Who You Believe You Are Changes Everything

Speaker | Chronic Illness, Identity & Performance

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I live with cystic fibrosis, a life-threatening disease that affects my lungs and requires daily treatment—but the biggest shift in my health didn’t come from a new treatment. It came from changing how I saw myself.

For years, I identified as someone who was sick. I avoided treatments, resisted consistency, and stayed stuck in a cycle of starting over.

Everything changed when I chose a different identity:

I became a runner.

Not a runner with cystic fibrosis. A runner—who happens to have CF. That shift changed how I showed up for my habits, my training, and my health. Because identity doesn’t just influence how we feel— it drives how we act.

Core Message

Identity drives behavior—and behavior drives health.

I’m not trying to prove that people with chronic illness can do extraordinary things.

I’m trying to answer a different question:

What happens when you decide to get the full potential out of the body you were given?

“I’m trying to get my full potential out of my body. If I don’t try, then what was the point of the gift I was given?”

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Speaking Topics

Identity vs. Diagnosis
Why the way we see ourselves determines how we care for ourselves

Why Motivation Fails (and Identity Works)
The real reason consistency breaks—and how identity fixes it

From Avoidance to Ownership
How I went from avoiding treatment to building discipline through identity

Training the Body You Have
What it means to pursue performance and potential with chronic illness

My Story (Short Version)

I’ve spent my life as a runner.

From competing with high school athletes as an eighth grader, to earning a college scholarship, to rebuilding my fitness over and over again after illness, setbacks, and hospitalizations.

Running with cystic fibrosis has never been linear.

“Running with CF has always been a yo-yo—getting strong, getting sick, starting again.”

At times, I went from being a top athlete to nearly last on my team.

But I stayed in it long enough to rebuild—and eventually became MVP and competed at nationals.

Because to me:

“Resilience isn’t running through pain. It’s staying in the arena long enough for alignment to return.”

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What I Bring to Your Audience

I speak to people navigating chronic illness, struggling with consistency, or feeling stuck in an identity that no longer serves them—especially those pursuing growth, performance, or a higher level of potential.
A powerful and relatable story of living with chronic illness without being defined by it
A clear framework: identity → behavior → outcomes
A performance-driven mindset that applies beyond running
Honest, grounded storytelling rooted in real experience—not motivation hype