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

Today we explore some of the burnout wisdom that Dr. Kate Steiner shared on last weeks episode and how it can apply to the fitness industry. We talk about the bonuses of a fitness career and the importance of setting personal and professional boundaries for recovery and to prevent burnout. And I'll share 3 stress navigation skills that you can apply today to help you start to protect your own...

Todays' guest is Dr. Kate Steiner.  She is an expert in the area of burnout recovery and shares a world of experience and practical guidelines to help you build your resilience to burnout every day. We discuss: How to name your burnout for yourself Dr. Kates 3 phase model of recovery What burnout is and how to recognize it What are burn events How set set and maintain boundaries the 6 areas o...

What makes a fit pro  a professional? What is the differentiator between one certification and another? What is the gold standard when it comes to group fitness instruction and training in the fitness industry? That's the topic of this weeks solo episode of The Work IN. Links: Show Notes Holding S.P.A.C.E.  FREE guide It’s time to stop working out and start working IN. You found the Work IN p...

I am really excited to introduce you to a wonderful guest that I have joining me today. Her name is Renee Reed and Renee is a certified coach and yoga teacher, and the host of the award winning podcast. Welcome to your life with Renee Reed, as well as the founder of the Courageous Woman's Book Club. She is on a mission to change the world one woman at a time.  Renee is a prolific writer, insp...

today we are speaking with Jenny Toh. Jenny is an ICF ACC coach, who is the director of river life coaching her life coaching practice where she coaches individuals to align their career and life goals with their values and strengths, she's currently working on our certification as a PQ coach, under the Positive Intelligence program run by Dr Shirzad Chamine. Jenny is also a trained lawyer, a...

Finally getting around to the trailer for this pod! Normal folks do this first...but here I am 45 episodes in  getting my thoughts together. To be fair and completely honest, when I started the work In I was not completely clear on the vision. I mean sure I had a general idea that I wanted to talk about the nervous system and the stress response and how to safely self regulate it naturally. But ou...

 Today, I'd like to introduce you to Mira Katyal and I am so happy to have her on the program today because I have for a long time been very interested in Ayurveda and ayurvedic medicine. So let me tell you a little bit about Mira. She comes from a family of four doctors of Western medicine. However, it was only when she rediscovered the ancient wisdom of her heritage echoed, time and again t...

Welcome back to The Work IN everyone, today I have a very very special guest, her name is Tricia Nelson. Tricia is an internationally acclaimed author transformational speaker and emotional eating expert, she lost 50 pounds by identifying and healing the underlying causes of her emotional eating. She's spent over 30 years researching the hidden causes of the addictive personality, Tricia is t...

Liz Pessaran is a Licensed Therapist, Life Coach and Speaker who helps people around the world let go of what they “should” do and embrace what they feel “connected to”. Ultimately thriving in their purpose. She helps folks walk away from their unfilled jobs and lifestyles and step into their dream career and cultivate the life they always desired. With nearly a decade of counseling experience, Li...

Today is the second of a 2  part collaboration between The Work IN and Dear Lovely Universe. In todays episode Kaelin Vu interviews yours truly about using trauma release in connection with yoga to help you get out of your own way and allow the nervous system to heal. Kaelin shares her inspiring story of self healing from trauma to creating her own lovely universe through coaching others and her p...

Trigger warning***Please note that this episode contains references to sexual abuse and addiction.*** Please put yourself first. Today is the first part of a beautiful collaboration between The Work IN and Dear Lovely Universe. In todays episode I'd like to introduce you to Kaelin Vu. Kaelin shares her inspiring story of self healing from trauma to creating her own lovely universe through coa...

Melanie is certified EFT therapist with a multi-modal approach and years of practice in healthcare, Melanie takes her knowledge, experience, love, and light and successfully mentors others. She has coached hundreds into a world of self-fulfillment and freedom. She helps clients who feel stuck find ways out of darkness and bondage by incorporating simple, but effective practices that create neural...

Welcome to the work IN. Earlier this year on the podcast we explored the connections between chronic pain and trauma. If you haven’t heard those episodes I highly recommend checking them out. They are episodes  13,15,16,17. Today I’d like to bring you another perspective, an interesting new tool  and introduce you to a pain release expert.  DEBORA WAYNE is the Founder & CEO of The Internationa...

we are in the middle of our series on the freedom that health and well being can bring into our lives in really practical ways today is part two of my conversation with Paula Davis. And last time we spoke about the wellness fairy tale, her six foundational elements that go along with true well being. And some of those four minute practices that she uses to help women find freedom and effortlessnes...

Welcome back to the Work IN We are in the middle of our series on the freedom that health and well being can bring into our lives in practical ways. Today is part one of a new conversation with my dear friend and colleague Paula Davis. You may remember her from episode 8 where she shared her take on self care as self love. Paula is a movement instructor, business owner with a passion for helping w...

Today on the Work IN we are going to explore the path to freedom through food fitness and mindset with my guest Jennifer Helene Popken.  Jennifer Helene, M.S. is an international expert in health. She is immersed in cutting-edge nutrition, fitness, and spiritual thought leadership. She is a serial entrepreneur and builds programs for health coaching, lifestyle change, and mentoring programs; train...

This short but sweet episode celebrates Independence Day with with a different perspective on the cost of freedom and asks the question: What would you be willing to change to experience more freedom in your life and health? Brought to you by Kinetic Grace Resilience It’s time to stop working out and start working IN. You found the Work IN podcast for fit-preneurs and their health conscious client...

Today's episode we are going to jump back into our happy belly kitchen, and I wanted to share with you a presentation that is near and dear to my heart, and it is all about sugar. And sugar addiction, and so today we want to step into a sugar Addicts Anonymous meeting for myself. Sugar has been the biggest nemesis in my journey towards a healthier metabolism, a healthier gut, healthier overal...

What does healthy mean to you? How do make specific healthy choices when health guidelines are so generalized?  This episode simply asks the question what is healthy when it comes to exercise and nutrition in today's America?  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 wel...

Welcome back to The Work IN everyone! Lately I’ve been exploring the idea of letting go of old things to make room for new. It comes from the yama of Aparigraha or abundance. When you lean into an abundance mindset, that there's always going to be enough, that you’re always going to be enough for whatever you want to have happen, when you learn to trust that, then you can let go of old stuff,...

Exercise of any kind has been shown to be as effective as a treatment for depression and anxiety as antidepressants in some people although some would say the studies that show this lack some of the quality and stringency that scientists might hope for. I would argue that whenever you are testing the efficacy of something as subjective and variable as human movement it’s almost impossible to contr...

Welcome to my Happy Belly Kitchen! This will be an episode we’ll do probably once a month or so  and this will be a way to share some simple changes that you can implement immediately for big changes in metabolism. If you adopt and embrace those changes, of course. Keep in mind any changes to your diet or eating pattern will take at least a month or so before you really see results. We’re going to...

In the world of stress management and trauma informed care, we spend a lot of time talking about fight or flight. That’s typically what people think of when they think “stress”. Fight or flight is also known as sympathetic nervous system activation. Some people also call it arousal.  Really it’s anything that gets you up and moving or activates you to take action in some way. That could be action...

Resilience is impossible without safe self regulation. A little bit more detail into what trauma release exercise is and does and why it's something that everyone can do to relearn how to safely self regulate the nervous system. This episode is brought to you by Kinetic Grace Resilience It’s time to stop working out and start working IN. You found the Work IN podcast for fit-preneurs and thei...

Brenda Zane is a family advocate, parent coach, host of the podcast Hopestream , and founder of an online community, The Stream , for moms of kids with substance use disorder. Brenda is the mother of four sons, the oldest of whom struggled with an addiction to a high-risk lifestyle and illicit opioids and benzodiazepines for over 5 years. After nearly losing her son to multiple fentanyl overdoses,...