The Warrior School Podcast

My guest today loves to throw things (not at people), she was a competitive athlete for over 10 years and now moves her body from a place of joy. She did her Masters in leadership and works in people development. She is passionate about creating space for people to find their potential and self lead so they can live BIG lives. Megann was a competitive Hammer Thrower for over 10 years. In today's e...

Welcome to episode 32 The Passive Hang Podcast I am so grateful my friend and fellow mover Phaon asked me to share my story on his podcast “the passive hang” (which is the coolest podcast name, ever). We initially met through the APA program run by our friend and mentor John Marsh In this conversation, I share my journey through gymnastics, hockey, competitive olympic lifting and movement culture....

Episode 31: Stress and your cycle On the episode today we chat about stress and the menstrual cycle and I share with you the three prongs to focus on to support your cycle in times of stress. Stress can stop our brain from sending a message to our ovaries to release our hormones that power our cycle - FSH and LH. FSH stimulates estrogen and LH stimulates ovulation AND progesterone. When we are str...

Episode 30: Is Results a Dirty Word? A very common question I get asked from her is “why can’t I get the results I want in my training” The first question I ask is “what do the results mean to you?” In today's episode I ask the question - "is results a dirty word" talk about how we can shift our meaning of results to help us get what we want from our training explain how nourishing our red umbrell...

Episode 29: 6 Must-Have Tips for Becoming an Embodied Warrior Woman One. Understand your cycle start tracking your cycle. your cycle is your report card. it is telling you if your hormones are happy and balanced. it will take a few cycles to find patterns and develop body literacy. So, commit to 3-months! We are looking for length, PMS data, skin breakouts, emotions, breast tenderness, pain, type...

**Episode 28: The one powerful question that can help you get unstuck with Annina Schmidt ** Annina Is a substance use and eating disorder counsellor in Toronto. We first connected late last year through the body peace conference which is run by body brave Canada. Annina was the facilitator for my panel in the session on Eating Disorder Sensitivity for Movement Professionals. You can connect with...

Episode 27: The Big Red Umbrella What do red umbrellas have to do with helping you get more out of your training and understanding your cycle? Think of the big red umbrella as your nervous system. There are silver prongs that hold the umbrella up, that gives its shape and allows for it to do its job. Your cycle is a prong of that umbrella, as is training. Other prongs are hormones, food, sleep, gu...

Episode 26 Start conversations with confidence (The art of talking about our cycle with our partner) This episode was birthed from a question from a friend a few days ago. The question is: How do you cope with relationship struggles when on your period? I feel that the context of this friction often comes from two places: We don’t understand our cycle and the changing needs of our body in each pha...

Episode 25: Starting at the top - the brain based approach with Gina Kappes Today’s episode is with Gina Kappes. Gina is a performance coach in Germany. She studied a Bachelor Arts of Sports Management and Marketing. Gina is the owner of G.R.I.T athletics. Gina has grit! And GRIT stands for growth, resilience, intensity and tenacity which is exactly how I would describe her! She is one of the most...

Episode 24: optimising human potential through well being with Shayan Vaghayenegar Shayan believes in a holistic approach to fitness. In this episode Shay shares his why behind being a coach, saying that “fitness saved me, twice!” and what he believes is missing in the fitness industry. We talk about… His delivery system for fitness: OPEX. Why people find it hard to get results and create consiste...

Welcome to episode 23: How to Have Healthy Skin with The Skin Wizard Kat is a Holistic Dermal Therapist, who is AKA The skin wizard! Kat practices out of her studio space in Melbs, AUS. Kat has been practising for 20 years and her passion for skin was birthed from her own experience with cystic acne and hormonal imbalances. She has spent the last 10 years studying hormones and gut health. This epi...

Episode 22: The cycle of 'life' - training, periods and dancing with fear with Betsy Ann Burnett Today's episode is with the delish Betsy Ann Burnett. Betsy is a mover and shaker and can do pretty cool things with her body. We first connected over instagram on the topic of cycles and training. Over the past 5 years Betsy has transitioned from primary school teacher to movement teacher, she has dan...

episode 21: the 4 questions you need to ask yourself Welcome to 2020! Happy new decade. This year is going to be a BIG powerful year. After a big year last year full of expression, expansion and showing up I took a much needed rest. I contracted and I reflected. In today's episode I want to share with you the 4 questions I ask myself at the end of the year, actually it's at the end of any project,...

Do you know your cycle? What day are you on? WHAT SHOULD MY CYCLE BE LIKE? The big red balloon rule: every cycle is different. There is no perfect cycle. Archetypal cycle 28-day cycle, but a normal cycle can be 22-36 days. A female’s hormones change throughout the month. This impacts her training. At the start of her cycle she can train harder and more often. Towards the end of her cycle her hormo...

Jess Buser's energy is infectious. She sits on her floor, 27 weeks pregnant, in an orange top drinking green juice. Jess is a coach, in both the physical and emotional space. She has been a trainer for 10 years and recently became an emotional wellbeing coach with BU coaching. In today's episode Jess shares her story about how she struggled with confidence and self-belief as a child, how sports an...

Today’s ep is with Liz from Wild.womb.co . Liz and I have a mutual interest…… periods, well menstrual cycles and hormonal health AND how we should be TALKING about them. We first connected over socials. I then had the pleasure of meeting Liz at my Training the Female Warrior Workshop at NewStrength in Newcastle last Satdi. So, in today’s conversation we jammed about all things hormonal health, per...

Periods matter. Period. Your menstrual is a superpower, if you understand it! We aren’t taught how to navigate the world of periods and training. In fact, it’s rare that I meet any coach or female athlete that’s been educated on training around their menstrual cycle. Most women consider their period to be a burden as far as training goes, as if they fight against each other. I believe we can reign...

EPISODE 16: THE ART OF TRUST Trust is something that is cultivated over time. I believe training is a lever to cultivate trust. Here are my 5 ways to cultivate trust T Truth and Training inventory https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5716fe1186db4385813ce5c7/t/5daf4e2811ba3112ee36c4fb/1571769896793/Training+Inventory.pdf Action: complete training inventory R Recreating boundaries What boundaries...

"Why your why matters" is the audio from my 3-part video series "this is training". Video 1 is on finding your why. Your why is the first piece in learning how to train. Why your why matters? Because if it's about getting the result, losing weight, getting to the goal it's squishy and stressful and the body KNOWS this. When the body feels squishy and stressful we don't feel connected, strong and c...

Episode 14: Aimie Whiting. How Creativity and Climbing Helped Me Find Balance and Joy. This episode is a special one for me. I got to sit down with one of my dearest friends. Aimie Whiting. Aimie Whiting is a teacher, a student, a metal worker and a climber. She is one of the most talented, kind and hard working humans I know. She loves food, making stuff from metal and moving her body in weird wa...

Today’s episode was birthed from a question I was asked last week when I was getting my vagina waxed. The women waxing my vagina asked “What do you do?” this is been a question I have been rumbling with for a while….. so I wanted to share the answer I gave to her while my legs where spread! I guide women in learning how to train so she can connect powerfully with her body, lead her own journey and...

What if it is not about what and how – what if it is about understanding your ‘why’? Simon Sinek’s work on why, discovered patterns about how leaders and top organisations think, act and communicate. His golden circle illustrates that in business we operate on three levels: what we do, how we do it, and why we do it - the why being the most important. He asks the question - “why do you do what you...

Today's episode is with my of my fav humans. Renee Purbrick. Ren is a teacher, mentor, athlete, mama to fur baby Murph and business owner. This human is strong, powerfully graceful and has a powerful story about learning to listening to her body, slowing down and reconnecting with her inner animal. She is the co-owner of The Ox Box in Melbourne Australia. This space is one of the most aestheticall...

Today’s episode is with delish Gabby Villasenor. This human is fuelled by feeling, has a powerful story about learning to listening to the body and the power of slowing the F* down! She is a lead teacher at All City Athletics where she teaches people to find the feeling behind the movement. She created her company Fuelled By Feeling on a run when she asked herself “how do you want to feel?” Her wo...

Episode Notes This weeks episode is on great expectations, curiosity and being a mover. We have ‘great expectations’ when it comes to our health and body composition goals. But often we have no depth of perception about those goals. How long it actually takes. Are my expectations in alignment with how I am actually living? Do I understand my body? Do I have a plan to achieve the goal? Setting a go...