3x Ms. Olympia Champion on Winning While Broken w/Whitney Jones

Summary

Podcast Summary: Living The Red Life – Episode with Whitney Jones

Release Date: August 4, 2025
Episode Title: 3x Ms. Olympia Champion on Winning While Broken w/ Whitney Jones
Host: Rudy Mawer (Ray Gutierrez)

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Introduction

In this inspiring episode of Living The Red Life, host Ray Gutierrez sits down with Whitney Jones, a three-time Ms. Olympia Champion, entrepreneur, author, and dedicated mother. Whitney shares her extraordinary journey of entering the competitive fitness world at an atypical age, overcoming numerous physical challenges, and building a multifaceted career—all while maintaining her role as a single parent.

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Late Start and Overcoming Physical Challenges

Whitney Jones begins by highlighting her unconventional entry into the fitness arena. At [00:00], she reveals, “I was 34 getting into this sport, and at 34, that is not normal. Most of the people I'm competing against are in their 20s.” This late start was accompanied by severe physical setbacks, including breaking nearly every bone in her body and undergoing 18 surgeries. Despite these challenges, Whitney defied the odds, becoming the first mother to win the Olympia title in any division—a fact she discovered only after her victory.

Notable Quote:
“I should have never been a pro athlete. I should have never qualified for Olympia.” — Whitney Jones [14:16]

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Motivation: Competing Against Herself

Whitney emphasizes that her drive stemmed from a personal desire to compete against herself rather than impressing judges or peers. This internal motivation is a recurring theme throughout her story.

Notable Quote:
“I competed not to impress the judges. I did it to compete against myself.” — Whitney Jones [14:16]

She discusses how this mindset allowed her to push beyond her perceived limitations, stating, “when you're looking at and judging your level of success, that's on you” [14:47].

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Early Life and Self-Discovery

Whitney reflects on her upbringing in Arizona, highlighting the values instilled by her parents—richness in love and family rather than financial wealth. Growing up with two older brothers, Whitney was constantly challenged to develop new skills, fostering her resilience and work ethic.

Notable Quote:
“I was born in Mississippi, but we moved out to Arizona when I was really young... we were rich in love and that we had all the basic necessities in life.” — Whitney Jones [03:47]

These early experiences laid the foundation for her ability to navigate life’s challenges and carve out her own path.

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Athletic Journey: From Daunting Dares to Olympia Champion

Whitney’s athletic prowess was cultivated through relentless challenges posed by her brothers. She describes how attempting feats like cartwheels and aerials without formal training honed her determination and visual learning skills.

Notable Quote:
“I would spend days trying to learn this skill and just eat it and, like, face plant and just literally kind of destroying myself.” — Whitney Jones [07:58]

Her foray into fitness competitions began as a dare, leading her to discover a passion for physique competitions and eventually specializing in breakdancing routines. This unexpected niche became a significant factor in her success.

Notable Quote:
“It's like a beauty pageant with muscles, honestly.” — Whitney Jones [10:00]

Despite entering the sport without prior interest, Whitney quickly became immersed, leading to her qualification and eventual victory at the Olympia.

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Achieving Success Against the Odds

Whitney attributes her success to having no expectations and focusing solely on self-improvement. Her approach allowed her to excel despite the physical injuries that should have sidelined her career.

Notable Quote:
“I truly believe my success in this specific area of my life as an athlete, I was successful because I had zero expectations.” — Whitney Jones [13:19]

She shares remarkable stories of competing with severe injuries, including a broken neck and a torn ACL, yet still securing a world championship title.

Notable Quote:
“I've had 18 surgeries. Even before I won my first world championship title, I broke my neck.” — Whitney Jones [14:16]

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Entrepreneurial Ventures and Business Acumen

Transitioning from athletics, Whitney delves into her entrepreneurial spirit, which was evident from her early hustles like car washing and babysitting. Her passion for fitness led her to open her own gym despite having no prior experience.

Notable Quote:
“I just knew there is a purpose... I don't know what the path is or why I'm going this direction.” — Whitney Jones [18:15]

Within a year and a half, she successfully established her own fitness center, demonstrating her ability to pivot and thrive in new ventures.

Whitney also discusses her current focus on Whitney Jones Productions, which organizes major fitness competitions in Arizona, particularly catering to amateurs and youth. Her commitment to empowering the next generation is a testament to her dedication beyond personal achievements.

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Authorship and Empowerment

In January 2025, Whitney published her book, "When Broken", after a four-year writing journey. The book centers on empowerment, motivating readers to overcome obstacles and reject a victim mentality.

Notable Quote:
"Whatever obstacles you're facing, you have the option to be a victim or to overcome and be a sense of motivation to go..." — Whitney Jones [21:38]

Her experiences have resonated deeply with athletes and individuals striving to triumph over personal hardships, reinforcing her message of resilience and self-belief.

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Balancing Personal Life and Legacy

As a single mother of two boys, Whitney emphasizes the importance of prioritizing family while managing multiple business ventures. She underscores the significance of creating a lasting legacy through her diverse roles as an athlete, entrepreneur, and author.

Notable Quote:
"I did not let life's circumstances dictate who I was going to be. I dictated who I was going to be." — Whitney Jones [21:38]

Her narrative serves as an inspiration for listeners to take control of their destinies, regardless of the challenges they face.

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Conclusion

Whitney Jones’ story is a powerful testament to the human spirit's ability to overcome adversity and achieve greatness through self-motivation and resilience. From overcoming severe injuries to building successful businesses and authoring an empowering book, Whitney embodies the essence of Living The Red Life—living with passion, purpose, and perseverance.

Closing Quote:
"I will be creating my own legacy, which is to be determined because there's so many things I still want to accomplish." — Whitney Jones [22:22]

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This episode not only chronicles Whitney's remarkable achievements but also offers valuable lessons on self-belief, adaptability, and the relentless pursuit of one’s passions.

Transcript

[Whitney Jones]

I was 34 getting into this sport, and at 34, that is not normal. Most of the people I'm competing against are in their 20s.

[Ray Gutierrez]

This is not normal.

[Whitney Jones]

I'm a mom. So I ended up being the first mom to ever win the Olympia title in any division, which I didn't know until after it happened. And that was really cool. But again, it's like, if you look at everything on paper, I should have never been a pro athlete. I should have never qualified for Olympia. I've broken almost every bone in my body. I've had 18 surgeries. Even before I won my first world championship title, I broke my neck. Everything's so crazy that it should have never happened. But the only reason why is I competed not to impress the judges. I did it to compete against myself. Truly, at the end of the day, when you're looking at and judging your level of success, that's on you. But that's what pushed me hard. It wasn't what anyone else thought. It's like, what do I think? And can I give more? Let's be honest, we're all a little broken. There's so much that we can't control. Like there's those people who really just survive, barely, and there's those people who thrive in life, no matter what chaos is going on. So what sets them apart?

[Rudy Moore]

My name's Rudy Moore, host of Living the Red Life Podcast, and I'm here to change the way you see your life in your earpiece every single week. If you're ready to start living the red life, ditch the blue pill, take the red pill, join me in wonderland and change your life.

[Ray Gutierrez]

Welcome back to Living the Red Life Podcast. I am your host, Ray Gutierrez with the Inside Success Network. Joining me today is an entrepreneur, an amazing Energy, and a three time Ms. Olympian, Whitney Jones. How are you?

[Whitney Jones]

I'm doing great. How are you?

[Ray Gutierrez]

Fantastic. Thank you for asking. Why are you here?

[Whitney Jones]

You know, I'm here for a good time. Everything's about having fun. And this is such a cool experience to meet you and, and go through this huge interview to really kind of share stories, empower others. And as much as you want to interview me, I kind of want to interview you, learn more about what all you guys are doing too.

[Ray Gutierrez]

Oh, you're awesome. Well, I enjoy this part of your legacy makers filming because we're on to a new project with more capital and Rudy Moore, we're about to film your episode. Yeah, you and I are going to sit down. I'll be Barbara Walters, you be Jones.

[Whitney Jones]

We. Oh, that's going to be tough. I got to replay myself.

[Ray Gutierrez]

Yeah, okay. You can play Ray Gutierrez. I'll play Whitney Jones.

[Whitney Jones]

Now, this is getting exciting, and we're.

[Ray Gutierrez]

Going to learn all about you, your journey.

[Whitney Jones]

Sweet. You better gear up and be ready.

[Ray Gutierrez]

Let's get a small preview today of who you are. Where do you start? Where do you begin?

[Whitney Jones]

Gosh. Well, I am the. In the ultimate space of pivoting, honestly. So my life as it is now is nothing that it was ever set out to be, which I think is great. And I think growing up, so many people think this is what I want in life. And if that direction is ever kind of just thrown off its tracks, it's like, oh, my gosh, what do I do? How, how do I change? What am I going to be now? What is my life going to become? And so for me, that was kind of the direction I was going. And life threw a ton of curveballs all at one point. And at that point, I said, you know what? I'm rewriting my script. I'm going to just be and do whatever I want without limitations, which is who I am today. I'm a pro athlete, I'm an entrepreneur, I'm a speaker, I'm an author, I'm a mom. And why not be all the different things that you dream to be without limitations?

[Ray Gutierrez]

Would you say you were born with all these qualities or did you essentially start downloading all these amazing qualities that you just listed out? Is this something that's earned or something that's birthed with? And then there's a self discovery.

[Whitney Jones]

It was all a path of self discovery because, again, you know, I grew up in an amazing home, two incredible parents, two older brothers. So we were, you know, stereotypical. I was born in Mississippi, but we moved out to Arizona when I was really young. So great Southern roots now, very humble surroundings, beginnings for my life. You know, we didn't have a lot of money, but the best thing was my dad used to have this saying that we were so rich, and when you grow up, you equate rich to money. And so I did not realize that we weren't actually financially rich, but we were rich in love and that we had all the basic necessities in life. We had a loving family. We had a roof over our heads. I had two amazing older brothers. So all of that is what my dad always said is what made us rich. And it literally wasn't until high school, and it sounds really naive to admit that, that I didn't realize we didn't have money. So either way, I just knew I wanted to get married one day, you know, graduate, college, have kids, like just kind of do the stereotypical path.

[Ray Gutierrez]

The simple life.

[Whitney Jones]

The simple life, like, that's what was shown to me and that was what was normal. But things shifted and not totally unexpected. But then it became this aspect of I need to figure out what I'm truly capable of, how am I going to handle life setbacks, how am I going to dictate what I want in life and really kind of just forge this path. And it wasn't until that point in my life where it was figuring out who I truly was, what is my self discovery and. And having to face fears, having to face challenges to really understand I'm actually pretty tough. But it wasn't just something I was born with. It really wasn't. You know, there are struggles in life, and I equate so much to two older brothers who really made me work for everything from their attention to their time of, like, hanging out with me, to showing that I could run with them and like hang at their level. So I was taught that early on. And deep down I know that's what gave me that strength to battle through some of these hardships. But it wasn't something that just was super easy. It was something I had to learn and train and still to this day work on accepting the bad stuff that happens in life and going, that's cool. I'll accept that challenge. Watch what I do with it.

[Ray Gutierrez]

Yeah. I love this path that you're carving out for yourself for the story that you're kind of highlighting. I kind of see the yellow brick road. Well, let's make it the red brick road on this one.

[Whitney Jones]

Yeah.

[Ray Gutierrez]

So let's rewind. When did you become a person that enjoyed sports and then became an athlete, and then you became a pro athlete and then you became an Olympian. Walk me through that. That, that, that ascension. Where did that begin?

[Whitney Jones]

So when I was growing up, my brothers and I played any and every sport that we were allowed to. Right on. So, and like I said, I was the youngest, so they never wanted me to hang. Like, they were like, I'm that nagging, annoying little sister. So I attribute a lot of my athletic abilities to them. So, for example, both my parents have work and we were out for school in the summertime, and I just wanted to hang with them and their friends. And their way of telling me, you can't hang with us was to challenge me to do things. So it was do a cartwheel with no hands. Which is an aerial. But I don't have any formal training, so it's like we had a neighbor who did gymnastics, and that's where they would come up with these things. Wow. So I would spend days trying to learn this skill and just eating it and, like, face plant and just literally kind of destroying myself. And eventually, if you don't give up, you get the skill. As soon as I would get it, they would let me hang out with them for 24 hours. So that day I got to hang, and then the next day it was, all, right, now learn some other random skill. That was their way of kind of pushing me off. But honestly, it allowed me to figure things out on my own.

[Ray Gutierrez]

Your Jedi training, it's.

[Whitney Jones]

Yeah, yeah. You know, and it's like, okay, cool. I'm gonna develop some skills, some talent. And more importantly, it made me a visual learner. Ever since then, I could do things if I could see a visual description of it. Like, if you taught me how to do a aerial and you verbalized it, my brain would not conceptualize things that way. But if you showed me someone doing an aerial, I would then close my eyes and I can visualize me doing it. And then over time, it was like, I got it. And there would be days, like, as I got older, with skills like that, I would never be able to try. I didn't practice. I didn't, like, do things. It was like I'd visualize it, and then there was one day, I'm gonna learn this backflip. And it was like I would wake up and there was this. You just knew today's the day it's gonna happen. And knowing that you believed in yourself to know that you could land it safely, it would happen right on. But it was always a visual learning experience because I didn't have any of that teaching growing up. So as an athlete, any sport I played, if I could visually watch it. Track, you know, I did hurdles, I did the four by one relay. It wasn't teach me how to hand the baton or grab it and stick it was show it to me, let me watch it. And then I got it, you know, proper form. With hurdles, I would have coaches teach me. I couldn't grasp it. Just let me watch and visualize it, and then I would mimic it instantly. So, same way into becoming a pro athlete, I got into the sport of competing in fitness competitions out of a dare. Complete dare. I had no idea what it was that I was even agreeing to get into.

[Ray Gutierrez]

Who dared you, by the way?

[Whitney Jones]

It was a guy I had worked with that. I had said, you know, I kept seeing all these women in the gym getting fit, getting toned. And I thought, what are they doing? So I knew it was something in regards to exercise and fitness. And people were talking, they said, oh, there's a competition coming up. And I was like, no way. And he said, you could never do it.

[Ray Gutierrez]

You can never. There it is.

[Whitney Jones]

All I knew is it was a competition had something to do with fitness. I thought, okay, I couldn't do this. I go, yeah, I can. And right then there I was like, well, then do it. There's a show coming up. Done. I'm in.

[Ray Gutierrez]

Wow.

[Whitney Jones]

And then I turned to my friend and thought, what did I just agree to? What am I doing? And I learned about this sport and it was just. It was physique competitions where they judge what your body looks like on stage. It's like a beauty pageant with muscles, honestly. So I don't get on stage, I don't flex, I don't do any of that. They judge your physique. But then my portion, the fitness division, you have to do a two minute routine that's choreographed. It's dancing, it's gymnastics, it's plyometric push ups. And then as I developed in my pro career, my niche was breakdancing.

[Ray Gutierrez]

Breakdancing?

[Whitney Jones]

Breakdancing. Yeah.

[Ray Gutierrez]

I was not expecting that.

[Whitney Jones]

No one is. I was not expecting that.

[Ray Gutierrez]

I grabbed my bingo card here.

[Whitney Jones]

Sorry. Yeah. So totally random. But it's because I got into the sport out of a dare. So I had no idea what I was doing. I did had no desire to be a pro athlete. It was just like, oh, this is a new cool challenge. Anything active, I'm down. But yeah, then I did a show and I was hooked. And I thought, this is awesome for a creative outlet. And then of course, as part of that, everything in my life changed. And being in a sport and as an athlete allowed me to have an element of control. So when your entire life is chaos and you're unsure of your future and you're scared, we all crave something that we can control.

[Ray Gutierrez]

Oh, for sure.

[Whitney Jones]

And so when I couldn't control anything in my life, I could control the aspect of, let's put some of my energy into competing and stepping on stage. So I was like, sweet, I'm gonna do this. So it allowed me to focus on something positive, where each day I could feel accomplished, I could feel good about the efforts that I put in to nourish my body, to train, to get in the gym, to work on My routine to learn new skills. Those were all things that were positive attributes. So when I'm spinning out with all this chaos in my life, this allowed me daily something that was a win. So I loved it and started pouring into it, ended up turning pro and then went, okay, what does that mean? Now I'm a pro athlete, Right? Then I heard about Olympia, and I remember attending my first Olympia, and you and I had spoke about some greats, Ronnie Coleman, Jay Cutler. You know, some of these people are people who now I am very close with. And so, yeah, I attended my first Olympia and thought, this is so cool to be in the audience. And I thought, I wonder if one day I could ever make it on that stage the very next year I had qualified. And I thought the judges got it wrong. This is one and done. I am soaking this experience up. I'll probably never qualify again. Long story short, a couple of years later, I ended up placing. And then the very next year, I ended up winning. And it was just like, what is happening? But had zero expectations. And I truly believe my success in this specific area of my life as an athlete, I was successful because I had zero expectations. I didn't care what the outcome was.

[Ray Gutierrez]

Isn't that insane how that works? No expectations. And you're kind of just designing it as you go. You're laying down the tracks of the train is like right behind you. So as a pro athlete, you're surrounded by folks that see the human body and see the science and the data. It's almost like a Formula one car, really?

[Whitney Jones]

Yeah.

[Ray Gutierrez]

Take a shot every time I drop F1 or PlayStation. Anyways, what is happening? You saw, you mimic We're Stardust, just to quote the famous David Bowie. Do you really feel like you're watching something visually and you're in the brain and the soul is telling the rest of the body, here's the data, and the body's going to. And it just happens. You think that's what's happening?

[Whitney Jones]

Yeah, I really do. Because there's no other way to really explain. There really isn't. I mean, I was 34 getting into this sport. And at 34, that is not normal. Most of the people I'm competing against are in their 20s.

[Ray Gutierrez]

No, this is not normal.

[Whitney Jones]

I'm a mom. So I ended up being the first mom to ever win the Olympia title in any division, which I didn't know until after it happened. And that was really cool. But again, it's like, if you look at everything on paper, I should have never been a pro. Athlete. I should have never qualified for Olympia. I've broken almost every bone in my body. I've had 18 surgeries. Even before I won my first world championship title, I broke my neck. So I have a 12 piece metal cage. Whoa. That they had to put my neck back together. I should have never won.

[Ray Gutierrez]

People write color books about people.

[Whitney Jones]

They do. Yes. It was everything so crazy that it should have never happened. But the only reason why is it. I feel like if you're pouring in and doing something for the right reasons, without expectations, there was nothing that was required. I competed not to impress the judges. I did it to compete against myself, truly. And for me, it was like, okay, at the end of the day, I want to be able to say, did I win? Not with the judges. This is a subjective sport.

[Ray Gutierrez]

For sure.

[Whitney Jones]

If the judges thought I won, cool. But at the end of the day, I had to answer to myself. So I had this path before I ever hit the stage for any Olympia or any Arnold. I validated to me, where, you know, is this evaluation and validation for myself? Did I win before I ever competed? And there were plenty of times I said to myself, I sure as hell did not win. I failed myself in this area, this area. I could have given more here, but then there were plenty of times that I went, yeah, nailed this. This is mine. I've got this. Not always that the judges agree. So sometimes when I thought I won, I didn't in their book. And sometimes when I thought I failed myself, I ended up winning. But I didn't ever worry about that. I didn't care. I had to answer to myself. And so at the end of the day, when you're looking at and judging your level of success, that's on you. But that's what pushed me harder. It wasn't what anyone else thought. It's like, what do I think? And can I give more?

[Ray Gutierrez]

For sure.

[Whitney Jones]

That's what's pushed me as an entrepreneur, as a mom, as a friend. Show up, be your best, do your best. And, you know, it's served me well in my adult years.

[Ray Gutierrez]

So what's harder, being on stage or being an entrepreneur?

[Whitney Jones]

Definitely an entrepreneur.

[Ray Gutierrez]

Really? Cool.

[Whitney Jones]

Oh, yeah.

[Ray Gutierrez]

Walk us through your entrepreneurial journey.

[Whitney Jones]

Well, growing up, like, again, we didn't come from money, so I was always just hustling, doing any type of a job. Like, I had a car washing business when I was younger. Then it was babysitting. It was anything that I could, obviously the standard lemonade stand. I would rake leaves during certain seasons where they fell, always Trying to hustle and create a new business idea. So as I got older, I always wanted to be an entrepreneur, but I didn't know how. And my parents, both my brothers, are entrepreneurs now, but that's not where my parents were. So there wasn't any true guidance in that area. But I always just knew I wasn't 9 to 5, work at a desk. I needed to do something active, fun, energetic. That's my personality.

[Ray Gutierrez]

Oh, yeah, for sure.

[Whitney Jones]

And I wanted to be able to be my own boss and dictate my own success. So not knowing what I wanted to do, I felt there's going to be something at some point where I go, that's it, I'm in. I'd written business plans for different opportunities and ideas in my head. But going through that process, I always had the light just kind of die. And I thought, okay, if it's fizzling while I'm writing the business plan, I'm not going to enjoy it. And then I had an opportunity to open up a gym. And that was not my background. I came from the ad agency world. I had just had my second child, which, that is a whole different story. I was on bed rest for three and a half months.

[Ray Gutierrez]

Yep. I saw that in our notes.

[Whitney Jones]

Yeah. And that's what propelled me to go. People take the ability to move and be active for granted. Granted, yes. So at that point, after I was fortunate enough to have my second baby, I said, I'm completely going to pivot my career, not in the ad agency world, and I'm going to do something in regards to fitness. And I want to make sure that people realize you have this ability to move, you have this ability to be healthy, take advantage of it, because at some point you're going to have to address it. So reap the benefits now versus being in your 70s, 80s, whatever. And you have to focus on it. So that's what got me into the personal training world. Totally quit my amazing job at an ad agency, I believe it, and went and asked for a job as a personal trainer at the gym across the street and got hired for minimum wage. So that first paycheck was like, what the hell was I thinking? But I just knew in my bones, like, there is a purpose. I don't know what the path is or why I'm going this direction.

[Ray Gutierrez]

Oh, yeah.

[Whitney Jones]

And within a year and a half was the opportunity to open up my own gym.

[Ray Gutierrez]

Boom.

[Whitney Jones]

Totally don't have any experience. But the fire was there. And I went home that first night after the conversation came up and wrote a 35 page business plan in one night. Now, this was before ChatGPT, you know, so it's like I had designed everything in thought through the marketing, the operation costs, startup, payroll, everything. And I thought, oh my gosh, I've never made it through the entire process where I am more energized. This is it. And so that was my first business, was opening up a gym in Arizona.

[Ray Gutierrez]

Very cool. So we are here today filming your Legacy Makers episode. What are we speaking about today? What are you currently working on today? Your passion projects.

[Whitney Jones]

So I've exited a few businesses I was in for several years, a serial entrepreneurial phase. And realize the end of the day, it doesn't matter. Everything you're doing, if you're spread too thin, you're not doing anything wrong. So I wanted to simplify and really focus on what is my priority. My priority is I have two boys. I was a single mom for, you know, raising them from three and five. So they have been my focus. I do love businesses, I love startups, I love growing it. But I wanted to zero in on things. So right now I've exited, like I said, several. My focus is I own Whitney Jones Productions, which we put on huge fitness competitions in Arizona. So I have three of those now. And it's focused on the amateurs because I remember how awesome it was to start and offer that stage for you to learn about the sport, to learn about yourself and have that opportunity to step on stage as a rookie and do something that is completely out of most people's comfort zone.

[Ray Gutierrez]

Wow.

[Whitney Jones]

So there are three NPC shows. So Whitney Jones Productions, and this year my focus was on youth. There's so much that we as adults can do to help our next generation.

[Ray Gutierrez]

Oh, yeah. Especially now.

[Whitney Jones]

Right. And I have two boys, 16 and 19, so they're in this demographic that it's like, okay, I want to focus on youth.

[Ray Gutierrez]

Yes.

[Whitney Jones]

Now, as part of that, in January of this year, I ended up writing and finally publishing my book. It was four years in the process.

[Ray Gutierrez]

Congratulations.

[Whitney Jones]

It's called When Broken. Thank you. And it's really about empowerment and inspiration and taking any of the victim mentality out and knowing whatever obstacles you're facing, you have the option to be a victim or to overcome and be a sense of motivation to go, okay, this stuff is happening. Let's be honest, we're all a little broken. There's so much that we can't control. But what sets people apart. Like there's those people who really just survive barely. And there's those People who thrive in life no matter what chaos is going on. So what sets them apart, it's that they've mastered the ability to win. Broken.

[Ray Gutierrez]

Yes.

[Whitney Jones]

And this started resonating. The four year process of writing the book, I realized that there were some people that it resonated with, and a lot of it was athletes. Because of my story with, you know, competing on stage and winning the Olympia with a broken leg or coming back from a broken neck and competing with the torn ACL and still winning my first world championship title. Like, how is that happening? So a lot of athletes in the next generation were responding to this, and I thought, okay, I gotta get my story out now. As I did that, I focused this year. I said, I see what my two boys are experiencing. I know what all their friends are going through. Not knowing, you know, what am I going to do? What is my future? Why do I have to have it all figured out now? The syndrome of comparison. And it's like, oh, my gosh, their life is so amazing where mine isn't. So all of this kind of came about to say, here's an opportunity to use my voice, to use my platform and my story as a mom, as an entrepreneur, as a world champion, to really say, I should have never been any of these things, but I was, because I believed in myself and I knew I could do it. And I did not let life's circumstances dictate who I was going to be. I dictated who I was going to be. And as a legacy maker. Yeah, you got to write your own script. I will be creating my own legacy, which is to be determined because there's so many things I still want to accomplish.

[Ray Gutierrez]

I am so eager to see you continue to ascend. What an amazing prequel to your legacy makers. Filming sessions. Yeah, kind of bump. We're not doing the the Post sequel. So I can be like, how do you feel now?

[Whitney Jones]

I know, right?

[Ray Gutierrez]

Going through your entire journey. I mean, like, holy moly, I am a superhero.

[Whitney Jones]

Yeah.

[Ray Gutierrez]

Well, high five. Thank you so much for a great way to start our Thursday morning.

[Whitney Jones]

Yeah. What is today?

[Ray Gutierrez]

What is today? Who cares?

[Whitney Jones]

Yeah.

[Ray Gutierrez]

That concludes yet another amazing episode of Living the Red Life podcast. I am Ray Gutierrez for Inside Success.