Strong & Wellcast

We've all experienced the excitement of starting a new thing.

We feel ready. Motivation is high. Goals are in focus.

You get off to a great start and are on your way.

Suddenly, life happens: Work gets busier, you or your kids get sick, you get injured or you just burn out from extreme over-restriction.

Time to reset, take a break and try something else, right?

We're here to tell you 'no', because this is when the real work starts.

Whether you are trying to lose weight, trying to get your finances in order or trying to learn something new (job, musical instrument, a different language) - when the progress feels like it's hit a wall, this is the crossroads where you either fall back to where you were before or persevere to a higher level in your life.

In this episode, Katie and I chat about what this crossroads looks and feels like, and how to push through those barriers that have been holding your back - maybe your whole life.

In this episode, we are excited to chat with Nick & Hailey Bland - Owners of Bland Family Fitness and a true power couple who help busy parents get fit without giving up carbs, desserts or family dinners.

Inside the episode, We talk to the Blands about how working together with your partner can streamline your progress. We also discuss:

-The physical and mental challenges of pregnancy and post-partum recovery.

-Creating a healthy identity to combat the many health challenges of parenthood.

-Setting up your environment to shield you from chaos.

and more!

A great listen for parents and anyone looking to make sustainable progress.

If you'd like to connect with the Blands, follow them on their Instagram account @blandfamilyfitness

In this episode, we are so fortunate and excited to have a conversation with Coach Ren Jones.

Ren is the owner of Fitness Jones Training, where he works exclusively with active midlife women and specializes in helping these women navigate the many challenges of perimenopause and menopause.

Inside the episode, Ren tells us about his extraordinary journey of tragedy and triumph that lead him to help others. We also discuss:

-The parallels between fitness and finances.

-The greatest challenges that women face as they enter perimenopause and menopause.

-Lessons he learned on how to overcome dark and turbulent times.

This is an episode you don't want to miss, particularly if you are a woman over 35.

If you'd like to connect with Ren and the awesome work he is doing, follow the links below: Instagram: @fitnessjonestraining Facebook: Fitness Jones Training. Website: www.fitnessjonestraining.com

In your fitness journey, you will inevitably and repeatedly come to the same fork in the road: The path to backsliding or the path of resilience.

In this episode, we talk about what those two different paths look like, how to get yourself out of the vicious diet cycle and how to choose the path of resilience by building your emotional intelligence.

"I hate vegetables."

"I only lost 1 lb."

"I don't have time to do 'x'"

Do these phrases sounds familiar?

In this episode, we delve into the many ways we allow negative emotions and self-talk to unconsciously sabotage our goals, hopes and dreams.

We identify what these self-sabotaging patterns look like and how to use data-driven accountability to overcome these life-long cycles that are holding you back.

In this episode of the Strong & Wellcast, we chat with our very good friend Mike Sasanecki.

Mike is a very fit and busy father of 3 who has an incredible, unbroken streak of practicing nutritional awareness for over a decade. We talk to Mike about what this awareness has done for his health and fitness, how his past weight gain informs his life today and some of the more unpleasant thoughts and feelings we had in common when we weren't in a healthy place mentally or physically.