Today we wrap up the girls' birth stories by hearing from our beloved Director of Marketing, Jess. Her pregnancy complications that started early an meant that she was only allowed to walk during her pregnancy. Hear how she coped with this mentally, as someone who was used to lifting and working out regularly. Finally, we talk about her postpartum challenges with peeing in the gym and how she navigated that in a world, 9 years ago, where pelvic floor health and pregnant and postpartum fitness wa...
Apr 20, 2023•52 min
Today we chat with our own Director of Operations and Co-Founder, Betsy. Her unexpected pregnancy led to a big journey of acceptance and a mindset shift. We talk about her son being born 6 weeks early, her emergency C-section and struggles with NICU and pospartum. Hear about the internal struggles she overcame through her pregnancy and and beginning stages of motherhood, and how her precious boy Crú came into their lives! Support the show To learn more about The MINT Prjct and check out our prog...
Apr 05, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 10
In today's episode we have the pleasure of chatting with our very own MINT Prjct athlete, Arielle Loewen. Arielle is 2x Fittest Mom in America and 2x CrossFit Games Athlete who is currently taking the current CrossFit season by a storm. Hear how she stayed fit during pregnancy and postpartum, how she trained, who helped her along the way and how she manages being a stay at home mom while staying at the top of her game. This is an episode you don't want to miss! Support the show To learn more abo...
Mar 31, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 10
In this episode we talk to our very own Director of Education, Cara, about the birth story of her third child. She went through complications in her attempt to have a double VBAC and tells us about her scary few days leading up to it, during and after. We talk about her original plan, the attempts made by her and her team to keep that plan, and how the plan changed. Hear about the miracles that happened to ultimately save her and her sweet baby girl, Ayla in this story. Support the show To learn...
Mar 22, 2023•53 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Kenzie is a wife and momma of the cutest little 2 year old guy. She is one of Cara's personal training clients who started working with her when her son turned 1. During her pregnancy she was placed on bedrest around 15 weeks and was not able to workout until after she had her baby, due to an incompetent cervix and ultimate placement of a cerclage. Kenzie completed our 6 Phase Postpartum Exercise Program and is still working with Cara as a remote online client. She recently competed in her first...
Mar 16, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In this episode we chat with Christin Panchik on working out through her pregnancy and postpartum. Christin has been an athlete all her life and was very active on social media advocating for women to stay active and know their own limits, during her own journey. She is wife to CrossFit Games Athlete Scott Panchik, so she's had a close experience with the sport for many years. Hear how she used her experience and knowledge to be a voice for so many women staying fit while pregnant! Support the s...
Mar 04, 2023•49 min
“Can I do the Open Workouts Pregnant?” It's right in the middle of CrossFit Open season and we're getting tons of questions from pregnant women on if and how they can participate. Today we dive into the "can vs. should" mentality and how to make decisions about modifying or not. Struggling to modify your pregnancy workouts? We’ve got a program that takes the guesswork out of pregnancy fitness at themintprjct.com Support the show To learn more about The MINT Prjct and check out our programs and c...
Feb 28, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Today we talk to Dr. Amanda Fisher of @empower.your.pelvis. She is pelvic floor physical therapist, wife, mom of three and owner of Empower Your Pelvis in Kansas City with an amazingly relatable presence on everything pelvic health. Her passion comes on the topic comes from her own first hand experiences with the pain with sex, prolapse, pelvic pain after c-sections, bladder leakage etc and she has helped thousands of people in person and online, improve their pelvic health. @Empower.Your.Pelvis...
Feb 01, 2023•48 min
Today we're chatting with our resident mindset expert, Jess Durando with Mama Method Wellness. Jess is a licensed clinical therapist, certified nutrition coach, and certified pre-& postnatal coach and teaches an entire module in our 10-module trainers' course. She takes a mind-body approach to helping moms minimize stress, prioritize effective self-care, and improve their mental and physical health. While moms often push the pause button on their own lives once they have children, Jess passi...
Dec 23, 2022•57 min
One of the most important things you’ll need to modify during pregnancy and postpartum is your mindset. How do we take someone or ourselves and go from over-training with a "can't miss a day" attitude to a mindset that it's productive to rest? What intensity needs to change in pregnancy and postpartum? Support the show To learn more about The MINT Prjct and check out our programs and courses, head to TheMINTPrjct.com and follow us on Instagram , as well as your hosts, @bets.inthewild , @_coach.c...
Dec 08, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 3
"Getting your body back", "losing the belly", "bouncing back", "abs for moms" and why these are dumb ! Considerations for both moms and coaches of moms and even for spouses / significant others. Support the show To learn more about The MINT Prjct and check out our programs and courses, head to TheMINTPrjct.com and follow us on Instagram , as well as your hosts, @bets.inthewild , @_coach.cara_ and @jesscarr.fit...
Nov 30, 2022•25 min•Season 1Ep. 2
MINT stands for Motherhood In New Terms and we are so excited to begin bringing you fresh content in regards to all things motherhood, fitness, parenting, nutrition and so much more in a new way that is raw, unfiltered and hopefully refreshing. We are 3 gym owners, coaches, moms coming together from 3 different time zones to lay down some real talk when it comes to training through pregnancy along with a variety of other topics. Our goal is to remove the stigmas, clear the confusion, empower mom...
Nov 16, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 1
