Build Resilience with Grace: Recent Episodes
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Resilience is a skill that is essential in navigating life's complexities. Build resilience with Grace as she speaks with guests who come unarmed to share their stories of resilience, grit, and grace. In this podcast, you will hear unrehearsed, unedited, and authentic conversations.
Joining me in this episode is Courtney Smith. Courtney is a nutrition and fitness coach who found her passion for coaching when she encountered health issues and when her husband was diagnosed with diabetes. Courtney is a mother of two and made it her purpose to empower others to advocate for their health. Her mission is to help men and women reconnect with food, restructure habits, and help them begin living a healthier lifestyle.
Courtney takes a whole-person approach. She focuses on the physical, mental, and emotional aspects of her client. She doesn't discriminate on lifestyle choices, but encourages the best one based on her client's beliefs, wants, and needs. To know more about Courtney, visit her website at www.flourishthroughfitness.com and her Instagram account @motivatedmamabear.
Joining me in this episode is Ken Sandler, a certified fitness, health, and nutrition coach. Ken is based in Maryland and is coaching clients in person and virtually. In this episode, Ken will talk about his journey in embracing depression and anxiety and how he coped with losing his job five years ago. If you’ve heard of the quote that says, “rejection is redirection,” that is Ken’s story. To know more about Ken, visit his website at sandlerstrengthandfitness.com.
Joining me in this episode is Micah, the founder and head coach of Away Athletics. Micah was inspired to build a brand that represented the idea that we should always look for ways to build ourselves every day for a better tomorrow. Micah believes that living is moving and the moment we stop moving, we stop living. To learn more about Micah, follow him on Instagram lift_away, and visit awayathletics.com.
Cassandra is a certified behavior change specialist, certified nutrition coach, and fitness for mental health support specialist. She has been nominated for a readers’ choice award for best trainer. Cassandra’s passion is helping women not only change their body and health but to help them change their life through small healthy changes to their habits. She specializes in teaching her clients the consistency, sustainability in fitness and nutrition, and how to prioritize what she referred to as pillars of health – Physical fitness, mobility, nutrition and hydration, sleep, stress, energy levels, mental health, happiness, and relationships.
You can find all her services by visiting her website, www.lifebound.ca. Follow her on Instagram itscassandrabelle.
Starting this November, Resilience Sportswear is partnering with Summit Advocates, a non-profit organization based in Colorado. 20% of our proceeds will go directly to the Summit Advocates. Summit Advocates support and empowers survivor of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking by providing legal aid, financial aid, shelter, and counseling services. Summit Advocates also run a wellness program as another means of empowering their clients.
Joining me in this episode is Christina, who is the health and wellness coach for Summit Advocates. Christina will share an overview of the programs that are run by Summit Advocates.
Empowerment is a chain, so don’t let it stop with you. Empower others where you can!
Colleen and I are from an entirely different background. But similar life experiences connected us. During this conversation, I found out that her mother passed away from same cancer that caused my late husband's death. It is proof that we all are connected in some shape or form. We share the joy, and we share the pain. In this episode, you will hear how the death of a loved one can be a catalyst to living a purposeful life.
Joining me in this episode is Andrea Fleming. Andrea is an actor, singer, dancer, fitness, nutrition, and transformational coach. One of Andrea's many skills is helping others overcome their limiting beliefs.
Andrea believes that your body is a reflection of your heart and mind. What you believe is echoed through your actions; in the way you communicate with yourself, how you move, what you put into your body, and what your body does in the world.
Check out Andrea's vibrant energy by following her on Instagram at theandreality and visiting her website at https://theandreality.com/fitness/.
In this episode, you will hear an unedited conversation of two friends sharing their stories, experiences, and spiritual belief systems. In this conversation, we will talk about our understanding of our life paths and a discussion of how karma is neither good nor bad; karma is simply a boomerang.
Joining me in this episode is my good friend, Farah Afnan, a Certified Meditation Teacher, who trained with Davidji of the Chopra Center. Farah has many gifts; apart from being is a Reiki master practitioner and a Yoga teacher, she also is a psychic and a medium.
The first time that I saw Farah, she reminded me of an Angel because she is radiating the energy of light. She is turning fifty years old, but she looks like she is 25 years old. Do you want to know her secret? She will share a few in this episode.
Farah grew up in Seattle and is currently located in Santa Monica, California. She offers meditation services, energy healing, and intuitive reading. To know more about Farah, visit farahafnanmeditates.com and follow her Instagram at farah_afnan_meditates.
Joining me in this episode is Theresa Horne, a fitness coach and the founder of Sisterhood of strong, a platform to coach and empower women to live a healthy and purposeful life. Theresa has coached women for over twenty years. Theresa’s background is in sociology with a specialization in family studies and a certification in soul care practice. Before becoming a fitness and health professional, Theresa was a caseworker, a doula, and an adjunct professor. Theresa is a certified personal trainer, sports nutritionist, group fitness instructor, and completed advanced training in various fitness programs. Theresa is currently based in Michigan and is connecting and coaching women globally through her platform, Sisterhoodofstrong. To know more about Theresa and her advocacy, visit sisterhoodofstrong.com. Follower her on instragram and facebook, sisterhoodofstrong.
Joining me in this episode is Anton Jefferson, a professional weightlifter, and certified weightlifting and track and field coach with over ten years of experience in the coaching industry. Anton was born and raised in Chicago before moving to Hong Kong to become a professional head coach for the largest fitness establishment in the territory. Following his passion, Anton opened an Olympic weightlifting gym in Hong Kong and now running his hybrid and in-person training business in Tempe, Arizona. Anton is passionate about teaching people to become stronger versions of themselves and in helping elite athletes move better and optimize their performance in sports. To know more about Anton, visit www.strengthandpowertraining.com.
Joining me in this episode is Wilson Washington, a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, husband, and father of 4 wonderful boys. Wilson is a fitness coach and the founder of thefruckfit, a unique fitness program that will bring the experience to you. Wilson is a certified elite trainer specialized in sports nutrition, strength and conditioning, and Crossfit. Wilson has over ten years of coaching and teaching experience, and four-time obstacle course racing world champion competitor. To know more about Wilson and thetruckfit, please visit www.thetruckit.com.
Joining me in this episode is Tara Galih, a fitness coach for Nirvana Strength based in Bali. Tara specializes in strength and conditioning, powerlifting, mobility training, and gymnastics strength. Tara has lived and worked in many places, including Australia, France, and the UK.
In this episode, Tara openly shares her struggles and insecurities. Above all, she shares how she overcomes these challenges through weightlifting and prioritizing self-care. Tara believes that self-awareness is the key to building resilience. Tara's advice on health and fitness is to eat enough, train enough, recover enough. Living a healthy lifestyle is not about being a saint and live a perfect life of just training and clean eating. It’s also about having a healthy relationship with food and approach to training. The key is to make sure whatever it is that you do, is sustainable in the long run. To know more about Tara, follow her Instagram account ma.tara.hari and visit www.nirvanastrengthbali.com.