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In this episode, I chat with Jennifer Stark, a certified holistic health and wellness coach with a background in professional one-on-one and couples counseling, personal training and group fitness instruction.
She helps her clients take a holistic look at their struggles—the blocks that keep them from experiencing happiness, vibrant health, and fulfilling love—and empower them to take action to reach their goals.
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Jennifer Stark is a Life, Love and Wellness Coach. She believes implementing a holistic approach helps her clients reach a more optimal level of health—mentally, physically, emotionally and relationally—and tie all aspects of their lives together so that they experience more profound shifts and empowerment for lasting success.
Jennifer holds a Master of Science degree in Counseling Psychology and a Holistic Health Coach Certification from the International Association of Wellness Professionals.
Her supplemental certifications include Life Strategies Coaching and Stress Management Coaching from Spencer Institute, and Personal Training and various group fitness instruction certifications from FitTour.
After 18 years working as a counselor in public schools and family counseling centers and as a personal trainer and group fitness instructor in several gyms, Jennifer decided to move forward on her own and created Stark Wellness, a private coaching and consulting business. She works with clients remotely via WhatsApp, Skype or Google Meet sessions.
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In this episode I’m chatting with Heather Nasella, a certified personal trainer and expert homeschooler (she’s been at it for almost a decade!)
Heather is an expert at creating an effective home workout space and strategy for women who either can’t get to a gym or simply prefer the convenience and privacy of home workouts.
She shares how she started working out at home, how she turned that practice into a virtual personal training business, showing other moms how to create the space in their home, and their lives, for life-changing fitness.
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Hi, I’m Heather! I’m a homeschooling mom, wife, certified personal trainer and owner at Heather Nasella Training LLC.
I love country music, coffee, sleep, hiking and 99% of the time you will find me in some form of active wear.
I grew up in Maine but moved to Massachusetts when I met my husband almost 20 years ago. We have 2 daughters who I have been homeschooling since the beginning (7 years and counting) and I wouldn’t change it for anything.
I became a certified personal trainer because after going through my own journey, I wanted to help other women feel as amazing as I did and now I help women look and feel their best (without restriction) through regular activity, mindset shifts and gentle nutrition.
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In this episode I’m chatting with Melissa Rohlfs, a certified holistic health and life coach whose mission is helping busy women identify and rewire the habit of stress/emotional eating so they can be calm, confident and at peace. In stressful situations. In their bodies. In their life.
She shares how she learned to deal with her broken relationship with food and the strategies she’s learned (and now uses with her own clients!) to break free from diet mindset and the emotional eating triggers to repair her relationship with food and her body.
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Hi, I’m Melissa! I’m a wife to my husband Chad and mama to two blessings.
At one point in my motherhood journey, I was crabby, exhausted, and living off of sugar. Instead of processing through my feelings, I stuffed them with food {usually sweets!}. I learned how to identify and articulate my feelings rather than stuffing them.
New healthy habits started to emerge and I felt empowered! I became the calm, confident and peaceful mama I always longed to be. As a result, I felt called to help other moms who are where I was…and, that meant more than the latest diet and exercise program.
This is why I went to school to learn how to help mamas get out of overwhelm and feeling stuck. As women we are stressed and overwhelmed, and put ourselves last. As a coach, I teach busy women simple strategies that they can fit into their busy lives. I help women get unstuck and find freedom so they can be calm, confident and at peace. The mom you desire to be is in there, waiting to come out.
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In this episode I’m chatting with Hailee Didio, who is a certified health coach and meditation teacher.
After personally experiencing a ‘lifestyle 180’ by implementing her own meditation and mindfulness practice, Hailee decided to become a certified coach to help teach the strategies that helped her turn her own life around.
Hailee teaches meditation classes, coaches in both group and 1-on-1, and runs a monthly membership program that offers fitness classes, yoga classes, meditation sessions, and more!
We talk about the sneaky symptoms of stress, how meditation can help get it (and keep it!) under control, the challenges of starting a meditation practice, and how you can avoid the frustration that so many meditation that a lot of newbies experience!
Hailee is also the host of her own podcast, Live Your Wellness.
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In this episode I’m chatting with Sarah Knight, who is a holistic nutritionist and founder of Eat Like a CEO.
She helps entrepreneurial and professional women get out of the tired-wired cycle and have natural energy without relying on caffeine or sugar.
We specifically talk about how meal planning can serve as a form of self-care as we’re taking intentional action to reduce the stress for future us!
About Sarah
Sarah Knight is a holistic nutritionist and founder of Eat Like a CEO. She helps entrepreneurial and professional women get out of the tired-wired cycle and have natural energy.
She’s passionate about helping women systematize their nutrition to reduce decision fatigue and get the nutrients they need to have the energy, focus and confidence to make power moves in their businesses, careers and lives.
In this episode I’m chatting with certified Intuitive Eating Coach, Brooke Spendlove
Brooke helps moms get off the diet roller coaster for good and tap into their intuition to guide them and make peace with food.
What she actually does is help her clients to love what they see in the mirror so they can stop hiding and start showing up in their lives. Her mission is to help other women to find the freedom to live without constantly thinking about how they look.
In this Episode:
01:06 – I’m using air quotes for “FIX THEMSELVES”, just FYI
02:10 – Moving from the health IT field to 1:1 coaching
03:40 – A common motivator to join the ‘wellness industry’
05:33 – What does long term health look like?
06:18 – “If you didn’t think you would lose weight at all what would you still be willing to do?”
06:30 – Using Body Respect as the first step to body positivity
10:07 – Snipping the self-conscious loop of negative self-talk
11:02 – Is your healthy lifestyle secretly a diet?
12:43 – Intuitive eating vs dieting
13:29 – Is there a right way to do Intuitive Eating
14:09 – the root of your thoughts
15:35 – Breaking the Restrict – Crave – Binge cycle
16:42 – Binge Breathing
19:25 – Are you “addicted” to sugar?
23:20 – To focus on health, put weight loss on the back burner
24:36 – How do you know if Intuitive Eating is “working”?
25:51 – Can weight loss ever be the goal?
27:28 – Curate the messages you receive about health
28:20 – Confronting your own internalized fatphobia
29:57 – Putting the weight loss goal in the freezer
30:55 – Why do we want to be smaller? (Hint: it’s patriarchal conditioning 😉 )
32:00 – The 3 questions to ask yourself when you’re struggling with the urge to diet
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- Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
- Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating, by Christy Harrison
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About Brooke
Brooke is a certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and NASM Certified Personal Trainer and the owner and creator of Spendlove Coaching. Her own wellness journey led her to getting a Master’s Degree in Health and Wellness Coaching from Creighton University.
During her Master’s program she realized that her obsession with tracking, weight and doing everything “right” was escalating and she knew something had to change. She couldn’t coach clients as she struggled with her own disordered eating. She discovered Intuitive Eating as a way to improve her relationship with food and her body and now leads other women on the same journey.
For many the first step is getting off the diet rollercoaster…
