Elevated Life: Real Wellness and Transformation

Elevated Life

Elevated Life walks alongside the internally driven individual through real wellness and transformation. We're Johnna and Clint, a couple who've done the work and are still doing it, cutting through the noise with honest, unfiltered conversations about wellness, movement, mindset, spiritual growth, and personal responsibility. Our framework: Wellness is the foundation. Movement is the tool. Mindset is the driver. Personal responsibility is the container. Lived experience is the proof. We don't coddle, we don't sell false promises, and we don't trade in empty motivation. We share raw personal stories and practical tools for people ready to do the actual work, from nervous system regulation to attachment theory, from nutrition protocols to shadow work, from resistance training to authentic transformation. This is a real talk wellness podcast for people tired of quick fixes, surface-level motivation, and the comfortable hell of staying stuck. If you've been searching for a holistic wellness podcast that actually tells the truth about fitness, healing, and what mindset transformation really costs, you're in the right place. What we talk about: Personal growth, emotional fitness, gym confidence for beginners, masculine wellness, feminine energy, spiritual awakening, self-improvement through radical accountability, weight loss without gimmicks, couples who transform together, breaking free from limiting beliefs, inner child work, and building a life you don't need to escape from. We dig into attachment styles, especially fearful avoidant attachment, and how understanding your patterns changes everything. We explore what real wellness looks like when you strip away the industry noise and get honest about what's holding you back. Our story: We've walked through our own transformations, significant weight loss journeys, recovery work, nervous system healing, spiritual consciousness shifts, and complete life overhauls. We don't teach from a textbook. We teach from the trenches. Every tool we share is something we've tested on ourselves first. Clint's journey through masculine identity and physical transformation and Johnna's deep dive into spiritual awakening, energy work, and emotional healing give this podcast a perspective you won't find anywhere else because we're living it in real time. Who this is for: If you're internally driven and ready to stop making excuses, this is your show. If you've tried every quick fix and you're finally ready to address the real stuff, the mindset, the nervous system, the patterns you keep repeating, we're here to walk alongside you. We don't build dependency. We build people up to not need us anymore. That's the difference between what we do and what the wellness industry sells you. Whether you're looking for wellness for men, personal growth for couples, a no-BS fitness and movement podcast, or deeper work around shadow work and healing, we bring it all without sugarcoating it. Topics include: holistic health, real transformation, mindset shifts, personal responsibility, movement and mobility, spiritual growth, attachment theory, emotional regulation, masculine and feminine energy, gym ready tips, wellness without the BS, accountability, authentic living, and life transformation advice. New episodes twice weekly from Elevated Fitness and Mobility in Tonasket, Washington. It's time to stop surviving and start transforming. Connect with us: Instagram and TikTok: @cjelevatedlife Facebook: Elevated Life Web: cjelevatedlife.com

  1. 27M AGO

    Parasites Are Everywhere — Why We’re Cleansing This Full Moon

    We’re mid-cleanse right now, prepping hard for the March full moon tincture, and Johnna’s on her soapbox because this topic keeps getting buried like it’s gross or rare. It’s not. Parasites are normal, ancient, and part of everyday life whether you want to admit it or not. What we get into: The normal ways you’re picking them up — dogs you kiss, dirt you garden in barefoot, public restrooms, sex, lakes you swim inClint’s grandma and the turpentine-on-a-sugar-cube ritual every fall when school startedWhat Johnna’s seeing come out this round with pinworms and why it’s not the weirdest partWhy the prep phase is 80% of the game and how the emotional/spiritual waves can blindside youThe biofilm trick parasites use and why certain herbs go where other things sometimes don’tAncient cultures, shamans, grandmas, and why this used to be common knowledge before it got labeled wooWe’re walking through exactly how we time and run our protocol this season, what back-to-back cleansing looks like for us right now, and why we treat parasite work as non-negotiable maintenance instead of a one-and-done event. The full phased guide we actually follow is in our Parasite Detox Blueprint at cjelevatedlife.com if you want the exact playbook we use ourselves. Want more tools for your transformation? Get weekly insights and practical takeaways delivered straight to your inbox—sign up for our newsletter at cjelevatedlife.com. Each week includes episode highlights, actionable micro-skills you can practice immediately, and support from a community that gets it.

    28 min
  2. 4D AGO

    The Chasm - Why You Can't Go Around It Anymore

    There's a chasm that opened up and you didn't hear it crack. No earthquake, no warning—just a divide so wide you can't jump it, can't bridge it, can't walk around it. On one side are the people still waiting to be ready, still looking for shortcuts, still managing everyone else's feelings instead of their own. On the other side are the people who climbed down into the depths and clawed their way back out. And the fire horse doesn't wait for fence sitters anymore. What we get into: The vision Johnna had of a massive chasm splitting the earth—old identity versus new identity, information versus embodiment, wanting change versus choosing itWhy "almost ready" is self-betrayal—every second you wait for the stars to align before you're ready is another second you betray yourselfThe patterns of people who didn't cross when it was just a crack—victim mindset, constant excuses, complacency disguised as "I'll deal with that later in life"What happens to people who actually cross over—they question themselves at first, ask "am I supposed to be here?" but they're moving away from the chasm, not tiptoeing toward itWhy some people try to jump back once they realize it's hard—and why the climb back through hell to get to your comfortable familiar hell is harder than staying putWhat Johnna's dropping in the chasm—the need to be needed, being everyone's caretaker, managing other people's feelings (real-time epiphany: maybe she asks "are you okay?" because she's not okay)We're walking through why there's no bypassing anymore, why the people who were waiting on the other side to help are done being dragged through shit, and why self-doubt has to fall into the chasm if you're going to survive the year of the fire horse. The chasm rewards movement and exposes hesitation. If you're listening and you're not sure what to do? That means it's go time. Want more tools for your transformation? Sign up for our free weekly newsletter at cjelevatedlife.com—every Monday you'll get motivation, mindset shifts, and actionable micro-skills to keep you moving forward.

    41 min
  3. FEB 23

    Why You Keep Starting and Stopping (And Why This Time It Has to Be Different)

    We're past the New Year's motivation phase and the stopping has started. You gained momentum, felt strong, saw the light come back in your eyes—and then you quit. Now the guilt and shame are piling up and restarting feels a thousand times harder than the first time. We're breaking down the real reasons people stop, what happens when you fire your coach three months into a reverse diet, and why "almost ready" is the lie keeping you stuck in the cycle. What we get into: The pattern Johnna sees with training clients—buying the smallest package, thinking "I know what I'm doing now," then disappearing (and never using the free gym membership)Why the restart after stopping is exponentially harder—the bitch voice gets louder every time, telling you "this is what you do, you start and stop"What happens when you fire your coach because the scale didn't move during a reverse diet (spoiler: you just betrayed your own metabolic healing)The honest conversation every trainer should have—"Are you actually going to show up for yourself when I'm not there?"Why money is the currency of consistency—if paying $50/hour gets your ass to the gym and that's the only reason, good for you for recognizing thatThe real relationship with starting and stopping—if you don't have nutrition dialed in, you can do everything in the gym and still see nothing (that's on you, legitimately)We're walking through why summer brain makes people quit completely instead of shifting to maintenance mode, why documenting your progress matters when you forget you couldn't lift a bag of dog food six months ago, and what to do if you've already stopped and the shame is crippling. Shut down the bitch voice, say "well f**k, oh well, I'm human," and make a promise: this is part of my life now, too bad, I'm not stopping. Fast fixes lead to fast failures. This just takes time. Want more tools for your transformation? Sign up for our free weekly newsletter at cjelevatedlife.com—every Monday you'll get motivation, mindset shifts, and actionable micro-skills to keep you moving forward.

    45 min
  4. FEB 18

    Feminine Rage and Missing Masculine - What the Epstein Files Reveal About All of Us

    The Epstein files dropped and the feminine rage is real. But where's the divine masculine? We're diving into why nothing will probably change, what happens when emotion drives everything without logic to ground it, and the uncomfortable truth about how we're all being played. This isn't our usual episode. This is raw, unfiltered processing of what it means when the evidence finally surfaces and most people still won't see it. What we get into: Why the system isn't broken—it's working exactly as designed to keep us at the perfect boiling point without ever boiling overThe slow desensitization from Me Too to COVID that prepared society to handle this without completely losing our collective shitWhere the feminine rage is coming from—mothers of the planet are done being poo-pooed, silenced, and told we're just hysterical about baby tortureWhy rage without structure becomes sporadic emotion that loses focus—feminine leads with intuition but needs masculine as the rockWhat happens when the divine masculine disappears into the woods and says "f**k this, I'm out" instead of providing the support structureThe only real solution when you're a pawn on a chessboard controlled by parasites—turn inward, rage dance if you need to, then work on yourselfWe're walking through why Trump saying "let's move past this and focus on healthcare" is infuriating, why Johnna had to mosh pit to Rage Against the Machine to move the stagnant energy, and what divine masculine and feminine actually mean (hint: it's not beer chugging or making turkey pot pies). The uncomfortable reality? The masses won't care next week. But for those who do—the path forward requires both feminine intuition and masculine structure united, or nothing changes. Want more tools for your transformation? Sign up for our free weekly newsletter at cjelevatedlife.com—every Monday you'll get motivation, mindset shifts, and actionable micro-skills to keep you moving forward.

    49 min
  5. FEB 16

    We Tried Retatrutide for 12 Weeks - Here's What Actually Happened

    We just finished a 12-week retatrutide cycle and we're telling you everything—the weight loss, the side effects, why Johnna stopped early, and the honest truth about GLP-1s that nobody's saying. This isn't advice. This is what happened when we became our own guinea pigs with a peptide that everyone's talking about but few people truly understand. What we get into: What retatrutide actually is and why we spent a year researching before trying it—from Dr. Tyna's microdosing protocol to Jay Campbell's self-experimentation approachThe microdosing strategy—0.5 three times weekly instead of full dose once (and why this avoids severe cramping and nausea most people experience)Clint's results: 28 pounds lost, constant fullness, minimal side effects, but 10 pounds returned post-cycle without strength lossJohnna's experience: 12 pounds down, week-five lightheadedness, stopping at week eight because appetite suppression felt too close to metabolic starvationWhy resistance training is non-negotiable—without it you'll lose muscle (your most metabolically expensive tissue) and replace it with fat when appetite returnsThe hard truth nobody tells you: it's an appetite suppressant, and without lifestyle change you're headed for quick fix to quick failureWe're walking through why this could work for someone in metabolic crisis ready to make real changes, why it becomes an easy crutch without intentionality, and how advanced lifters might use it strategically during cuts. But here's what you need to know: retatrutide without changing your relationship with food and building muscle? You're just delaying the inevitable crash. Want more tools for your transformation? Sign up for our free weekly newsletter at cjelevatedlife.com—every Monday you'll get motivation, mindset shifts, and actionable micro-skills to keep you moving forward.

    28 min
  6. FEB 11

    From Snake Energy to Fire Horse — Are You Ready?

    We're coming out of a year that asked people to slow down, shed, and let things die. Now we're stepping into a year that has zero patience for hesitation. The fire horse doesn't ask if you're ready — it amplifies who you already are. What we get into: What snake energy actually looked like in 2025 — the shedding, the death of old identities, and the discomfort nobody could quite nameThe personal transformation work we each had to face — Clint's and Johnna's patterns that surfaced when they thought they were already "done"What fire horse energy brings and what it demands from you before it'll cooperateThe difference between riding momentum and getting dragged behind it — and which one depends entirely on whether you did last year's workWhy this is the year to start your gym journey, your healing work, or whatever you've been putting off — if the foundation is thereWe're walking through what these energetic shifts actually mean for your real life, your mindset, your body, and your excuses. This isn't astrology content — it's a conversation about patterns, personal responsibility, and what happens when the universe stops being patient with your comfortable hell. Connect with us: 📱 Instagram & TikTok: @cjelevatedlife 📘 Facebook: Elevated Life 🌐 cjelevatedlife.com SEO keywords: spiritual awakening, mindset transformation, personal responsibility, year of the fire horse, authentic transformation, shedding old identity, real wellness podcast, personal growth

    58 min
  7. FEB 9

    What REBUILT Is (and Isn't) — Real Transformation, Not Quick Fixes

    We're pulling back the curtain on REBUILT — our program that's been rebuilt multiple times to cut through the noise and give you what actually works. This isn't a beach body program, a 12-week challenge, or your next dopamine hit. It's the foundation for the rest of your life. What we get into: Why we stripped REBUILT down and rebuilt it again — what we kept, what we cut, and what drove that decisionThe difference between the men's and women's versions — and why those differences matter more than most programs acknowledgeThe four pillars and which one people always try to skip (it's not the one you'd guess)Why strength training is the entry point to everything else — and what happens when you actually commit to five or six days a weekWhat people are secretly hoping a program will save them from — and why REBUILT isn't built for that personWe're walking through what this program demands, who it's actually for, and why the boring repetitive stuff is the whole point. If you're looking for motivation and quick fixes, this isn't it. If you're ready to take personal responsibility and build something that lasts, that's the conversation we're having. Connect with us: 📱 Instagram & TikTok: @cjelevatedlife 📘 Facebook: Elevated Life 🌐 cjelevatedlife.com SEO keywords: REBUILT method, strength training program, mindset transformation, nervous system regulation, personal responsibility, real wellness podcast, holistic fitness, accountability

    52 min
  8. FEB 4

    Trust Yourself First — Real Transformation Starts Within

    Why do we keep looking for saviors instead of trusting ourselves? From fitness influencers to manifestation coaches to wellness practitioners, we've been conditioned since childhood to believe someone else has our answers. This episode challenges that pattern head on. What we get into: How we're taught from a young age not to trust ourselves — and what that quietly sets up for the rest of our livesThe red flags that someone is crossing from guidance into guru territory — and the specific language that gives it awayWhy absolutes in the wellness industry are almost always a warning sign worth paying attention toWhat real guidance actually looks like versus what keeps you dependent and coming back for moreThe honest questions worth asking yourself before you hand your power to the next expert, coach, or healerWhy our goal as trainers has never been client retention — and what we're actually trying to build insteadWe're digging into the difference between helpful guidance and cult-like dependency, why the wellness industry profits from keeping you searching outside yourself, and what it actually looks like to start building the muscle of self-trust. If you've been bouncing from healer to coach to guru looking for your answer, this conversation is about personal responsibility and what happens when you finally look inward. Connect with us: 📱 Instagram & TikTok: @cjelevatedlife 📘 Facebook: Elevated Life 🌐 cjelevatedlife.com SEO keywords: personal responsibility, self-trust, mindset transformation, authentic transformation, wellness without BS, real wellness podcast, self-improvement accountability, wellness gurus

    34 min

About

Elevated Life walks alongside the internally driven individual through real wellness and transformation. We're Johnna and Clint, a couple who've done the work and are still doing it, cutting through the noise with honest, unfiltered conversations about wellness, movement, mindset, spiritual growth, and personal responsibility. Our framework: Wellness is the foundation. Movement is the tool. Mindset is the driver. Personal responsibility is the container. Lived experience is the proof. We don't coddle, we don't sell false promises, and we don't trade in empty motivation. We share raw personal stories and practical tools for people ready to do the actual work, from nervous system regulation to attachment theory, from nutrition protocols to shadow work, from resistance training to authentic transformation. This is a real talk wellness podcast for people tired of quick fixes, surface-level motivation, and the comfortable hell of staying stuck. If you've been searching for a holistic wellness podcast that actually tells the truth about fitness, healing, and what mindset transformation really costs, you're in the right place. What we talk about: Personal growth, emotional fitness, gym confidence for beginners, masculine wellness, feminine energy, spiritual awakening, self-improvement through radical accountability, weight loss without gimmicks, couples who transform together, breaking free from limiting beliefs, inner child work, and building a life you don't need to escape from. We dig into attachment styles, especially fearful avoidant attachment, and how understanding your patterns changes everything. We explore what real wellness looks like when you strip away the industry noise and get honest about what's holding you back. Our story: We've walked through our own transformations, significant weight loss journeys, recovery work, nervous system healing, spiritual consciousness shifts, and complete life overhauls. We don't teach from a textbook. We teach from the trenches. Every tool we share is something we've tested on ourselves first. Clint's journey through masculine identity and physical transformation and Johnna's deep dive into spiritual awakening, energy work, and emotional healing give this podcast a perspective you won't find anywhere else because we're living it in real time. Who this is for: If you're internally driven and ready to stop making excuses, this is your show. If you've tried every quick fix and you're finally ready to address the real stuff, the mindset, the nervous system, the patterns you keep repeating, we're here to walk alongside you. We don't build dependency. We build people up to not need us anymore. That's the difference between what we do and what the wellness industry sells you. Whether you're looking for wellness for men, personal growth for couples, a no-BS fitness and movement podcast, or deeper work around shadow work and healing, we bring it all without sugarcoating it. Topics include: holistic health, real transformation, mindset shifts, personal responsibility, movement and mobility, spiritual growth, attachment theory, emotional regulation, masculine and feminine energy, gym ready tips, wellness without the BS, accountability, authentic living, and life transformation advice. New episodes twice weekly from Elevated Fitness and Mobility in Tonasket, Washington. It's time to stop surviving and start transforming. Connect with us: Instagram and TikTok: @cjelevatedlife Facebook: Elevated Life Web: cjelevatedlife.com