How I Transformed My Life: 90 Pounds Down with Discipline and Goal Setting

Pursuit of Wellness

Mari Llewellyn

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Fitness, Nutrition

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Ep. 161 In this solo episode, I take you through my life story, from my childhood to where I am today. I reflect on key moments—like moving to America, struggling with self-harm, and overcoming mental health challenges—that shaped the person I am now. I also share the transformative journey of losing 90 lbs, starting a fitness business, and how I turned pain into passion to fuel my purpose. Through the highs and lows, I’ve learned valuable lessons that have been integral to my growth, confidence, and the life I’m building now. Leave Me a Message - click here! For Mari’s Instagram click here! For Pursuit of Wellness Podcast’s Instagram click here! For Mari’s Newsletter click here! Sponsored By: The holidays are closer than ever, so make sure you order by December 16th to get their gift (or yours) underneath the tree in time! Visit Carawayhome.com/POW to take advantage of this limited-time offer for up to 20% off your next purchase. Again that’s Carawayhome.com/POW to get new kitchenware before the holidays. Caraway. Non-Toxic cookware made modern. For a limited time only, our listeners get 20% off and Free Shipping on their premium starter pack when you use code POW20 at BranchBasics.com/POW20. That’s 20% off your order at BranchBasics.com/POW20 with promo code BON CHARGE is currently having a massive 25% off holiday sale that runs until 3rd January 2025. This is their biggest sale of the year so the perfect time to grab some wellness goodies including my favorite red light face mask. Just head to boncharge.com and your 25% discount will be auto-applied to your order. That’s boncharge.com. Visit clearstemskincare.com and use code POW at checkout for 20% off your first purchase. Again, that’s code POW for 20% off your first purchase on clearstemskincare.com. Topics Discussed 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:04:17 - Turning your pain to passion 00:05:39 - Mari’s childhood: living in Switzerland & the UK 00:07:41 - Move to New York & feeling out of place 00:11:01 - High school and parent’s separation 00:16:50 - College, making friends, and academic probation 00:20:01 - Sorority days and partying 00:23:07 - Meeting Greg and starting internships 00:25:11 - Self harm and BPD diagnosis 00:31:55 - Psychiatric treatment, medications, and rock bottom 00:35:36 - Dropping out of college 00:37:19 - Quitting medications cold turkey 00:39:35 - Starting my heathy and fitness journey 00:43:38 - Working at Orange Theory and graduating 00:46:25 - Viral before and after photos 00:48:22 - Workout guides, website, and first products 00:51:13 - Sampling supplements and launching bloom

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0:00.0	This is the Pursuit of Wellness Podcast and I'm your host, Mari Llewellyn.
0:09.1	Hi, guys. Welcome back to the pursuit of wellness and it's about to be happy new year.
0:15.7	We are about to enter 2025, which is so, so crazy. I feel like this past year has been, I wouldn't say it flew by
0:25.7	for me, honestly. I feel like a lot happened, but at the same time, it felt long. I don't know how to
0:32.5	say what I'm saying, but it felt like a lot of steps and like momentum happened in my life, but in a different
0:39.5	way. Like I feel like between 2016 to 2024, it was very much like a transformative time for me
0:50.5	and my like identity and my business. it was very like accomplishment focused and this
0:57.2	past year was a lot more about friendship and patience and um like learning more about myself from a
1:07.6	confidence perspective and it was like a lot happened business wise too but you know I was
1:13.5	also on my fertility journey like the focus sort of shifted so it was a very interesting year for me
1:18.0	and I'm excited to see what's in store for 2025 and hopefully you guys are excited as well I feel like
1:23.7	new years is such a time for reflecting thinking about okay, okay, where do I want my life to go?
1:31.0	Like how can I refocus?
1:34.0	Am I on the right path?
1:35.7	Where am I going?
1:37.0	What can I do to take steps to go there?
1:40.1	Can I push myself harder?
1:42.2	Should I be pulling back a little bit?
1:43.8	What areas of my life are important to me and I need to focus on more or less? What things do I want to change? I definitely have things this year that I want to change and focus on more. But I thought for this episode, for New Year's, I would sort of tell you guys my story from start to finish. And some of you may know
2:04.4	it already, but I feel like every time I tell my story, new details come out because I'm just
2:10.4	thinking back and remembering. And I've also realized and learned so much more about my journey
2:15.8	in the years that have followed it. I feel like the older
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