Overview
On this episode of Build Your Network, Host Travis Chappell interviews Felicia Romero, online coach, eight-time fitness cover model and trainer on season two to Fit to Fat to Fit.
Topics Discussed:
- About Felicia Romero
- Most excited to be transitioning out of brick and mortar to all online coaching to reach more people nationwide.
- Tell us about your experience with a brick and mortar business.
- She felt that to be a respected trainer she had to have a brick and mortar business.
- It was a dream of hers and she opened her first gym right out of college.
- After that, she opened up a second gym with a business partner that was all trainer-based.
- The gym was very competitor minded, but after she got out of competition she was no longer passionate about it.
- She then sold her portion of the gym.
- She opened up a boutique gym that did group training.
- Similar to an Orange Theory membership model.
- She was always stressed and not making a ton of money
- She didn’t love the business side of things
- She then sold the business and it forced her out of her comfort zone.
- She’s now all online and about to do her own retreat.
- Talk about your decision to leave your comfort zone and step out online.
- She remembers being stressed and recognizing it and not doing anything about it.
- The pain has to be stronger than the fear, and that’s where she was.
- She didn’t get to take vacations
- She was married to the business.
- One of her biggest fears was letting people down.
- Change brings about amazing growth in your life.
- What does the next decade look like for you?
- She wants to continue to train online.
- She wants to transition into motivational speaking.
- She loves to travel and wants to continue doing that.
- Do you have a show you’re putting out right now?
- She’s considered the podcast space.
- She’s starting to do more YouTube.
- What was the most difficult thing you’ve found with people who invest money with you?
- Money is one of the highest forms of commitment.
- When someone invests in themselves, they tend to take it more seriously.
- People make things harder than they have to be.
- What are some of the different habits you try to help people create?
- She’s open about the extreme dieting she used to do.
- She gets a lot of women that have really bad relationships with food.
- She has women identify what foods are trigger foods for them.
- Why do we reward ourselves with food? It’s just food and we have to look at it differently.
- What do you think about fasting?
- She loves intermittent fasting.
- It’s awesome for brain cognition and function.
- Great for cleaning your gut.
- We put too much emphasis on food.
- Do you believe that what you know or who you know is more important and why?
- Who you know because if you don’t know the right people to get your message out, you’ll never be able to grow and build.
- You can always learn along the way.
- Who are some of the best networkers that you know and why?
- Lori Harder – she’s not afraid to ask questions and get people on her podcast.
The Random Round:
- What profession other than your own do you think it would be fun to attempt?
- If you could sit on a park bench with anyone for an hour who would it be, and why?
- Oprah
- Love her story and testimony – she’s a wealth of knowledge.
- How do you like to consume content best, books, blogs, podcasts, or videos?
- Books and podcasts
- Give us a glimpse of your morning routine
- Wake up early
- Bulletproof coffee
- Writes down her ideal day and batches
- What is your go-to pump up song?
- Anything from Justin Bieber
- What are you not very good at?
- Asking for help
- What is one place where we can find you online?
- Instagram @feliciaromero
Tweetable Quotes:
- The best things in life happen outside your comfort zone.
- Change brings about amazing growth in your life.
- Who you know is the most important because you can always learn along the way.
Resources Mentioned:
Buildyournetwork.com – Podcast website
BYN.media/fb – Facebook Group
Judgement Detox – book by Gabrielle Bernstein
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