Move With Radiance

This week's episode is an extremely candid conversation with one of my friends and previous coworkers Tara Calihman.. And while Tara is freaken hilarious, we do get serious about this little thing called fear. Tara shares how she managed major fears when deciding to up and move to Ireland a few years ago, with no job, no apartment, and a lot of unknowns. She digs into how meditation has helped her navigate between gut knowings and fear and how she has used this tool to take action in her life. We also discuss how people aren’t fearless and how those who seem to be are still afraid, they have just learned to trust themselves over time. Fear doesn’t have to control your life and we agree that it can lead to some pretty amazing things.

A little about Tara: Tara Calihman is a humor writer, stand-up comedian and movement aficionado. She moved to Ireland last year with her family, in search of a new adventure. When not reading a book or apologising for America's voting preferences, she can be found on roller skates, on her bike or on the trail.

I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

Resources From The Episode:

Follow Tara on Instagram: @iamtarable and Twitter: @tarable

See Taras work on her website

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Hang out with me on Instagram (@stephaniedankelson)

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In this episode, I sit down with Kimberly Weiss to talk all things diet culture. We dig into what “diet culture” means, her experience working at Weight Watchers (this one dropped my jaw folks), and why it is important to stop labeling food as “good” vs “bad.” Kim mentions how the diet and fitness industries tell us that “we don’t deserve to live in the bodies we live in…” we hope having more conversations like ours will start to change that mindset.

A little about Kim: Kim is a teacher, speaker and coach on a mission to dismantle diet culture. She works with smart women that are into body positivity but still struggle with food + body and want to stop giving their power away. She can be found at KimberlyWeiss.com, Instagram @KimberlyWeiss  and on her podcast F Your Diet. She also runs a satire instagram account @lifestylechangebarbie for those that like a few laughs.

This is a good one, friends.

Resources From The Episode:

KimberlyWeiss.com - Kims Website

Kim's Weight Watchers Blog Post

Kim's instagram

Life Style Change Barbie: Satire Instagram Account

F Your Diet: Kims Podcast

Kim’s May Movement Challenge

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This week I am bringing you another interview!

In this episode, personal trainer & body confidence advocate, Brittney Motzkus, digs into her recovery with Hypothalamic Amenorrhea. We talk about everything from shifting our mindset around what “healthy” means in today's world, how to remove our worth from our pant size, and what it looks like to be in recovery from HA.

LADIES, if you have ever struggled with over exercising, your relationship to food, body image, or either have or suspect you may have HA... THIS IS A GOOD ONE.

A little about Britt: Brittney is a Personal Trainer, group fitness coach, blog writer, and a body confidence & self love advocate. She has spent the last 6 months recovering from Hypothalamic Amenorrhea which has required changes physically, mentally, and emotionally. This process has lit a fire of passion in her for spreading knowledge and awareness about HA, promoting what "healthy" truly means, and changing the stigma around different body types in the fitness culture. Britt is a big believer that healthy looks different on everyone, and also changes through different stages of our lives. When she's not training or writing blog posts, Britt loves to be outdoors hiking, surfing, biking, skiing, playing tennis, and walking on the beach. She also loves traveling and cooking.

I so, so enjoyed this conversation and I hope you all do as well.

Resources From The Episode:

Britts Self Love / Body Confidence Workshop

No Period Now What (HA book, blog, website)

Facebook HA support group

Britts blog

Britts Instagram

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So excited to bring you my interview with my dear friend Kiyomi Fae. Kiyomi is a life coach, social worker, yoga therapist and instructor. Once an anxious individual, Kiyomi struggled with obsessive compulsive tendencies such as relationship obsessive compulsive disorder (ROCD), hypochondria (health anxiety) and panic disorder. She personally understands the suffering and debilitating nature of anxiety. Through years of spiritual, and emotional work inner work mixed with intensive education in eastern philosophies, psychology and healing modalities, Kiyomi now dedicates her life to helping others in the journey of anxiety. Kiyomi has had the privilege of teaching seminars and workshops in Fortune 500 Companies, schools and behavioral health hospitals. Today, Kiyomi owns an online business for individuals struggling with ROCD where she coaches, educates and runs courses on coping with ROCD and anxious tendencies.

In this episode we talk about all things anxiety, triggers around what we see in the media, how to start developing a relationship with ourselves, and how to use the tools we have within us to calm our anxious thoughts. I so, so enjoyed this conversation and I hope you all do as well.

Resources From The Episode:

www.awakenintolove.com - Kiyomi’s Website

Youtube channel

https://www.tarabrach.com/

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This weeks Blog Post with free downloadable worksheet

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FRIENDS. THIS EPISODE IS THE BOMB. So excited to bring you my interview with Jess Demasi. Jess is a Certified Eating Psychology Coach Specializing in Functional Endocrinology and Mind/Body Nutrition. She empowers women in their quest to wholeness through healing solutions rooted in Integrative Care. You'll often find her lifting heavy things in the gym, trying to pet stranger's dogs, or writing some sass-filled #hormonehacks on Instagram. She is passionate about helping women heal their hormones, break free of restrictive dieting, and feeling at home in their bodies.

In this episode we dig into all.of.the.stuff. Everything from the best exercises for women (which includes yoga, WALKING, resistance training, and HITT) as well as the worst exercises for women (which includes chronic cardio .. holy mind blown right?!) and the biological impacts these specific exercises have on your body.

We also dig into what it means to be connected to YOUR body, letting go of all of the worth we put into being a specific size, and finding movement that works for YOUR body on a day to day basis.

Get ready for a conversation that is unlike the norm when it comes to exercise and diet culture… it’s good, good stuff ;)
 

Resources From The Episode:
The Best and Worst Types of Exercise for Women- Jess’s Blog Post
The Major Crack in Diet Culture Logic
Jess’s Instagram Page
[email protected] -Jess’s Email

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The final episode of my Control Series! Here I discuss the aspect of control that I struggle with on a daily basis - actually learning to deal with feelings of being out of control rather than resorting to the comfortable, unproductive methods of my past. Here I share five ways I have learned to calm my tantrum throwing inner control freak and how adopting those methods has helped me reduce my ‘controlling tendencies’ as well come up with a game plan to reduce my anxiety around my to-do lists.

More information:
Recovering Control Freak Part 3 - Blog Post
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Since we are on this topic of control I thought I would talk about a situation that occurred this past weekend as well as share my promised mountain lion story for Part 2 of my Control Series.

While we may not have control over the actual situations life presents us with, I’ve learned that  we DO have control over how we respond and react to those situations as well as whether or not we let our fears in life win. Because in the end we have the choice to take a different path.

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Recovering Control Freak Part 2 - Blog Post

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I realized this whole control thing is something I have and continue to really struggle with. There are multiple layers. This episode focuses on what is, in my opinion, the most important part - that we only have control over how we show up to this world.

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Recovering Control Freak Part One - Blog Post

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Brene Brown - Daring Greatly

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This is a topic I am wildly passionate about. The idea of what it actually means to be healthy or fit. It is in my tagline and something I talk about frequently and something the industry talks about frequently. But what do those words mean for YOU. Because in my opinion, they can’t be the same definitions for everyone.

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You Get To Decide What Healthy and Fit Means - Blog Post

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This episode is all about my ACTUAL first blog post (I accidentally discussed my second post last episode). But it seems really fitting this week because it helped me revisit this whole self acceptance thing. As I dive into new creative projects, I have been reminding myself that nothing is good the first time around. Things get better with practice. You try it, you take some notes, YOU BE KIND, and you try again. That is how we get better with everything in life. By letting go of crazy expectations and external seeking for acceptance, you enjoy the process so much more.

In this episode I talk about all of that. How my experience with trying new things (especially scary outdoor activities) has changed over the years and why everything becomes so much more fun when you can learn to drop the ego and discover your own self worth from within.

More information:

Ego and Self Acceptance - Blog Post

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