Elizabeth Mullen Worachek

I never thought you could be happy in a job. I thought you were supposed to be miserable all the time. But when I left my former job after being burnt out, I thought my life was over. I had no idea what was going to be next, I just knew that I couldn't continue what I was doing. In the last 4 years, I've accomplished so much more than what I ever thought was possible, personally, because I was just happy. When you follow your passions and you follow your heart, you can get a lot done, and you drag people with you. They just follow you. I get told on the daily, 'you're the best boss I've ever had.' I'm not doing anything except empowering you to be the best version of yourself and bring people with you. That's all I'm doing. I think that's really important.

I think the biggest thing, because it is fitness, is that it's a slippery slope. Understand who you're talking to and speak to them where they're at, because fitness can be devastating for some people and it has a lot of mental pieces that go with it. So really know who you're speaking to and meet them where they're at, and guide them in the appropriate direction. It is not a one-size-fits-all. Every conversation needs to be with the individual, and do more listening than you do talking, because we are here to educate. But the education looks different for every single person.

Some of the bigger challenges are the get-fixed-fast mentality, the GLPs, the drugs, and the lack of education about what people are putting in their bodies, which is not long-term sustainable. We have to out-educate that and be louder than what social media and drug companies are presenting. It is not a quick fix, it's a lifestyle change, and we have to be consistent in reminding people that it is a lifestyle change. That's why, within our club, community is so important, because if you're just relying on a drug to create this fix, it's never going to last. When you develop a community, you create that lifestyle change. As for opportunities, I think we have a huge opportunity within fitness to show people what it really looks like. Even when we have everybody doing all of these viral pieces, that's great, but take the filters out. Show people really who they are and remove all the filters. Show people what it really looks like to be dedicated, to be disciplined, and to have that lifestyle change, and stop putting chemicals and all the things that are in food. This is 85% of the problem. You've got to fix the diet before you can do anything, because you can never out-train a diet.