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Jonathan Mead, movement and embodiment coach, shares useful, and real-world strategies to help you reclaim your flexibility, functional strength and move pain-free. Discover how you can start feeling better in your body, avoid aches and pains and unlock your physical potential. On this show, Jonathan and guests share their stories, fitness motivation, and helpful recommendations so you can build a body allows you to live your best life.
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Rebecca is an Embodied Breakthrough client who wears many hats. She’s a project manager, a mom of two kids and 3 animals, a painter and incredible writer who is working on her memoir. But chronic pain began to interrupt her active lifestyle. From lower back and hip pain to migraines from neck and shoulder tension, she wasn’t feeling settled in her …
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In this episode, we talk with Tiffany Walsh, an Embodied Breakthrough client who has broken through artificial ceilings and is forming a whole new way of being in the world with her body. Like many others, Tiffany held childhood beliefs of not being cut out for athletic pursuits. But she discovered Crossfit a decade ago, and her ideas of what she w…
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In this episode, we had the honor of talking with Embodied Breakthrough student Hollie Lemin. Hollie is a passionate human dedicated to overcoming challenges and becoming the strongest version of herself. Hollie is no stranger to challenges. With a family history of arthritis and being told she would suffer the same fate, she felt pain in daily mov…
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Physical pain is often the reason people seek out body work, and it can also be the catalyst that leads them to greater body awareness. As we discuss with author and certified Rolfing expert Mary Bond, body awareness is useful in learning your limits and capacities. By slowing down and learning to be present in yourself through your body, you give …
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Taken too far, even a healthy pursuit like trying to get in better shape or eating healthy can become toxic. So, where do we learn to push ourselves to constantly do more, achieve more, BE more? How do we use overtraining to avoid difficult emotions or areas of life we’re unhappy with? In this episode, we chat with PHD, personal trainer, and burnou…
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Why can't we outsource our healing to someone else? What's the role of chiropractic work and other hands-on healing? Where do we have to take ownership for our own health and wellbeing? What's the truth about the Coronavirus and when do we go too far in trying to protect ourselves? These are the questions Dr. Brett Jones and I sit down to discuss o…
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In this episode we explore a very simple question: How can you become a better ally to your body? In order to heal ourselves, to create TRUE strength, we need to heal our relationship with ourselves, with our bodies. We need to dismantle the hierarchy and learn to let the information and signals not just flow top-down from the mind to the body, but…
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Ev'Yan is here to help you liberate yourself from shame and step into your erotic power. She's here to help you ask the big questions. Questions like... Why does our sexuality often get put last in our lives? Why is it the last frontier we look to liberate? What are the common blocks we face to erotic embodiment? How do we cultivate more pleasure, …
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In this episode, I sat down with one of my movement teachers and mentors, Todd Hargrove. Todd is a genius when it comes to understanding how the body works, the science of pain, and how to move with more freedom. He's the author of one of my absolute favorite books as well, A Guide to Better Movement, which I highly recommend. What you're about to …
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There's one thing I know to be certain. Wherever you're at it in life, you want more. And what you think you're capable of, whether with your body or in life, is just a small fraction of your true potential. When things get tough, we all have a choice. We can either collapse and make ourselves small, or we can rise and expand. Today's a special edi…
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We're being cracked open right now. We're being reminded that we don't have as much control as we like to think. And perhaps most importantly, we're being reminded that one day, we will die. Of course, that reality is always there, but it's hard to not look at right now. Within this crisis and reminder of our death (whether in old age or much soone…
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It's not every day you meet someone as incredibly skilled, humble and generous as Dr. Cofield. She's been educating people for years on how to rebuild their foundations, reclaim their physical freedom and now, helps other coaches and teachers thrive making an impact in the world. If you're wanting to rebuild your body and wake up feeling like the s…
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Is deep healing really possible with your body even if you've experienced trauma or injury? Or are you just left with to cope with whatever scars that life has given you? In this interview with trauma and movement expert Jane Clapp, we explore how to heal your body on a deep level and why it's essential to bring embodiment into your healing journey…
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Wait. Aren't labels supposed to be a bad thing? Well, maybe. But sometimes we're just afraid to really own what we want to be or know we are deep down. We're afraid of the expectations from others, we're afraid of really owning what we want, we're afraid of... ourselves. In this conversation with Jon Yuen, movement trainer and teacher, we dive deep…
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How do you integrate healthy movement, connection, and realign your body without quitting your day job? In this episode of the podcast, I sat down with Aaron Alexander to talk about his new book The Align Method, where he shares his insights from over a decade working with clients on how you can reclaim your natural mobility and strength. This isn'…
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003 - Focus is everything. There are over 1.5 billion results for back pain with a simple Google. So, how do you know what you need to focus on in order to reclaim your physical freedom? In this episode of the podcast I lay out five simple keys that if implemented, will help you start moving better today. They will help you rebuild your foundations…
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#002 - What's the number one key to a strong, flexible, pain-free body? It starts with... trust. Now, that might sound unconventional, but it's true. If your body doesn't trust you to move safely it's going to respond with pain and tension. This is your body's way of guarding. Listen in on this episode as I share with you my insights from working w…
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#001 - We did it! We started a podcast. Well, I started the podcast, but it's because you guys kept bugging me to do it. So... you're welcome. :) For real though, this episode is more of the "typical intro" stuff. I share with you the background story behind starting the show and a little of my journey to reclaiming my physical freedom (spoiler: it…
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In episode 3, I am joined by naturopathic physician Dr. Benjamin Alter. Dr. Alter is passionate about psychospiritual medicine, as he believes for many, the root cause of illness lies in the spiritual and energetic plane. Join us for an electric conversation on the true nature of healing. To learn more about Dr. Alter, visit him at: https://alter.h…
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In Episode 2 of the podcast I talk to Kersten Kimura, a hypothalamic amenorrhea and overtraining recovery coach. I find this topic fascinating because I have experienced overtraining myself, and it has ties to adrenal fatigue, stress and fertility. Kersten lost her period for 10 years due to her obsession with fitness and today she talks about what…
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