Dr. Mark Shrime is not only a Ninja Warrior athlete, Chair of Global Surgery and the author of "Solving for Why", but also an incredible human who has dedicated his life to fighting fear and injustice. We deep dive into fear, purpose, shredding should shame, and "solving for why". 

You can grab a copy of his book here! 

What would your life look like if you stopped spending so much mental energy worrying about food and how your body looks? What would it feel like to trust your body? Can you even remember the last time you trusted your body, or have you spent your life dieting, trying to change your body, and constantly feeling like a failure?

Caite Sunderland and I deep dive into what intuitive eating is, what it's not, and how it can improve your health, relationship with food, and body image. If you've spent your life yoyo dieting, this episode is for you. 

Round 4 of my food freedom and holistic health group coaching program for women, Mind Body Breakthrough, starts 3/6/22. This week only, you can enroll for 50% off - you can learn more and schedule a free consultation call with me here: https://alexkatzcoaching.thinkific.com/pages/mind-body-breakthrough

Click here to connect with Caite on Instagram.

Griffin is a Mindset & Emotions Coach who works directly with business managers & leaders as they navigate the demands of feeling drained & that they hold the "weight of their teams" to feeling free & in flow through embracing The Overflow Effect.

As a former Elementary School Administrator, Griffin knows what it's like to always put others first & fall into automatic. Through diving into the foundation of all humans, our brain & our heart, Griffin works with leaders to find the flow they want professionally & personally.

Griffin has a variety of experiences that has led to the work he does today such as a Certification from Yale's Center of Emotional Intelligence, Personality work at Harvard Business School, & a Life Coaching Certification from The Jay Shetty Certification School.

He connects with many people through his Freedom Project Group Coaching Program, Men's Huddles, Company Coaching, & 1:1 Coaching.

You can connect with Griffin on Instagram! 

If you want to hear us dive a little bit deeper into men's mental health, check out this Instagram live we did recently! 

Navigating mental health, self advocacy and mindfulness with Lucia Greene.

Lucia Greene is a yoga and mediation teacher, spiritual healer, and current graduate student in a School Counselor program, theater performer, and a former teacher. To many, she seems like the epitome of being grounded and centered, but most don't see the incredible journey she has been on to get to this point. At age 15, Lucia started "feeling the big feelings". These feelings quickly grew into depression and suicidal thoughts that she hid throughout high school and college because "the show must go on", as they would say in her theater group. 

In this episode, we discuss Lucia's journey with mental health, how she developed a mindfulness practice, and how "refusing to be refused" saved her life. This episode offers SO many action steps for you, and SO much hope if you feel like you're never going to change or get better. 

Trigger warning, depression and suicidal ideation. 

To learn more about Lucia or attend one of her meditation sessions, you can connect with her on instagram. 

This episode feature one of my best friends and favorite should-shredding solopreneur, Kristen Mann. Kristen and I talk a little about our own experiences pivoting to running our own businesses, and dive into shredding the "shoulds" and should shame that come with entrepreneurship, hustle & grind culture, and changes in identity. 

Kristen is a graphic designer, business coach, and entrepreneur. She helps aspiring business owners create a personalized roadmap to ditch the 9-5 corporate life and grow their business or side hustle with confidence and ease. 

She started her business-owning journey in 2017 as a graphic design consultant, helping both small and large businesses create consistent, cohesive brands amongst all platforms. She's worked with brands such as PUMA, Central Rock Gym, Steward Healthcare, Hilton Hotels, Magic Beans, and EnterpriseDB.

Through her 4.5 years of building her own design business she discovered that there were no comprehensive resources to make the transition from the 9-5 world into self-employment simple and stress-free. So, she developed the course that she needed back then:

Launch Your Business Bootcamp starts on January 31st and is a 10 week coaching program for aspiring business owners and side hustlers to gain clarity, get organized, and fast-track their journey to freedom and flexibility. The course will supply all the tools and support they need to make figuring out finances, legal, mindset, business systems, ideal client + offer creation, and marketing a breeze. Apply by the 14th to take advantage of the early-bird offer! 

When she's not coaching or doing design work, you can find Kristen hiking, cooking vegan meals, and taking care of her aquariums and leopard gecko. You can connect with her on Instagram @kristenmanndesign

Alex Weber is an International Speaker, Award-Winning Entertainer, and American Ninja Warrior positively inspiring millions to achieve breakthrough success, who "has decided to live my life on this planet by what passionately fires me up in my heart.”

In addition to being an in-demand keynote speaker, an award-winning host, and competing alongside elite athletes on American Ninja Warrior, Alex has been awarded US Lacrosse Coach of the Year honors, holds a World Record, and competed in the World Championships of lacrosse finishing as a Top Scorer in the world. But he also knows what it feels like to hit setbacks, self-doubt, pressures, uncertainty, and failures -- and overcome them.  

In this episode, Alex and I talk about what it means to fail forward, and how to train your mindset for success, even in the face of setbacks. 

If you love this episode, you can learn more about Alex's approach to "becoming the unstoppable you" in his new book, "Failproof" - available at Barnes and Noble and on Amazon! 

If you are struggling because the holidays look different this year, or if you feel overwhelmed by all the "new year, new me" stuff, you’re not alone.

While the new year can be a great time to reflect on the past twelve months, it can also be a time when all the feelings you’ve been repressing over the last year come together and make you feel like you’re failing at life. The flood of “new year, new you” messages may remind you of the goals you made 12 months ago that didn’t go the way you wanted, the things you didn’t get to do, and the life you thought you’d have by now.

If you feel like you "failed" this year (or last two years) because life didn’t look the way you thought it “should”, you weren't as productive as you wanted to be, you didn't get to do the big thing you were planning, or you felt like you didn’t do anything well, I hope this episode will help you pause, breathe, and reframe. 

Happy Holidays!! This week's Shred the Should Episode is a special holiday edition to help you shred the toxic diet culture holiday "shoulds".

Lara is a certified nutrition coach, personal trainer, yoga instructor, and sports nutritionist who is on a mission to dismantle the diet industry and empower people to live their happiest, healthiest, most confident lives! Lara focuses on improving your mindset, unlearning your past conditioning, and creating productive daily habits so that you can find food freedom, ditch diet culture, and step into your power!

You can follow Lara on Instagram here! 

Read my article on why practicing body gratitude is important and helps improve body image here! 

This week we are joined by Kelsey Rudzinsky, who talks about her journey of shredding the should, battling should shame, healing, discovering, and becoming...and how all of that that led her to leave her job, travel the world, and become the the person she needed when she was younger. 

This was SUCH a powerful episode and I’m still in awe of the insight, authenticity and should shredding stories Kelsey shared.

Kelsey describes herself as “an ever- changing being, navigating this human existence and journeying through life! More specifically living right now as a nomad and a space holder, living in service, dedicated to healing myself, others and the universe as a whole!🤗”

This episode was SO good and there is SO much more that we want to cover, you can definitely expect to hear more of Kelsey in the future.

P.S. You can grab your Shred the Should Shirt to benefit college students experiencing homelessness at the link below:

https://mailchi.mp/b55420bf2d49/shred-the-should-shirt-pre-order

Welcome to Shred the Should Podcast, where we celebrate incredible humans redefining self, success and the word “should”. I’m your host, Alex Katz. I’m a coach, speaker and shredder of shoulds, on a mission to help you shred your should shame so you can live in alignment with who you want to be, rather than who you think you should be. Your whole life changes when you learn to stop “shoulding” on yourself, so if you’re ready to change your life, follow along each week to learn from “should shredders” who will teach you how to level up your life and shred the should along the way. 

Episode 1 is a look behind the scenes of what “shred the should“ means, who I am, and what you can expect on this journey together.  You can grab your Shred the Should Shirt to benefit college students experiencing homelessness at the link below:  

https://mailchi.mp/b55420bf2d49/shred-the-should-shirt-pre-order