The Power in Motion Podcast

For the majority of the people in this world, getting motivated to exercise or even beginning to exercise is difficult. But then there are a few of us who actually do the opposite of this… We exercise too much - we go too hard, too often. While moving your body and being physically active every day (or most days) is great, like everything else in life, too much of a good thing is actually a bad th...

The gym police are the loud, obnoxious voices in our head that scream at you all the fitness rules of how you “should” be exercising if you want to do it right. They highlight everything that you’re doing wrong, and make you feel terrible about yourself which often keeps you from doing anything at all. Gym police are thoughts; negative thoughts about our inadequacies and how we don’t measure up. T...

Welcome back to our series on the 10 principles of joyful movement. This week we discuss principle 3 - Just say no to punishment. No Pain, No Gain is the most common “motivation” saying from the fitness industry. As such, we’re conditioned to believe that the only way to get fit is to push ourselves to the brink 5-6 days a week. But it’s not working. Thinking that exercise has to hurt or that it h...

Traditional exercise and weight loss programs typically focus on the physical body or aesthetics - using restriction and punishment to try to shrink the body in order to fit into the societal ideal. We are actually made up of four bodies - the physical body, the mental body, the spiritual body and the emotional body. And when we ignore the needs of the whole self and spend our efforts on “fixing”...

Today begins our series exploring the 10 principles of joyful movement. Principle #1 is all about rejecting the diet mentality. Even though many women wouldn’t identify as dieters, exercise is almost always viewed as a way to earn or burn food or purely as a way to change or control the size and shape of your body. Viewing exercise in this way sets us up for a negative relationship with exercise a...

Motivation is the #1 reason that women struggle to stick to an exercise regime. On today’s episode, we’ll explore the top 5 reasons why you struggle. We’ll expose the main motivation killer that we’ve all been brainwashed to believe should be our primary goal. We’ll review the behavioural science behind motivation and what research has proven to be truly motivating forces. In understanding that, y...

It’s our 100th Episode! On this very special episode Kim’s “business bestie”, Becky Nethery, steps in as guest host. Celebrate with us as Becky interviews Kim about her entrepreneurial journey, reflecting on all of the twists and turns along the way. If there’s something that’s on your heart that you want to do, be or have, this episode will inspire you to trust yourself to take the first step. --...

It is OK if your eating and exercise habits look different over the holiday season. However, if you feel guilt and shame about your food and movement choices, this episode will help you get clear on what’s leading to those feelings and provide some tangible tips to help you avoid them. Learn how to tap into your intuition and cultivate trust in yourself so that you can feel confident in your eatin...

On this episode, we are joined by life coach Unyime Oguta who shares her best tips to help you avoid the stress and overwhelm that the holidays tend to bring. We discussed why we struggle with overwhelm during this season and what’s really behind our perceived need to do it all perfectly. We also chatted about why our own self care tends to go out the window when we find ourselves so busy and how...

Joe “Dawg” Hallam is our guest on the show today, sharing the message that it’s not just women who struggle with body image. As someone who has struggled with his weight for his whole life, and like most people believed that when he achieved the so-called “ideal” weight, he’d be happier, healthier and more confident. However, he noticed when he achieved the lower weight, he felt anxiety, rather th...

In this episode we’re joined by Kandace, a recent graduate from my 1:1 coaching program, Right Body For Me. Kandace shares her story of body shame, where she was consumed with constant, intrusive thoughts that her body was wrong, which caused her to feel disconnected from her family, angry, isolated and hopeless. Intellectually, she knew that she was loved and loveable, but struggled to believe it...

In recent episodes, we’ve been looking at fitness “motivation” sayings that are anything but; but sometimes the messages that come out the fitness industry are down right toxic. Today, our co-host, Lisa MacDonald shares a meme that came across her social media feed that was especially harmful and hurtful. Tune in as we dig into this message, dispel the myths and assumptions it carried and provide...

With fitness culture constantly telling us we have to work out an hour a day, 5 days a week as hard as we can, if we want to “get results”, it’s only natural that we would believe that anything less isn’t good enough. If I had a nickel for every time I heard “well, walking doesn’t count” or “stretching isn’t enough”, I’d have a nice little nest egg. On this episode, co-host Lisa MacDonald and I po...

Do you ever feel like despite your best set plans, sometimes you really struggle to find the energy and motivation to move your body at the end of the day? A lot can happen over the course of a day that can influence our desire to exercise - stressful day at work, unexpected emergencies, demands on your time and energy - it makes sense that some days are harder than others to feel motivated. The u...

We all know that having a strong core is important, but most people make the mistake in thinking a strong core = a flat stomach or a six pack. This couldn’t be further from the truth. How your stomach looks has nothing to do with the strength of your core, AND your core is so much more than just your abs. Tune in to this “mini masterclass” to learn Why having a strong core is so importantWhat exac...

When returning to a fitness routine, it can be really easy to fall into a trap of comparing yourself to a previous, fitter, version of yourself. “How did I get so out of shape?” “Why did I let myself go?” “It’ll take me forever to get back to that level.” “I used to feel so good, now everything is just hard.” While it’s possible to improve our fitness and achieve goals by criticizing and antagoniz...

It’s true we all have 24 hours in a day, but we don’t have the SAME 24 hours. This common fitspo phrase implies that no matter one’s circumstances or values - fitness should be a top priority; that it’s simply a matter of deciding to choose working out over other activities. The truth is we all have different demands on our time, energy and mental resources. We all have different priorities and va...

Non Scale Victories refer to those gains or benefits we experience from exercise routine besides weight loss. Things like having more energy, being able to lift and move things without help, feeling less winded during everyday activities, and sleeping better at night. While these are all good things, they are often viewed as “secondary wins”, things we usually only celebrate if we’re not seeing ch...

It’s no secret that sitting at a desk wreaks havoc on your body. If your job involves working at a computer, you’ll be all too familiar with the stiff neck and shoulders, tight hips and low back pain that tend to accompany this type of work. Not only that, prolonged sitting has an effect on our circulatory system that increases your risk for chronic health problems - some call office work “the new...

Tune in as we kick off a series I like to call “Fitness Motivation Sayings that are Anything But”. This week we’re exploring “embrace the suck”. Like most of the fitspo mantras, embrace the suck is something that’s said in an attempt to motivate us to get the work done. But is it really motivating? I don’t think so. Saying something like this to yourself, might result in you completing the workout...

I’m back from my summer podcasting break, and though I was quiet, lots has been happening behind the scenes. In this episode, I share a little update about what I’ve been up to personally and professionally over the summer months. During my time away, I took time to reflect and evaluate on my business and I feel a renewed sense of passion and vision going forward. Now, more than ever, I’m aware of...

Everyone has a different definition of what joyful movement means to them. On this episode, we are joined by four of my dear friends who recently participated in an ultra trail marathon, where they all ran more than 50 km, overnight, through a bush. And they LIKED it (I just cannot imagine!) And while each of them had their low points during the race, they all came out smiling. Their joy for the s...

Enjoy this replay from The Joyful Movement Show "greatest hits". “Joyful” movement doesn’t mean that every time we exercise it’s a nirvana-like state of bliss (although it is nice when that happens occasionally). Rather, it’s a way of engaging with our body that’s kind, respectful and intuitive. It’s a knowing that whatever we do, whatever we have, who we ARE is enough, brought about by GRATITUDE...

If you’ve been struggling with the idea of “joyful” movement - this episode is for you. Whether you’ve been consciously trying to move away from the fitspo “no pain, no gain” mentality, or exercise has really never been something you’ve enjoyed - joyful movement can seem like a pie in the sky that’s only accessible to select people. It seems that as we reject the diet mentality that exercise needs...

Enjoy this replay from the JMS Greatest Hits:) This week we’re chatting with Stacey who from her early teens until her late 30’s was either always on a diet or preparing for the next one. She shares how she thought that restricting food worked, because she’d always experience short term weight loss, but then would always give up and gain the weight back - and thought that SHE had failed. When Stac...