Finding Food & Fitness Freedom: An Empowered RX Podcast

Join us on our Empowered RX Podcast for an episode with Geralyn Shirley!

Geralyn is a mother, an ICU Nurse, a CrossFitter, Nutrition Coach and a trauma survivor! 

She attends CrossFit Eureka in St. Louis and is passionate about all things health and wellness. From early childhood, Geralyn has struggled with body image, stress and other adverse experiences. She is one strong woman and continues to grow despite it all.

CrossFit helped her to reclaim her energy and spirit. She went from being obsessed with the number on the scale to caring about the weight she could lift on the barbell. This meant learning to fuel and respect her body. While the journey isn't always easy, she reminds us that it most definitely it always worth it! 

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Join us on our Empowered RX Podcast for an episode with Nicole Smith Levay.

Nicole Smith Levay is a former professional dancer turned Energy Coach who integrates somatic therapy, meditation, and breathwork into healing sessions and classes for women who struggle with anxiety and depression. She holds a MA Somatic Psychology from California Institute of Integral Studies, and is a well known workshop facilitator at healing centres like Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health. Using body centered techniques, she takes a forward thinking approach to mental health and trauma informed care. Since 2013, she has helped hundreds of people move past their energetic blocks in order to step into their power, own their unique voice, and be a supportive part of the collective awakening.

Her work through Power Within Healing creates a safe integrative space for those overcoming adversity, and embraces the philosophy that pain is a teacher, and awareness through movement is the medicine. In this episode Nicole discusses the why's and how's behind her business the Power Within Healing, and gives listeners actionable steps to start their healing journey RIGHT NOW!

To see all her offerings head to her main site:  thepowerwithinhealing.com

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Empowered RX unpacks stress and the potential negative health impacts of trauma and prolonged stress on the body.

We take a look at MACRO STRESS which comes in the form of trauma and major life events.

We look at MICRO STRESS which people tend to overlook and assume is normal. Continuous micro stress can have a cumulative effect on ALL systems in the body. 

Exhausted? Burnt out? Tense? Not reaching your goals or seeing progress? 

Learn more about the impacts of stress in this episode so you can better manage your happiness, health, time & money

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Join Empowered RX with special guest Jean Hanks from Westborough, MA. Jean is a CrossFitter at Prototype Training Systems. She has gone almost every day  for the past 8 years and believes that she was able to fight cancer because of her inner strength, the community and her fitness.

She paints a vivid picture of what having Cancer felt like in mind & body and gives us practical tips on how to use movement and community to heal in any life situation. 

Jean has been an active participant in Empowered RX for the past 8 months and says that it helped her befriend the mirror and that she now sees her scars, wrinkles and aging signs as beautiful and part of her story. 

Give this a listen and make sure to show Jean some love in the comments! 

Join Empowered RX with special guest, Tina Glennie. She is a personal trainer out of Virginia and loves all things health and fitness. A few years back, Tina survived a traumatic accident in which she was run over and dragged 50 feet by a metro bus. 

Tina's enthusiasm, optimism and ability to laugh is contagious. Join us while we hear about her struggles and the ways in which she turned them into strengths! 

At Empowered RX we believe in the transformative power of weightlifting and movement in the healing of trauma. Human beings have an amazing capacity to overcome adversity. Sometimes memories, tension and emotional pain get "stuck" in the body. When talk therapy and conversation complicates or can't alleviate discomfort, we believe that movement can be prescribed to help work through hardship and to help re-create embodiment.

This short introduction to this idea will launch us into a mini-wellness series that focuses on :

- Sleep

- Weightlifting

- Mindset

- Social Connection

- Nutrition

- HIIT

- Cardio

as interventions to alleviating stress and the feeling of being "stuck". 

Join Empoweredrx with special guest, Georgia Verry- founder of The Fight Back Project. Georgia is a Trauma-informed Kickboxing Coach and Exercise Scientist out of Australia. She uses the healing and transformative power of martial arts to help women reconnect with their bodies and discover a sense of control. 

In this episode you will hear-

---Georgia's amazing background as an Exercise Scientist studying chronic pain and the brain!

--- Georgia's own struggles with body dysmorphia in a male dominated sport.

--- A story of overcoming, hard work and healing.

--- The transformative powers of movement, martial arts and breathing.

To learn more about Georgia you can find her on instagram @fightbackproject or at www.traumainformedkickboxing.com.

Drop us a comment below to tell us what you learned or to show some love for all of the amazing work Georgia has done and the journey she has taken to get where she is today! 

'Tis the season to ditch the diet and FIND JOY! In this episode I dive deep about diet culture around the holidays to dispel the myths and tricks the Diet Industry pulls around this time of year. Special guest Sam Russo, Registered Dietician and CrossFit coach, and I have a conversation about strategies for navigating the holiday season and diet pressures! 

Inside this episode we dive deep into the harmful effects of diet culture, weight stigma, body image and how our motivation can become intricately attached to these concepts!

Reach out with comments and questions below! OR E-mail [email protected]! 

Tune in to hear what Prototype Empowered is all about and a little bit more about the founder and coach, Leah Cottle!