personal trainer. But he had a realization: You
can help people get healthy and fit by telling them to eat and
exercise better, but the rest of their week is out of the gym.
Maybe there a daily factors working against these goals.
This realization along with his
own hard-won lifestyle choices and skills sent him towards a
lifestyle design profession. He studied and researched stress
relief and organizational skills to help clients create time all
week to be healthy. He now helps his clients put lifestyle design
first so that health and fitness develops as a result. You can tell
someone to eat better, he says, but their lifestyle needs to enable
that.
Therefore, he expanded his work into the self-improvement and
self-development route, utilizing skills in prioritizing health and
organizing one's day around fitness goals that he had been
developing his whole life. He shares some great examples with
listeners about ways he's helped others to reshape their daily life
towards these goals.
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