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Bully This - A Hero's Journey

Recent Episodes

A Symphony of Strength Lenny J's Battle with Bullying

A Symphony of Strength Lenny J's Battle with Bullying

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Bullied to Champion: The Knockout Impact of Mentorship and Resilience

Bullied to Champion: The Knockout Impact of Mentorship and Resilience

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Episode 8: Bullied to Hero

Episode 8: Bullied to Hero

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Episode 7: Bullied To Writer

Episode 7: Bullied To Writer

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Episode 6: Bullied To Comedian

Episode 6: Bullied To Comedian

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Episode 5: Bullied To PR Star

Episode 5: Bullied To PR Star

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Recent Blog Posts

From Bullying to Brilliance: The MMA Journey of Triumph and Transformation

When Taylor Swift famously turned the bitter experiences of bullying into the glittering success of her music career, she did more than just make hits—she charted a path of triumph over adversity that has inspired millions. Our latest podcast …

Bully This - A Hero's Journey Episode 1- Bullied to MMA

Clifford “Big Cat” Starks’s story is an inspiring one. A man who was abandoned by his father, he also fought with his weight. The lack of confidence and weight problems led to him being bullied. After overcoming weight gain and dev…

About the Hosts

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Elliot Hutchens

Producer

Serial entrepreneur and self-taught technical engineer, Elliot attended the University of Montana to study International Business and Accounting. After working as an Accounting Manager for an espresso machine import company and as Senior Property Accountant for a large Seattle-based property management and development company, he discovered he had a passion for automated systems and started educating himself programming, electrical, and technical systems. Today he holds over 25 technical certifications in technologies ranging from Microsoft and CompTIA to QuickBooks, HubSpot, Nintex, and more.

After meeting his wife Bridget in Seattle, they moved to New Haven Connecticut so Bridget could obtain her Ph.D. from Yale University. There he worked as a Senior Professional Services Engineer for a document automation software company as well as a Senior Software Implementation Engineer for an international enterprise software company.

Currently, Elliot runs his own software consulting business, Ethos Advisers, doing software automation implementations for large international banks and insurance companies.
In addition to Ethos Advisers, Elliot runs a small side hustle called Archie Elliot’s Art where he sells his late grandfather’s art through social media, website, Etsy, and e-Bay.
Tyler Copenhaver and Elliot Hutchens, met at the public high school. They bonded over-commitment to hard work and loyalty.

Coming from families of meager means, Tyler and Elliot both entered the service industry at a young age to support their families. While the… Read More

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Kelley Kaylan

Co-Producer

Kelley Kaylan’s life purpose is to love and serve others. With the goal of positively impacting as many lives as possible. Kelley’s love of serving others has existed since childhood. At a young age served many events with her church, volunteered her time with special needs kids at school, participated with volunteer work with her grandmas community center, and her stepfather involved her with service thru salvation army events.

She works with Arizonans for children where she mentors a child in the foster care system. She created with a friend a group called Warriors of Grace where they have yearly gotten 200-300 people to serve with them. They organize groups to serve at Feed My Starving Children, Salvation Army, United Food Bank, Who I AM Foundation and Arizona Disabled Sports.

For 20 years Kelley has been an Oncology Account Manager in the Pharmaceutical Industry. This career path created a lifestyle of 50 percent travel. This experience combined with her passion for fitness led her to write the book Fit In Transit. Kelley is also the creator of Fit In Transit. Kelley has been featured on Season 2 of NBC’s Spartan Ultimate Challenge Race and has published articles in MAX Fitness, Scottsdale Health, and International Fitness Fashion Magazine. Kelley is going on ten years of being a single mother to a 20 year old son and 14 year old daughter. It is her absolute favorite role in life! When she has free time, activities include volleyball, hiking, country two-step dancing, paddle boarding, backpacking, fishing, yoga, snowboarding, pickle ball, traveling… Read More

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Clifford Starks

Host

Clifford Starks is a graduate of Kinesiology from the University of Utah in 2005. After graduation, he pursued his passion for fitness and became a personal trainer. Clifford also became a professional fighter in 2009 and competed until 2017.

What started as simply transforming bodies soon became something more important to Clifford – helping people develop their minds and spirits as well. He is honored to have had the opportunity to work with so many clients, on their mind, body, and spirit. Helping others live happier, more fulfilling lives is what drives Clifford each day.

He has learned that the mind is essential if you want to achieve any real success.

Clifford has always been fascinated by the human mind and what makes people tick. After helping with so many changes in his own life, he became extremely interested in psychology and the different ways that people can grow and change. He is a lifelong student, always learning and growing. One of his favorite sayings is "if knowledge was all it took, everyone would have six packs and be millionaires." Knowledge is good to have, but applied knowledge is better - so he continues to take action! To grow as a person and a leader is the same as health: you never stop.

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Tyler Copenhaver-Heath

Host

Tyler Copenhaver-Heath A serial entrepreneur with an MBA behind his name and the scientific know-how of a biochemistry undergrad, he has a deep understanding of systems and the way things work.

For Copenhaver-Heath, success isn’t about the money. It’s about the transformative change small businesses can bring to the lives of individuals and the communities in which they live and work. An avid believer in personal connections and the value of role models in the lives of at-risk youth, he spends his free time encouraging students to stay in school, to find their worth and to dream big.

By investing in people, he’s investing in what he calls collateral impact: a ripple effect of financial stability, job creation and community development, all brought on by the success of small businesses. His passion is people. One of the ways he helps with this is through his personal blog at TylerUriah.com