In this 1st episode of season 2, we're joined by the multi-faceted Aurelia Michael-Holmgren! During this conversation she opens up about her whirlwind journey from the Broadway stage to the bodybuilding stage, the backstage realities of both fields, and the significance of individualism and self-confidence in success. Hear her authentic narrative, detailing her experiences on Broadway, voice-over artistry, bodybuilding, and even life coaching.

Glean wisdom from her discussion about the vital role mentors can play in achieving one's goals and the significance of pushing past boundaries. She reflects on her Broadway stint, highlighting the necessity of possessing exceptional work ethic and focus in a highly competitive environment. Aurelia shares insightful anecdotes from her transition to bodybuilding, underlining the importance of mental resilience, patience, and adaptability throughout her journey.

We hope you enjoy listening to this incredible episode and get motivated by Aurelia's unique narrative! If there's someone you'd like us to get to know, let us know in the comments! As always, if you love it here, please share this episode or our pod playlist with any of your friends you think might be interested in hearing us. Of course please also subscribe and leave us a review to let us know your thoughts!

To follow and learn more about Francenis you can find her on instagram @Aureliamichael To work with Aurelia directly or to follow her journey back to the stage Click here

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This episode we're releasing our final episode from the vault. Here, we talk to NPC National level competitor Francenis Baez. In this episode we learn a lot about Francenis' journey not just to the US but to becoming a teacher, a coach and a national level competitor. Gems were dropped here, but you'd have to listen to catch them.

We hope you enjoy getting to know Francenis as much as we did while also adding some mindset shifts to your regularly schedule program. If there's someone you'd like us to get to know, let us know in the comments! As always, if you love it here, please share this episode or our pod playlist with any of your friends you think might be interested in hearing us. Of course please also subscribe and leave us a review to let us know your thoughts!

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This episode we're releasing another episode from the vault. Here, we talk to True Novice competitor, Rebeca Jewell. In this episode we get to learn OR remember what it's like to start this competition journey for the very first time. Rebeca walks us through how she decided to compete, what the process has been like for her and what she's taken away from it at that point in her journey. At that time she had not stepped on stage yet, but she did go on to compete twice at the end of 2023 and took home a handful of hardware both times

We hope you enjoy getting to know Rebeca and remembering that beginner's mindset. If there's someone you'd like us to get to know, let us know in the comments! As always, if you love it here, please share this episode or our pod playlist with any of your friends you think might be interested in hearing us. Of course please also subscribe and leave us a review to let us know your thoughts!

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This episode we're opening the vault and releasing an episode with jIFBB Figure Pro and Olympian Shanice Abrams. In this episode we learned all about Shanice's journey from track athlete to IFBB figure pro, how she's mentally equipped herself to stay ready when it's time to prep, her relationship with now 7 time Olympia Champion, and her favorite cheat meal!

We hope you enjoy getting to know Shanice as much as we did. If there's someone you'd like us to get to know, let us know in the comments! As always, if you love it here, please share this episode or our pod playlist with any of your friends you think might be interested in hearing us. Of course please also subscribe and leave us a review to let us know your thoughts!

To follow and learn more about Shanice Abrams you can find her on instagram @trainingwithSha You can find all of her favorite things and products and services here

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The Confessions of a Bikini Pro host dropped in on us to share her own "confessions" on all things life, work AND her bodybuilding journey! In true Celeste fashion, she not only brings her unique energy to the pod, but also leaves us with tons of gems about establishing core values, self-validation, red flags when starting out on a physique competition journey and more! She also gets real and super raw about some of her more challenging moments through out life and how she's overcome them. It was such a joy AND an honor to host Celeste and get to know the host behind the voice of our industry's most popular podcast. As always, if you love it here, please share this episode or our pod playlist with any of your friends you think might be interested in hearing us. Of course please also subscribe and leave us a review to let us know your thoughts!

To follow and learn more about Celeste Rains-Turk you can find her on instagram @Celestial_fit You can find all of her favorite things and products and services here

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Vania Auguste, IFBB Pro drops in with the R3 co-host take us through her real raw real journey to and through the world of bodybuilding. In this episode you'll learn about how Vania maneuvered her way through school after leaving Haiti, how she built her foundation of fitness through dance and her trials and triumphs working her way to her to the Olympia stage. We also took a deep dive into her life as a teacher in high school at a time where school shootings are on the rise. This episode is one of grit and tenacity. She also shares with us what it means to decide whether someone wants to compete or be competitive, her realest, rawest moment, and her advice to competitors.

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----------------------------- To follow and learn more about Vania Auguste, IFBB Pro you can find her on instagram @Ifbbpro_Fitvanou1 and her posing coaching page @posingwithv You can find all of her favorite things and promo codes here

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We are so honored to bring you this Real and Raw jam packed episode with Sheilahe Brown, IFBB Pro, Judge, Battle Up Productions Promoter, AND posing coach. We bet you'll be asking if there's anything she hasn't touched in the industry! There are so many gems here from Sheilahe's journey to the stage while working through bulimia, her battle with Lupus, becoming a judge and show promoter and being a posing coach to some of our industry's greats..you'd be surprised! This episode is full of gems! You'll definitely have to come back to it!

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----------------------------- To follow and learn more about Ms. Sheilahe Brown and what she's up to you can find her on instagram @FlexxyBrown To get involved and support Lupus warriors like Sheilahe and others, you can visit her organization here Sheilahe's Way

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Jennifer "Jen with TWO Ns" Lynch, IFBB Pro drops in with the R3 co-host to share her real raw real journey from the ballet stage to the bodybuilding stage and everything in between. In this episode you'll not only learn about you'll learn the ups and downs, trials and tribulations of growing up in the world of dance, managing body image and self esteem from a young age, bouncing back from the Covid era and jumping on to the bodybuilding stage. You'll also learn about her how Jenn manages her mental and emotional wellness, building her business and how she used bodybuilding to get not only her co-workers but prospective clients into fitness. You can't help but have fun with Jenn, her energy is infectious! This episode will be a good time. She also shares with us what it means to decide whether someone wants to compete or be competitive, her realest, rawest moment in bodybuilding, her advice to competitors AND her favorite prep hacks!.

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