In this juicy episode we dive deep and talk about you know the word.

Shame.

The emotion we all feel but no one wants to talk about.

Shame is "the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing we are flawed and therefore unworthy of acceptance and belonging" (Brown, 2008). It is human (and in our DNA) to need connection and belonging. In fact, at one time, our survival depended on it.

For perfectionists, we are often caught up in a 'shame cycle' of not believing we are worthy. Olive talks about ways of overcoming shame, body acceptance, pleasure and self care. This episode is one that you definitely do not want to miss!!

To find out more about Olive please visit:

website: www.olivevontopp.com

facebook: /olivevontopp

instagram: @olivevontopp

email: [email protected]

Course that was talked about in this episode:

https://www.olivevontopp.com/self-love-online-course

This week is National Infertility Week. Anyone can be challenged to have a family. No matter what race, religion, sexuality or economic status you are, infertility doesn’t discriminate.

Today Kevin and I open up about our struggles to get pregnant. Our hope is that together, we can change the conversation.

This is a special conversation today with the beautiful Jade Martin!

We talk about adaptability when it comes to your body especially through the transitions of being a teenager to adult to parenthood.

Jade and I know all to well about weight loss and extreme dieting but with that said sometimes you need to see the bad in order to see the good.

Jade’s mission is to teach women about fitness and nutrition but most important to love themselves through the whole process.

How do you do that!?

That is what we discuss on this podcast episode today!

If you know anyone who is struggling with their body and needs some insight and not to feel alone. Please share with them this episode.

The best thing is to learn through other peoples experiences so that 1. You do not feel alone and

2. You have an idea of where to start moving forward!

To find out more about Jade Martin please go to:

facebook.com/jade.martin.92

Instagram: @jademar_fit @jademarfitness

Email: [email protected]

Are your workouts effective?.

Has there been a time where you felt rushed with time or low energy or an attitude/mood when it came to your workouts?

I am sure you can answer yes to at least one of them, I know I sure can.

When we don’t know what we are supposed to feel or even know what to do when you are working out, it can feel all over the place.

Basically, you feel like a hot mess.

How many times has your intention been to workout but come that morning you stay in the bed and say I will do it later?

How many times have you worked out but then give up after 10 minutes?

We must learn to be super intentional, conscious and learn what we need to do to show up and crush our workout! 

That is why I created this episode because I know what it feels like to get to the gym or do an at-home workout and just stick to doing cardio/stretching for 10 minutes and then go back home!

From running in a rat race to now what it feels like, twiddling our thumbs and waiting for things to open up is a big change mentally, physically, personally and spiritually.

This is why I had to sit down with Kristen to talk to her about how we can still find ways to show up for ourselves and what we can do to find ways to win the day.

It is not easy but from my own personal transformation not once but twice I can share with you that inner work is more exhausting then working and commuting.

Finding ways to show up for yourself day in and day out is more then just ticking off that check mark on your to do list. Telling yourself that you matter, come first, are worth it is where you mentally have to dig deep and show up on the days that you don’t want too! Kind of like the gym!

In this episode we covered:

- Running the rat race- when was the moment of realization that you knew you had to stop?

- What are the first steps?

How do you embrace discomfort when you no longer want to do the do do do?

- What are the powerful questions to ask yourself to gain clarity

- How do you find acceptance love and grace in starting a new relationship with yourself?

If you are looking to improve your relationship with yourself! This episode is a great starting point!

To find out more about Kristen:

www.linkedin.com/in/kristenharcourt

www.instagram.com/kristenharcourt

www.facebook.com/kristenharcourt

www.kristenharcourt.com

In this episode, Amanda talks about the struggles she is seeing with her clients right now.

What is happening?

They are not feeling purposeful.

They start something but never finish it.

They want to feel better but do not know where to start.

They feel anxious and overwhelmed and are not sleeping properly.

Does this sound like you?

How do you start to feel more purposeful when you are feeling frustrated, overwhelmed and sad?

Where are all of these thoughts and feelings coming from?

How do you start assessing a situation when you feel like this?

How do you start to get clarity when you feel so much contrast in your life?

Lets break it down in todays episode!

If you are looking to start getting out of your own way and need some insight as to how to do that!

My goal is to help you to start having a better connection with your body. This is vital because your body needs to last for the rest of your life, and no one knows it better than you. There is no one size fits all when it comes to diet and nutrition.

I want to remind you that I did not have a good connection with my body until I met my personal trainer at twenty-six years old. Our training sessions were fun and intense, and because I admired my trainer, I listened and held on to every word she ever said to me. To me, our time together was more than just moving my body and doing the exercises she told me to do. I wanted so badly to create a healthier lifestyle, which meant understanding what my body needed.

My first rule of thumb when starting to connect with your body is that you should start eating more slowly, and paying attention to hunger cues like when you are overly full or satisfied. This is known as eating until you are 80 percent full. This sounds easy, right? It’s not. Not many people know their hunger cues; many of my clients are blown away by this exercise because they don’t realize how disconnected they are from their body.

Do you know your birthrights?

To be honest, I didn't. And because of the time we are in right now with a global pandemic. I needed to know!

Luckily, I had a Catherine reach out to me after she read my book and in our discovery call she told me that she was a personal injury lawyer with a passion for woman's birth rights!

This episode is a must listen to if you are a soon to be mom, working on to become a mom or are already a mom, where ever you are in your journey, this episode is for you!

In this episode we discuss:

- The most common violation of rights when it comes to birth?

- What to do if your rights are violated?

- Do women feel in control of labor?

- What are birth rights during COVID-19

- How can pregnant women empower themselves

And soooo much more!

Catherine is dedicated to helping individuals feel supported and empowered when it comes to pivotal moments in their life! This is a must listen to episode!

To get in touch with Catherine

Website: https://www.mckenzielake.com/attorneys-people/catherine-shearer/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guelphinjurylawyer

Instagram: @guelphinjurylawyer

LinkedIn: Catherine Shearer

Information to review, discussed in episode:

https://obstetricjustice.org/

https://evidencebasedbirth.com/evidence-based-birth-podcast/

The power of one thing is a huge epiphany for my clients and is a milestone to reach because all my clients including myself as a client one time wanted the WHOLE plan.

I wanted to dramatically change everything in myself and I did.

When I started out with my personal trainer I loved every single second of it. You could even say that I got addicted to training, workouts, eating everything, you name it. I did it.

But then what happens when that becomes your everything.

You start losing a bit. You could say that I was having trouble with friends because I was no longer eating what they were, you could say that my family was annoyed by my constant training and said to me that too much of something is no good. You could say that I was scared to go back to what I ‘looked like, felt like before.

When you start with 1 habit you are not only making this more lifestyle base you are keeping it simple. Simple is good because our lives are so busy and are influxed with so much distraction!

When choosing a habit it should be easy. You should already be doing it but don’t know that you are!

The most important thing to keep in mind is that the key to success is not to do everything at once. While you might be eager to skip ahead, I urge you to stop because you are not connecting with yourself. You are only connecting with the outcome that will not stick around.

I am doing this because I am that woman who lost herself at a very young age and never really understood why she felt so different from everyone else. I was embarrassed to be me, and I felt ashamed. I hated how I looked; I resented my body and held myself back from everything because I was so scared to make a mistake and never wanted the attention to be on me. When I started my journey I was twenty-seven years old. My first personal trainer, Kasia Sitarz, opened my eyes to a whole new world. It was her wisdom and knowledge that taught me to really get in touch with myself.

We had to slow things down and start right from scratch. You see, Kasia wasn’t just any- body. I respected and admired her before I started to train with her. So, when she told me to do something, I never questioned her. I just did it because I wanted to change and needed to be open to learning. One of my first lessons with her was to start listening to my body. I was learning that I could tell my body what it needed to do, and that if I focused really hard on each muscle that I was working on or moving through, my muscle fibers were going to listen and change. It was then that I understood that there was nothing really wrong with me; it was that I was never inter- ested in learning or listening.