MUVE Forward

Are you ready for new beginnings and a fresh start to your new year? Well, in today’s episode, I reveal the easiest, and most portable and convenient way for you to get back to feeling like YOU are in the driver’s seat. Read more to learn how! We certainly don’t need to have an excuse to start fresh or try out a new routine, but the new month of January following the Holiday rush feels like a really relevant time to dive in. This year, my wish for you is that you keep your mind open to allow yourself to be your best each day and put your happiness at the top of your list. If you’re thinking that we're already a week into the new year and you haven’t started what you were hoping to - here is your permission to let go of the guilt, and just start. Or, if you’ve already started and stopped - let go of any hard feelings and just start again! Each time you don’t show up for yourself by not staying committed to your word, you’re essentially telling yourself that your goals and you don’t matter - and that can be extremely hurtful and damaging to your mind.I am officially launching a monthly online work out plan with 4 full work out routines to be released each month! I will be recording these in real-time and leaving them virtually unedited so that you are right there along with me doing the work out as if we were together in real life. This convenient program is coming at you with absolutely no judgment, and for you to complete it anywhere you can find some space. Each work out will be fully guided as to how to do the moves properly and be 20-30 minutes in length with a warm-up and cool-down included. They will be great for beginner and intermediate level athletes and available for download to follow along on your smartphone, computer, tv, or any other media-playing device that you may have handy. Go to www.muvelife.com/workouts now to sign up for your first month’s workouts with the MUVE LIFE At Home Fitness Program! Once registered, you will have two options for payment methods. The first is a monthly plan option where you pay $12.99 month to month or, you can pay a one-time cost of $112.99 for the entire year! Start your year fresh with a new mindset and perspective; you deserve 30 minutes a day to dedicate to your body and your mind. I welcome each and every one of you at any fitness level to join me! There is no time like the present to make the commitment to yourself or to your health.

Dr. Danielle McGinnis graduated from Physical Therapy School in May 2018. Throughout her schooling years, she built a strengthening and conditioning company in pursuit of her passion of thinking outside of the box to be her best self, thus helping her clients reach their full potential as well. She explains that she always felt she was being held back by the social norm of what she was “supposed to do” with her degree following graduation. It wasn’t until she had many coaches help her, that she gave herself permission to become the Physical Therapist (she refers to herself as an Integrative Movement Doctor) that she really wanted to be.The first thing she did on her journey was investing in a course to help open her eyes to what her values and beliefs systems were. Before this, she didn’t even know what she wanted or needed in life and so she was accepting what she had, even though she knew it wasn’t what she wanted. She was addicted to living in a false reality because it was comfortable. Throughout the course and the work with her coaches, she started to see the changes she was making reflecting in her results and began implementing the concepts she was learning in her life - in her patients lives.She shares, your ego hates to be seen as a failure, so you will do things in your life to make sure that you keep yourself small, so that you don’t fail; a lot of this is unconscious. So what in your life was modelled that made you stay small? Then you need to see that this is someone else’s story - not your own. We do things because we have this deep-rooted fear that when we do the thing we have a fear that were not actually going to be the person we want to be. Give yourself credit for all of the things we go through and all of the courage it takes to do certain things. Once you start to think more and more positive thoughts, you can start confirming this through validation within. As this becomes a normal practise, you can begin to live with integrity and ride the wave of momentum; you can (and will) always have set backs, but keep riding the momentum wave forward through it.Over the past year, Danielle has moved past her own limiting beliefs to then mirror this for her clients so that they feel they can make the changes too. She created Alpha Femme, Human Healing and Optimization and helps women dive into their limiting beliefs around movement. The “Alpha” encompasses strengthening, conditioning, and recovery principles; this is the masculine/ doing/ setting goals energy - and the “Femme” brings in more of the healing, integrative, and the emotional side and dives into learning how to let this flow. She strives then to have the two parts; Alpha and Femme come together in harmony to optimize human functioning.Get in touch with Dr. Danielle McGinnis:Instagram: @deebird20 www.iamalphafemme.com About today’s sponsors:Head over to www.CupOfTe.com for their delicious organic luxury loose leaf tea. Use my discount code “MUVE15” when checking out. Atlas Protein Bars have become a new favourite of mine which is why I wanted to share the love with all of you. Use the discount code “MUVE” when purchasing their 6 pack sample pack. I’m telling you… each flavour is delicious! https://atlasbars.comReady to make 2020 your year? I have a couple spots left for my Warrior coaching program. Head to https://www.muvelife.com/the-muvement to book your first FREE chat with me today.

Happy New Year everyone! It’s 2020, which means it's been a full year since I started this Podcast and I am so grateful for the community we have created and continue to grow! I wanted to share some of the most valuable and memorable lessons I learned in 2019 that may help you in moving forward during this brand new decade.Time Heals: This is something that you will often hear if you’ve lost someone or words of condolences you will offer if someone in your life has lost someone they love. In the moment, hearing these words certainly doesn’t take away the pain, but it is a really great reminder to remember this to be true.Follow your Gut: I encourage you to listen to your gut feeling, even when others may not understand. Your gut feelings (otherwise known as your intuition) is a feeling we get from within that many of us will try our best to ignore or pretend it's not there. But no matter how much you ignore those feelings, they will keep coming back until you listen.Community is Vital for Success: This one is new for me, but it truly has changed my perspective on so many aspects of my life and it is so much more fun to do things with other people. Working and living as a community can also be much more rewarding and can help a business soar.Live in the Moment: In the words of my Auntie, “Woulda shoulda coulda is a crazy make time!” This statement holds so much truth; the things we “wish we had done” can certainly cross our minds, but we cannot let them hang around! The past is the past, and if you can understand this whenever your mind tries to take you back to the “woulda, shoulda, coulda,” we can start to enjoy the now in a more peaceful and productive way. We are put on this Earth to live in the moment and enjoy the now.Movement is the Key to Positive Change: Movement is my go-to. It has been the thing that I can rely on when everything is a mess or when I’m feeling uncontrollable overwhelm. Even on some of the hardest days, I have found it so helpful to just get up and move my body.I am making the commitment to continues to incorporate these positive lessons in 2020, and also can’t wait to learn and live by more. I feel like this is going to be such a great year for all of us - can you feel the energy!? Always remember: This is a new day, a new year, and a new decade for you to create the adventures, the relationships and the life that you want to live. I support you and am here for your journey of #muvingforward. You’ve got this warrior.Get in Touch with Michelle:MUVE FORWARD Wellness Program: www.muvelife.com/the-muvementMUVE FORWARD Website: www.muvelife.comINSTAGRAM: @muvelife

Today’s guest, Kendall Merritt, is passionate about helping people deeply connect through soul-centred sensuality and sexuality. She is a sex and relationship coach who takes the approach that feeling comfortable and confident starts from within. Kendall believes that everyone deserves to feel honoured, loved, and fully supported for all that they are - and one way to do this is through intimate experiences. She is on a mission to change the way people feel about themselves so that they feel more comfortable and confident in their skin, and thus tap into their higher energies. When we can start to access the power that exists within us, we start to be able to experience life when we can move forward with purpose and pleasure in harmony. Her goal is to give people the power to unlock all those possibilities that exist in our lives through our sexuality and sensuality by having open conversations filled with radical acceptance and self love.She helps people who are ready to love their lover better, or for couples who are missing the spark that once was, or for those who are ready for a relationship after doing all of the work to find their highest self. “It always comes back to loving ourselves”, she says. “We can’t expect to fully show up for another person if we don’t love ourself.”Her work begins with helping her clients get to a place of self-love. She then works through finding where the ideas of intimacy and what that should look like come from, to then find work on finding our core essence and learning to love ourselves. Through this, she then teaches people how to feel confident enough to communicate with their partners about how they want to be loved, intimately. Typically in a relationship its tricky to have an open conversation about sex. She helps you to unlock different layers of yourself to then have confidence to talk to your partner about your true desires. The work must first be done within so that you know exactly what you want and then the work starts to be able to have an open conversation with your partner about your discoveries.Instagram: @soulsaturations Put yourself first this year and learn more about my Warrior Muvement Program: https://www.muvelife.com/the-muvementTea Lover? Head over to www.CupOfTe.com and use the discount code "MUVE15". (My favourites are Noms Berry Delight, Coconut Creme, Cha Cha Chai and Zesty Lemon Ginger)

A new year (and decade!) is right around the corner and for most of us, it has us thinking of all we would like to accomplish once the new year hits. There’s something about the calendar turning to January 1st that can re-motivate us all over again, and I am feeling more ready than ever this year! One of the main things I want to focus on in the next decade is truly living every day to the fullest; finding more adventures, finding more meaningful relationships, mending old lost relationships, and honestly, just embracing this amazing thing we call life. I’m also going to be very intentional this year of what I want for myself today and in the near future. It’s very easy to stick to the grind and push through day after day, but working harder doesn’t automatically make you a better human. A few things I’ve decided to implement this year to prepare myself for the year to come is first, to NOT set any New Year’s Resolutions. Yes, you heard that right! I know myself well enough to know that I feel worse when I set goals, and don’t achieve them – and I definitely don’t want to feel like I’ve let myself down. Instead, I’m going to make a list of things that I want to do and the ways I want to show up for myself and others, and I’ll put this list up in a space where I will see it every day in my home! As I see this list more and more, it will become natural to me to feel those things are already how my life is, otherwise known as visualizing your highest self and then manifesting that they become your reality! Be intentional about what you write down – know your whys, and the how’s will come to you as you begin to believe in the goal and get emotional attached to them. If at all, in any capacity, you feel as though you can be doing better, let this be your year to make some changes and to create what it is that you're yearning for. You deserve any and all of the desires and dreams that you have, but it's up to you to find the space and energy to make it unravel and become your reality. I think we often play it small, but know that you hold the power to your life and your future. Perhaps this is the year you allow yourself to dream big. to make some promises to yourself and to allow yourself to dream big.Each obstacle we walk through in life is building us to become the warrior we were meant to be. So instead of focusing on the struggles of 2019, take a look at where you are today, and how you can continue to move forward in 2020. It is possible to hold everything you desire in your hands. Here’s a quote to wrap things up by Carl Bard. It says, “Although no one can go back and make a brand-new start, anyone can start now and make a brand-new ending.” You have the power to grow and evolve and to make an ending to be proud of. Go get it, warrior.MUVE FORWARD Wellness Program: https://www.muvelife.com/the-muvementMUVE FORWARD Website: https://www.muvelife.comINSTAGRAM: @muvelife

It’s Christmas Day, and no matter where you are or who you’re with, I’m sending you so much light and love! The Holidays are certainly magical, but they can also be very tricky with various family situations you may have, so I just wanted to let you know that I am here for you and no matter what you’re going through, you’re not alone. Please know that no matter where you are in life, or what your circumstance is, you have the strength to continue on, and you can find happiness, joy, and adventure - when you’re ready for it. Be mindful of how you’re feeling on this day and adjust your course of action to stay true to what you need for yourself, during this time. Your health and wellness is not worth the stress; take a breath and release it and carry on. If you are finding that this is a bit of a struggle, realize that this is just another day on the calendar and try to pause the narrative in your mind that it is supposed to be, or should be, a specific way. Whatever this day is for you, is how it is meant to be in these moments. Enjoy your Holiday feasts and company in the best way you know how and embrace this crazy time! We’re all going through something so be mindful this season, and enjoy your day in whatever way that works for you! I will be skating with my family today, and I’m super excited to start this new tradition right here in Toronto. Know that it’s okay to have changes in this season and make new traditions or to welcome new people into our lives. Today, I encourage you to find the good and the joy in all that you are surrounded by. I am wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday season!! MUVE FORWARD Wellness Program: https://www.muvelife.com/the-muvementMUVE FORWARD Website: https://www.muvelife.comINSTAGRAM: @muvelife

Lindsey Schwartz is an entrepreneur, top podcast host, and best-selling author. As a sought after speaker, Lindsey travels around the world inspiring women to get out of their own way and into action around their big ideas and helping them create the careers they’ve always dreamed of.After seeing numerous women in her life stop short of pursuing their own entrepreneurial dreams because of fear and self-doubt, she saw the need for more honest conversations about the ups & downs of entrepreneurship to show women that they don’t have to have it all together to get started. From there, the Powerhouse Women Community, Annual event, and Podcast were born, with the motto that we're not meant to do business (or life) alone!Lindsey decided she wanted to help others to create a life that they loved and create results in any area of their life that they wanted to. As she dove into this work, it brought the awareness to her, that very few people were willing to share the real life struggles they were still going through in the present moment of their business growth, not just how hard it was ten years ago. She wanted more people to hear that side of the story and this is ultimately what inspired everything that she’s doing at Powerhouse Women. Powerhouse Women is designed to help women get out of their own way and into action around their ideas. She does this by sharing the real view of what it looks like to be pursuing big dreams and showcasing stories of women who are also on that journey. Our biggest gifts in how we are wired are the things that come naturally to us - which we often overlook. Lindsey built a community on being honest about the struggles that she still very much goes through daily in her entrepreneurial journey. There is this idea that we need to be an expert in what we’re doing - but all we really need is to be an expert in your personal story; what have you been through that maybe you can give someone else insight about some of the things that helped you along the way.One mistake she felt she made was wanting to feel ready before diving in. But in reality, going through discomfort in an entrepreneurial journey is part of the journey and it will never get easier - you will just get better at staying motivated to push through. If you get to the point of “I’ve just had enough and I know I’m meant for more,” that’s how you can know you’re ready to create the life you have always wanted. If you want to move the needle in your business, you at some point are going to be so much better off in learning from people who are already doing what you want to do. So invest in yourself by investing in a coach to hold you accountable for the things you say you are going to do to reach the goals you have. Go into your investment with an open mind and know that whatever comes from the investment was exactly where you were meant to be lead. At no point do we get to just sit back and stay comfortable. Don’t expect that getting out of your own way is going to be comfortable. To grow, it’s going to require you to get really uncomfortable with yourself and your limits. Ask yourself if it’s really any more comfortable for you to ignore the fact that you feel like you were meant for more to impact people than to not take a leap of faith and try? The truth is, they are both uncomfortable but at least choosing to lean into the discomfort has the potential for greater blessings than you could even imagine on the other side. SOCIAL + WEB LINKS:Instagram.com/llindseyschwartzInstagram.com/powerhouse_womenFacebook.com/powerhousewomen.coToday's advertisements: Michelle's Muvement Warrior Program: https://www.muvelife.com/the-muvementCup Of Te Luxury Loose Leaf Tea: https://cupofte.com Use MUVE15 for your 15% discount. Atlas Protein Bars: https://atlasbars.com Use MUVE when checking out for $10 off there 6 pack sample pack.

Christmas is right around the corner – which means that the New Year will soon follow, along with all of those resolutions! Whether or not you’re someone who sets New Year’s resolutions, you probably have a pre-conceived stigma surrounding resolutions in general; they’re typically withheld strong for a few weeks, and then they seem to go out the window. So, why is this? First, you have to be sure that if you’re setting resolutions, they’re realistic – but what’s more, you have to make sure you really want the thing you’re wishing for. What I mean by this is to be mindful of the goals you are setting and the intentions you have behind them. To ensure that you’re setting goals that align with your values and beliefs, a good place to start is the practice of manifesting. Manifesting in its most simple terms means to manifest something into your physical reality through thought, feelings, and beliefs. Essentially, your thoughts – whether they are positive or negative, become your reality. This is incredible because with manifesting, there are no limits to who or what you can be or have. Manifesting is something that may take some time and it won’t always come in the form that you asked for it in. This is why it’s important to stay mindful of the things you’re trying to manifest – because they can show up at any time, in any way. Be patient with your practice and trust that the Universe will bring you everything you need, exactly when you need it. Remember, manifestation is powerful. If you continuously have thoughts about your debt, you will only attract more debt. This is because if you’re focusing on the debt, no new ideas to get you out of your debt will be allowed to flow to you. Manifesting is also great for shifting your focus to a more positive light and gives you a clear idea of what you’re trying to achieve next in life. Whenever you find your mind wandering, you can actually use manifesting as a tool to use positive affirmation and bring your focus back to the present moment. As you start to think about things more and more with positive feelings, you will notice that they start to show up everywhere in your life. So for this New Decade that is approaching us, I want to challenge you to try this new practice of manifesting. Let go of your negative belief patterns and believe with your whole heart and soul that you can have anything you want. Allow the universe to let it all unfold and create the life you have always dreamed of.MUVE FORWARD Wellness Program: https://www.muvelife.com/the-muvementMUVE FORWARD Website: https://www.muvelife.comINSTAGRAM: @muvelife

On today’s podcast, we’re talking to Matthew Zanis. Matthew is many things, and amongst those, he has a Doctorate of Physical Therapy and is a strength and conditioning coach out of Phoenix, Arizona, but he pride’s himself in being a human movement expert. He is also an Orthopaedic Specialist and a manual therapy fellow – of which there are only 33 people in the entire country (USA) with that designation. His main passion and goal in life is to overhaul the way that physical movement education is being educated towards our rehabilitation providers; so, our physical therapists, chiropractors, athletic trainers, and osteopaths. He helps his clients to achieve their goals by helping them move better and ultimately helps them live a better quality of life.He started his own Physical Theory practice back in 2016, and since then it allowed him to do contract work with the United States Olympic Comity. He also works with athletes from all levels of the spectrum of life from high school, all the way to collegiate athletes as well as with many cancer patients by incorporating movement and physical training into the plan of care for these patients, which is it's not being done anywhere else. The problem that he sees in many people is that they will go to treatment, but then they don’t continue to move and it becomes a constant repetitive cycle over and over again. When you start to move the body, you get a flow of oxygen and then things start to happen; we look better, we feel better and move better as well. We've become so enamored with this thought of exercise and functional fitness that we've forgotten how to move. If people started to just move more throughout the day, we wouldn't have a lot of these pathological issues that are occurring. Exercise is a subset of movement and it comes down to the attention and the intention of the movement that you're doing. Learn how to become more aware of your body and how to feel into that. Start with your breath. First thing in the morning before you get out of bed or do anything else, take a moment to just breathe. Feel your body and check-in and see how it's feeling. What are your thoughts for that day and then set an intention for that day? Ask yourself: What is it that I want to accomplish that day in my personal life, professional life and then with movement? Choose a movement that you love doing and something that makes you feel good. It’s also important to be 100% in tune with your body. Every ache and pain you experience is a message your body is trying to send to you to move differently and that's exactly what pain is. Our movement throughout the day and the things that we feel – all of these things are just neurological inputs into the brain which we have control over. Here's the signal of pain or tightness - you have to move differently. Do things differently than you currently are and if you don’t have a place to start, get a coach who can help you.Credentials: Matthew Zanis, PT, DPT, FAAOMPT, OCS, ATC, CSCS, Cert-DNDirector of Rehabilitation and Performance, Causenta WellnessPhysical Therapist, United States Olympic Committee, USA Shooting Director, Orthopedic Physical Therapist Assistant Program, NxtGen Institute of Physical Therapy Fellow, American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists Power Athlete Block One Coachwww.causenta.com www.powerathletehq.comwww.usashooting.comGo to www.atlasbars.com to try my new obsession Atlas Protein Bars. If you purchase their 6 pack sample pack, you will receive $10 off when you use the discount code "MUVE".

Today I’m sharing something that took me quite some time to figure out and be open to. It's something that I see stopping a lot of you from making the changes you need, to become your best self. It begins with growth and in order to grow, you have to obtain knowledge that you don't know. I talk to people all the time who want to better themselves; they want a new career, they want to be a better parent, or they simply just want to be a better human in general. And as growth and change become more socially acceptable, people aren’t settling for “just okay” anymore – it’s incredible! If you are someone who is ready for this type of change, you must be open to learning new ways to take action. In other words - obtain the knowledge you require to grow in the ways that you desire. It seems simple, right? Strangely enough, a lack of willingness to obtain knowledge is one of the most prevalent things that holds us back from evolving. On today’s epsiode, we go through a few things to see if you might be resisting growth in your own life.Once you’ve moved past any resistance you were experiencing to start your journey you must simply become open and willing to receive the information. There are endless amounts of completely free information on the internet nowadays through various media avenues and you should start taking advantage of this knowledge! You can also try things like self-help books, motivational books, podcasts, and courses – the possibilities are endless – you just have to decide that you are ready to accept the information and it will flow to you. Make it a priority to schedule in this time for yourself each week so that you can stay consistent and be held accountable. Stop replaying the phrases in your mind that aren’t serving you. Be open to receiving messages from the universe that are ultimately helping guide you to your next destination and always remember who you’re doing it all for and why. We all have our own paths and I hope that you're able to find yours so that you can create the life you’ve always dreamed of. If you’re feeling like you need extra guidance on this journey, I have a few spots open in my Muve Forward Wellness Program where we work together to look at what’s holding you back, and then move past it. This year, I am so grateful for all of my mentors and my coaches. It's been a big year of growth for me, and I am really feeling like 2020 is going to be even bigger! Who’s with me?MUVE FORWARD Wellness Program: https://www.muvelife.com/the-muvementMUVE FORWARD Website: https://www.muvelife.comINSTAGRAM: @muvelife