What is your Warrior Story? How did you use your inner Warrior to survive, adapt and overcome?
Being healthy means being happy and not relying on drugs to get you through your day without pain. My best advice is to find the root cause of your pain and research it. You have to be your OWN doctor. I’ve had doctors help me and almost kill me, sadly. Some have destroyed my thyroid and my gut because they didn’t know what they were doing…but I didn’t know that at the time and I just listened to them without doing any research on my own. You’ve got to take control of your health because each of our bodies is different and reacts different and heals differently! Through my website, TheHealthyApple.com I write about the struggles I’ve faced the last few years, how I truly healed and how I work with clients on healthy eating and building back their immune systems and detoxing their life.
My cookbook will come out in early 2016; it’s filled with over 200 recipes that are free of refined sugar, gluten, dairy, soy, eggs and processed food. It’s also a handbook on how to remove toxins from your cleaning supplies, beauty products and food- since they’re lurking everywhere and can have a huge impact on your health. I think you’ll love it and I hope you do!
What is one trait you most admire about you (Your inner warrior)?
Being brave and fearless.
What kind of special power would you like to have?
TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM CHRONIC ILLNESS.
Bio:
Cpl. USMC 2 tours Iraq 1 tour Afghanistan injured twice in combat. Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury loss of long term memory ACL/ MCL replaced in both knees
Retired medically
Veteran Outreach Director Team RWB Tampa
CFL1 trainer/ USA Olympic lifting L1
Power Lifter/ amateur Strong Man
WWP Peer Mentor
Married, proud father of a 9 year old boy.
ER Paramedic full-time
SGT Cogen Nelson is a recently retired United States Marine Corps Sergeant, due to combat injury. After deploying multiple times to Iraq, SGT Nelson suffered wounds, both physically and mentally thus leading to his medical discharge. Although he came back with his limbs, he suffered severe PTSD and depression as a result of his deployments.
After undergoing treatment and support for his wounds, SGT Nelson tried CrossFit in his spare time to boost his mood and work on his fitness. It turned out that while doctors never expected SGT Nelson to lift heavy weights or high repetitions, he was able to adapt and maintain a lifestyle that supported his fitness goals. He went on to take his Level 1 CrossFit Trainer Course and now owns and operates House of CrossFit alongside his wife in Carlsbad, CA. He enjoys offering the opportunity of fitness to Veterans and members of the Southern CA community while challenging them to reach their goals. He has two children, a son Jarrod, 10 and daughter Ellie, 2 that he lives with in Carlsbad.
Send your message to SGT Nelson using these hashtags: #houseofcrossfit #neversurrender #neveralone
Dr. Eva Selhub is an internationally recognized expert, physician, author, speaker and consultant in the fields of stress, resilience, mind-body medicine and working with the natural environment to achieve maximum health and wellbeing. Dr. Selhub engages her clients and her audiences with her powerful energy, words of wisdom and scientific knowledge to be empowered to transform themselves, their health and their life for the better.
Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Dr. Selhub is on staff at Harvard Medical School and is a Clinical Associate of the world renowned Benson Henry Institute for Mind-Body Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Selhub also works with clients privately, combining her knowledge and expertise from Western and allopathic medicine and from the Eastern healing traditions.
As an author and speaker, Dr. Selhub uses her gift to bridge science with spirit and provides individuals with a framework to achieve transformational health and wellbeing. Her newest book, Your Health Destiny, represents the culmination of her 20 years of practice in medicine with her experience in working with more esoteric healing traditions. Dr. Selhub is also the author of The Love Response, the co-author of Your Brain on Nature, and several guided meditation CD’s.
Dr. Eva has been published in medical journals and featured in national publications including The New York Times, USA Today, Self, Shape, Fitness, and Journal of Woman’s Health, and has appeared on radio and television in connection with her work, including the Dr. Oz show.
For more information on her speaking and consulting services as well as products, visit www.drselhub.com.
Stage IV terminal incurable adrenal cancer warrior!
My inner warrior trait is FEARLESSNESS!
I was 35 years old when I was diagnosed with Adrenal Cortex Carcinoma–stage IV, metastasized to the lungs. I was a single mom with two little boys. Adrenocortical carcinoma is a rare tumor afflicting only one in a one million; there is no cure. The first doctor told me there was nothing more they could do, I was terminal. The next told me he could treat me but he wouldn’t because the prognosis for this cancer is so poor. And another told me even if he did treat me it wouldn’t matter- the cancer would just come right back and kill me. That didn’t stop me! I found a team of doctors to treat me and against all odds winning! I’ve been fighting for my life for a year and half now. This battle includes 3 major surgeries over the span of 7 months and 7 different chemotherapies over the span of 8 months. I will win. I will beat cancer because I am a warrior.
Actively fighting cancer doesn’t stop me from living a full life! I still go running, hiking, lifting and spend every second I can with my children. I make the most of today because tomorrow is never promised.
My secret special power would be to be like Captain America where I could take my weakened body and strengthen it. I would also patriotically serve my country.
Please share YOUR warrior story, you never know who it may inspire!
Welcome to the first installment of the Warrior of the Month series! In the video below, an amazing woman named Ashley Linder tells her story of overcoming physical and sexual abuse at the hands of her father, testifying against him at age 9, and wading through the challenges of group and foster homes. She recognizes that she has exhibited tremendous strength and fortitude then and now to be the person she is today. Take a look and be sure to share with others! You can also learn more about the great work Ashley now does with foster kids through her website, www.linderkids.org
