The Work IN to move out of stress, tension & anxiety

There is NO trick to unlocking resilience. No one skill or tool or practice will guarantee that you will never be overwhelmed by stress or trauma. We can’t trick our body’s survival system. And I don’t think we want to even though people try all the time. There are 3 things that make something feel stressful or traumatic to your nervous system. And you can apply these to situations, relationships,...

Resilient culture specialist with decades of experience in the corporate world. She helps businesses successfully navigate the constant challenges and competing priorities in the modern workplace by building a corporate culture of resilience  that extends from leadership to the individual level. Jodi believes that resilience is the key to long term collaborative and productive success in every bus...

Todays solo episode discusses ethical communication, understanding intention and trusting your inner  voice in your business and personal life. ... sometimes in our desire to make the “right” decisions in business is sometimes rooted in our fear of making a “wrong” decision, it’s easy to become overwhelmed by too many voices.  The loudest voices are sometimes the last ones who matter. They’re the...

Hey fit pro’s today we’re going to be spending some time at the intersection of burnout and business. We’ve talked about burnout in the past where it comes from and how you can recover on an ongoing basis but we haven’t really looked at the effect of burnout on your fitness business and how it can affect our bottom line.  Many of us start as independent contractors in the fitness industry and stru...

Last week we talked to Rachel Brenke and in that conversation a couple of themes came up that  I'd like to revisit and reinforce.  We talked about getting clear about what you want your life to look like in order to figure out how your business is going to serve you. We talked about how using that awareness is important in protecting ourselves from burnout and overwhelm and we discussed a lit...

My guest today is Rachel Brenke, she is a multifaceted entrepreneur Lawyer and a Team USA triathlete. Aside from her extensive career Rachel is a military spouse and mother of five. As an entrepreneur, Rachel created Brenke brands, which includes Fitlegally the law tog and Rachel Brenke. She's also the author of seven books hosted the Real biz podcast and founded a boutique niche law firm. He...

My original intention with this podcast was to speak specifically to fitness professionals however what I’ve found is that many of our issues overlap no matter what industry you work in. (get it Work IN?)  That makes sense because we’re all human and we each have our own Work IN to discover better ways to deal with our internal state so that we can be better humans, better friends, better employee...

It’s time to stop working out and start working IN. You found the Work IN podcast for fit-preneurs and their health conscious clients. This podcast is for resilient wellness professionals who want to expand their professional credibility, shake off stress and thrive in a burnout-proof career with conversations on the fitness industry, movement, nutrition, sleep, mindset, nervous system health, yog...

Hey everyone! Welcome! This is the first episode recorded in my new space! Bear with me as I work out the audio quality. Today we discuss a few tips for skilled communication for instructors and anyone who is looking for ways to understand and be understood better. Elementalkinetics.com It’s time to stop working out and start working IN. You found the Work IN podcast for fit-preneurs and their hea...

Please welcome Colleen Jorgensen back to the podcast. She is an osteopath, a therapeutic Pilates yoga and Somatics teacher and a graduate of pain care U.'s professional pain care program. Colleen is  the owner and founder of Stillness in Motion, where she combines manual therapy and current neuroscience research with creative embodied movement mindfulness awareness, self regulation practices...

Last week on the podcast we met Kim Basler. We talked about the long term effects of living in chronic stress, over exercise and disordered eating. And how common that is in the fitness industry. Of course this isn’t limited to fitness industry professionals. No matter what your profession it’s important to understand that just because you do what you do well and have done it for so long you can d...

Hey there, everyone and welcome back to the work in. I'm your host Ericka and today I'd like to introduce you to the 2021 Canfitpro New Presenter of the year Kim Basler. Kim is a food freedom and mindset coach, speaker and co author of the best selling book Owning Your Choices, stories of courage from inspirational women around the world. Her global reach has allowed her to support 1000s...

How to leverage free without devaluing yourself, your business or the industry you love. One of the most challenging things to do in any wellness business is to price your service. How much is our time worth? What about the space we’re using? How much does that cost? Some of these things can feel so arbitrary and then we’re left with what the going rate is. How much are other studios charging for...

Happy New year! We're kicking off season 2  with a deep dive into the yoga side of the fitness industry to discuss all things value related. The value of what you offer The value of who you are as a human The value of what you know as a certified instructor How the business of yoga and fitness values all those things and so much more... Rebecca Sebastian is a 20-year yoga teacher, 10-year yog...

Happy new year everyone! Super excited! Can you believe it’s actually 2022 already? Where did the year go? 2021 is over, it’s done, no looking back. Only forward. Today I’m celebrating the first birthday of The Work IN and I want to thank each and every one of you for sticking with me this year and helping me grow this little infant of a podcast into the adorable baby it is today! It’s so cute, do...

Goal setting and new years resolutions are a waste of time. Does anyone even do them anymore?  Let's talk about a better way to find success in 2022! Finding a "WHY" that outweighs any excuse Staying connected to how you want to feel to guide your choices Using paradoxical intentions to overcome invisible obstacles Happy New Year!! It’s time to stop working out and start working IN....

Drawing on her 18 years in recovery coupled with her years of teaching experience and leading workshops on social emotional learning, Gina helps abuse survivors overcome the life altering impacts of abuse and discover hope and joy by teaching them how to nurture a relationship with God and themselves.  Gina helps her clients feel safe, seen and supported while teaching them how to overcome shame,...

Today I wanted to share a little peek behind the curtain around this idea or refilling the well. Whether you're a fit pro or a participant or someone who hires fitness professionals this is a really important concept. Refilling the well is basically how we avoid burnout. When you think about it, everything we choose to do requires some kind of energy expenditure. We work out, we work, we take...

Part of my mission here on the work IN is to help equip fitness professionals with a bigger awareness of the overlap between physical and mental health so they can take their wellness beyond what the eyes can see. Not just so they can serve their health conscious clients better and level up their coaching skills but also so they can take care of themselves better.  It’s so important that we stay c...

W e just wrapped up a three part series on learning and memory with my guest Collin Jewett  from Superhuman Academy. And I wanted to take a moment to pull out some key points from some of those episodes that I felt were really really important for fitness professionals. Or wellness providers or coaches in the fitness industry to hear. 1. The Creativity connection to great instruction 2. How to tap...

This is part 3 of our 3 part series called partnering with your brain. If you haven't heard part 1&2 be sure go back and check those out. Last time Collin Jewett and I discussed how we can choose to experience moments in ways that will improve our memory and how stress kills creativity. Collin is the Director of Coaching for Superhuman Academy, an e learning company known for their blockb...

This is part 2 of our 3 part series Called partnering with your brain. If you haven't heard part 1 be sure go back and listen. Collin Jewett and I discussed how powerful our physical experience is when trying to learn and remember new things. Collin is the Director of Coaching for Superhuman Academy, an e learning company known for their blockbuster learning and memory courses.  As an enginee...

Today we are kicking off a 3 part series Called partnering with your brain. In this series I’ve invited Collin Jewett to come work IN with us. Collin is the Director of Coaching for Superhuman Academy, an e learning company known for their blockbuster learning and memory courses.  As an engineering student Collin struggled with the transition from highschool and found himself failing, feeling stup...

Todays Solos episode wraps up our series on burnout with a recap and some highlights from our guests. PLUS I share my top 5 recovery skills that I personally use in and out of class. Brought to you by Elemental Kinetics It’s time to stop working out and start working IN. You found the Work IN podcast for fit-preneurs and their health conscious clients. This podcast is for resilient wellness profes...

Welcome back - we are in the middle of a series on Burnout this month and it isn’t enough to be aware of it or complain about it without offering some practical ways to avoid it, to heal and recover from it and maybe protect ourselves from it in the future. Today's guest is going to help us with that. Jo Bregnard is a consummate caregiver with a muti-faceted wellness experience and her story...