The Dancing Housewife Podcast

Body Spring founder and physical therapist, Dr. Meena McCullough, dropped by this week to discuss her patented PressEx line of products and system and how healthy fascia can improve recovery and chronic pain management. To Learn more about Body Spring and PressEx visit www.bodyspring.fit . Click HERE to subscribe to Body Fit on YouTube for free! If you'd like to work one-on-one with Dr. Meena...

Happy Thanksgiving from The Dancing Housewife! The holiday season is right around the corner. For some it's a time of excited anticipation of the most festive time of year, but for others the hustle and bustle of the season is a source of disappointment, sadness, stress and anxiety. In this week's episode, The Dancing Housewife offers tips for mitigating holiday stress by cultivating grati...

In this week's episode, The Dancing Housewife shares some exciting personal news before discussing Grit Factor, what it is, why it's important and how to get grittier. Clear HERE to determine where you fall on the Grit Scale. If you're interested in learning more about Grit and how peak performance coaching can help you improve your grit factor, drop an email request for a free 30-minu...

My fall quarterly subscription Ballroom Box arrived! Grab a cup o' Joe and join the podcast as I reveal what's inside! For more information on Ballroom Box or to subscribe, visit www.ballroombox.me. If you are enjoying Coffee Break with The Dancing Housewife, share it with your friends and be sure to click the Follow button so you never miss an episode. Visit⁠  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://the...

Katrina Volgina is an adjudicator, choreographer, coach and the founder of Volga Dance Academy. Eavesdrop on our conversation and learn what drives her success. Interested in participating or spectating at the 2024 Atlanta DanceSport Cup? Visit www.atlantadancesportcup.com for details. If you are enjoying Coffee Break with The Dancing Housewife, share it with your friends and be sure to click the...

National Smooth Champions, Hannah Bundus and Justin Chiou, visit the pod this week to share the story of their dance journey and offer advice for ballroom dancing newcomers and veterans alike. Hanna is also the senior 1 delegate on the USA Dance DanceSport committee. You can reach out to her with Dancesport questions, concerns, comments and suggestions at Ds-ballroomdelegate6@usedance.org. If you...

Lee Oswalt is the USA Dance Senior Athlete Committee member in charge of communications. If you're and senior athlete and you're not receiving Senior Athlete Committee updates, drop reach out to Lee at lgoswalt89@gmail.com. Be sure to include your name and email address and she'll add you to the distribution list. She shares the story of how she found her way to the ballroom and what&#...

In this week's episode The Housewife gets to know founder of Once Upon A Ballroom, Victoria a.k.a Tori Esposito. In addition to being the driving force behind Once Upon A Ballroom, Tori is the special events coordinator and director development for the Arizona Pet Project and a competitive ballroom dancer. Tori and her dance partner, Nick Kaldawi, are the reigning USA Dance National DanceSport...

The Doc and I are in Fairfield, New Jersey this weekend taking lessons from Diana McDonald and dancing Sunday rounds at her studio. After dancing four rounds of rhythm and six rounds of smooth with a bunch of whippersnappers, I'm too pooped to pop which means I won't be finishing editing on any of the new episodes in the queue. That's why, this week, we're taking a look back at Epi...

Christine and I pick up our conversation where we left off last week on the USA Dance Senior Athlete Committee's continuing initiatives. Christine also shares details of her own dance journey including exciting details from her and Bryan's bucket list experience - dancing at the iconic Blackpool Dance Festival this summer. Interested in learning more about the USA Dance Senior Athlete Comm...

Christine Newman is a championship level competitive amateur ballroom dancer and member of the USA Dance Senior Athlete Committee. In this week's episode, we discuss the work she's doing to clarify rules governing the show dance category of events as well as her part in other committee initiatives. If you'd like to learn more about Show Dance or would just like to get in touch, you may...

In this week's episode, the iconic and entertaining Andrea Zaramella joins me to discuss the exciting changes happening to USA Dance regional qualifier, The Chicago DanceSport Championships. CDC USA Dance Regional and international competition, gala dinner and training camp will take place over the weekend of October 13-15, 2023 at the Sheraton Suites Chicago O’Hare, 6501 Mannheim Rd, Rosemont...

Sandy Buckholz is the owner of Ballroom Bliss, a ballroom dress consignment marketplace. In, this week's episode, Sandy and I wrap up our conversation by picking up where we left off last week...fashion trends in ballroom dance costumes...yes, there is such a thing! She also provides the step by step process for selling a dress with Ballroom Bliss and shares a bit about her personal dance jour...

Tiffany Bouquet and Daniel Boman are married dance partners and the owners of TBD Dance, the company under which they organize Southeastern DanceSport Championships and Carolina Fall Classic. If you'd like to learn more about TBD Dance, have suggestions for new competitions or questions about SDC or CFC, drop an email to tbddancesport@gmail.com Southeastern DanceSport Championships Registratio...

In this week's episode The Dancing Housewife takes a coffee break with Matt and Ellen Pansing to discuss the 10th annual Kansas City Dance Classic, a USA Dance Regional competition happening this year on September 16-17 at the Marriott in Overland Park, Kansas. To learn more about this fin and exciting event and to purchase spectator tickets, visit https://kansascitydanceclassic.com/ Intereste...

Sandy Buckholz is the owner of Ballroom Bliss, a ballroom dress consignment marketplace. In, this week's episode, part one of my conversation with Sandy, we discussed what inspired her to launch the business, the process for renting and buying a dress and how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted her sales and inventory.  If you're looking for a dress to rent or buy or if you've got one to se...

Carlye and Patrick Stone met as high school students in 2008. They began dating in 2009 and tied the knot a decade later, in December of 2019. They started dancing am-am in 2013, made consistent progress and turned professional in summer 2022. They are part of a cohort of independent dance instructors operating as The Ballroom KC in Overland Park, KS. To learn more about The Ballroom KC or to book...

Duffy Betterton is the co-founder of Dance Dress Couture and the brains behind The Ballroom Box, the unique quarterly subscription service created especially for ballroom dancers. To learn more about Dance Dress Couture visit them online at dancedresscouture.com or if you're in the Nashville area call 615-873-0478 and make an appointment to stop by the shop at 394 West Main Stree, Suite B17, H...

Hints & Hacks from The Housewife is a recurring feature of Coffee Break with the Dancing Housewife. In today's installation, The Housewife shares her secret sauce for keeping The Dancing Doc's and her costumes spic and span and free from stubborn fake tan stains. Fels-Naptha is available in the laundry section of most grocery stores, at Walmart and on Amazon . Need a soft bristle brush...

Marisa Hamamoto is the founder of Infinite Flow Dance, the award-winning non-profit dance company comprised of disabled and non-disabled dancers. To find out more about Marisa or to book a speaking engagement visit https://www.marisahamamoto.com. To learn more about Infinite Flow Dance follow them Instagram and Facebook , subscribe to their YouTube Channel and be sure to sign up for the Infinite F...

Chuck Garrett discusses the goals and initiatives of the USA Dance Senior Athlete Committee and his role as chairperson. Chuck also shares the story of how ballroom dance became such an I portent part of his life. If you're a senior competitive member of USA Dance and have a question or concern, reach out to Chuck by calling 662-316-3944 or email at ballroom-seniorathletechair@usadance.org or...

In this last installment of Deconstructing Dancing Queens, Katie Flashner and I wrap up season one of Bravo’s reality television series with post mortem on episodes 6, 7 and the season finale.    Dancing Queens is available for streaming on Peacock.   Katie is the creator of the popular Girl with the Tree Tattoo ballroom ⁠dance blog⁠, where she has been publishing weekly reviews of each Dancing Qu...

In episode 13 of Coffee Break with The Dancing Housewife, I am join d by Sabrina Strasser. Sabrina is a wife, a dance mom, the founder of SabiChic and one of six competitive pro-am dancers featured on the Bravo reality television series, Dancing Queens. Listen for the scoop on what her family life is really like, how she fell in love with ballroom dancing and what inspired her to design ballroom s...

Developmental Physical Therapist and Dancing Queen, Colette Marotto is a mom, business woman and competitive ballroom dancer. She joins me to discuss Wheels on the Bus, her company that has been serving families, children and adults coping with special needs for over twenty years along with how Tatton-Brown Rahman Syndrome, a rare genetic condition, has impacted her own family. We'll also get...

In today's episode of Coffee Break, Katie Flashner returns to discuss episodes 4 and 5 of Bravo's reality television series, Dancing Queens. Katie is the creator of the popular Girl with the Tree Tattoo ballroom ⁠dance blog⁠, where she has been publishing weekly reviews of each Dancing Queens episode after it airs. She also is the prolific author of ⁠five books⁠ dedicated to enhancing the...