Make Peace With Food

“I know for sure: Your journey begins with a choice to get up, step out, and live fully.” - Oprah Winfrey When was the last time you took a look at your life and the things you believe? Are your beliefs the truth? Are they empowering you to be better, faster, stronger? Or are they holding you back from achieving all the things that you want to achieve? What I know for sure: I have the ability to c...

Have you ever achieved a goal in your health and fitness, only to have everything turn back to the way it was before you started? You see, most people stop pushing when they hit their target, resulting in a temporary change. What we need to start striving for is transformation. We need to shift our identity and become the person who lives that life. The two most important aspects of creating this...

I recently got back from a two week, 200 hour yoga-teacher training at the Blue Osa in Costa Rica. Part of my experience there included practices of morning silence & meditations, and prayer around meal times. In this episode of the Fall In Love With Fitness Podcast, I’d like to share with you the morning meditation ritual that we practiced every day. This meditation is a perfect way to start...

Andretta Robinson was fed up with diets, misdiagnosis, and searching for alternative cures. After countless trips to the doctor, being confused by so much misinformation on the internet, and trying all kinds of products and methods to become healthy, she decided to take matters into her own hands. Andretta and her daughter founded Brown Women Wellness where their goal is to help people discover se...

For years I was frustrated with myself, disappointed and angry for being a "victim" of my circumstances. My thoughts constantly tethered around the principle that if I hadn't been hit by a car I would be able to compete as an athlete at the very highest level. It's still hard to believe, even after all these years that, in 2012, I was just millimeters away from losing function of my legs. At the t...

Genesis Amaris Kemp is a Creative Content Writer, Author, Self-Development Advocate, Visionary, Inclusion and Diversity enthusiast, and an overall force to be reckoned with. Over the years she tried to remain silent... while being bullied... while being excluded in the workplace… while being denied opportunities because of inequality, until she decided that enough is enough. Today, Genesis advocat...

In January 1991, Jeff Deskovic was wrongly convicted at the age of seventeen of raping, beating, and strangling Angela Correa, a 15-year-old high school classmate at Peekskill High School. On November 2, 2006, his indictment was dismissed on the grounds of actual innocence. Postconviction DNA testing both proved Jeff’s innocence and identified the real perpetrator of a 1989 murder and rape. After...

Dan Moyle is a strong believer in servant leadership, having worked behind the scenes with organizations like Domestic and Sexual Assault Services (DASAS), Honor Flight, Habitat for Humanity, Waterfront Film Festival, and Cat Nap Lodge (a kitten rescue), serving  and lifting others up with respect and a strong work ethic. Dan is also the creator and executive producer of the podcast, I'm Not...

Chris Russell was born to run. From an early age he would run. He’d race his school bus to school, would run against his father on an abandoned railway, and would run to get in shape for wrestling season. Running was an integral part of Chris’ life, however, as with all things, life got in the way and he found himself focusing on other aspects of his life. That was until one day, in his 30’s, Chri...

Growing up with a complicated childhood and broken home, Erik had no option but to raise himself from the age of 14. He found himself drifting towards substance abuse in an attempt to fill the voids in his life, and found himself spending 24 hours in jail due to his actions. Erik soon realized that this path he was on was a path of destruction. He knew he needed to break the programming that was p...

Rhonda Massad was diagnosed with L5-S1 degenerative disc disease at a young age and was told that she would be in a wheelchair by the time she turned 50. Did she accept that fate? NO! Did she let it slow her down and stop her from creating greatness? NO! Rhonda decided that she has the ability to overcome any obstacle and live the life that she deserves, by going on to be successful not only in fi...

Are your health and fitness results short lived? You begin making changes, you see some results, but at the end of the day you struggle to maintain not only what you are doing, but the results you achieved as well. If this resonates with you then you’re in the right place! In order for us to create long lasting results we have to do more than just go on a diet. We have to shift our identity. Inste...

Amélie Yan-Gouiffes is an author, coach, and motivational speaker. She is an international expert in crisis management and resilience. For nearly 25 years, Amélie worked in areas struck by natural disaster, war, and socio-political chaos in different parts of the globe. And, in 2020, she encountered her own crisis in battling cancer. Just a few days before the world was put into lockdown, Amelie w...

On last weeks episode of the Fall In Love With Fitness Podcast, we were blessed with a guided meditation by Salvatore Liberti. This week, we learn about his spiritual journey and how he discovered his passion and purpose of meditation, healing, and living. Salvatore Liberti was born in the culturally rich Lima, Peru. His family emigrated to Florida when he was eight and by the time he turned twelv...

Salvatore Liberti was born in the culturally rich Lima, Peru. His family emigrated to Florida when he was eight and by the time he turned twelve, he had become "man of the house,” assuming responsibilities beyond his years. At 22, Salvatore was recruited by best-selling author, speaker and coach, Rock Thomas, to lead recruitment for the M1 Mastermind, setting him on a learning journey throughout C...

How do you feel about aging? For many, growing old is met with fear. Fear of not being as strong, as fast, as fit as you used to be, and fear from other people who tell you to “slow down,” or that “you’re too old to do that.” What I’ve found as I mature and grow is that if I don’t have a strong, encouraging, and supportive environment, the negative thoughts of “I’m too old for this,” begin to cree...

Dean Fox was living his life by climbing the corporate ladder, but found that despite all of his success, he was never truly happy. This changed a bit when he got his first taste of entrepreneurship. Dean started to get involved in real estate investing and development. He grew a highly successful business and was closing in on 7 figures when the 2008 financial crisis hit and he lost almost everyt...

Nicholas Spohn started his personal development journey in college when he realised that, by reading books, he could grow and drastically improve his life if he implemented what he read. A few years later he attended his first Tony Robbins event and was blown away by a whole new world of possibilities. After that event Nicholas began an intensive journey, studying all things personal development....

Dan Grieb had a successful business, he was a great husband, a great father, and a great mentor, and he still is today, but he remembers looking up one day and being 320lbs. He was constantly told that you couldn’t have it all. That if you wanted to be healthy, something else had to take a hit. So what did Dan do? He changed his environment. He began surrounding himself with people who inspired hi...

Deepak Dewaly came to the United States in 2015 to pursue his higher education, get a good job, and bring his family over from Nepal. After completing his MBA in 2018, he began working as an IT Consultant and Business Intelligence Developer. Things seemed to be going according to plan. That was until Deepak’s mother, who still lived in rural Nepal and had extremely limited access to health care, f...

After her excruciatingly painful divorce, Kelli Calabrese was left filled with anxiety and in a constant state of depression. She went looking for help but she could seem to find what she was looking for. She finally decided that the pain had to stop and went on a journey to learn how to heal. The result? Kelli went from being constantly fearful and feeling empty to a place of joy, freedom, and pe...

Segev Perets was on and off diets from an extremely young age. He lost weight, gained it back, then lost it again in a never ending cycle. Flash forward a few years, Segev was 36 years old, 330lbs, he had digestive issues, skin issues, teeth issues, and he was constantly bloated and uncomfortable. He knew he needed to make a change and be the man, role model, and father that he was always meant to...

Aging is a natural part of life. It is completely unavoidable, yet it is seen as such a taboo topic, especially among us women. We are ashamed to speak about the changes that occur in our bodies. We begin to love ourselves less each day. But it shouldn’t be that way. This is a time for us to get excited and energetic about life, as it’s only just the beginning! Jan Saunders grew up with a love for...

Sharon was devastated when she learned of her mother’s diagnosis of ovarian cancer. She felt like there was not much offered to her mother in the way of nutritional or emotional support. After months of healing on her part through wonderful counseling and self-empowerment courses, she set out on a mission to find the pieces of the puzzle that was missing from the existing healthcare system. She so...

Why are some topics too “taboo” to talk about? Did you know, One in four women over the age of 18 experience episodes of leaking urine involuntarily? Or that one-third of women experience pain during sex? Those two things alone can impact not only your health and fitness but also your mental health, confidence, self-esteem, and quality of living. If we created more awareness around topics such as...