Love, Gianna and Vegan Experts - The John Joseph Story: Watch this if you had a challenging childhood and want to FIND HOPE

The John Joseph Story: Watch this if you had a challenging childhood and want to FIND HOPE

02/07/23 • 67 min

The John Joseph story is epic and could easily be made into an amazing movie of finding hope and inspiration.

John Joseph McGowan grew up in the foster care system, was abused, spent time in prison, joined the Navy, went AWOL from the Navy under a new name, and then became a rockstar.

He's an author and vegan triathlete from New York City and most famous for his work as the lead singer of the Cro-Mags in the 1980s.

Make sure to tune into this incredible interview where he joins our show to discuss his horrific past and how he turned his life around.

If you had a rough childhood and are looking for hope and inspiration, listen to this episode.

Love, Gianna

The John Joseph story is epic and could easily be made into an amazing movie of finding hope and inspiration.

John Joseph McGowan grew up in the foster care system, was abused, spent time in prison, joined the Navy, went AWOL from the Navy under a new name, and then became a rockstar.

He's an author and vegan triathlete from New York City and most famous for his work as the lead singer of the Cro-Mags in the 1980s.

Make sure to tune into this incredible interview where he joins our show to discuss his horrific past and how he turned his life around.

If you had a rough childhood and are looking for hope and inspiration, listen to this episode.

Love, Gianna

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Vegan Sniper Damien Mander - A New Way to Fight Poachers

Damien is an Iraq war veteran who served as a Naval clearance diver and special operations sniper for the Australian Defense Force. ⁣ ⁣ He is an environmentalist and founder and CEO of the International Anti-Poaching Foundation. ⁣ ⁣ In 2009 while traveling through Africa, he was inspired by the work of rangers and the plight of wildlife. Liquidating his life savings, the International Anti-Poaching Foundation (IAPF) was established as the last line of defense for nature. ⁣ ⁣ Over the past decade, the IAPF has scaled to train and support rangers which now help protect over 4 million hectares of the African wilderness.⁣ ⁣ In 2017 IAPF founded ‘Akashinga – Nature Protected by Women’, a program that has already grown to over 170 employees, becoming the only group of nature reserves in the world to be protected by women. ⁣ ⁣ The goal is to employ 1000 women by 2025, protecting a network of 20 nature reserves, all managed by the IAPF.⁣ ⁣ Damien is the winner of the 2019 Winsome Constance Kindness Gold Medal, a prestigious international recognition for services to animals and humanity. Past recipients include Sir David Attenborough and Dr. Jane Goodall. He was featured in the newly released James Cameron documentary The Game Changers and is now releasing another documentary with James Cameron and National Geographic about his work with the women of Akashinga.

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God's Work In Vegan Taekwondo Olympian Victoria Stambaugh

Victoria is a fully plant based Olympic Taekwondo athlete and represented the beautiful country of Puerto Rico at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games.

She has been competing in the sport of Taekwondo for 21 years and is her passion and life.

Victria has total of 17 scars on her knees because of a total of 6 knee surgeries. ACL reconstruction in 2010, meniscus and ACL reconstruction in 2012, two reconstruction ACL surgeries in 2013, a 15% meniscectomy of the meniscus in 2018 and a major meniscectomy of the meniscus in 2019. After her 6th knee surgery in 2019 ahe thought it to be impossible to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after hearing the shocking news that she had about 20% of her meniscus left over from surgery. However, through her faith in Jesus Christ she felt the need to continue and finish the race on to becoming an Olympian.

Despite all those who doubted her and advised her to give it up, after a hard rehab process, Victoria returned to the sport. After falling short for the Rio 2016 Olympics, she preserved through all my set backs and qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on March 12, 2020.

Follow Victoria on her journey to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and beyond in this interview.

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0:00 Who is Victoria Stambaugh

0:43 What is Taekwondo

6:46 Taekwondo Knee Surgery

14:55 The Love of God is Real

18:56 God has Your Back

19:36 Taekwondo Olympian Victoria Stambaugh

26:00 Winning at Olympics Even when Losing

29:00 Vegan vs Pescatarian

32:50 Going Plant Based to Win Olympics

35:10 Good Nutrition Opens Up Your Potential