Pilar is a 3rd Year Brock University student, a multi-sport athlete, kickboxing coach as well as the 2018 Pan Am gold medalist in kickboxing. I had the opportunity to chat with Pilar earlier this year in the Brock Mental Health series and it was a pleasure to have her on again. This conversation felt very honest and open from the get go, delving into different realms of mental health, Pilar’s kickboxing career, experiences with eating disorders along with so much more.

Have you ever had a conversation with a stranger that felt like the Universe was trying to tell you something? This happened to me a couple weeks ago, and during this episode I dive into this experience and why it was so powerful for me. Sometimes we get so caught up on the next thing we’re trying to accomplish or work through that we don’t get a chance to step back and allow ourselves to flow. To see the big picture, and to see how we’ve progressed. Sometimes it takes a stranger to see that in us and remind us. 

Mario Gibbs is a Muay Thai coach from Belleville, ON. He is a former National level powerlifter and is a passionate bread maker and photographer. It’s amazing to me when I get the opportunity to talk with someone I’ve never talked with before, because often times those conversations are truly incredible. That’s what this episode felt like with Mario because it felt like someone I had talked with daily for years and almost forgot we were recording even. This conversation was full of everything from looking back on powerlifting, spiritual aspects of Muay Thai, understanding your shadow self, and even psychedelic lessons we’ve learned.