Shred the Should

Tara Laferrera has been a professional in the fitness industry for 10 year and has a lot of advice for you if you are just starting out on your fitness journey, or struggle with consistency. 

We bust some fitness myths and discuss things like: mindset shifts for success, how to build better body image, and ways to improve self love.

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Happy New Year! Thanks for being here! 

In this episode, Mindi and I chat about mindset shifts to help you finally stop getting in your own way. 

Mindi Huebner is an Intuitive Mindset Mastery Coach, an IBCP certified NLP practitioner, Health, Life and Success coach and Clinical Hypnotherapist. Mindi knows rewiring your brain is the key to unlocking your magic so that you can create a soul aligned business and extraordinary life. Her number one mission is helping women to reveal and release their limiting beliefs and embrace the confident, wildly successful humans they already are on the inside. 

A gift from Mindi: rewireyourbrainclub.com

Check out her podcast: mindihuebner.com/podcast

Do you ever feel afraid of making big decisions, like that one decision is going to determine the rest of your life? You want to hear this episode. I sit down with a former student, Maria Kelley, to talk through the big life decisions she's experiencing as a 20 year old preparing to graduate from college, and some tools to help navigate these and future scary transitions and decisions. 

This week we're deep diving into how to build resourcefulness, self trust and confidence. 

Lucia Greene is an Elementary School Counselor, yoga and meditation teacher, energy healer, theater performer, and former teacher. After years of struggling with anxiety and depression, she is now committed to understanding how we heal trauma, and tend to our big feelings. She is especially passionate about using play and connection as healing modalities.

I'm so excited to be hosting the Trust Fall Forward Experience with Lucia on Saturday, Sept 24th from 9am - 12pm. This event / mini retreat is an opportunity to build a better relationship with yourself & your body, to improve self confidence, challenge your comfort zone, & connect with others on a similar journey. If you trust in us and yourself enough to attend, you will leave with new tools to move through discomfort and limiting beliefs that will help you approach life with more confidence, compassion, creativity and connection. Activities include: Intuitive yoga-fusion movement class, guided meditation & breath work, mindful nature walk, comfort zone challenge by choice, self trust & confidence building workshop,  relationship building activities and optional apple picking! We can't wait to see you for a weekend of community, connection and conquering your comfort zone!

Did you know that 48% of college students in the United States experience housing insecurity? Brianna Chance and I were a part of that statistic. Bri is a former student of mine, and she's dedicated the last two years to researching national policies and programs to support college students experiencing homelessness and food/ housing insecurity. She just released episode 1 of her documentary: Housing (In)Justice, and I was lucky enough to have been interviewed for the project. You can watch my interview (episode 4) and follow the series on Youtube. 

Megan Budway, aka The Music Ninja, is a Ninja Warrior Athlete from North Carolina who is passionate about helping others develop a better relationship with failure. 

Megan was a music teacher for several years, but recently made a career change to allow herself more time to focus on her training as an athlete and give herself a better space for her mental health. 

Megan has competed on 2 seasons of American Ninja Warrior, was the NNL Ameatuer Female champion in season VI, and competes in several other leagues across the country. She has a huge passion for creating a better space for women in the sport of ninja. Megan is also super excited to take on her new role as Director of Education for Neighborhood Ninjas, and can’t wait to use this role as a way to help shape the ninja community in a positive way.

Outside of the sport of ninja, Megan has a huge passion for music and the marching arts. She sings opera, plays several instruments, and loves metal music. She also loves to wakeboard, longboard, write, and spend as much time as possible with her pups.

Do you struggle to trust yourself and your decisions? Do you feel like you'll only be happy with your body when you reach a certain scale number or aesthetic? Katie, Chelsea and I tackle the role that self trust plays in all aspects of your life.

Chelsea is a Certified Self-Care and Holistic Health Coach who specializes in helping women set boundaries with themselves and others to eliminate self-sabotaging behaviors while also learning the power of prioritizing themselves. Katie is a Certified Master Level Health & Life Coach & ACE Certified Personal Trainer, who specializes in inner child healing and habit change coaching. Over the past 3 years she has coached women to ditch harmful diet and beauty culture messages and learn to create ease with eating and movement.

If you love their work, you can reach them on instagram or join them for their retreat in Colorado Oct. 5-9th 2022!

This week we're shredding some major shoulds related to executive functioning, self care, self talk, boundary setting and more! Sarah Lovell is an executive function coach, social worker, and entrepreneur. Sarah has been coaching since 2014 and took the leap into entrepreneurship in January 2022 when she founded Executive Functioning First, LLC.

Sarah helps college students and adults create individualized and sustainable systems to reach their academic, career, and personal goals. As an executive function coach, Sarah works with clients to identify strategies to navigate challenges related to time management, organizing, prioritizing, planning, and starting and finishing tasks in their daily lives. Sarah’s coaching philosophy emphasizes how self-care, self-talk, and mindset set the foundation for our abilities to use our executive functioning skills.

Sarah works with clients all over the country (and world!) on Zoom. She is currently accepting new clients and offers a free 20-minute Zoom to see if working together would be a fit. You can connect with Sarah on Instagram (@executivefunctioningfirst) or her website (www.executive functioning first.com)

When she’s not coaching,  you can find Sarah taking her dog Georgia on trail walks, listening to podcasts, paddle boarding, and planning her next travel adventure.

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Much love! <3 Alex 

What even is pelvic health and why is it important? The answer might surprise you... This episode explores SO many important topics like pelvic health, rehab, overtraining / overexercising, back pain, proper breathing, and managing expectations (just to name a few). 

Our guest - Dr. Amelia May (Ponchur) - is a Doctor of Physical Therapy specializing in women’s/pelvic health. She is the Director of Physical Therapy at Genesis PT & Wellness in Dallas, TX, where she also treats patients throughout the week. 

She has a background in sports & orthopedics, previously working with high school athletes & adult olympic weight lifting athletes. She loves helping folks return to exercise after injury/pain, pelvic floor dysfunction, and/or pregnancy/postpartum. She holds a certification in functional dry needling and has completed a multitude of pelvic floor & women’s health related continuing education courses over the years.

Connect with Dr. Amelia on Instagram! 

Cory Camp is a friend; fellow coach, athlete and podcaster; and newly published author! We sat down to talk about how he shreds shoulds and helps his community do the same!

 Cory is a personal performance coach for former athletes to find their flow in life. He works together with his clients to improve holistic well-being through simplifying and optimizing their life.

You can also grab a copy of his book here: Forever Athlete: Connect with Your True Identity Daily: A Collection of Stories from Peak Performers. If you're listening to this on 4/6/22 - it's Cory's birthday and his book is on sale!