Good Living Recipe & Lifestyle Podcast

The host are back from a summer hiatus! During this episode, the hosts provide listeners with an update regarding their summer goal's. Also, discussed are SMART and SMARTIE goals and the interpretation of both related to goal setting. Mentioned during the episode is the notion of failing forward and turning your failure into positive action. Remember to be kind to yourself 💕

In this week's episode Winding Down , the hosts recap their summer fun since signing of from the regular podcast schedule. As they move towards their summer goals, the hosts bring listeners along to experience the challenges they have encountered in the quest to run 12 miles. The hosts also discuss the long awaited Family Olympics, where both families came together in good-natured fun! The da...

In this episode, the hosts discuss all things summer. Kenyona shares about her new puppy love, Milo. She also shares about being a caregiver and how she has implemented strategies and hacks to making the transition back home go smoothly. Kiana updates listeners on her exciting Juneteenth 5k experience, the songs that help her pace a great race and her new daily devotional routine. Visit the show n...

The hosts discuss summer plans that include relaxing, vacationing, recipe creations and summer reads. During the episode, they reminisce about times when their children were young and both families competed in a family-style Iron Chef competition worthy of a Food Network recognition, or so they thought! This summer season brings another family competition, called Family Fun Day. Listen in for grea...

Recorded and released in January 2022, Running Things  covers all things running. Discussed is the importance of stretching, hydration and training for success. During the podcasts, the host address their experiences with failing to train properly, the myth around carb-loading and the hilarious stories surrounding boinking!!  Remember to be kind to yourself 💕

This episode was previously released in early 2023 on a different platform and has been released for listeners.   In #Goals, the hosts discuss reaching their weight loss and fitness goals. Also, the hosts talk about what to do when you have hit your goals.  Setting new non-weight goals like running a 5K or building new muscle are great goals to consider to help with maintaining health and physical...

When we endeavor to be healthy, many times we focus on weight and size. For valid reasons, when the desired weight is reached some forgo using the scale as a barometer, opting instead to use clothing size as indicator of changes with the body. For some though, size may not prove to be the best indicator of too much regression when slipping back into old habits. In Episode 19, Am I In Need Of A Res...

In Episode 18, Massage The Pain Away, the hosts discuss the benefits of therapeutic massage. David, a Licensed Massage therapist joins the show to give listeners the inside scoop of what to look for in a massage therapist, how to communicate your preferred massage pressure levels and life lessons he's learned in his 17 years in the profession. During the podcast, David shares a well known ada...

If you live life long enough, you will learn that life can be tough. In Episode 16, the hosts discuss living and learning through life’s hard-knocks. Both have experienced many major highs and some very low lows.  This episode is called When Life Is Lifing. As you listen in you will hear the hosts explore specific times in their live's where anxiety, sickness, death, and all of life's ot...

In episode 15, the hosts discuss skin care, beauty, and living a life of balance with a special guest. Brianna is an esthetician and the owner of Glo Essence. Glo Essence is an all-natural skincare brand that specializes in advanced facials and sugaring hair removal. It was birthed out of Brianna’s desire to address her daughter's unique skincare needs. Brianna is an in demand esthetician, wh...

In Episode 14 of the podcast, titled Knowing When It's Time To Give It Up ,   the hosts discuss knowing when your current activities require modification. Have you reached a point in your fitness and lifestyle journey where you feel as if you have reached a plateau or have injuries and age sidelined you? This episode was recorded especially for you. Kiana and Kenyona discuss the idea of align...

The benefits of being young is your energy and lack of fear. But the benefits of being older is your experience and wisdom. Are you a twenty or thirty something and wish you had the experience and wisdom you need to make major and minor life decisions? Are you a forty, fifty, or sixty something and wish there was someone you could share your wisdom with? Well this Goodliving podcast episode is for...

The benefits of being young is your energy and lack of fear. But the benefits of being older is your experience and wisdom. Are you a twenty or thirty something and wish you had the experience and wisdom you need to make major and minor life decisions? Are you a forty, fifty, or sixty something and wish there was someone you could share your wisdom with? Well this Goodliving podcast episode is for...

In Episode 11, Are You Tired the hosts discuss the importance of sleep for overall health.  The podcast begins with discussions regarding the recent impact of daylight savings time and  the impact of traveling in different timezones.    Weight gain, poor muscle recovery, low attention span and increased caffeine consumption have been linked with unhealthy sleep patterns.  The hosts share their per...

Although it seems new, meal prepping in not new.  Most of us have participated in this practice  or have been recipients of meal prepping. In Episode 10, Meal Prep Failures the hosts discuss their meal prep failures and successes.  Meal prepping is not such a challenging task that one can not benefit from it.   The hosts talk about how discovering your family's eating patterns can assist in e...

In Episode 4, Don't Call It A Comeback, the hosts discuss recovery in terms of COVID, surgery, injuries, etc. Many of the challenges we experience in life are outside of our control. However, our outlook, our speech, proper nutrition and adequate rest are things within our span of control.  Later in the discussion, the host discuss the borrowed idea of rest being active. This concept can be f...

Many have asked how twins communicate non-verbally.  In Twin Talk, the hosts discuss how their communication style is no different from of non-twins, but is does have a unique flare.  In this episode, they discuss their similarities but more specifically their differences and how both have contributed to the side-by-side support they have for one another.   Also the hosts discuss how their shared...

This episode is centered on focusing on fitness when pressed for time and using your resources. Many of us have watches that measure out fitness and they even notify us when we need to move.  Listeners are challenged to both get in a quick workout and hydrate when prodded by their watch to move. The hosts also discuss how to incorporate fitness and family time in your weekly activities by inviting...

Journey with us as we are joined by a special guest on today’s podcast titled, When Life Gets Real . In this episode we explore the fitness phenomena of Cross-fit. Our guest discusses her transition from sports like ballet, gymnastics, dance team and weight-lifting into the world of Cross-Fit. The podcast is undergirded with the consistent them of balancing life and making room for daily self-care...

In this episode titled Gym Etiquette, we discuss the importance of awareness while working out in the gym.  First, the discussion centers on dressing the part and what that means in terms of performance.   The hosts travel down memory-lane while discussing their almost 24 year journey of fitness, gym-life and how some things have changed over the years and how some things remain the same.  The hos...

In episode 2, I am joined by my cohost, Dr. Kenyona Walker.  We chat about our journey over last 15 years and our quest to be healthy. Listen in as we recount stories of our pitfalls, triumphs and the funny stories along the way. Remember to be kind to yourself 💕

In this episode titled Just Say No , we discuss the concept of how saying no, leads to a yes. The hosts share funny personal stories and examples of how to recognize when you have become overwhelmed, establishing boundaries in relationships and the importance of saying no and not feeling the need to provide an explanation.  The discussion comes full-circle when the hosts discuss establishing times...