Rise Resolute Podcast

Connect and Rise with Nicole, Wellness Director and runner as she provides poignant insight on journeying through struggle.  Nicole takes us back to the first moment she knew running would be a big part of her life and shares her own personal story of recovery from an eating disorder.  She talks about avoiding the urge to "crowd source" your life because the answers you seek aren't beyond you, they are within you.  Nicole connects us all as we discuss this collective experience we are going through during the pandemic.  She encourages each of us to be kind to ourselves as we navigate this new normal.  Nicole concludes with a beautiful and uplifting poem by Mary Oliver reinforcing the power of connection.  "Whoever you are, no matter how lonely" listen and be comforted because we all have our "place in the family of things."

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A special Happy Mother's Day episode for all of the moms out there.  I see you.  I see the effort it takes to do what you do every day.  I celebrate you.  The episode includes words of encouragement pulled from my Mama friends who have walked beside me in my own journey of motherhood and from awesome moms with whom I've had the pleasure of speaking on the podcast. I also spend some time sharing a bit more about my own mother, who was my inspiration for the podcast in the first place.  She was the embodiment of warmth and connection and I'm happy to share a small glimpse of who she was with you all.  Cheers to the moms out there.  I think you are pretty incredible. Stay strong and stay connected.  

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Connect and Rise with Alyssa Kuras, Mindset Coach for Athletes, former competitive swimmer, and mom.  Alyssa shares her journey of navigating a new identity after shoulder surgeries prevented her from returning to swimming. She offers great insight on avoiding a fear-based mentality and instead focusing on the things that serve to strengthen you. Her discussion of “flipping the script” will bring you inspiration for your own journey through this health crisis and beyond. You are so much more than you believe you are. Don’t forget the power of tapping into the courage inside you. 

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Connect and Rise with Steph Bruce, Professional runner for HokaOneOne NAZ Elite, mom, Co-conspirator for Picky Bars, and coach of Running w/ Bruces as she shares her powerful insight on how to keep moving forward through struggle.  Steph discusses placing sixth in the U.S. Olympic Marathon Team Trials on February 29, 2020 in Atlanta, GA and talks us through how her plans moving forward had to shift based on the health crisis.  She leads us through losing her dad and being held up by her mom (who she tells us has always helped buoy her belief in herself).  She discusses how her high school coach shaped her as a person and a runner and her love for her husband who supports her fiercely.  Find out how Steph “holds space for two truths,” her passion/job and her family. You can too. Steph also shares her strategies for getting through this crazy time in our world.  Find out how you too can adopt the mantra to keep moving forward despite all obstacles.  Steph will inspire you to look for ways to embrace the opportunity to keep pressing in your own life.  To test yourself when you can and then rise to the challenge to respond. 

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Connect and Rise with Holly Speers, Team Canada Softball Player who qualified for the 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo, but obviously has to put those dreams on hold due to the global pandemic which resulted in the Olympics being rescheduled. Holly will inspire you with her insight on navigating this crazy time in our world and all that has changed, been rescheduled, cancelled or lost. She tells us her personal strategies for making it through and gives us some awesome tips to apply to our own life. Our world may look different right now, but “we are going to make it through this and it's going to be okay.” Connected we are stronger. Don’t miss this episode! 

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Connect and Rise with Theresa, avid runner and Occupational Therapy Student at Ohio State University.  Theresa gives us important insight on shifting our perspective during this very difficult time in our world.  She also offers some tips on staying inspired and on how beginners can get started with running (even if you think you won't like it).  It is not easy to see the opportunity that lies within struggle nor to be grateful in the midst of such sorrow, but trying is worth it.  It will change everything.   

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Connect and Rise with Margaret, competitive road runner and trail runner, who has even completed a 120 mile trail race. On this episode, originally aired as a Live Video on Instagram, she shares her insight on how to adapt your training during the health crisis in order to stay safe.  She also shares some tips on bringing positivity to your everyday life including finding ways to serve others, giving yourself grace, and tapping into gratitude.  We are all connected during this crazy time. Wishing every runner and non-runner the added inspiration you may need to get through the day.  Stay strong.

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Connect and Rise with Debbie Strand, Physical Therapist, athlete, mom, and wife who is living in Sweden.  In the midst of the current health crisis, Debbie offers a boost of inspiration as she shares her insight on the importance of perseverance. As an athlete in her 50's who has been committed to sports and athletics throughout her life, Debbie shares her story of repeated ACL injuries.  Find out how Debbie navigated her injuries and why she believes it is so important to keep going no matter what.  Debbie will inspire you to continue to believe in yourself and pursue your passions regardless of age or difficulty.  It's never too late to set another goal or to dream a new dream.    

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Connect and Rise on a cross-over podcast episode with Jordan Nicole, Professional Ballet Dancer and host of the Ballet to Business Podcast. Jordan and I have a conversation about growth and how we can still find opportunities for personal growth even during this worldwide health crisis. She shares her amazing story of dancing for the San Francisco Ballet Company starting at the age of 16, struggling with multiple injuries, and how she chose growth after foot surgery temporarily derailed her dancing plans. We discuss some valuable tools we can all use as we navigate this uncertain and scary time. You will come away with renewed energy to focus on the day you’ve being given and the opportunities that lie within. 

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Connect and Rise with Christine Tyson, Founder of Limitless and Limitless Fit Gym, Mindfulness Practitioner, and mom.  Christine is deeply committed to wellness of the mind, body, and soul. She shares her incredible journey as a single mom and will inspire you with her insight on going through some of the toughest situations imaginable.  Christine tells us that when we are faced with enormous difficulty, sometimes the best thing we can do is just put our heads down and get through it.  She talks about how changed she is having made it through those times and that she "can't go back to yesterday because she was a different person then." Our struggles give us new strength that shapes us and helps us grow.  This is a wonderful message, especially at this time in our world. Christine poignantly says of her own journey that it's amazing to look back in awe of her younger self (instead of feeling sad or bad because of the magnitude of the hard things she faced).  Join us for an episode that  will lift us all to be strong today and in the coming days and weeks as we navigate this health crisis.  May we will emerge on the other side in awe....  

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