Functionally Fit

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a psychotherapy that enables people to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that are the result of disturbing life experiences.  Repeated studies show that by using EMDR therapy people can experience the benefits of psychotherapy that once took years to make a difference.  Courney takes us through this therapy and shares ho...

Our powerful brains are the leader in all decisions and actions we take.  Physical Therapist and neuroscience coach Tracy Hill shares the key to your success in losing weight, hitting that fitness goal or feeling better overall is held in your brain.   Things you say to yourself, how you say it...it matters.  Check out the episode and leave any comments, questions or feedback using...

Dr. Chelsea Beyers, PT, DPT, OCS.  Her passion for pelvic floor started after learning her Grandma wasn’t going to be able to come to her wedding due to a limiting pelvic health problem. Then as she started her career in physical therapy the more people she treated, the more she realized how big of an impact this has on people’s lives.   In this episode we discuss leakage for women and m...

Shefaly Ravula is a Functional Medicine PA-C and a culinary educator.  Her two loves: teaching and food! She help busy people streamline their home cooking by teaching them how to cook and eat well to improve their overall health.  In her medical practice she helps patients to get to the root cause of symptoms and learn how to eat, what to eat to feel better.  Connect more with Shef...

Breakouts, maskne, what else can you do to improve skin?  Besides antibiotics and topical creams, a functional medicine approach to acne can benefit many.  Allopathic medicine deals with symptoms and treatments while functional medicine deals with root cause, helping to lower inflammation, decrease overall stress and encourage better gut health.   This is one supplement mentioned, G...

Marissa Staley is a mom and a wife with a passion for fitness, especially running. Working out has always been part of her life but it did not become her passion until she became a mom. Finding bliss in her workouts and her runs has helped her through the struggles in motherhood. She shares how running became a family event as a child and how she now grounds herself in the activity for wellness. M...

Nicole is a recovering perfectionist, recovered bulimic and achievement addict!   She has turned her mess into her mission.  Nicole leverages her life experience and 22 years as a physical therapist to serve as a health and life coach for women.  With a focus on intuitive eating, Nicole shows women how they can discard the diet mentality and live with joy and confidence in thei...

The power to heal yourself, or at least decrease symptoms can be found beyond prescriptions.   Jenn interviews fellow PA of 30 years on how she helped her own health by implementing lifestyle medicine, with results that spurred her to go on to further her education and specialize in helping others.  Rita shares her health struggles which began in her 20's and presisted with little treatm...

Anxiety help with deep breathing. Developing a daily habit in breathwork can not only help when anxiety is high but it can also help prevent it. Take a listen and give it a try. If you already have a breathing practice we'd love to hear from you. Send us a voice message.

Join Jenn and Nellie as they talk whole family health and wellness in this time.  Nellie shares her journey to family focus after her husbands shocking severe health crisis at 32 years old.  As a family unit, the 6 of them now plan intentionally to live each day to its fullest incorporating laughter, play, good food choices, family business, school work and more.   Nellie Harden is...

Jenn interviews Leslie on the how, what and why of using Macro counting to lose weight, gain weight, optimize your nutrition intake and understand food as energy.  What do you need to get started.   Functionally Fit with Jenn & Leslie Text Community, Text FFPodcast to 313-710-9697, we will make sure you don't miss an episode and stay up to date on topics to come.

Dr. Charity Godfrey joins Jenn on this episode to share how mental wellness can be the obstacle holding you back from transformation.  For over 10 years Dr. Godfrey has served others as a licensed therapist.  She is passionate about making mental wellness as important as any other health issue.  She offers great tips on coping during this time of unrest.   @lifescapecouselingte...

Jenn surprises Leslie with some trends in health and wellness to watch in 2021.  Weigh in with your opinion on these 10 trends to watch in 2021 with a thumbs up or thumbs down.  Functionally Fit with Jenn & Leslie Text Community, Text FFPodcast to 313-710-9697, we will make sure you don't miss an episode and stay up to date on topics to come.

Leslie recorded this episode New Years Eve afternoon.  Sharing her year end review (what a year it was for us all, right?!) and how to finally move the dial on your health with lasting action.  

We know many have put on what's called the "quarentine 15",  weight gain sometimes in excess of fifteen pounds during a global pandemic where our rountines have been shifted and life has been testing our coping skills.  In this episode we share how functional medicine and nutrition can help you start removing the weight, lift some of the stress and get feeling better than you have in mon...

Welcome to our first episode of Functionally Fit with Jenn& Leslie.  We are 2 allopathic trained PAs who found ourselves caring for everyone else but doing a pretty poor job of taking care of our own health.  It wasn't a priority and began to show up physicially and mentally in our relationships and in our ability to cope with stress.  By using a holistic approach to our own hea...