Open Heart Surgery to WINNING His Pro Card | Damien Schelborn | Creating Consciousness Ep.8

In 2017, Damien had open heart surgery, double valve replacement, and was back in the gym by week five. A year later he won his pro card. Welcome back to Creating Consciousness. This week I sit down with a friend, a mentor, a personal trainer, and one of the realest competitors in Canadian natural bodybuilding.From Trinidad to Brooklyn to Brampton, from building his first gym out of cinder blocks and a garden hose at fourteen to becoming head personal trainer at the Y in his first month, from being one of the first guys in Canada's men's physique category when it launched in 2012 to learning what it actually takes to keep competing when the industry shifted around him.TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 Trinidad to Brooklyn to Toronto — The Whole Journey00:08:30 Why I Don't Want to Go Back to New York00:13:00 Moving to Milton Was Too Quiet for a Brooklyn Guy00:18:00 How I Built My First Gym With Cinder Blocks at 1400:24:00 The Day the Gym Community Taught Me Everything00:28:30 Why I Became Head Personal Trainer in a Month00:32:30 The Real Truth About Passion vs Chasing Money00:38:00 Being a Natural Athlete in a Steroid Era00:43:00 What Bodybuilding Nutrition Actually Looks Like00:49:00 How to Build a Healthy Relationship With Food00:55:00 Leading By Example When Teaching Your Kids00:58:30 The Heart Murmur I Lived With for 20 Years01:03:00 Open Heart Surgery and a Double Valve Replacement01:07:30 The Doctor's Visit That Changed Everything About Recovery01:09:30 Speaking Things Into Existence Through Faith01:13:00 Levels To Me Game Segment#creatingconsiousness #mindset #podcast