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Jamie Rufano is a licensed mental health counselor and credentialed substance abuse counselor (CASAC). She just opened her own private practice. Jamie is a mom of 2, her son AJ is 3 1/2 years old and her daughter Aurora (Rory) is 4 months old. Jamie loves CrossFit and became a L1 coach. She currently coaches the teens class at Thrive on Staten Island. 

Jamie is also a Birthfit leader in which she hopes to help women advocate for themselves through. preconception, prenatal and postpartum as well as for their mental health, physical health and nutrition. Jamie was not always into fitness but thanks her brother Matt for helping her find her home in CrossFit. 

On today's episode we talk about Jamie's journey into opening up her own practice as well as how fitness has impacted her life especially when it came to her postpartum journey in each of her pregnancies. We talk about our birth stories and share the many different resources out there for moms going through any part of becoming a mother. 

Resources: 

Doula at Community Health Center of Richmond - Marcia Santiago (917) 830-1200

The Nesting Place - IG: @thenestingplaceli  (631) 318-3382

Postpartum Hotline -  (800) 944-4773 You can text or call this number. If you or anyone you know may be struggling with postpartum depression please reach out for help. 

Welcome to the FIRST episode of the Living Simply with Sam. For our first guest we have Vickie Fedak. Vickie is an emergency preparedness specialist for a utility company in CT. She is one of those crazy people like likes to run miles on miles and I am so excited for her to talk to us today about her journey to 26.2.

She has already run one full and one half marathon and is currently registered for two more fulls and two more halves. Her biggest goal right now is to get faster while maintaining her strength and she would love to qualify for the Boston Marathon. On today’s episode she takes us along on what training for a marathon looks like and how she maintains balance in her life at the same time.

Be sure to follow Vickie on Instagram for more tips and to see her journey continue. @vickfit11

Welcome to the trailer of Living Simply with Sam. 

I am so excited to begin this new adventure and take my love for health and wellness and share it with all of you. A little Background on myself. I am 25 years old and from NYC. I am currently a police officer with the NYPD and I'm a relatively new wife and mom (my daughter just turned 1). I have been on my fitness journey for about 6 years now and have been through all the ups and downs that it entails.

The podcast will be about learning how to balance everything health and wellness. Of course while that encompasses fitness and nutrition I wanna make sure it also covers self-care and mental health. Life should be lived simply, no quick fixes or fad diets, no bringing ourselves to the brink of burnout in our personal or professional lives, and no all or nothing mentalities when it comes to the gym.

Health and wellness plays a huge part in our everyday life whether we realize it or not.

Not only will we talk to those who have different nutritional focuses, such as vegan, keto, paleo, macro counting and intuitive eating; we will also be talking to those who train differently such as strength training, powerlifting, CrossFit, Yoga etc. We will speak to those who are training for certain events such as Body Building competitions, marathons, Spartan Races and much more. You will hear from entrepreneurs in the fitness world as well as everyday people on how fitness affects their day to day lives as parents, students and first responders.

Each week we will focus on mental health and what different ways of self-care can look like. We will use these different practices in order to honor our bodies and our minds for what they do for us each and every day and remind ourselves to express gratitude for all that we have in our lives.