Episode 107 Movement is Medicine with Kristina Hoyer (Part 1)

John talks to Kristina Hoyer — former US Navy rescue swimmer, entrepreneur, competitive athlete, yoga teacher, human performance coach, and chronic pain survivor. Having served in the US Navy for six years, Kristina left the service after sustaining a serious injury. Listen to her as she discusses her journey into the US Navy and life as a human performance coach. Listen to this episode to learn more: [01:30] - What made Kristina enter the Navy [08:12] - Kristina's experience in the Navy [11:12] - Her keepsakes from the Navy [13:50] - The reason she left the Navy [17:36] - Internal changes Kristina made so her identity is not tied to what she did/does [22:52] - How John's pain made him what he is today [25:14] - Some of the dangerous ways people pretend pain is not there [28:00] - The difference between happiness and joy [30:00] - About Re-Human coaching [32:21] - What makes her coaching unique [35:35] - Ideal client for Kristina [38:08] - What does a quick win look like  NOTABLE QUOTES: "No one job is who you are and no one thing is who you are like you're not only a mother or a father." "Figure out who you want to be, not what you want to do." "Pain leads to purpose, which leads to the platform." "The problem with most people is that they pretend the pain is not there. And some of the more dangerous ways that people pretend the pain isn't there is by trying to cover it up, putting salve on it, and using things like alcohol, drugs, and promiscuity. And none of those things are healthy because they don't help. All they do is push off what you're going to have to deal with anyway. And the further you push it down, the worse it gets." "Many times, people confuse happiness with joy. Happiness means I feel good about this at the moment because something is driving it at the moment. And as soon as the moment is gone, I am no longer happy. So striving for happiness is fool's gold." "Joy says, even in the midst of the most horrific things that could possibly happen in life, i.e., the Holocaust, I can still be filled with this sense of purpose. Joy is being fulfilled regardless of the circumstances."  "A lot of the time, when you've been living with a certain amount of pain for a long time, you don't necessarily realize how much discomfort you're in." BOOK MENTIONED: 48 Days to the Work You Love: Preparing for the New Normal by Dan Miller (https://tinyurl.com/48DaysBookDM)  USEFUL RESOURCES: https://www.kristinahoyercollective.com  https://www.instagram.com/kristinahoyercollective/  https://www.facebook.com/Kristina-Hoyer-Collective-112781317226104  https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinahoyer/  CONNECT WITH JOHN Website - https://thejohnhulen.com       Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/johnhulen       Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/johnhulen       Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/johnhulen       LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhulen       YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLX_NchE8lisC4NL2GciIWA        EPISODE CREDITS Intro music provided by Tony Palacios - https://www.instagram.com/tonytonedog/       Outro music provided by Jeff Scheetz - https://jeffscheetz.com/