Episodes

Subscriber-only episode Connect with Amy: GracedHealth.com Join the Graced Health community on Facebook! Instagram: @GracedHealth YouTube: @AmyConnell Join GracedHealth+ for virtual community meetups and bonus episodes Check out my book Your Worthy Body and signature online class B.COMPLETE

Stress. Hormones. Metabolism. And now I’ve probably pulled you in, because this is an area that seems to be affecting most of us in this phase of life. Conceptually, we may try to mitigate our stress, but let’s be honest…sometimes that’s out of our control. Complicating matters, many of us are in that peri menopausal/menopausal stage. Need I say more? My conversation with Registered Dietician Becky Bell will help you understand how stress hormones affect appetite and metabolism, and she provide...

Subscriber-only episode Connect with Amy: GracedHealth.com Join the Graced Health community on Facebook! Instagram: @GracedHealth YouTube: @AmyConnell Join GracedHealth+ for virtual community meetups and bonus episodes Check out my book Your Worthy Body and signature online class B.COMPLETE

Have you ever seen a picture of yourself and thought, "something just looks off about that outfit?" Or maybe you don't quite feel confident in what you are wearing out of the house (or even in the house or over video)? That's where I've been. While I always show up as my authentic self, I'm not always confident in how I look showing up. Today's episode is with stylist Katherine Suzette to help us with these challenges. We discuss: What a stylist does and why we need one Identifying a style...

Subscriber-only episode Every other week you'll get a healthy dose of grace with a chapter from my book Your Worthy Body. Within each chapter of Your Worthy Body, I take a rule set forth by the health industry, social media, and perhaps even ourselves and rebuke or refine that rule with science and/or scripture. Each of these rules is part of my story and one I previously tried to keep. Each chapter title is a rule to break. I hope you'll break them with me. Walking is Fitness If you’re looki...

Have you ever considered starting a podcast? If so, today's episode is especially for you. This bonus episodes deviates from our regular grace-filled conversations about physical, mental and spiritual health and answers a questions I get often... I regularly receive DM's about how to start a podcast. While I have almost 3.5 years under my belt of podcasting, I'm not a coach. I leave that up to the experts...like Krystal Profitt. Krystal Proffitt is a content strategist, coach, and host of the ...

In my conversation with Reverend Matthew Hogan today, we explore some themes about Christianity that exist, but aren’t the things Instagram posts are made of. These are hard and heavy topics, but important ones as we fully explore the faithfulness and love of God, especially outside of our American perspective. Reverend Matthew Hogan has over 30 years of experience in ministry and counseling, having worked as a pastor, interim pastor, and counselor. He is a Certified Temperament Pastoral Counse...

Subscriber-only episode Connect with Amy: GracedHealth.com Join the Graced Health community on Facebook! Instagram: @GracedHealth YouTube: @AmyConnell Join GracedHealth+ for virtual community meetups and bonus episodes Check out my book Your Worthy Body and signature online class B.COMPLETE

According to the CDC, 19.6% of women over 50 have a prevalence of osteoporosis. That’s nearly 1 in 5. I’ve been learning about osteoporosis lately and once my eyes were opened to this diagnosis, I knew I needed to bring on an expert in bone health to help us understand it. Dr. Doug Lucas joins us today to help us understand what osteoporosis is, risk factors, how genetics play a role, hormones and bone loss, and so much more. We discuss: Risks for osteoporosis How to achieve strong skeletal s...

Subscriber-only episode Every other week you'll get a healthy dose of grace with a chapter from my book Your Worthy Body. Within each chapter of Your Worthy Body, I take a rule set forth by the health industry, social media, and perhaps even ourselves and rebuke or refine that rule with science and/or scripture. Each of these rules is part of my story and one I previously tried to keep. Each chapter title is a rule to break. I hope you'll break them with me. Connect with Amy: GracedHealth.com...

This is not an episode about self care - you can certainly go take a bubble bath or get a pedicure, but you aren't going to find those in this list. This solo episode offers science-backed ways to take care of yourself so you can feel and function well. Most take a minute or less. I offer 10 simple ways to take care of your physical, mental and spiritual health. Find links to the episodes and products mentioned here. Listening in real time? Join our 3-day May challenge on the Graced Health C...

Subscriber-only episode As a fitness professional, you would think this never happens. But it does. Connect with Amy: GracedHealth.com Join the Graced Health community on Facebook! Instagram: @GracedHealth YouTube: @AmyConnell Join GracedHealth+ for virtual community meetups and bonus episodes Check out my book Your Worthy Body and signature online class B.COMPLETE

Wondering how to create a holistic health plan for your physical, mental and emotional health? You'll want to hear this episode with celebrity trainers Andrea Orbeck, Desi Bartlett, and Nicole Stuart. Combined, these three women have decades of experience and dozens of fitness certifications and credentials. They have also worked with hundreds of celebrities, supermodels, and ordinary women to develop workout and wellness solutions to stay active and feel good in their own skin We discuss: Wh...

Subscriber-only episode Every other week you'll get a healthy dose of grace with a chapter from my book Your Worthy Body. Within each chapter of Your Worthy Body, I take a rule set forth by the health industry, social media, and perhaps even ourselves and rebuke or refine that rule with science and/or scripture. Each of these rules is part of my story and one I previously tried to keep. Each chapter title is a rule to break. I hope you'll break them with me. Connect with Amy: GracedHealth.com...

Subscriber-only episode Every other week you'll get a healthy dose of grace with a chapter from my book Your Worthy Body. This week I'm dropping both the Introduction and the first chapter, since I've also shared the introduction before back in November 2021. Listen here to the Intro, then go to your next episode for Chapter 1. Connect with Amy: GracedHealth.com Join the Graced Health community on Facebook! Instagram: @GracedHealth YouTube: @AmyConnell Join GracedHealth+ for virtual community...

Anytime I needs some fresh joy in my life, I know where to head - to Yvette Walker with the Positively Joy podcast. Yvette’s episode entitled “What to do when you're sleepwalking through life and faith” (Season 13 Episode 23) aired a year ago and was one of the ten most downloaded episodes of 2022. I invited Yvette back to talk about some of the ways we each dig into God’s word and spend time with Him. She shares some specific strategies as well as helping us to pause and ready our hearts for ou...

On Tuesday's episode, I talked about a fitness community and how to develop one even if you aren't going to the gym. That episode came from a need*I have. And while I've been working hard to develop quality content for you, the problem is I don't know YOU! We have a bit of a one-way relationship. You hear plenty of me, now I want to actually see and speak with YOU! To that end, I'm creating GracedHealth+. This is a subscription-only leg of the podcast. When you subscribe, you'll get: ⭐️ An ...

Subscriber-only episode I wasn't sure how to begin or end this but I just decided to jump in and share what was on my heart... Let's talk about what we do when we know we have a lot to get done. What are your habits? Without realizing it, I created one. Listen in for more. Connect with Amy: GracedHealth.com Join the Graced Health community on Facebook! Instagram: @GracedHealth YouTube: @AmyConnell Check out my book Your Worthy Body and signature online class B.COMPLETE

Has your fitness community changed since pre-Covid? Mine has. And if you're like the informal poll I put out on Facebook, yours probably has changed somewhat as well. ​ I admit: I miss my fitness people. ​ I've been on a journey to rebuild my community since it looks different, and I wonder if you are missing the group atmosphere as well. ​ In today's solo episode, I'm sharing a few ways to I'm creating my own ways of connecting with others and offer you some ways to rebuild yours. ​ Be ...

Author Mary DeMuth joins today to discuss her book Love, Pray, Listen: Parenting Your Wayward Adult Kids with Joy. Regardless of if your children are wayward or not, this book is full of applicable wisdom in expressing love to and fostering good relationships with your adult child. We discuss: Her passion for helping other parents find joy in parenting adult kids Embracing our own brokenness and relating to our adult children as fellow strugglers Parenting comparison How to trust others to ...

Today is the second of a two part series focusing on hysterectomies. Today we are focusing on our body after hysterectomy. Jessica graciously gives us the "smart best friend" version, as she experienced one herself at 42. These are the things she would tell you if you were sitting at a coffee shop talking about hysterectomies. As a physical therapist and pilates teacher, she acutely understands how the body works and thrives, and she provides the scoop on what to expect in our body after hyst...

I hear you! 👂👂👂 You want more episodes on women's health. Today and next week will not disappoint if you have a hysterectomy on your radar (or have recently had one). Erika Rucker, who is a Physician's Assistant with the world-renowned MD Anderson Cancer Center, is here to educate us on different types of hysterectomies, reasons for needing them, the impact on hormones and body composition, and what kinds of questions to discuss with your provider. This is not a cancer-focused conversation at...

Counselor Ruth Opiyo joins to conversation to discuss the relationship between our mental health, the food we eat, and our faith. Ruth brings such gentleness and balance to this conversation, so please know this is not a list of rules, do’s or don’ts. She is an integrative medicine practitioner, so she combines her counseling expertise with nutritional food science. WE DISCUSS: The family’s influence in our relationship with food Reconciling the American version of “healthy” in the late 90s vs...

If you’ve ever questioned if walking is fitness, then today’s episode is for you. I’m speaking with Dave Paul of the Walking is Fitness Podcast and his journey to what he calls an “all day fitness lifestyle.” I think you’ll really appreciate Dave’s mindset around the steps he takes, and I particularly liked how he said walking changed his spiritual life…but it may not be in ways you’d expect. We discuss: How Dave's running cooldown prompted him to walk more Respecting the seasons we are in a...