Dark Work | Anthony Trucks

Dark Work | Anthony Trucks

From Unconventional Leaders by Heather Parady

March 31, 2026 · 49 min · Season 1 · Episode 161

About this episode

Anthony Trucks discusses his frameworks for overcoming limiting beliefs and achieving success.

Anthony Trucks is a former professional football player turned speaker, author, and transformational coach. Known for his “Dark Work” and “Identity Shift” frameworks, Anthony helps people overcome limiting beliefs, trauma, and past experiences to step into higher levels of performance. After growing up in foster care, navigating abuse, losing his NFL career to injury, and rebuilding his life from rock bottom, he now teaches others how to intentionally reshape who they are and create lasting success. WATCH EPISODES ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/heatherparady TOPICS FROM THIS EPISODE: Dark work vs. shadow work: doing the real work after awareness Identity shift: why you build who you become (not find it) Using adversity as fuel without being defined by it CONNECT WITH ANTHONY TRUCKS: Website: https://www.anthonytrucks.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anthonytrucks/ CONNECT WITH HEATHER: Follow Heather on IG: https://www.instagram.com/heatherparady/ Access Full Show Notes Here: https://www.heatherparady.com/blog/161

People in this episode

Host: Heather Parady

Guest: Anthony Trucks

Topics covered

  • Dark work vs. shadow work
  • Identity shift
  • Using adversity as fuel

Keywords

  • Dark Work
  • Identity Shift
  • transformation
  • performance
  • adversity
  • coaching
  • self-improvement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: YouTube, Instagram, anthonytrucks.com, heatherparady.com

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