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Phit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastTreating Athletes with Eating Disorders
Kate Bennett, PsyD
Kate Bennett, PsyD, founded Athlete Insight, PC with one goal in mind: To serve the psychological needs of athletes. Dr. Bennett combines her experiences as an athlete, coach, and psychologist to bring a unique perspective to her practice. Blending the culture and demands of sport with her psychological expertise, Dr. Bennett designed Athlete Insight to meet the clinical and performance needs of all athletes.
Dr. Bennett approaches therapy with an empowerment-based model. She believes that individuals are hardwired to thrive; however, Dr. Bennett also recognizes that obstacles interfere with...2021-12-1725 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastOut and Back with Hillary Allen
Hillary Allen
Hillary Allen was ranked #1 in the world sky running series when she fell 150 feet off a mountain ridge.
Hillary’s career as an endurance athlete has not been straightforward. Through injury, setbacks, and unexpected challenges, Hillary’s had to re-think what she considers impossible. Early in her career, Hillary earned the nickname “Hillygoat” when she proved her ability to run fast on steep, technical mountain terrain – a style of running known as Skyrunning.
Since then, she has raced all over the world, racking up wins and course records, establishing herself as on...2021-12-0322 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastWHAT DO I EAT?
Katie Spada RDN, LDN
Founder Spada Strong Nutrition LLC
Fellow Former Athlete!
Here to help you finally feel confident, all while breaking free from the stress of dieting, counting, and tracking! Katie is a registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN/RD) and founder of Spada Strong Nutrition LLC. For 11 years, her life was completely focused on her career as a competitive synchronized swimmer. She ate, slept, and breathed synchronized swimming. After college, she hung up the goggles and was quickly flooded with questions about her identity after sport.
"I no longer...2021-11-1924 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastThe Whole Athlete Initiative (the WAI)
Samantha Arsenault Livingstone is an Olympic gold medalist, high-performance consultant, speaker and mental health activist. At home in the classroom, Samantha spent six years teaching high school science and coaching swimming. After a near-death experience with her then 12-month-old daughter, Samantha knew it was time to pay forward all she'd learned about achievement, mental illness, rising from failure and finding happiness.
In 2016, Samantha founded Livingstone High Performance and the Whole Athlete Initiative (the WAI) in response to the mental health crisis impacting adolescents across the globe. LHP provides pillars of support to organizations, teams, and...2021-11-0537 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastAll-inclusive nutrition for peak performance
Briana Butler
Pro Athlete Dietitian
Co-Owner of @power_portions
Former WNBA player
Briana Butler is a registered dietitian nutritionist and former professional athlete serving the Houston area. Upon retirement from the WNBA and overseas basketball, Briana followed her passion for health and sports by pursuing a career in performance dietetics, believing from experience that nutrition efforts and performance are congruous.
Since switching careers, Briana has worked with collegiate, professional, and health and wellness clients in private practice and under world-renowned brands, empowering them to reach their goals while including food...2021-10-2228 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastCreating Confidence as a Female Athlete
Shay Haddow is an expert coach and speaker on confidence and mindset for female athletes. Having worked with hundreds of youth female athletes and college teams from across the country, she’s empowered girl athletes to build unshakable confidence so they can live and play to their fullest potential.
As the host of the Alpha Girl Confidence Podcast, and Author of She the Confident, Shay is widely regarded for her insights on confidence and mindset by parents and coaches around the country.
After overcoming her own struggles with confidence throughout her club and coll...2021-10-0826 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastLongterm health of female athletes
Traci Carson is a three-time University of Michigan alum, and most recently completed her PhD in Epidemiology at the Michigan School Public Health. Her dissertation research focused on mental health and eating disorders in collegiate athletes. Currently, Traci lives in Brooklyn, NY with her dog Lucee where she is working as a postdoctoral research fellow at NYU Population Health Sciences. In her free time, she enjoys cycling around NYC and exploring all the coffee shops the city has to offer.
So you know she's legit:
MPH, Health Behavior and Health Education, U...2021-09-2426 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastAthlete blood test
As a life-long athlete since the age of three, Dr. A’nna has always been fascinated by how different foods impact our body. She started experimenting with different foods before, during and after track practices, which led her to three State Championships as a competitive runner. By 18 years old, A’nna was working in a research laboratory and published her first scholarly article in a peer-reviewed journal. Her classes and research at Cornell University were an outlet to expand and explore her curiosity of nutrition. Dr. A’nna took that curiosity and passion as far as academically possib...2021-08-0617 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastWhy Perfect Women Shrink
Iona (she/her/hers), is the author of #1 Best Seller Ghost - Why Perfect Women Shrink, and the creator of The Blacklight Method, her signature coaching framework.
Her mission is to help high achieving struggling women stop shrinking their bodies, worth, and power. How? Vulnerability, creativity, and breathwork. Why? Because everyone loses when brilliant women play small. This world needs your gifts.
So you know she's Legit:
https://www.ionaholloway.com/testimonials
2021-07-2325 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastLady-thletes: (some of) The trials and tribulations of female athletes.
Always playing sports as a kid, this former athlete-turned-author has experienced the range of challenges that girls face throughout their sports journey. Emily Williams, in writing her debut novel “Lady-thletes” discusses how to face problems head on with tips and tricks for players to try to overcome their own challenges. As a coach, she has been able to have this as a dialogue with her players, but is excited to be able to broaden the reach with her book.
2021-07-0920 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete Podcast“Everything is Connected.”
Melanie Connell has been a licensed Physical Therapist for 20 years with certifications in Manual Therapy and Nutritional Health Coaching. After 18 years in practice, she set out to start her own clinic in Costa Mesa, CA.
"I launched my clinic with a very clear mission: to provide a remedy for athletes sidelined by persistent pain and injuries. My own health journey of infertility, hormonal issues, hypothyroid, and migraines led me to search for holistic practitioners that:
Spent time actually listening to my story,
Had the ability to problem solve the root cause of my issue, an...2021-06-2517 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete Podcasta Non-Diet Dietitian
Fiona is Director of The Mindful Dietitian and lives in Melbourne, Australia. She has been practicing as a Dietitian for over 20 years primarily in the areas of eating behavior, eating disorders, body image, sports nutrition & education/training. Fiona is a committed Health At Every Size ® and Weight Inclusive Dietitian spending most of her working week supervising other Dietitians, or running training events for Dietitians and health professionals.
She is the host of the Podcast “The Mindful Dietitian” and a Sports Dietitian, consulting at The Australian Ballet School and national sporting organizations. Fiona also teaches across Master...2021-06-1841 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastStill I run
Sasha Wolff is the founder of "Still I Run" – Runners for Mental Health Awareness. "Still I Run,"is a community of warriors promoting the benefits of running for mental health and was founded in 2016 after Sasha discovered the benefits of running after a brief hospitalization for depression and anxiety. "Still I Run" began as a Facebook page and website and has evolved into a non-profit with over 13,000 people in the community. When she isn’t working on growing "Still I Run," Sasha works full time as global communication professional for a furniture manufacturer in Michigan. She is raisi...2021-06-0422 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastYou don't have to stop running
Stephanie Mundt is a physical therapist & running coach in Scottsdale, AZ. Her business Volante PT & Performance specializes in helping recovering female runners return to training & competition without fear of re-injury. Steph was a distance runner in high school & college, struggling with an eating disorder that contributed to repetitive bone stress injuries. She hopes to transform & improve the management of running-related injuries in females to foster a greater sense of resiliency & empowerment among these athletes.
"The fear of being told to stop running has kept me & runners I know from getting help when aches or pains p...2021-05-2124 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastEat-in a way that supports your physiology, training, and lifestyle.
Heidi Strickler is a Registered Sports Dietitian (RD/RDN), Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD), and Metabolic Efficiency Training Specialist (METS), with a Master’s in Sports Nutrition (MSc) from Liverpool John Moores University in England. Although she is based in Seattle, WA, she works virtually with athletes worldwide. Heidi specializes in endurance athletes, female athletes, plant-based athletes, RED-S & amenorrhea.
Heidi believes that all foods fit, and loves educating and empowering her clients to eat in a way that supports their physiology, training, and lifestyle, brings them joy, and makes them feel confident and powerful, and...2021-05-0721 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastHealth is not a number on the scale
Sam Abbott is a registered dietitian nutritionist who helps those with PCOS ditch diets, improve insulin resistance, and balance hormones without feeling guilty or stressed about food. She runs the Instagram account @pcos.nutritionist where she gives free tips and support around PCOS nutrition education and also runs the PCOS Freedom Program – a complete program for improving hormone balance without a side of diet culture or weight stigma. Sam is passionate about empowering people with PCOS with the knowledge they need to improve their hormone imbalances and live their happiest, healthiest lives without dieting.
"I beca...2021-04-1623 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastDr. Jen Welter talks women in FootballDr. Jen Welter
NFL's First Female Coach I Speaker I GrrridIron Girls Founder I First Female Coach in Madden I First Female Running Back in Men's Pro Football I Author IMotion and Emotion Pioneer
Dr. Jen Welter is a groundbreaking, barrier-busting force of nature. She is a female trailblazer, a sports pioneer, Ph.D., passionate leader, world-renowned speaker, entrepreneur, and source of inspiration around the globe. Her relentless pursuit of individual excellence and success in challenging the status quo time and time again, fuels her current drive to help others achieve their best i...2021-04-0227 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastEat in a way that supports your physiology, training, and lifestyle.
Heidi is a Registered Sports Dietitian (RD/RDN), Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD), and Metabolic Efficiency Training Specialist (METS), with a Master’s in Sports Nutrition (MSc) from Liverpool John Moores University in England. Although she is based in Seattle, WA, she works virtually with athletes worldwide. Heidi specializes in endurance athletes, female athletes, plant-based athletes, RED-S & amenorrhea.
Heidi believes that all foods fit, and loves educating and empowering her clients to eat in a way that supports their physiology, training, and lifestyle, brings them joy, and makes them feel confident and powerful, and ult...2021-04-0221 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastThe Kansas City Dietitian
Bethany Frazier, MS, RD, LDN is the owner of the Kansas City Dietitian, a private nutrition practice that specializes in digestive wellness, hormones and healthy living.
Before returning to school to be a dietitian she received a bachelor's degree in sports management. Bethany holds a bachelor's degree in dietetics from the University of Central Missouri. She went on to complete her Registered Dietitian internship and master's degree in food and nutrition at Bowling Green State University. Bethany was a collegiate volleyball and cross country athlete. She still enjoys running in her free time and is l...2021-03-1923 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastDefining positive thinking with Amanda Clements
Amanda Clements is a Certified Professional Coach who specializes in teaching and training the mental aspects of sports. She helps athletes perform under pressure, overcome disappointments, handle stress, and increase their emotional intelligence. Her "whole life" approach can also address those who feel they are lacking direction, purpose, motivation, organization, passion, or life balance. She has experience working with teams and individuals from club sports up to the professional level and uses mental performance techniques to help her clients achieve their desired goals.
Amanda’s twenty-year sports career includes competing as a Division I gymnast and...2021-03-0521 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastDarkness to Light
Darkness to Light is the leading child sexual abuse prevention organization in the United States. We empower adults to help prevent, recognize, and react responsibly to child sexual abuse.
We are working toward a world free of child sexual abuse where adults have the courage to protect kids.
Through a combination of research, education, and community advocacy, we use a social behavior change approach to pioneer new training initiatives that bring child sexual abuse prevention to the attention of the broader cultural conversation. Our work empowers adults and organizations to bring best-practices in...2021-02-2622 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastThe Injured Athletes ClubThe Injured Athletes Club
Injuries affect nearly every athlete, and the impact is mental as much as it is physical. Right now, you’re likely feeling isolated, disconnected from your team or training partners. You’re stressed out by dealing with this setback—and at the same time, robbed of one of your main coping mechanisms. You may even be feeling a loss of identity—who am I if I can’t train, compete, or move my body in the way I’m used to?
We’re here to tell you: You’re still an athlete...2021-02-1228 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastKeeping You In The Game For Life
Like many of my patients, I saw doctor after doctor and tried many different treatments. I got fed up with taking medications that either made me feel worse or didn’t fix the issue. I tried tons of different supplements and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on doctor's appointments. It’s exhausting and extremely frustrating when everybody seems to have an answer, but nobody ever really makes any of the symptoms go away.
I’ve also watched as family members and friends go through this very same, frustrating process. Eventually, it becomes pretty clear that th...2021-01-1529 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastRestore and Release with Katie Brown
Katie is a KCMO area yoga instructor with a passion for astrology, philosophy, and all things meta-physical. She learned to love her body again through yoga after a challenging two year stint in the world of competitive fitness. Her passion for yoga led her to self-study on a three week solo-adventure to Bali and eventually to Asheville, North Carolina where she received her 200 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher certification in 2017 at the Asheville Yoga Center.
With a background in body-building and physical fitness she understands both the anatomy of the body and the societal pressures put...2021-01-0158 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastMovement is the Medicine
An enthusiast for movement, Michelle Laging became a fitness instructor and worked part-time for both 24-Hour Fitness and Curves in 2003. After shadowing a few Physical Therapists, it became obvious that this was the path she needed to pursue to fulfill her professional needs. Michelle graduated from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in 2008 as a Doctor of Physical Therapy and began her career at Denver Health Medical Center in the late fall of 2008.
"My 10-years of experience in inpatient care at Denver Health has been robust and extremely rewarding. Knit within the fabric of my ex...2020-12-1825 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastFoundation Physical Therapy and Endurance Coaching
Renee has been running competitively since the last 1990's. She has completed numerous marathons (including Boston), an ultra marathon, numerous triathlons (2 time Ironman finisher) and has a strong passion for competitive trail running.
The unique combination of being a physical therapist and endurance coach allows Renee the ability to provide each athlete with knowledge of how to care for their bodies while they are progressing safely through a training plan that optimizes their athletic performance.
For athletes living in the Phoenix vicinity, Renee offers full service physical therapy care, if needed or for...2020-12-0420 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastThe Joy of Movement
Kelly McGonigal (born October 21, 1977) is a health psychologist and lecturer at Stanford University who is known for her work in the field of 'science help' which focuses on translating insights from psychology and neuroscience into practical strategies that support health and well-being. Mainstream media articles about inner-conflict-related aspects of modern lifestyles regularly quote her. A longtime advocate of self-compassion and mindfulness as stress-coping strategies, McGonigal has lately altered her focus on the problematic aspects of stress; in a talk at the TED Global 2013, she emphasized the importance of an individual's subjective belief in themselves as someone who...2020-11-2029 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastEMPOWER YOUR PELVISEMPOWER YOUR PELVIS
Amanda Fisher is a Doctor of Physical Therapy at Empower Your Pelvis. Most mornings she’s at the gym with water in one hand and coffee in the other, followed by taking her boys to school and then on to the clinic with her favorite pelvic patients. Amanda and her husband Brett have three wild-n-crazy boys (yes, her hands are full!). She’s mostly known for her passion for pelvic floor dysfunction and teaching women how to find vaginal healthy products at Target (yes, she has a video on YouTube on this). People often refer...2020-11-0625 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastMaternal Health during covid with Kara Shelman
Kara is a clinically licensed social worker with 10 years’ experience in maternal mental health. The focus of Kara’s work includes pregnancy and postpartum mood-related disorders with a special interest in families struggling through infertility, loss due to miscarriage, stillbirth, or termination of a pregnancy. In addition to individual counseling services, Kara facilitates the “Postpartum Emotional Support Group”, “Pregnancy After Loss”, and “Perinatal Loss Support Group” at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. Early in her career, Kara worked in inpatient and residential settings for eating disorders. She has the unique expertise in working with those that struggle with disordered eatin...2020-10-2324 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastGirls Running: All You Need to Strive, Thrive, and Run Your Best
Girls Running: All You Need to Strive, Thrive, and Run Your Best
A life-long runner, Elizabeth loves sharing the sport with athletes as a running coach. She prepares people for wide-ranging running adventures with personalized training plans and one-on-one consultations.
Elizabeth works with a variety of individuals, from middle schoolers to master’s athletes, who want to run and/or race on roads, trails, and track. She has experience coaching athletes in a wide range of long-distance events, including the mile, 5k, 10k, half marathon, marathon, 50k, 50 mile, 100k, cross country, and road/trail relays. El...2020-10-0917 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastIntuitive Psychotherapy with Stephanie Roth-Goldberg
Stephanie Roth-Goldberg, the founder of the Intuitive Psychotherapy NYC, is an interactive, psychodynamic psychotherapist. Her clinical areas of specialty include treating eating disorders and disordered eating from a Health at Every Size paradigm. As a weight-inclusive paradigm, HAES guides Stephanie’s work with clients in all aspects, including movement. She is deeply committed to helping individuals in all sizes find a movement practice that feels joyful and affirming.
Using an interpersonal approach Stephanie works with patients to resolve both acute problems and longstanding concerns. She provides a nurturing, non-judgmental environment where you can share your fe...2020-10-0223 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastWe're Born to Eat: Babies, Families, Athletes, & AllWe're Born to Eat: Babies, Families, Athletes, & All
Leslie Schilling MA, RDN, CSCS, CEDRD-S
Through her years as a dietitian and nutrition therapist, Leslie has had the privilege to practice in many settings including research, infant nutrition, general pediatrics, collegiate and professional sports facilities, and eating disorder treatment centers. In addition, she focuses her own private practice on counseling families, those of all ages with disordered eating issues, and professional athletes and performers. With her warm, compassionate, and entertaining personality, Leslie been featured in media outlets like Health, Women’s Health, Self, Pregnancy Magazine, The Yoga...2020-09-2525 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastBeing GAME-DAY-READY starts with the right understanding of our body.Being GAME-DAY-READY starts with the right understanding of our body.
You want the right approach to nutrition to fuel your efforts. And just like everything else about sports, it starts with your thinking. My approach combines an understanding of science but also a therapeutic delicacy of exploring the relationship one may have with food, weight, performance, or body image. Embrace the right perspectives and abandon formulas, and you will see the short term results that you want — long into the future.
As your dietitian, my role is to not judge. I am here to:
Li...2020-09-1819 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastGOOD TO GO: What the athlete in all of us can learn from the strange science of recovery.
Christie Aschwanden is the author of GOOD TO GO: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn From the Strange Science of Recovery and co-host of EMERGING FORM, a podcast about the creative process. She’s the former lead science writer at FiveThirtyEight and was previously a health columnist for The Washington Post. Christie is a frequent contributor to The New York Times. She’s also been a contributing editor for Runner’s World and a contributing writer for Bicycling. Her work appears in dozens of publications, including Discover, Slate, Consumer Reports, New Scientist, More, Men’s Journal, Mother Jones, NPR.org, S...2020-07-0221 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastTraining is not one-size-fits-all with Kim PeekTraining is not one-size-fits-all. Learn to take a self-study approach so you can thrive as an athlete.
In her early 40s, Kim became a runner, a triathlete, and then a coach. But she didn’t always like endurance activities. At one point, she threatened to fire her trainer because the sessions involved Kim running around the 1/10th mile track at the gym. She stuck with it because she enjoyed the camaraderie among the moms, and because she quickly dropped 50 pounds, all while realizing she was capable of achieving hard things.
The discipline she developed as a r...2020-06-2620 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastLia Nees discusses hypnosis for Athletes
Today we spoke with Lia Nees the founder of Cephalo Hypnosis and the creator of Hypnotic Athlete Accelerator an 8-week hypnotic female coaching program for athletes.
Lia says "I know what it’s like to feel like your mind is working against you, keeping you from reaching your goals."
I was struggling to reach my goals. I couldn’t get out of my rut. I couldn’t get past my own fear and anxieties. The smallest hitch would derail me. I felt stuck and overwhelmed watching everyone else around me thrive. I tried using...2020-06-1922 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastThe Athletes Gut with Patrick Wilson PhD.Today we talk with Patrick Wilson, author of the Athletes Gut: The Inside Science of Digestion, Nutrition, and Stomach Distress. The Athlete’s Gut makes sense of the complicated gastrointestinal tract and offers solutions to the tummy troubles that keep athletes from enjoying and excelling in their sport.
Questions We Tackle:
Why Dr. Wilson wanted to focus his work on the athlete's gut. The majority of endurance athletes suffer from some kind of gut problem during training and competition. Symptoms like nausea, cramping, bloating, side stitches, and the need to defecate can negatively impact an a...2020-06-1222 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastGo-to resource for endurance and adventure enthusiasts. GritLink
GritLink
Our Mission - To be the go-to resource for endurance and adventure enthusiasts for finding health care and knowledge that uniquely speaks to their training lifestyle and gritty mindset.
Cortney Jacobsen has held product leadership positions at Amazon, Brightcove, and Disney. Her undergraduate majors of Classical Piano and Electrical Engineering speak to her mission to balance creativity and logic and found that a career in product management suited this quest well. She fell in love with the outdoor life when she moved to Seattle in 1998. In 2015, she started Northwest Energy Lab...2020-06-0523 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastPsychological Strength with Peak Mind
Ashley and April founded Peak Mind: The Center for Psychological Strength in 2019. Their mission is to make information, tools, and techniques from the fields of Psychology and Life Design easily accessible so that everyone who wants to can THRIVE!
April Seifert, Ph.D.
I'm thrilled to be part of Peak Mind because I know first-hand how powerful the fields of Psychology and Design Thinking can be in helping people make the most of the one life they're going to live. You see, everyone has been given the same gift of one...2020-05-2925 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastAdrien Paczosa - Live For the Health of Your Body
Adrien Paczosa is a Registered and Licensed Dietitian practicing in Austin, Texas, and the surrounding counties. She is the founder of I Live Well Nutrition as well as being the founder of Fearless Practitioners, the division of her business that offers training to dietitians and wellness professionals.
Adrien began her path towards nutrition by falling down. She has been dancing since age 2 and in college was a Kilgore College Rangerette. During practice she took a fall and broke her foot, and that sparked the ideas of needing a new direction in her life. After graduating in...2020-05-2218 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastWe are disconnected from ourselves.
Jason Belz
Jason Belz shares on PHIT for a Queen that we are disconnected from ourselves. We do anything to take us away from being present. His goal is to get people to reconnect with their bodies.
Environmentally, we aren’t connected to our bodies. There’s so much stimulus going on outside our bodies all day long, and in this technology age, we sit all day – working from computers or phones or sitting in school. We are a car city, so we aren’t even walking places or walking to the subway. People have lost thi...2020-04-1734 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastSome rock-climbing communities are starting to emerge that are focused on body positivity.
Marisa Michael shares on PHIT for a Queen that some rock-climbing communities are starting to emerge that are focused on body positivity. In these communities, rock climbers are speaking out that you don’t need to be thin to climb. If you have a body, you can climb.
If you look at rock climbers on social media or in climbing publications, there’s a lot of information about how to lose weight and a lot of information encouraging weight loss to be a better climber. But the research on anthropometrics and climbing ability doesn’t support...2020-04-0319 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastYou’ve got to give your body a chance to talk back to you. Tammy Beasley shares on PHIT for a Queen that you’ve got to give your body a chance to talk back to you. You really can learn to hear it, and your body can learn to trust you. But, it’s mutual trust, and both have responsibility.
When you have an eating disorder, there’s shame and darkness; a secret. The eating disorder has the power when you hide it – it’s a secret in a black hole. But when you expose it to the light – to relationships and to seeking health – it can’t survive. That’s th...2020-03-2737 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastWe are Made to Move: Exercise and Eating Disorder RecoveryWe are Made to Move: Exercise and Eating Disorder Recovery
Join us as we speak to Dr. Brian Cook, whose research focuses on the etiological role and therapeutic potential of exercise in eating disorders. We look at the benefit of addressing exercise in eating disorder treatment and treatment tools that can be used.
We don’t have an upper limit to how much we exercise but should there be one? With eating disorders, this is probably a good point to address.
Cook believes we must address exercise in treatment just like we do food. We have a pro...2020-03-2024 min
Phit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastPreventing injury in young female athletes comes down to recovery with Emily Pappas.Pappas shares on PHIT for a Queen that preventing injury in young female athletes comes down to recovery. Humans are able to adapt to about anything if provided enough recovery for the training modality.
We have not really portrayed female athletes in science the way we should. The research is far behind in understanding the menstrual cycle and in claiming that certain hormones cause injuries.
The majority of young female athletes have menstrual cycle irregularity, primarily related to energy availability. Studies are beginning to show a relationship between those irregularities and soft tissue injuries.
2020-03-1300 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastAndrew Dole shares on PHIT for a QueenAndrew Dole shares on PHIT for a Queen why “He comes informed when working with his athletes. Addressing Context= individual needs of the athlete.”
His style is sorting science with common sense.
Dairy can be a great resource as a complete nutritional package for that athlete.
When working with his athlete’s takes the approach that you don’t have to take in dairy but what are you going to replace it with?
Explore if your food beliefs are driven by who you associate with (culture within sport).
Myth #1 -Debunks that humans can drink milk through their adu...2020-01-1031 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastEating Disorder to Olympic Athlete with Cyclist Dotsie BauschDotsie Bauch’s journey to the Olympics has been extraordinary: after recovering from anorexia she found cycling and became a Silver Medalist at the age of 39 years of age. She shares how movement was an important part of her recovery and how decisions she made for herself along the way helped with performance.
Dotsie’s journey to the Olympic has been extraordinary; after recovering from anorexia, where she almost lost her life, Dotsie found cycling at the age of 26 that helped in her recovery. Twelve years later she competed in the 2012 Olympic Games i...2019-11-2225 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastCecelia Townes shares on PHIT for a Queen “How when she got the NOs she just redirected.“Cecelia Townes shares on PHIT for a Queen “How when she got the NOs she just redirected.“
Found her joy for sports by age 5 playing tennis
Missed her love of the sport so much she walked on to the Howard tennis team.
Found she couldn’t escape sport even during her law school.
Challenged herself to look at what she wanted out of her career and did she really want to give up the sport.
She wanted to stay within athletics and found her love of teaching student athlete’s skills.
She started Beyond the Game which pr...2019-11-1523 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastThe Plate Method helps bring back the fun and enjoymentWendy Sterling & Casey Crosbie (dynamic duo dietitians) share on PHIT for a Queen “How the Plate Method helps bring back the fun and enjoyment to eating and takes away the exactness. “
Avoiding “exactness” a hyper-focus around numbers.
Eating doesn’t need to be number focused.
Add back the fun and enjoyment of eating.
The Plate Method fill the plate up and make sure all food groups are present.
Aim for half the plate carbohydrate.
Depending on their goals there may be different versions of the plate.
Snacks vary according to their nutritional goals.
It is important to incorpo...2019-11-0828 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastTrauma Informed Yoga and the Body with Emily AndersonEmily Anderson is a Licensed Therapist, a Registered Yoga Teacher, and a Certified Trauma-Conscious Yoga Method facilitator. She defines and explains how trauma impacts our body, how trauma-informed yoga can be beneficial and other treatment modalities including Somatic Experiencing.
Emily defines trauma for us. Usually, when people think of trauma they think of trauma as specific events; war, sexual assault or and accident. Emily finds it beneficial to widen the definition of trauma to include how it impacts the nervous system. Anything that overwhelms our ability to cope, can be registered in our nervous system as t...2019-11-0124 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastBethany Hamilton shares “How surfing was in her blood and she knew nothing would keep her from her passion” on PHIT for a Queen.Clip-8.58 “ Some say the wave I surfed was 40- 50 foot, bigger than a house.
Bethany Hamilton shares “How surfing was in her blood and she knew nothing would keep her from her passion” on PHIT for a Queen.
Surfing was just something she was destined for.
While in the hospital recovering a fellow surfer who lost a leg from a shark but didn’t keep him from surfing.
An important part of surfing is understanding the ocean.
Started with a short film that was focused on high-performance surfing ended up in a documentar...2019-10-2516 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastFemale Brain Injury In Sport: What We Know and Still Need to Know. Dr. Donna Duffy dives into the impact of concussions on females, how women and girls present and recover differently, and how much we still don’t know about this injury in sport.
* You get a concussion when you have a blow to the head and body that causes your brain to move back and forth in your skull. Your brain can have different reactions when this happens, there is disruption there and this can be a concussive experience. Body blows can also cause a concussion.
* The HPA axis is something that can make a co...2019-10-1831 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastAdam McAboy shares “Why He developed a community for athletes to not feel alone- The Athlete’s Village.” on Phit for a Queen.Adam McAboy shares “Why He developed a community for athletes to not feel alone- The Athlete’s Village.” on Phit for a Queen.
Found people were like sponges for expert information.
Found now as coaches he and Mark Henderson (swimmer in the Atlanta Olympics) were in the same boat.
Wanted a platform for current and former athletes to give back to sport.
As an athlete, we avoid showing weakness.
The Village brings about many different perspectives.
Can follow many different areas of interest or topics
Athletes can post questions even anonymously
Experts in the community love to supp...2019-10-1225 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastBrain Tools from a Sports PsychologistDr. Erin Haugen is a Sports Psychologist working with athletes and high performers. She shares some of her tips and tools for tackling some negative self-talk that can impact our performance.
Haugen shares how she has been involved in educating on mental health and breaking mental health stigmas within the athletic training field. Collaborating with other fields within the sports world helps the athlete as well as our own well being.
Something that Dr. Haugen focuses on in therapy with athletes and high performers is focusing on the negative mindset that they might have and focusing...2019-10-0423 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastNancy Clark shares on PHIT for a Queen what to expect in the 6th edition of her Sports Nutrition guidebook as to what things change and was things stay the same.Nancy Clark shares on PHIT for a Queen what to expect in the 6th edition of her Sports Nutrition guidebook as to what things change and was things stay the same.
It is a whole another food culture we live in
Help athletes under the controversy
The ultimate goal is to make sure an athlete’s muscles are well-fueled
We forget about whole food comes in a whole matrix & synergistic compounds
Keep the recipes simple- 6 ingredients or less, nothing strange & easy to prepare.
Be responsible with your nutrition just as you would with your training.
Put the...2019-09-2725 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastMental Health Advocate, Olympic Gold Medalist Samantha Livingstone
At 18 years of age, Samantha won a gold medal but that was only the start of her journey as an athlete and mental health advocate. She shares with us how she went about shattering her perfectionist armor and how she is supporting athletes to do the same. nt leaders.
* Samantha was 18 years old when she won her Olympic Gold Medal. She shares with us about this experience and the mentors she had along the way. Her first passion was soccer but she got that medal in swimming!
* At 13 years of age, Sam...2019-09-2029 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete Podcast“They are more than JUST athletes.” Dr. Claire-Marie Roberts shares on PHIT for a QueenDr. Claire-Marie Roberts shares on PHIT for a Queen why it is important for her athletes to know “They are more than JUST athletes.”
Her experience as a swimmer helped her experience sports psychology first hand.
Sports psychology even though she knew was her passion ended up being a second career however her experience as a civil engineer helped her navigate a male-dominated field.
She has created an interdisciplinary approach focusing her efforts on the staff that works with the athletes treating them holistically and compassionately.
Many female athletes felt they ha...2019-09-1336 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastShould I Go on the Pill? Physiology in the Female Athlete with Dr. Elliot-SaleHormonal contraception and how it is used for the female athlete can be confusing with controversial opinions. Dr. Elliot-Sale joins us to clear things up on this topic!
Sale discusses the use of hormonal contraception in the female athlete, where is the place for it and when it should be used.
Sale did research in the UK looking at why female athletes were using hormonal birth control and results showed that many were using it to manipulate their cycle. 10:20
If you continue to use BCP year on year without break, that it may disrupt hormonal homeostasis.
...2019-09-0626 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastDr. Caroline Silby shares how “strategies to align sports performance with capability” on PHIT for a Queen podcastDr. Caroline Silby shares how “strategies to align sports performance with capability” on PHIT for a Queen podcast:
The Sports Scene should be used to model and develop confident, healthy adults.
Align sports performance with capability.
We have to identify the qualities that make you successful but also identify the qualities that need to have balance.
Works with the American Girl company on projects empowering young girls through books
You can find Dr. Silby and her books at:
https://www.drsilby.com/
https://www.drsilby.com/sports-fitness/
So you know...2019-07-0121 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastJohn Hohlt from The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) shares on PHIT for a Queen how using Christ through sport to influence.
John Hohlt from The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) shares on PHIT for a Queen how using Christ through sport to influence.
Went into coach due to the positive influence of his coach
We went to see the world transformed by Jesus through sport
Coaches can be the greatest influencer in the sports world
FCA wants to help complete the ministry
Coach’s words have power
We are called to be ambassadors for Christ, and this doesn’t change on the field
Do you want to be a legend, or do you want to...2019-06-2823 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastA Still Quiet Place. Mindfulness Techniques for the Athlete with Dr. Amy SaltzmanMindfulness has found its place in sports! Dr. Saltzman discusses mindfulness and how it can lead to improved sport performance overall, reduce stress and increase the enjoyment of sport!
Saltzman defines mindfulness as paying attention to the here and now, with kindness and curiosity so we can choose our behavior. Mindfulness lets us tune in to our bodies and fine tune our athletic performance.
What is going on in our body when we practice mindfulness? Mindfulness increases problem-solving and emotional regulation, learning and memory and cognitive flexibility as well as decreases activation in our amygdala (our flight or f...2019-06-2128 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastValeria Weber Williamson of Your Shot of Yoga shares on PHIT for a Queen “ Why you have to give yourself permission to fail, but not permission to quit.“
Valeria Weber Williamson of Your Shot of Yoga shares on PHIT for a Queen “ Why you have to give yourself permission to fail, but not permission to quit. “
Yoga has been shown in research to complement care of mental illness such as trauma, depression, chronic pain or anxiety.
Be involved in finding your own way
The Why of yoga will vary as to why you are using it
Yoga gives you the space to let everything go for a minute.
Part of why we don’t find thing sustainable is we don’t build our network
It needs...2019-06-1422 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastNathan Carlson from Running Mate KC shares on PHIT for a QueenNathan Carlson from Running Mate KC shares on PHIT for a Queen
Desired to run each day faster than the other and found that his body wasn’t able to withstand the training.
This led him to his interest in physical therapy specifically for running.
When looking at injuries we must look at so many different variables to put them at their best place to come back to health.
Consistency is key with injuries- training, mindfulness, progression
There is never One workout that is the workout.
Injuries- does it go away, or does it require an adj...2019-05-3133 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastJosh Wolf shares on PHIT for a Queen why “he loves coaching and how the real coaching comes when looking outside the lines”Josh Wolf shares on PHIT for a Queen why “he loves coaching and how the real coaching comes when looking outside the lines”
You have to reframe your brain, reframe your friendships
My biggest weakness of addictive behavior became fulfilled when I became a triathlon athlete.
You are never too old to start something you are passionate about
Found that once you have found that feeling of understanding it couldn’t get any worse you know what is coming next.
Found that pushing the limits helped him translate into other aspects outside of triathlons
Found coaching was a great...2019-05-2424 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastJon Hereth of Summit Rehab shares “Why your feet are like your car- biomechanics, capacity and maintenance.” on PHIT for a Queen
Jon Hereth of Summit Rehab shares “Why your feet are like your car- biomechanics, capacity, and maintenance.” on PHIT for a Queen.
The brain uses the foot to figure out where the body is in space.
The foot is responsible for sensory input
Biggest foot injury: plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendonitis, bunions
The foot is prone to injury due to repetitive doing things right or poorly
Learning biomechanics to allow your joint to handle more stress.
Build your capacity and good position to handle the stress.
Learn how to help your body be able to handle the stres...2019-05-1723 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastConfessions of a Physical Therapist: The Female Athlete with Dr. Ellie SomersThe healthcare system has done a disservice with the recovery of the female athlete.
Dr. Somers discusses how the gender biases of the female body, sports injury and how we recover is detrimental and harmful. She shares all that she has learned about physical therapy of the female athlete.
* Confessions of a PT: Dr. Somers shares her journey of becoming a PT, why she wanted to specialize in the female athlete and how the healthcare system has done a disservice to the recovery of the female athlete.
* Dr. Somers addresses the subtle gender biases of th...2019-05-0319 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastJourney of Eating Disorder Recovery in Sport with F.L.Y Movement’s Megan Marshall
Megan Marshall, co-founder of the F.L.Y Movement joins us to share her journey of recovery as a collegiate athlete, what helped her and why she started the Movement.
Megan shares her own story of being a collegiate athlete, the transition from being a high school runner to a collegiate athlete and some of the struggles she had.
Recovery is not perfect, and everyone has their own story of recovery. Megan surrounded herself with family, her teammates and an outpatient team that was beneficial. For her, recovery is never-ending.
Megan found that creating freedom with her...2019-04-2621 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastSally Roberts of Wrestle Like a Girl shares “How the world of sport can teach girls that the world is theirs.”Sally Roberts of Wrestle Like a Girl shares “How the world of sport can teach girls that the world is theirs.”
Sports came out of a tough choice to either participate in a sport after school or go to Juvenile Detention.
Sally choose wrestling as an outlet for her anger, getting along with the opposite gender and how to walk with confidence.
Confronting challenges head-on was a way to not give others power.
You may see gender but what you need to see is we are all athletes
As a physical & emotional outlet for her depression joine...2019-04-1929 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastSick Enough with Dr. Jennifer GaudianiDr. Jennifer Gaudiani returns to the show to discuss her new book Sick Enough: A Guide to the Medical Complications of Eating Disorders
Dr. G shares helpful concepts that she uses throughout the book, such as the caveperson brain, our overall biological drive, and adaptation to keep us alive when we are struggling with disordered eating.
“I’m not sick enough” is a statement that we hear with those that are struggling with disordered eating. We explore the beliefs around this statement in regards to seeking help with an eating disorder and caring for ourselves.
The mind-body connection exists...2019-04-1229 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastSumner Brooks creator of EDRD Pro shares on PHIT for a QueenSumner Brooks creator of EDRD Pro shares on PHIT for a Queen “It is the behaviors that create the health outcome, not the weight that creates Health At Every Size.“
What is HAES? Heath At Every Size
Found that if she was going to focus on weight loss as a solution it felt wrong.
While Body positivity may be a trend the harm that those in larger bodies have experienced is not a trend.
HAES is a way of living centered around well-being, not size.
HAES is delivering the same care to everybody.
Health is not a gua...2019-04-0526 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastLiving life creatively with Paralympian Patty Cisneros PrevoLiving life creatively with Paralympian Patty Cisneros Prevo
During her freshman year at Indiana University Patty was in a car accident that led to a spinal cord injury that left her wheelchair-bound. She a very special individual who planted the seed that she could continue to be an athlete and introduced her to wheelchair basketball.
Once an athlete, always an athlete! That competitive nature did not go away for Patty, and connecting to teammates who felt the same way led do back to back gold medals in the Paralympics.
The concept of living creatively was one...2019-03-2222 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastRenee McGregor shares on PHIT for a Queen “what is orthorexia & the movement #trainbrave”Renee McGregor shares on PHIT for a Queen “what is orthorexia & the movement #trainbrave”
Her background in clinical practice gave her valuable skills working with other disciplines
Her love for running naturally drove her to sports nutrition
Found her interest in clinical nutrition and sports dietitian blended her into specializing in eating disorders.
Orthorexia is the obsession with eating correctly
Trainbrave is an educational campaign to make runners aware of eating disorders and RED-S (relative energy deficiency in Sport)
Found that there was a lack of resources for those that wanted to compete but weren’t elite athletes
The dis...2019-03-1528 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastIsabel Foxen Duke shares on PHIT for a Queen Isabel Foxen Duke shares on PHIT for a Queen
Her first diet was as a child encouraged by her pediatrician from that point felt she was always in a dieting cycle.
Finally, after years went to treatment for binge eating learning that binges are caused by dieting.
The constant pursuit was the problem in itself.
We must separate health from weight. Making a wellness mask for vanity.
There is NO evidence that larger bodies cause chronic illnesses.
“Blaming poor health on fatness is like blaming lung cancer on yellow teeth” Linda Bacon
Culturally we have given people the opportunity...2019-02-2245 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastOwning Our Futures with Fitness Entrepreneur Sara GreyOwning Our Futures with Fitness Entrepreneur Sara Grey
At 26, Sara found herself as a single mom wanting to make a change so she can provide for her son. The tenacity, grit, and mindset through movement that she learned as a D-1 athlete was something she believed help her beat the odds. She shares her story of resilience, how she is changing how women talk to each other and themselves about their bodies and health.
Statistically speaking, Sara wasn’t supposed to succeed but she did! She shares how being an athlete helped her drive forw...2019-02-1526 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastRobyn and Tim share on PHIT for a Queen why they “ took mental health advocacy on the road.”Robyn and Tim share on PHIT for a Queen why they “ took mental health advocacy on the road.”
Wanted to use her voice to break the stigma around mental health.
Generational gaps share different hurt around mental health stigma
Decided to create this bus as a legacy for their daughters
Strives to find a place that those with addiction and mental health are treated with respect
2019 is 365 days, 30 cities hitting the cities breaking stigma, providing resources
The bus is a vehicle for us being able to speak out.
Wide Wonder represents the bigger picture, inclusivity, and wonde...2019-02-0825 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastSpecialization is THE MOST Detrimental Thing for the Young Athlete with Dr. Tommy John As the son of renowned Major League Baseball pitcher Tommy John who played in the Major Leagues for 26 seasons and was the first person to come back in 1974 from the revolutionary surgery named the Tommy John Surgery, it is not surprising that Dr. Tommy developed a passion for proper healing and physical function as he witnessed firsthand the outcomes of injury, innovation, and principled healing. Dr. John shares with us the problems he is seeing, and research is showing when youth specialize too early in sport, and ways we can prevent and protect our young athletes!
To...2019-02-0131 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastAllie Kieffer shares how “ I don’t run fast because I am lighter. I ran fast because I am stronger” on PHIT for a Queen.Allie Kieffer shares how “ I don’t run fast because I am lighter. I ran fast because I am stronger” on PHIT for a Queen.
Running was her way to escape her environment
From a young age had others label her as “different” when it comes to the typical running body.
How strong can I be to get through this marathon
Lean on your strength
If I don’t properly eat I can’t then recover to keep up my running.
If my life was just about running it wouldn’t be very worthwhile.
Hey, I am going to prove...2019-01-2522 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastThe BLUEPRINT for Success of the Student Athlete with Seneca Blue
The BLUEPRINT for Success of the Student-Athlete with Seneca Blue
Student-athletes come into the world of higher level sports with the expectation that they know how to handle these stressors and transitions. They are not prepared and we are beginning to see the impact on the student-athletes overall health. BLUEPRINT is a resource for all student-athletes to being learning life skills and coping strategies to help them with these major life transitions.
Seneca discusses the challenges of student-athletes; they have the stressors of being a young person in general and the extra st...2019-01-1815 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastDr. Rosen from the Gaudiani Clinic shares “Myths around amenorrhea & the female athlete & what is RED-S” on PHIT for a Queen.
By day I am a doctor, by night I am getting my hands-on any outdoor adventure.
Saw a gap in the care of the health of the female athlete.
Found she was able to blend her experience with medical complication secondary to disorder and issues seen within athletic population specifically female athlete.
Trying to change the culture of amenorrhea being a natural consequence. The loss of a menstrual cycle is a RED flag! For every year without a menstrual cycle, you can lose 2% bone density
Debunks why birth control is not beneficial at protecting or rebuilding bone.
Is t...2019-01-1128 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastDr. Janean Anderson shares “Why thoughts matter” on PHIT for a Queen.Dr. Janean Anderson shares “Why thoughts matter” on PHIT for a Queen.
Believes her journey to eating disorder recovery allows her to empathize and be patient with her clients.
Wrote her book to help others sort out what is the eating disorder and what is you.
Talks about common thought patterns that are detrimental to mental health: black or white, catastrophizing.
Explains the different types of therapy & when one may work better than others “Do what works!”
Unhelpful thoughts create unhelpful behavior that creates behaviors.
“Thoughts matter”
Podcast is a mixed of solo interviews on core concepts for...2018-12-0724 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastDr. Anita Johnston shares “ How stories allow us to have our aha moments to create new neuro pathways” on PHIT for a Queen.Dr. Anita Johnston shares “How stories allow us to have our aha moments to create new neuro pathways” on PHIT for a Queen.
We have evolved from an over emphasis of goal oriented culture vs emotional oriented
Our lives out of balance gets played out in food, & our bodies.
We are taught to disregard our instincts and intuitions.
Emotions are energy in motion.
IT is the suppression and inappropriate expression of emotions that cause damage.
Food gives us the illusion of control.
Writing came as a way to bridge storytelling with a way to explain the compl...2018-11-3028 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastWho is protecting our athletes? Sexual abuse in sport with Nancy Hogshead-MakarWho is protecting our athletes? Sexual abuse in sport with Nancy Hogshead-Makar
Nancy has been in the world of sexual abuse when it comes to club and Olympic sports for 8 years now. She discusses the issues around sexual abuse in sport, updates us on the new policies taking place since the gymnasts have come forward and what we can do to protect our athletes.
Nancy has been in the world of sexual abuse when it comes to the club and Olympic sports for 8 years now. She discusses the issues around sexual abuse in sport, updates...2018-11-2326 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastWas I only Fast because I was Anorexic? Messages in Sport with Kara Bazzi Was I only Fast because I was Anorexic? Messages in Sport with Kara Bazzi
Kara shares about the messages in the sport world that are prominent that can be challenging for athletes who are at risk for eating disorders. She also shares her journey of recovery, transitioning out of collegiate running and developing a healthy relationship with sport.
Kara shares her journey of being a Div I athlete and struggling with an eating disorder, her recovery and how this drew her to where she is now, Co-Founder and Clinical Director of Opal Food and Body Wisdom
Thin...2018-11-1626 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastImproving our Mental Toughness with Dr. Haley PerlusImproving our Mental Toughness with Dr. Haley Perlus
Dr. Perlus shares her views of mental toughness in sport and how we can build our own to help improve our sport performance or any goal that you might have for yourself!
* Mental Toughness is wanting it more than you fear it. The ability to press mute on the fears that you might have in sports and focus on the desire and the want and have that be greater than the fear is how Dr. Perlus defines it.
* How do we build mental toughness?? Work on...2018-11-0920 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastLauren Anton shares “when people are so disconnected from their body this is when the disorder creeps up” on PHIT for a Queen.Lauren Anton shares “when people are so disconnected from their body this is when the disorder creeps up” on PHIT for a Queen.
Her role as a trainer in a gym gave her first-hand insight into the culture that contributes to eating disorders.
Interesting fact that breathe work when going to school for acting helped her be able to use this as a mind-body connection tool.
Could be this disconnection a result of trauma?
Dispel the weight stigma of “what is a larger body in running?”
Feels that injuries can stem from negative thoug...2018-11-0232 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastDr. John Sullivan shares why “The Brain always Wins” on PHIT for a QueenDr. John Sullivan shares why “The Brain always Wins” on PHIT for a Queen
The Brain is the Governor connected by the vagus nerve
The brain hasn’t been viewed as cool because we don’t tell a good story about it.
Why we should view mental health as brain health- “we don’t know what human consciousness is”
Breath rate manages heart rate which also manages the brain.
Shares how brain management starts with PROCESS- listen to find what those stand for
When you can regulate heart rate and respiration rate you can regulate emotion.
Leaving you to be...2018-10-2628 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastAthletes are Humans! Performance Anxiety in Sport with Dr. Lonnie Sarnell.Dr. Lonnie Sarnell tackles the world of mental health issues in sports, particularly performance anxiety and the overlap between anxiety and disordered eating.
* Athletes are humans and struggle with mental health issues! The thoughts around mental health and anxiety are that if we struggle with it it's a personal failing versus something that is extremely prevalent and can be treated. Lonnie tackles myths around mental health in the sports world.
* The average delay between onset symptoms of mental illness and intervention can be 8 to 10 years.
* We need a little anx...2018-10-1920 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastMichelle Cordero shares with us “How she uses a holistic approach when taking care of her athletes. “Michelle Cordero shares with us “How she uses a holistic approach when taking care of her athletes.“
Athletic Trainers are part of the Sports Medicine team and are usually the first to the athlete when injured.
Also are behind the scenes to prevent injuries from happening.
Share what puts the female athlete at risk for injuries- training, nutrition, maintenance.
The goal is to break down the injury to relatable terms so they can understand what is going on to their body.
Avoid generalizations and bring back information put into context.
Check out Michelle’s Facebook communi...2018-10-1227 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastHollaback! To Street Harassment with Emily May
Emily May, the co-founder of Hollaback!, a global, people-powered movement to end harassment, joins us to discuss the issue, how to respond to harassment and how we can be a part of creating a safer community.
Emily explains what street harassment is: sexual harassment that happens in a public space; a whole spectrum of behavior that is a product of sexism and racism. Everywhere across the world it exists and it is a problem! Youth are even more at risk, the majority of young women will have experienced street harassment by age 12.
Street harassment might feel l...2018-10-0419 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastDr. Amy Bender shares “why getting your ZZZsss is key to your success” on PHIT for a Queen podcast:Dr. Amy Bender shares “why getting your ZZZsss is key to your success” on PHIT for a Queen podcast:
“I have always wanted to be an author so it was natural to write about her story”
Use perfectionism for good, not destruction!
Is on a mission to educate coaches on the forms of eating disorders and bring about awareness.
We have to have a behavior approach versus appearance approach.
Happiness in my core!
By breaking my silence I mustered the courage to recover.
You can follow Dr. Bender at:
@sleepforsport
So you know...2018-09-2822 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastFlaunt Performance: THE Podcast for the Voluptuous Runner
Descriptor: Aja shares her experience of being stigmatized as a voluptuous runner and why this led her to start a podcast around these topics.
Descriptor:
Aja shares how she has experienced weight stigma as a runner and why she decided to speak out about this problem in the running world. She started Flaunt Performance: THE Podcast for THE Voluptuous Runner and athletes.
We don’t have to lose weight to start a sport. It is the perception that you CAN’T but that is not true. We address those stigmas!
We live in a society tha...2018-09-2119 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastChanging the Game of Youth Sports with John O’SullivanChanging the Game of Youth Sports with John O’Sullivan
The world of youth sports that is changing drastically leading to high burn out. John joins us and discusses this changing atmosphere and ways parents and coaches can help to keep the Play in Sport!
Changing the Game has the main goal of keeping the Play in sports. John discusses the changing times of youth sports, and how we have pushed the adult version of sport onto our children.
How can the parent be encouraging but not too pushy with our children when...2018-09-1422 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastDr. Laura Miranda shares how “strategies to align sports performance with capability” on PHIT for a Queen podcastDr. Laura Miranda shares how “strategies to align sports performance with capability” on PHIT for a Queen podcast:
Was inspired by the women that helped put her back together during her injuries as a young athlete.
Align sports performance with capability.
Loves to workout outside as it reminds of playing as a child.
Injuries can impact an athlete’s identity and being able to say “I am not OK and what can I do?”
Empowering positive talk is a must for mental & physical healing- Speak to yourself as if you were a young child.
Must adhere to the tra...2018-09-0723 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastLaura Moretti shares how she listens to her own body’s needs while training for ironman and being a dietitian on Phit for a Queen.Laura Moretti shares how she listens to her own body’s needs while training for Ironman and being a dietitian on Phit for a Queen.
Her combination of passions & interest lead her to a career path as a dietitian
Laura shares her strategies on how to fuel and train as a competitive triathlete while juggling her job as a dietitian
She really focuses on listening to her own body needs while training.
Discusses how certain personality traits are drawn to certain sports.
Where you can learn more about Laura:
http...2018-08-3123 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastKay Glynn shares why she plans to spend all of her life being active and why her grandkids call her the Grandma that eats broccoli.Kay Glynn shares why she plans to spend all of her life being active and why her grandkids call her the Grandma that eats broccoli.
Found her way to connect with others by doing track meets
Never wants to stop learning and wants to share her story to help others
Feels her balance in activities has helped her to continue strong in sports.
Grandkids call her “the grandma that eats broccoli and has long blonde hair”
Wants to show others who she is by being the motivational entertainer
Where you can learn more about Kay:
2018-08-2420 min
Phit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastHormones, Mood and the Female Brain with Meeka CentimanoWomen are more at risk for anxiety, depression and other mood disorders. Meeka shares why this might occur and how our biology has an impact.
Statistically speaking, women tend to struggle with depression more than men. Meeka shares the reasons behind this and speaks further on how hormones affect the female brain.
Estrogen is a big part of this dynamic. The female brain really likes estrogen and appetite, mood, sleep, sex drive and pain levels, can be affected by a fluctuation in it.
There is a difference between the diagnosis of a...2018-08-1000 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastAj Mendez shares how “Crazy is her super POWER” on PHIT for a Queen podcastAj Mendez shares how “Crazy is her super POWER” on PHIT for a Queen podcast:
So excited to share how Turning crazy into a superpower book is now a TV series.
Wants to normalize and educate on mental health specifically bipolar.
Got her start on WWE by paying for an audition
AJ’s role models of women were strong, powerful ladies.
Sometimes keeping your script to yourself can be a selfish thing.
Sharing your story can be freeing.
You can find AJ and her superpowers at:
http://theajmendez.com/
http://theajmendez.com/crazy-book
http://theajm...2018-08-0300 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastGetting Real about the Fitness Industry with Katherine HugheyKatherine Hughey is a former fitness competitor and recovered eating disorder athlete, who gets real about the dark side of the fitness industry and how she is changing these messages!
Katherine discusses how gyms and the fitness industry has in a way, lost its mission. The stereotypes that the fitness industry is encouraging is a barrier to living a healthy lifestyle
We tackle and chat about the messages that the fitness industry is perpetuating that are unattainable, unrealistic and damaging.
How do we fix this? We need to step up in the fitness industry, be accountable...2018-07-2700 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastBeth Jessop shares why she created "Sports Moms United" and her passion for youth athletics.Beth Jessop shares why she created "Sports Moms United" and her passion for youth athletics.
The mission is to raise physically fit, & mentally fit young athletes.
Bring together this community of Moms to support each other.
Shares her story of lost identity after sport and how she wants to support others.
IT is our responsibility as a parent to show up with "Positive Energy"
Best words you can say to your athlete as a parent is " I love watching you play"
Where you can find Beth and Sports Moms United
2018-07-2000 minPhit for a Queen: A Female Athlete PodcastOvertraining Syndrome with A Case of the Jills Jill Puelo shares her journey as an ultramarathoner who struggled with amenorrhea, overtraining syndrome, and her journey to find the balanced relationship with exercise.
Jill shares the journey of her struggle of being diagnosed with hypothalamic amenorrhea as an ultramarathoner. She went to her OB who said: “you’re a skinny runner, what do you expect?” Losing your period is an indicator of something being wrong!
Loss of a period in an athlete is also an indicator of overtraining syndrome. There is a difference between overreaching and overtraining.
Jill’s athletic iden...2018-07-1300 min