Musician, motivational speaker, author, and host of the Focus on the Good podcast Jake Ballentine shares a very personal glimpse into his transformation journey and the challenges he's faced along the way in this very open and candid conversation.

We've all heard and probably used the phrase "failure is NOT an option" at some point in our lives. This episode takes a hard look about how failing is an instrumental element in true growth and progress.

Ralph Burd, our first guest from Australia, shares his travels, transformation, and his insights on the journey of life in today's podcast.

Nolan openly and candidly shares about opening an old can of emotional worms has led to issues involving a season of depression and anxiety.

Today is the one year anniversary of The Choosing2Change Podcast and Nolan reflects on the impact of the podcast in the last year and gives a preview of what will be different as the podcast continues to adapt and grow in the months ahead.

This episode continues last Monday's series by discussing the remaining four steps in John Maxwell's Seven Steps to Success: 4) Be willing to sacrifice pleasure for opportunity. 5) Dream big. 6) Plan your priorities. 7) Give up to go up

Rodney Este shares how DDPYOGA has transformed him in many ways beyond weight loss. We also have an open and candid conversation about the painful grip of depression, as well as discussing the powerful support system that is found in the DDPYOGA community.

In this motivation edition, we dive deep into John Maxwell's Seven Steps to Success: 1) Make a commitment to grow daily. 2) Value the process more than events. 3) Don't wait for inspiration. (Steps 4-7 will be covered next Monday)

Steve Langer shares his incredible journey a vibrant and colorful way as only he could. This is a very open and honest discussion about the painful grip of food addiction and is full of great encouragement for anyone who wrestles with addiction of any kind.

This is a hard-hitting episode (and it may very well be the that one some will choose to listen to because of the content) that talks about the extreme importance of keeping promises to yourself first!

In a very open and authentic conversation, Bryan Durren shares his amazing transformation journey and several of his lifelong struggles and how DDP YOGA has helped him cope with them.

Cat Arnett sits down for another incredibly powerful conversation, sharing what has happened in her journey since her first appearance in Episode 11 and talking about her plans for making 2016 her best year ever!

You can only get the results you want if you are working on doing the thing that will get those results. This episode discusses what is truly critical to losing fat and what is really optional.

Joe Robinson joins The Choosing2Change Podcast for this week's interview. We discuss his struggle with weight, the "ups and downs" along the journey, how nutrition is the key for sustained change, and the power of positive encouragement.

It's easy to get excited in January with the idea of new goals that lead to a new you. It's often easy to get overwhelmed by all the work that transformation takes in the month of February. This episode focuses on reframing failure and doing everything you can to make this a "No Fail February" as you seek to accomplish your goals in 2016.

BEFORE Pics are a critically important part of a transformation journey, but this episode may help you discover WHY they are REALLY important (and it's not so you can look back and see how far you've come).

Breaking points are not anything we treasure when we are walking through them; however, this episode points to the fact that those breaking points are pivotal to our growth in transformation and we should one day be grateful for them. Our breaking points should one day become holy ground in our lives.

As we seek to grow in a transformation journey, our investments in self-improvement are never wasted. We should celebrate every step toward our transformation goals, no matter how small we may think they are. Failure is an EVENT, nothing more. These are just a handful of the truths that are shared in today's podcast.

Life transformation is hard work, no doubt about it, but this journey is so much more about the heart and soul than it is the body, This episode focuses on the core essentials that are truly necessary for sustained change.

This episode concludes our three part series on effective goal setting. If you have not yet listened to Episodes 77-78, check them out first and then come back to this one. It's important to realize goals have not only reasons, but seasons. We discuss leveraged goals, "all-in" goals, and trusting the process in this teaching. This series will give you the building blocks to crushing your goals this year, and for many years to come.

Episode 78 - Effective Goal Setting Part 2 - This episode breaks down the practical SMART approach to goal setting. Through making sure our goals are Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-Sensitive from the outset, we can set outselves up for reaching those goals instead of allowing them to just be "great dreams" or "future wishes." You will walk away with real-life examples and sensible steps to setting your own SMART goals after listening to this edition of The...

Episode 77 - Effective Goal Setting, Part 1 - It's a really natural time to be thinking about new goals in the new year. This episode focuses on how build a strong foundation for setting goals in a way that will set you up for success in accomplishing them. This is a different but powerful approach that will help you examine "why" you want what you want.

Episode 76 - Diamond Dallas Page - Season Two of The Choosing2Change Podcast kicks off with a BANG as our most requested guest, Diamond Dallas Page, joins us for this amazing episode. We talk about the early days of DDPYOGA, the roots of motivation and sustained life change, how the DDPYOGA Now app is positioned to change the face of the fitness world, and we also chat about some of Dallas' favorite wrestling memories, including one of his favorite Dusty Rhodes stories. It's a discussion...

Episode 75 - Steve Yu - As Season One of The Choosing2Change Podcast comes to a close, Steve Yu, Director of the Oscar-nominated documentary The Resurrection of Jake the Snake and the President of DDPYOGA, joins Nolan as the final guest of 2015. Steve talks about his fascination with computers from an early age, his decision to leave the corporate world in order to tell inspiring stories, how his friendship with Diamond Dallas Page led to his role at DDPYOGA and the unintentional reach of...

Episode 74 - Driver's Seat or Content to Coast - In a very hard hitting motivation episode, Nolan tackles the importance of making dreams happen versus just waiting for things to change. Mindset and changing small habits consistently are the keys to life transformation. This episode will spur you to stop talking about it and start doing it!