The Warrior Bloodline | David Bybee on Rebuilding From Rock Bottom

David Bybee is the head coach for Team USA Olympic Kickboxing, a world champion, and the author of the forthcoming book The Warrior Bloodline. He is also, in his own words, two people: the champion the world sees, and the quiet kid who was told daily he should have died. 

In this conversation, David and Misty trade stories that line up almost beat for beat. A collision at age five that killed his stepfather and disabled his mother. Years in a home where love went to everyone but him. A season in his twenties when he broke his back, lost his mother, lost his marriage, and lost his gym inside the same window of time. And the moment on a borrowed couch, homeless and in a plastic brace, when he nearly gave up and God had other plans. 

What comes out of it is a masterclass in choosing to get back up. Discipline over motivation. Small promises kept. Faith in the stillness. And the decision to hand his son a different voice than the one that echoed in his own head. 

A listener note: this episode includes honest discussion of childhood abuse, trauma, and a mental health crisis. Please take care of yourself as you listen, and reach out for support if you need it. 

KEY LISTENER TAKEAWAYS 

• A warrior is forged in private. The real fight is not the one people watch you win, it is the one behind closed doors that nobody sees. 
• You can be dominating in four areas of your life and still handcuffed in one, and that does not erase everything you have built. 
• Discipline outlasts motivation. Motivation is fleeting. The people who make it do the work on the days they do not feel like it. 
• Rebuild in small, incremental goals. Two steps today, one more tomorrow. Keeping small promises to yourself trains your brain to trust you with the bigger ones. 
• Speak it before you believe it. You have to speak it to believe it, and believe it to achieve it. Talk to yourself the way you would talk to someone you love. 
• Legacy is a choice made in the mirror. The cycle stops with one person, and that person is you. 

CHAPTER MARKERS 

Scaled to the final cut runtime of 53:57. Give each a quick listen and nudge by a few seconds if needed. 

[2:05] Who you are when nobody is watching[3:15] The one area we all stay stuck in 

[6:10] The Warrior Bloodline and what legacy really means 

[10:00] Imposter syndrome at the top of the world 

[12:10] The accident that changed everything at age five 

[14:50] Signs, dates, and an unshakable higher power 

[18:35] Breaking his back, losing his mom, losing his gym 

[24:30] The lowest point and the moment everything shifted 

[30:30] Discipline over motivation 

[34:15] Rebuilding two steps at a time 

[37:30] Step one, pray and sit in the stillness 

[40:10] The night his mother passed 

[44:00] Passing the torch to his son Austin 

[47:10] Three closing questions 

[51:30] Where to find David and support Austin 

STANDOUT QUOTES 

“A warrior is really forged in the furnace of battles that nobody sees.” David 

“A champion is somebody that gets up even when they can’t.” David 

“You are one decision away from a different life at all times.” Misty 

“You need to learn how to keep promises to yourself.” Misty 

“You have to speak it to believe it. You have to believe it to achieve it.” Misty and David 

“Nobody can break you, and that in itself is the advantage.” David 

REFLECTION QUESTION 

What battle are you fighting in a room no one sees? Sit with it this week, and ask yourself whether hiding it has cost you more than the battle itself. 

CONNECT WITH DAVID 

• Book: The Warrior Bloodline, with his editor now and releasing soon 
• Facebook and Instagram: WorldChamp X3• Support his son, Austin Bybee, in his main event fight on August 1st in Nashville, Tennessee 

CONNECT WITH MISTY 

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Misty Carson is the Founder and CEO of The Unbreakable Advantage Institute. She helps people reframe their past and step into the person they were forged to be. 

You were not broken. You were built. 

Transcript

SPEAKER_03 0:01

We've been through things that should have broken us. Trauma, loss, hardship. The kind that leaves a mark, but it also left something else. Something most people spend their whole lives trying to find. I'm Misty Carson, and it's time we stop surviving and start building with it. This is the unbreakable advantage. Our guest today is David Bibee, the head coach for Team USA Olympic Kickboxing, a world champion and author of the Warrior Bloodline. After surviving a lifetime of severe trauma, a career-ending broken spine, and total professional betrayal, David leaned on an unyielding faith in God and a warrior discipline to rebuild his life from a plastic back brace into a multi-million dollar martial arts empire. Today he helps leaders, entrepreneurs, and everyday overcomers weaponize their discipline, conquer their personal blind spots, and turn life's heaviest battles into their ultimate victories. He's here to show you exactly how to fight back, reclaim your territory, and ensure your legacy continues the march. Coach David, welcome to the show.

SPEAKER_00 1:10

Hi. Thank you for having me. I'm so excited to be here.

SPEAKER_03 1:12

Yes, same, same. So we were talking before the show, and it was so interesting how aligned some of the things that we have both experienced.

SPEAKER_00 1:22

Yeah, two peas in a pod. It's crazy. You know, it's I'm a firm believer everything in life happens for a reason. And I, you know, like you said earlier, I think destined for us to be here today.

SPEAKER_03 1:32

Yes. Yeah, I'm so excited. God brought us together. We both joined PodMatch at a similar time. Yes. So I'm still working my way through and trying to figure it out. Thank you so much for reaching out. Everyone is going to really love your story. I love that we both have warrior vernacular. Yes. Yeah, who would have thought looking at this that I would use the word warrior? But I will I will, just like you, I will shank somebody if they get in my way. So yes. So the introduction covers your resume. But before we get into the trophies and the empire, tell the listener who you are when nobody's watching.

SPEAKER_00 2:08

You know, that that's a scary question. Um, I'm two different people.

SPEAKER_01 2:13

Fair.

SPEAKER_00 2:14

Uh I am two different people. I am the person I want to be on the mats, and then I'm not the person I want to be off the mats. How does that mean? So, how do I I phrase it? I want to be the outgoing person. I want to be the person that's the life of the party. You know, there's there's an old movie, Van Wilder. I used to really love the character that Ryan Reynolds played. I'm like, I want to be that guy.

SPEAKER_01 2:40

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 2:40

And but and honestly, I'm quiet, I'm shy. You put me in a room, I you'll never even know I'm there.

SPEAKER_03 2:48

That is so interesting because that definitely is not the energy that I get from you. So when you say that you want to be those things, but you're not those things, is there something keeping you from being Van Wilder?

SPEAKER_00 3:02

Yeah, it's it's even if you know my story, if you know my history, it's it's still confidence issues. Yeah. You know, you know, I've gone, I've conquered the the tops of the world in certain aspects, but you know, it it's different.

SPEAKER_02 3:17

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 3:18

It's one thing to punch and kick somebody, but it's a completely different thing to talk to somebody. Yeah. So, you know, they're both battles.

SPEAKER_03 3:25

Something that you just said is really important, and I just want to touch on it and then we'll um keep going through what you and I had discussed. But people don't think about that. Like they don't understand that you can be on top of the world in four areas of your life, but something about what you've been through, there's that one thing that's still really difficult to push through that you have to continually work on. For me, it's relationships with the opposite sex. So that is my Achilles heel. And not because I am like crazy or a stalker, it's because I choose people and then don't expect very much from them. And that all comes from what I went through as well. That is my area. I have conquered professional, figured out how to be a good mom. I'm a great friend. I love philanthropy. I do a lot for my community. But when it comes to relationships, I am still a toddler. Yeah. And it's hard. It's a constant, constant work.

SPEAKER_00 4:27

I mean, I think we could all always improve in areas, but you're right. We have we're handcuffed sometimes. And uh it's learning how to set ourselves free is the hard part.

SPEAKER_03 4:38

Yes. The interesting thing is even if you're handcuffed in one area of your life, you can still be wildly successful in others. Yes.

SPEAKER_01 4:45

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 4:46

And and that's what people need to hear. Like, don't focus on that one thing that you still get a little stuck. That one thing, because everyone has something that they'll struggle with forever, with or without the trauma.

SPEAKER_01 4:59

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 4:59

You can't be good in all things. And this is an area that people need to recognize you can still grow and be a badass without being amazing at everything.

SPEAKER_01 5:09

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 5:10

Yes, super important. So you named your book, The Warrior Bloodline. Where does that title come from for you? And what does the word bloodline mean in this context?

SPEAKER_00 5:19

It's a it's a great question. So for me, the warrior bloodline really runs deep with my life. Um, I believe a warrior isn't just somebody that fights battles in the ring or whatever. A warrior is really forged in the furnace of battles that nobody sees. That that's where real warriors come from. Yes. You know, when you're behind closed doors, whatever, whatever those demons you're you're battling, that's where the real warrior person comes in. And my life has dealt with a lot of trauma, loss, all kinds of things, you know, that it made me choose. I could either be broken or stay down, or I could choose to get up and fight. And with those choices, I think everybody has that choice. You can either accept or deny. And in my case, I chose to deny. And that's how I kind of, you know, became the warrior for me. I had to build the arm around my head and my brain and my body and and move forward. Bloodline comes from legacy.

SPEAKER_01 6:19

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 6:20

And the legacy that I was given and what I choose to make different and then move forward for my family, my son, my wife, my my gym as a coach, the differences of what I choose to give to them and make them better from what I've learned from my life. So that's kind of a brief synopsis of where that kind of came from.

SPEAKER_01 6:43

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 6:44

The warrior that was forged and the bloodline of how I'm making it in a legacy. Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_03 6:51

Here we are again, aligning. I know I talked about the book, and I also use warrior credentials and it forged in fire, building your army. Those are all things I talk about in my book that's coming out also. And I like you, and we didn't talk about this a little bit earlier. Legacy is the most important thing to me. Come hell or high water. I don't care what it takes. My family moving forward will never be in the cycles that I was in.

SPEAKER_00 7:20

That's that's exactly where I'm coming from. It it's one thing I've learned through therapy.

SPEAKER_03 7:26

Shout out to therapy.

SPEAKER_00 7:28

Shout out to therapy. Well, I don't know. My therapist fired me in the very end. Yeah, it was it was a traumatic story.

SPEAKER_03 7:33

Oh, that's horrible. I've never heard of this.

SPEAKER_00 7:36

Yeah, I'll get into that later if we have time. But um, so the legacy that I want to have, uh what I've always strove for is a family. I've always wanted a family, and I've had many, many broken families, you know. And so now that I have my son, he is he is will always be my family. Now it's what can I give him to make him the best he can be? That's right. And what can I give him that he will be proud of?

SPEAKER_03 8:06

Yes. Yeah, it's so interesting. I just had a post this weekend. My daughter was doing my nails. So she's just turned 17, but she learned how to do nails. They're beautiful. She does an amazing job. Uh so hair? Yeah, she no, not yet. Not yet. Uh, but I don't know what she's gonna do with her life, but this is a creative outlet for her. But I'm sitting across thinking to myself, this is generational cycle breaking in real time. This her wanting to give her heart and service to me while it's just her and I in that moment, enjoying each other's love and company and having conversations about life, where she's going, what that looks like, those were not things that I experienced. So legacy is more than just monetary, although that is important to me. That's important. Yeah, I will leave my children with with wealth because money provides options.

SPEAKER_00 8:55

I've learned that that money does not make happiness.

SPEAKER_03 8:58

No, but it provides options.

SPEAKER_00 8:59

Yeah. And you can be miserable. No, it makes life easier.

SPEAKER_03 9:03

Yes, yes.

SPEAKER_00 9:04

You know, it just doesn't make it better.

SPEAKER_03 9:06

Correct. Yeah, and sometimes easier is all you need to get to better.

SPEAKER_00 9:10

Facts.

SPEAKER_03 9:11

Yes. Oh. So people meet you today and they see the world champion, the team USA coach, the dojo, the book, the sun following in your footsteps. But what do they not see when they look at you?

SPEAKER_00 9:26

Honestly, am I gonna be really honest? They don't see the the constant questioning and the imposter syndrome that I constantly still have to this day. Like going up and teaching in a room full of adults or a room full of fighters or uh another room full of coaches. I have to seriously beat that feeling down. Like I belong here. I'm here for a reason. So that's that's an underlying excuse me, issue that I deal with a lot still.

SPEAKER_03 9:56

Yeah. I appreciate the vulnerability there. Uh imposter syndrome is a real thing, especially when you've been through really tough things. Yeah. And you've came from a hard space. I talk about that a lot too. It's our pedigree. Like I literally, pedigree is a name you give to show horses and dogs, and also to people from generational wealth. And your voice inside your head tells you that you're not the right person to belong.

SPEAKER_00 10:23

That you don't deserve it.

SPEAKER_03 10:24

That's right. You don't deserve it. That you they're gonna find you out.

SPEAKER_00 10:29

That you don't belong.

SPEAKER_03 10:30

Yes. Even though you have all this evidence that you've made it, you've done the work. But somehow, and then learning how to tell that voice to shut the F up. Yeah, it's hard. It takes work. It's a very tough. It's a constant battle every day that never goes away. But being willing to fight it is the thing.

unknown 10:49

That is the thing.

SPEAKER_03 10:50

Yes, a hundred percent. So you were five years old when a head-on collision took out your stepfather and permanently disabled your mother. Take us into what your life became and the months and years right after that.

SPEAKER_00 11:04

Well, again, if I'm gonna be extremely raw and forward, my life was hell. I was in a head-on collision with a semi. I was ejected out of the car, and I don't remember the ejection. I don't remember, you know, God put his hand on me, honestly. I was flown out of car one scratch, if that, on me. And uh so after that, Chuck died in the accident. My mom was permanently disabled, and then I ended up having to live with her mom. And uh one would think living with your grandma would be a great thing, but she absolutely hated me and made me know that every day. That's so told told me almost daily she wished I would have died so the world would be less another worthless man in it. And um she never hit me, you know, but she tortured me, you know. She made me march outside until she felt I was she was satisfied and I didn't do it right, and I had to start time all over again. And and my sister, she loved my sister. Uh, she could do whatever she wanted, cook her elaborate meals, and I would just get bowls of raw spinach. That was my dinner for years, you know. So that it was it was rough, you know, coming up. Um, there's a lot there's a lot of issues.

SPEAKER_03 12:28

Yeah. I'm really sorry that that happened to you. Grandparents are supposed to be like the coolest, safest space ever. Uh, certainly my grandmother was really important to me. We talked a little bit earlier about you didn't really know who God was, but he's always kind of been there. My grandma was the first one to teach me that I didn't have to be um a victim to my circumstance and to allow Jesus into my heart and all of the things. And I can't imagine I feel like it's even one thing from a parent, but a totally another level from a grandparent.

SPEAKER_00 13:00

So I'll tell you a story that I didn't tell you prior.

SPEAKER_03 13:03

Yeah, I would love that.

SPEAKER_00 13:04

This is uh the first year anniversary of our our car accident. Our car accident happened December 3rd, 1982.

SPEAKER_01 13:13

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 13:13

Friday, December 3rd, 1982. Um, so December 3rd, 1983. Mom's out hospital, she's in like this shell type of body cast type thing. She's missing her right arm, and she's at home, so it was like almost normal life kind of thing. So uh we decided to do a celebration of life party. So I'm six by now. And uh so or five, almost six. Uh I cover up in tinfoil to, you know, she was a Statue of Liberty. Oh yeah, just kind of in and Christmas tree was plugged in and TV was there, we had people coming in, and so to celebrate, we're still alive, and I unplugged the Christmas tree.

SPEAKER_01 14:00

Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_00 14:00

And I plugged in the Atari to play Pac-Man while everybody else was doing this. And then right around 6 30, same time as a car accident, uh, there was a big storm that came out immediate just coming down like crazy. All the power in the house went Yeah. The Christmas tree that was unplugged turned on.

SPEAKER_02 14:20

Oh, I just got the chelsea.

SPEAKER_00 14:23

The radio turned on.

SPEAKER_02 14:24

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_00 14:26

And mom and Chuck's love song.

SPEAKER_02 14:29

Oh.

SPEAKER_00 14:30

Yeah. I shit you not. And uh everybody in the house freaked out. And my mom obviously was freaking out.

SPEAKER_01 14:38

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 14:38

But we knew at that moment in time. Like, I've always known that there's been a higher power, you know. I without even knowing, there's just, well, this is weird.

SPEAKER_02 14:49

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 14:50

And uh to fast forward December 3rd, Friday, December 3rd, 1993.

SPEAKER_02 14:58

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 14:58

11 year anniversary. We always had something crazy on December 3rd. The day I got my black belt with the wraps around my waist, yeah. Completely changed my life. That's the day that my trainer told me he would start training me to fight.

SPEAKER_03 15:10

That's amazing.

unknown 15:11

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 15:12

So it's almost like a I love that.

SPEAKER_03 15:15

Yeah, I am a big person with dates as well. Like dates uh seem to things seem to happen for me on dates that have some significant meaning. For instance, this is my newer version of the podcast. Been working on this for months, and tomorrow is my sister's birthday, and the first episodes are dropping. So I am huge on the dates. But the fact that that happened on the anniversary, I literally, my hair is still standing up.

SPEAKER_00 15:38

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 15:38

I believe in those things. I don't know how you can't believe in higher power when stuff like that happened.

SPEAKER_00 15:42

It's it's staring right in the face. It's sloppy.

SPEAKER_03 15:45

Yeah. It's like, hello, I'm standing right here. Oof. So you mentioned that you ended up living with a grandmother who, in your own words, harbored a deep physical um hatred. You also shared some of what your day-to-day life looked like. A lot of kids who are in that environment get crushed by it. And you know, that's very common. We talked about only half of us get up and fight, the other half stay laying down. You said it catalyzed something in you instead. When you look back, what do you think made the difference between being broken or being forged by it?

SPEAKER_00 16:19

That's a great question. And I think everybody goes through that same question. You know, you I think it comes down to mentality. It's why me or I don't care. And I turned that hatred and that trauma into anger. And for me, it was like, oh yeah, it was almost like what they classify now, ODD, obsessive dis something, the disobeying disorder or whatever.

SPEAKER_03 16:50

Disobedient disorder.

SPEAKER_00 16:51

Yeah, that's and uh because I was like, okay, uh, watch me succeed. You say I won't, I will. You know, um, so maybe there's a little bit of that. But I think everybody has that fundamental question. It's like, okay, are you just gonna accept what they say or are you gonna prove them wrong?

SPEAKER_02 17:09

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 17:11

And so for me, I wanted to prove everybody wrong.

SPEAKER_03 17:13

Yes. Isn't it interesting how so many people have opinions about what our life should look like?

SPEAKER_00 17:18

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 17:19

It that's happened my whole life as well.

SPEAKER_00 17:21

You should do this and this and this.

SPEAKER_03 17:22

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 17:23

Or they don't.

SPEAKER_03 17:24

Yeah, or oh, well, you were such a good student and now you're a teen mom. So your life is over. Like, good, like, I'm like, why is it over? Who says it has to be over? Well, I mean, what are you gonna do with that statistically? Well, I don't give a shit about statistics. I give a shit about the choices that I make. Yeah. You're like, you're one decision away from a different life at all times.

SPEAKER_00 17:42

Beautiful. Yes. Beautiful.

SPEAKER_03 17:44

All times. Good or bad. Facts. Right. So the other thing that was so important to me, we're talking about legacy a little bit earlier, and this just popped into my brain. So many times I start and I quit, and I start and I quit, and I'd start and I'd quit because the voices in my mind would tell me I didn't deserve it, or who was I to think I could have it, or this is a pipe dream, you can't like escape these things, even though incrementally I'm getting farther and farther and farther away from where I started. And I really needed to finish things because I want my children to see that no matter what choices you make that take you off the trail, you can always make another one and detour right back on it again. That's right. It doesn't matter if you are 20 steps away, 50 steps away. Same.

SPEAKER_00 18:29

Right. But I've also made a lot of good choices and I've also made a lot of U-turns.

SPEAKER_03 18:34

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 18:34

Turn myself around.

SPEAKER_03 18:36

Yes, I know. Got a hokey pokey sometimes. A hundred percent. So we're gonna fast forward. You're 26. Yes. You break your back, you lose your mom, and you got fired from your dojo, all in the same period of time, the same window of time. Walk us through that season of your life.

SPEAKER_00 18:56

Ooh, again, being brutally honest, you know, I would just put it all out there. Uh, it was the roughest moment of my life. That was if I was to call the low of my lows, I hit the lows. And again, it also gave me an opportunity to really grow in my faith at the same time. Um there was issues with my uh wife at the time, you know, the going on, underlying wasn't sure what's happening, and and uh I kind of a lot of stress. I found out that she was going away with another man on our anniversary to where we got married, actually. And uh that kind of was the catalyst of of everything kind of imploding. And uh so I actually went out with some friends on some wave runners to try to blow some seam off, and that's how it broke my back.

SPEAKER_02 19:48

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_00 19:49

And uh I came down really hard and I just searing pain across my back. So, oh I was like, I was like, uh, I can take it, like whatever. And I got done. I went home next morning and I couldn't walk. I I fell out of the bed and I was had to crawl. I was like, man, I threw my back out. And uh so I crawled to my phone, called my stepdad. I was like, John, come get me. He picked me up and I went to a chiropractor and I treat he tried to stand me up, but I'm like trying to stand up on the wall so you take x-rays, and and I'm like screaming, and he takes an x-ray and comes like this dude's like, I can't help you, you need to go to the hospital. Your back is broken.

SPEAKER_02 20:25

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_00 20:25

I was like, Oh no, and so at this point in time, it's like I I couldn't go, I couldn't go to the hospital. I I had an after-school program, I had to go pick up kids. It was like I was uh drive people, so I called a buddy, they came, they jumped in the van. I'm in the passenger seat holding on, and I'm like telling them where to go. And then finally we picked up all the kids. Wow, because this is the only source of revenue I had. Yeah, and and honestly, in my book, I talk about me wanting to always prove people wrong. And her parents, my my wife's parents at the time, constantly told me to quit. Now they hail they helped finance and they they were helpful in that aspect, and I paid them back, but they were always like, You need to give this up, get a real job. This is never going to be successful. And so that was actually what I needed to push forward.

SPEAKER_01 21:15

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 21:16

But uh, so, anyways, I I finally I get everything done. I had some of my students covering the classes, and then they took me to the hospital, and you know, I got rolls in the hospital, they put me on the table, and I just remember screaming because my whole body was on fire. And uh all of a sudden I was out, and then I woke up and I'm in a bed. So I'm in the bed, I'm alone, completely alone, and I was in there for about a month. I ended up getting a uh pick line uh because a little bit later, because I ended up getting an infection in the hospital. Oh my god, it almost killed me. And uh, so I'm in the hospital, and for about a month, uh nobody was coming to see me. I was just sitting there just waiting. It away and and uh one day my wife at the time comes in, she actually brought my son, and you know, I try to hold her hand and she pulled her hand away. She goes, I uh her boyfriend that she was seeing, I don't want to say his name, she goes, he wouldn't like that.

SPEAKER_03 22:17

I was like, I was like, I don't like it.

SPEAKER_00 22:20

I'm like, F you. I'm like, yeah, like you're my effing wife. Right. You know, I was like, yeah, I'll hold your hand if I want. And so then she took my son and she she left. So it was it was a really, really tough time. And then a doctor came in and uh told me, Well, you need to give up everything you're doing because you're never gonna do this again.

SPEAKER_02 22:41

Nope.

SPEAKER_00 22:42

And and that hurt.

SPEAKER_02 22:44

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 22:44

And honestly, I I think I caved for maybe a few hours where I was just like, I just gave up laying there. And then and then it switched. Then the fighter came back and I was like, no, F you, I'm I'm I'm gonna prove you wrong. And then at that moment in time, I started like they got me this plastic shell, they wouldn't do surgery because I didn't have any insurance. And uh yeah, so like we're just gonna let it heal on its own, you know. I know it was crazy. So my my spine is kind of like this right now.

SPEAKER_02 23:15

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 23:15

But um, so I ended up slowly starting to walk, you know, with this shell on, and after a month I get released, and then uh I end up going back to the hospital because I got the infection, and then that's when they gave me the pick line that I had for like three, four months. Yeah. But uh I remember one moment I I the lowest of my lows. I told you this earlier.

SPEAKER_01 23:43

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 23:44

And uh I'm laying on this couch. Luckily, this family took me in and I was homeless. I had nothing. And uh I I'm laying on this bed and I was like, that's it, I'm done. I'm like, I I can't do this anymore. My life is over. My my wife, the love of my life has left me. I can't see my son. You know, everything is done. And I I just gave up. And so I rolled out of the little cot that I was in. I strapped on my back race and and I s stumbled all over the kitchen, and then I uh took every pain pill I had, took the whole bottle, and and I'm not happy about that. But I went back, I laid down, and I said a prayer. And some like I woke up half a day later. Yeah, and uh like just in a fog big rog, and and my voice was even like all messed up. I could hear it, just didn't audibly sound right. And I remember going, Oh my god, what did I do?

SPEAKER_02 24:45

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 24:46

And then and I knew right then and there God had a different plan for me. One, two, how can I do that to my son?

SPEAKER_02 24:54

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 24:55

I knew I had I had him to fight and live for. And uh so I changed my mindset at that point in time, and uh I started trying to rebuild myself. I would try to make my core strong, you know. I was trying to walk more. I was trying to eventually I got to point where I was able to like push-ups and just, you know, just trying to rebuild my life from there.

SPEAKER_03 25:19

So that's kind of I appreciate the vulnerability. There are so many people who will be listening who can relate to everything that you just said in that moment where you're like, it's just easier to have it all be done. And then realizing also in that moment, holy shit, what did I just do? And then like having it be like the ultimate catapult into what's next. And there's something to be said about being a fighter in spirit in general, and then getting to your lowest moment and how much resilience and strength you can grow after those moments. But I'm a firm believer, and we talked about this a little earlier. God put us through certain things, and now it's our responsibility to share those things so that other people can know they're A, not alone, and B, there are other options and see that you still get to create your own story. Yeah. Everyone else does not get to decide what your life looks like.

SPEAKER_01 26:20

That's true.

SPEAKER_03 26:20

You do. And that's the whole reason why we're here. So you have this image of yourself in this rigid plastic back brace on the dark couch, facing the urge to quit. You talked about what you did, but what were the thoughts in your mind that were leading up to that time?

SPEAKER_00 26:37

Leading up to making me do that?

SPEAKER_03 26:38

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 26:40

Just that every voice, negative voice in my head, from my nanny to my stepfather John, to just everybody telling me that I can't and should give up was blaring in my head over and over and over again.

SPEAKER_02 26:53

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 26:54

You know, I felt worthless. I was like, shit. I was like, my wife doesn't even want me.

SPEAKER_02 26:59

Yeah. That's so tough.

SPEAKER_00 27:01

You know, like, and then I built to go back and earlier in our in our conversation, I built a a facade of two people. You know, there's David Bybe, the world champion, David Bybee the the trainer, and then there's me. You know, the quiet, shy, you know, just you know, fly on a wall. My whole persona was David Bybee the champion at that point in time, 100%.

SPEAKER_02 27:29

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 27:30

And my value, my self-worth was built on what I ended accomplished. And that was the only reason why people like me. It was because I was David the champion, David this, you know. And uh then when I was no longer that or was told I can no longer be that person anymore, I was like, why would anybody like me?

SPEAKER_02 27:52

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 27:53

There's no reason, you know. And I was like, shit, my whole wife doesn't even like me. You know, so that's those are the voices in the head. And I sadly I succumbed to them.

SPEAKER_03 28:05

Yeah. But God didn't let it happen.

SPEAKER_00 28:08

God did not let it happen.

SPEAKER_03 28:09

Yeah. So he was like, that's not where we're going with your story. No, not gonna happen. I appreciate everything that you're saying because I talk about that a lot also. It's not just our own voice that tells us that we don't belong or that we shouldn't be here going back to that imposter syndrome. But when you've heard your whole entire life from the people who are supposed to love you and who know all the parts of you that no one else in the world knows, they knew more about you before you even understood what your name was. And they're the ones who are saying those things to you. It's an entirely different layer of what do I do with this information.

SPEAKER_00 28:43

Right. It is, you know, and it's it's tough. And it you really have to become that warrior mindset. Yes, you know, because I didn't live the the best life, and I know there's people out there that have lived worse lives than me.

SPEAKER_02 28:59

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 29:00

You know, I'm nothing special in my mind, uh, other than the fact that I made a choice.

SPEAKER_02 29:04

Yep.

SPEAKER_00 29:05

And as you beautifully said, you're you're one choice away, one decision away from a new life.

SPEAKER_02 29:10

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 29:11

Better or worse.

SPEAKER_02 29:12

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 29:12

You're one decision away. So, you know, that's I just made a decision. Yeah. I was like, I'm not gonna let this happen.

SPEAKER_03 29:20

That's right. I uh want people to to to just think about that not only are they only one decision away, but this is all stuff we all go through. No one talks about this shit, which is why I want to talk about it. Yes, like because like keep it, we hide our past like we should be ashamed. Yeah, and that is that is a bullshit lie that people have told us. They tell us this is something that we have to get over. Right. And do I do believe in therapy? I I I I therapize myself a lot. Like therapy has helped me a ton, but I also don't subscribe to the notion that I need to hide these parts of me or that this is something I have to get over or overcome. I believe that it's what makes me uniquely uniquely gifted and um powerful in the things that I do. And I believe the same for you. Yes. And I want people to see themselves through a different lens, the lens of how you and I would see each other through. Like I have nothing but admiration sitting here for you. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 30:26

And that's hard to accept. I get you know, I get that. It's hard to accept.

SPEAKER_03 30:31

That's the piece of you that still gets stuck.

SPEAKER_00 30:34

It is. You know, it's part of the the problem that I have, and I assume if I have it, I know there's people that have it too, is I'm constantly yearning for approval, yearning for acceptance, yearning for the attaboy. Good job. Yes. You know, it's like I I feed off that and I shouldn't. And I know that now, but even now when people give you what you want and are craving, you don't believe it. Yeah. Oh no, you're lying to me.

SPEAKER_03 31:06

Yes, but you still want to hear it. Yeah, we talked about that a little bit earlier before we were on the cameras, that people uh they don't understand that it's okay to be thriving in certain areas of your life. And everyone has that one thing. And it usually comes from a deep suited, a deep rooted uh trauma that we've been through. And it makes complete sense when you were treated that way your whole life that you need those attaboys to feel like you belong. It makes complete sense that you succumbed to those voices and thank God that God didn't let it happen.

SPEAKER_00 31:37

Um, definitely here for a reason.

SPEAKER_03 31:39

And and for me, like I said, my Achilles heal is because I was sexually abused for so long during my formative years, and then my family did nothing about it when they found out about it. That built something in my mind that messes up that part of my life. So, and and I still work through it constantly. Like you said, it's still every day I have this gladiator battle in my mind about the things I still need to work through.

SPEAKER_00 32:04

And it we have a choice every day, and it's discipline.

SPEAKER_03 32:09

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 32:10

At the end of the day.

SPEAKER_03 32:11

Oh, yes, preach.

SPEAKER_00 32:12

We have to be disciplined in our approach in all aspects, mentally and physically. Now, discipline is easy if you're motivated. If you're excited about something, discipline's easy. It's easy to go do whatever you got to do, but it's when those days happen where you're not motivated.

SPEAKER_01 32:27

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 32:28

That's when discipline is really important.

SPEAKER_01 32:31

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 32:32

That's when the true test of your faith, your your limits, your abilities are on the days where you need sad discipline.

SPEAKER_03 32:39

Thousand percent.

SPEAKER_00 32:40

You do it or not, that's it comes down to your discipline.

SPEAKER_03 32:43

Motivation is fleeting. Yep. Yeah. I told my kids the entire time they were growing up the difference between success and not being successful is that successful people will do the shit that needs to get done even if they don't feel like it. And that is discipline.

SPEAKER_00 32:58

So you know what I say? This is so funny. A champion is somebody that gets up even when they can't.

SPEAKER_03 33:03

Yes. Same story, different package. Yeah, I totally get it. I it because it has nothing to do. You can be excited and you can be all the things and read all the books, but if you don't choose to, I mean, there are days still that I even yesterday morning, I'm like, I have so much stuff to do, I don't feel like it. And I was like, Misty, get your ass onto the thing and do the thing. And I did it, and life was fine. And then once you start doing it, you feel good. But you just, it's a choice. Everything is a choice. So you said, speaking of choices, you said you chose unyielding faith and mechanical exit execution instead of quitting. What does mechanical execution look like when your body can't move and your career is gone?

SPEAKER_00 33:47

Small incremental goals.

SPEAKER_03 33:51

People could take a lesson.

SPEAKER_00 33:52

Small goals. So first goal, I'm gonna get up hospital. First goal, they put this uh plastic strap, the uh like shell that they formed my body. So I couldn't move without it. So here, and then I could literally get out of bed, stand up, and that was it. Uh I had to lay back down. And they put the straps on me, help stand me up, and like, oh okay, good job. I'm like, I said, it's like fuck it. You know, yeah, I'm I'm gonna take two steps today. I don't I don't give a shit what happens.

SPEAKER_01 34:25

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 34:25

And I had said that out loud. Love it. And you know, and they're like, okay, it was like, yeah, like two steps. And then I was one, two, well, two is actually four, because I could go actually two backs. Yes. Oh no. Then I had to go back and then you know lay it out. And every day I was like, I'm going one step farther, one step farther, one step farther. Just small incremental goals, you know. And sometimes we get blinded. Even I deal with athletes today, it's like, oh, I want to be the champion. Great. But what are you gonna do before then?

SPEAKER_02 34:56

Right. How are we gonna get there?

SPEAKER_00 34:57

How are we gonna get there? Right. Yeah. So it's wonderful to have that long goal, but you gotta what are the steps, the processes you're gonna take to get there? You know, and that's that's the important part.

SPEAKER_03 35:08

Great advice. You gotta start with those micro goals. And the other thing that we don't think about that's really important to understand is you need to learn how to keep promises to yourself. So when you're making small goals and then you show up for yourself over and over again, you're training your brain to believe that you're gonna do the things. So when you ask it to do harder things, it's like, oh yeah, we got this. Right. Yeah, but you got to start with the small things. Yes. Yeah, I love that. So you said the cycle stops with the person in the mirror. Completely agree, by the way. You also said the very first step toward reclaiming your territory does not belong to a doctor, a boss, or an ex.

SPEAKER_00 35:45

It doesn't.

SPEAKER_03 35:45

That's right. Nobody gets to own shit about me. That's right. And that's my OD card. So, so to someone who's listening right now, who is in their version of that couch, what is step one?

SPEAKER_00 35:59

Pray.

SPEAKER_03 36:00

Oh, I love it.

SPEAKER_00 36:02

And that was your first step. And be okay in the stillness. Be okay with the quiet. Yes. Because that's when you'll find out.

SPEAKER_03 36:15

Yes. I think the reason that so many of us have a difficult time with the quiet is because if they're anything intrusive. Yes, if they're anything like me, when things get quiet, all I think about is either a all the things I'm not doing right or all the things where I'm still falling short because those voices also attack me on a constant basis. Or I think about the things that I've been through. Am I doing enough? I measure myself against what I've done, what I've not done. Yeah. And learning how to sit with that and then diving deeper to figure out where that is coming from so that you can address that thing is a very painful exercise. It is. So so many of us give up before we get there. Yeah. But if we keep trying, just like you did, you'll get to the bottom and then you'll be like, okay, now I know where it comes from. And knowing where it comes from is the most important thing. Doesn't mean you're gonna make the right decisions. Doesn't mean the voices still aren't gonna come. Because they do, but if you'll always be there. But if you know, you can have some grace with yourself.

SPEAKER_00 37:16

Yes.

SPEAKER_03 37:17

And you can let it go a little bit easier.

SPEAKER_00 37:18

You know, and that's that's the one thing I will give credit to the therapists that I had until I was fired.

SPEAKER_02 37:24

That's so crazy.

SPEAKER_00 37:26

It was a bad story. Um it it because I did bury all of this for years. Yes, even my traumatic split with my my trainer and all this stuff that was going on. I just I used it as fuel, unhealthy fuel. Yes, you know, but that's my whole life was just built on, okay, I'm gonna prove you wrong. And you know, so I appreciate that fuel, but I also know that that was hurting me at the same time. So my therapist was able to kind of get me to face those. And honestly, like that's why I'm able to talk about it. Um, my mom, like, when she passed, it was uh uh uh here's another amazing story, uh to you know, coincidences so the night my mom passed, I was in between, I was training at a different facility working there because I had this bad split with my one trainer, and I'm trying to figure out what's going on. My my girlfriend fiance is pregnant with my son, and I'm I I wake up in the middle of the night, my head is just spinning.

SPEAKER_01 38:34

Right.

SPEAKER_00 38:35

Well, let's backtrack before I go to bed. I'm thinking about what am I gonna do? I'm I'm gonna start my own gym, how am I gonna do this? And I was like, Oh, my sister, she's an artist. I'm gonna call my sister. So I try to call my sister, and and she's in Kentucky, and all of a sudden my mom answered the phone. I was like, Oh, it's like wrong number. Yeah. Then she goes, Oh my god, I'm gonna kill you. Oh that's the last word she said to me. Oh, that is crazy. Yeah, that is crazy. So fast forward, I wake up in the middle of the night, I'm just laying there, and my mind is racing, and it's just going through all these different things. And then for whatever reason, I just sat up out of the bed, I looked at the clock, it was 3 02 a.m. And I laid down, fell asleep. Oh, and then right around four something, John comes pounding on the door. Mom died. Oh, she was pronounced dead at 3 05.

SPEAKER_03 39:22

Oh my god. Yeah, and you were like awake and then asleep.

SPEAKER_00 39:25

Yep. And then uh, so my sister flew down and she was staying with her father, different fathers, her father and her uh stepmother. Her stepmother hated my mom. And and who would on the day after their mom dies start talking trash about their mom? But Joan did. And so there, my sister was outside crying, sobbing, and there's this red dragonfly on his car. And Joan comes out and starts talking all this mad trash about you know how worthless our mom was. And the dragonfly started attacking Joan. Made my sister freak out. So my sister r takes a beeline, runs in the bedroom, the bedroom alarm clock is flashing at 3 02 a.m.

SPEAKER_03 40:07

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_00 40:08

So we both in we both believe mom passed at 3 02. She passed at 3 02.

SPEAKER_03 40:12

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 40:13

But I was dead at 3 05.

SPEAKER_03 40:14

Yeah, that makes complete sense. Oh, I got the chills again.

SPEAKER_00 40:18

I uh I am a huge believer that our loved ones come visit us and either insects or birds or there's more stories of the than where my mom is coming to visit me is that red dragonfly all throughout my life. It's it in monumental, even the birth of my son. Yeah. Dragonfly on the windowsill of his window. I totally believe that. Yeah, it's it's it's crazy.

SPEAKER_03 40:37

My grandma was a butterfly for sure. And I was like, hey grandma, she's flying by. And my dad is a red cardinal. Every time I see a red cardinal, I know it's my dad, 100%. So your son Austin, you know, pride and joy just won his professional fighting debut.

SPEAKER_01 40:51

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 40:51

You're passing the warrior torch to him. What is the one thing you needed someone to tell you in your early 20s that you have made sure to tell him?

SPEAKER_00 41:03

That is a good question. One thing I never had was somebody tell me that I could.

SPEAKER_02 41:13

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 41:14

So I make sure I tell him how proud I am of him, regardless of what he's doing. Because he's so talented in fighting. You know, I'll never tell him this, but he's probably a better fighter than I ever was. You know, it's like he's gonna hear it now. Yeah, he's gonna hear it now. But uh, you know, he's he's just he he will be the king of kickboxing. That's his goal. But like he's so talented with filmmaking and and all that uh he just he's just so good. And so I try to tell him how proud I am of him constantly, that it doesn't have to be because of his accomplishments in the ring. I don't want him to have the same mental uh disabilities that I have.

SPEAKER_03 41:56

Yeah. Well, the same, the same setbacks, right? The same voices in your mind. You want a different voice echoing in his brain, and I appreciate that. Uh it's really important for me too. One thing, I was a teen mom and we talked about that a little bit. So I didn't necessarily make the best decisions when my kids were young. I mean, I was a kid trying to figure out and I had terrible role models. Right. Right. So I have gone and since, as my children have become adults, and even when they were in their teen years, I got much better at it. Um, but I have told them, I know I failed you in this moment. I didn't show up the way I wanted to. If I could go back and do it again, this is what I would say, or this is how I would do it. You're not crazy.

unknown 42:36

No.

SPEAKER_03 42:36

I I was not great in those moments. So whatever you think and feel about your childhood's valid. I I wish I could have done more. I wanted to do more. I'm gonna do the best I can for you moving forward. But there's something about owning that. I feel like my once that happened, I feel like my kids just kind of released it because I acknowledged it. Brilliant and uh I actually forced my um my dad who adopted me passed away from COVID. But before we had a beautiful visit, he came to see me. I was living in Pennsylvania, and I made him like own all of his shit. I'm like, I want to hear you say it. Like, I want to hear you say those things that I'm not crazy, that that that shit happened to me, and you knew and you were part of it. Like I and he did, and we talked and we cried and I got to let it all go and thank God for that because he passed shortly after that. But it there's something uh purifying about somebody acknowledging that your mind is not full of shit. Yeah, you know, that it's not for naught. Right. So you told me the person you most want to reach through this story is your son. If Austin is the only person who ever listens to this episode, what do you need him to hear from you and your own voice that he might not hear any other way?

SPEAKER_00 43:56

Number one, I love it. Love that. I've always choked myself about saying it. Number two, he can do anything. He can literally do anything, and don't let life or anybody tell you otherwise.

SPEAKER_03 44:12

Love it. So true. Like no one gets to do it for us. So I have three closing questions. We're getting to the end, David. Coach David. So these are these are my favorite. I ask every guest this. Okay. So what does the unbreakable advantage mean to you?

SPEAKER_00 44:29

It's a good question. The unbreakable advantage is to me is our internal self. Nobody can break you. Don't allow anybody to break you. And then in itself, is that's the advantage we hold over anybody. It doesn't matter what you say to me, I can choose to believe it or not. That's right. You know? So your words shouldn't have that effect on me. I shouldn't allow them to do that. And that should be my unbreakable advantage I have over you. It doesn't matter what you say or do to me, you will not break me.

SPEAKER_03 45:02

I love it. And what did you have to let go of to become who you are today?

SPEAKER_00 45:07

Pain. That's why I'm talking about holding it anymore.

SPEAKER_03 45:13

It's hard, isn't it?

SPEAKER_00 45:14

It is.

SPEAKER_03 45:15

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 45:15

It is you have to relive it. And then even with the hard part, like even telling my parts of my story here, it makes me feel like a loser.

SPEAKER_03 45:27

You are definitely known.

SPEAKER_00 45:28

But I I I respect that and I appreciate that, but it sets the feeling. It's like, wow, like I'm telling people how bad I am.

SPEAKER_03 45:36

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 45:36

You know, even though I didn't have anything to do with it.

SPEAKER_03 45:40

So I I definitely resonate with what you're saying. I don't use the exact word loser or um I use the word damaged. And yeah. So I I feel like I'm damaged goods.

SPEAKER_00 45:53

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 45:54

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 45:54

So and return luggage.

SPEAKER_03 45:56

Yeah, exactly. Yeah, like the, you know, the clothes that were supposed to be on the designer line and they sell at TJ Maxx because the stitching's not quite right. Like that. So I can resonate with what you're saying. And that is something we have to fight every single day as well. But I can promise you that you are not. And that you are an amazing human, divinely created by God, who went through all those things to sit here today because somebody needs to hear your story and somebody's going to get up off the couch.

SPEAKER_00 46:26

You know, and and that motivates me right there, not just here, but in my daily life as it is. Because I'm a sit on a pulpit, if you want to call it that. Uh I teach, I've trained thousands of people, and I teach hundreds of people, you know, in my gym, and then I'm teaching people all over the country and the world. I'm training people. But it's I have an ability to give something to people. You know, it's a strength, a voice, whatever it is. And that's the motivation for me now. Like I have people in my gym because I'm with them more often, but whether it's training them to become black belts or training them to become fighters or whatever it is, I'm giving them the tools to make themselves better.

SPEAKER_03 47:10

That's right.

SPEAKER_00 47:11

And and that is rewarding and fulfilling. And and I get those times sometimes where people will write me a message and be like, Man, if it wasn't for you, I won't even remember who they were.

SPEAKER_02 47:20

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 47:20

You know, it was years ago. Yes. Like, um, they'll write say, Man, because you I was nine years old when you did this, and you you showed me X, Y, and Z, and and I'll always be thankful for that. And it's just like, oh yeah, it's just that's that's so important. It really helps me.

SPEAKER_03 47:35

Yeah. Same. I it ha it can't be for nothing.

SPEAKER_00 47:38

No. Right? Right.

SPEAKER_03 47:39

So if I'm gonna share and it's gonna be all these things, this is the whole reason why I built this podcast.

SPEAKER_00 47:44

For that, but that's what helps motivate me to keep going.

SPEAKER_03 47:47

Yes, I don't do it for those things other other than my goal is that somebody else can change the trajectory of their lives. Correct. Because I want them to see what's possible in them because generations that come after them are going to benefit, and then the entire community benefits from the way that they decide to move differently through the world. Right. Yep. So we're no more recivitive recidivism. I can't say that word very well. Somebody's gonna definitely make some stupid meme about that. So uh last question, and I would love for you after this question to tell people how they can connect with you, where can they find you, how do they get your book, how can they support you, your mission, your son, how can they support your son as well? So, what do you still need to let go of to become who you want to be tomorrow?

SPEAKER_00 48:37

Do you want me to be honest? Yes. I go figure. Honestly, I I need to let go. My life has changed and it's um for the better. I still need to let go of my past with my ex and my family, and I need to let go of it still. I'm still actually trying.

SPEAKER_03 48:58

Yeah, fair.

SPEAKER_00 48:59

Yeah, I still need to let it go.

SPEAKER_03 49:01

Yeah, I also still need to let some things go from my past. I've let go pieces of them. Yes that and I can tell you from my own experience, and I hope that you have the same. The more you speak about it and the more people reach out to you and say thank you for sharing, and it gives purpose to your pain. It will allow you to not just say to yourself it was all for nothing or God did this by divine, so I could help other people, but you'll start to believe it. Yeah. Because saying something and then fully de-believing it deeply in your core, they don't always marry each other in the beginning.

SPEAKER_00 49:37

No, they don't. And it's it's beautiful how you put that because I I kind of teach that to my athletes. I'm like, and and Austin is really good at this. You know, before he won his world title, he was like, I'm the world champ, I'm the world champ, I'm the world champ. Even if he didn't believe it, he'd be he maybe just got his butt whooped around and I'm the world champ. You know, but he had to speak it into existence. That's right. So you have to speak it to believe it. That's right. You have to believe it to achieve it.

SPEAKER_03 50:01

You know, yes. Our brains are a funny thing.

SPEAKER_00 50:03

It is.

SPEAKER_03 50:04

Yeah. Whatever, whatever we tell it, it will believe. Yep. So we've got to speak kindly to ourselves, and when the bad shitty thoughts come in, we've got to kick them the hell out of the room.

SPEAKER_00 50:13

It's that that's exactly the point. It's the good and the bad. That's right. So, and I had to really stop doing this. I'm like, why am I so often stupid? You know, it's like you can't say that. Yeah. You know, you because you're you're you're telling us, hey, you're stupid. Yes. You know, and you subconsciously you're gonna remember that.

SPEAKER_03 50:28

Well, so and it affects the decisions that you make too. You tell yourself that, and then the choices that you make align with that reality. Correct. So it's super important to be like, no, that's bullshit. I'm not stupid. Look at what I just did. Like, I argue with myself all the time. You don't give me a side made brain, they'd be like, what is wrong with that girl? There's something totally wrong. I loved having you on this episode. I cannot wait for this to come out. People are going to love your story. I'm gonna put it all over the place. I would love for you to share with people how they can connect with you, how can they support you? How can they get your book?

SPEAKER_00 51:01

So, this is the raw copy of my book, The Warrior Bloodline. Uh, the actual this is the copy that's with the editor. Editor will be done with it by the end of this month, and then put it out. So I'll keep you up to date of how it goes out. Yeah. Whatever suggestions I take out, because there's probably some bad stuff in there I need to get rid of.

SPEAKER_01 51:20

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 51:21

Um, but uh, so I'll I'll let you guys, you know, keep you in touch with that. Um, but you can follow me on Facebook, Instagram. I I'm always on there, which is great. WorldChamp X3 and uh Instagram and same thing with Facebook. Yeah, those are the main ways right now. And then you can follow Austin Bybe. Um he's got a big fight coming up. He's the main event August 1st in Nashville, Tennessee. We have yeah, no, it'll be amazing. Yeah, we're fighting on the rooftop and uh on the sky deck.

SPEAKER_03 51:49

Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_00 51:50

Right in the middle of downtown Nashville.

SPEAKER_03 51:52

So So I you're gonna laugh, but I love fighting. Oh yeah. Well, yeah, because I grew up in a volatile environment as well. And I was also a little scrapper, like I didn't weigh very much, I was tiny, but I would I will kill you. And uh so secretly I've always desired not a kickboxer, but I've always had this desire to be a boxer because if I was like, if I could just beat the crap out of somebody. So let me know about your um your son's fight. Let's stay in contact because I would love to go and support him. That would be fantastic.

SPEAKER_00 52:24

Here's here's something too. I believe I'm a world champion of kickboxing and black belt and kickboxing, also a black belt and jujitsu. Um, I think every female in the world needs to try jiu-jitsu. You need to do it because honestly, let's be real. You're you're a pretty young lady. If a guy attacks you, you're not going toe to toe with them. No, I'm screwed. You're yeah, they're gonna put you on your back.

SPEAKER_03 52:45

And my past shows me that already. I already know that men can dominate.

SPEAKER_00 52:48

But understanding the nuances of of ground fighting will m drastically elevate your confidence, number one. Yeah, but you know, your abilities, number two.

SPEAKER_03 52:59

I'll reach out to you. You teach it at your dojo. I do. Okay, well, I'll reach out to you for sure. This has been an amazing experience. I hope you also felt comfortable.

SPEAKER_00 53:08

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 53:09

As much as you can.

SPEAKER_00 53:10

Open book, yes.

SPEAKER_03 53:11

Yeah, which I love. I love. Thank you so much for being on the show. Um I can't wait to do it again. And any way that I can support you, I will. We'll definitely keep in touch. And uh me and my teenage daughter will become in the summer to get some jujitsu lessons.

SPEAKER_00 53:24

Yeah, absolutely. We'd love that.

SPEAKER_03 53:25

Yeah, thank you. Love it. I'll definitely put it around for you as well. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you. You showed up today, and that already says something about who you are. If this episode moved you, share it with someone who needs to hear it. Subscribe wherever you listen and connect with me on LinkedIn and Instagram. We were not broken, we were being built. Until next week, keep a coming.