The Power in Motion Podcast

All or Nothing thinking abounds in the fitness industry. Effective but erroneous marketing leads us to believe that we must workout hard for an hour 5 days a week or there’s no point; that we must sweat and be sore or we did it wrong; that we must lift the weights, do the cardio, and we must do it fast, heavy and with intensity…. Otherwise we’ll never get healthy. I’ve met countless women who feel...

For some, joyful movement can feel out of reach. Our history with sports, fitness, gyms and dieting can greatly influence our relationship with movement and our motivation to exercise. I’ll often hear from people “I don’t even know where to start. I can’t think of one type of movement I’d enjoy”. Often at the root of this concern is a belief that the purpose of movement is to lose or control our w...

Hate exercise, but want to feel better in your body? You’re not alone. There are a lot of women who want to experience the benefits of movement, who want to get moving, who know they’d feel better if they did but just CAN’T because they dread the thought of working out, or hate exercise or have injuries, so they feel stuck, with nowhere to turn. As a professional in an industry that is all about h...

On this episode, we are joined by Shauna Clark - mom of 4, kindergarten teacher and co-author of the book “Momming HARD”. Shauna shares how movement, running specifically, has improved her mental wellbeing and renewed her sense of self since becoming a mom. And yet, she felt that her runs were depleting her precious energy. Though she enjoyed the activity and the time to herself, she felt “gassed”...

Setting and achieving goals can be a great way to challenge ourselves and celebrate the strength and power we often didn’t know was inside us. Mastering a new skill or participating in an event can be exciting, empowering and 100% joyful. But, for some - that feeling of success and accomplishment might be a brand new emotion. If you’ve always believed that your body was weak, incapable or wrong -...

There’s no escaping the messaging in the fitness industry that thinner is better. When all we hear is “burn this, sculpt that, tone this, lose that”, it’s implied that the way to achieve any fitness goal is through weight loss. Whether we want to get stronger, improve our flexibility, have more endurance, decrease joint pain…. The prescribed solution is usually “lose weight”. And conversely, if we...

On this episode, we’re joined by Angela a participant in the Right Body for Me coaching program. Angela is a successful, intelligent, accomplished woman, with a happy marriage and beautiful daughter. Her life “looks great on paper” and yet like many women, she always felt like an imposter; unworthy of the love, acceptance and success she experienced because she was unhappy with her weight and appe...

Right Body for Me is a 6 month coaching container for women who want to end the cycle of restriction and punitive exercise and find food freedom, joyful movement and confidence in their own skin. In this episode, I’ll share all the details about why I created this program, who it’s for, how it works and how it can help you to heal your body image and relationship with movement and food, so that yo...

On today’s episode, we are joined by Jennifer, a participant in the Right Body for Me coaching program. Like many women, Jennifer spent her life cycling from one diet to another, never finishing or finding “success” with any of them. But, she continued to believe that losing weight was the answer to all her struggles and always hoped that the next one would “work” and she’d feel better. Eventually...

In this episode, we are joined by Kimberly, a virtual personal training client of mine. Kimberly had been doing great work with another coach around her relationship to food and body image, but was having difficulty engaging in movement without focusing on calorie burning or body shaping. In the past, Kimberly had participated in extreme exercise behaviour, very much focused on aesthetics and weig...

In this episode, we are joined by body image expert, Molly Siefert. Molly shares her body image story, illustrating how the quest to feel better in the face of a health challenge by restricting certain foods, resulted in weight loss and unexpected praise. This led Molly down the slippery slope of finding validation in eating clean, being disciplined with food and exercise, and a “role model” for h...

Feeling out of control around sugary foods? This is the episode for you! In this episode, we are joined by Kirsten Ackerman RD (@theintuitive_rd) who is setting the record straight about carbohydrates, sugar and whether they are truly addictive or not. We’ll also explore why sugar is viewed as a big, scary monster that’s compared to the likes of poison and heroin. Kirsten shares some insight into...

If you’ve ever taken part in any fitness challenges, then you’ll no doubt have heard how important it is to fuel your body properly before, during and after workouts to make sure that you get the best possible results. And if you’ve heard that, then you’re also likely very familiar with the precise measuring, weighing, timing and tracking that goes along with it. For most, eating this way is compl...

One of the most common questions I get from clients is “what’s the best way to eat to fuel my body so I can feel and function my best…without dieting”. The average woman tries 60+ diets by the age of 45, each one a little different from the next, and each one claiming that theirs is the “healthiest” or “right” way to eat. So it is no wonder we feel completely confused and overwhelmed about how to...

In today’s interview, my guest and I discussed her experience of competing in bikini fitness competitions. In this very candid interview, Katie Valley shared what it was like training for and competing in bikini competitions, and how this influenced her body image and relationship with food and exercise. Katie talks about how her unhealthy obsession with weight and calories morphed into an obsessi...

How would you describe your relationship with your body? Have you ever considered the relationship you have with your body before? Whether you like your body or not, it is the longest and most important relationship you’ll have in your life. And how you engage with this relationship greatly influences how you engage with movement, food, and life in general. And like any relationship, if its rooted...

In this episode, we explore some warning signs that could indicate your relationship with exercise might not be as healthy as you think. Content warning - this episode discusses exercise disorders and disordered exercise habits. --- What you’ll learn by listening: How to identify if your quest for health through exercise isn’t so healthyWhat’s really behind the desire to exercise for weight lossWh...

How much fun are you allowing in your life? So many folks resist fun because we have a core belief that things need to be hard to be worthwhile. When it comes to our relationship with movement, the fitness industry perpetuates this belief with sayings like “go big or go home”, “no pain, no gain”, “if it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you. But the reality is - joy can’t exist when we’re f...

Welcome to part 4 of this four part series all about weight and health. Most people believe that in order to improve in any area of fitness (strength, endurance, speed, mobility, etc), they must achieve a certain body weight. As such, when people set fitness goals, there is usually a weight loss goal attached. We think that if we lose weight, we will become stronger, faster and fitter through the...

Welcome to part 3 of this four part series debunking the myths about weight and health. On today’s show, we are joined by Dr. Jenn Salib-Huber, Registered Dietician and Naturopathic Doctor, and we’re talking all things mid-life and perimenopause. The midlife years bring with them so many changes - emotionally, mentally and physically. And many women will experience a new level of body image dissat...

Welcome to part 2 of this 4 part series all about the myths around weight and health. Today’s show is all about joint pain, and specifically questioning is weight the real cause of joint pain and is losing weight the best way to get out of pain. We’re joined today by Alexandra Ellis, mobility coach and host of The Body Nerd Podcast, who shares with us what the science says about weight and joint p...

In this episode we address a common question - “is there a healthy way to lose weight”. Most people know that restrictive eating, extreme exercise, tracking calories, detoxes, and miracle pills do not work in the long term and will likely result in rebound weight gain. But there’s a new trend in the fitness and weight loss industry suggesting that we can get lasting, sustainable weight loss by mak...

Can you identify with any of these commonly held beliefs about exercise? If it’s not an hour, it’s not worth itIf I didn’t sweat or feel sore, it wasn’t good enoughYou need to show up every day and put the work inWalking isn’t exerciseStretching doesn’t countIf I don’t give it my all, I’ll never make progress All or nothing thinking like this keeps us stuck believing that anything short of perfect...

It’s the third week of February and in the fitness world, we refer to this week as the week where New Year’s Resolutions go to die. Of course, I’m not a fan of New Year’s resolutions in the first place, but it seems that 5-7 weeks seems to be the lifespan of most goals, no matter when you set them. After that time, willpower starts to wane and motivation dwindles. The natural instinct when this ha...

Welcome to this Valentine’s Day episode of The Joyful Movement Show. Today we’re talking all about self-love and what it is to truly embody self acceptance. We are joined this week by yoga instructor and body image coach, Ashley Paige who shared some brilliant insights about how self-love is often confused with self-discipline or striving to be our “best”, but this practice can actually leave us f...