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Angie is the Owner of AngieFit, a fitness company partnered with her husband as well as the number one at home fitness production company, Beachbody. She manages a team of fitness coaches and also works with customers who want to improve their health and fitness in the convenience of their home.
Angie has been a national fitness presenter since 2006 and has traveled around the world to present instructor training's and at fitness conventions. She has appeared on QVC, in dozens of fitness videos, worked alongside Shaun T in developing the Insanity Live program, and currently develops Turbo Kick music and choreography for gyms all across the country. She lives in Toledo, Ohio with her husband and teenage son.
- Angie talks about what her experience was like being mentored by fitness icon Chalene Johnson and then helping to develop Insanity Live with Shaun T. She asks him whats the modification for that? He says" There is no modification for INSANITY". LOL
- How Angie met and married her husband and what it's like for them run their own beachbody coaching business together.
- How being involved in Turbo Kick played a huge role in Angie's sons interest in Karate at a young age.
- When opportunity knocks be ready.
- Angie's expercience teaching Insanity in Shaun T's Place to the California Blue Jays
- How to live your life by design.
- Angie's favorite way to work out when not teaching Insanity, choreographing,Turbo kick, or instructing Pi -Yo is to do Beachbody Live at home in her PJ's
- Why it's important to change up the way you eat and exercise periodically.
- What it is like to publicly go through In Vitro Fertilization.
- How hormones effect everything and important it is to keep them balanced.
- Just be you.
Plus Angie's stories working with Chalene Johnson and Shaun T are not to be missed.
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Cindy is an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and founder of Unlock Better Health. She is deeply passionate about inspiring her clients to reach their ideal weight, increase their energy, and live a healthy balanced lifestyle while juggling their career and personal life.
Her articles have been featured in Fitlife.tv, Take Back Your Health, and Curejoy.com. She's been featured in Woman’s World, Fitness Magazine and First for Women. She's the author of Unprocessed Living and the upcoming book, 52 Keys to Unlock Better Health. To find out more, visit her website at www.UnlockBetterHealth.com.
Instagram: @Unlock Better Health
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/
What we discussed in this episode:
Cindy's work as a health coach in Dr. Daniel Amen's office.
The brain is the only organ that we diagnose without looking at it.
Brain Scans and alcohol.
How reading labels and knowing what to look for can change your health.
When reading labels, skip the fancy marketing on the front, do the flip and read the ingredients on the back.
How Cindy went from being 50 pounds overweight, diagnosed with Hashimoto's,high cholesterol, and on 4 medications at 40 to being the complete picture of health at 50.
Reversing disease and getting rid of toxins.
What type of cleaning products, lotions, aerosols, and plastics to use or stay away from.
How to detox and support your detoxification pathways.
The problems with using all types of plastics, including BPA free and what to use instead.
Reverse osmosis process for water purification.
Products can claim to have no trans-fat, if there is less then a 1/2 gram per serving.
Why to stay away from artificial sweeteners.
If your food says it's free of something it is probably full of something you don't want.
The recipe for Cindy's warm smoothie.
Intermittent Fasting and it's benefits.
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Laura is the Founder and CEO of Team Lipstick, New York City's most successful, all female triathlon team. Her background includes 20 years of dancing, 20 years as a group fitness instructor, 10 years as a nationally ranked ballroom dance champion, and since 2006, she has also been an active triathlete. Laura was published in New York Magazine’s “Best of New York” as one of the city’s top fitness instructors, as well as in Competitor and Triathlete Magazines for her accomplishments with Team Lipstick. Her celebrity client list includes Nicole Kidman, Dr. Sanjay Gupta (who she trained for his first triathlon), and Soledad O'Brien. Laura's mantra is to "never ignore what your heart beats for".
In 2008 Laura became a triathlon coach and business owner then she started the incredible company, Team Lipstick. It has been a stellar, life changing experience, and the one endeavor she is the most proud of.
After spending 10 years on the competitive ballroom dance circuit, she was looking for a change. She had a lot of triathlete friends at the time so she purchased a bike and began riding with them. When it was ‘just the girls' they jokingly referred to themselves as Team Lipstick, since they were as entirely concerned about having a great workout as they were about what their hair looked like when they removed their helmets at the most popular local hotspots for NYC cyclists enjoying a coffee break from their ride.
Laura signed up for her first triathlon with just 12 weeks to prepare, and she had absolutely no idea how to swim. Growing up in Brooklyn she wasn't actually taught to swim. Swimming was in direct conflict with all of the hairspray and makeup they wore to the beach. So she hired a swim coach, swam 6 days a week (out of pure fear), and was prepared for her ½ mile open water swim by race day. Having coached herself for everything but the swim, a lot of mistakes were made, but a lot was learned as well. Wet suit zippers go in the back not the front, your feet don’t need a special bath after the swim, transitions should not take 7 minutes, and no one brushes their hair before the run. It was an eye opening, amazing, and funny experience.
At the exact moment she crossed the finish line she thought 2 things...One, that it was easy, and two, that she wanted to start an all-women’s team. Her goal was to provide a safe, supportive environment for women to excel and thrive as athletes. She wanted to attract strong minded women. Women who support other women. Women who are positive, who don't mind getting uncomfortable, who embrace physical challenges. What she got was so much more. The women of Team Lipstick ultimately defined the brand. They are a family, they are fearless, they look out for each other, and they are forever in search of the next big race, goal, achievement, or crazy bunch of fun.
The women of Team Lipstick are committed to living a healthy, sporty lifestyle. They are more than just inspiring training partners, they are a family of strong, successful, positive women who are enthusiastic about supporting one another.
Team Lipstick hosts Travel with lipstick which includes exotic, life changing, bucket list retreats for both women and men who crave adventure and exploration. Travel to wild nature. Swim, bike, run, rappel and soar as your means of transportation. Do all of these things with happy, positive, FUN people, because fit travelers tend to fit that description perfect
If you are interested in "Fit Travel" events, please take a look at our travel website...
In this episode we discuss:
- Taking fitness outside of the box creates adventure.
- Laura learned how to swim while training for a Triathalon with only twelve weeks to prepare.
- How Team Lipstick got started.
- How attempting and reaching physical goals help you have faith and confidence.
- What it's like to train celebrity clients.
- Nicole Kidman's workouts.
- Laura's training of Dr. Sanjay Gupta on CNN for a triathalon.
- What a mountaintop experience is truly like.
- The power of connection through adventure.
- City Bike is Laura's new workout thrill.
- Places to workout outside in Brooklyn.
Laura's three truths.
1. You are who you surround yourself with.
2. Be willing to try new things.
3.Experience is the best education.
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Liz Germain, cofounder of Super Sister Fitness, is a certified trainer and fitness instructor based in San Diego, CA. Super Sister Fitness is a global community of women looking for support on their health & fitness journeys. Liz helps women from all over the world find their true strength from within through functional home workout programs, real food nutrition and positive mindset coaching.
In this episode we discuss:
- How Liz grew up every day watching TV and eating Hostess and eventually found fitness.
- How a traumatic experience with Liz's teenage boyfriend and one phone call changed her entire life.
- Fitness and nutrition can be a lifeline for those that suffer from depression, eating disorders, and being overweight.
- How Liz went from not knowing anything about fitness to being such an expert and a leader in the online space.
- Why it is harder for women to lose weight once they hit their 30's and begin the aging process. How can we begin to reverse that.
- Why is it counterproductive to do restricted dieting.
- The nature of the scorpion is to sting and we do ourselves a disservice to expect it to do anything else.
- Why we shouldn't become like the scorpion when others do things that sting and hurt us.
- When the wrong people leave your life, the right things start happening.
- Liz gives he top Anti-Aging Tips.
- Why it is important to have a healthy balance between a strength training and a mobility program.
- Deep restorative breath lowers your cortisol levels.
- Meditation and its benefits.
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Amber is a transformational branding & business strategist, writer and speaker, devoted wife and mother. She is the host of The Soul Fueled CEO™ Podcast and supports visionaries, leaders and disruptivators in changing the world and their own lives.
When she is not coaching passionate souls on a mission, you can find Amber out on a paddle board or kayak in her family's home on the pond, exploring with her family outdoors or out running with her 2 wild husky dogs.
In this episode we talk about
- Stepping past fear into faith.
- How Amber's near death experience changed her life.
- Learn to listen to your inner voice.
- People treat you the way you allow them to treat you.
- How to flip the switch and take back your power.
- Use Mel Robbins 5 second rule.
- Stop waiting on permission.
- www.leoniedawson.com poem Dear Goddess
- The only permission you need to let your soul shine is your own.
- How to step into your own CEOness.
- Start before your ready.
- If everything is perfect the first time you do it, you've waited too long
- The nature of coming home to who you really are.
- If you don't realize your worth, you will allow the wrong things in your life
- Healing from abuse.
- Sisterhood is a support system that can transcend all other relationships.
- Sisterhood is being surrounded by energy, light, love, and celebrating together in a giant collaboration that lifts us all higher.
- You can never possibly understand who needed you to say yes to yourself and your dreams
- If you hide because your afraid, there are so many people that aren't going to hear or receive what only you can bring.
- Be where your feet are.
- If we are are going to be okay when we are dying, what are we so afraid of when we are living?
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Andrea Beaman is a Natural Foods Chef, health educator, thyroid expert, holistic health coach and herbalist, dedicated to alternative healing, and sustainable eating and living.
Andrea was a featured contestant on Bravo’s Top Chef. She is a regularly featured expert on CBS News, and hosted the Award Nominated, Fed UP! A cooking show that educates viewers how to cook for, and cure, their bodily ailments.
Andrea is recognized as one of the top 100 Most Influential People in Health and Fitness, received the Award For Excellence in Health Supportive Food Education from the Natural Gourmet Institute for Food and Health, as well the Health Leadership Award from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.
As a keynote speaker and teacher, Andrea inspires audiences to take action on their health. She teaches engaging cooking demos and health programs to students and clients through live conferences, schools, and online programs, reaching vast audiences around the world.
Andrea is the author of The Whole Truth – How I Naturally Reclaimed My Health, and You Can Too! and The Eating and Recipe Guide – Better Food, Better Health, and Health is Wealth – Make a Delicious Investment in You! And, Happy Healthy Thyroid – The Essential Steps to Healing Naturally! Andrea makes learning about better health, good food, and sustainable living, a fun experience for everyone.
Besides being a wealth of knowledge, Andrea has a dynamic personality that really draws you in. In fact, I could listen to her all day.
http://www.andreabeaman.com
What we discussed on this very enlightening interview:
- Gut health and ridding yourself of candida overgrowth
- Your gut is the second brain and responsible for a huge amount of your serotonin and neurotransmitter production.
- Probiotic and Prebiotic use.
- The importance of detoxing the liver.
- Eat carrots not crap.
- Reading labels and staying informed.
- A simple way to eat despite consumer confusion.
- Natural healing with alternative medicine.
- Eat what nature made, not what is man made.
- Seasonal eating and acclimating too what is available in your environment.
- Natural remedies to keep yourself free of parasites.
- Sushi and salad bar and what to look for when eating it.
- Burping too much could be a sign of liver congestion.
- Lower cortisol and boost adrenals by slowing down and having more down time.
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Live Naked, Feel Alive!
Anita A. Shah, CHHC, is an author, speaker, experienced educator, cancer survivor, Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, Board Certified by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners, and a member of the International Association for Health Coaches®. Anita received cutting-edge training from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition® in New York City. She has been learning from the world’s leading researchers and nutrition authorities, including Dr. Deepak Chopra, leader in mind-body medicine, Dr. David Katz, Director of Yale University’s Prevention Research Center, Dr. Walter Willett, Chair of Nutrition at Harvard University, and Dr. Andrew Weil, Director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine. Anita studied over 100 dietary theories, practical lifestyle management techniques, and innovative coaching methods with world-renowned health and wellness experts. Anita is passionate about educating, helping, and inspiring individuals and families to lead a Simply Fresh Lifestyle, a life filled with health and happiness.
Connect with Anita.
http://www.simplyfreshlifestyle.com/
http://www.facebook.com/SimplyFreshLifestyle
What we talked about in this fun episode:- How to dress naked.
- How to eat naked.
- How to live naked.
- How to step into your authentic self without fear.
- Pretty much how to do all things naked ha ha.
- Your beauty is reflected through your outer self.
- Go for the full level of joy that makes you feel alive.
- How to live free with no fear of judgement.
- Surround yourself with people that bring you joy.
- The only person you need to impress is yourself.
- Invest in yourself (Put your oxygen mask on first.)
- Ask for support when you need it.
- What you put on your plate should show your respect for yourself and your body.
- What cravings really mean and how to use them to create the life you want.
- Emotional eating.
- Stop living just for Friday and start living for today, because today is here now.
- Get the recipe for what you want. Success leaves clues.
- How to disconnect from toxic relationships.
- Learn to trust your gut feelings.