Today, people rarely tend to instill the disciplines and habits needed to create a transformation. When they do however, change often comes through an epiphany. A moment of realization when circumstances need to change. Unfortunately, for most people epiphanies commonly derive from trauma. Traumatic moments tend to be a tipping point in a persons journey to healing, hence the saying,You can learn the hard way or the harder way. Through my own personal journeys, I have been able to accumulate first hand knowledge and experiences. Having problems with addiction and mental health struggles, I have been fortunate enough to have accumulated a resume of experiences that have helped me transform myself. Although all of these moments decomposed myself, in hindsight it was needed in order to nurture a new vision of what I wanted to become. In realizing that, I now took at the pitfalls of life as a bow and arrow. In order for an arrow to be propelled forward, it must first be pulled back. And depending on the force at which the arrow is pulled back, the distance of the shot will be correspondent. I believe that is very true in life, the magnitude of a person’s success if often parallel to their struggles. The depths of life are truly the only place where motivation, discipline and transformation are met. As the deterioration of myself was compounding, it was as if my whole being was slowly being picked apart. Like a cold shower in the morning, that realization made me wide awake. That is when health and wellness became important to me. Not only taking care of my body but my mind as well, as that is truly where all of our problems stem from. With that being said, that is how I came up with the idea of LiveOasis. A brand that’s main focal point is a community based movement revolving health and wellness.