Most Influential Health And Wellness Professionals to Follow In 2022 While modern-day culture allows us to live life with more ease and convenience than ever, it also brings an ever-increasing amount of distractions and temptations
By Srivatsa KR
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Physical and mental well-being is integral to entrepreneurial success as our bodies act as the machine that drives our thoughts, actions and ultimately, the outcomes in our businesses. While modern-day culture allows us to live life with more ease and convenience than ever, it also brings an ever-increasing amount of distractions and temptations. Consequently, this has created a range of issues such as a lack of discipline, a poor mindset, procrastination and an unhealthy lifestyle.
For entrepreneurs seeking a healthier lifestyle in order to maintain a high quality of life in their personal and professional lives, below are 5 of the most influential health and wellness professionals to follow in 2022.
Johanna Godinez
Johanna Godinez is considered by many to be their "personal assistant for life". A businesswoman with an MBA, Johanna has spent the past 10 years working as a Lifestyle Success Coach. As the Founder of B.A.Y. Lifestyle and Beyond Asana Yoga School (Internationally approved by Yoga Alliance), Johanna offers an innovative approach to habit development, personal and professional coaching, and also lifestyle transformation.
By combining the deeper philosophy of Yoga, reflection, observation, and meditation, Johanna provides her students with tools to help them understand their mindset patterns and how it impacts their physical and mental wellbeing. According to Johanna, you can achieve your dreams by aligning your life with your inner values. To do that, she has developed a proprietary life-mapping process with which she facilitates self-discovery through inquiry and self-reflection. Based on what is uncovered, a plan is developed so her clients can take action intentionally, to achieve their desired state of existence.
Johanna believes that the coaching industry will dramatically rise in the next few years. She shares, "due to the current upward trend of stress, acquiring coping strategies that allow us to step back, take charge and breathe, will be a great asset for any individuals, especially those in leadership roles."
Justin Humble
Justin Humble is an executive and celebrity personal trainer based in Miami, Florida. During his time as a personal trainer, he has become renowned for working with multiple celebrities and professional athletes. Specializing in human performance and body recomposition training, Justin has accomplished his client's goals of body fat reduction while increasing lean muscle mass to enhance their physique with strong focus on movement quality and efficiency.
The foundations and core values of Justin's unique training style come from an athletic performance/strength and conditioning background that stems from his time playing college football. His online coaching business, The Humble Effect: Lifestyle Recomposition, is a 1-on-1 private coaching program that allows him to work with his clients closely by restructuring their current lifestyle. Justin then helps them to implement a custom effective training and nutrition plan to establish new positive habits to achieve any physique or performance goal.
Justin shares, "I believe we have 4 pillars of health: Physical, mental, emotional and financial health. Sometimes I will visualize it as 4 trees, for example if one tree gets sick and weak, it will spread to other trees around it and infect them, which weakens them all. It all starts with looking and feeling your best each day in order to also improve the other areas."
Alexa Noban
Alexa Noban is a health coach certified by the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. As a social media health and wellness content creator, she is currently completing her personal training certification by NASM. Alexa is highly respected in the industry, and is widely known to be successful in helping people improve their relationships with healthy eating and exercise.
One of the main reasons Alexa's brand is unique is because she practices full transparency with her audience. She remains open about her past struggles with eating, body image, and her history of mental health challenges. She speaks about her experience recovering from a binge eating disorder - why she developed this disorder in her teen years and what steps she took to fully recover from her debilitating illness.
Acting from a place of authenticity helps Alexa to build a high level of trust with her audience. She shares "I discuss the nuances of recovery, including transitions into orthorexia, food freedom, body acceptance, facing intrusive thoughts, and the ability to pursue health goals without relapsing. I have been open about dealing with anxiety, ADHD, grief, and depression. I speak about these issues to help destigmatize them and encourage those struggling to seek the help they need."
Brendan Ciano
Brendan Ciano is a social media content creator who shares motivational content on health and fitness, encouraging people to push past limits beyond what they believe they are capable of.
Brendan's goal is to continue building his social media presence to inspire and educate individuals to get in shape and push past adversity. Not only does he lift weights, he is also an avid runner, swimmer, cyclist and participates in other events that physically challenges him as an athlete. His content shows people how to improve in the gym, showcases realistic progress photos and nutritional education for healthy meals.
Brendan emphasizes that when we think we've physically given everything we've got, it's up to us to fight past the limit in our minds and keep going. He shares, "Speak your goals into existence and be self-accountable. The more you speak your desires out loud, the more likely they'll happen. Prove them wrong.
Justin Caviar
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These 5 health and wellness professionals all understand the importance of how much our personal wellbeing is reflected in our entrepreneurial success. Entrepreneurs all have the opportunity to serve at their highest potential. By maintaining consistency around their health and fitness habits, they will be able to improve their mental, emotional, and physical health which in turn will enable them to have more clarity on their business goals, vision, and overall mission.