The Leading Lady Fitness Podcast

Steph sat with Broadway Leading Lady, Emily Skinner, for an honest conversation about self-care, body image and how relationship to self changes over time. Emily Skinner is kind and genuine and opens up about how her journey with her body and how she cares for it has transformed.

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Steph chats with TONY Award winning actress Katie Finneran. Katie has starred in multiple Broadway shows. She's also an acclaimed Film & TV actress, most recently on The Gilded Age! Katie and Steph have been friends for years after initially meeting as fitness coach and client. Listen in as Katie shares her journey with strength training, body acceptance and her overall approach to a healthy lifestyle.

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This episode is produced & edited by Katie Rosin.

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Steph chats with Broadway Leading Man (and friend), Nick Cartell. Nick shares his journey with food and fitness and how he managed his relationship to both during the pandemic as well as in times of full-time performing. Nick will be heading out on the National Tour of Les Miserables as Jean Valjean, a role he played before the pandemic shut down theaters. Find him in a city near you soon!

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This episode is produced & edited by Katie Rosin.

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Steph was joined by Broadway Leading Ladies, Jennifer Simard and Rashidra Scott, and Peloton's Christine D'Ercole at BroadwayCon earlier this summer. Listen in to this conversation around self-care, body image and self-talk. You'll also get of taste of Christine D'Ercole's "Wordshop" writing workshop.

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Steph Wilberding: @leading_lady_fitness

Christine D'Ercole: @imaicaniwillido

Jennifer Simard: @thejennifersimard

Rashidra Scott: @rashidra.scott

This episode is produced & edited by Katie Rosin.

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Steph chats with the amazing Andréa Burns about her journey with her body and food and fitness at all stages of her career. Andréa shares her journey with food and fitness and how it's transformed over the years depending on roles/shows. Burns shares her recovery journey with surgery during the pandemic and the wellness commitment she made with herself at the top of 2022.

Follow Andrea on Instagram at @theandreaburns

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This episode is produced & edited by Katie Rosin.

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Steph chats with Director and Choreographer, Josh Walden about their relationship to self and body and how it's transformed over the years. Josh recently made headlines as a member of the creative team at the Olney Theatre where a production of Disney's Beauty & The Beast gained national attention as it broke the stereotypes in casting. Josh and Steph also discuss Josh's coming out as non-binary and how it impacts and inspires their creative process and career.

Follow Josh on Instagram at @thejoshwalden

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This episode is produced & edited by Katie Rosin.

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Steph chats with Christine D'Ercole, an original Peloton instructor and World Champion cyclist. A graduate from Carnegie Mellon University, Christine has creative roots as an actor that inspire her work to this day. She is a motivational speaker and athlete. Her Wordshops span topics from body image to addiction and loss to corporate cultural growth and team building. 

Steph and Christine talk extensively about the impact negative self-talk has on self-acceptance and specifically the journey actors have in relationship to their body and their work. This episode is not to be missed!

Steph and Christine will appear together at BroadwayCon 2022 in July in NYC.

Follow Christine on Instagram at @iamicaniwillido .

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This episode is produced & edited by Katie Rosin.

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Broadway Leading Lady, Nasia Thomas, joins Steph to talk about her wellness journey during the pandemic and how the time to "be still" helped navigate what her non-negotiables are for self-care and mental health. Nasia shares her experience in performing a live-stream production of The Last Five Years, shot in under a week during the pandemic. Steph and Nasia also talk about training for performance and the impact of the often used term "Broadway Body".

Nasia's Broadway credits include Caroline, Or Change, Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations, and Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. She will be playing the role of Nettie in The Color Purple this summer at The MUNY.

Follow Nasia on Instagram at @nasiathomas .

This episode is produced & edited by Katie Rosin.

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Broadway, West End (and beyond) director and choreographer, Jerry Mitchell, joins Steph for a conversation about self-care, fitness and health during the pandemic. Jerry shares his journey with taking care of himself as a performer and how he was inspired later on by the team at Mark Fisher Fitness, where Steph and Jerry met when she was a coach. 

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Broadway leading ladies, Elizabeth Stanley and Heidi Blickenstaff chat with Steph about their individual journeys with self, food and fitness. And they share their empowering experience of sharing the role of Mary Jane in the Broadway show JAGGED LITTLE PILL. You can keep up with both of them on Instagram:

Elizabeth Stanley - @el.stans

Heidi Blickenstaff - @heidiblick

Episode is produced and edited by Katie Rosin.

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