Shift Project

09/08/2025

💡 Did you know not all peptides are the same?

☕ Collagen peptides = beauty + structure (skin, hair, nails, joints)

🥗 Nutritional peptides = subtle signals from food

💉 Therapeutic peptides = targeted tools for healing + hormones

And for women 35+, therapeutic peptides can be a total game-changer.
✨ Heal your gut
✨ Balance cortisol + hormones
✨ Boost energy + metabolism
✨ Finally drop that stubborn midlife weight

That’s why I created my Midlife Peptide Guide — a simple playbook to help you understand which peptides may be right for YOU.

📥 Comment PEPTIDE below and I’ll send it your way.

08/11/2025

Lately, I’ve been seeing the word “peptides” pop up everywhere, so I decided to do some research to clear up any confusion about what we're actually talking about... or what you might be thinking about trying. 😉

✨ Collagen Peptides: These are broken-down proteins, usually sourced from bovine or marine sources. They’re amazing for skin, hair, gut health, and joints. Think of collagen as nourishing your body from the inside out.

✨ Nutritional Peptides: These are short-chain amino acids (aka fragmented proteins) that come from food sources like fava beans or whey. They’re great for giving you a boost of energy or helping with muscle recovery. Fuel for your body!

✨ Therapeutic Peptides: These are bioactive compounds like BPC157, TB500, GLP1, and more. They signal your body to start healing, regulate metabolism, and boost immune function. These peptides mimic natural peptides already in your body but can help when those natural signals slow down. Signals that help your body work its magic!

All of these types of peptides serve their purpose, but they’ve become a buzzword that might cause a bit of confusion. The key is to figure out what your body needs, then make an informed choice from there. Hopefully, this breakdown helps clear things up!

Feel free to DM me if you have questions or want help figuring out which peptide might be right for you. I’ve done the deep dive so you don’t have to! 🫶🏻

PS: I’m especially excited about therapeutic peptides because they’re all about helping the body heal from the inside out. I’ve seen firsthand how these peptides help with recovery, joint pain, and overall well-being—things I personally believe in. Plus, they work on the cellular level, meaning they go to the root cause to trigger your body’s own healing process! It’s like giving your body a fresh start. 🙌

07/09/2025

Mindset Check-In: Where Are You Leading from?

Let’s pause for a quick reflection…

Are you leading your choices today from:
✨ Self-trust — or self-doubt?
✨ Hope — or fear?
✨ Empowerment — or guilt?

It’s so easy to default to old patterns when life gets busy. But part of becoming Strong Again is noticing your defaults—and choosing a new response. 🙌

📝 Today’s Mini-Journal Prompt:

“How would the strongest version of me approach today?”

And if you need a little movement, pick one of your favorite feel-good workouts or go for a short walk. 10 minutes can SHIFT everything.

👇 Drop a GIF or comment below to let us know how you’re showing up today—with strength, softness, or somewhere in between 💜

07/04/2025

It’s July 4st. That means new month… new mindset. ☀️
Instead of thinking you have to do everything to feel better, try this:

👉 Pick ONE micro habit that supports your energy, health, or peace of mind.

Just one.

Then do it. Daily. Imperfectly.
Need ideas?

✨ Drink water before coffee
✨ Add protein to your first meal
✨ Step outside before checking your phone
✨ Write 1 thing you’re proud of each night

It’s not about being perfect — it’s about practicing presence.

What’s your micro habit for July? Comment below — I want to cheer you on. 💬👇

06/11/2025

Ladies… the fitness industry LIED to you.
Why doing “more” is the last thing you need to feel strong, confident, and in control of your body again—especially if you’re over 35.

If you’ve been eating clean, exercising harder, and still feel stuck with low energy, stubborn weight, and a body that just isn’t responding...

👉 It’s not your fault.
And you’re not alone.

Most of the advice out there is built for 20-somethings with no kids, no businesses to run, and no idea what hormone shifts or burnout actually feel like.

But YOU?
You’re juggling a lot.
And you deserve something that actually works for your real life.

That’s why I created the 14-Day Strong Again Challenge—a no-guilt, no-hustle reset built just for busy moms and women entrepreneurs.

This isn’t another restrictive diet or intense fitness challenge.

It’s a mindset-shifting, muscle-building, metabolism-loving reset that gives you:

✅ Short, strength-based workouts you can do in your living room in under 20 min
✅ Simple fueling strategies that help you eat more and feel better—without tracking every bite
✅ Breathwork & mindset practices that restore your energy, reduce stress, and reconnect you with your body
✅ Tools to stop starting over—and finally build consistency that sticks

You’ll walk away feeling stronger, more present, and more like you again.

💥 Ready to ditch burnout and feel STRONG again—in just 14 days?

👉 Join the free challenge here: https://strongagain.totalshiftproject.com/free-14-day-workshop-page

P.S. This isn’t about willpower.
It’s about wiring—and it’s time to rewire yours with compassion and strength.
If you’ve been waiting for a sign that it’s time to prioritize YOU—this is it.

You’ve held it all together for everyone else.
Now it’s your turn. 💛

Click for instant access

05/30/2025

🌟 Acceptance Starts Here 🌟

Have you ever felt like you’re always searching for acceptance outside of yourself—approval from others, validation from the world?

Me too.

But here’s the truth I keep coming back to:

What we focus on expands.

If we’re always focused on wanting to be accepted by others, we end up chasing something that can never fully be given to us—because it has to start within us.

It’s not about being perfect, or about earning love and acceptance.

It’s about learning to see ourselves as worthy—just as we are.

When we can finally meet ourselves with compassion and curiosity instead of judgment, something magical happens:

We become the safe place we’ve been searching for.

And ironically, that’s when the acceptance we’ve been seeking from others starts to flow in effortlessly—because we’re no longer resisting who we really are.

So today, if you find yourself looking for approval, start by giving it to yourself.

Look in the mirror and remind yourself:

💛 I am enough.
💛 I am worthy.
💛 I am allowed to be a work in progress.

What we focus on expands.

Let’s expand love—starting with ourselves. ✨

05/29/2025

We don’t see the world as it is. We see the world as we are.

Let that sink in.

Two people can walk into the same room and have two completely different experiences—because the lens they’re viewing life through is shaped by their energy, their beliefs, and their emotional state.

✨ If you’re feeling anxious, everything feels rushed.
✨ If you’re feeling inadequate, everything feels like a competition.
✨ If you’re feeling angry, everything feels like an attack.

But here’s the beautiful part: when we begin to shift our own energy—when we start seeing through the lenses of love, gratitude, and presence—our entire world begins to shift, too.

🌿 You begin to notice beauty in the little things.
🌿 You respond to others with compassion instead of defensiveness.
🌿 You see your own reflection not with criticism, but with kindness.

This isn’t spiritual fluff. It’s energetic truth.

The world reflects you—so when you change the way you show up, everything around you starts to change, too.

Let this be your reminder today: You can choose to shift. You can choose to soften. You can choose to lead with love.

And in doing so, you’ll not only see the world differently—you’ll see yourself differently, too. 💛

04/21/2025

It’s Monday morning—how are you feeling?
I used to wake up after a weekend or holiday already feeling behind.
My thoughts would spiral…
“Ugh, I shouldn’t have eaten that.”
“Today I’m getting back on track.”
Which really meant:
❌ Restrict my food
❌ Work out extra
❌ Beat myself up for “slipping”
And by Wednesday?
Life would pile on—homeschool, work, kids, business…
I’d be exhausted, defeated, and craving more “bad food” just to deal with the emotions I was suppressing.
Fast forward to now…
I wake up on Monday with peace.
Yes, I indulged a little. And you know what? That’s okay.
Because I’ve learned there’s no such thing as “bad food.”
I don’t need to punish myself with extra workouts.
I don’t need to restrict or fix anything.
I just return to the rhythm that supports me.
And that SHIFT has changed everything.
If you’re ready to break the cycle of guilt, burnout, and starting over…
Join me for the Strong Again Challenge, starting one week from today.
We’ll rebuild your strength—physically, mentally, and emotionally—one aligned action at a time.
Drop a 💪 below and I’ll send you the link.
Let’s do this together.

04/20/2025

📣 IT’S OFFICIALLY HERE!
The 14-Day Strong Again Challenge is LIVE and I’m so excited to finally share this with you!

This isn’t another fitness challenge.
It’s not about restriction, hustle, or trying to do it all perfectly.

It’s about rebuilding your strength—physically, mentally, and emotionally—so you can feel confident, energized, and back in control of your body again.

✨ 5–10 minutes a day
✨ Breathwork, mindset, strength
✨ Designed for busy, brilliant women who are done feeling stuck

This is for you if you’re ready to stop starting over and start feeling STRONG again.

💪 Comment “I’M IN” below and I’ll send you the link to join!
We start soon. Let’s gooo!

04/19/2025

:📣 IT’S OFFICIALLY HERE!

The 14-Day Strong Again Challenge is LIVE and I’m so excited to finally share this with you! This isn’t another fitness challenge.

It’s not about restriction, hustle, or trying to do it all perfectly.

It’s about rebuilding your strength—physically, mentally, and emotionally—so you can feel confident, energized, and back in control of your body again.

✨ 5–10 minutes a day
✨ Breathwork, mindset, strength
✨ Designed for busy, brilliant women who are done feeling stuck.

This isfor you if you’re ready to stop starting over and start feeling STRONG again.

💪 Comment “I’M IN” below and I’ll send you the link to join!
We start soon Monday April 28th

Let’s gooo!

10/23/2024

Reduce Inflammation by finding your “Goldilocks Effect”

Acute or chronic inflammation is a common problem that I see a lot of middle aged busy professionals dealing with before we start working together.

It’s important to note that there is a spectrum here.

On one end is doing nothing, eating foods that contribute to the inflammation and leading a sedentary lifestyle, stressors, etc.

On the other end is extreme, over-exertion causes of inflammation.

The greater risk for most of my audience is leading a sedentary lifestyle.

Both body and mind suffer from a lack of regular exercise and a proper diet designed for our individual needs.

The key is to find your happy medium, your Goldilocks sweet spot.

Not too much.
Not too little.

Just right, specifically for you.

This is exactly why I created the Shift Transformation.

Understanding what you should be eating, unique to your lifestyle and stressors.

How you should exercise based on your schedule, hormones, and stress levels.

What your sleep and recovery protocols should be unique to you.

Your body is intelligent, you being stressed and experiencing inflammation is it’s way of telling you to change something, and possibly getting help.

You can take steps to reverse these problems.

The Shift Transformation helps you reverse inflammation, eliminate pain and lose weight for good.

Surge Athletics Shift Project Brandon Mericle

10/02/2024

As a former college football player he loved to be active and knew he enjoyed training.

But since graduating college he wasn’t getting the push he desired or feeling the way he used to feel.

Surge Athletics was recommended to Greg and he decided to give it a try.

Earlier this Spring he did the Shift Transformation with us.

He didn’t do a before picture, because he honestly didn't expect to get results.

Before the Shift transformation he was coming to the gym 3-4 times a week at 5:15
Trying to watch what he ate.

But he was still not seeing the results he wanted to.

He had the energy for the gym, but wasn’t recovering the way he wanted, didn’t feel as motivated as he desired and would end up consuming more adult beverages than he thought he should on the weekends.

The sad part was, he was hitting PR in the gym, but still didn’t have the confidence outside of the gym that he desired at work and in his entrepreneurial life.

He felt he wasn’t living up to his potential.

The Shift Transformation ended up being the missing link.

See what the daily workout and tracking your calories doesn’t consider, is the other 23 hours in the day.

Your mindset, habits (strength training, movement, nutrition, routines), your emotions and stress levels, and your environment.

That’s what the Shift Transformation focuses on.

This is what we call life-lasting results.

Not just another 6 week challenge or juice cleanse.

The results?

He lost about 12 lbs, but more importantly he now understands WHAt his body needs and how to fuel it for performance and energy.

He shifted his relationship with food and created some new habits and beliefs.

He smiles a lot more and has more energy throughout the day.

And… because of the increased confidence and energy, he’s taking on new projects and leadership in his career and life.

If you’re ready to make a change like Greg did, send me a DM and I’ll tell you a bit more about the Shift Transformation, and what it could look like for you.

Shift Project Brandon Mericle Greg Gonzales