Jay Kalryzian

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there is treasure to be found on adventure and in the summer of 2019 I found something Priceless on the mountaintops of Spain but this Story begins in the winter of 2014 and it starts with a myth something that grandmothers would say and honestly I never believed it because it never happened to me to actually be overwhelmed with happiness and Cry tears of joy but early one winter morning after 34 hours of Labor surrounded by midwives I was catching my first firstborn son and when I looked down at that beautiful little soul I was overwhelmed and tears of joy came pouring down I love that feeling

of fatherhood so much my partner and I decided to switch the traditional roles I became a stay-at-home dad and my days were spent with a small human hanging off of me I was covered in snot and drool and spit and it was awesome and then our Second Son came along and once again tears of joy came pouring down and these two little boys became my whole world it was all smiles and Giggles I made silly faces and had tickle fights I absolutely love being a dad and I don't want to sugarcoat it it was hard being a stay-at-home parent is a hard job the hours

are ridiculous you're constantly sleep deprived you never get a hot meal and the clientele is unbelievably selfish and rude they'll pee on you it's gross gr it's gross pee on you well after 5 years I was burning out I was giving everything I had to my family and I forgot all about me and as honorable as it is to put your family first it's no good if you drive yourself into the ground I miss things from my past like Adventure passion and poetry before I put down Roots I was a spontaneous outgoing Daredevil I was a spoken word poet who weaved words in a way

that made women weep but I wanted it all the joy of my children the exploration of the world I needed adventure and in the summer of 2019 I flew to Spain by myself for a week to train with Wim Hoff the Iceman this man is a legend with 26 World Records related to cold exposure and controlling your emotional state and there was a hundred of us in the Ping mountains and on the first day we're all standing around big blowup pools filled with water and six inches of ice and whim was ranting off for a bit and then he says okay listen you can go

meditate in a cave for 20 years to find your Center or you can get in the ice for 10 minutes go well I got right in up to my neck shot kicks in I breathe I focus I got this i got this blood's pumping body's numb I got this trainers start yelling 3 2 1 that's 10 minutes giddy laughing alive I was reborn I found the Bliss I could write a book about the week I spent with Wim Hoff learning to master my emotional state but the Pinnacle for me was this on the last day the whole tribe climbed up to the peak of a

mountain with an ice cold waterfall crashing down we laughed we played we screamed and then on top of the green Spanish mountains under the blue sky with the white puffy clouds I did something I haven't done in five years I performed the perfect piece of poetry for my Wim Hoff tribe called Happiness is free I love this world it's given everything to me a sense of wonder and a desire to inspire I literally screamed my art from the mountaintops and as my heart burst open and the words rolled off my tongue into their e eager open ears I was in Bliss I found the joy

of sharing my passion for life and the reason I'm telling you this story is because of the amazing thing that happened after when I was telling whim how happy these things made me feel he said well happiness is not in the ice bath happiness is not on top of the mountain it's in you it's always in you and I never forgot that that I learned how to tap into the love and joy already inside me see we are all responsible for our own happiness nobody else the treasure I found on top of the mountain is something that is in each and every one of us

it's the power to create your emotional state or as whim would say get high on your own Supply Adventure has led me here today with you to share this treasure the undeniable truth that Joy is not just a fleeting emotion it's the very essence of a life well-lived can all of you please put your hands on your heart there is an ocean of Joy flowing through each and every one of you may you discover it one tier at a time thank

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Exactly two years ago today I'm flying up to 14,000 feet wearing a bright blue jumpsuit and some strange guy strapped to my back my mind is going crazy and my world is in absolute chaos okay A little bit of backstory September 19th 2021 was a big day for me it was the first day I woke up as a single dad my marriage fell apart like a house of cards and a hurricane it was so hard on my whole family I've got two little guys and it was heartbreaking for us all my wife made all the money she had a successful career as a parent I

did it all from breakfast to bedtime and all through the night the roller Coter a ride of emotions from happy to sad crying to laughing fighting to farting and everything in between I drove around in my sweet minivan my dad Al lack listening to Jack Johnson as my kids napped in the back I absolutely love being a dad but when my wife decided to change her lifestyle and our worlds no longer fit together we decided it was best if she moved out and it was the right thing to do we all agreed but now my responsibilities doubled and I was already running at 110% my

future looked impossible but I know it's possible my mother and so many others have done this before I just needed a jump start and this is where my best friend Steph comes in she said we should do something fun and crazy so there we are getting ready to skydive and the stress in my life and the anxiety of jumping out of a plane are crushing my chest like a python squeezing me to death I find myself at the door looking down and the wind's grabbing at me my human backpack starts yelling ready three two one jump 200 kilometers an hour straight down and I can

tell you at that moment you don't think you just feel and I felt free I don't even remember the parachute in my mind I hit the ground like Thor falling out of the sky with a hammer boom lightning shooting out everywhere I was ready for anything and I locked in that feeling of confidence and I never looked back September 19th is a big day for me it was the first day of my hero's journey and from now on I'm calling it empowerment day right yeah see I needed to level up to create a balanced stable loving home for me and my two little boys and

I had the most amazing coach helped me out he helped me put all the pieces of my life together he helped me find Focus Clarity and accountability he was so good we continued working together we made our own program called the Zen dad method and now we're helping parents all around the world I wrote a parenting book I do podcast I created and host one of the most elite parenting groups on the planet I've done workshops for the New York Times and now I'm on stage sharing my story with you because I am empowered to make a positive change in the world and now me

and my two little boys we've got a pretty good life going and the reason I'm telling you all this is because I want everyone to know wherever we are in life we can Empower ourselves you can surround yourself with passionate empowered people who love to sing and laugh and dance with you and and dance some more all night long and after tonight hearing from all these amazing speakers we know what empowerment is you can feel it in the room right yeah yeah you can so let me ask you some questions and if you agree with me say yes okay are we happy we came tonight

yes do we feel inspired yes do we feel empowered yes yes yes yes lock it in thank you for sharing this empowerment day with me love and gratitude for you all

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