Busy Body

Welcome to this week’s Busy Body Podcast episode! Today I'm speaking with Chef and Author Julia Turshen On this episode Julia and I discuss her new found love of strength training and competing. She wrote about in depth about it in her beautiful essay, curated and edited by Roxanne Gay and Everand Originals, entitled Built For This: The Quiet Strength of Powerlifting. You can read it HERE . We had...

On the newest episode of BUSY BODY, I interview Marina Hayes, founder of Peridot Robes who's company tagline is PROUD FAT SUPREMACISTS! 💘. Peridot Robes is a Fat-Femme Owned and Operated company right down to the seamstresses and is made in LA from remnant fabric. On this episode we hear about the origins of a company created originally to provide the fat community with well fitting and sexy bath...

On this episode of Busy Body Podcast I'm speaking with author and journalist Christine Yu about her new book  Up To Speed , The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes. Up To Speed is a must read for anyone who has ever engaged with sports and fitness whether recreationally or at a professional or collegiate level. There are so many mind blowing moments including the realization that cycling coul...

On the newest episode of BUSY BODY, I interview Martha Hudson of Luv Martha Swim. She creates size + gender inclusive custom bikinis and swimwear. A perfectly disruptive combination of female owned small business, activism (visibility!) and slow fashion. I love everything in this episode! (also I have an overflowing bathing suit collection and swim year round so this topic is especially my jam) -...

What a deep and intense conversation with the incredibly brilliant Kate Manne! There’s so much in this conversation, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Buy her book Unshrinking HERE Follow her on X here and IG here For more about Kate Manne, her writing, speaking and books click here Get full access to After Class with Cadence at cadencedubusbrooklynstrength.substack.com/subscribe

Please enjoy part 2 of my conversation with Shannon! I am incredibly grateful for the support I've received from FinGym. So many of us struggle with our relationship to money, just as we do with food or our bodies, and these struggles are connected to each other through access, privilege, education and class. Big thanks to Shannon for breaking the mold and starting a company that seeks to help all...

This episode is a little departure from our physical bodies.. I wanted to interview Shannon McLay, founder and CEO of Financial Gym. Financial Gym is a completely unique company that I wish existed when I first opened my business. FinGym aims to help people become 'financially fit' no matter their income or current debt. Personally, I am incredibly grateful for the support I've received from FinGy...

Fitness runs in my family, as does insomnia, anxiety and self punishment. I’m thrilled I was finally able to get my exceptionally talented, exceptionally busy half-brother scheduled for an interview. His ongoing relationship with his body and creative output was always part of my experience of what ‘working out’ meant. Instead of mirrored gyms and fancy lycra, fitness in my family was more often,...

Welcome to this week’s Busy Body Podcast episode! This is part 2 of my conversation with Sophie Strauss, Stylist for Regular People™ On this episode Sophie and I go deep talking about fitness clothes! We have as many opinions about this niche of the fashion world as I have lycra pants - which is to say A LOT. You can find Sophie on instagram HERE and her services both virtual and in-person HERE En...

Today I'm speaking with Sophie Strauss, Stylist for Regular People! We had such a fun conversation talking about how the way we dress and the way we view our bodies is so intertwined. Listen and enjoy when she blew my mind answering 'what does 'flattering' really mean'...! Check out Sophie Strauss on  IG HERE Her website and  offerings here and stay tuned for a little extra mini conversation we re...

Today I'm speaking with my friend, colleague and a beloved teacher of mine Maria Earle! Maria and I met a few years ago in Spain and I have been a regular in her virtual classes for teachers which are a wonderful supportive resource for any Pilates teachers out there! Maria is an expat living outside Barcelona Spain, she is a studio owner, internationally sought out guest teacher and a offers seve...

This week I'm speaking with my longtime friend and teaching mentor Robbie Cook. Robbie is a dancer, Pilates and Yoga Teacher and tenured professor at Hofstra University. We first met in a professional Ballet class in midtown Manhattan many many years ago. Robbie's influence is all throughout my teaching and I'm so happy to share our conversation on movement, aging in a moving body and pushing back...

Today we're back in conversation with my colleague and teaching mentor Jennifer Sokolov to talk about MENOPAUSE! Jennifer gives us new insight and inspiration to view this 'unfixable' transition, not as a problem to be solved but as a 'portal' as she says, to re-commit to our bodies, our minds and the lives we have built or seek to build. It's a fascinating conversation (and we do discuss some sup...

Today I had the joy of speaking with Michelle Osbourne aka Uncomfortable Bliss. Michelle is a social media creator and influencer and brand coach for marginalized communities. She is also the person who sent my recent reel into the stratosphere by stitching it! We go deep discussing Michelle's journey to the authentic life she has created, what Uncomfortable Bliss really means, and the emotional i...

Today I'm speaking with our in-house inclusive Running Coach, Rachel Spurrier! Coach Rachel co-hosts Virtual Run Club with me. Today we talk about..running, 'slow' runners, staying consistent and the power of looking at your running life through a much wider lens than 'this run today' 'this race today' - what do a year or twenty years of runs look like? Rachel is a guide and inspiration to so many...

Today I finally get a chance to talk to food and recipe writer (and former senior editor at Bon Appetit!) Christina Chaey! Christina and I also co-host the Nourish Yourself program together! We discuss how she got into food, why it matters to her to be part of a program like Nourish Yourself and how her relationship to her body and food has changed as she has learned more about truly listening to,...

In this episode Christina questions me about the Nourish Yourself program and why I wanted to collaborate with her! Originally intended as a transcription for her substack we decided to put it out on audio as well.  Forgive the fact that I was having my lunch while we talked! We are very excited to be co-hosting Nourish Yourself. Christina will be giving us customized pantry prep, recipes and live...

Part 2 of my conversation with Moriah Simmons, Intuitive Mentor. If you haven't listened to Part 1 yet, please go back and hear about neuroplasticity and our innate ability to heal our brains and minds. On this episode Moriah shares three different guided meditations, 2 are very very short! Allowing us all to experience peace in real time. You can be in touch with Moriah Simmons at her website  ht...

On this week's episode I talk with my friend and colleague Moriah Simmons. Moriah is an amazing, healer, profound listener and an incredible resource for what I will call psycho-energetic health. We discuss the science behind energetic healing. How it IS actually easy to change our brain and therefore our anxiety/depression patterns and the many ways we can deeply heal. This is Part 1 of 2 as our...

On this episode I'm joined by former long-time client (you might remember her from the early years of IG where she featured prominently on my grid!) and original co-host (season1!) Francesca Paparone LCSW, now a professional in her field. Francesca is back to discuss mental health, addiction, the life saving value of Narcan and how prescription medicine can be both a support and a slippery slope....

This episode I'm joined by my friend and colleague Mo, founder of Good Form, the first Black female owned strength and fitness studio in Rockaway Queens. Mo and I are about ten years apart  in owning our own fitness businesses and anytime we hang out, we struggle to talk about anything else! Today we discuss resilience, vulnerability and the scrappy skills needed to keep going.  We share stories o...

On this episode I'm joined by Jennifer Sokolov, a multi-faceted movement practitioner and colleague of mine, from my very earliest days of teaching! We have a wonderful conversation about movement and aging, teaching and client care. I will definitely have her back to go into depth about menopause as she scattered gold for us on that topic throughout our conversation. Please enjoy - share and subs...

My guest this episode is 7Song, a renowned (humbly) western herbalist and teacher. I was his student many years ago when I took the 8 month program at his school, The Northeast School of Botanical Medicine. Today we discussed the importance of herbal medicine in a modern medicine world. We discussed depression and adrenal fatigue as both  are in some cases an over, rather than under, stimulation o...

This episode I'm joined by my long-time client and friend, Lauren Frankfurt. Lauren is a postpartum doula, a novice herbalist and a mother. On this episode we discuss a topic Lauren recently wrote about; motherhood and hunger. We had a rich conversation about true primal hunger, radical body acceptance and the lengths we are willing to go to do right by the wonderful bodies that carry us.  Be sure...

On this episode I'm joined by author Fariha Roisin to discuss her book Who Is Wellness For.  I could talk to Fariha for hours! She is an insightful, sensitive writer and speaker. Her book bridges memoir and journalism to bring light to the many ways that the wellness industry and the pursuit of healing can harm those already affected by white supremacy and colonialism's violent legacy. We had a fa...