Purposeful Strength Podcast

Leadership. Whether you are the head of a company or just beginning your career journey, you are a leader. We can all learn to be great leaders and we can all find out own leadership personality. In this series I speak with Kari Nagraiff, Geralyn Coppersmith, Alwyn Cosgrove, Kevin Eastman and Christa Doran all about their experience and knowledge about leadership. Each one of them have distinct qualities that I believe makes them wonderful leaders. Whether this means as a business owner, in your own training, as a manager, as a speaker, being an icon in the fitness industry or whatever else we are looking to accomplish, we are all leaders.

In the final podcast of my mental health series, I wanted to have a discussion around medication. There is still a great deal of stigma and fear around the use of medication to help out with these issues. If someone has a physical problem, no one looks at it as a weakness to use mediation for help but when it comes to mental health it can be viewed as a weakness to use medication. For many, medication is not the right path, but I want to help open the doors to help others understand how meds can make our lives a little easier.

Keith is one of our most trusted physical therapists that we work with at Achieve. You would never know he experiences symptoms of depression when you meet him. In this podcast we talk about what depression looks like to him and how those of us in the health care provider world do not need to feel "perfect". Its ok to ask for help and its ok to have these struggles.

Kimberley Quinlan is a perfect person to have on this mental health series as she is a licensed marriage and family therapist who uses CBT to help individuals with OCD, depression, anxiety, and eating disorders. Her podcast, Your Anxiety Toolkit, has been one of my go to’s for comfort in finding ways to help out with anxiety. She is a compassionate person who helps us all see that “it’s a beautiful day to do hard things!”

To learn more about Kimberley, her work and her podcast, visit her website here: https://kimberleyquinlan-lmft.com

Episode 83: Disordered Eating with Bryan Kent by Sarah Polacco

In this episode I speak with Stuart Ralph who is the creator of the OCD Stories website and podcast. Stuart explains what OCD actually looks like as many people has a misconception on how this anxiety producing condition affects individuals. He talks about his own OCD story and tells us some ways that he helps to manage this condition.

To learn more about Stu and the work that he does, check out his website and podcast here: https://theocdstories.com

First up in this mental health podcast series, I sit down with my friend, Danielle Bromwich to discuss her experience dealing with anxiety. We talk about what anxiety looks like to her, how she is able to be open about her experience and how the gym and her support systems have been helpful in dealing with her anxiety.

My next series is all about mental health! I talk to people about their own personal experiences as well as experts in the field about ways to help manage challenges dealing with depression, anxiety, OCD, and disordered eating habits.

Christa Doran is hands down one of the strongest women I know! As the owner of Tuff Girl Fitness in Hamden Connecticut, she has dedicated her mission to helping other women feel and understand their full potential and power through strength of body and mind. A few weeks back, Chirsta and I got into a conversation about the lack of representation in the leadership of the fitness industry. In this podcast we discuss why we think this happens and what we can do to help change this for the future.

Next up on the Strong Women's Series is Hannah Rettler who is a Women's Transformation coach. Hannah was brave enough to leave the security of her corporate desk job over a year ago to start her own business. Her goal is to help women bring out their inner strength and to feel unstuck. In this episode we talk a lot about fear and how it holds us back in our career, our relationships, or goals, our physical strength and all parts of our lives. Hannah's excitement and joy for what she does shines through in this podcast along with all of the content she produces!