Archived Samantha Nivens Show

Welcome back to the series on POSSIBILITY!  This first month of 2022 I'm sharing with you all kinds of inspiring stories on what is really possible for you if you dream big and all the tips, tools, and lessons from each story, so you can tangibly apply it to your big goal.  This episode is about me my mom and I completing the MS 150 Bike Ride, 75 miles one day, slept overnight in a high...

My guest today is Ken Rideout. Ken is a husband and father of 4 kids, the co-host of the top ranked podcast, “The Fight with Teddy Atlas,” and an incredible athlete who in the last 6 months won the Myrtle Beach Marathon in 2:30 and turned 50 the following day, finished 2nd in the world (lost by 50 seconds) at the World Marathon Majors at the London Marathon in 2:29, and won the NYC Marathon Master...

As the end of the year is approaching, or for anytime you are ready to put a stake in the ground and set a new health goal, this episode is for you.    I'm sharing 5 new ideas to consider on how to set yourself up for success to reach your goals, as well as a handful of questions to ask yourself at the end, that could change your outlook fundamentally, so making healthy choices is easier...

My guest today is Rebecca Luhm aka Asheville Mother Runner.  Rebecca is a wife, mom of 3 kids, entrepreneur, educational consultant/tutor, fitness coach, and lover of tacos and donuts.  Rebecca shares her inspiring story of how she started running to lose weight after her first daughter and still never loved it all that much. It wasn’t until an identity crisis becoming a stay at home mom...

This episode is going to be a game changer for anyone that is struggling to exercise. A lot of people put exercise off or moving their bodies because it feels like a chore, it feels like a ‘have to do’ vs. a want to do, it feels like a means to an end vs. enjoying it in the moment or every time, or people have for too long used it as a way to ‘burn off’ food aka a way to torture yourself and make...

My guest today is Josh LaJaunie. Josh not only has an incredible story, but an incredible heart. There is no doubt in my mind you all will instantly connect and fall in love with the man Josh is. His authenticity and ability to express how he feels and where he is at, with his Bayou accent will have you listening to every word.  And that is great, because Josh has been through some INCREDIBLE...

December can be the forgetting month of goals, but I’m going to share how you can still set a super small realistic goal to not only make progress on, but to build momentum to walk into the New Year with confidence, calm, and excitement! *Side note: It doesn't matter if you are listening the 1st or the 9th!  You can apply these guidelines whenever you hear this and it also applies to any mont...

Tune in for a quick episode of 5 Simple Tips to Stay Healthy over the Holidays -How to THRIVE vs SURVIVE.  The holidays can be a time for fun, cheer, and loving memories -and they can be hectic, chaotic, tough, & overwhelming.  This episode has simple healthy tips that anyone can implement this week to gain more energy, not get run down, and really enjoy the entire holiday time vs. b...

Melvin AC Howell is an internationally cultured dancer, Choreographer, Movement Specialist, and Creative Director who has been transforming and positively impacting lives, while evolving the art of dance, for over 15 years. Melvin is also the Founder and CEO of ‘Heart & Soul Dance Company’ where the mission is to offer clothing as unique and rare as YOU are.  Each piece is hand dyed and p...

What to do when you make a plan for your goals and then you ‘mess up’. You eat the cookie, you skip a workout, you don’t feel like it one day, whatever comes up that throws you off, tune in to hear my 3 tips on how to keep going no matter what happened!! Learn 3 Simple & Powerful Tools to Keep Moving Forward no matter what happened that messed you up.  If you liked this episode, please be...

My guest today is Claire Bartholic, also known as The Planted Runner, a Running, Nutrition, and Mindset Coach, as well as the Host of ‘The Run to the Top Podcast’ -one of the leading running podcasts in the world and a top podcast in the entire world! Although, Coach Claire wasn’t always a runner She started running in her mid-30s simply to get in shape for her high school reunion. It wasn’t about...

Learn a simple, but POWERFUL concept today that will allow you to not only get started working out, but to enjoy them and to stay with it CONSISTENTLY.  That is where you get results, and is the gold of working out, is doing it consistently.  So many of us think a ‘workout’ is 60 minutes, has to involve sweating, has to happen 5 days a week, had to be hard and heavy, when in fact it is N...

Welcome back and Welcome new friends! I’m excited to announce the relaunch of The Sweat Life Podcast and to have NEW episodes of interviews and rants coming your way to help you start working out consistently, get inspired, take on a new challenge, reach your health & fitness goals, and just overall be living your best life!! Follow Samantha on Social Media: *Instagram - @samanthasreallife *Fa...

Today’s episode is about taking action TODAY for your goals. Whatever you have planned to do and said you were going to do, to not put it off another day, another week, another year. To not give in to your circumstances, but to give into your GOAL, and truly create the results you want, losing the weight, running the race, or any life goal you have. Listen to this episode as many times as you need...

Welcome! Today’s episode is about how to shift your goals when ‘life happens’. Whether that is from Corona, getting pregnant, postpartum, a move, a job change, financial change, etc. Instead of giving up and giving in to the circumstances, learn how to shift your goals to keep moving forward & keep building momentum vs stopping and going down a negative spiral. **NEW 12 Week Coaching Program**  Fi...

This is a foundational episode on what your sweat schedule is, why it is so important, and how to actually set it up for success -so you follow through with your workout schedule for the week.   You will learn why creating a consistent workout routine, whether that is walking or HIIT workouts-or any combination of movement, is the KEY to making healthier eating choices and will help make...

Last minute challenge! I can’t believe it is August 2020😳 As I’ve gotten out a little more I’ve found out I’m not the only one with a COVID pound gain🥰 That many of us despite our best attempts have still gained some weight during this time. On top of the news parents are handling and processing with what’s going on-or not with school this fall. All that to say I’ve really been thinking about do...

Welcome friends! I'm so excited for this shift and change to this podcast becoming, 'The Sweat Life Podcast'.  This is always what I've been about and preach and now I'm just declaring it and sharing deeply with you all so you can transform not just your health life, but your ENTIRE life .  The Sweat Life is about cultivating ALL areas of life that matter to make it easier to get moving, easier to...

Welcome friends! What if you had a tool, a question that could move you forward with where you feel stuck?! Here it is! You can use this in any area of your life but especially where you are struggling when you say you can’t lose any weight or I don’t know what to eat I don’t know what kind of exercise program I should be doing you will use this question and never be stuck in confusion and take fu...

Welcome! Today’s episode is created on the fly as I realized there are 50 days left in this year! This is the start, Day 1 for myself doing a ‘Challenge to Change’ -clean eating for 50 days or 8 weeks -and inside this episode I share what that is and how you can create your own challenge to kick start your health & fitness goals before the new year! Of course you can tune in and do this any ti...

Uplift your Environment - Part I - Happy Day y’all! This is a quick rant episode with 2 super easy, quick, and tangible ways to set your environment up for success so you don’t have to think or work so hard to reach your health and fitness goals! Enjoy! Follow Samantha on Social Media: *Instagram - @samanthasreallife *Facebook - Samantha Nivens *YouTube - 'Ultra Health Hub with Samantha Nivens' -...

Have you been working at your goals for weeks, for months, or even longer and still not where you want to be?? Does the whole experience feel stressful, overwhelming, and takes up so much space in your life? Today I want to offer you all the ability to be okay with where you are at right now, to adjust your health & fitness goals or to let them go for a period of time to release all of that pr...

This episode is all about using the phrase, “Hell Yes! Or it’s a no,” to create and love your best health life! Home in and get real with yourself and your day to day and overall choices to make sure you say, “Hell Yes,” to what you want more of and say, “NO,” to the rest.  Follow Samantha on Social Media: *Instagram - @samanthasreallife *Facebook - Samantha Nivens *YouTube - 'Ultra Health Hu...

ADORAtherapy is handcrafted, organic aromatherapy perfumes designed to boost your mood! It is scent with Intent!  Their line of roll-on perfumes and mood/room boost sprays aren’t just another smell good fragrance, they are so much more powerful than that. What does this have to do with living your best sweaty health life?!  Well, how would you like to shift your mood and emotions mid-day...

Amanda’s goal is to ‘Bring the Downstairs Upfront’ - as she so casually puts it, your Poop, Pee, and Sex PT!  She shares incredibly openly about all things from your shoulders to your knees and normalizes it for us!  She is also incredibly knowledgeable, educating us us in easy relatable terms. If you’re a marathon running, Crossfit athlete, weekend warrior, or new mom – Amanda is your s...