The Body Project Podcast

Today is my 100th episode!!! 100 episodes of sharing some incredible stories from some of the best fitness professionals and movement specialist on how they support life transformations through the lens of fitness.

It has been my honour to produce a weekly episode. We celebrate two year in June of consistently weekly conversations. I have loved every single moment thus far.

I really thought that this episode would be a full blown episode of celebration and giveaways but it is so unsettling how quickly things can change...

I wasn't even going to give this episode a thought... but i decided to carve out a spot of acknowledgement more so I can celebrate you.

Thank you for listening week after week and I am honoured that I can be of service through this platform for you.

There are so many shattered dreams right now; dreams shattered by the pandemic. I have been supporting fellow fitness professionals shift their in person practice into a vibrant online studio.

We are all in this together. And I would be happy to support you to find the solution to shift, re-build and serve your clients!

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Today on the best fitness podcast, I am chatting with Tracey Soghrati about what you can do starting today to manage your stress during this uncertain time!

In today's episode you will learn:

1. The science behind the benefits of Yin Yoga that will help alleviate anxiety, stress and even PTSD.
2. That this time of uncertainty is a marathon, not a sprint and how can you support your immune system before burn out and build resiliency for the long haul.
3. How simple habits like breath work can build capacity and profound adaptability; and it's easier than you think.

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Find out more about Tracey's Online Studio as well as her Yoga Teacher Training at https://traceysoghrat.com

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Today on the best fitness podcast, I wanted to reiterate what you can do day to day to build resiliency and manage your stress during this uncertain time.

I would love to know how I can support you through this all with my expertise in fitness.

In today's episode you will learn:

1. How to build a morning routine that can support your immune system and lower stress hormones
2. How I can hold you accountable with my new online studio : LINK HERE
3. How you can fuel your body well with one shake a day: LINK HERE

BOOST YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM WITH DAILY MOVEMENT, A MORNING ROUTINE AND DAILY GREEN SHAKES!

JOIN MY ONLINE MEMBERSHIP STUDIO WHER I CAN SUPPORT YOU IN DAILY MOVEMENT WITH STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING CLASSES AT 9AM, M-F.

LEARN MORE HERE

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READY TO MAKE A SHIFT IN YOUR FITNESS AND THE RESULTS YOU'RE GETTING? Join our next Body Project Protocol: https://catherinetanaka.com/body-project-protocol/

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Age Quencher: Looking for an incredible way to supplement your health and fitness goals? Use Age Quenchers REJUVENATE for incredible lactose-free, whey protein for supporting lean muscle mass, and use the HYDRATE electrolyte to support your hydration and therefore your fat flushing potential! USE THE CODE: FIT

This is a simple, but beautiful guided meditation by Michelle Jacob, founder of Rewiring Minds, HeartMath Practitioner, EFT specialist, mother, author and coach.

It is a great meditation to down regulate your stress response and reset your mindset to boost your immune function.

FIND MORE ABOUT MICHELLE HERE: Website: www.rewiringminds.com Links to social media: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXzGDCdKroTZ4PVbR7IGMXA/videos?view_as=subscriber Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rewiring-Minds-1963087493972839/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rewiring_minds/

Today on the best fitness podcast, The Body Project Podcast, we are switching the conversation in response to the Global Pandemic- we are pausing our Frumpy to Fabulously Fit Series to bring you the conversation of what you can do starting today to support your immune health and help manage your health through this emotional time.

My chat today is with Michelle Jacob. Michelle is a certified practitioner of the heartmath intervention, an EFT practitioner and a mindfulness coach. She is also an active member of the Complementary Therapists Accredited Association. Being a former therapist she integrates psychological interventions with coaching and has a powerful program that rewires your mind to transform old limiting beliefs, negative emotions and blocks to experience increased states of happiness and peace no matter your present circumstances. She is the founder of Rewiring Minds and the author of the book " You are Enough: A transformational journey to finding your inner happiness and peace" that will be released in May of 2020.

FIND MORE ABOUT MICHELLE HERE: Website: www.rewiringminds.com Links to social media: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXzGDCdKroTZ4PVbR7IGMXA/videos?view_as=subscriber Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rewiring-Minds-1963087493972839/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rewiring_minds/

In today's episode you will learn:

1. Emotional Freedom Technique you can use NOW- tapping
2. Why your stress response is super important
3. An incredible meditation to use whenever you needs a reset. LISTEN TO IT HERE

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Today on the best fitness podcast, The Body Project Podcast, we are finishing our conversation with Danae Pierce. She is sharing with us the experience of winning a photo shoot and all the emotions attached to winning (again), how she started working towards feeling her best and how she started taking this beautiful opportunity and started paying it forward.

In today's episode you will learn:

1. How doing a photo shoot can be a life changing experience
2. How Danae is giving others the opportunity of learning and exponential self growth!
3. You can become whatever version you want to be!
4. You can live your best version and create an Alter Ego of yourself.

Learn more about the Alter Ego Effect by Todd Herman

You can connect with Danae on social media via @dani_charlene Stay Tuned for an upcoming exciting announcement by Danae and I!

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COVID-19: Cause of a Global Pandemic: this is a poignant moment is history.

The World Health Organization declared yesterday that we are now in a full Global Pandemic- sustained communication and transmission of the virus that is not yet contained or controlled. It is definitely a very serious situation.

Serious but not an Apocalypse.

COVID-19 might be far worse for us that people think. I personally don't watch the news and have been getting trickles of information from clients daily.

What I do see is sheer panic and the start of hysteria. Hysteria amongst so many that are stock piling goods and overtaking lines, grabbing food and goods, stealing medical supplies and this is just the beginning.

COVID-19 is infecting and affecting our mindset and thoughts blurred by fear and illogical thinking regardless of the evidence-based information presented and the advice coming out of the leaders guiding us through this.

We have a choice to make.

Like everything else in life.

How are you choosing to react to this!

Yes there is fear.

Of course we don't want to get sick, get others sick and have anyone, god forbid, not recover from this- but we can either un-rationally PANIC - react with helplessness and agression- trying to save ourselves at whatever cost - even if it means others parish because of us...

Or we can be vigilant- mindful- thoughtful and responsible in face of a serious outbreak.

He's what i know- and what i always say in fitness: your health is your wealth…

Your health is your wealth. It is truer now than ever.

And yes this is bigger than your fitness- BUT we can frame this as taking on your healthiest self.

There isn't astounding research around this yet- as the Coronavirus is in it's infancy, but I would gander that there is a close correlation to comorbidity, or pre-existing health conditions that are preventable. Now I say this with caution, but in knowing how vital our health, fitness, VO2Max, immune resilience, biochemical rhythms are... and that not moving your body, not nourishing it well, having a negative outlook, treating yourself poorly: mind, body and spirit- is destructive and epigenetic will tell you, will cause disease in your body.

What are we doing as a society to promote health consistently?!? Why do we have such a high rate of obesity and a higher profit from diets and pills that just don't work!

Stat News last week noted that "In the first large study of the effect of underlying illness, researchers in China analyzed 1,590 patients from throughout the country with laboratory-confirmed disease. They calculated how "co-morbidities" — existing illnesses — affected the risk of being admitted to intensive care, being put on a ventilator, or dying."

Your bodies ability to be able to walk up a flight of stairs with ease could be a determining factor that could save you life when your health is challenged!

Can you walk up a flight of stairs with ease? Are you healthy and strong enough.

And this has NOTHING to do with how you look or how skinny you are. Skinny doesn't mean strong, resilient and a good VO2 Max...

And your healthiest self also includes your mindset and your energy- your vibrational existence.

"Everything in life is vibration." –Albert Einstein

Do you remember Grade 10 Science? When we learned about atoms and electrons- about how ever molecular structure is made up of energy- electrons that vibrate at different frequencies to create matter.

We humans are created the same way- we are energy to make up our physical matter.

Studies out of The HeartMath Institute- a institute that uncovers the science behind energy and the effect of emotions to alter our state and physiology- has substantial research to show how your fear or gratitude can alter your energetic state, altering your mood and altering the way your perceive and the way the world shows up for you.

"When our vibrations are up … we respond to stressful situations with soundness, resilience and clearer discernment. We are less vulnerable to frustration, impatience, anger, anxiety, and we feel more self-secure and less critical of others and of ourselves. We are drawn to notice nature, flowers and trees that we usually sleep-walk past, as our preoccupations rob us of this gift of conscious connection."

Doc Childre, HeartMath founderIn saying that, a global pandemic is here. There is no changing that. We can be vigilant and cautious without deep fear and anxiety.

"As you think, you vibrate. As you vibrate, you attract." –Abraham-Hicks

Educate yourself. Wash your hands thoroughly: not half ass- wash your hands like your life depends on it! Cause it does.

Practice and move about your day with care and intention and remember that your body is resilient.

Be prepared, but don't clear our an entire store and leave nothing for others that might need it more than you do.

You do not need 12 months worth of toilet paper.

Panic will not help you or save you from COVID-19 in fact this Corona fear and panic will infiltrate your brain, your psyche, your mindset, dampening your immune system, creating carelessness for fighting this off, and chaos not clarity.

Do not let this pandemic infect your mind.

Let this breed proactive-ness and vigilance.

You have a choice.

Stay calm. Stay safe. Stay healthy.

Today on the best fitness podcast, The Body Project Podcast, the conversation is an incredible story of how you can overcome your insecurities of feeing frumpy, not knowing how to start your fitness journey, to taking a chance, making one baby step towards your vision of who you want to be.

My episode guest is Danae Pierce who won a transformation challenge with a fitness magazine then proceeded to win a photo shoot with the same magazine! This is her story of seeing herself as she is and learning to love herself through the journey and shift her insecurities.

In today's episode you will learn:

1. How not to get stuck on your "before" pictures
2. How fitness has made Danae's life so much richer that she thought possible
3. That growth happens in discomfort and that if Danae can do this, so can you!

You can connect with Danae on social media via @dani_charlene

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I just got the results from my knee MRI. The news is really not ideal- in fact, it might be catastrophic for the trajectory of my fitness career and what I envisioned my body doing over the next decade...

Today's episode was a last minute insert between series to share some of the challenges I face with my body- in hopes that it will shed some light and some insight into how to possibly shift perspectives when challenges show up in your life...

I would love to know what physical, or other challenges that you're struggling with that get in the way. Or if you have any insight on a grade 2 Spondylolisthesis with Spinal Stenosis as well as having a knee with no cartilage...

I do however believe that the body is resilient and that physicality builds a strong foundation for whatever life does throw at you.

The mind leads the body and the body leads the mind.

I am grateful that my body is strong and that my path has been one through fitness and movement- I'm just trying to navigate the lessons of why my body is not one of injury free despite my mindful movement and intention to be a strong example....

Stay tuned.

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Age Quencher: Looking for an incredible way to supplement your health and fitness goals? Use Age Quenchers REJUVENATE for incredible lactose-free, whey protein for supporting lean muscle mass, and use the HYDRATE electrolyte to support your hydration and therefore your fat flushing potential! USE THE CODE: FIT

To wrap up our CBT MEETS FITNESS SERIES, it would be a miss if I didn't wrap up this important conversation with my personal recommendation of this course.

I believe that as fitness professionals we have a responsibility to be beacons of knowledge and guidance for our clients and as such this upcoming CBT MEETS FITNESS CERTIFICATION is one that all fitness trainers with clients should have.

Make sure you register to get on the email list before the program launches at https://cbtmeetsfitness.com

You can connect with Jill on social media via @fitbunnyjill @cbt_meets_fitness @reframeyourmindandbody and online at https://cbtmeetsfitness.com Thank You to Today's Episodes Sponsor:

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