Common Humanity

Kierston’s passion for fitness and nutrition developed early in college and was amplified after her exposure to the world of bodybuilding in 2013. Kierston has over 10 years of personal training experience and holds two Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology and Dietetics. She is an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist who enjoys teaching her female clients the value of consistent stre...

The line between mental illness and spirituality is blurred so well, it's almost as if it's greyscale. I want to show the world the black and white and everything in-between. I want to expose old, harmful and corrupt systems and practices that no longer serve us. I want to shed light on what we keep hidden, thinking no one else could possibly understand. I want to normalize mental illness...

Oliver was born and raised in Pennsylvania with his mom and sister. In elementary school he was placed into special education classroom and was abused at the hands of his teacher. He began to associate learning with physical restraint and did not enjoy his time at school. He found a way to slip through the cracks and graduate high school with a first to second grade reading level. After falling in...

Our conversation today kept coming back to our experience as mothers and daughters; as we work to heal our generational trauma and create a better world for those that come after us, our kids. And the incredible power we have to learn from our children and for our children to create the world we want to live in. Pumehana Palmer is a certified SUCCESS® and a Mindset & Growth Coach to real estat...

Ashley Campise is a St. Louis, Missouri based yoga and meditation teacher. She started practicing in 2014. Ashley completed her 200 hour RYT in 2016 with BlueBird and Southtown Yoga in St. Louis, MO and her 300 hour RYT in 2020 with Yoga Oasis in Tucson, AZ. Her gusto for these practices (and life in general) is undeniable and you’ll see that in her offerings. Ashley's mission is to get these prac...

Nichole, like most humans, despises writing bios. How does one tell the world that they secured a world record for deadlift without sounding braggadocious? Well, now that the bandaid has been ripped off--Nichole is neuro-divergent, so she has deep interests and several hobbies including powerlifting, jiu jitsu, and contrast therapy. She's an entrepreneur that works in digital marketing. Curiosity...

Leyla is a senior at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point with a major in early childhood education and minors in early childhood special education and environmental education.  She has competed on the swim team at UWSP throughout her 4 years in college and has been powerlifting for 2 years. Through her short life she has learned many important lessons that have guided her on her path; p...

Sophie is a wise young woman who brings her spirit to every conversation we have. In this particular exchange of thoughts we decided that we finally found the meaning of life and we are eager to tell you about it. We also discuss her mentality as a Gen-Z person trying to make her belief systems coincide with being a productive human and how the look of that is changing with her generation.  I...

Scott is a somatic therapist and coach who joined me for a conversation about highly sensitive people or HSPs, artificial intelligence, how, if used well, could open up our time as people to actually find and share our passions with one another. Not to mention all of the lovely tangents into how sports are a collaboration between opposing players/teams, how we faired and changed through the pandem...

Emily is a compassion fatigue coach who has taken her journey from growing up in a fundamentalist religion where she experienced trauma, to being a pastor herself, to helping people overcome religious trauma and compassion fatigue. We talk the poetry of religion, the science or trauma, and the beauty of being human through it all. If you need help healing form religious trauma or a toxic work envi...

Jasmine is a new mother who has spent her life facing the unending identity crisis of being a mixed race woman in the United States. Being the combination of black and white but being treated like she had to be one or the other. And she tells us that the most push back about her race comes from a place most wouldn't expect. So how is she going to continue to face these daily challenges and instill...

Eva is an independent business woman who took her love for the environment and mixed it with her love for art to create @thenewold.llc , a handmade jewelry business using environmentally conscience materials. She has spent her life as a go-getter, taking pride in her independence, intelligence, and the ability to think on her feet. Having faced many different trials in her life, she found a way to...

Victor and I discuss a broad spectrum of things that we have faced on our journey through life. As an actor from a young age, Victor has spent time in in Hollywood, where many dream to be, but has found more peace taking care of his elderly grandfather and moving to Wyoming where he enjoys the simplicity and easy to find parking. Life can be simple, and when it is, you can find great joy in your s...

Dominick is an IT guy by day and an entrepreneur, youth sports coach, outdoor enthusiast, and an integral part of the community by night. He is a prime example of an entrepreneur, someone who sees a problem in the world around him and creates a solution. From his own IT business, to a martial arts and childcare center, to his newest venture bringing together those in need of services with those in...

Today we have a great discussion about healthy relationships with parents, kids, exes, and yourself. And we talk a lot about failure and how it molds us into who we are meant to be, for better or worse. Life takes us on an amazing journey of ups and downs. Through this journey we stumble, fall, and get back up, hopefully wiser. We use those experiences to build ourselves into the person we want to...

Christopher, like many of us had to learn the hard way, that he deserves to be loved and to do that, he needs to be vulnerable. But since he has learned it, he has begun teaching others to do the same as a vulnerability coach who has taken his life to the road. This conversation spans how vulnerability and masculinity intercede as well as takes us on a dive into authenticity, mental health, and re...

This episode I am joined again by Daniel Rosenthal but this time to discuss the hero's journey and how it relates to some of our favorite books, characters, and real life people. There is a lot of discussion about Harry Potter, with no shame from either of us. Plus, we discuss how villains are just heroes who haven't had their redemption arch (or didn't choose redemption). And how dystopian novels...

This episode I am joined by Cody Abell, a brother, a friend, a husband, a tattoo artist, a 80Kg strongman competitor, and a big fan of the human connection. We start off light discussing DC or Marvel and how we really need a Nightwing movie already then move into how the the diagnosis of depression and ADHD as a child impacted his life in a multitude of ways. From that experience, Cody developed u...

Liz and Zack are fellow podcasters over at @myfavortiveburgerpod on IG or on Spotify. Their show is full of jokes, puns, and pop culture references that go straight over my head (as they do in this episode). Just because they brought the laughs, doesn't mean we didn't also hit on real life things that make us human. If anything, I think we all learned, just a little, that you can have a conversati...

Maurina Venturelli is a leader in her field who has implemented empathy in her workplace. This seemingly extreme action of encouraging her teams to open up and care for one another on a human level has helped increase their ability to work together and be effective on the job. This same idea is the backbone for a project she is trying to implement within the schools of LCSD1 called "What's Your He...

Ken Stearns is a world traveler turned author, turned podcast host who has taken his life experience and personal journey and developed it to learn about the lives of others. Ken and I discuss how culture overlaps language, how life brought him around the world and back to his third act, and the importance of introspection in our own lives. Not to mention a fun tangent into word play. To see what...

Excited to talk with Daniel Rosenthal, an online weight loss coach, about what health really means and how it is very different than how it is portrayed in media. Plus, some insight into strategies you can implement to help you on your own journey to health. Catch him on Instagram @rosentrain or his website rosentrain.com to get more information on how he can help you reach your goals. I am C. S....

Bradley and I traverse many facets of the human experience. From knowing your beliefs and having the self awareness to challenge them when presented with new information, to using that awareness to filter the mass amount of information we receive everyday. As the creator of the How Game Are You? card game (that we use in the show) and we discuss how and why he developed a game to encourage open co...

Minden Fox and I take a deep dive into food allergies and how they have impacted our lives. Including how they have changed our eating, shopping, and growing habits, as well as the business she is working on to make allergy friendly food available where it hasn't been before, vending machines! You can contact Minden about her company at BlueBoxFox.com to learn more or to be part of the change in m...

Valerie Moses is a blogger turned podcaster who uses her platforms to help people explore the many ways they can find wellness in their lives. She spends each episode talking to experts in their subject and has covered topics from the divine feminine, to sex addiction, decluttering your space, to manifestation. We had the joy of talking about how this journey of hers' came about and what drives he...