Episode 86: Kellen Milad, Founder of Movement Parallels Life

Show Description:

Kellen Milad (@movement.parallels.life) is the Founder of Movement Parallels Life, which blends physical, mental, and emotional fitness through organic movement and a holistic/integrative approach. He also works as a team instructor for MovNat, a global fitness company that promotes fitness via natural movements. Kellen has a degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with continued education in movement and nutrition.

In this interview, Kellen talks about his journey, transitioning from the psychology world into fitness and movement, starting his own business, and creating a balanced lifestyle for himself and others which is unique to the individual.

To learn more about Kellen, you can visit movementparallelslife.com, or find him on Instagram or YouTube.

Show Highlights:

4:00-12:00: Kellen gets into his background, his experience in the psychology realm, and what motivated him to transition to fitness and use this knowledge.
12:00-31:00: Kellen discusses his experience in the movement industry and working at MovNat, a global fitness company that promotes fitness via natural movements. He also gets into using his knowledge about corrective movements to help cities reduce overhead costs and insurance premiums when people get injured and are out of work.
31:00-40:45: Kellen talks about starting his own business, Movement Parallels Life, and goes in detail about the entrepreneurial journey, providing value first, and how psychology has allowed him to create meaningful relationships with people.
40:45-47:00: Kellen describes the process of finding his inner peace through his movement journey.
47:00-1:01:00: We ask Kellen about exercises you can do to promote better balance, including advice for people who sit for long periods of time each day.
1:01:00-1:09:00: Kellen highlights how you can be successful in the fitness industry without a kinesiology or physical therapy undergraduate background, and he offers his final advice on how to give yourself permission to be successful.