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Being a FitMama all begins with love. Loving self care for the body you have and strengthening your core from the inside out. Mind and Body inspiration, education and motivation for you to live a life you love in a body you love, for life!
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Tips, resources, interviews, and simple strategies to help you improve health, fitness, focus, energy and your lifestyle. Each episode is designed to motivate, educate and give you simple strategies and actionable steps to become a better, more fit version of yourself as you enter into your 40's and beyond. Dave McGarry, the show host, is the founder of the Fit Over 40 Challenge and has helped hundreds of people transform their lives. If you are ready for the challenge to change your life th ...
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Hey FitMama, I am excited this week to bring you my interview with Dr. Hasan Merali, pediatric emergency medicine doctor and father. We covered lots of topics from his new book: Sleep Well, Take Risks, Squish the Peas, which is all about secrets from the science of toddlers for a happier, more successful way of life. While this sounds funny and ado…
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Hey Hey FitMama you’re in for a treat this week. I have my friend Elysia Rotaru, Actor, Producer and Voice over artist. She is so talented and while has been at it for so long she’s just getting started in her career as a Mom of a 2, almost 3 year old. She is a wise, experienced woman in entertainment and also parenting consciously while finding he…
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Hey FitMama! This week I have a very special guest on the podcast, my very own FitMama!! It’s the first time I have interviewed my mom on my pod and she’s visiting me in LA from Toronto so I took the opportunity to do so. This week I have been doing live 60 minute breathwork sessions with her and she has been loving it! We got so caught up talking …
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Hey FitMama, This week I am so grateful and excited to have an amazing guest on the show, Alla Shashkina, a running coach, fellow trauma informed breathwork facilitator and breath science practitioner. As you already know, I love breathwork, the science behind it and even taping my mouth to sleep (iykyk)! Alla and I have a great chat about what she…
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Hey Hey FitMama, This week I am bringing to you some nervous system regulation wisdom! Jump into this episode for my tips and tools to get out of the sympathetic dominance many of us find ourselves in day to day and spend more time hanging out in your parasympathetic mode (rest and digest), why? Because it feels so much better! We can actually resp…
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Hey FitMama, I’m back this week with a solo episode all about how to hold space, not only for others, but for yourself as well. Often we are at maximum capacity in our time, energy and money available to give to others and yet we expect ourselves to be there for everyone and we end up giving from an empty cup. This can be so easy to do and I feel l…
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In this week’s episode I dive deeper into where I have been the last few years mentally, emotionally, relationally etc. I go into detail about the dark time in my life I have just come out, how I went through the stages of grief, what helped me both stay alive through this, and what eventually helped me come out the other side. I share my experienc…
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Hey Hey FitMama, I am back! This week’s episode is a solo cast with me, Jen Oliver sharing what’s been going on since our last episode aired over 3 years ago. It’s been quite the ride! I share some of my personal journey, what I have been going through and where I am heading. I recap The Love FitMama Way book and what it means to me to be a FitMama…
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In this episode of the "Fit Over 40 Challenge" show I dive into one of the most important things you need to be doing to make life easier and you perform at your best! I know a lot of you came into this year ready and excited for all the possibilities of a fresh start! If there is one thing you need to start doing it is this!!…
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In today's episode of "The Fit Over 40 Challenge" I name 20 things that I am grateful for that happened in 2020! Don't get me wrong it was a tough and challenge year. I know many people who suffered all sorts of hardships but I reflected back and came up with 20 things that I was grateful for in 2020! Plus, a bonus item to bring in 2021. What were …
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In today's episode of the "Fit Over 40 Challenge" I am going to talk to you about the role exercise can play when it comes to staying healthy. I know I have preached about this before but I have a few more nuggets and tips to give you. Plus, I have some research to share that might just give you some motivation to get started!…
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In this special episode of the "Fit Over 40 Challenge" show I have a special guest! And when I say special it is my mom and we do the interview on her 80th birthday! We talk about her life as a kid growing up in a simpler time and talk about what to do if you are just getting started like she did in her 40's. I hope you enjoy this episode as much a…
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This week’s episode features someone who I know you will love! Our guest is Dr. Michelle Peris, ND! This amazing FitMama has 2 kiddos of her own and is changing the narrative for how we approach our health. Dr. Michelle Peris is the founder of a women’s community health initiative called The Wild Collective. This community medicine initiative invol…
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In this episode of the "Fit Over 40 Challenge" show I discuss something we all have had from time to time. If you are like me you have experienced those nighttime snack cravings and why do they always have to be EXTRA...Like in extra tasty! I will give you a few reasons why this happens as well as a few strategies to stop it from happening all the …
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This episode is loaded with nuggets of wisdom for women at all stages of motherhood and for those who don’t have children but still have a vagina! Join Kate Roddy and I as we chat Vaginal Self-Care and all the mind-body aspects of taking care of your own vagina. Kate Roddy is a veteran orthopedic and pelvic floor physiotherapist and creator of The …
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In today's episode of the "Fit Over 40 Challenge" show I am going to talk to you about something I know I struggle with and if you are honest with yourself I have a feeling you may struggle with this as well. Self Talk has a big influence over not just your mood, but also your health. Studies show some people are naturally nicer to themselves in th…
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Hi, Fit Mama our guest on the podcast episode is Dr. Katie Thomson Aitken, ND, author of Create Calm: The Professionals Guide to Overcoming Anxiety. For Dr. Aitken, anxiety is not a fact but a response or reaction that occurs naturally to help and protect us. It should not be a permanent state, but a transient state. There are some things that peop…
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Jenn Sadai is a Canadian author and advocate using her talents and life experiences to inspire and empower women. Jenn discusses her book about self-love and body image entitled the Cottage Cheese Thighs. She shared her long struggles with body weight, eating disorders, and self-esteem. For her, the scale played too much factor in how she was livin…
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In this episode of the "Fit Over 40 Challenge" show I talk about something that will make you feel more in control of your time and also your actions! If your schedule is usually jam-packed and you sometimes wonder how you're going to accomplish everything on your list, it might be time to take back control! What does this have to do with health an…
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Let’s talk about sex FitMama! Get ready for this interview with one of my faves! Alexa Martinez is a sex, love, and relationship by design coach and sex coach business mentor on a mission to reform sex education and sexuality expression across the globe. She helps liberate people when it comes to their sexual expression and helps them discover what…
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Kim Anami, a sex and relationship coach and vaginal weightlifter, discusses the true power of sex and the benefits that come with being A Well-Fu*ked Woman. According to Kim, there is an epidemic of sexually unfulfilled females in modern times. These women express this as feelings of anger, frustration, depression, and behaviors like overeating. Se…
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Be prepared to get excited in this episode (I did!) Today I talk about edging yourself towards orgasms and the many benefits to doing so. Not only the orgasm itself but also all the “foreplay” that can go into it, solo or with others. In this episode, I talk a lot about body image and some new ways to look at the things we see in the mirror. Some n…
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This episode with Marni Wasserman will inspire you and encourage you to dream big for your birth experience and stay the course when things aren’t going according to plan. Marni takes us through her the end of her pregnancy and shares her home childbirth experience and the unexpected ways that things panned out just as she had hoped for. It’s natur…
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Dr. Jordan Robertson had 3 miscarriages before she got was able to carry her first baby to full term and it was devastating, to say the least. She saw countless others go through similar experiences and as she started learning more about miscarriage and hormones she got clarity and started finding solutions for herself and her patients. As a Naturo…
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Episode 105: What’s a Doula with Christa Ardelean This week’s episode will leave you feeling empowered about birthing. Pregnant women are consistently bombarded with fear messaging about the pain and suffering they are about to embark upon through labor, delivery, and raising children. Christa Ardelean is a birth, sibling, and postpartum Doula and …
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This week’s packed episode features Jenn Pike, a Functional Nutritionist and Medical Exercise Specialist who shares with us her simplicity style wisdom, sharing with us how being healthy and fit does not have to be complicated. Jenn shares the value of knowing what week of your cycle you’re in and how you can modify your lifestyle and behaviors fro…
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