the Duality of Harm & Healing

The Wellness of We: How Community Supports Individual Wellbeing In this final episode of The Duality of Harm and Healing , Kate & Ruby explore how community is essential to individual wellbeing. This series has journeyed through Presence, Awareness + Acceptance, Trust, Courage, Freedom, Boundaries, Rest, and Compassion, and now we arrive at The Wellness of We . Healing happens in con...

The Importance of 'I Believe You': Creating Safe Spaces in Fitness and Wellness In this episode, Ruby and Kate explore how compassion and empathy are essential in creating spaces that prioritize connection and healing. They define compassion as "where empathy meets the willingness to relieve suffering" and discuss how to cultivate this in the fitness, yoga, and wellness (FYW) indust...

The Rest Factor: The Connection Between Rest and Resilience in Fitness, Yoga, and Wellness In this episode, Ruby & Kate explore how rest is crucial for resilience and long-term wellbeing in the fitness, yoga, and wellness (FYW) industry. Rest isn't just about doing nothing; it's about actively rejuvenating and remaining connected to yourself and others even through adversity. Key Tak...

The Boundaries of Autonomy: Navigating the Wellness Industries on Your Own Terms In this episode, Kate and Ruby explore the concept of boundaries as the bridge between personal freedom and how we show up in the wellness industry. After the liberation of discovering new possibilities, it's crucial to define what we're willing to do, how we behave, and where we draw the line. Key Takeaways: Bou...

Episode 5 - The Anatomy of Liberation: Cultivating Personal Freedom Through Embodied Wellbeing In this episode, Kate and Ruby explore how personal freedom unfolds in fitness, yoga, and wellness. After focusing on courage last week, they dive deeper into what liberation feels like when you show up authentically and dismantle limiting beliefs. Highlights: Courage as Presence & Trust Sm...

Episode 4: The Audacity to Do Better – Tackling Toxicity in Fitness, Yoga, and Wellness In this episode of the  Duality of Harm and Healing , Kate and Ruby discuss the fourth theme of the  My Self Study Practice : Courage . They explore the challenges of courageous action in fitness, yoga, and wellness spaces, focusing on how to confront and navigate the toxic dynamics that persist in th...

Episode 3: The Power Play – How Consent Shapes Trust in Fitness, Yoga, and Wellness Spaces In this episode of the  Duality of Harm and Healing , Kate Moore and Ruby Chandler dive into the theme of Trust , the third foundational theme of the  My Self Study Practice . They explore how consent plays a critical role in building and maintaining trust within fitness, yoga, and wellness (F...

Episode 2: The Fitfluencer Clean Up – That’s Not Fitness, Yoga, or Wellness, That’s Your Internalized Biases In this episode of the   Duality of Harm and Healing , Kate Moore and Ruby Chandler continue this discussion by diving into the theme of Awareness and Acceptance . They explore how internalized biases influence perceptions of fitness, yoga, and wellness, and discuss the impor...

Episode 1: Presence and Shared Language Welcome to the limited series the   Duality of Harm and Healing . Over the next 10 weeks, Kate Moore and Ruby Chandler of The Duality Project will explore themes that have shaped their decade-long careers as movement professionals and fitness-space owners. They aim to provide a human-centered framework for growth and restoration in fitness, yoga, and we...

Welcome to the Duality of Harm & Healing in Fitness, Yoga and Wellness, a limited series podcast brought to you by the Duality Project.  Kate Moore & Ruby Chandler are your hosts The Duality of Harm and Healing is a deep look into our current structures of Wellness, Fitness, and Yoga. This series is an invitation to up-level these industries in order to truly cultivate real, lasting,...