Street Parking Podcast

9 years ago today - my fitness saved my life.  Literally.  A car accident that could have paralyzed or killed me didn't - because of the fitness lifestyle I was a part of. If you are looking for a "why" that is deeper than how you look in your swimsuit, or what size jeans you wear - this story will remind you just how important having control of our fitness and nutrition really is.    Miranda Alca...

How much effort is your favorite food worth?  How much would you pay? How far would you travel? How much effort is too much to deter you from your lifestyle related goals?  Will traffic prevent you from going to the gym? What about hard to make class times?  Parking? Getting off of the couch to change your clothes? How can we use what we know about effort cost to set up our environment for our ult...

At the end of the day, lifelong fitness means that getting your workouts in is just a part of your daily life.  And life....is messy.  Expecting the unexpected can set us up for success - so that a bit of a mess doesn't steal our results.

How often do you make yourself uncomfortable on purpose?  How often do you take the opportunity to do something you don't want to do, but do it anyway - for the sole purpose of reminding yourself that you are capable of hard things?  Do you take opportunities in your fitness routine to improve your MENTAL toughness, so that real life challenges seem less daunting?

Being in control of your health, nutrition, and fitness is the most BOLD and audacious move you can make. It's time we stop chasing a "magic trick" to fix our health and fitness forever.  We are OVER being sold a bunch of crap that doesn't work, and we don't need.  But - QUITTING??  Giving the middle finger to the idea of making healthy choices....isn't it either.   Miranda Alcaraz is co-founder a...

As we bring the 4th annual Street Parking Project April to a close, I took a moment to reflect on the massive importance of this yearly challenge - that might otherwise not seem like such a big deal.  It is up to YOU to find all of the reasons that you SHOULD want the best possible health and fitness for yourself.  My job, and the role of challenges like Project April, are to show you that you can...

Felicia is a fiercely strong mom, new grandma (aka "Queen"), and a joyful and inspiring athlete and woman. She shares about how becoming a mom helped her learn how to be patient with herself and be more compassionate towards others. She emphasizes the importance of learning to create time for herself, her "me time", for fitness and self care as an essential part of being the best parent should cou...

We've been really big on the idea of #controlyourfitness this past year. What a great reminder of both our empowerment and our responsibility. But what happens when you've got consistency dialed in, but you just want to keep things interesting or maybe focus on developing a more specific area of your fitness? Enter the 2021 Street Parking Focus Group!  Starting March 1, 2021 we have 3 Focus Groups...

I got to sit down with Carolina and talk about our definition of love and how that definition informs our relationship and communication. Love has no limits, yet we often put limitations on it. How has your understanding of love played a role in your relationships?   01:00 - Callie 05:10 - What is Love? 07:39 - Love or be Loved? 14:20 - Love Languages 24:50 - Limits on Love 32:30 - Realizing that...

On this week's episode, we get to talk to Michelle Brooks, SP Nutrition Coach, mama, and the creator of the SP Women's Loss and Infertility Support Group. She shares about her struggles with fertility and experience with multiple losses. She opens up about investigating many healthy and not so healthy ways to cope and shares ways that we can all learn to support our community members who have gone...