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The Mind Mastered: Secrets of Excellence with Dawn Grant Podcast
Season 1 Episode 33
In this episode, Dawn Grant sits down with JD Tremblay to explore the connection between faith, discipline, and peak performance. From military life to endurance challenges and coaching, JD shares a unique perspective on what it really takes to unlock human potential. Blending science, structure, and purpose, this conversation challenges conventional thinking around performance and personal growth.
If you’ve ever felt like you’re capable of more—but unsure how to access it—this episode will give you a new way to look at it.
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Podcast Transcript:
Dawn Grant (01:13)
you, JD?
JD Tremblay (01:14)
I couldn't be any better, right? I'm in great company and I'm doing what I love. So there you go. I'm doing amazing.
Dawn Grant (01:24)
I can't wait to hear all about it and your energy is already contagious. So gosh, do you live like that all the time?
JD Tremblay (01:32)
Yes, all the time. Yes, it's annoying for some people, definitely. So I have to get remote location and live in the woods, but yeah, I'm enjoying it. So that's all that matters. As long as I love it, I got to live with myself.
Dawn Grant (01:52)
Where do you live?
JD Tremblay (01:53)
Right now, I'm in Quebec. So the French part of Canada, or like the Texas of the States. Yeah, that is what my accent is. I'm French Canadian. Yeah, exactly. Like Georges Saint-Pierre.
Dawn Grant (01:56)
Okay.
Is that what your accent is or are you from somewhere else?
Okay, okay. Zara,
yeah, my grandfather is French Canadian. Lavec, no, because my grandmother who he was married to was Italian and she kind of took over.
JD Tremblay (02:13)
⁓ there you go. And you don't speak any French?
Yeah, that happens with Italians.
Dawn Grant (02:24)
As you can imagine, yeah.
Yeah, it's funny because we didn't really hear much about the French side and because she was the one you know that cooked. So everything was traditional like Italian and then her family had come over from Italy also. So then they're really surrounded by Italians. So he just, he was just a quiet French man. Charming.
JD Tremblay (02:47)
Yeah, I like the
complete distance side of the spectrum when we cook food in Italy versus Quebec, where for us, we take the spaghetti and then we break it and then we put it in the pan. And for them, oh yeah.
Dawn Grant (02:55)
I-
Yeah.
That's like,
you're going to jail if you break the pasta.
JD Tremblay (03:10)
You're
getting whooped and you deserve it for sure for sure. Yes
Dawn Grant (03:15)
Yeah,
yeah. All right. Well, cool. So ⁓ tell me a little bit about yourself as far as like as a child. What were you interested in? What were you doing? Did you have all this energy then?
JD Tremblay (03:31)
I did. I grew up on maple syrup. I grew up on maple syrup. My parents did not... I did not understand what blood glucose regulation was back then. But my parents weren't very wealthy. We just had a family that had cousins that were harvesting the maple.
Dawn Grant (03:37)
That'll do it.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I got ya.
JD Tremblay (04:00)
So maple was very cheap for us because we were just getting it for free from the family members. We were getting it in big crates. So I would wake up in the middle of the night and instead of going to get just some tap water and drinking it. Yes, I was that child that would be sneaking in the cellar and grabbing a 500 milliliter of maple syrup and just chugging it and ⁓
Dawn Grant (04:05)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
JD Tremblay (04:28)
I would have a lot of energy as a child. And I never, yeah, I don't know why.
Dawn Grant (04:32)
Yeah.
That is really
cool though. That's a great observation. Would you say there's other kids that you knew growing up that were drinking maple syrup like water and having a lot of energy?
JD Tremblay (04:49)
I think it's ⁓ now I understand a bit more as a naturopathic practitioner how to regulate your blood glucose or your your blood chemistry so to speak and I understand how to utilize sugar to my advantage so that I can outperform a lot of other people even in major races.
Dawn Grant (05:14)
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (05:15)
It just formed my childhood. It was a mark, definitely, that I'm carrying and now I'm enjoying telling the story about the maple syrup. So I am Canadian, really, in my blood.
Dawn Grant (05:25)
That is...
Yeah, yeah, yeah, and literally in your veins. Well, you just, totally surprised me with, you know, that angle, but that makes a lot of sense and the journey then from there. So let's just, so you're a kid, were you involved in sports?
JD Tremblay (05:36)
Definitely.
I was my my parents well good thing is since we were not into luxurious items because we did not grow up wealthy that we my parents never bought me any video games we would have to do a lot of chores so that my parents would go to the well back then it was still VHS and
Dawn Grant (06:14)
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (06:23)
going to the video store to rent one of those gaming systems. So we did not have, I did not grow up on cell phones. And so we would have to do a lot of chores to acquire even just one day with a ⁓ video game. And so my dad was always go outside and you're going to, you're going to love it.
Dawn Grant (06:43)
Yeah.
No!
JD Tremblay (06:53)
We would always, ⁓ and we did the same thing. I did the same thing to my son. My son was crying. The first day I put him outside, said, no, you're going outside, Noah. You are, ⁓ picked him up from his mom and she's into video games. So different style of parenting. But to me at that point, ⁓ I the child for a long period of time, like years.
And when I picked him up, he was on video games. I said, no, at your father's house, we do not have video games. I don't believe in indulging in ⁓ certain types of violence and sexual content, which nowadays those video games are getting extremely realistic. And I said, I will not ⁓ be part of that ⁓ decline of society.
Dawn Grant (07:43)
Mmm.
Mm.
JD Tremblay (07:50)
So I said, you're
not having any video games. If you want your phone, it is a tool. If you want to use all of these functions in your phone, have no problem. However, you will use them the way that self-control will be taught in the house. So put him outside. He cried. And I did the same thing as a child. I was crying. He was crying and banging on the door. And I said, go play, go play outside. That's it.
Dawn Grant (08:07)
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (08:16)
What am I supposed to do? And I said, you're child. You're going to figure it out. So he did. And then I waited a couple of hours. I'm still keeping an eye on him, similar to what my dad did. eventually supper comes around and I'm calling for him and I say, Noah, come for supper. And he says, well, one more minute now. And I go, come on. ⁓ Now I have to come outside. And he says, yeah.
Dawn Grant (08:21)
Nice.
Nice.
JD Tremblay (08:43)
Yes, yes, come outside. Look what I built. He built this amazing fort and then he caught a bird and I said, okay, you have to release the bird. can't just keep the bird. He's my friend and I caught him. He just went into my rope and that's how I caught him. Okay, you can't injure the bird. Now we went to do first aid on the bird and now I'm teaching him something else.
Dawn Grant (09:10)
huh.
JD Tremblay (09:13)
Okay, well now go in the house, now we're gonna eat. And right after supper, he was saying, can I go back outside? Can I go play? And from that day, he was outside all the time. He was trying to find ⁓ ways. And he really stood out as a child. When I put him into skiing lessons ⁓ with his team, his whole team, they were going down the slopes ⁓ and then going in the chalet.
Dawn Grant (09:19)
Nice. Nice.
Yes.
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (09:41)
and as soon or the cottage or the and ⁓ he goes into the chalet and all the kids just go back on their phone and and Noah doesn't have that access he has that level of self-control so he wants to interact and play with the kids and he was able to now get them off their phone so that he can play with them too to a certain degree but but it took less than 24 hours for the child to change
Dawn Grant (10:04)
Right.
JD Tremblay (10:10)
just instantly and I had that experience as a child so I wanted to just give back that to my son. So yeah, that was a great story that to me I share because I did it as a child, my dad did it and now I'm doing it.
Dawn Grant (10:19)
Nice.
Yeah, yeah, I remember as a kid, don't come back in until the lights turn on. That was a thing. And I know a lot of people, that's what they were told, get out of my hair, get outside, don't come back in until the lights come on. And we did, we played kick the can and would make forts in the woods and you found things to do for sure. And that is definitely something that.
is missing. You go through neighborhoods now and there's hardly any humans outside. I mean there's areas around where I live where there's people walking and doing walking their dogs and you over near the beach and ⁓ you know where where it's kind of more I guess scenic if you might say but if you drive through the the more formal neighborhoods the planned community kind of things there's hardly anybody outside. Yeah well they cut down a lot of the trees too.
JD Tremblay (11:20)
Yeah, people.
Yeah, there's that aspect as well. Yeah, but my kid is he enjoyed it for a while until now that he got to an age where all the other kids are now playing video games. So now they are influencing him. I kept telling him, no, this is the way that in my house, this is how it's going to work. We're not going to have these types of games.
Dawn Grant (11:50)
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (11:51)
And then I started talking to him about all of these brain waves that you have, how it's affecting your systems, not only emotionally, but also at your endocrine system. And then we really talked about it just like he was an adult. And so he became this wealth of knowledge about how to utilize it.
Dawn Grant (12:10)
Yeah
JD Tremblay (12:19)
And then that's how I trained for a lot of my races is I went with him in the woods and I was training at the same time with him. ⁓ in a sense I was putting him in, the back of a sled. I built a harness and then I would climb a mountain with snow shoes and we would go on hikes, long, long hikes together and just enjoy ourselves and brave the
Dawn Grant (12:34)
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (12:47)
outdoor so to speak because in Quebec sometimes it can get to minus 30 minus 40 degrees so then we would we would see how to ⁓ navigate all of this climate and and adjust to it so what type of equipment do you need how can you prepare for such an event and and and he became to he always says I'm an outdoor kid now
Dawn Grant (12:53)
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (13:16)
and I love it so yeah
Dawn Grant (13:17)
Nice, nice, nice. So you were, as a child yourself,
you were outdoors a lot and ⁓ drinking maple syrup like it was water and not understanding the effect of glucose at the time, but somehow there's a spark there where you end up learning a lot about it. ⁓ So did you do some different sports in school?
JD Tremblay (13:42)
I did. I was not understanding morphology and the idea that people have a certain capacity for certain sports or certain purpose in the world. And I was not understanding this. Now at Hungry Warrior Academy, that's what we do. We help those men discover these sense of purpose that maybe they've been numbing and
Dawn Grant (13:53)
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (14:08)
It's been plaguing in their life. But for us, did not, for me, I did not understand it. And I played basketball and I was this tiny kid. I don't even make six foot tall. I'm this tiny person and I'm playing basketball with all these guys. I tried volleyball. I'm not meant for volleyball. I was good in sports, but again, I don't have the physique of a person that would excel.
Dawn Grant (14:33)
right.
JD Tremblay (14:38)
much better if I had that height advantage or body for it. And I grew up being bullied a lot because I was a child actor. I, I eventually my parents got divorced and at the age of 17, then I
Dawn Grant (14:45)
Yeah, for sure.
JD Tremblay (15:00)
I said, well, enough is enough. And it was an unhealthy environment. So I said, I'm joining the military and here's my papers. So when people in the military were telling me, well, you sign on the dotted line, so you have to obey the orders. I kept telling them I didn't and my parents did. I'm 17. I'm a child. My parents make my decisions.
Dawn Grant (15:21)
Okay, all right, all right, yeah.
How long were you in the military?
JD Tremblay (15:32)
I spent over a decade with the military and I really enjoyed it. But eventually you have to grow out of it and I left.
Dawn Grant (15:44)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So you were dabbling in some different sports, nothing that really called to you or that you really thrived in, in the military. Did you do any sports in the military?
JD Tremblay (15:46)
Yes.
I
Played, well in the military it was a lot about ⁓ running. So I did a lot of running and but again nothing in a group setting that was in a professional way or with a professional coach teaching you exactly how to move your arm. it was mostly just everybody's running you got to run. That's it.
Dawn Grant (16:03)
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (16:26)
And yeah, so they don't really teach you exactly how to run. It's just, well, this is group running. Everybody's running and then you go and that's it. Or everybody's running with their army boots. You run with your army boots or you so there's no real anyway to me at that moment. I was not in a group for running. I enjoyed swimming, swimming also. But again, nothing with
coach or anyone telling me exactly how to swim. So I enjoyed that. And then when I did my dive course to become a diver, I then I had to be able to swim. had to be able to run. So I enjoyed doing it. But again, it was all just trying out different sports, not really understanding what I what I was carrying as an elite.
Dawn Grant (16:59)
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (17:23)
athlete. just thought, I was not taking it seriously. I thought this was just a ⁓ coping mechanism that well, when it's going bad, you go work out. If it's going good, you reward yourself with a workout. So I was just thinking that this was part of life and that everybody was working out and little did I know that what I was carrying inside was that of an elite.
Dawn Grant (17:23)
Yeah.
you
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (17:52)
leads.
Dawn Grant (17:53)
That's fascinating to me also because you didn't know that you were carrying that inside. So, but yet it's almost like you're gathering data without realizing it, you know, and especially building up to the business that you end up having. So you get out of the military and then what happens?
JD Tremblay (18:12)
Out of the military, I went to college because I needed it to go to university. Somehow I prayed, I am a Christian, I started praying and it's like God was showing me you're going to build houses for poor people. And I said, I know nothing about construction as much as I want to.
I can't say I'm a blue collar at all whatsoever. So I thought there's no way I'm going to be building houses for ⁓ people. mean, these hands are quite soft. I said, there's no way, God. You're not going to put this guy to work on houses. I went to college and I remember ⁓
Dawn Grant (18:43)
Yeah.
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (19:08)
Being in school, sitting beside one of my teammates and I saw a group of, they were called the construction technician. So they were the guys carrying tool belts, all the big tools and going, and I saw this as somewhat manly and I had this, this pool toward it. But again, not enough of a pool to say this is what I'm going to do. ⁓ because again, it's, it's still cold outside. So.
Dawn Grant (19:25)
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
Yes,
JD Tremblay (19:37)
Exactly. So I saw
Dawn Grant (19:37)
still snow on the ground.
JD Tremblay (19:42)
all of those guys going outside and building a little shed that really come under the rain and it was cold. So I turned to this guy and I say, when are we going to go outside building houses? And he said, what are you doing? You're in a construction engineering technician, ⁓ program in college and you want to be an engineer.
He said, there's only two ways you're going to be touching a hammer. One is because there's a real emergency and you need to use a hammer, which doesn't happen very often. And the second one is if you really, really want to, otherwise you're never going to touch a hammer. So I said, no, no, God made a mistake. It's almost like the, universe made a mistake. The first one in history of mankind.
Dawn Grant (20:13)
Yeah. Right?
Right.
⁓ Jesus.
JD Tremblay (20:33)
Somehow,
I thought, no, somehow there's a mistake. no, no, I would have not been, I would have not last more than a week under this program as much as I appreciate all the work that those blue collars are doing. I would rather want to go over there, buy them a coffee. Thank you very much.
Dawn Grant (20:56)
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (20:57)
I would
not be doing that job at all whatsoever. Like thank you for your work, blue collar, for the roads, for everything that you do, but I'm not cut. Like this is not my cup of tea, that's for sure. So ⁓ I went to, I took my college diploma certificate or whatever you want to call it. And then I went to university.
Dawn Grant (21:00)
Hahaha.
Right.
JD Tremblay (21:23)
And I picked integrated engineering. it's all the field of engineering into one program. And then I specialize in, and I went to specialize in biomedical because again, I had this drive for the medical field and the military. was mostly doing a search and rescue and I was in charge of a, a team that was part for like doing a lot of ⁓ first aid and
Dawn Grant (21:28)
Mm-hmm.
⁓ okay.
JD Tremblay (21:50)
So I was a first responder with the military. So I said, well, I'll just carry it over. And then I just always enjoyed the human body, the human anatomy and helping people with healing. I said, well, there you go. So I went with ⁓ that program and I would say I'm not regretting it at all. But then I thought, well, I'm never going to houses. So clearly somewhat.
again, God made a mistake. There's just clearly something wrong. Like I know I'm in the right spot. And you know when you are fulfilled, you are living this life and all the doors are open and they are somewhat open as if an energy was opening them for you. You sometimes don't even have to know.
Dawn Grant (22:28)
Right.
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (22:44)
You're just walking through them and then realizing somebody probably told that person specifically about me. And somehow I'm at this point in my life at that specific moment, it just worked out. ⁓ but again, there was something in me that was when I was in university, there was something in me that wasn't resonating and there was something empty inside. I.
Dawn Grant (22:59)
Right.
JD Tremblay (23:14)
I felt this emptiness and I wasn't fulfilled. I somehow because because it was a survival mechanism and I did a lot of sports back then, I decided to enroll myself into an Ironman. So an Ironman, for those that don't know, is a two point four miles of swimming, hundred and twelve miles of cycling. And then you finish it off with a full marathon.
Dawn Grant (23:19)
Yeah.
Okay.
JD Tremblay (23:44)
all under 17 hours cut off. And so I did it and I thought, well, I'm not even trained at all. I just hopped into an Iron Man, which I don't recommend anyone to do. But to me, it was a survival mechanism.
Dawn Grant (23:57)
Okay, you mean that literally?
Do you mean that literally? Like you didn't train at all?
JD Tremblay (24:03)
Well, I had a 10 kilometer run the week before because I was heading on the way there. I did. Yeah. I just hopped into an Ironman ⁓ completely on three.
Dawn Grant (24:12)
my gosh.
Did you ride
your bike just a little bit for fun or a short little workout? Did you have just a daily routine at all?
JD Tremblay (24:26)
I did,
well, I did, no, just had a bike in, ⁓ that I did not use and I just picked it up and I said, well, there you go. and I had it custom made too, while I was in college and I just did not use it. ⁓ it was supposed to be custom made, but at the same time,
Dawn Grant (24:51)
Wow, interesting. Yeah.
JD Tremblay (24:55)
was the guy that built it he said yes you need a you need a size 60 which a size 60 is way too big for anyone that knows about bikes I'm a size 54 because I 60 would be for maybe six foot two six foot three person somehow this guy said this is the bike you need because you need a bigger crank so you're gonna generate more power and somehow I'm blessed that I did not get injured but I went through it I just said yeah
Dawn Grant (25:11)
Okay.
JD Tremblay (25:25)
This is, this is what I'm going to do. I, I'm going to do an Ironman. I always wanted to do it. And, um, yeah, I I was scared because God was telling me, yeah, you're going to be an ultra triathlete. And I remember that it was 2009 and I got scared. I got really, really scared because I looked online and I said, well, these guys don't make any money. How am I going to survive? So
Dawn Grant (25:31)
Wow.
⁓ All right,
well I have to stop you right there, because you've brought up God multiple times and talking to you, and so I am curious, how do you know the difference between your own thoughts and any other possible input versus God's voice? Like how do you know the difference?
JD Tremblay (25:54)
You
Yeah.
Yeah.
That's a very good question that it's funny because we were talking about it yesterday at dinner ⁓ with some friends and they asked the exact same question so I'll answer it the exact same way so because the one of the lady was saying that her point was and she picked up a bottle of magnesium and put it on the table and she said what I am seeing is supplements
Dawn Grant (26:24)
⁓ okay, nice.
JD Tremblay (26:42)
the word supplement and what you're seeing because you're sitting across from me, you are seeing, ⁓ you are seeing magnesium. So the word magnesium is on that bottle. So the bottle is just sitting on the table and I'm seeing the word magnesium. seeing the word supplement. So she sent, so her point was, which is the point for many people is that it's based on relativity or it's based on
Dawn Grant (26:42)
time.
Okay.
JD Tremblay (27:08)
relative experiences. So now.
Dawn Grant (27:11)
time.
JD Tremblay (27:12)
Even if we would use that as a rationale, there is the relative. And when you look at mathematics, there's an absolute value. So someone that would look at a zero and says, well, it's plus two, then they would go from zero and go plus two. They're looking at plus two, but that person is still looking at a plus two if they're starting from minus two, but it's still ⁓ a relative value. So one would end up with an outcome of zero and the other one would end up with an outcome of plus two.
Dawn Grant (27:21)
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (27:41)
So
then again, the question would be posed, what is relative and then what is the absolute value? So the relative value is based on experience, which if we use a soft science, as, which is just the word for it, right? A soft science, such as psychology, then you would say that everything is relative. And then you would...
Dawn Grant (27:50)
Okay.
JD Tremblay (28:10)
have to go by your own experiences to make a sound judgment. So for example, I've been in a divorce, therefore all women are the same and therefore I will never get married again. Now we're laughing because we both know that is completely false and incorrect. However, it's a topic that is selling
Dawn Grant (28:16)
Right.
Right
JD Tremblay (28:36)
with millions of people and catering to an, individuals that are more on the red pill or this men a sphere or all of these other people. And then there's a debate between feminists and men, and they're all fighting against that narrative. Okay. And the reason is, is because it is, it comes from a relative value. So if it comes from a relative value, then it would be just, it,
Dawn Grant (28:38)
Mm.
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (29:06)
couldn't be replicated. Okay. So when you're asking God, well, should I get remarried? Well, you, you, you, you must be able to go. Yes. From your experience, which is still relative, which is still relevant. You're not forgetting what you're doing is you're forgiving and forgiveness is in a higher frequency, which are the highest level of frequency is love.
Dawn Grant (29:08)
Okay.
JD Tremblay (29:34)
And when you have to look at the highest level of love, you have to ask the highest being, which the highest being, if you look in the hierarchy, even if we ask, well, what's above a human or what's above this or what's above this level or what's above the universe? Well, something had to create this matter. What has to be a being that is essentially, eventually, as you keep asking the question, a being that is outside of space, time and matter.
And then you have to start looking at an absolute value or something that is at the very least, something that is as close to an absolute value as possible. That absolute value becomes quite critical because now you have to look at not just one experience, but the, or the experience of some men that are happening right now within the last 20 years, but you can look.
Dawn Grant (30:28)
Mm-hmm.
JD Tremblay (30:29)
at the cycles throughout history and see exactly how people behaved. And then now you're able to combine all of this essentially the same way as if I would take a coin and flip it. If I'm flipping a coin in statistic, I would flip a coin. Well, if I flip it twice or three times, I might get 66 % on one side. Well, I would.
Dawn Grant (30:33)
Mm-hmm.
Right.
JD Tremblay (30:57)
get 66 % on one side and 33.3 % on the other or one third on the other side. But if I flip it multiple times, I'm having a set of data that coincide usually closer to the absolute value, which would be about 50%. So even if someone believed or did not believe in the Bible, you would be able to look at men
and women who failed miserably, completely. And then you would be able to look throughout history, which many historians have looked at, look at a set of data, whether again, you have to look at it from the lens of all of these. And again, whether you believe it or not, it's
at the very least helping you make and base your decisions based on it. So now the decision making process does not become a reactional decision. It's more a decision based on rational thinking, which has been proven. And then you can pick, again, can pick whichever.
set of values you want. are many other ones. I chose Christianity. It's working well because it's worked well for thousands of years. However, if people want to try it with other religion, that's their calling, that's their thing. I just chose, that's my calling. That's what I want to do. And that's the way that I could explain it. So there's the absolute value and then there is the relative.
The relative value is just based on either a smaller set of data or your own experience, which again, it can be erroneous because you're only looking at the bottle from one side. If we're going circling back to the argument the lady was making yesterday. But now you have to understand, well, what's the absolute value or what is closer to or as close as possible.
from the amount of experiences from everybody around the table. And now you're taking it from all throughout history. And then you would say, well, who created that bottle? And then you're able to make a sounder judgment. So then again, you're able to say, well, what is God asking from me? So then you're able to go back to the three wills of God. So the will of God is what? Well,
Dawn Grant (33:23)
Right.
JD Tremblay (33:36)
throughout history it's saying that this world will pass in many, many, many religions it's saying it. So then that would be the will of God. There you go. So you can't change it. It will pass. It doesn't matter if you're going to change, change hairspray or we're going to cut down on carbon taxes and all go electric. The world will pass.
Dawn Grant (33:48)
Mm-hmm.
Hehehehe, I spray.
JD Tremblay (34:03)
Right? So it gives you peace that some being has control over these variables that we're not able to be controlled. Then there is another purpose for mankind. What is that purpose? Well, if in Christianity it is what? Well, it is to love when God loved that. And then the other one is to love your neighbor. So how do you love your neighbor is now the next the following question, which would be the purpose of God for everybody. So you are to love your neighbor.
You are done. are to love your neighbor. That's it. I am to love my neighbor. Right now, who is your neighbor? So then you can depict that. And then you have your, your will. What is the will for your life, right? For you right now, it is to make a podcast, to propagate that message. For me, it's not to make a podcast. And then that's where we come in as an organization. And that's how we help men navigate these decisions, these difficult decisions that
oftentimes are detrimental because they're not at their optimal level because they're not living in alignment with that frequency that God has again led them to. And I wasn't, I was in the military. I wasn't a great job. I enjoyed it. ⁓ Sometimes high adrenaline. Sometimes you're at a desk doing nothing and it's boring, but you have to do the job. And then eventually
you get to a point where you're now resonating with the purpose that essentially, and I call him God, and you can call him the universe if you want, but to the point that would be the way to be able to know if it comes from God or not, because again, it would have to fit all three wills to be from God.
Dawn Grant (35:54)
okay, that's okay. So you're kind of
passing it through a test or a series of questions basically in order to qualify it as ⁓ word from God.
JD Tremblay (36:01)
Thanks.
Yeah, essentially. Yeah, exactly. And then there are all of those variables because there's a lot of things that we can do. A lot of we can work out for one of my rays, the epic DECA. That's the one I'm known for. I could have just physically I could have done all of the work and I could have done all the mental preparation. So I would have been physically and mentally prepared for it.
Dawn Grant (36:09)
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
JD Tremblay (36:36)
There could have been some small, tiny tweak, like a variable that would have been, ⁓ just destroying that race such as, ⁓ and it can be as benign sometimes as swimming in the ocean. And, ⁓ I get a jellyfish and it happened to one of the guy that was doing Ultraman world championship. Once he flew from Australia, went to Hawaii and it destroyed his race. And these races are.
Dawn Grant (37:05)
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (37:06)
extremely expensive and you need to do a lot
Dawn Grant (37:07)
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (37:08)
of work. So there are variables that we can't control and those variables have to allowed to be ⁓ for a being that is outside of us. So that's the way that I am able to characterize it.
Dawn Grant (37:22)
Interesting. That is a very detailed, engineered brain way of describing how you tell if God's voice is in your head.
Yeah, to me, when I work with clients, and this is from my own observation that I then share and teach people, it's almost like I have a devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other. And I actually literally mean that. And the little devil is my ego and fear-based thinking. And, you know, don't do this or that was horrible and that shouldn't have happened. And it wants to instigate you and it wants to like push you to
be upset with somebody and separate and the division, know, but then the little angel recognizes our free will, ⁓ gives subtle nudges, ⁓ definitely comes from love, ⁓ is not going to encourage you to be pissed off or angry or resentful or ⁓ seek revenge or whatever. And it's not the squeaky wheel, the squeaky wheel.
is the fear-based thinking and the ego mind and probably therefore also what somebody might call the devil. And ⁓ it takes a lot to not listen to the squeaky wheel, right? It takes a lot to have faith and trust and to decipher these things and to go with what feels like peace and acceptance. And, you know, I love that you brought up the love thy neighbor.
because the little devil is gonna say he shouldn't be mowing his lawn at 6 a.m. on a Sunday, because that's my day off and I'm sleeping and that's annoying and I'm gonna be pissed off, I'm gonna tell him how it is and I'm gonna do this, I'm gonna do that. And acceptance and loving thy neighbors, hey, I don't know what his circumstances are and what can I do to either make myself ⁓ in an accepting place and...
And this was literally a client I had. It was a clay shooting client competitor. And it was one of the things we talked about. the first few weeks, he's thinking this isn't a big deal to bring up his neighbor, right? And I'm like, we're going with this one because it's a perfect example of how he's trying to control everything and ⁓ manipulate things in his favor and not have acceptance. And so he thought he had made progress in end.
after I talked to him about acceptance and loving his neighbor. And the next week he said, I have an idea. I will pay for my neighbor to get his lawn done. And there, you know, it'll get done the same day as mine on a Friday. And that's a great gift. And I'm like, no, no, no, that's not the solution here. That is not acceptance. That's not loving your neighbor. And... ⁓
JD Tremblay (40:13)
Yeah.
Dawn Grant (40:17)
It was like several weeks later that he had the light bulb moment and he said, on Saturday nights, I'm going to sleep in my guest room and except that, you know, he mows on Sunday mornings and it's on that side of the house. And I'm like, now you're talking. And the coolest thing by the next week, he's like, you're not going to believe this Dawn. My neighbor hired a company and his lawn is getting mowed.
whatever, whatever, during the day on a Saturday now. And that's the letting go, right? That's the trust, the letting go, having faith, tending to yourself, being your best self. So is that a lot of what you help men with?
JD Tremblay (41:00)
Exactly. It's faith versus fear. We just come from a different perspective where the only factor that is completely entirely different is that we see Jesus as the son of God. That's it. That's the only difference in all of this. But otherwise, you're completely right. It's faith versus fear, whether you call it demons on one shoulder and an angel on the
Dawn Grant (41:03)
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (41:29)
you call it a conscience or in the Bible, they use the flesh or carnal desires versus what God is asking for your life. So those are terminology that resonates. And I use this word as resonance because again, as a naturopathic practitioner, like I deal a lot, I specialize in bio resonance essentially. it's how you're going to be able to connect with that frequency. So right now I'm speaking about some topic.
Dawn Grant (41:54)
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (41:59)
And to some people it's going to be completely offensive, everything that I am saying, and they won't enjoy that discussion. those are, it's unfortunate for them, but it is, I can't cater to everybody. And for some other people, they will be enjoying this discussion. And that's also fine with me because there are people that ⁓ want to
Dawn Grant (42:08)
Right.
JD Tremblay (42:28)
work in this space and there are people that ⁓ don't want to work with us and we're fine with it. So it's the exact same ⁓ component or it's the exact same topic that many people are discussing as you said, the faith versus fear, ⁓ not a Christian book, ⁓ one of them is ⁓
Dawn Grant (42:36)
Yeah.
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (42:51)
it fears from Napoleon Hill or, uh, uh, what does he, what does he, he has, uh, it's a very famous book, uh, about, about money and, uh, think and grow rich. That's what it is. Right. Think and grow rich. Right. And he talks about the difference between, uh, how you must live in faith, live in faith and make your decision based out of faith. And he gives you a step.
Dawn Grant (43:05)
Yes, Napoleon Hill, yes.
JD Tremblay (43:20)
Process on how to do it versus living in fear and having those limiting beliefs So we're used it's it's essentially What I'm getting from this message is we're saying the exact same thing ⁓ We're on the same brainwave But we're just using different frequencies to cater to a different audience
Dawn Grant (43:22)
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, I got you. So going back a little bit, you did the ultra marathon with, no, it wasn't an ultra marathon. You did the Ironman ⁓ with little training, jumped in, survived. And then what, did you end up realizing you really enjoyed it and that you wanted to do more of that?
JD Tremblay (43:59)
Yeah.
I didn't. ⁓ I enjoyed it. And I understood that there was something there, but I didn't want to be led just by emotions. I want to know a little bit more about it. I was in the back of my class and I registered for another Ironman two months after. I said, I went to my professor after the class and I said, I'm going for an Ironman this weekend, an Ironman race.
Dawn Grant (44:14)
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (44:33)
Can I get a little bit of all of my homework so I can just do them over the weekend? And she said, yes, of course. When did you register for it? I said, well, I was in the back of the class right now and my brain was just not functioning well. And I remember that I felt completely different when I did an Ironman. So I want to replicate that again. You just.
Dawn Grant (44:38)
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Hmm.
JD Tremblay (45:00)
Okay. So how long did you train for an iron man? I didn't train. just, I didn't get set. just. Register for another one. Okay. So I picked up my truck, drove down to Louisville, Kentucky, did another iron man. Then I remember being completely wired. I was ready to do all of my homework and I, and I did the iron man.
Dawn Grant (45:09)
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (45:27)
Again, did completely poorly, but I finished, ⁓ and I got back and that's when I said, I'm just going to ask a coach to coach me on, on running. So I talked to him and he said, JD, do you know what you just told me? Like I coach Olympians. You are telling me you did two iron men. You did not do any training at all within two months.
And you're not injured and you want to work out again. said, yes, yes, I do. I really love it. Yeah. He says, do you know what you have? I do not know, sir. no, I have no idea. says, well, you have the one of the best engine. Like I don't even have to do any testing. I can tell you right now there's something special with that engine that you have. It's, it's probably not going to be fast.
Dawn Grant (45:59)
What the hell, yeah.
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (46:22)
But you have an endurance ⁓ engine for sure. So I said, OK, well, my goal is I want to do an Ultraman. And an Ultraman is basically double the distance, give or take as an Ironman over the course of three days. I would have 12 hour cut off. He said, OK, perfect. ⁓ Register for it and that's going to be your target.
So I was training with those guys, those Olympians. And the way I was training was we would do, they would, they would do track training. they were very, very fast. I would call them the horses. it'd be so fast. Well, my goal was we'd go one loop of the track and then everybody would stop or one, one part of the group would stop. And then I would do another part. they are the second group would do another loop.
Dawn Grant (47:02)
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (47:18)
And then so, so, so bad. So I ended up doing one loop and then not stopping and then doing another loop with them. And then they were saying, well, are you tired? I was like, no, no, I'm not tired. Like I really enjoy it. And, they said, well, you're just don't hurt yourself. And then I kept going and training with them at that level. And I would be, and they would think, while you're, this guy's completely exhausted. said, no.
Dawn Grant (47:31)
my gosh. Yeah.
JD Tremblay (47:46)
No, no, I'm going for a bike ride after this. What are you doing? Like what? I had this in my mind. I said, I want to do an Ultraman. I really like that. That's what I want. I went to do my Ultraman the next year in July. Really enjoyed it. And after my Ultraman, I started doing a lot of other races, went to Mexico.
Dawn Grant (47:48)
my gosh!
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (48:14)
another Ultraman and I finished second. That was the first time I had a podium at an Ultraman race. So I really enjoyed it. And ⁓ in November, a guy got injured, a guy called Joe Jave. He got hit by a car during a race in Florida and he had to get removed from a race ⁓ next February.
But while I was in Mexico, heard about a race and the race was called the Epic Deca. It was one girl called Red and she was registered for the, the Epic Deca and, we're talking about it and I'm, I'm really into ultra. I have the mindset and I'm with my kid and we're in Mexico and he said, and she said,
I'm registered for this race. is 10 Iron Men in 10 days on all six Hawaiian islands.
Dawn Grant (49:12)
wow.
JD Tremblay (49:12)
That's like one thousand four hundred and six miles of swimming biking and running all of Hawaii It's only going to happen once in all of history and she said they picked me as They're paying for my lodging. They're paying for all of it because they want a female to go and and compete so I said this is and I remember telling her at dinner I said red
Dawn Grant (49:19)
my gosh.
JD Tremblay (49:39)
I wish I could be at that level one day, but one day that's it. So fast forward that guy Joe Jaffe, he's one of the 10 people that are registered for that race. Now I'm not registered for the Epic DECA, but Joe Jaffe is. He gets hit by a car so he can't go and I'm already registered for a lot of world championships and all of that the next year. So then the
Guy in February or January end of January. He puts online. He says, ⁓ I'm not going to do the epic DECA because I'm injured and it would be unfair for everybody. I, and there's again, there's voice in my head that says, yeah, just ask him, ask him if you are going to, ⁓ be able to buy it from him. And to me, I God.
you don't understand. Okay. So I'm still fighting with God. Even today, I, I, yeah, even in business, I fight all the time with God. My head is just a constant battle. I'm like, no, you can't do that. You can't do that. You can't defy this. Like you can't do that. But somehow he just brings me to a higher level of faith. So I say, God, you don't understand my finances. I am 15, I'm at $20,000 in debt.
Dawn Grant (50:45)
Okay.
JD Tremblay (51:03)
And the race cost $15,000.
Dawn Grant (51:06)
Hmm.
JD Tremblay (51:07)
How? I don't have $35,000 plus on top of that. I said, God, God, do you really want to see? I'm going to show you. So I pull out a pen and a paper and I started writing down and I'm the one who's going to tell God what it is. What are the facts? Because, ⁓ because apparently I know what it what's up, right? So, so I little did I know. So I start
Dawn Grant (51:08)
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
Right?
JD Tremblay (51:37)
explaining to God by facts that I need a minimum of $60,000, which I'm already $20,000 in debt plus I $15,000. There's no way. God, no. No, no, no. You're...
So I prayed, the voice said it, contact him and just see. That's it. Just go and just, just knock on the door. That's about it. I said, okay, all right. You know what? I'm, I'm doing my, my side and then you worry about your variables. So said, okay, there you go. So I texted him. He said, you want to buy it from me? He says, I've been following you on, on, on Facebook. And he said,
Dawn Grant (52:02)
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (52:21)
I really like, that you already have that pedigree and you would be a great contestant. You, you, I'm sure you could finish it. You would be one of the guys that I think you could finish that event, but they only pick 10 people. So it's, it's already a closed event. This event is happening in May. So clearly this guy is not going to, there's no one that is going to pick up this big of a race in like two months and be able to sell their, so he said,
Dawn Grant (52:40)
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (52:50)
You know, I'll sell it to you for sure. Good. He doesn't know about my finances. He doesn't know about me much. He, all he knows is that he knows I can finish it and he has confidence that I can. So I said, well, I don't have the money. And, ⁓ he says, yes, I asked the organizer. They say yes. And that's when, again, I would clarify it as God, but it would be more like, if you were.
Dawn Grant (52:56)
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (53:17)
believer and God, then it would be the universe somewhat placed all placed coincidentally, all of the variables that you have to. There's a decision timing sometimes with opportunities that if you miss that window, you will regret it. And now that's why a lot of people end up in ⁓ depression, depressive pattern.
Dawn Grant (53:30)
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (53:44)
or even certain types of behavioral addiction is because they miss that window with either that special someone or that special job or and then they're living in the past that they missed that window. What I have to say to them just by doing a parentheses on what we're talking about is because I want to talk to the listener also is that the way to look at it is you've missed that opportunity.
Dawn Grant (53:46)
Mmm. Mmm.
Hmm.
JD Tremblay (54:12)
Meaning there are other opportunities somewhere and you, if you keep looking backward, you won't be seeing all the opportunity, all the beautiful ⁓ scenery of that life that you currently have. It's sad, use it as an experience and now make different decision based on it. So that's more of a side note. So I...
Dawn Grant (54:14)
Right.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (54:38)
Contacted the organizer the organizer said yes You can register based on your previous times of Iron Man you you would be a great fit and you can register But you have to buy it from Joe and that's it We have nothing to do with that if he says yes, you can go then you can so I went to the bank and He's a he's a surgeon I Could doctor making good money. So he said JD
Dawn Grant (54:45)
Hmm, mm-hmm.
Right?
JD Tremblay (55:06)
Because it's half my fault. I'm to give you half off. Oh, there you go. That that was to me. He had no idea. We still talk and I still thank him, but he said, JD, uh, I had no idea you were in this financial situation. If I knew I would have given it to you for free, but I said, no, I don't want it for free. I don't want anything for free. I want to work for everything that I have. want to be.
Dawn Grant (55:10)
⁓ huh.
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (55:31)
I did that for my life. That's what I want. I don't want any free ticket to anything. I want to work for it. So I paid half of it, put it on my credit card, uh, in my line of credit because everything was full. I'm now officially now 27,500 in debt. right. Oh, wow. Big God. Come on. But, but, but before that, before, before I even commit to it, before I even commit to it, that's right.
Dawn Grant (55:44)
Hehehehehe
Right? Right?
JD Tremblay (56:01)
Uh, I, I, I talked to God and I said, okay, I need, I'm to give you a timeframe because I have to say yes or no at some point, uh, with the race. need a minimum of $60,000 God. need a minimum of $60,000 and I need four people that are really knowledgeable about crewing for me because I needed two people on and two people off for those 10 days. Right? So day one, day two, and so, so, uh, anyway, so, uh,
Dawn Grant (56:09)
Mm.
Mm. Yeah.
JD Tremblay (56:30)
I got the best people, the best four people. got two top nurses. They were both in charge of their own team. One was with her husband. really enjoyed. I contacted many people and somehow these four people stood out and were knowledgeable. They've either done that race or they've, so it fits a variable that I can't control, which seemed to me as
Dawn Grant (56:46)
Yeah.
⁓ nice, I got ya.
JD Tremblay (56:58)
It came from a higher being. It just looked like it. But then it had to fit the second one, which I need $60,000. And then I need to fit it with the timeframe. So those were the three somewhat, um, Criteria's that I had for God. said, well, I need to give a yes or no by a timeframe. So I, have 12 days to give me 60,000 plus you have 12 days to give me, uh, four people within 12 days. I had those four people.
Dawn Grant (57:01)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
JD Tremblay (57:26)
They knew that I could complete it. They have crewed before or participated in a long endurance event. So I said, there you go. That's one, uh, all within 12 days. by February 12, uh, February 14 was the deadline that I gave God because I have to take a decision. And, uh, a lady came to clean my house because I had purchased a house while I was in university and, uh, with,
Dawn Grant (57:45)
Right.
JD Tremblay (57:57)
my money ⁓ with my student loans.
Dawn Grant (58:01)
⁓ nice.
⁓ Hey, know, investing in your future.
JD Tremblay (58:03)
I had renovated it and now,
yeah, so she, ⁓ yeah, so she came to clean my house and somehow she said, ⁓ I'm also a real estate agent. And I said, well, I've tried to sell my house multiple times, but it would not sell. Every year I try to sell my house. It just won't sell. There's something about this house. It just won't sell. So she said, well, I'll sell it for you. And
Dawn Grant (58:20)
⁓ okay.
JD Tremblay (58:32)
If I don't sell it, I'll find you tenants within a month. I said, well, good. She put it on the market and within five days we had to offer. I picked the highest one. I had my $60,000 and you are, you heard correctly. I sold my house so I could go. I mean, this was a huge face. That's the thing. See God had met all three.
Dawn Grant (58:49)
my gosh.
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (59:01)
of those variables that I could not control within the timeframe, getting those four people plus now you have the $60,000. So now I had the equipment, I had the training. Essentially, I'm like this guy that has a parachute, door is open, will you jump? And there's many people, which is sad because there's many people that go back in their seat and just sit down.
Dawn Grant (59:04)
Yeah.
Wow.
Yes.
JD Tremblay (59:29)
And then just
wait for the next best moment to step at the door. And that door might be closed for that specific opportunity. Now, had I not taken that opportunity, ⁓ I, the Epic DECA only happened once in the history right now. There's only three people that finished. I'm the only Canadian in history that finished that race. And I took the money.
Dawn Grant (59:41)
Right.
JD Tremblay (59:54)
flew four people of five because I was the person racing or doing the event. And 10 people registered, six people showed up on the start line and there's only three in the world that finished. But then I sold my house and I took a leap of faith and went over to Hawaii. And although many people think the story stops there and it's wow.
Dawn Grant (1:00:01)
Right.
JD Tremblay (1:00:22)
How is the epic deck gonna? No, no, it's the aftermath. When now you stepped in faith, you're outside of the airplane, you're parachuting, everything is fine, yay. But when you go back home and you're now living in a storage unit and to see, yeah, I was living in a storage unit. had to come into that room.
Dawn Grant (1:00:42)
Well, yeah.
JD Tremblay (1:00:48)
lift up my inflatable mattress, close that door and then put it back down and no one could open that door because that inflatable mattress, that's where I would sleep. All these boxes, I was basically just praying that these boxes would not fall on me or that I would knock one and just while I'm sleeping, but everything worked fine. And even to see my son and my son still doesn't know, maybe he'll learn about it on a podcast somewhere or
Dawn Grant (1:01:02)
Wow. Yeah.
JD Tremblay (1:01:18)
Uh, but he, doesn't know that I was driving to go see him, uh, at my, my, ex wife and picking him up, driving to the other city. And instead of going back to that storage unit, I would go do an activity with him in town, driving back to my ex and I couldn't even be with him for the night. So I would just drive him back.
and then pick him up in the morning, but I would sleep in my car when it's cold in a truck stop. And I would sleep in my car just to be able to see my kid. And then in the morning I would try to go back and see him again. And then that would be my weekends when I had him. And it took a while for me to get some traction and understand, okay, this is how you're going to be able to utilize
Dawn Grant (1:01:51)
wow, yeah.
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (1:02:15)
⁓ what you would you just accomplish. So I did not have any, any followers. We were not on social media. We did not have the academy and we built nothing. We built everything from the ground up. And as, as scary as it is, I could say right now I would not change a single decision that I did. It was.
Dawn Grant (1:02:18)
Right.
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (1:02:39)
It seemed foolish for everyone listening and I'm not recommending everyone to sell their house and go to, you'd have a different, I got a good news and a bad news, honey. Uh, the good news is, uh, we're going to Hawaii. The bad news is it's only for two weeks. It's a race. There's no price first for winning. in two weeks we're homeless. Yay. So yeah.
Dawn Grant (1:02:48)
Yeah. No, don't do that.
Am I
⁓ my. Yay. Yes. Well, so
you must've had some kind of light bulb moment when you were living like that, that you did start building, you know, business and such, right? Like, were you doing that from the storage unit also? Or did you have some friends that had a computer or something or website design? Like, how did that next step start?
JD Tremblay (1:03:28)
I looked online and I studied the guys that did it. So David Goggins, which I agree to some extent with his content and there's others that I just don't. It's somewhat for me now, I understand recovery. I don't think he does. So that would be one. I studied Rich Roll and then the process seemed that they wrote a book and ⁓
Dawn Grant (1:03:41)
you
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (1:03:54)
A lot of the questions seemed to repeat themselves from friends and they were mostly, how did you do it? And I had nothing to tell them at all. I had no idea. To me, it was just a natural process of survival.
Dawn Grant (1:04:01)
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (1:04:13)
And I started drafting my book. So I had a laptop internet at the storage place. I, uh, during the day I was typing my book that was before AI came out. And I was just typing my book, putting it in a, in a way that was structured so that I would be able to understand and also relay it.
to other people that would potentially struggle with these mental difficulties.
Dawn Grant (1:04:43)
Yeah.
Yes.
JD Tremblay (1:04:50)
So I put it into words, drafted the book, and then I started contacting all the guys that I was in with these races. And I said, now I have a book. ⁓ Can we, can we do something about like an event or, and they said, yes, just come down to see us. So the first release, funny as it is, I,
I contacted a buddy in Mexico. That was one of the rates that I did. And I said, do you want to translate my book to Spanish? He said, yes, ⁓ just give me that amount. And, ⁓ he translated it. So I said, okay, excellent. So he translated it and the first release of my book was in Spanish. Yeah. So I drafted it in English and then I crossed the border, went to Texas.
Dawn Grant (1:05:29)
Nice.
⁓ okay. All right, all right.
JD Tremblay (1:05:47)
And then there was the Ironman Texas. So I said, well, there's my target market. So I released the English version in Texas. And then the process seemed to unfold almost naturally where ⁓ people were open to it and they wanted to know more about the Epic Deca. And we had, we received a lot, a lot of hate for it. ⁓ lot of people were saying, ⁓
Dawn Grant (1:05:50)
huh.
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
Hmm.
JD Tremblay (1:06:16)
You belong in a mental institute or your message is displaying lack of self-control or, and I said, well, it's it's a survival mechanism, definitely. But now we're able to understand a bit more about the blood chemistry, the recovery, how your attention could be utilized. What is the inflammation of your body and how to minimize it. So we understand it more.
Dawn Grant (1:06:19)
Mm.
Mm-hmm.
JD Tremblay (1:06:46)
But at the basic of it, it was more of a survival mechanism. For me, it was more, okay, I'm struggling mentally. Let me just go and jump in the snow in my underwear. I did not understand how the neuroendocrine system would function based on...
Dawn Grant (1:07:08)
Yeah, so did
you go back to school to learn all that? Is that what happened? Or some online courses or something?
JD Tremblay (1:07:14)
⁓ I went back to school to become a certified naturopathic practitioner. So I went to an institute to learn more about human anatomy. And for years I studied a lot about nutrition. And then that's when I said, well, after this you can either specialize into something or you can just keep the general basic of a naturopathic practitioner.
Dawn Grant (1:07:20)
Yeah.
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (1:07:43)
And that's where I went back and I specialized in bio resonance with frequencies. And that really ⁓ resonated with me because again, with the practical aspect of the military, which is mainly a mindset for all the civilians listening, it's more of a mindset of going from point A to point B. don't care how the, how it's done. We just want the mission to be.
We have a task. This is the task that we must complete. And that's about it. ⁓ It's not the type of mindset that I would recommend to a lot of people. I would still recommend some level of structure to it. But that's how the military operate to most degrees. Then you have the engineering, has ⁓ my degree, which gave me the mathematical and
Dawn Grant (1:08:15)
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (1:08:41)
the systems operation, which now I am able to now function with it. And then there is the now the also the natural pathic ways of looking. So when I look at the human body, I look at it from, okay, first off, let's get you from point A to point B and let's focus on the mission with the military mindset. I also look at the math and the science behind it and how, how I can
Dawn Grant (1:09:01)
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (1:09:10)
get them there to create that structure. And I look at the human body in terms of systems and how to help them heal. then, well, naturopathic ways are the innate ability for the body to heal, which we all have, but we're just not accustomed or we have some limiting beliefs on how we use the body to heal.
Dawn Grant (1:09:31)
Yeah.
So with your
Hungry Warrior Academy, are you mainly working with these ultra athletes, these Ironman kind of people, do ⁓ you work with non-athletes at all? is it, you do?
JD Tremblay (1:09:48)
Correct.
Correct. Yes. We, we, we deal with executives and individuals that want to achieve that peak performance, whatever that peak performance mean, ⁓ both physically, mentally, and also spiritually. So we have the foundations, which now because of the Epic Deca, we created the Epic foundation, which stands for, ⁓ E for
Dawn Grant (1:10:00)
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Hmm.
JD Tremblay (1:10:17)
Eternal restoration. We also have P for the physical temple. So we are the temple of God in a great whether whether you're Christian or not, you have to be physically and mentally active. And then you have the eye for the identity. So what is your identity and then C for community and then we use the DECA system to get them from point A to
Dawn Grant (1:10:30)
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
Are these, is it a higher end program or are there ways for people to enter at different levels if they don't have, you know, an executive income of, you know, shitload of money? ⁓
JD Tremblay (1:10:56)
Correct yeah yeah correct
so we do have we do offer ⁓ some therapy it will be ⁓ our it's our intake ⁓ it will be for only an hour those are we have fees for that and then the people can come to either one of our center
So we do have that. have online courses, which are for people that might not have the income to support ⁓ our high fees. We have also a little bit higher and we do have online sessions with certain coaches. So it would not be me, but it would be coaches that have been coaching for quite a while and understand not only our system, but the way that we pick them.
is by them showing us that they have achieved a certain level of success that they're able to impart in others. So ⁓ that's what sets us quite apart from all of the other retreats, so to speak. Obviously the highest packages that they would come and train at the ⁓ center and understand. And what really sets us apart is ⁓ that no one is going to be
No, no, no man is coming here to just be yelled at. No one is getting yelled at. No one is going to use profanity on those men. There are different ways to learn as we discussed earlier. There are different frequencies to that would resonate with different target market. And that's how we stand out from the market is that there are those retreats that exist. They have their target market. We don't want those people.
Dawn Grant (1:12:24)
Mm-hmm.
you
Hmm.
JD Tremblay (1:12:49)
men need to understand that it's not based on emotions because a lot of these retreats are based on emotions. If you're yelling at someone and you're using profanity, ⁓ it gets you from point A to point B to some degree. ⁓ but if you don't understand the science behind it, then A, you're not able to replicate it. And B, you're only based on emotional, ⁓ drive. You're not based on
Dawn Grant (1:12:56)
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
JD Tremblay (1:13:14)
⁓ data and science and when you're basing everything on data and science then you're able to A, you're able to replicate it and that and replicate it for your life that's A and B you're able to replicate it to give a different perspective of what that masculine person ⁓ would become and masculine person I mean a man
Dawn Grant (1:13:17)
Mm-hmm.
Mm.
JD Tremblay (1:13:43)
Okay, that man, ⁓ whatever he wants to become, is now understanding the science behind it. Because otherwise you're just going to these retreats, getting yelled at, and you will, because we have what is called mirror neurons, and mirror neurons will just mimic what you are seeing. So if you got an outcome out of being yelled at and using profanity,
Dawn Grant (1:14:11)
Hmm.
JD Tremblay (1:14:12)
Then you're coming back home and if it got results from you, your brain will think that this is how you get results out of people, which it works for certain instances. Okay. I'm all for yelling at people and potentially using profanity to a certain degree. If you're in a highly stressful environment and it needs to be done right away. I would say that there is this.
Dawn Grant (1:14:17)
Mm.
JD Tremblay (1:14:41)
but it's such a finite line that the majority of men will never have to encounter in their lifetime. We're talking about tier one operators, we're talking about firefighters in the middle of a giant fire, a police officer that is under fire at them. These are moments that you need to yell at people or there's a lot of noise.
Dawn Grant (1:14:54)
Yeah, I got you.
JD Tremblay (1:15:11)
Otherwise you need to be based on you need to base your decision on facts and those facts and that science is driven so for example What is blood chemistry? How do you regulate your? ⁓ Your your blood chemistry and we talked about it earlier So we're talking about glucose swings and how to ingest glucose at what time it's not necessarily to just remove it from your diet But when do you use it? How do you utilize it?
Dawn Grant (1:15:16)
Right.
Mm-hmm.
JD Tremblay (1:15:39)
hydration,
what is water? A lot of people don't even know what water is. All they look at is online. Well, it's hydrating. Well, there is way more to it. Maybe your body is ingesting water, but your body is not even able to retain that water. And there's a myth that if you pee is clear, then you're hydrated, which is not true. Maybe your kidneys are malfunctioning or maybe there's other parts. We have machines that will
Dawn Grant (1:15:44)
Right.
Hmm.
JD Tremblay (1:16:08)
test all of that. have people that understand that and we're able to test the blood, it out to the lab, understand all those biomarkers. What is electrolytes? How to utilize them to your benefit. So all of those, we're not there to give them that discipline. We're there to create that structure so that they can have discipline. And that's what I learned with the military. A lot of people think that the military, they're highly disciplined people.
Dawn Grant (1:16:09)
Hmm.
Right.
Mmm.
Right.
JD Tremblay (1:16:38)
There's a lot of undisciplined people, there's a lot of disciplined people, but the other side of the spectrum is also true for the military. So the military, what it does is they create a structure and you are to become a disciplined individual if you use that structure or the systems that they're giving you. It's up to you. But if you don't, then you can be undisciplined.
Dawn Grant (1:16:41)
Yeah.
Right, right, right, right. Right, right.
JD Tremblay (1:17:04)
And we want to work with the people that do want that. For the lower end, there is a book called Hunger for More in Life. It's on Amazon right now. And it got great reviews and that's the lowest offer that we have for people. It's called Hunger for More in Life on Amazon. And they can get it on all the, like everywhere in the world where Amazon delivers.
Dawn Grant (1:17:33)
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (1:17:34)
And that's the lowest. And I would say if you go through that book, it has a lot of the advice of how we use our system and how I broke down every single system to a pragmatic level. There are people that never studied in their life more than grade 12 and they understand everything that is in the book. If I talk about the neuroendocrine system, I will break down what the neurology.
Dawn Grant (1:18:02)
Yes.
JD Tremblay (1:18:03)
what is
Dawn Grant (1:18:03)
Yes.
JD Tremblay (1:18:04)
the endocrine system before and then explain how to utilize it so that everybody can understand these concepts and it's how I use them.
Dawn Grant (1:18:09)
Nice.
Right.
Right, I gotcha. Nice. I like all that. Well, I am inspired. Actually, can't wait to get your book. I'm gonna read it myself. Is it in audio form?
JD Tremblay (1:18:29)
We have it in audio form, Kindle, hard copy. And we also have it in ⁓ short form, a paperback. And what I'll do is for your audience, I'll send five copies over to you and you can do a draw or something like that. And then I'll also send you a copy that's on me for having me on this podcast. So thank you. Yeah.
Dawn Grant (1:18:33)
Good.
Very nice, thank you, thank
you, thank you. And my son is somebody I'm thinking of for your book. ⁓ you know, he's like 27 and there's just this underlying thing there I can tell, you know, he can tell too. There's just, whether it was a missed opportunity, I can think of a few as his mom that could be underneath there bothering him. ⁓
but I can just sense it, you know? He needs more, he needs to find his purpose. He needs to find his thing. And he's in a happy marriage, he's got a great job, but he needs, there's just something there that's missing. And yeah, I think you'd be a great person to.
JD Tremblay (1:19:37)
And a lot of times
what happened with men, and we've seen it countless times, so maybe that will be an advice for him or he'll be able to listen to this part of our conversation. A lot of times is that the men think they've missed the opportunities, so therefore they can't just ⁓ operate at a certain level. And men generally meet a lot more potential when they're in their
thirties, if not their forties. And we've seen it countless times where men think they've missed all these opportunities. But what you're doing is you're building from that block that you have, and you probably have not reached your full potential yet because a lot of the guys, a lot of the entrepreneurs that are doing very well and are successful.
Dawn Grant (1:20:18)
Yes, for sure. Yeah. Yeah.
Yes.
JD Tremblay (1:20:35)
are now in their 40s. And that has a lot to do with your endocrine system because after a certain age, your testosterone level decreases. So therefore you are more driven towards a ⁓ different outcome. Now that outcome to some degrees ⁓ is to chase a potential mate when you are of a younger age. Okay.
Dawn Grant (1:20:50)
Mm. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
JD Tremblay (1:21:04)
Again, I'm
Christian, so I'm looking for one, right? But there are other ⁓ content online that are for other people, but for our target audience and what I'm speaking of, you're chasing that one person. And then later on in life, you want to essentially chase something else, which very often is that level of success.
Dawn Grant (1:21:07)
Right?
Alright.
Yeah.
JD Tremblay (1:21:34)
on a, on another level where now you're not driven by it. So if he's already in a successful marriage, he's already doing well. So sometimes it's just tweaking this, ⁓ mindset to understand that he might not be at his full potential.
Dawn Grant (1:21:46)
Yeah.
Yeah, nice one. Nice. Well, that's all great information. And I love the journey that you're on and what you've shared with us and what you've accomplished. How cool. It's really all really neat. I want to tell the listeners, know, they can go to dongrant.com forward slash free for some goodies with any, whether it's access to my mind mastered app or my online courses or even at my shotgun club in Northeast Florida. ⁓
definitely follow me on social media, because I give out free tips all the time there. And JD, can you please give your contact info, the website, whatever, if there's an email, whatever, however you want to send people, what would be best?
JD Tremblay (1:22:37)
Yes, we only have one website it's called hungry warrior Academy calm and They can reach out to us and see if it's a right fit. It's not I wish them well if ⁓ We are not the right fit. We make a lot of collaboration with other Therapists and other people that we've worked with in the past that if we're not able to cater to their needs and then we do also referrals so if we
also have therapists that want to be part of our network and we're always looking for people to refer them to some amazing individuals that will get them to their success because as we talked about with frequencies it's all about resonating with the person and if the person doesn't resonate with us that's fine maybe they'll resonate with some other person that maybe will refer them.
Dawn Grant (1:23:24)
Yeah, for sure.
Yeah, yeah, I got you for sure.
Yes, I'll need to hook up with you on that too. right, perfect. Well, thank you so much. This was a great, great interview and I enjoyed getting to know you.
