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Episode 37

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8th Apr 2019

37. Michael W Connor - Helping People Empower Themselves

In this episode, Lance and Michael discuss living with the ups and downs of life and ways to EMPOWER yourself!

Michael W Connor is the Founder of UnderstandingU, his life-empowerment coaching brand that embraces happiness, positivity, and abundance. Michael has overcome challenging adversities ranging from his father being incarcerated at a very young age, being HIV positive, and being forced to leave a stable corporate job. All of which he found strength and positivity through the support of his loving family. 

Michael tells listeners: "Don’t let the pain or the shock of something take you out of the game. You always gotta be a player. You always gotta keep it moving forward or you get left behind.”

In this episode, you will learn:

  • The importance of living in the present; in the here and now.
  • How an abundance mindset versus scarcity mindset will set you up for success
  • The power behind embracing all the things that make you different
  • His journey of overcoming adversity and eventually becoming a certified life coach
  • How you can find your own methods to empower yourself 

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About University of Adversity Podcast

Learn how to overcome failure and tragedy, while becoming your best self with the University of Adversity podcast. Join your host Lance Essihos as he interviews successful individuals that have fought the hard battles to overcome life’s obstacles. Lance started the University of Adversity podcast after overcoming his own adversities shared in episode 01. 

Join him and thousands of other entrepreneurs in learning how to use Adversity as a fuel to ignite your inner flame and live the life you have always desired. Tune in weekly for a dose of positivity, strength, and real-life practical advice to achieve your life goals.

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About the Podcast

University of Adversity
Real stories and tools to help you grow through adversity, burnout, and reinvention.
University of Adversity is a show about the moments that change us — especially the ones we didn’t ask for.

I’m Lance Essihos, and I sit down with athletes, bestselling authors, doctors, entrepreneurs, spiritual teachers, and everyday warriors to have real conversations about adversity — the kind that strips away the surface and forces us to face who we really are.

We go deep into the mindset shifts, emotional breakthroughs, and practical tools that helped them rebuild. Not just to survive, but to come back stronger, clearer, and more aligned.

This isn’t motivation.
It’s what happens after the breakdown, when you’re trying to put the pieces back together and make it mean something.

If you’re in a season of uncertainty, burnout, or reinvention — this show is here to walk with you.

We don’t just talk about getting through the hard times.
We talk about who you become because of them.

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Lance Essihos

As an experienced veteran with adversity, Lance has faced some of life's most difficult challenges. Grinding his way through the hockey ranks to traveling the world as a bartender. Through his personal battle with drugs and alcohol for well over a decade, the tragic loss of his brother to suicide followed by the great loss of his father to cancer only a year later, Lance realized he had hit rock bottom. In the darkest of days, he made a promise to himself that he would create a new life, one that would make an impact and inspire the masses, leaving the world in a better place than he found it. Lance has made it his mission to facilitate the message of positive change through adversity and encourage people to see the light through the darkness of life's worst moments.