The Empowered with Ash Podcast- Faithful Fit & Fueled

🎙️ This Week’s Guest: Tara De Leon Tara De Leon is a weight-neutral trainer who helps her clients build healthy habits — not chase smaller body sizes. From being named the National Strength and Conditioning Association’s Trainer of the Year (2024) to becoming a best-selling author of Hot Mess to Hot Mom , Tara has built an incredible career rooted in empowerment, authenticity, and joy. She’s now h...

🎙 This week’s guest: my business bestie, Gena Taylor ! Gena is the owner of A Stronger Tomorrow LLC , and she’s a food freedom, fitness, and body confidence coach who specializes in helping perfectionist women heal food guilt and build a body they love — without obsession or restrictive habits. In this episode, Gena gets vulnerable as she opens up about her past eating disorders — from restricting...

If the thought of eating chicken, rice, and broccoli makes you want to gag—but you’re trying to lose fat—this episode is for you! I’ve worked with dozens of clients, and every single one of them lost fat while following a diet tailored to their own preferences. In this episode, I’m busting the myth that there’s a one-size-fits-all approach to nutrition on your fat loss journey. I’ll walk you throu...

This week, my amazing client Bre joins me on the pod to dive into her journey over the past few years working together. From a time where the gym and food consumed her every thought… to now living in true freedom — rooted in self-healing, balance, and peace. Bre holds nothing back. She opens up about her initial hesitation to get help, struggles with body image, perfectionism, and all the messy an...

In this episode, I talk you through how to cultivate a positive relationship with social media and curate your feeds to inspire and empower you rather than drain your energy or trigger a menty b during your lunch break. If you're someone who finds yourself stuck in the comparison trap, frequently doom scrolling OR feeling overwhelmed or put down when you check your social media feeds...this e...

Today, the lovely Raeven Blair joins me on the pod! Raeven is a friend and fellow fitness/nutrition coach. She gets raw and vulnerable on the pod sharing her story with us. From overcoming an eating disorder to experiencing homelessness to battles with mental health. Raeven shares with us how each adversity has shaped her outlook on life... which is to simply be grateful and control what you can....

In this week's episode, the lovely Lydia Rose joins me on the pod to chat all about skin care!! What viral tik toks are myth vs fact? How important is sunscreen? and what do we need to be doing to have glowing healthy skin?? Lydia answers all these questions and MORE. Such a fun episode and so informative. You can find Lydia on instagram and tiktok at @theegeminiglow and at glow studios in As...

In this week's episode, I talk about how confidence is NOT just a mindset... it is so much more multifaceted. As someone who has been insecure and uncomfortable in her body at her largest and her leanest... in my healing journey I have learned what confidence TRULY IS beyond the aesthetics. From how you take care of your body, to building self trust, to stepping in to an identity that actuall...

Jamie Renee is back on the pod! We talk about our experiences transitioning off hormonal birth control after a DECADE of being on it. Jamie, who is now a functional health practitioner, educates us on what happens to your body when you are on hormonal birth control for long periods of time, how to support your body when transitioning off of it and how to navigate life and your menstraul cycle post...

In this week's episode, Dr. Shirlea North joins me on the pod! She is the CEO and founder of NorthStar Physical Therapy, LLC. Shirlea teaches us about the importance of pelvic and lymphatic health in every stage of life as a woman. From intimacy with your partner, to prenatal/ post partum health, all the way to experiencing menopause and postmenopause..we cover it all! You will learn from thi...

In this week's episode I talk about making a come back when life "happens" and throws you a curve ball... it could be recovering from an injury, changing jobs, life stressors increasing, navigating life post-partum... the list goes on and on... Whatever life event has you feeling like you are "10 steps back" from where you were and has taken you off course from your origin...

In this episode, one of my phenomenal client's Hannah Boller, joins me on the pod! Hannah is an absolute ray of sunshine! She gets vulnerable with us and shares her struggles with weight loss over the last decade and how she had deemed her body "broken" before we started working together. Now that we have been working together for a few months she shares her transformation physicall...

In this week's episode, I talk about why the scale fluctuates, how your dream body likely won't match your dream scale number and how to create a healthy and neutral relationship with the scale. 

In this week's episode, I talk about why we hit plateaus on our fat loss journey, how to avoid hitting them as frequently in the future AND how to exit your current plateau and keep progess moving forward. If you are a woman who has lost 20-50+ lb on your own and now feel like you have hit a WALL and don't know what to do next... this episode is for you!

In this week's episode we have a returning guest, the one and only Sarah Martinez Sepanski! She follows up from her first time on the pod sharing with us how her lifestyle shifted in her third trimester of pregnancy, her unique birth story, how her fitness routine changed the game when it came to labor and delivery, and what she DIDN'T see coming post partum. She also shares the joys of...

This week, the lovely Lyndsey Morris joins me on the pod! She is a Registered Respiratory Therapist and online health and fitness coach who specializes in helping healthcare workers prioritize themselves and get hot and healthy while working 12 hour shifts! Even if you feel like it is IMPOSSIBLE to create change in the healthcare enviornment, Lyndsey reassures you it IS posisble for you to change...

In this week's episode, I talk you through how to maintain progress on vacation and ditch any feelings of guilt and obsession on your trip. From hyper fixating on movement and nutrition to finding freedom and learning to be present... give this episode a listen for how to feel your best on your next trip WITHOUT losing progress!

Is pilates in and weight lifting out? Is cold plunging the secret to a stronger mind? Is intermittent fasting an effective weight loss method? Does cycle syncing really matter? Should you jump on the ozempic craze? Click here to find out all the answers and much more  As me and two of my former colleagues and friends in the fitness industry discuss the latest 2024 fitness trends and our expertise...

In this week's episode, my coach joins me on the podcast! Jamie is a wealth of knowledge in the fitness and wellness industry. She is a personal trainer, nutrition coach, hormone specialist and is currently working towards becoming a functional health practitioner. Her passion lies in fitness programming, helping women get strong af and helping other coaches level up their coaching approach t...

In this week's episode, I talk about my experience going on a caffeine detox that ended up turning in to a lifestyle change for me. I talk you through the pros and cons of my experience, what I learned about my body, and how it has affected my daily life.

In this week's episode, PharmD Jen Bourgeois, joins  me on the pod!  She is a National Award Winning Health Authority with advanced training in nutrition, medicine, integrative health, and nervous system regulation. She is the CEO of Well & Free and the founder of the STRESSED MOM®️ Protocol. Dr Jen is a Fellow with the American Institute of Stress and StressMaster International Associate...

In this week's episode, I talk about the root cause of why we compare ourselves to others... how growing up with a twin has allowed me to have a unique perspective on comparison... AND how comparison is actually holding you back from success both on your fat loss journey and LIFE... By the end of this episode you will feel EMPOWERED to ditch the comparison trap and start stepping in to the mo...

In this week's episode the lovely, Lauren Balterman joins me on the pod!  She is a licensed therapist, Certified Performance Life Coach and Neuro Linguistic Programming Practitioner who specializes in working with high performing women to overcome self doubt, perfectionism and high functioning anxiety so they can THRIVE in life. This is a FIRE episode with so much insight and guidance on how...

In this week's episode the gut health queen, Emily Lewis, joins me on the podcast! Emily is a holistic gut practitioner, certified macro nutrition coach and is working towards her certification in functional medicine. Emily explains to us how the gut microbiome works. What are the indicators and causes of poor gut health? How to know if you may be experiencing symptoms of "leaky gut&quot...

In this week's episode, the lovely Vivian Ngo joins me on the podcast! She is a certified personal trainer, certified nutrition coach and one of the CEOs of her own online health and fitness coaching company, Team Evolve. She shares with us how she overcame 10+ years of binge eating and how she now helps other women find the same freedom and peace of mind she has found on her healing journey....