Category: Podcast (Page 5 of 21)

Mind Body and Soul with Elaine Glass

June 25, 2024 / Chris Brown / 0 Comments

#157 Mind Body and Soul with Elaine Glass

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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 to tap into our wisdom and power
Moving from chaos to clarity
What is the labyrinth and how walking it helps to provide calm

Links:
Her book: Get Quiet: 7 Simple Paths to the Truth of Who You Are
Her website: Get Quiet

The Power of Pushing Limits at Any Age with Gwendolyn Bounds

June 11, 2024 / Chris Brown / 0 Comments

#156 The Power of Pushing Limits at Any Age with Gwendolyn Bounds

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Gwendolyn Bounds is an award-winning journalist and author of NOT TOO LATE: The Power of Pushing Limits at Any Age.

A few months shy of her 47th birthday, author and journalist Gwendolyn Bounds asked herself, “How is it possible to become good at something when you are already far behind and time isn’t on your side?”

Her intimate story takes us from playgrounds and gyms, where Wendy trains among children and athletes half her age, to far-flung Spartan Race courses – including the vast desert of the Middle East.

As she moves from the back of the pack to eventually become a podium finisher in her age group, Wendy captures the humility, challenge and elation of pursuing something bold and new amid the realities of midlife: caring for elderly parents, a demanding job, and a body no longer in its prime.

Gwendolyn Bounds c. Jennifer Barrett of New Light Creative Services

We discuss:

The secret weapon of harnessing “crystallized intelligence”
Dynamic warm ups, stretching cool downs, hydration, good sleep and avoiding aches/pains
Studying videos of the best racers to learn their edge
The difference between “atelic and telic” activities – wake up to enjoy those activities that never completely end
How conquering obstacle racing has affected other areas of her life
Wisdom of being older with patience and perspective and using it to get an edge over the competition
Using a cooling chilly pad (www.eightsleep.com) for getting better sleep
The power of pairing yourself with people in your life that will make you better
Eating a Mediterranean diet, hydration, ice, massage, coaches, physical therapy and recovery exercise
Wearing a continuous glucose level patch

Links:

Her website: www.gwendolynbounds.com
Her Book: NOT TOO LATE: The Power of Pushing Limits at Any Age Available for pre-order now for June 18, 2024 release!
Special offer (valid until 5/17/24): Preorder page

Defeat Your Cravings with Dr. Glenn Livingston

May 28, 2024 / Chris Brown / 0 Comments

155- Defeat Your Cravings with Dr. Glenn Livingston

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In episode 155, Jill and Chris speak with Glenn Scott Livingston, Ph.D. about dealing with food cravings. He was the long time CEO of a multi-million dollar consulting firm which has serviced several Fortune 500 clients in the food industry.

Disillusioned by what traditional psychology had to offer overweight and/or food obsessed individuals, Dr. Livingston spent several decades researching the nature of bingeing and overeating via work with his own clients AND a self-funded research program with more than 40,000 participants. He earned his Ph.D. in psychology in 1991.

His work has appeared in many major newspapers and other media outlets. He has a website, defeatyourcravings.com, a podcast called “Defeat Your Cravings” and offers live individual coaching and support groups online.

More important than his professional bio, however, is his personal journey out of food addiction and obesity into a more normal and peaceful relationship with food.

We discuss:

How to find a better relationship with food
Overeating vs binge eating
Why we tend to crave certain foods
What to do when you feel like stress eating
Free resources on his website: DefeatYourCravings.com
Strategies for navigating a birthday party, wedding or other celebration

Links:

His book on Amazon: Defeat Your Cravings
His website resources: www.defeatyourcravings.com
Online Coaching with Dr. Glenn Livingston

Ageless Aging with Maddy Dychtwald

May 14, 2024 / Chris Brown / 2 Comments

154 – Ageless Aging with Maddy Dychtwald

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Informative and compelling, in episode 154 Jill and Chris talk with Maddy Dychtwald, internationally acclaimed author, public speaker, and thought leader on longevity, aging, the new retirement, and the ascent of women.

She co-founded Age Wave, the world’s leader in understanding and addressing the far-reaching impacts of our aging population. She is the author of “Ageless Aging: A Woman’s Guide to Increasing Healthspan, Brainspan, and Lifespan” published by the Mayo Clinic Press.

Maddy has been featured in Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes, Newsweek, Time, Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Fox Business News, CNBC, and NPR, and others.

Maddy is the author of two previous books: Influence: How Women’s Soaring Economic Power Will Transform Our World for the Better and Cycles: How We Will Live, Work, and Buy. She lives in San Francisco with her family.

In this episode we discuss:

How aging experienced differently by women than men
What key points make a difference for improving our longevity
Myths about healthy aging
What is meant by ageless aging
The components of improving brainspan
What is meant by improving health span

Links:

Website: Age Wave
Book: Ageless Aging: A Woman’s Guide to Increasing Healthspan, Brainspan, and Lifespan
Twitter X: @AgeWave

Please leave a comment to let us know what you learned, liked or thought of this episode!

Encore Presentation: Inspiring Stories of Fit Strong Women Over 50

April 23, 2024 / Chris Brown / 0 Comments

153 – Inspiring Stories – featuring Wendy Rivard

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In episode 153, we feature an encore presentation of one of the inspiring stories of Fit Strong Women Over 50.

This episode was first released five years ago as episode 31 “Running and Staying Healthy with Wendy Rivard”. We wanted to revisit this episode for our listeners who may not have had the opportunity to hear the inspiring stories from her.

Wendy is a primary care pediatric nurse practitioner and has been a nurse for 40 years. She loves to run, travel, and also does CrossFit and water skis.

We talk about a variety of challenges and ways she has overcome them. Today she told me her new motto is “Don’t count me out!”

We discuss:

Cross training
Running
Massage
Recovery
Rheumatoid Arthritis

Links:
Her website: Taking the Long Way Home
If you are a reader, you’ll love her book recommendations on her book reviews page!

Her Instagram: Wendy is taking the Long Way Home
Video on instagram of her doing some recent squats with heavy weight.

Enjoy!

Please leave a comment and let us know what you think of this encore presentation!

Adapting for Health with Maria Molvin

April 9, 2024 / Chris Brown / 0 Comments

#152 – Adapting for Health with Maria Molvin

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In episode 152 of the Fit Strong women Over 50 Podcast, Jill and Chris speak with Becoming Elli member, Maria Molvin about how she finds strategies to stay healthy and fit as she ages.

Balancing work, family obligations, focusing on healthy eating, prioritizing sleep, and finding time to be active can be challenging. Maria lives in Northeast Ohio with her husband. She takes advantage of all the great local metro parks and the Cuyahoga Valley National Park to walk and hike.

We discussed:

How Maria relies on habits over willpower and discipline
How she uses her home gym. She has an elliptical. treadmill, stationery bike, and a weight bench.
Why she gets on her stationary bike for 10 minutes each morning
Her full workout routines and how they help her reduce stress after from working from home all day
Strength training with bicep curls and skull crushers
Overcoming a sleep disorder by prioritizing sleep. Maria makes sure she sleeps in a dark room, puts away her phone before bed, listens to yoga Nidra recordings, takes CBD and goes to sleep at about the same time each night.
What she does to offset her joint hyper mobility. Although she became a Yoga Instructor, she does not work on flexibility. Maria focuses on functional movements, like standing on one foot to increase her balance.
How she considers herself an “all-weather walker” and dresses for the conditions.
Why taking belly dancing lessons was such a fun way to exercise
Looking into the FODMAPS diet – the elimination diet where she found out about sensitivities to onions, garlic, beans and legumes
Big salads at lunch, chicken breasts in the air fryer and grilled chicken/shrimp with steamed or roasted vegges for dinner
Her advice for women who want start adapting for health: pick one thing you want to change and get good at adding that habit (or eliminating that bad habit.)

Links mentioned during the podcast:

Book: Why We Sleep
Chris demonstrating a Monster walk using a resistance band
FODMAPS diet
The Complete Low FODMAP Diet by Sue Shephard and Peter Gibbon
Episode 151: Get More Fit with Kathy Murray
Episode 47: Tap Dancing to Fitness

Get More Fit with Kathy Murray

March 26, 2024 / Chris Brown / 0 Comments

#151 – Get More Fit with Kathy Murray

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Kathy Murray is a certified personal trainer with over thirty years’ experience in the fitness industry.

She is a graduate of The Ohio State University where she was a member of the 1983 National Cheerleading Championship Team. After college she competed in and won the United States Aerobic Championship in 1986 and spent the year traveling the world as a Fitness Ambassador.

Kathy worked as a free-lance educator to teach fitness to European Instructors. While in Munich, she coached the Munich Cowboys (American Football) Cheerleaders to six national titles in cheerleading and was head trainer/translator for the German Gladiators during a pilot TV show for the International Gladiators. She recently co-authored an audio book for Audible called The Munich Cowboy Cheerleaders about her coaching experiences in Germany. She was in Germany where she started Fit Bodies.

Always an avid cyclist, Kathy dipped her toe into the world of multi-sport in 2000, first competing in duathlons then eventually moving to triathlons. Kathy has owned her personal training business Fit Bodies for 25 years and in 2022 co-authored the Audible book, The Munich Cowboy Cheerleaders based on her time coaching the squad. She lives in Atlanta with her husband Lutalo, dog Mingus and cat Sassy.

We discussed:

Coaching teens in Germany for the Munich Cowboys Cheerleaders
Preparing for a hip replacement and setting goals
Her active online fitness coaching at Fit Bodies
How she helps her clients get more fit at any age
How she combines cardio and strength workouts in her training
How she prepared for getting her left hip replaced.
Competing in triathlons and hiking the Grand Canyon after a hip replacement
How staying fit has changed as she has gotten older
Her advice for women over 50 who want to be fit and strong
What she says about the importance of meal prep
Thoughts on gluten, dairy, alcohol, food sensativities and processed foods
Why she says: “Get your mind right” and “Fitness starts in your head!
Why she does strength training 2-3 times each week

Links:

Website; Fit Bodies
Instagram: Tribaby1
Her Audio book on Audible: The Munich Cowboy Cheerleaders on Audible
Audio book on Amazon” The Munich Cowboy Cheerleaders: a Novella

Get Healthy with Chris Freytag

March 12, 2024 / Chris Brown / 7 Comments

#159 Get Healthy with Chris Freytag

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In episode 150, Jill McCauslin and Chris Brown interview Chris Freytag, the founder of Get Healthy U and Get Healthy U TV.

Chris Freytag has been teaching, training, writing books, creating DVD’s, and speaking on the subject of health and fitness for the last 30 years.

Get Healthy U TV is a streaming website with workouts for midlife women. They have over 700 workouts for all levels and ages. You can access the workouts on your computer, smart phone, Roku, Fire TV and the Get Healthy U app.

Get Healthy U is the sister fitness hub that educates and inspires women to make healthy lifestyle choices as they age. Get Healthy U provides trustworthy information about health, fitness, well being, nutrition, and recipes.

Get Healthy U TV and Get Healthy U reach over 1 million women a month through their website, newsletters, social media and workouts.

Chris lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with her husband where they raised their three now-grown kids.

We discussed:

How we can develop healthy habits as we age
Why waiting for motivation isn’t a great idea
How to get yourself moving when you don’t feel like it
How to manage your health when you’re dealing with the stress of everyday life
How much cardio and strength training should women over 50 do each week
Her thoughts on yoga, Pilates and mini trampolines (rebounders)
What she recommends for the best way to get started on getting more healthy

Chris Freytag leading a group of women in a workout.

Links:

Get Healthy U TV
Get Healthy U
Instagram
Facebook Page
Twitter

Preventing Dementia with Mitchell and Emily Clionsky

February 27, 2024 / Chris Brown / 0 Comments

Preventing Dementia with Mitchell and Emily Clionsky – 149

In episode 149, Jill and Chris talk with Emily and Mitchell Clionsky, the authors of Dementia Prevention: Using Your Head to Save Your Brain. Their book is the culmination of 45 years of extensive clinical evaluation and treatment.

A husband-and-wife team, they have a combined 70 years of professional and clinical experience in medicine and neuropsychology and have treated 20,000 patients.

Emily Clionsky, MD, completed residencies in internal medicine and in psychiatry, and is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Mitchell Clionsky, PhD, is a board-certified neuropsychologist who specializes in evaluating and treating patients with cognitive impairment, dementia, ADHD, and traumatic brain injury.

They partner at a private practice, Clionsky Neuro Systems, Inc., based in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Their book brings together proven science from a very wide spectrum of medical specialties that often do not talk to one another or read the others’ research.

They have built a visual model of more than 20 factors that impact dementia risk, including 15 that are changeable in adulthood. Check out the Dementia Prevention Checklist so you can see your individual strengths and vulnerabilities.

Website: BrainDoc.com

Checklist: Dementia Prevention Checklist

Book: Dementia Prevention: Using Your Head to Save Your Brain

Avoiding Menopause Weight Gain with Amy Wilson

February 13, 2024 / Chris Fitness / 2 Comments

148 – Avoiding Menopause Weight Gain with Amy Wilson

Amy Wilson is a Board-Certified Geriatric Pharmacist, a certified fitness professional, and a certified nutrition coach. She helps people prevent and reverse diseases with nutrition and fitness.

Amy believes diet and exercise can change a person’s life, and how the right nutritional program can be the key to improving health and fitness. She has seen her clients reverse their pre-diabetes, diabetes, high cholesterol, and more.

She uses a holistic approach to health to help her clients feel in control of their bodies and minds, while no longer feeling enslaved by their scale.

We discuss:

Why so many women have experienced a midlife weight gain
Why avoiding menopause weight gain is important
How to manage glucose spikes and if they are too high, how to reverse them
A1C, insulin, and Continuous Glucose Monitors
Supplements and medications used to avoid weight gain
Side effects of using Ozempic for weight lost
Ways to gain muscle but lose the fat
How to eat to help manage the effects of aging

Links:
Website
Instagram
Facebook
LinkedIn
YouTube
Tiktok