Today on the show we have the one and only, wonderfully intelligent and unbreakable, Kate Galliett. Kate, an avid hunter and rock climber, has twenty years experience working in the world of fitness and movement helping people all over the world overcome aches, pains and limitations to accomplish their goals and have adventures. Kate share's her insights on how we can become experts in our own bodies and why this helps us to live the lives we are meant to live. We chat about science, health freedom, bad knees and so much more. Don't miss this conversation and the inspiration it will provide you! Fortunately Kate has also written a book for us so we too can embark on our own journey to become unbreakable and you can grab that here. For more from Sarah, head to www.dirtystrength.com and to join the prayer challenge, get details here!
Episode 97: Skin care myths and true beauty with Lisa Pfeiffer of Peaches Skincare
Today's episode features Master Aesthetician, Lisa Pfeiffer of Peaches Skincare. Lisa has been working in skin care for decades and is teaching us all about healthy skin today! We tackled myths about AGING, BEAUTY, SKIN FUNCTION and HEALTH. If you've considered Botox, fillers, and or just thrown your hands up and thought, "I just have to settle for the skin I'm in now," then you want to listen to this episode! For more from Lisa head to her Peaches Skincare YouTube channel, or her website: https://peachesskincare.com.
Episode 96: Supporting your husband in diet, exercise and fitness
Coach Luke is on the show today chatting with me about the best and worst ways to help support our spouses in pursing better health in fitness. Luke is sharing from his personal experience as a busy dad and husband and also as a career personal trainer and strength coach. It's a great chat about how careful we need to be with our language and how adjusting family routines and health practices can support EVERYONE's health. For more from Luke head to @coachluke. For more from Sarah head to dirtystrength.com
Episode 95: Thirty three and a third more uncomfortable in 2022
New Years Resolutions may or may not be your thing, but what about just committing to 33 1/3 % more discomfort in the new year? What if we broadly challenged ourselves to stop shying away from the things that make us feel uncomfortable, the unfamiliar areas in which we really NEED to grow? Come hang out with me so we can chat about what that looks like and why this approach is a nice way to do hard things without burning ourselves out! For more from Sarah head to www.dirtystrength.com andwww.sarahsmithstrength.com Don't forget to review the show and win a t shirt!
Episode 93: Birth Uprising, empowering women in birth and motherhood with Dr. Sarah Leahy
Sarah Leahy, DC of birthuprising.com joins us on the show today to share her own birth stories and experiences, the purpose behind her movement, BirthUprising and why women absolutely need to be educated and empowered in pregnancy and birth wherever they choose to birth! For more from Sarah, head to her website to grab the Prenatal Workbook and her beautiful art and birthing affirmation cards. You can also find pure GOLD at her Instagram account @birthuprising For the Castor Oil Crash Course, head to DirtyStrength.com
Episode 92: How to lose fat when you have prolapse, pelvic floor and core struggles
Hey Everyone! I'm flying solo here today and we are talking about FATLOSS. January 2022 is just around the corner and some of you all are wanting to lose weight but your prolapse or pelvic floor and core dysfunction is stopping you. Today I'm sharing with you what NOT to do if you want to change your physique as well as what you SHOULD do, i.e. what works. Click these links to take my breathing course, Better Than Kegels™ or by The Castor Oil Crash Course™. Check out episodes 54 (glyphosate) 73 (prayer power for health), 75 (prolapse is depletion) or 89 (pelvic floor PT) for more GOLD!
Episode 91 Short Stack Sunday What's an Ebenezer and does it matter?
Worshipping God, making Him number one and praising Him for all that He's done is Biblical, but how often we forget.
Tune in to hear about how an old hymn, a thundering battle and trusting the Lord even in your DM interactions on social media play into today's episode. The verses I read are 1 Samuel 7, Proverbs 3:6 and Psalm 66. For more from me head to sarahsmithstrength.com and dirtystrength.com
Episode 90: Vaginal steaming with Yes God Wellness, Megan Macpherson Jones
Today we are chatting about ALL the things vaginal steaming can do for us. Fibroids, PCOS, endometriosis, fertility, postpartum healing, prolapse, sexual, relational and birth trauma healing are some of the issues that can be healed through vaginal steaming, but honestly just the tip of the iceberg of the benefits of this practice. Megan Macpherson Jones, the brain and beauty behind Yes God Wellness, is here to teach us about steaming and the accompanying mindset work we can do to help our bodies, minds, wombs and hearts heal, grow and flourish. Watch Megan do a live steam here and follow her on social media here. Head here for more on my Castor Oil Crash Course™
Episode 89: Getting the most out of your pelvic floor PT with Dr. Liz Martin
Today we have The Mama PT, Liz Martin, Doctor of Physical Therapy on the show today! Liz joins me on the show and dishes all the dirt on what a pelvic floor PT does, who it’s for, how to get the most out of it and MORE! Liz empowers women to be educated consumers of healthcare services so today she breaks down how to do that here in this show.
We talk about pain, nursing, exercise mindset, scar massage, surgery, symptoms and health conditions that benefit from pelvic PT, what to do if you have a bad experience
and more!! You can follow Liz on Instagram @themamapt and find a pelvic floor PT by heading here: https://pelvicrehab.com
Episode 66: Your abdominal massage for pelvic health, prolapse and incontinence with Donna Zubrod
Today's episode is phenomenal because Donna Zubrod is here with us today explaining what "YAM" short for "your abdominal massage" is and how it can be a game-changer for your health and fertility! Donna is a licensed massage and body work therapist that also works as a doula, fertility awareness educator and has tremendous intuitive healing abilities as far as I'm concerned. She's an amazing wealth of knowledge and I know that you will love her. She works in person but teaches abdominal massage via Zoom as well! You can contact Donna via her website https://www.sevengenerationswellness.com
Donna is a guest expert in my upcoming course, Hold Up! a digital course for women with pelvic organ prolapse if they are contemplating surgery as well as a prehab and rehab course for prolapse surgery!
Episode 79: God made dirt, dirt don't hurt, in fact it heals!
Today we are having a chill discussion about dirt. How it's healthFULL, why you should embrace it and what you can do with/in it! The soil is healing. Fear of getting outside and getting dirty in your life and in your workouts is holding you back from finding your grit and dirty strength! For more from Sarah head to www.dirtystrength.com
Episode 51: Gun ownership, safety and training with The Armed Muva
Today's episode is on FIRE! Krystle Miller of The Armed Muva (find her on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube, is sharing her firearm journey. This mom of three decided that she didn't want to just rely on others to keep her and her family safe during this intense time in the US, so she took action. She purchased a firearm, trained to use it and now she is bringing her online and in-person community along the journey with her, inspiring and empowering other women to do the same! You do NOT want to miss this episode. We talk ALL about how to get started with a firearm, why women should feel like they can be "their own first responder!" and the racist roots of gun control in America. For more form Krystle, click the links above to follow her!
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Episode 54: Glyphosate, chronic disease, vaccines and pelvic floors
Today's amazing guest is Dr. Stephanie Seneff of MIT. Dr. Seneff is chatting with us on the real impacts of glyphosate, aka Round UP in our foods, environment, and medical therapies. From fatty liver disease and gut health issues, to autism and pelvic floor dysfunction, we are exploring the far-reaching impacts of glyphosate and it's ability to alter collagen and enzymatic pathways in the body. You do NOT want to skip this episode. For more from Dr. Seneff, head to her website here.
Episode 19: You're worth more than this: Challenging Conventional Female Fitness Programming
Today on the podcast we have Nora Matthew who is an absolute bad ass boss. StrongFirst Level 2, American College of Sports Medicine Personal Trainer, Original Strength Coach, founder of Pregna-Fit and Her Strength Studio and mom of three, Nora knows a thing or two about fitness and athleticism for women. Today we chat about our experiences training after babies despite prolapse, and Nora shares some pretty incredible insights on fitness for women, how her training philosophy is DIFFERENT than most studios for the ladies, the staggering results her clients get from learning to nourish their bodies and what to look for in your own gym and fitness programming. Tune in because you do NOT want to miss out on the information, inspiration and encouragement in this episode. For more from Nora, head to her_strength_studio on Instagram or Pregnancy_Fitness or Her Strength Studio.com.
To sign up for my FREE digital course, Better Than Kegels click here.
Episode 87: Coach's Corner with Nora Matthew- Unique programming for women's strength and fat loss
Join Nora and I as we chat about women's strength training programming for the best results, fat loss, weight gain, nutrition, mom-Boss-life and constitutional rights in America these days.
Join us as we catch up about what's going on in fitness, our businesses, the world and so much more. For more from Nora, visit herstrengthstudio.com and for Sarah Smith head to sarahsmithstrength.com and dirtystrength.com
Episode 82: Got information OR wisdom and understanding?
Hey hey! Today we are talking on the show about INFORMATION vs. UNDERSTANDING. In a world that BOMBARDS us with information, to be a wise woman, I believe we need UNDERSTANDING. We should also CHOOSE practitioners that encourage in the empowering act of understanding our bodies and not just medicating them or forcing them into submission.To see the Patheos article I mention on the show, click the link below. Find out more about dirty strength at dirtystrength.com
I'll be back in the fall for MORE dirty strength!
Article on drugs commonly used and tested on aborted fetal tissue.
Episode 86: Five steps to breaking up with Big Medicine
Happy Tuesday, Loves! Today we are chatting about how to break up with Big Medicine. In this show, I outline the five KEY steps to breaking out of this system to empower yourself, get to the root causes of your health issues and find sustainable healing and longevity and vitality! For more from me head to www.dirtystrength.com or www.sarahsmithstrength.com To join the Wise Women Circle, head on over to Instagram.com/wisewomencircle
Episode 72: Sally K. Norton on Oxalates-Plants be tryna kill us! The dirt on how your pelvic pain, IC, brain fog and joint decay may be caused by oxalates!
I love this episode because I have been wanting to get Sally on the show for a while and now she's here! Today the world's expert on and premier advocate for oxalate awareness is here and she is dishing ALL the dirt on oxalates an anything but benign plant chemical. Oxalates have been implicated in vulvar pain, connective tissue failures, bone pitting, brain fog, joint decay, even breast cancer and eye sight! Whether you suspect that you have been injured by oxalate toxicity, or you haven't, you want to listen to this episode because your celery juice, Swiss chard, almond flour and spinach smoothies might be behind your chronic health and pelvic problems! For more from Sally, please head to https://sallyknorton.com where you can get her cookbook and learn more on how to work with Sally!!
Episode 75: Using Chinese Medicine address your depletion and pelvic floor problems with Mary Clark
My guest today is Mary Clark of the Raleigh Wellness Center. Mary is my acupuncturist and is a wealth of knowledge for all things Chinese medicine, herbal medicine and anatomy. Mary uses a combination of massage, acupuncture and herbal medicine to help her patient's body's health and balance themselves. She has cared for me through several crisis and I credit her for helping me shift my priorities and my mindset around health to investing in and trusting my body more. Her clinic is located in North Raleigh. You can find it here. There's no health issue I can imagine that Mary couldn't help you work through. Today on the show we specifically talk about Qi depletion and the role it plays in pelvic health. So mamas with adrenal fatigue, exhaustion, burnout, pelvic floor issues, thyroid and gut health struggles this one's for you!
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Episode 88: Coach's Corner with Stacey Schaedler Back to the badass basics
Today I'm chatting with Stacey Schaedler of Stacey Schaedler Strength. Stacey and I chat today about her 20 years working in fitness, from figure competitions to over-exercising and jacking up her body to FINALLY discovering what works. From prolapse to back pain to mindset and our personal philosophies on coaching, we chat about it all! Stacey is a no-nonsense coach that keeps it real and honest for her clients, which is no-doubt why they lover her as will you. To follow Stacey, head to her Instagram where she dishes out crazy cool coaching advice. **Note, there is some "Boston Strong" language in this episode.