Living Well While Living

Thank you for listening in to this season’s Living Well While Living, self care spill the tea, a production of the Quinnipiac University Podcast Studios. I am grateful to each and every one of you who listened to an episode, an entire season or all SIX SEASONS! Please pull from every conversation and every amazing guest who bared their souls with you all and shared out how they are in the process...

So excited to share Stacey Lei Krauss (SLK) with you all today! SLK is a Fitness Educator, Yogi and Truth Seeker. She is the creator of several internationally recognized group exercise education programs which specifically address emotional health. Her practices focus on integration of mindfulness, meditation, conscious breath, and intentional barefoot movement. She’s certified as an exercise phy...

Meet Kayla Kleinman, a multi-passionate social media strategist and content creator based in NYC. On Instagram and TikTok she shares thoughts on life in your 30s, book recommendations, and a realistic approach to wellness. Within this episode, Kayla shares all things about her life in the Big Apple from working and living in the same space, to creating rituals with and for yourself, to deepening c...

Tony Berlant is a veteran of health and fitness industry with almost 30 years of overall related experience. He holds a B.A. degree in Psychology from UCLA, and a Master of Science degree in Exercise and Movement Science from University of Oregon with a special focus on Sport and Exercise Psychology. Tony joins us to discuss diversifying your self care. Our conversation spans such relevant topics...

Meet Melanie Guadalupe. Mel is originally from the UK and moved to the US in 2002. She holds an MBA but says her passion has always been deep-rooted on the front lines of fitness helping others to reach their goals. She holds several internationally recognized certifications to include National Academy of Sports Medicine certified Personal Trainer, Athletics and Fitness Association of America Grou...

She is living wellness day in and day out, in both her personal life and for those in the community. Meet Marla Prete Roscoe, Doctor of Physical Therapy and Co-Owner Nolla Wellness (New Haven, CT). Marla is a physical therapist, an acupuncturist and a recent wellness center owner. Our conversation transverses wellness as a form of prevention, treating the whole person and learning to breathe! Marl...

Beyond excited to share my mentor and all around fabulous human, Petra Kolber (Speaker, Author, Positive Psychology Mindset Coach). Petra is the author of 'The Perfection Detox,' a keynote speaker, and a Positive Psychology Performance Coach. With over three decades of experience in the fitness industry, Petra has globally presented thousands of workshops, created best-selling workouts, hosted sev...

Our guest this week is Hamden’s own, R.J. Ugolik, athlete, golf coach and teacher. R.J. reflects on the many practices and habits that keep him moving forward on any given day. His lifelong love of sports and athleticism has him working with multiple age groups in many different settings, sharing and imparting his philosophy along with the practical skills he helps them work on. This conversation...

Meet Mim, a Health and Wellness entrepreneur, Integrative Nutrition Coach, Content creator and Fitness trainer. Mim began her journey into the Health and Wellness space in 2002 with a degree in Health Sciences specializing in Chinese Herbal Medicine. Over the years, with additional studies she has specialized in a holistic and integrative way of looking at health and wellness. Our conversation tod...

Jordan Elkins has been an athlete her whole life. The sport of hockey lead her across the country (from Alaska to Connecticut) where she connected with Tami, who taught the first yoga class Jordan ever took! Twelve years later,  Jordan owns her own multi-modality fitness studio teaching yoga and more back in her hometown of Wasilla, Alaska. She looks to inspire others to enjoy movement and live li...

Join us for this week’s episode with JT Torres, Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Quinnipiac University.  The conversation with JT touches on the pressure of perfectionism, finding the right learning environment and learning to use your heart as a guide for all things. JT believes the most interesting thing he’s learned as an educational researcher is that we learn, grow, and cha...

Meet Autumn White and Jeramiah Bruscinanelli, juniors at Quinnipiac University who are walking the walk, and talking the talk! They serve as role models, advocates and change makers on campus and will be out in the world doing amazing things in their communities (below are their detailed bios so you can really see ALL that they are about) upon graduation. Their maturity and intentionally are an in...

Welcome back to another season of Living Well While Living ….. we are dropping the “Online” this season! This podcast will be diving deep into our conversation with our guests spilling the tea on how they try to thrive. Listen in to this Season 6 intro episode with me, Tami Reilly, to see where we came from and where we are going. This podcast is for anyone looking to:   Integrate more self care i...

In this week’s episode I am happy to introduce you to Shelana Poindexter, Talent Acquisition Manager, Spinning® Instructor and life-long learner! Shelana just completed her 2nd master's degree in the Netherlands where she now works and lives.  She shares her love of cycling, working with others (especially students!) and traveling! She has a huge passion for cultures and all things travel which ha...

This week we are sitting with soul sisters (yes, real life sisters!) Joy Venit Shane and Dawn Venit Cathey. They have a coaching, counseling, and consulting business called Bringing Joy in North Haven, CT (and virtually!!). To give you a taste of what you are in for, here is a tag line on their website:  Bringing Joy... because the Dawn of a new day is calling! (www.bringingjoy.live ). Together th...

This week’s episode is a replay from season 1, episode 14 which aired on Nov. 25, 2020. It is conversation with Natashia Iacovelli, our Tash, who passed from this world two years ago. If you are a friend or loved one of Tash, there is for sure still grief as we try to navigate our lives without her. She left those of us who were blessed to know her with so many incredible memories and lessons. In...

This week you will meet four inspirational young students at Quinnipiac University as we listen in to one of our self-care check in conversations. We meet as a group on campus each week and get to chat together using a great journal (Self Care Check-In by GG Renee Hill). You will meet Katie Gettings, Cadence Howard, Suzeline Cadestin and Christine Milano and I will let each of them tell you all ab...

Sara Shears is an Emotional & Functional Movement Coach living in Vancouver, CA. She brings a mind, body, soul approach to health & fitness. It’s her true passion to educate and empower others by providing the tools for people to live healthier happier lives. In this week’s episode, Sara shares some powerful ideas around checking ourselves, releasing resistance, showing up for yourself and taking...

Let me introduce you to Joo Eun Lim, a Quinnipiac University Occupational Therapy graduate student from New Jersey (very important fact!). She has always been super busy her entire life involved in various extracurricular activities both before and during college. She was Chapter President of her sorority junior into senior year which was a demanding role alongside an intense academic major.  It w...

For the past 21 years Eira Argenal and Oscar Aragón have been putting committed to empowering youth through education, language training, leadership transformation and financial education in their country, Nicaragua. Eira is a trained lawyer and Oscar a Physician, and together they are the Directors of their company, Alianza Americana (and wife and husband!). This couple will share with the listen...

Meet Anthony Musemici, an example of success and inspiration within the fitness industry for the last twenty-two years and currently an owner and Head Coach at CrossFit Bridge & Tunnel in Ridgewood, Queens. Founded in 2015 the gym has expanded to a vibrant community of over two hundred members. Separate from CrossFit Bridge & Tunnel, Musemici has had a twenty-two yearlong fitness career with a div...

Meet Dr. Hayley Winchel, a QU Alumni who lives and breathes health and fitness! During her time at Quinnipiac, she taught group fitness classes and was president of the nutrition club. Today, she remains an avid weightlifter, hot yogi and hiker. As a college student, Hayley looked at her passion for health and fitness and love for science and decided to put them together to pursue a degree in Chir...

Meet Martha Williams. Martha was born in Kingston, Ontario but spent 30 years living in the US. Recently she moved back to enjoy her life closer to her family and to switch gears from city living. Our conversation spans all the things that fill Martha up: being creative, advocating for herself and others, sleep hypnosis and being around her family. Martha is a Spinning® Master Instructor and at th...

Fethi Grabsi, from the French Rivera, has been working in the fitness industry since 2001. He is passionate about helping participants to be a better version of themselves. It's all about educating, strengthening physically/mentally, and creating an unforgettable fitness experience. He is an avid learner of all things especially when it comes to his love of travel, culture and languages. He is tru...

Meet Reinett Chefu, Quinnipiac University student, aspiring filmmaker and journalist AND the producer of this podcast! Reinett is a natural storyteller and offers us all some poignant tips on travel, integrating into new cultures and the importance of remembering where you are from. Growing up in Zimbabwe, Reinett has already navigated life in the UK and now in CT as travel and being independent a...