Be Amazing

Meet Brook Marie.  She lives bi-coastal in Orlando, Florida and on the island of Grand Bahama in the Bahamas.  She is inspired by the beautiful moments that surround her with her amazing husband Raymond and incredible sons Chancellor and Jaiden.  Brook also has a passion to help young women. She has combined her love of chemistry, fitness, and pageants and created Rock the Stage.  Her goal is to e...

The Be Amazing podcast will give you the fuel you need through motivational pep talks, the fitness tips to be your healthiest self, fortitude to push through hardships, and focus you need to build the skills needed for the next level - no matter what that looks like to you. Your host, Cel Smart, is here to be your biggest cheerleader, advocate, and connector. Connect with Me:  Cel's Instagram...

For over two decades, Lori Keeton has advocated for police officers and other municipal employees both in and out of the courtroom.  She also assists entrepreneurs with their business needs, including the development and implementation of risk management strategies so they can focus on running their businesses. Lori has faced battles in the courtroom and in her personal life.  She shares about the...

Melissa Price is a mom of two and multi franchise Burn Boot Camp owner.  She brings energy and passion to everything she does.  Melissa shares how she left corporate and jumped in with both feet facing fear head on to become the first franchise partner of the Burn Boot Camp franchise.  Her perseverance, passion to impact lives, and desire to succeed is evident in what she does every day.  Melissa...

From postpartum survivor to motivational driver, Amanda Berger turned her fear into action and created GloBody, Inc.; the fastest growing natural sunless tanning company in the industry. GloBody’s vision is to be more than a Sunless Tanning Company. Amanda’s passion for wellness inspired her dream to create a spray tanning company that is safe, natural, healthy, and fun. Through her magnetic perso...

Dr. Elizabeth Moran, native of Charlotte, owns Premier Gynecology & Wellness, is a wife and mom of two girls.  She also was a STAR for the DWTS Charlotte benefiting Carolina Breast Friends in 2020. Listen in to hear Dr. Liz talk about women’s health and hormone balance.  We have some real talk about signs and symptoms of perimenopause and menopause.  How this can affect everyday life and what...

My next guest is my friend Molly Kujawski, owner of Excel Fit with Molly, certified personal trainer, and health and fitness coach.  Her mission is to truly motivate and inspire others to be a better version of themselves. Molly shares her story of how fitness helped her cope with a loss, her father being diagnosed with schizophrenia, and her personal battle with depression.  Learn how she found h...

Today on the Be Amazing Podcast Cel sits down to chat with Sierra, Keristen, and Erika, coaches for Girls on the Run of Greater Charlotte.  Listen in as they share their personal WHY for coaching and encourage others to join them.  What is Girls on the Run? Girls on the Run, a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is a physical activity-based positive youth development (PA-PYD) program design...

For the first time in the history of more than 50 episodes of the Be Amazing Podcast, I interviewed a man.  Of course it’s not just any man, but it is the man, the myth, the legend in fitness photography, Paul Buceta.  While Paul is the first male guest to ever be on the podcast, he is every bit the advocate for women’s empowerment that all my previous guests have been.  Paul was personally respon...

On the next episode of the Be Amazing podcast I have the pleasure of interviewing Marcie Williams, President of RKW Residential.  In addition to being an award winning, leading executive in business, Marcie is a wife of 28 years and mother of two grown children.  Marcie described herself as a “one trick pony” having married her high school sweetheart and working in the same industry her entire car...

Listen in to the next Be Amazing Podcast where I interview Janelle Monteiro, wife, mother, business owner and coach.  Janelle shares how her love of athletics and pageants as a young girl turned into a passion for weight training and fitness competitions as a young woman.  Her love for lifting weights and competing on stage eventually led Janelle to her career as a personal trainer, coach and gym...

On this week’s episode of the Be Amazing Podcast I interview Lindsey Bushnell.  When Lindsay was approaching the age of 30 she decided she wanted to get into better shape, and she literally jumped all in.  Not having worked out much outside playing softball her entire life, Lindsey got introduced to fitness classes at Burn Boot Camp.  She loved the experience so much that three months later she pu...

My next guest on the Be Amazing Podcast is Tysha Pressley, a mother of two young children, a licensed mental health counselor, and a personal convert from an emotional eater that didn’t exercise much to a true lover of all things fitness.  Listen in to Ty get very real with us about her personal realization that she was an emotional eater once she surpassed the 300 lb mark on the scale.  Learn how...

On this week’s episode of the Be Amazing podcast listen in to my conversation with Jenny Fisher, a busy mom with a career in medical sales who also has a very large online presence motivating others to live life to the fullest through moderation, balance and women’s empowerment.  Jenny has always had a love for fitness, so much so that many of her dates with her college boyfriend, now husband, wer...

On this episode of the Be Amazing Podcast I interview my long time friend Jen DiCandia.  Jen is a gym owner and online coach that breathes all things fitness.  One of her greatest joys in life is witnessing and supporting others who are “crushing life.”   With her belief that endorphins are magical, she’s created a recovery through fitness give back offering free gym memberships at her gym to reco...

On the next episode of the Be Amazing podcast I interview Nesha Pai, a Charlotte based CPA that employs stay at home moms to assist her in offering outsourced accounting services to small businesses. Last year Nesha authored an award winning book entitled “Overcoming Ordinary Obstacles” that exemplifies her belief that humans all share in and can relate through the experience of pain. Listen in to...

This week on the Be Amazing podcast, Jennifer Van Barneveld joins us from Ontario, Canada.  Jennifer has been in fitness her entire life starting as a little girl training in the basement with her dad.  She grew up and built a personal training and nutrition business, and since September 2020 she’s been settling into her newest role as the President of STRONG Fitness Magazine.  Having grown up in...

This week join me in my interview with Allison Lilly, a now 56 years young fitness extraordinaire that’s been teaching just about every kind of fitness class invented since the mid 80s.   Allison shares the wisdom that she’s gained on her own path of overcoming repeated injuries that began back in her 20s.  Hear how Allison accepts these challenges as God’s little humbling processes to keep our eg...

Do you feel stuck in a relationship that is toxic?  Have you lost hope? My next guest on the Be Amazing Podcast is Lori Honeycutt, and she shares her story of how her dream of getting married turned into a nightmare that she lived in for years.  Lori opens up about the daily turmoil she felt and how she found hope in the midst of the pain.  Listen in to hear how her faith in God and strong support...

For those loyal fans of the Be Amazing podcast who tune in weekly, you may remember episode 38 when I interviewed Grace Gallagher, founder and owner of SweatNET.  Well, today I am excited to introduce you all to Ashley Fortune, one of the most recent affiliates to join the SweatNET family in Pittsburgh, PA.  SweatNET is an online and monthly event based fitness community that brings fitness  lover...

I couldn’t be more excited to introduce this week’s guest on the Be Amazing podcast, my new friend from Hotlanta, Missy Mostrom “aka” Miss Priss.  Missy and her best friend and business partner opened VESTA Movement kickboxing studio in 2014.  Growing up an ADHD suffering troubled teen, Missy spent much of her early years drinking, smoking and partying, when she wasn’t working as a bartender in a...

If you’ve ever done any online workouts you very likely already know a bit about my next guest on the Be Amazing Podcast.  Sydney Cummings has become a YouTube sensation providing free online workouts every single day at 5am.  Sydney and her fiancé Dustin have scaled this free online fitness page to a multi-faceted fitness and nutrition conglomerate that includes everything from custom merchandise...

Today’s guest is Grace Gallagher, an entrepreneur, lover of all things fitness, and a new mom to a baby boy.  Grace is a former athlete having swam and played soccer all growing up to swimming throughout high school and college.  Once she entered the corporate world, fitness took a back seat until she and her husband relocated to Charlotte from Chicago.  Knowing nobody, she turned back to fitness...

Are you a solopreneur or small business owner that thinks hiring a publicist is too expensive for you?  Then, this podcast is for you.  Meet Arden and hear how she consults with clients to discover their “why” and tell their story of their authentic self to those that will want to hear the message.  Arden understands that not everyone can afford thousands of dollars per month to keep a PR firm on...

I know we can all learn something from my next guest, Suzanne Libfraind, a fashion stylist, wardrobe consultant, and personal shopper.  We’re going to get a bunch of great fashion tips and tricks, but we’re also going to hear about Suzanne’s daily mantra of relentlessly moving forward.  Her passion for helping others look and feel their best stems from her own body image struggles as a young teen....