ADAM EBZAO | MY STORY

‘Defeating depression by activating feel – good chemicals naturally through lifestyle changes’.

ADAM EBZAO | MY STORY

‘Defeating depression by activating feel – good chemicals naturally through lifestyle changes’.

CHALLENGES

Growing up in two different cultures in a non culture town in Yorkshire was challenging, you don’t think it effects you but once you study the subconscious world you realise and understand where and why behaviours were adopted.

I was always very active and good at most sports at school but had a lot of troubles focusing, concentrating and pretty hyperactive, feeling academically challenged and troubles with anger. I spent a lot of time out of the educational curriculum been placed in behavioural programmes, developing low self-esteem and resentment towards eduction and giving up, leaving with no qualifications.

I had no career prospects, direction, focus or interests with sport anymore. I made several poor choices which created negative pathways and this went onto control and dictate my mind resulting in poor anti- social behaviour for the next few years.

By the age of 16/17 I was addicted to substances with very little self control and awareness. My addictive personality nearly ended my life by at 20 years old – i often had suicidal thoughts, something i felt i couldn’t talk about because of my role socially. I tried to end my life on two separate occasions, it took me to go through multiple dark moments to realise i wasn’t well, it was the toughest experience to overcome. Surrounded and programmed by negative influences, the environment I was living seemed impossible to escape.

I felt worthless and theres nothing i’m good at barring my role the wrong i was doing which was fundamental in my poor choices and behaviours. Motivation was at zero, the lack of purpose and guilt doing wrong things i felt i couldn’t escape carried additional weight.

Rock bottom is how I felt and looked!

2011 - 2013

I made the decision to move away from home to get away from my destructive enviroment and enrolled on to a college course. It became a form of rehab to salvage some form of education and positive pathway. My older brother told me that exercise was good for the mind.

I started to workout most days, also implementing healthy nutrition into my diet. I’ve always loved a mixed background of music genres which massively helped me manage emotions and placed me in the right mindset to achieve specific tasks, re-booting productivity and increasing mental performance, also enabling me to tap into creativity working well out of my comfort zone.

Motivation became freakishly high. Without realising it I started to build fundamental positive life skills with this new formula – discipline, commitment and a good work ethic. Exercise stimulated my mind, helping me slowly channel negative habits and adopt better awareness of my surroundings.

Two years later I left college with a triple distinction. It was a dream for someone like me – from where I was few years previously. It was the first time I had achieved something educationally, which produced the biggest natural dopamine reward dose, motivating me beyond belief for more.

2014

I became attached to the positive gym culture, it also helped me re-connect with the things i loved growing up. I decided to do a Personal Trainer qualification. Starting at the bottom I struggled to adapt to a professional environment, questioning myself frequently but I was determined to prove I could do it for myself.

I started to build a good reputation for myself at a local gym. I soon had my own following; people praising me, it was a good stage of further developments in a professional career which tests your comfort zone in a good way.

Gradually by developing in both experience and confidence I now felt within me that I have such a lot more to offer.

2017 - PRESENT

I have worked to build a unique holistic brand which represents both my character and energy, by incorporating my past pathways. I adapted to a streetwise mindset and mentality at a young age and I wanted to create a real concept which was meaningful and relevant to my life experiences and to my journey of changes. Working on passions like vintage sportswear brands has been key to developing the brand identity.

I started to study Neurochemical highs in 2018 to get a specific understanding of the science behind crucial chemical enhancers to the brain function and create a relatable inclusive concept . How and why they cause positive and negative feelings which impact our emotions .We all know that physical activity, music and healthy nutrition brings us feelings of euphoria, stability, calmness, motivation, satisfaction, pleasurable rewards and a big social connection with other peers – but the big question mark is why? But more importantly how we can re-build confidence, channel emotions, create tools to nurture new psychological positive habits and little mind-hacks to help us progress in life.

My mission is :

To develop the correct partnerships to support and achieve the vision set in next three years by developing Dopeamins service into a wider network of young communities.

Dopeamin is a concept that young people need and is missing in society. Health and fitness is a big area which contributes to sustaining positive mental, physical and emotional health.

Physical activity, music and healthy nutrition are three powerful antidotes which have a positive impact on our mental, physical and emotional health through the powers of ‘Neuroscience’ and psychology. Delivering education in a language and image young people trust is crucial to make a difference.

Thank you for reading my story,

Adam Ebzao