The Embodied Baddie Podcast

Cel Smart is a wife, career woman, fitness professional, entrepreneur, and community leader with passion for helping others. Cel believes that her family, strong work ethic, community involvement, and philanthropic efforts are what help push her daily to be amazing, which is her personal mantra. This “be amazing” mantra birthed an entrepreneurial venture, Be Amazing Weekend, which will take place in fall 2021. The event is a weekend for women of all ages, races, and creeds to come together to celebrate being a woman. In addition, Cel has partnered with SweatNET to launch the Be Amazing Podcast.

I had a transformative experience with self-love this week and I wanted to share it with you.

Self-Love Sunday is a short episode bonus series where Chrystal shares her personal self-love journey and lessons learned along the way

As we embark on our journeys to greater health and fitness, it can be hard when people close to us say or do things that feel unsupportive. They may not mean to harm us, but the fact is that there are lots of things that people near us can do that can feel frustrating, distracting, or hurtful. In today’s episode, Chrystal weighs in on her experiences of this problem and also gives some advice on how to cope with it. She takes listeners through her journey of once being the ‘unsupportive partner,’ and what finally made her decide to change. We explore the different kinds of people in our lives whose behavior can be triggering, from co-workers to family, friends, and even our significant others.

Sometimes there are deeper elements at play when forgiving someone. This week, I share an example of that.

Self-Love Sunday is a short episode bonus series where Chrystal shares her personal self-love journey and lessons learned along the way

This week’s episode is slightly different because Chrystal is talking about healthy relationships. Usually, the show focuses on health, fitness, and internal wellness, but healthy relationships are an important and relatable topic for all of us because we’ve all dated, and many of us have been married, or want to get married. In this episode, Chrystal shares some of her past experiences of unhealthy relationships and she talks about developing a healthy and honest relationship with her husband. She works through the definition of a healthy relationship, including being your best selves, maintaining separate hobbies, and growing together. She also points out some red flags look out for, including name-calling, controlling behavior, arguing to win, gaslighting, and emotional abuse.

You won't always be ready. Things won't always be perfect. Sometimes you just have to do it scared.

Self-Love Sunday is a short episode bonus series where Chrystal shares her personal self-love journey and lessons learned along the way

So often people fall into the trap of telling others what they should and shouldn’t do, when in fact, those individuals are on their own journeys, making choices for their own lives. This is true whether it comes to career choices, parenting, and especially health and fitness goals. Today on the show we welcome on Regina Jackson. Regina is a proud Jersey girl, born and raised but now she is loving life in Charlotte, North Carolina. Since she was a young girl, Regina has lived a life where she was smiling and happy on the outside, but always had this internal struggle with her weight. As a performer and professional singer, no one wants to see that struggle on stage. After years of trying and failing fad diets, she finally found the tools to guide her on her journey to optimal health, not just physically, but mentally and spiritually as well.

I hated my legs my whole life, but now I just wear the freaking shorts.

Self-Love Sunday is a short episode bonus series where Chrystal shares her personal self-love journey and lessons learned along the way

Many of us are driven by goals, but do we really know why we are chasing them? If we stop and truly listen to what’s inside of us, what is it that we long for? These are questions today’s guest, Jessica Caver Lindholm, urges us all to ask. As a writer, speaker, and coach, Jessica has made millions doing her soul work while positively impacting the lives of hundreds of thousands of people around the world. She went from a small town country girl to global success, transforming her life from earning less than $10k a year to regular $10k days with her cutting edge mindset and coaching practices. In this episode, Jessica shares a variety of insights with us. We learn more about how her relationship with her body has evolved and how prioritizing pleasure has set her freer than she’s ever been.

It's important to question the authenticity of our leaders.

Self-Love Sunday is a short episode bonus series where Chrystal shares her personal self-love journey and lessons learned along the way