The Peak and Pit

Holly Bullough joins the podcast today to talk about all things fitness, energy, positivity, and the NFL lifestyle. Holly is a former division one collegiate athlete, Certified Strength and Conditioning Trainer, and creator of the fitness app Body By Holly. She is also engaged to the love of her life who just so happens to be in the NFL. Who would have thought that the NFL lifestyle so closely parallels that of the military lifestyle? They get into the challenges of consistent moves, learning to manage this lifestyle while being a routine oriented person, managing friendships and more. They also dive into their pasts with overcoming restrictive eating, finding lasting energy, cycle syncing workouts, tips to get out of a bad mood, and the intricacies of social media. This episode is chocked full with valuable takeaways and we can't wait for you to dive in. For a more detailed look into the episode here is a minute by minute breakdown of the show:

1 - 4:30 Introducing Holly Bullough and the peaks and pits of the week.
4:30 - 6:30 Welcome Holly to the podcast! A little bit about our near-emergency reschedule today!
6:30 - 11:30 The parallels between the lifestyle of a professional athlete and the military lifestyle.
11:30 - 15 Handling the unknown and all of our moves.
15 - 20 Managing the challenges of friendship in this ever-changing lifestyle.
20 - 25 How the NFL has changed Holly.
25 - 33:30 Healthy & realistic influences in the fitness space on social media. Holly’s past experience with restrictive eating and over-strict lifestyle. How she’s overcome these challenges to become the healthiest version of herself.
33:30 - 37 Holly’s morning routine.
37 - 43 Pillars of nutrition, creating meals, and making it yummy at home and at a restaurant.
43 - 48 Tips for lasting energy, fake it till you make it, and eating for energy.
48 - 50 Cycle syncing your workouts and hormone health.
50 - 58 Tips for getting out of a bad mood and showing the low moods on social media. The way you do one thing is the way you do everything.
58 - 1:02 The biggest needle mover in helping this lifestyle feel more enjoyable and manageable and best piece of relationship advice.
1:02 - 1:05 Value of the week.

The Mountain is You by Brianna Wiest
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Diana just got back from the best weekend in Chicago visiting her college friends. She talks about the difficulty of maintaining old friendships when you're constantly building new ones, feeling like you live multiple different lives, and how you should just book that trip to visit friends you've been wanting to do. She gets into her recent thoughts about those "third brain" fear/anxiety based thoughts around long distance like "what if I miss him more than he misses me," "what if its awkward when we get back together," feeling guilty for feeling happy when you're apart, and so much more. 

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Diana is solo again today for today's episode. It's been a minute for the peaks and pits so she gets into a little life update with those. From the excitement of house-hunting in Arizona, to getting back into fiction reading, trying to live a full force summer, her sister-in-law experiencing the Maui wildfires, and the rollercoaster that is house-hunting. And finally, a conversation on fulfillment. Does it exist? Is it something we can experience now or something to work toward? Diana dives into her opinion on all of that and how she's trying to find fulfillment now.

A Court Of Thorns And Roses Series
From Blood And Ash 

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Diana's sister, Natalie,  joins The Peak And Pit Podcast today. First, a silly sisterly look at the peaks and pits of the week, high school not-so-coolness, do you think fighter pilots listen to podcasts while flying, and the worst comment you could make to a military wife during their bout of long distance. Natalie has recently chosen to dive deeper into her faith. In past episodes Tyler and Diana have spoken of having faith in their life plan. So why not talk about how to find that faith? We talk about sources to find deeper faith, intuition, soulmates, guardian angels, and so much more. We hope that whether you're the same religion as us or not that it helps you find comfort and joy in your own faith journey. For a more detailed look into the episode here is a minute by minute breakdown of the show:

1 - 16 Welcome my sister to the podcast! Our peaks and pits of the week 
16 - 34 Natalie’s path to finding faith again.
34 - 39 Intuition and faith. 
39 -  43 Soulmates, friendship soulmates, and who You surround yourself with. 
44 -  54 Sources to find deeper faith. 
55 - 60 Value of the week 

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Diana is solo today talking all about moving through this season of long distance. She get's into how it feels different than most periods of long distance when she's surrounded by her military friends. She goes into trying to do everything at 100% from being a business women, to taking advantage of a month with her niece and nephew, and making the most of this summer in northern Michigan and the guilt it can bring along. Then she gets into your questions covering topics from movie overseas, being your own person, and so much more. Can't wait for you to listen! 

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Diana is joined today by Emily Fazzini Rushton, a Philadelphia based realtor. The two have followed each other since Diana moved to Italy, and Emily got married in Lake Como. Emily is a successful realtor specializing in first time home buyers. Given that Diana is going to be buying her first home in the next few months, they get into EVERYTHING. Emily's pillars of buying a home, the not so obvious things to look out for before purchasing your home, what to focus on if you're planning to rent it out in the future, how to decorate (and on a budget) to increase resale value, and so much more. For a more detailed look into the episode here is a minute by minute breakdown of the show:

1 - 12 Welcome Emily to the podcast! Emily’s wedding in Lake Como, and our peaks and pits of the week.
12 - 26 Emily’s pathway to real estate.
26 - 37 How to find the right realtor for you, we're getting specific!
37 - 41 Pillars of buying a home that you need to remember.
41 - 48 Things we should look out for in buying a home outside of the average “2-3 bedrooms, lots of light etc," what are the unique things we need to look out for?
48 - 52 Tips if you know you’re going to eventually rent out your home.
52 - 1:01 Tips on how to prevent rental horror stories.
1:01 - 1:05 The importance of staging a home for resale value.
1:05 - 1:15 Where do you find your home inspiration? Design resources for a range of budgets.
1:15 - 1:19 Value of the week

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Diana is joined by Melanie from Headstands and Heels. Melanie is the founder of the healthy lifestyle blog, Headstands and Heels, where she shares a joyful approach to wellness. She’s also a yoga instructor and creator of the women’s meetup group Denver Fit Friends. Melanie lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband and two rescue pups. They dive into all of this from joyful wellness, to creating a mindful morning routine, to yoga and Christianity. They also dive into what it was like growing up as a military kid. For a more detailed look at the episode here is a minute by minute breakdown of the show:

1 -  3 Welcome back to the podcast, my peaks and pits of the week.
3 - 15 Welcome Melanie to the podcast.
15 - 22 Growing up a military kid and its impact on adulthood. 
22 - 34 Yoga and the mind body connection. Yoga and christianity, can they coexist?
34 - 47  Joyful wellness. Nourish, move, and self care.
47 - 58 Creating a mindful morning routine.
58 - 1:05 Eating with our eyes and morning smoothies, chocolate covered cherry smoothie recipe. 
1:05 - 1:08 What’s coming up for headstands and heels in the near future.
1:08 - 1:12 Our values of the week, bringing out our inner 13 year old. 

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Diana sits down with Alyssa Greene today to chat about all things deployment  as a military wife. We talk keeping the marriage a priority during distance, stages of emotions during deployment, feeling like you're surrounded by families with children and being alone in not having any yet, guard life, and so much more. For a more detailed look into the show here is a minute by minute breakdown of the show!

1 - 4:30 Peak and pit of the week. 
4:30 - 17 Welcome Alyssa Greene to the podcast!
17 - 21 Deployment in a guard squadron.
21 - 31 The stages of emotions during a deployment and the emotional difference between deployment and TDY.
31 - 35 Emotionally preparing for a deployment.
35 - 41 Keeping marriage healthy during a deployment. 
41 - 45 What would the active duty members advice be going into a deployment? 
45 -  51 What do you wish non-military people understood about life during a deployment? 
51 - 55 3 tips for anyone heading into their first deployment/time away. 
55 - 1:07 How to deal with the idea that everyone around you has kids and you don’t & being positive. 
1:07 - 1:14 Peaks and pits of guard life that active duty spouses might not understand. 
1:14 -  Value of the week - get in the water and get outside! 

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Diana sits down solo again for a quickie little episode for you this holiday week! The week of fourth of July is so special for Diana and Tyler, and she talks a little bit about that! There is so much exciting stuff happening for them this week so she's filling you in on all of those peaks today. Then she's finishing it off with a list of her favorite books. She goes into fiction, non-fiction/morning routine type books, and a few health related books. Can't wait to hear what you think!

A Court Of Thorns And Roses Series
Hook, Line, And Sinker - This is acutallly the second book in the series! I meant "It Happened One Summer"
Ugly Love
Verity
Breaking The Habit Of Being Yourself
The Daily Stoic
Jesus Calling
Green Lights
You Can Heal Your Life
The Power Of Now
The Four Agreements
Psycho-Cybernetics
The 5 Love Languages
You Are A Badass
How Not To Die
How Not To Die Cookbook

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Diana is solo this week for the first time in a while! She's officially stateside again for the foreseeable future, chatting all about making the most of this summer while her and Tyler will be apart. She's going into her list of all of the things that used to bring her so much joy in her hometown of Traverse City, MI. She's turning this list into a summer bucket list to do during this next season of long distance. She's also talking about guilt over having fun while your military other half is away for work, and why you shouldn't hold yourself back from doing things. Plus, a little dive into the first couple of weeks back in America, roadtripping from Florida to Michigan through Charleston and Asheville, and so much more! Can't wait for you to give it a listen!

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