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b"Subscribe to Earn Your Happy on iTunes. Holly Perkins is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with a degree in Exercise Physiology and Nutrition. She is the author of Lift to Get Lean (Rodale, 2015) and the leader of Women\\u2019s Strength Nation. Holly is a contributing writer and expert for Women\\u2019s Health, SELF, Fitness, Shape, Prevention, Men\\u2019s Health and LIVESTRONG. Holly\\u2019s mission is to empower women on a personal and spiritual level by leading them into the weight room on a journey of physical strength. Shape magazine named Holly as one of the \\u201cTop Trainers to Follow\\u201d in 2015.\\n Raised in a small town in Pennsylvania, Holly\\u2019s mom was pressing to make sure she chose a career path and was adamant that she pursued whatever she dreamt. With that being said, around the time Holly was in high school, she had no choice but to start to think about her future.\\n \\u201cI had absolutely no idea what I wanted to do. All I knew was that I loved fitness!\\u201d\\n Following her bliss, as she calls it, she eventually graduated with a degree in Exercise Physiology and Nutrition, beginning her career as a personal trainer at a high-end, celebrity focused gym in New York. Although her work life couldn't have gone better, Holly hit a low point in her personal life, escalating her passion even more, for fitness and strength training.\\n \\u201cDuring that phase, the only thing that got me through was my practice and commitment to strength training.\\u201d\\n Fast forwarding to present day, her main message is now to help specifically women, cultivate their personal strength thru strength training! She really hits home as she gets deeper into the \\u201cWHAT\\u2019S.\\u201d What\\u2019s really stopping you from loosing the weight? What\\u2019s the real reason you wont put on that bikini? She stated it perfectly\\u2026.\\n \\u201cIf it was as simple as just getting into those skinny jeans, you would have already done it. We all have the knowledge and the information out there to do it, it\\u2019s actually not that hard. Its all of the other aspects of your motivation and your happiness\\u2026what really drives you.\\u201d\\n Getting in shape is just the icing on the cake, it is sorting thru the deep rooted issues and reasons and coming out on the other/better end, that will keep these results long-lasting and meaningful!\\n \\u201cYou have to expose your body to a challenge, in order for it to overcome and get stronger.\\u201d\\n These challenges she speaks of, are most likely the ones that you think are \\u201cthe end,\\u201d but let me tell you now\\u2026they are really jus the beginning! The job loss, the break up, the pay cut, the loss of a loved one, list the goes on.\\n Let\\u2019s try to turn the \\u201cWhy is this happening to me?\\u201d into \\u201cWhat will I learn from this?\\u201d Holly\\u2019s amazing advice is guaranteed to turn your frown upside down, dust the cobwebs off your inner strength and allow your Super Woman to SHINE! It\\u2019s about time!\\n In This Episode You Will Learn About: Strength Training\\n Conditioning\\n Fitness\\n Health\\n Wellness\\n Women\\n Personal strength\\n Challenge\\n Leaps of faith\\n Super power\\n Resources: WomensStrengthNation.com\\n Lift to Get Lean by: Holly Perkins\\n Follow Holly on her most active channel, Instagram @Hollyperkins or find her on the web at HollyPerkins.com.\\n Follow me on social media @LoriHarder on Instagram and Lori Harder on Facebook. You can also see more at my website: LoriHarder.com"