#121: Fighting Cancer Through Vulnerability with Beau Whitman

Mar 26, 2020

#121: Fighting Cancer Through Vulnerability with Beau Whitman

In this episode I am speaking with Beau Whitman, a Personal Trainer and Motivator to so many people.

Beau is one of seven siblings in the Whitman family. Growing up with two younger brothers and four older sisters – all of whom are supportive, passionate, and wildly competitive – shaped who Beau is as an athlete, coach, trainer and person. His athletic career began at Parkettes National Gymnastics Training Center where he trained as a competitive gymnast for twelve years. After retiring, he competed as a five-sport varsity athlete in high school, participating in Soccer, Diving, Wrestling, Lacrosse, and Track & Field. With its close ties to Gymnastics, Pole Vaulting captured Beau’s heart and led him to join the Lehigh Mountain Hawks Division I Track & Field Team at Lehigh University. After college, Beau accepted a position at New York University as the Assistant Jumps Coach for the Track & Field Team. Here he uncovered his passion for coaching and helping other athletes. Beau became a trainer and CrossFit coach so that he could further help people achieve their goals, compete, and recover from injuries. Having experienced six major reconstructive procedures during his athletic career, Beau understands the physical endurance and restraint, as well as the positive mentality necessary to successfully recover from an injury. Following the mantra, “rebuilt to inspire”, Beau works with injured athletes to make full recoveries and motivates them to come back both physically and mentally stronger.

 

In this episode, we discuss:

1. Everything happens for a reason. We aren’t necessarily supposed to understand or make sense of the reason, yet there is always something we can make of our challenges and our story.
2. Vulnerability is something Beau truly embraces as he challenges himself and others to go 5 layers deep in our questions. Allowing ourselves to be vulnerable is what truly connects us to each other.
3. Beau’s mantra, “rebuilt to inspire”, is a mantra that he truly lived and continues to live on a daily basis.
4. We always teach what we learn. That is what makes us powerful human beings and authentic in our message.
5. Beau openly shared and documented his cancer journey online to offer support to others and this connected him with so many people that he became an inspiration for.

 

Connect with Beau

Website:
https://beauwhitman.squarespace.com/

 

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/beau.whitman

 

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/beauwhitman

 

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About me –

Marsha Vanwynsberghe — Author, Speaker and Life Coach

Marsha is the 6-time Bestselling Author of “When She Stopped Asking Why”.  She shares her lessons as a parent who dealt with teen substance abuse far past the level of normal experimentation.

Through her programs, coaching and live events for women, Marsha is on a mission to teach you how to “Own Your Choices” in your own life.  She teaches women how to own their stories, lead themselves and pay it forward to others by creating businesses that serve, support and impact others.