Marcus Aurelius Anderson

TEDx Speaker & Keynote Speaker | Mindset Coach | Best Selling Author | 

While preparing to deploy with the U.S. Army, Marcus suffered a severe spinal injury that left him paralyzed from the neck down. His life was turned upside down, and after dying twice on the operating table, he was told he would never be able to walk or use his hands again. Days quickly turned into months, and he was forced into life changing soul searching. He discovered he was left with two choices, he could either be a victim, or he change his mindset. Having no other option, he began looking for any lessons to be learned from his injury, and soon discovered that his Adversity was a gift. He now speaks, teaches, and writes to inspire others to actualize their full potential and achieve their goals and aspirations.  Watch his recent TEDx talk about The Gift of Adversity here.

Website: www.marcusaureliusanderson.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcus-aurelius-anderson-1380b615a/
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Matt Gagnon

Matt Gagnon is a professional Co-Active coach certified by the Coaches Training Institute, credentialed by the International Coach Federation, a member of the Forbes Coaches Council, keynote speaker, author, and brings 15 years of corporate sales and leadership experience. 

Matt believes in living a life aligned with your values. We all have up to five core values - that when honored, evoke the best in us.  The problem is that many people live life with values defined by others. 

Matt was living what looked like a successful life with a six-figure job, nice house, nice car, nice clothes, etc. Behind the curtain he was actually spirally out of control resulting in chronic illness, depression, addiction, and an attempted suicide.  His lifestyle eventually resulted in disability and losing the only career he had ever known. 

After leaning into his faith, Matt stopped being a victim and chose to see his adversity as a call to adventure. With a purely grass-roots effort he built a thriving international coaching business. He focused on protecting his supply lines (prayer time, sleep, nutrition, fitness, inner circle of friends) and rediscovering his core values.  He chose to write his own comeback story.

Today Matt is helping transform lives across the globe by encouraging people to rediscover their core values and Live With a Courageous Heart.

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