Josh Parish on Change Your Stories-Change Your Life

Born in south Alabama, Josh grew up spending most of his time on the Baseball diamond and the summer months harvesting and selling watermelons. His immediate family moved from state to state about every year or so as his stepdad rose in the ranks of a major clothing retailer. Always being the new kid in school, overweight and dripping out with the latest Tommy Hilfiger gear, Josh caught flak from many of his peers. While most would see this as a setback, he saw it as an opportunity to refine himself frequently.

In his early high school days Josh became moderately obsessed with fitness, transforming from a fat kid to pretty boy. This enhanced his confidence but also brought on more attention from the haters. This resulted in intense levels of self-loathing and depression as all he ever wanted at the time was to be accepted and loved.

Later in Josh’s high school experience, he longed for deeper respect, and a bad boy was born. He made a fake ID with Microsoft print’s copy and paste function. He quickly became a lover of the bar and nightclub scene, where he picked up several bad habits.

In his late teens and very early 20's he was a Chippendale style dancer and wholesale drug dealer in Panama City Beach Florida. This was a whole different level of social experimentation that really showed Josh the darker side of humanity. He ended up getting into some trouble with the law but never had any hard times. Fast forward a couple years to his mid-twenties when he met his biological father, Steve. They were spitting images of each other. Steve held great wisdom and was moderately successful at real estate development but dually was a self-absorbed playboy. All Josh ever wanted was to be accepted and taught by Steve. Josh was never scared to propose a mentor/mentee partnership to his father but always met with over promises and vague plans that were killed off at the last minute. Josh uprooted his life many times, in big ways to meet the terms laid out by his father. Never once did Steve come through on his promises.

Around the time of Steve’s death in January 2021, Josh was blindsided with termination of a mentorship with a well-known Hall of Fame level Realtor. This is where all the stressors of the past and injuries from hardcore fitness training landed on him all at once. Josh was debilitated with insanely high levels of nerve pain that ran throughout his lower body. He could barely walk for about 3 months.

I will have Josh share more of his story. Today he is a teacher of Personal Transformation and a lifelong student and salesman. He has been a Health & Fitness Coach for 20 years and 5 years as a Soft Tissue Therapist. He has over 3 years in Real Estate Sales with over $35,000,000 in sales. He has worked in over 100 sales jobs and spent more than $250,000 on self-education and personal development. He is a Master Rapport Builder and Solutions Strategist. Ultimately, Patrick is a builder of leaders.