The Warrior School Podcast

In today’s episode, I share my top five tips and tricks to help you confidently lift more weight. I talk about the importance of having enough energy, technique and tension. I share with you some key pieces of equipment to help you improve your lifts and performance.  Featured on the show About Warrior School https://warriorschool.co Apply for Warrior School https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIp...

Show notes  In today’s episode, I talk about how I define a great workout. I share how a great workout feels to me - prior, during and after - and what a bad one feels like. I talk about the seven key things you need to have a sustainable and successful training practice and the importance of heart, desire, effort and having a process. WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER > Update on my training, hip and War...

Show notes In today’s episode, I chat with one of my Warriors, Julie. Julie is 43, a life coach and spiritual director, wife to Bryan and mama to her four children. She lives in Nashville. I wanted to put Julie in the hot seat to talk about her journey over the last 18 months.  “Somehow the training feels like this foundation place that allows for everything else to happen in a healthier way. The...

In today's episode, I share what's on for the next twelve months inside Warrior School, and for me personally. I also talk about the three key things that need to be in your 2023 plan so you can get into the best shape of your life this year. If training is feeling hard, here is a way I can make it easier for you this year… Join Warrior School • When you join we have a one-on-one coaching session...

This week, I share some insights from our end-of-year event on Building Powerful Relationships.  Three powerful women presented at this year’s event. Ruby Marsh spoke about ‘Prosperity’, the importance of having enough energy to achieve what we want and the powerful role of small consistent actions (SCAs). Leila Lutz spoke about the importance of ‘Self-parenting’ and balancing the Mother and Fathe...

Show notes In today’s episode, I share some insights on overcoming uncertainty and enjoying the hard parts of training. Learn why sitting with ambivalence is better than going for the quick fix, and why the more you challenge yourself with hard things, the more you expand your capacity as a woman. WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER > Why do we experience ambivalence and uncertainty when it comes to our hea...

“I looked fit, leaner and happy. Sexy” - Leah In today’s episode, I chat with one of my Warriors, Leah. Leah is 36, an Indiana wedding photographer, wife to Landon and mama to her two boys Finn and Johann. On our October coaching call, Leah shared so many cool wins with me that I took notes. This stuff is SO good. I had to share it with you. So, I asked her to come on and talk about her journey ov...

Show notes An idea I've held over the last month is this concept of: “How can take it to the next level?”   Not just in my training and work. But also in my relationships, in particular with myself and Karson. I've used this question in my training for the last 12 years - which is how I've built the strength and body I have. And now I'm using it for my life and relationships. In today's episode, I...

In today’s episode, I’m joined by Loren from Innate Nutrition. This is Loren’s second time on the podcast. I wanted to put her in the hot seat to talk about fertility, progesterone and minerals. She’s about to launch 2.0 of conscious conception and she’s developing a Male fertility course. We talk about progesterone and how we can improve the production and utilization of progesterone to support o...

In today’s episode, my guest is Pax a senior coach at Restore Human (a personal training studio here in Vancouver) and Vivo barefoot educator.  I wanted to get Pax on the podcast to pick his brain on the human foot and barefoot shoes. He just recently climbed the Grouse Grind - a is a 2.5-kilometre trail up the face of Grouse Mountain, commonly referred to as “Mother Nature’s Stairmaster" wit...

In today’s episode, I talk about how my sister's experience with Anorexia Nervosa in the mid-2000's birthed my fascination with our relationship with food and our bodies. Decades later, after working with 100's of women, and having 1000's conversations I'm just beginning to understand relationships. I talk about the importance of working on our relationship with food and our body so we can model h...

Show notes In this episode, I talk about what's going on in my world for the next 90-days. I update you on my injury and training. I talk about how to modify your plan in real-time based on the feedback your body is giving you. I share how I help women inside Warrior School adjust their plans when "things aren't going to plan". Featured on the show Warrior School Applications for Warrior...

In today’s episode, I share my plans for the next 3-months both personally and within Warrior School. I talk about the importance of creating a vision and setting BIG goals. And we need to get clear on the actions we need to take right now to move us toward our vision. I share with you the five steps I take when setting big goals. WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER What’s going on in my life and inside Warrio...

Episode Notes In today’s episode, I am joined by Theresa Piela. Theresa is a trauma-informed EFT Tapping coach, for those with chronic disease and trauma reactions.  She is the founder of  Living Roots Wellness . As an independent health researcher & brain rewiring coach.  Theresa has a powerful story. One that saw her on the brink of death - suffering and just existing in a dark hole of hopel...

Episode Notes **Show notes ** In this Part 2 special Q+A episode, I talk about why building a strong foundation opens up possibilities, the different paths you can take in your training, whether you can be healthy while doing Crossfit, the importance of sex, what shoes I wear and Warrior School. Tune in to this juicy Q+A session where we go from shoes to sex! Featured on the show Apply for Warrior...

Show Notes In this Part 1 of this special Q+A episode, I talk about my home gym set-up, protein, how I became an entrepreneur, the hardest sessions I’ve learnt as a business owner, my favourite movement to coach and why it's never too old to start training. Tune in to this juicy Q+A session. Featured on the show Apply for Warrior School  https://forms.gle/51fiZBSAGK72iK2k6 Creator Club https://www...

**Show notes ** In today’s episode, my guest is Libby Wescombe. This is Lib’s third time on the Warrior School Podcast. Originally we were going to talk about the trend of training with your cycle and why we need to focus on how well we fuel ourselves and recover as it has a bigger impact on our training than our cycle. But we actually kicked off our convo talking about how to progress your traini...

Episode Notes **Show notes ** In today’s episode, my guest is Physiotherapist Frances Brown. Frances and I connected through Creator Club, our business coaching membership and I was instantly drawn to her.  Maybe it was because she can lift heavy sh*t, well, or that she integrates a strong belief in the resilience of the human body with strength training and bone density classes to help clients of...

In this episode, I talk about why knowing what you want is important. I share with you why it’s totallyyyy normal to be afraid of knowing what you want and how you can move through that fear to achieve your desires. I show you five steps that will help you get what you want. And the key tools to use for setting and achieving your goals. What you’ll discover: What's happening inside Warrior School...

What’s your relationship with discomfort like? Do you spend time “with” discomfort, or do you try to move away from it? Avoid it? I’m fascinated with our relationship to discomfort and in today’s episode, I talk about my current experience with deliberate heat and cold exposure. We also discuss the science behind heat and cold exposure as a way to improve health and recovery. And I share the speci...

**Show notes ** In today’s episode, I talk about comparison. It drives many big feelings that can affect our relationships and self-worth. It is hardwired into us. So, how do we stop comparing ourselves constantly to others?  In the episode, we analyze what comparison is, when it can be helpful and how to overcome comparison. I share how I manage comparison.  I also talk about the emotions of jeal...

Episode Notes The relationship you have with yourself is the number one relationship you’ll have in this life. So, what’s it like? What’s the quality of your relationship with yourself, your body and your training? Is it powerful? When we don’t have powerful relationships it stops us from getting the thing we want, from achieving our goals. Listen to this week’s episode as I share how I became fas...

What is a good body? Is it one that … Looks a certain way?  Feels a certain way?  Functions a certain way? Does what you want it to do? Like you, many women I work with label their body as _"bad" _because it doesn't look or feel the way they want them to feel. We often have this friction between our functioning body and how our body looks. And when our body doesn't look or feel a certain...

Show Notes Today’s guest is  Kim Vopni  (AKA the Vagina Coach). Kim the OG vagina coach - an author and leader in pelvic floor health. She’s a pro at helping women prevent and overcome pelvic floor dysfunction. She has helped thousands of women (including herself) learn how to do  pelvic floor exercises , ditch the incontinence pads, eliminate their prolapse symptoms and get back to living life to...

Show notes In this episode, I talk about how to manage our minds.  Our mind is our biggest asset. So, how do we manage it? And how does managing our mind help us achieve our goals? I talk about the difference between managing and controlling our minds. I share two powerful frameworks that help us dissect the facts from emotion, allowing us to manage our minds powerfully and effectively. I also sha...