You cannot heal the body without first healing the heart. Dr. Michelle Robin, today's special guest on the Owning the Wait podcast, says healing your heart may look like letting go of a painful memory, healing a broken relationship, or releasing other emotions that keep you from discovering the best version of yourself. As a chiropractor, author, teacher, holistic healer, podcast host, unshakable optimist, international speaker, and founder of Your Wellness Connection, Small Changes Big Shifts®, and Big Shifts Foundation®, Dr. Robin has left an impression on thousands of lives by helping them find a way to live a vibrant, happy, and healthy life. For 30 years, she has guided people to create small changes that ultimately shift their habits and their life. On this episode, we are going to let Dr. Robin speak on something I am passion about: focusing on small changes that allow for big shifts!

To learn more about Dr. Robin and her programs, please visit SmallChangesBigShifts.com

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Do you struggle with deciding what to eat for a snack on a daily basis? Or when you should eat depending on the rest of your schedule? I know at times in my life, I have severely struggled with just these things. When I originally entered the health and fitness space, I was dating a bodybuilder and got engrained in the typical bodybuilding diet and training methodology of bulk and cut cycles. Through time, I have found that what works for me is far from where I originally started as I prefer to remain fairly lean and agile year-round.

The great thing about nutrition is that it is specific to the individual and we can all find what works best for us! Today, we will discuss some aspects of nutrition around snacking, meal timing, caffeine intake, and macronutrient intake. I hope this helps you have a more balanced relationship with food and helps to overcome the “I can’t have that, I am on a diet” mentality!

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Leanne is a straight talking, science loving, educator and coach who empowers women to break up with the thoughts that are holding them back and slip into something a little more confident. Leanne had a unique journey to where she is today from losing 1/3 of her body weight to overcoming spinal surgery. Overcoming her challenging history has led her to take a more holistic mind body approach to health and happiness. Listen today as Leanne shares her healing process from being a sedentary child, teen, and adult, overcoming her disordered relationship with food and her body, the positives and negatives of the media attention that she received because of her weight loss journey, and finally how she came to approach health and fitness with a more holistic view, and the importance of her faith on her journey. Today’s episode is jam packed with great information!

Find Leanne at stresslesseating.com or leanneellington.com

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In some way, shape, or form, you will resonate with Stefanie Gass’s story! If you’ve ever felt lost in your purpose, in your career, in your family life, or in your relationships, this episode will speak to you! This is an episode about how your test turns into your testimony. 

Listen in as we hear an oh-so-relatable story about how chasing success, money, and achievement will only leave you feeling broken. Especially without Jesus. You will leave today feeling inspired by God’s plans for you to prosper! 

Check out Stefanie's podcast, The Stefanie Gass Show on anywhere you’re listening to podcasts. You can also grab her free clarity workshop at StefanieGass.com!

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(Ps, you will also hear my new kitchen getting built in the background #sorrynotsorry) 

Do you have a quiet space that you can go to and spend time with God? Do you even have a space that is quiet and free from distraction? Today I will share the value that I have found in having dedicated quiet spaces, both indoors and outdoors, where I can spend time in thought and spend time with God. We will also discuss a few tips to make preparation for this time minimal so your time spent with God can be as beneficial as possible! Join me (and the birds in the background) for some practical advice to creating your quiet space with God!

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Help me welcome Dr. Jocelyn Connolly to the Owning the Wait podcast! She is a pelvic health expert for female athletes and active women to help them prevent and treat common ailments! I have learned so much about the pelvic floor in the last few months and I'm excited for you guys to learn some important information that has been so helpful in my health journey.

If you're anything like me (and Jocelyn and most of her clients), we typically deal with pelvic floor dysfunctions and it's symptoms (and a host of other ailments) for YEARS before we do anything about it. And, if you think an episode about female pelvic health (aka vaginas) isn’t for you, you’re so wrong! This episode is full of INFORMATION that you, too, need to know men! We allllllll have pelvic floors. 

Jocelyn breaks down the anatomy of the pelvic floor and connect the dots between common issues athletes have and our pelvic floor health. Tune in and comment below if this episode was an eye-opener for you!

Find Jocelyn on IG @the.vaginadoc and see her free resources here: https://linktr.ee/the.vaginadoc

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Today I have my friend Chelsea Theodoropoulos to discuss business, health, and lifestyle. Chelsea is a wife, a mother of 2, a personal trainer, and she is the owner of Burn Bootcamp St. Louis. She and her husband Ted decided to take a leap of faith and follow the demographic metrics on best place to open Burn Bootcamp Franchises. Today she has 4 gyms in St. Louis and growing. Listen to hear how she got started with the franchise, the ups and downs, and the sacrifices she's made along the way.

Burnbootcamp.com

@burnbootcampkirkwoodmo

@burnbootcampsocomo

@burnbootcampmanchester

@burnbootcampofallonmo

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Today sucked the life out of me in every way, shape, and form, and I started to kind of feel defeated. My husband and I call these days Test Days. Any time we're having just a terrible day and we label it as a Test Day my mindset changes, and I'm like... test me. When these days come up, how do you react? How do you mentally process it all? What benefits can you find that will come from the day? How can you recharge your batteries after the day? Test days are days that shape you into a more seasoned person. Test days are days that we either get ahead or we get behind. Today was just one of those days for me.

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Why is empowered eating life the best life? How do you make the connection to move towards intuitive eating? How do you embrace the life choice that nutrition isn't a plan or a program? Nutrition is a choice. Nutrition is ongoing intentionality. Our guest, Jessika Brown, is a mom of 2 boys, wife of a police and swat officer, and a mountain girl all the way. She is also a registered dietitian and a board-certified specialist in sports dietetics and eating disorder treatment. Today, she is here to talk about her relationship with food and her journey from eating disorder to empowered eating.

Find Jessika on IG @jessbrownrd and at jessbrownrd.com

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Today, we will be discussing the importance of be honest with yourself when it comes to nutrition. This is something I struggled with at one point in my life because I wanted to have the appearance of knowing more than actually did. When I realized that you can lie to other people all you want, but you cannot lie to yourself and ever really believe it, my relationship with nutrition changed in a positive direction.

Today we’ll talk about taking ownership of your nutrition as it is the foundation for the rest of your life. Listen in as we review some educational steps that I took to overcome some of my knowledge deficiencies and get more comfortable with nutrition decisions. Some questions I addresses in this episode: “Where do I start?”, “How do I know if I need it?”, and “What does it matter?”. We’ll also review the importance of the 80:20 rule and how this helps make your lifestyle and nutrition sustainable.

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