Nick Elvery is a Peak Performance Coach who helps CEOs maximize their focus, energy and productivity.
Nick Elvery has overcome over a decade of hard drug and alcohol addiction. His experience gave him the insight into just what it takes to create lasting change and build a fulling life that allows for hard work and health.
Watching his father's health decline over his life and eventually pass way really gave Nick a different perspective on the importance of health. His mission is to help CEO's take back control of their life and health so they can be there for their family without sacrifice the mission of the business.
We talk about the journey Nick went on, the struggle with addiction coupled with a desire to develop as a human being, the moment when he woke up and decided to change, and how his message is helping others today.
Key Points from the Episode with Nick Elvery: Nick opened the conversation sharing the challenge he overcame – spending 12 years as an addict of hard drugs and alcohol.
Like many kids, Nick grew up experimenting with smoking and drinking. At the same time, his father’s health was declining in front of Nick’s eyes due to Multiple Sclerosis, ultimately claiming his life.
Watching a capable, driven, full-of-life parent degrade like that created a very strong emotional response in Nick, which drove further and further decline into addiction.
We talked about why Nick fell into addiction, and he talked about ego – the drive many of us have (especially when we’re young) to prove ourselves. This played a big part in his addiction where he seemed to need to prove he could do the most and the hardest drugs. It was a mix of seeking popularity and escaping the reality of his father’s decline.
The drive to fit in was a big theme for him, leading him to live like a chameleon rather than figuring out who he is and how to live as himself – something he’s focused on helping others are today.
Only when we become happy with who we are will people respect and accept us since only then do we accept and respect ourselves.
Everyone ultimately has a want to connect, and Nick felt like he didn’t fit in early on and was labelled as different, so that desire to fit in lead him to change his behavior in hopes of fitting in.
His addiction went so far that he found himself in Asia doing crystal meth in motorcycle chases with meth dealers – and he didn’t even think that was unsafe or anything at the time.
Paradoxically, while his addiction was growing, Nick was also diving deeper into self-discovery and personal development after getting introduced to Tony Robbins when he was just 16. It’s as if there was a struggle within him to self-destruct and to self-develop.
Doing some self-help work was what struck him hard enough to realize just how far he had gone in the wrong direction. It also gave him access to the path to change – a decision he made in a single moment of self-realization.
The word he ends up coming back to is Tenacity. Living by the tenacity of not giving in is a motto and approach he things we could all benefit from.
There is a need and value to do self-work that applies to all of us.
Nick has had a fascination with what makes people tick – what makes people succeed, why we get out of bed, why two people who have had the same experience yet come out very differently.
Nick’s advice to anyone facing a struggle – whatever it is – is to never give up. Anything you want to create in your life is totally possible. We may not be able to see that alternative, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be done. It can be scary to look at such a different future, but it is still possible. You are worth saving and you can do it.
Surround yourself with people who care and see that future, too, and you can create whatever you want for your life.
Links: Websites: nickelvery.com
Podcast: dailyhabits.co.uk (hear me on episode 29)
Facebook: @NickElvery
Instagram: @nickelvery
Twitter: @nickelvery
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