Best Anna Willard Podcasts (2024)

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SST_77: How to Embrace Change and Mourn Well with your Host Anna Willard 17:42

4y ago17:42

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Listen in as Anna Willard shares how to mourn the Past, Present and Future during these times of COVID-19. She also shares the importance of how to mourn well by living a life with passion. The root word for passion is to endure well, to suffer well.By Anna Willard: Kettlebell Strength Coach, Movement Specialist, Author, Speaker, Artist, Spiritual Leader

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SST_76: Re-wild your Psoas with Drew Ragan a Yogi and Strength Coach 40:35

4y ago40:35

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The psoas, (the muscle of the soul in Eastern Medicine) is the most intimately connected muscle to our nervous system. ~ Drew RaganBy Anna Willard: Kettlebell Strength Coach, Movement Specialist, Author, Speaker, Artist, Spiritual Leader

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SST_75: The movement from a psychologist to a spiritual coach Janine Miller-DeLany 54:46

4y ago54:46

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How to face and heal trauma vs getting stuck in “woe is me” When in the exercise zone, it frees your mind and physical blocks Training with joy from the childlike spirit Self - Judgement creates less energy and restriction in body How to have self-love without the other person and the importance of community How to balance the craziness from news a…

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SST_74: Heal for Life with Liz Mullinar CEO at Heal for Life Foundation 1:04:21

4+ y ago1:04:21

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Trauma brings transformation. It is a choice how it will change you. It can destroy you, or it can create strength to love and live in the midst of hope. Liz Mullinar the CEO at Heal for life Foundation shares her wisdom and experience as a healer and psychologist.By Anna Willard: Kettlebell Strength Coach, Movement Specialist, Author, Speaker, Artist, Spiritual Leader

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SST_73: Understanding the present, past and the future to living the fullest in 2020 with Anna Willard 17:04

4+ y ago17:04

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Listen to this short solo episode as Anna’s is in complete flow with her thoughts giving you insight and wisdom to this new year and new decade. Here are three simple things she talks about to help you accomplish things beyond your wildest adventures.By Anna Willard: Kettlebell Strength Coach, Movement Specialist, Author, Speaker, Artist, Spiritual Leader

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SST_72: A new year a different cry 8:59

4+ y ago8:59

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Letting go is an expression of grief, grieving is a process of forgiving. ~ Anna Willard A new year, a new decade brings change and invites transformation and transitions within our life. For us to embrace the fullness of any type of change there is a grieving process of letting go of the past, good and bad, joyous and hurtful moments.…

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SST_71: A Silent Night with your host Anna Willard 10:56

4+ y ago10:56

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Silence and Solitude brings us to the wisdom of our oceanic cells and the deep desires of our heart's soul. ~ Anna WillardBy Anna Willard: Kettlebell Strength Coach, Movement Specialist, Author, Speaker, Artist, Spiritual Leader

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SST_70: The hard reality of Forgiveness; Acceptance with your host Anna Willard 12:16

4+ y ago12:16

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"Self-Forgiveness is accepting the reality truth of our failures, flaws, and imperfections" ~ Anna Willard Todays Short Sweet Solo Episode Anna Willard talks about three simple steps to follow when practicing self-forgiveness. Acceptance, Daily Doing, and Positive Understanding. Listen in as she shares how she too struggles with this practice of fo…

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SST_69: Unsure of the future, forgive the past to set you free to see the present moment 56:41

4+ y ago56:41

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From modeling, to stunt driver, to becoming a Hypnotherapist Belinda brings us to a entire new perspective within this practice of forgiveness.By Anna Willard: Kettlebell Strength Coach, Movement Specialist, Author, Speaker, Artist, Spiritual Leader

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SST_68: The Art of Forgiveness with these three powerful women, Reita Johnston, Betsy Shilling, and Stacey Sorgen 1:28:04

4+ y ago1:28:04

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All three of these women bring a broad and deep perspective to forgiveness and the intersection to mind and body within this practice. In this episode you will learn different aspects of forgiveness like How to have grace and faith Develope a level of self-trust How letting go is a step by step process Its ok to start small Mindfulness within forgi…

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SST_67: How Anger Started The Forgiveness Project with Marina Cantacuzino 37:30

4+ y ago37:30

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Anger is an empowering emotion, nothing is wrong with it. The danger with Anger is when it goes on for too long. ~ Marina Catacuzino Marina started the Forgiveness Project out of anger during the time of the Iraq War. Her passion to bring peace through this practice of forgiveness is compelling and transformational.…

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SST_66: JillFit and Fitness within Forgiveness around infidelity 1:02:36

4+ y ago1:02:36

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Jill Colman shares her story of forgiving her ex-husband who cheated for two years of their marriage. In this episode she walks about . . Its ok to forgive without letting them off the hook Forgiving self without repeating the same pattern Self acceptance is the key of forgiveness How to ride the waves of emotions through forgiveness Letting go whi…

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SST_65: Fight out Fears while Fighting for your Dreams a solo episode with Anna Willard 8:10

4+ y ago8:10

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Enjoy this short sweet episode with your Host Anna Willard as she reads part of her book: Spark Your Youth: A 21-Day Fitspirational to give you hope and the power to believe. She continues this theme of FEAR from the last two episodes and gives insight to what we may truly fear and the importance of living out our dreams.…

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SST_64: Love over Fear Part 2 How to face our fears with your host Anna Willard 10:20

4+ y ago10:20

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"We fear the pain within our weakness" ~ Anna Willard Todays Short Sweet Solo Episode Anna Willard talks about how to overcome our fear, how to deal with the pain it brings and the difference when we face our fears and weaknesses vs when we continually train our strengths.By Anna Willard: Kettlebell Strength Coach, Movement Specialist, Author, Speaker, Artist, Spiritual Leader

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SST_63: Love over Fear is FALSE with your host Anna Willard 11:12

4+ y ago11:12

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Is Love over Fear a spiritual bypass of our fears? Listen to Anna Willard as she shares from an athletic point of view how fear is very healthy. She list when it is good to fear and it is not good to fearBy Anna Willard: Kettlebell Strength Coach, Movement Specialist, Author, Speaker, Artist, Spiritual Leader

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SST_62: Slow is the new Strong 10:35

4+ y ago10:35

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Slow is the New Strong To build a stable foundation of strength, it requires a slow approach. Listen to another short sweet solo episode with Anna Willard as she shares the benefits of going slow when learning the kettlebells. She list three simple benefits by taking things slow Self Awareness Ability to self correct Stay true to yourself Anna enco…

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SST_61 Death Brings Life with your host Anna Willard 13:27

4+ y ago13:27

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Death brings life, it is a transition stepping into the unknown to become open for a newness within life. Listen in as Anna Willard gives insight to how she has recently been dealing with a death within her life. How easy it is to bypass emotions, How scary it is to lean into our emotions How healing our emotions can be.…

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SST_60 How letting go is not completing going with the flow, understand the force within flow with your host Anna Willard 26:06

4+ y ago26:06

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When we live from a place of force, we are working against the flow of life. Letting go is not completely in flow, there are times in life you need to hold on! Listen in as Anna Willard shares three things to be aware of when forcing things in life versus being in the flow of the rhythm of life.By Anna Willard: Kettlebell Strength Coach, Movement Specialist, Author, Speaker, Artist, Spiritual Leader

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SST_59: Dance the movement of energy in time & space how we live is a form of Dance with Hayley Shannon 1:02:44

5y ago1:02:44

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Dance is a form of expression and connection Dive in with Hayley Shannon a healing dance practitioner as she shares many gold nuggets of truth from her experience as a dancer and now a healing dancer facilitator.By Anna Willard: Kettlebell Strength Coach, Movement Specialist, Author, Speaker, Artist, Spiritual Leader

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SST_58: Religion & Fitness Learning to Love through differences with your host Anna Willard 8:57

5y ago8:57

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Have an open mind a willing heart to learn to love through our differences - Anna Willard In less than ten minutes Anna shares from her experience how we can create a neutral ground within fitness and religion. She uses the analogy how different types of fitness can be beneficial at different times in life to how we can also benefit from different …

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SST_57: Holy Water the power of water healing our mind, body, freeing our playful spirit with your host Anna Willard 26:48

5y ago26:48

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Within this episode you will learn how magical water can be for our soul and heal our mind giving us the freedom to simply play and enjoy the beauty of nature. As you listen you will also here how she sees the interconnection of the spirituality of water as she touches on these three concepts: How water can help those who suffer with PTSD How water…

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SST_56: The Power of Brainspotting with Paige E. Roberts Performance and Neuro Training 1:14:18

5y ago1:14:18

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Paige specializes in neurophysiologic therapy of Brainspotting to assist athletes in de-conditioning mal-adaptive brain-body neural pathways from perceived sports failures, sports injuries and surgeries. She uses photobiomodulation-light therapy to assist athletes in healing their sports injuries and surgeries by up to 50% faster including concussi…

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SST_55: The Awaken Aussie Originally from Poland, Ela Staniak shares her fitness and awaken stories 54:11

5y ago54:11

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Awakening moments do not have to be a tragedy but can be from the beauty from life. Our first international guest Ela Staniak give here wisdom and insight about the connection between mind, body, spirit within the fitness industry. She shares her personal story that brought her to understanding the connection of spirituality within the physical fro…

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SST_54: Happy 1 Year Anniversary to the Show: How to stay consistent with a new healthy habit with your host Anna Willard 14:12

5y ago14:12

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In this episode she dives into three key elements to maintain consistency, but first she explains the importance of trust as an undercurrent or a thread weaving these three concepts together. Discipline within the Daily Persistence within weeks, months, and years Patience within the processBy Anna Willard: Kettlebell Strength Coach, Movement Specialist, Author, Speaker, Artist, Spiritual Leader

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SST_53: A west coast soul with a midwest heart Angela Glaze an Ayurvedic yogi 59:05

5y ago59:05

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As you listen to Angela explains these three types of doshas, you will gain body wisdom and knowledge to be more attuned with your health. By understanding the elements of each one, pitta, kapha, and vatta, you will be given the tools to know how to improve your health to the exact needs of your individual body…

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SST_52: Wisdom of words and Wisdom of our body a short sweet solo episode with Anna Willard 14:31

5y ago14:31

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In this episode she dives into three aspects how and when words take away from the wisdom of our body. Talking too much about the goal or decision tricks the brain to feel like it has accomplished it already Talking can take away from the time and space needed for practice the lessons learned from the discussions. Being over coached, mentored takes…

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SST_ 51: Mind of the Body with Alison Mattek a postdoctoral neuroscience research scientist 1:20:40

5y ago1:20:40

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Alison Mattek is a postdoctoral research scientist in the department of psychology at the University of Oregon. She works in the Computational Social Neuroscience Lab, and received her PhD in the Psychological and Brain Sciences from Dartmouth College.By Anna Willard: Kettlebell Strength Coach, Movement Specialist, Author, Speaker, Artist, Spiritual Leader

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SST_50: The man about meditation James Brown 1:03:24

5y ago1:03:24

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Three types of meditation concentration of the mind - anchor your focus on a certain thing, it is concept of being better control of your mind, tame the monkey mind contemplative practice - curate your thoughts into better thoughts, from negative to positive thoughts. Vedic - allowing your mind to meditate with a certain mantra, allowing your mind …

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SST_49: Believing is a journey worth living and loving with your host Anna Willard 10:10

5y ago10:10

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Anna Willard shares what she believes spiritually and her journey struggling through this life learning the layers of love and embracing the spiritual through the physical. Join her today as she shared the key concept of believing in a greater power, an infinite and intimate power of love.By Anna Willard: Kettlebell Strength Coach, Movement Specialist, Author, Speaker, Artist, Spiritual Leader

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SST_48: The Intersection of Faith Fitness and Domestic Violence with former Pastor Andy Wallace and Health Coach Kristen Wallace 1:09:32

5y ago1:09:32

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eam Wallace joins us for deep conversations and questions about religion, systems, and health, and much more! We jump right into depth with the trauma living in the Church and this was the game changer for Andy.By Anna Willard: Kettlebell Strength Coach, Movement Specialist, Author, Speaker, Artist, Spiritual Leader

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SST_47: From modeling to the Amazon how Troy Casey became the Certified Health Nut 1:05:12

5y ago1:05:12

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From starting a career in modeling, Troy Casey turned to holistic nutrition to help decrease his stomach from bloating. As he continued to understand more about nutritions he continued to broaden his knowledge about health and healing and is known as the Certified Health Nut.By Anna Willard: Kettlebell Strength Coach, Movement Specialist, Author, Speaker, Artist, Spiritual Leader

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SST_46: Deep Dive with Danny J Johnson and the power to rewriting our stories 1:08:11

5y ago1:08:11

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Danny J Johnson is a bright light to this world with her smile story, and strength to move forward from the challenges in life. We start off with a deep dive into her story how she discovered she was pregnant as a teenage and the roller coaster ride of wanting an abortion to give her child up for adoption. During this story you will gain a new pers…

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SST_45: Truth about Tarot Cards with David Flenniken 1:07:40

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From the corporate world within the beginning days of Microsoft to Tarot Cards and Yoga. David Flenniken shares his story how he managed his spiritual life living in the corporate world and what lead him to create his own Tarot Cards and to teaching yoga.By Anna Willard: Kettlebell Strength Coach, Movement Specialist, Author, Speaker, Artist, Spiritual Leader

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SST_44: Heaven on earth with Pastor Shannyn of Faith Lutheran Church 1:19:26

5y ago1:19:26

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From back surgery to strength training, Pastor Shannyn shares her vulnerability of the life lessons with healing her body to be holy work. After moving to Seattle, she hit rock bottom and rediscovered herself with again within fitness. Yet she had always been part of some type of fitness, listen in to how this time returning to health changed her.…

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SST_43: My Story vs The Whole Healing Story with your host Anna Willard 7:44

5y ago7:44

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Anna Willard jumps in with how using the phrase of "my story" can cause more harm than healing. She shares the importance of understanding the interconnection of our stories and how stories are to unite each other. When we hold onto the fact of "my story" we negate this connection and the invitation for all of us to heal. This is the strength and a…

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SST_42: Bible and Body Talk with Dr. Angela Parker Assistant Biblical Professor at The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology 1:10:05

5y ago1:10:05

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This conversation with Dr. Parker is rich, insightful, deep and will leave you with a greater wonder about god, religion, and spirituality. In this episode she gives her knowledge within history, the biblical text, and her own personal experiences as an Baptist African American women professor.By Anna Willard: Kettlebell Strength Coach, Movement Specialist, Author, Speaker, Artist, Spiritual Leader

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SST_41: Playfulness is the key to accomplishing any goal in life and the art of rewriting your story 16:20

5y ago16:20

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THIS EPISODE YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS!!! Have a playful spirit and accomplish your dreams, goals, and much more than you could imagine Learn how you are creating a childlike spirit and incorporate a playfulness approach to any goal you have within your life. You will learn how having a childlike spirit of playfulness will help you let go of . . . . o…

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Being Well feat. Masada Jones 25:27

5y ago25:27

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On this episode of the Choice2bHappy Podcast, we sit down with Masada Jones. Masada is the Founder of the Kindred Project, a poet, a singer, and author of her book of poems entitled "Becoming Broken." Join us as we talk about her personal journey, and the mission of the Kindred Project, to create visible community with Black people Lowell, Massachu…

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SST_40 Strength to be open within our weakness and speak with vulnerability Coach Karen Smith 1:09:44

5y ago1:09:44

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This episode is full women wisdom like: The mental game for Iron Maiden The art of training pull-ups, pistols, and press The importance of staying healthy while loved ones life is in a health crisis How visionalization can assist the healing process How believing it is possible is a game changer The struggle of training with the hormones with a fem…

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SST_39: The Art of Letting Go and the Strength and Courage for the unknown with Michael Castrogiovanni 1:18:12

5y ago1:18:12

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Tired of workout out by yourself? You want to join a group fitness class yet you fear not being able to keep up with the group? Do you long to have some type of deep connection within your workouts with others and yourself? Listen to this episode and you will Learn the power of working within yourself along with a other to build a strong connection…

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SST_38: The Courage to be guided and surrender to a Strength with a greater purpose with Brett Jones StrongFirst 1:24:00

5y ago1:24:00

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Wisdom comes from being wrong We gain strength through struggle Being stubborn is being persistence Power of group exercise How to have courage in the presence of fear Letting go of expectation is the art of coaching How us as leaders and coaches need to guide vs direct How aspiration can create body shame The importance of working out alone How pe…

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SST_37: The Struggle for Self-Worth and the Strength to Love with your host Anna Willard 16:20

5y ago16:20

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The Struggle to embrace Self-Worth gives us the Strength to Love - Anna Willard Today's episodes is another short sweet solo session with your host, Anna Willard. Dive in with her as she discusses three hiccups that trip us up from living from our worthiness of love. Labels Achievements Push-backBy Anna Willard: Kettlebell Strength Coach, Movement Specialist, Author, Motivational Speaker, Artist, Spiritual Leader

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Treat Everyday Like an Adventure feat. Lydia Blanchard of My Adventure Gang 23:48

5y ago23:48

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On this episode we sit down with Lydia Blanchard, creator of the My Adventure Gang blog! Her mission? "To treat every single day like an adventure and help inspire other parents with young children to get out and do the same!"By Christa Brown

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SST_36: The Power Taking Action with Laticia ACTION Jackson 52:37

5y ago52:37

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From being a victim of domestic violence to becoming an author of 10 different books Laticia Action Jackson took focused action on her life and started to N-Powered herself. She has three different degrees, with numerous visit on global television stations, United Air Force Ventrin and an Bodybuilder Fitness Olympia. Laticia shares her journey how …

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SST035: Break free from mental limitations and the limitation society places on those of color with Anna's clients Chandreyi and Ryan Davis 39:15

5y ago39:15

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Ever wondered what it is like to work with Anna Willard? Listen to today's episode as she interviews her former clients Chandreyi and Ryan Davis. Learn how Chandreyi shares how she thought fitness was the one thing that doesn't happen for her and how this changed while training with the kettlebells!By Anna Willard: Kettlebell Strength Coach, Movement Specialist, Author, Motivational Speaker, Artist, Spiritual Leader

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SST034: The Queen Chrissy King herself talks about power lifting, black history, and white supremacy within Biblical teachings 54:53

5y ago54:53

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Everyone has privilege. It is how we use privilege to create change? - Chrissy King Dive in with Chrissy King on some of these important topics regarding the health of our nation From motivated to become skinny to become strong Time, Persistency, Consistency, Patiences the four things to put into practice for any skill throughout life How fitness i…

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SST033: From College Football to Surfing and all the life lessons in between with Denzel Allen 57:05

5+ y ago57:05

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"Become Empowered with the kettlebell instead of allowing the weight to have power over you" - Denzel Allen Denzel and Anna dive into their experience training for the Beast Tamer and Iron Maiden and the similarity their stories have with the physical and mental limitations. Listen in and learn how they broke through these barriers.They also share …

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Not a Straight Line feat. Maritza Grooms 59:16

5+ y ago59:16

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On this episode we sit down with Maritza Grooms, Teen Coordinator with Girls Incorporated of Greater Lowell and Co-Char of the Kindred Project. Maritza shares her #unfiltered story about her journey towards discovering happiness and what it means for her.By Christa Brown

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SST032: YOUR WORTH IS NOT IN THE NUMBERS 6:45

5+ y ago6:45

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Your worth is not defined by the number on the scale, the number of reps, the number or weights or the number in distance you can run, swim or bike. To be able to accomplish anything within this world you must know first your worth, and allow this mindset to remind your body that it is already worthy. Believing in your worth allows your body to ste…

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SST031: The Magic of 7 and the power of Hopes and Dreams united by Love with Gina LaRoche 57:46

5+ y ago57:46

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"Have the courage to accept Love is our salvation" - Gina LaRoche Gina gives her insight on the importance of Love, Hope, Dream, and our health. She dives right in with the Seven Laws of Enough: Stories Matter I am enough (we do enough and we have enough) I BELONG No one is exempt Resting is Required Joy is available Love is the answer…

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