EPISODE · May 3, 2021 · 9 MIN
It’s not the flu, it’s not covid, it’s me. I am the problem, I am the solution - lesson learned.
from Are you all in or faded in your freedom · host Branden MacKenzie
Felt off - questioned covid - got real and realized... I am the problem - I am the solution. Tired Wore out Head banging Taste and smell was off Chills Went back and forth for a week feeling better then worse. Today I feel normal - what the hell caused this. My mind jumps the gun thinking the flu / covid / life... So I took a little ownership of my mind instead of renting our my own truth to the stories of the masses. I am the problem I am the solution - how about you? Do you point the finger - ok ok maybe you now someone who is pointing the finger instead of asking the question what got me here. I made a list of all the shit I have done wrong VS the flu or covid or..... Here’s what I came up with For the last two weeks I have not drank as much water I backed off Vitamin C I backed off multivitamins’ I backed off amino acids I had 4 different times in the last 2 weeks family came into town and I ate like I was on vacation. I have slept like shit cause my baby girl keeps getting up at 1 am. There is a solution. I backed off walking in the AM as much. I backed off deep meditation settling for breathing meditation I shifted from a proactive state to a reactive state I shifted from moving within my day with power to forcing life as it was forcing me. What the hells the solution? What’s the path? What’s possibility? #1 Stop lying - this is on me. #2 Stop reacting - get back to moving from a place of earned power. How Own the morning Stop doing the shit that takes from my own ability to have a body on fire. My question for you? Where are you pointing the finger at a society accepted excuse? Where do you need to look in the mirror - take account of your actions? Where do you need to stop being reacting and starting owning your day being proactive with the things that make you - unchained from excuses and whatever life throws at you? Branden Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be! Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? I am recently completed this powerful program. I have learned a great deal in life from my success and or more from my failures. This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases. Becoming a better man, husband, father - a fighter so that I can continue to stand for what matters in life. I don’t want you to join the challenge! I don’t need you to join the challenge! I just believe you will rise within the challenge for you, your family - your journey. My responsibility is to lead you to the door as someone did for me. Step with courage! https://wakeupwarrior.com/creators/?ref=brandenmackenzie
What this episode covers
Felt off - questioned covid - got real and realized... I am the problem - I am the solution. Tired Wore out Head banging Taste and smell was off Chills Went back and forth for a week feeling better then worse. Today I feel normal - what the hell caused this. My mind jumps the gun thinking the flu / covid / life... So I took a little ownership of my mind instead of renting our my own truth to the stories of the masses. I am the problem I am the solution - how about you? Do you point the finger - ok ok maybe you now someone who is pointing the finger instead of asking the question what got me here. I made a list of all the shit I have done wrong VS the flu or covid or..... Here’s what I came up with For the last two weeks I have not drank as much water I backed off Vitamin C I backed off multivitamins’ I backed off amino acids I had 4 different times in the last 2 weeks family came into town and I ate like I was on vacation. I have slept like shit cause my baby girl keeps getting up at 1 am. There is a solution. I backed off walking in the AM as much. I backed off deep meditation settling for breathing meditation I shifted from a proactive state to a reactive state I shifted from moving within my day with power to forcing life as it was forcing me. What the hells the solution? What’s the path? What’s possibility? #1 Stop lying - this is on me. #2 Stop reacting - get back to moving from a place of earned power. How Own the morning Stop doing the shit that takes from my own ability to have a body on fire. My question for you? Where are you pointing the finger at a society accepted excuse? Where do you need to look in the mirror - take account of your actions? Where do you need to stop being reacting and starting owning your day being proactive with the things that make you - unchained from excuses and whatever life throws at you? Branden Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be! Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? I am recently completed this powerful program. I have learned a great deal in life from my success and or more from my failures. This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases. Becoming a better man, husband, father - a fighter so that I can continue to stand for what matters in life. I don’t want you to join the challenge! I don’t need you to join the challenge! I just believe you will rise within the challenge for you, your family - your journey. My responsibility is to lead you to the door as someone did for me. Step with courage! https://wakeupwarrior.com/creators/?ref=brandenmackenzie
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