Episodes

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...

Earlier this month I asked for your feedback to help guide what's next in the podcast. You took the time to fill out the survey, now you can hear the results! Links mentioned: TightenYourTinkler.com Use code GRACEDHEALTH for $50 off You can still fill out the survey! Graced Health Facebook Group Support the showConnect 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 ...

Registered Dietitian Nathalie Sessions joins us today to simplify all things nutrition. She brings a holistic mindset approach to nutrition. We discuss how our nutrition needs change as we get older, gentle nutrition, and the current hot question: how much protein do we need. We discuss: Quick overview of intuitive eating How to listen to your body What gentle nutrition is How our nutrition needs change as we get older How much protein we need as we age Join Making Peace with Y...

According to the CDC, in 2016 an estimated 20.4% of U.S. adults had chronic pain. If you aren’t dealing with chronic pain, chances are you know someone who is. Areas affected often include back, neck, feet and hips and I’ve witnessed how debilitating it can be for those afflicted with it. Today’s guest, physical therapist Rick Olderman, offers a different way of treating chronic pain without medication. We discuss: How to help chronic back pain by changing the way you stand and sit in a chair...

Are you connected with how your body responds to stress, trauma and overwhelm? Licensed Clinical Social Worker Alexis Overstreet teaches us how exercise can help manage these challenges as well as providing self-care tools to deal with them. We also discuss how caring for the connective tissue can help our mental health. We discuss What is connective tissue The benefits of Integrating body awareness into therapy The importance of understanding how stress, trauma and overwhelm impacts us on a...

I'm taking a minute today to share what I've been working on the last few weeks and to share an additional way to receive grace-filled physical, mental and spiritual health: My YouTube channel I'll share why I'm stepping into YouTube and what you can expect there: - Movement Monday shorts - Long form interviews on Tuesdays - Five in Five on Thursdays (five of my takeaways from previous guests) - General encouragement on Fridays I need your help! Can you take a quick 4-question survey to share...

There are six functional movements in fitness, but one in particular is extra important for women over 40: pulls. In today's solo episode, I'm sharing three benefits of doing a pulling motion: Spinal health Posture Core Stabilizers I also share three simple ways of integrating pulls - at your desk! And what my non-researched backed recommendation is on how often to do pulling motion. Links Mentioned Smarter Workouts by Pete McCall in my Top Wellness Books for your 2023 reading list. Thes...

"I should be past this, but it just keeps creeping back." This is the theme of several conversations I've had with friends lately. I don't know if it's the time of year, or post-holiday ugghhhs, or what. But over and over I'm having converations with other smart and accomplished women who find themselves bound to this thing called body image. Truth be told, I'm in this space some as well. Despite shouting from anwhere I can that we don't have to look a certain way and that we just need to be a...

Welcome to Season 16 of the Graced Health Podcast! Today I'm giving you some top wellness books for your 2023 reading list. To find links to all books and episodes mentioned, visit the show notes page at GracedHealth.com/wellness-books-for-2023 Support the showConnect with Amy: GracedHealth.com Join the Graced Health community on Facebook! Instagram: @GracedHealth Check out my book Your Worthy Body and signature online class B.COMPLETE