Meet Tanya Burton, the proud owner of The Diet Doc Sedalia. Her love for fitness and health inspires her to motivate and encourage all those she meets. She is a wife, licensed massage therapist, and an ISSA certified personal trainer.

She grew up with an active lifestyle playing multiple sports in high school. However, after college she started to slow down and began gaining weight. Tanya transformed her life by hiring an online coach and used the flexible dieting approach to lose 50 pounds in one year. She continued to study nutrition and discovered how to manage her weight forever.

In the last three years Tanya has run three Tough Mudder events, a half marathon, and competed in her first physique show. When several friends, family, and fellow gym-goers began regularly coming to Tanya for nutrition, weight loss, and fitness advice, she realized how much she enjoyed helping others.

She is grateful to be providing specialized and custom nutrition, weight loss, and fitness services to help clients achieve their health and fitness goals.

Meet Laura Ligos, a registered dietician offering a “food first” approach to her clients. Known as the “Sassy Dietician,” Laura shares her zest for life through her private consultations with fitness-focused females who are looking to optimize their health.

Laura attempts to help her clients look at food as a noun, not a verb, and offers ways to fuel your body to remain active throughout your entire life. She tackles hormonal issues, personal relationships with food, and the benefits of making better nutritional choices.

In the episode, Laura gives her thoughts on intuitive eating, tracking macros, and the controversial Keto diet. Learning to trust yourself, your body, and your mind can help you find longevity and lasting health, and Laura hopes to instill that trust into each client she works with.

Meet Sean Kachmarski, ultra-marathon runner, author, and devoted family man. Sean’s journey to running success is not typical, but it is undoubtedly inspirational. Diagnosed with kidney stones in his mid-40’s, Sean was moved to do something to correct his health and be a better father and husband to his family. Starting with the Couch to 5K program, he progressed to park runs in England and eventually 10k races.

He set his sights higher on one of England’s iconic races: the 2015 Great North Run, an emotional event for Sean that taught him an important lesson: you can always judge a race by how they treat their last place runners. Fueled by this crowning achievement, Sean once again set the bar higher as he fully embraced the mantle of “runner”: marathons and ultra-marathons soon were conquered, leading Sean to write a book on writing — Just Finish: Don’t Think You Can, Know You Can.

Hoping to inspire would-be runners with his story, Sean is living proof that you can move from the “back of the pack” and become a true runner in unconventional ways.

Meet Kristen Yerger, a certified nutritionist, network marketer, and wellness mentor to moms and teachers everywhere.

A former softball player with sights set on Olympic glory, Kristen was forced to retire from the sport when she sustained a shoulder injury in high school. As the years passed, Kristen learned how to move past failure and accept that life isn’t always going to be perfect, applying these mantras when alcoholism nearly threatened to pull her marriage apart.

Now a devoted runner and 4 AM early-riser, Kristen details what helped her save her marriage, discover a new purpose, and re-establish her own identity. She now coaches teachers and mothers, encouraging them to be 1% better than they were the day before.

Meet Helene Kusman, a holistic wellness blogger, yoga instructor, and Reiki healer. After falling into running and fitness eight years ago, Helene found new interests in yoga and wellness. The mind-body connection and positive mental benefits she experienced during her early sessions encouraged her to become a yoga trainer in Louisville, Kentucky. Praising the physical and mental results from establishing a regular practice, Helene continued her wellness journey by becoming a licensed Reiki practitioner. She now incorporates both yoga and Reiki in the classes she offers at Yoga Baum and to her private clients. Her blog, helenekusman.com, offers online yoga classes to private wellness sessions, Reiki, healthy recipes and holistic health content.

Meet Dr. Veerle Van Tricht, a medical doctor, ophthalmologist, and holistic life coach. Dr. V worked as a volunteer for Doctors Without Borders and other non-profit organizations in Africa and Australia, doing cataract surgery in rural villages between 1993 and 2006.

Dr V is a talented public speaker who is fluent in several languages, including English, Dutch and French. She has taught medical students and registrars and speaks at numerous conference all over the world.

Dr. V has also been a Reiki master since 2005 and studied many alternative forms of healing, including life coaching at the internationally certified coaching institute in Melbourne, certified Angel Therapy and Tarot card reading with Doreen Virtue in Maui, Hawaii, and intuitive life coaching with Christie Marie Sheldon.

In Episode 45, Dr. V offers a look into the two facets of her background: scientific and holistic. Her unique journey found her communing with angels at a very young age, which ultimately influenced her work as a medical surgeon and led to the creation of her Angel School. After experiencing burnout early in her career, she now helps other professionals work through anxiety, stress, depression, and perfectionistic tendencies.

Meet Sarah Taylor, an unstoppable C.O.O and C.T.O of one of Melbourne’s hottest start-ups, transformational health coach, nutritional healer and international speaker.

As a formerly obese 40year old, Sarah turned her life around beating depression and a complete physical breakdown, accidentally getting into bodybuilding at age 42 and going on to become a 21-time World Champion by age 49.

Living by her motto ‘It’s never too late, start today’, Sarah is passionate about helping 40+ and busy working women transform their health and fitness and regain their energy and vitality in all aspects of their lives. She shares how nutrition can both hurt or heal in Episode 44.

Meet Benedict Beaumont, a Breathwork Facilitator, Yoga Teacher and founder of the Breathing Space School of Breathwork. Before he discovered Breathwork, he was mostly a high school teacher in the South Coast of England, sometimes a chef and chalet manager in the French Alps, occasionally a writer and always an adventurer. He now lives in Canada with his wife and young daughter.

In Episode 43, Benedict introduces us to conscious breathing — a technique he learned on a felicitous trip to Southeast Asia in 2014. Although well-versed in meditation, Buddhist dharma, and yoga, Benedict reveals the profound and life-changing experience breathwork had on his life, ultimately shaping the course of his future. He shares his fundamental belief that everyone’s body is wise and knows exactly what it needs to heal and transform at any moment. He also dives into the science of breathwork, the mental, physical, and emotional benefits, and how you can potentially become a breathwork facilitator.

Meet Janelle Gallo-Riegger, a NASM Certified Personal Trainer and ISSA certified nutritionist as well as a fitness model & state, national, & world bodybuilding champion. With 23 years of experience in the fitness industry, Janelle's true passion is to help others be the best versions of themselves through fitness and health. She trains people of all levels and all ages, helping others achieve a healthy and fit lifestyle.

In this episode, Janelle recalls her career in bodybuilding while offering advice on nutrition, training, and preparation for beginning competitors. She discusses the challenges of making it in the sport, and how her fitness journey led her to become a coach.

Meet Fitz Koehler. This woman is a powerhouse. And if you are a runner, then you most likely have heard her voice before. She is one of the premier race announcers in the country. We are talking about some of the largest and most prestigious races like the Los Angeles Marathon, Philadelphia Marathon, and the DC Wonder Woman Run Series.

If being a mom wasn't hard enough.... try being a runner and a mom! Psychologist and mom, Dr. Chloe Bedford talks about her experience on how running and being a new mom was a struggle. Dr. Bedford keeps it real in this episode. She discusses the pressure moms put on themselves and why we need to be okay with not being okay!

Martina Maddox is an Iron Man, triathlete, Ultra Runner, Marathoner, Athlete. But she is not your typical athlete. She was born with an innate ability to run. And to run very well. Besides a rock that made its way to her foot, she's never had a running injury! NEVER! Listen to this extraordinary women as she inspires you with her story on her impeccable drive and dedication.

Meet Pilates Instructor, Laura Wolff. In this episode we get a crash course on Pilates from the history (did not know it was named by a guy named Joseph Pilates) to why it may be better than yoga.

Meet Dr. Bianca Beldini, a doctor of physical therapy and acupuncture, a competitive triathlete and triathlon/running coach. If you are any type of athlete, this is an episode you don't want to miss.

Listen to Sam MacIntosh drop major gems on today's episode. But let's not forget this woman is the epitome of athleticism. She is a marathoner, triathlete, British Weightlifting Level 2 coach and a Precision Nutrition Level 2 certified coach.

Brenda Breland is a Keto Coach! Listen to how initially keto was a way to help with her post partum depression then eventually became a lifestyle. Brenda discusses what keto is and how she coaches women on the keto diet as part of her Keto Dynasty Academy.

Connie Nightingale discusses her journey to becoming a bodybuilding athlete that started with a diagnosis of Hashimoto's disease. She is not only an athlete, a Certified Nutritionist, a Certified Personal Trainer, a podcast host, but also a Mom.

Courtney is a BeachBody Coach. She discusses why her groups are successful and what she gives to her clients for the experience to be positive.

LaDonna Tweetz, a 2019 IPE Masters Cup Figure Pro Champion, discusses what it takes to be a figure pro competitor. She breaks down the basics from nutrition to the time investment.

Today's episode is all about CrossFit. My guest, Debbie, a Physical Therapist, has been doing CrossFit for 5 years. She's going to break down the terminology, talk about the importance of form, and how to select the CrossFit gym that is right for you.