Fitness
**The Warrior School Podcast**

Welcome to The Warrior School Podcast – THE podcast for women who train.

Warrior Schools mission is to completely redefine how you train, and how you see exercise and life. Myself, and tons of experts, will help you learn how to play (and win) the new game in women’s health and fitness as a woman in her 30s, 40s and beyond.

You’ll find tons of info on training, nutrition, hormones, female physiology and mindset to help you build a strong foundation and prepare your body (and mind) well for this second stage of your life.

Latest Episodes:

Episode 70: The simple formula I use to help women get stronger, healthier and build confidence Apr 26, 2021

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Intro Music First Light - Atch https://soundcloud.com/atch-music Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/-first-light Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/0SVbJldc5wM

Episode 69: Is stress sabotaging your training with Jeanne Rubin Apr 13, 2021

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My guest today is Jeanne Rubin from East West Healing (AKA the real food gangstas)

In the episode today we wanted to share a few things to help you link this training, nutrition and cycle stuff together.

In the episode we chat about:

The importance of understanding the metabolism and the menstrual cycle as a coach
How coaches can support their females clients better
The metabolism and the cycle and how can impact out training
How she supports women to have energy and get the most out of their training
The most unstable time for a female is from waking until noon
How to be more strategic with our training and food
Key signs to look for to tell us that our training is too stressful for us and we aren't recovering
The importance of checking in and how we can meet our body where it's at

AND MORE.......

East West Healing https://eastwest-healing.mykajabi.com/RTN-group-coaching

Instagram @realfoodgangstas https://www.instagram.com/realfoodgangstas/

Episode 68: How the environment is damaging our skin with the skin wizard Katrina Jaskiewicz Apr 01, 2021

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This is Kat's third time on the podcast!

We talk about how the environment is damaging our skin's DNA.

The key to protecting ourselves from skin damage is to reduce blue light and free radical exposure and give our skin loads of antioxidants!

We chat about: What causes skin damage How we can heal our skins DNA Why over the counter sunscreen is causing skin damage Why our skin needs antioxidants The importance of having a skin program

Listen to our first two to episodes

Episode 36 "the gut-skin connection" https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/episode-36-gut-skin-connection-how-your-gut-affects/id1470895252?i=1000474894673

Episode 23 "How to have healthy skin" https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/episode-23-how-to-have-healthy-skin-skin-wizard-katrina/id1470895252?i=1000463376668

Episode 67: Birth trauma with Ashlee Blackford Mar 22, 2021

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“My birth affected my identify and how I lived my life”

This is what we chat about in the ep:

What is birth trauma Ash shares her birth trauma story and how she is still grieving the loss of what her body could do before her birth How we could prepare better for birth What the healing journey looks like Why pelvic floor specialists are KEY before, during and after Where can you can go to get support, resources or information

You can find the links to all the stuff we mention below:

AUSTRALASIAN BIRTH TRAUMA ASSOCIATION https://www.birthtrauma.org.au/

Professor Hans Dietz https://www.sydney.edu.au/medicine-health/about/our-people/academic-staff/hans-dietz.html

Birth Trauma Story https://www.abc.net.au/everyday/birth-trauma-how-to-avoid-and-recover/13035922?fbclid=IwAR2rrpG3dNYhpKqZR0_s-I7mGevt80ZB8m9tCBZh0AVpEgKZXM64O4rh5BE

https://www.facebook.com/TheProjectTV/posts/10157992016963441

Episode 66: Pain and stress management with Gina Kappes Mar 11, 2021

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Gina is the founder of True Evolution Pain and Performance Management. Her company works in pain and stress management, bringing people and athletes back to full performance.

Today we talk about:

The nervous system and why the state of it is important for our health and performance
The stress bucket and what happens when it's full
Our pain stories and how we can manage our pain
The pelvic floor, back pain and the menstrual cycle

You can connect with Gina and her work at

Social media https://www.instagram.com/trueevolution_training/

Website https://www.true-evolution.com/home

Episode 65: Fertility awareness method with Chloe Skerlak Mar 01, 2021

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Chloe is a Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner and ** Fertility Awareness Educator**

**In this episode we talk about **

Body Literacy
Fertility awareness as a practice not a method
What is the Fertility awareness method
The 2 things you can do today to start learning about your body
Cervix portrait parties

For more info on what Chloe is doing check out the links below!

https://www.chloeskerlak.com/

https://www.instagram.com/chloeskerlak

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/online-cervix-portrait-party-tickets-141385789703?aff=Podcast

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/february-fertility-awareness-charting-circle-tickets-141100600695?aff=Podcast

First Light - Atch https://soundcloud.com/atch-music Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/-first-light Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/0SVbJldc5wM

Episode 64: Nailing the basics with Dr. Caity Haniver (AKA The Barbell Osteo) Feb 17, 2021

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Caity is an Osteopath, weightlifter, personal trainer and weightlifting coach in Melbourne Australia

She has a Double Bachelors Degree in Health science & Applied science (Osteopathy)

Caity and I first met back in 2015 when we competed with each other in Olympic Lifting

In this conversation:

Caity shares her story of trying qualify for the commonwealth games and the toll it took on her health
We talk about the basics you need to nail to support your health and training
Why the basics are key to get results

- The difference between health and performance