Welcome to Becoming Elli

We want to be like Elli because she was the Norse Goddess of Aging who beat Thor in a wrestling match. We want to be like Elli, fit and strong as we age
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Running Over 50 with Coach Henry Howard

Running Over 50 with Coach Henry Howard

Download | Play in New Window Jill and Chris talk with Henry Howard who found running in his early 40s when he set out to achieve a bucket-list goal: run a marathon. Since then he has finished more than 40 marathons and ultras, including four 100-milers. Along the way, he has qualified for the Boston Marathon twice, become a running coach and launched his RunSpirited website. As a running coach, he guides awesome runners of all experience levels, backgrounds and fitness to achieve their amazing goals. As a professional writer and editor, he has merged his background with his passion for running and desire to give back to the community. RunSpirited offers coaching tips, interviews with inspiring athletes, product reviews and much more. We discuss: Setting goals, developing running...

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Life After Menopause with Nicki Williams

Life After Menopause with Nicki Williams

#165-Life After Menopause with Nicki Williams Download | Play in New Window In episode 165, Jill and Chris speak with award-winning nutritionist and author, Nicki Williams. She is the founder of Happy Hormones for Life, helping women of all ages to rebalance their hormones, reclaim their health and feel better than ever. After failing to find any medical help for her health issues in your early 40’s, she discovered that she could turn things around using diet, lifestyle and natural supplements. Nicki is the author of "It’s not you, it’s your hormones; The essential guide for women over 40 to fight fat, fatigue and hormone havoc." Her soon-to-be-released book "Life After Menopause; Embracing the next chapter with a healthy body and mind" is due out this year. UPDATE Just released....

Strengthening Mental Skills with Pat Spencer 164

Strengthening Mental Skills with Pat Spencer

164 - Strengthening Mental Skills with Pat Spencer Download | Play in New Window In episode 164, Jill and Chris talk with Pat Spencer, owner of Getting Your Mind in Gear, who helps endurance athletes hone the mental skills needed to achieve their endurance sports goals. Pat is an avid gravel cyclist, former long course triathlete, marathoner, and open water swimmer. A licensed clinical social worker and a therapist with a private practice in central New Jersey, she has worked in mental health for 25+ years in a variety of settings, including directly with clients, as a supervisor, as a adjunct professor and providing a number of professional trainings. In 2022, she decided to combine her understanding of mental health with her love of endurance sports. She knew she...

Pelvic Floor Health with Kim Vopni - 163 - be

Pelvic Floor Health with Kim Vopni

163 - Pelvic Floor Health with Kim Vopni Download | Play in New Window In episode 163, Jill and Chris talk with Kim Vopni, a leading authority in health & fitness coaching for women with pelvic floor dysfunction and is known as The Vagina Coach. She has helped thousands of women learn how to do pelvic floor exercises, ditch the incontinence pads,  eliminate their prolapse symptoms and get back to living life to the fullest! Kim is a certified fitness professional who became passionate about spreading information on pelvic health when she was pregnant with her first child.  She is the author of 2 books – Prepare to Push – What Your Pelvic Floor and Abdomen Want You To Know About Pregnancy and Birth and a second title Your...

Just Lift with Jackie Errico

Just Lift with Jackie Errico

Just Lift with Jackie Errico #162 Download | Play in New Window Jill and Chris talk with Jackie Errico, a nationally certified strength and conditioning coach, a certified personal trainer, and co-owner of Just Lift Fitness training studios located in the Chicago area. Jackie focuses on helping women gain confidence in their bodies. She educates women on the physical and mental benefits of strength training and how to fuel bodies with the right food; teach them how to lift weights properly and safely; and help them create a fitness and nutrition game plan so that they can achieve the results they deserve. We discuss: Why it's so important for women to do strength training How women's fitness needs differ from men's Common misconceptions women have about working out and...

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Finding Wellness with Dr. Malaika Woods

Finding Wellness with Dr. Malaika Woods

# 161 - Finding Wellness with Dr. Malaika Woods Download  | Play in New Window We had a great conversation in this episode with Dr. Malaika Woods who is a Certified Practitioner for the Institute for Functional Medicine and has a Double Board Certification with both the American Board of Obesity Medicine, and American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Dr. Woods is the founder of Dr. Woods Wellness, established in 2013.  When not working in the office, Dr. Woods enjoys singing, especially gospel music. She has been a choir director throughout the years and a wedding singer for many of her family and friends. Spending time with her wonderfully supportive husband, daughter and son are her most treasured moments. She is a native of Wichita, Kansas and earned her...

Elite Athlete Bree Lambert

Elite Athlete Bree Lambert

160 - Elite Athlete Bree Lambert Download | Play in New Window Bree Lambert is a personal trainer, running coach, nutritionist and ultra runner. She has been pursuing endurance sports since her teenage years, starting with road triathlon, Xterra off-road triathlon and now ultra running. Bree completed her first 50K in 2005 and since then has completed distances from 50k to 100 miles. Each finish represents hundreds of hours of training, dedication and mental preparation. Bree coaches other runners to achieve their goals while providing personal training services to both runners and non-runners alike in San Jose, California and online. She believes in a healthy lifestyle and thinks that no matter where your health is now, you can make an improvement. She’s committed to her family and loves to cook...

Healthy Living with Alicia Jones

Healthy Living with Alicia Jones

#159 - Healthy Living with Alicia Jones Download | Play in New Window In episode 159, Jill and Chris talk with Alicia Jones who helps transform the health and the lives of women over 40 through her fitness and weight loss strategies. She has a B.A in Kinesiology and has many certifications, including National Coach of Canada (NCCP), Advanced Sport Nutrition, Certified Group Fitness Instructor, and Personal Training Specialist: Canfit-pro. Alicia has appeared on various health and wellness television programs and produced and hosted Health Matters and The View: Health and Wellness On Rogers TV. We talked about some great prehab (before rehab) exercises and Alicia was kind enough to provide lots of video links to show examples of how to do these exercises: Video Exercise Links: The Essential Workout For Over...

Food Finds with Chris and Jill 158

Food Finds with Chris and Jill

#158 - Food Finds with Chris and Jill Download | Play in New Window In this episode, Jill and Chris discuss various websites and ideas for food challenges. They talk about what they love to eat in the summer and where they get inspiration. Discussed in this episode: Jill did a bike ride on Greenbriar River Trail in West Virginia and saw some UNUSUAL wildlife! Rainbow Challenge update Chris's favorite salad currently: spring mix base with feta cheese, cherry tomatoes cut in half, chopped mushrooms, sardines in water, chopped walnuts, chopped olives, chopped yellow peppers and avocado. Jill likes to put tuna or sardines on her salad sometimes. She also uses chicken breast when she has some already cooked. Chris likes to make inside out egg rolls with...

Mind Body and Soul with Elaine Glass

Mind Body and Soul with Elaine Glass

#157 Mind Body and Soul with Elaine Glass Download | Open in New Window Scroll down for podcast apps In episode 157, Jill and Chris talk with Elaine Glass, author, speaker and personal coach. For over a decade, Elaine has helped countless people unlock their truest selves. She works with them to find purpose, peace, and self-empowerment. Elaine’s newest book, Get Quiet: 7 Simple Paths to the Truth of Who You Are, is a guide to healing and transforming yourself inspired by the classical form of the labyrinth. During Mind Body and Soul with Elaine Glass, we discuss: Embracing change and overcoming negative thinking Reframing the ways we talk to ourselves Exploring the seven circuits of reflection and discovery and how each engages an energy point on the body How...