Anna Granic

Life is a gift:

“I lost my three-year-old son. He was only sick for two days and the doctors assumed he had a terrible ear infection–he had a brain tumour and nobody knew. He passed away beside me in his sleep peacefully. This experience hands down changed my life. As I came to learn that life is a gift and tomorrow is not guaranteed. I make everyday count. I push forward to compete with myself from yesterday.”

Overcoming a lifelong fear:

“I had an irrational fear of dogs for 51 years. I always knew I would get a dog and learn to beat this horrible fear, and I finally got a dog and did it. The lesson learned here, though, and I think it’s so powerful is that the only thing that changed was my brain, only my perspective of dogs has changed.”

Give her a hand for her handstand:

“I taught myself how to do a handstand. I have zero gymnastics in my background–being Croatian I was put into folklore dancing, folklore music and soccer. But in 2017 I was determined to learn–I practiced for a full year everyday against the wall and the rest is history.”

Not GTL, but GHC

: It’s not gym, tan, laundry for Anna. She loves going to the gym, hiking and cooking.

Recharging:

“I like to read and spend my evenings quietly. Frankly speaking, I am high energy all day (and that’s all anybody knows me as) but I need to recharge at some point of my day.”

Good morning:

“I love to get up at 4 a.m. when the world is sleeping and start off with some meditation and then I hit the gym.”