114. From Defeated to Empowered in Pregnancy

We've all grown up with diet culture influence, whether we notice it or not. And the subtle messages we receive that tell us to "be smaller" or "look a certain" way can really impact our health choices and the way we choose to support our body with food and exercise. Coryn Brown ...  Show more

There are major gaps in pregnancy and postpartum fitness—and moms are the ones paying the price.Too many women are left piecing together random workouts, avoiding exercises out of fear, or feeling completely lost after being “cleared” postpartum with no real guidance on what to d ...  Show more

Amy Kiefer, a nurse, doula, and trainer from Expecting and Empowered, discusses the importance of prenatal and postpartum support, safe pregnancy workouts, and mental health. We also highlight Expecting and Empowered's app, which offers tools to help women stay strong thr ...

One of the things I hear most often from women who had a transcendent, empowering, largely independent, birth experience, is that it wipes out the residue of former births they may have had, where they were more entrenched in the allopathic system.

Women who had C-secti ...

In this brand-new episode, Ashleigh and Rachel share big life and fitness updates; they give their unfiltered answer to a listener question who wonders if she's being insane about her body recomp goals; they share how to balance cardio and lifting to best support your goals, and ...  Show more

Lyndi used to hate her body. Like really hate her body.But no matter what she weighed, it was never good enough. Every time she overate, felt guilty and loathed her body even more. Eventually she realised, her weight was never the problem. The problem was a lack of self-acceptanc ...  Show more