The 3 Million Step Awakening: A Health Journey Of Mind, Body And Soul
Do you have 8 Minutes to spare. Give 8 minutes and I will inspire you to do big things in your life…Join me on an incredible journey of transformation as I, a 300-pound man, take my health story one step at a time. In this podcast, I’ll share the highs, the lows, and everything in between—talking not only about physical weight loss, but also the mental and spiritual shifts that come with it. Every step I take on this yearly of my personal 3 Million Step Challenge is a step toward healing, and my goal is to inspire others to begin their own journeys, no matter where they are starting from. Together, let’s make a difference, one step at a time.
Episodes
8 episodes
I Walk Five Steps Ahead; She Still Keeps Me Honest
A single proverb changed how we chase health: go fast alone, go far together. Jay opens up about trading the lone-wolf mindset for a shared mission, and how walking with his wife transformed a 3 million step goal into a source of strength, conn...
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Episode 8
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11:38
20 Years Later: How Losing My Dad Rewired My Health Journey
A single belief can hijack a lifetime. I share how my dad’s joyful push toward health ended with a cancer diagnosis—and how that shock welded fear to my own weight loss journey for twenty years. Every time I made progress, a quiet voice said, W...
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Episode 7
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11:02
The Finish Line Is Just The First Door
What if the moment you finally reach your biggest goal feels more terrifying than triumphant? Jay pulls back the curtain on the uneasy truth about success: the closer he gets to three million steps and 65 pounds lost, the louder the questions b...
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Episode 6
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11:07
Choose Your Circle, Change Your Life
Some people loved you better when you were broken—that’s the uncomfortable truth that sparks this conversation about growth, support, and the circles that shape who we become. We pull back the curtain on the social side of change, from weight l...
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Episode 5
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10:24
I Tried to Out-Grind My Scale; It Ghosted Me Anyway
You can hit every target and still feel empty if the goal is powered by pressure. We open up about a hard two-week plateau on the road to 60 pounds lost—a stretch of no movement on the scale despite meticulous effort—and use it to unpack a bigg...
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Episode 4
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9:10
Life Is Hard… But We Get To Choose Our Hard
One thought can flip your entire story: you don’t get to skip hard—you get to choose it. We unpack how that simple truth reframes health, career, and relationships, and why comfort often hides a cost that shows up years later as regret, fatigue...
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Episode 3
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9:40
Be the Change: Transforming Your Health Journey Through Identity
Real transformation begins with identity, not just motivation or discipline, as I discovered when shifting from seeing myself as "on a diet" to embracing "a walker of three million steps." This change in perspective transformed my health journe...
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Episode 2
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9:06
The First Step: Starting Your Health Journey with Purpose
In this debut episode, I share the pivotal moment that kicked off my 3 million-step journey. It wasn’t about a perfect plan or waiting for the "right" time; it was about deciding that today was the day to take the first step. Join me as I talk ...
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Episode 1
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