WakeUP! 009: In Spite of Trauma, You Can Wake Up to Serve

In this episode, Monika interviews Rachel Elizabeth Murray, a celebrity fitness personality, certified trainer and nutrition coach, speaker, author, professional sports model, and actor. She teaches people to live by the motto that fitness is more than just physical. She shares that through her brand. She's here to help people get confidence back, reach for their potential, and live fitter, healthier, more awake lives.

Monika asks Rachel Elizabeth to rediscover her journey to wake up from the trauma  of rape, to a rebirth of faith and purpose. Monika and Rachel Elizabeth explore the steps taken, from running to escape her pain, to fitness training, starting a fitness lifestyle center, and leading others to heal. Rachel Elizabeth encourages all to dream bigger, and live healthy, fit lives, to get to the next level of their dream.

Get ready for Episode 9 with Rachel Elizabeth!

Key Takeaways:

[2:03] The only way Rachel Elizabeth could find to get out of her pain has been a combination of faith and fitness. Her relationship with God helped her heal from the inside out.

[2:29] Monika observes that after traumas we would have never wished to go through, once on the other side of them, we start to awaken to who we are, what we're here for, or how we're meant to be.

[3:20] Rachel Elizabeth talks about being sheltered early in life, and then being violently traumatized by rape. She attributes surviving the trauma to her faith in something larger than herself -- for her, it’s God.

[7:22] Rachel Elizabeth started running for the immediate gratification of endorphins, to release her emotional pain.

[8:23] Rachel Elizabeth speaks on how a friend introduced her to fitness training.

[9:20] Monika notes that running gave Rachel Elizabeth an activity she could control, with a predictable outcome -- an important factor when she felt out of control.

[10:10] Rachel Elizabeth recognizes that even though she got into the fitness industry to help people, she was not aware to what she needed personally in order to go forward, until recently.

[10:38] Monika asks Rachel Elizabeth to tell what she needed to see, hear, or become aware of, for her to wake up.

[10:50] Rachel Elizabeth recounts her own journey to discover God’s personal involvement in her life and business.

[17:56] Rachel Elizabeth speaks on how she was led to rename her business Cause Fitness, and wake up to her purpose.

[22:13] Monika cites Tribal Leadership by Dave Logan, saying, sometimes we need a never-ending timeline to allow the milestones to reveal themselves.

Mentions: Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization, by Dave Logan, John King, and Halee Fischer-Wright Causefitness.com