Diamond Within : Finding Joy Through Life’s Challenges
Aug 19, 2026 · 44 min · 9 segments
National Guard Soldier Alex Mikle tells of her story of enduring difficult army training, earning a defining nickname, suffering a near death experience that set her way back, and what has led her to…
Alex MikleGuestCourtneyHostthat sounds pretty wild I feel like all of us go through those types of phases in life where we feel like we like to push the limits of what we can do.
And maybe, especially when we're younger and we're more in our prime and especially as women, I learned that we go through five stages of like hormonal changes.
Um, I don't, don't tell me what they are.
I can't remember, but I remember there was five.
Um, Because I experienced something similar.
It's like I wanted to push and push and push.
And I attribute it, sorry, to when I first got into at-home fitness programs with
Oh.
um i will always attribute my fitness journey to him yep he started it all for me yeah love for at home fitness and my discipline for doing it at home making it work with kids and just various challenges with having kids you don't have kids but you've had your own struggles that you've had to work around so but then i got to a point where it was too much for me.
I had to switch to doing, what is it? P90X3 because they're 30 minute workouts.
Feel intense.
And I love that program so much.
And if I could, I would feel like I could do that all the time.
that sounds pretty wild I feel like all of us go through those types of phases in life where we feel like we like to push the limits of what we can do.
And maybe, especially when we're younger and we're more in our prime and especially as women, I learned that we go through five stages of like hormonal changes.
Um, I don't, don't tell me what they are.
I can't remember, but I remember there was five.
Um, Because I experienced something similar.
It's like I wanted to push and push and push.
And I attribute it, sorry, to when I first got into at-home fitness programs with
Oh.
um i will always attribute my fitness journey to him yep he started it all for me yeah love for at home fitness and my discipline for doing it at home making it work with kids and just various challenges with having kids you don't have kids but you've had your own struggles that you've had to work around so but then i got to a point where it was too much for me.
I had to switch to doing, what is it? P90X3 because they're 30 minute workouts.
Feel intense.
And I love that program so much.
And if I could, I would feel like I could do that all the time.
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