The Flourishing Experiment
What does it mean to flourish? Join Resilience Trainer and Certified Applied Positive Psychology Coach Kari Gormley as she interviews scientists, experts, coaches and authors on how to live a flourishing life.
You'll hear the latest research and recommendations for growing and strengthening your relationships, identifying your passions and priorities, and living healthier, happier life.
The Flourishing Experiment podcast starts where The Running Lifestyle Show crossed the finish line and is a great listen for avid runners, casual athletes, or anyone looking to make a positive change in their life. Listen along to learn how you can go from functioning to flourishing!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 57 minutes
- Episodes
- 357
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2022
37: What to Eat Before, During and After a Race with Dietician Serena Marie, RD
Serena Marie, RD joins us to share her wisdom to fuel for your big run. We discuss being fat adapted, carb diets, how to test food, and what to look out for to avoid digestive issues while running. …
36: Living Your Life without Regrets
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying. Each regret is discussed and how it potentially shows up in one's life.
35: How to Organize Your Life So You can Do What You Want to Do
Vanessa Hayes, a certified Professional Organizer, and her husband Daniel Hayes come on and share with us how they live a simplified life. They give us tips and tricks on how to organize your life, w…
34: Never Limit Where Running Can Take You
Bart Yasso, Runner’s World Chief Running Officer, discusses how running has saved his life and taken him all around the world. We hear how to start running, why running is taking off right now, and h…
33: I LOVE 5Ks with Dominick Martino
Dominick, who is a massage therapist and yoga teacher, discusses bad memories from his childhood of being chased by bullies to actually embracing the sport of running and liking it. We hear about the…
32: You Don’t Need to Be Big to Make a Difference
Nik Toochek, youngest person to run 7 marathons on 7 continents, comes on the show with his dad to discuss his dream, how his family financed the trip, how he juggled it with only being 10 & 11 year…
31: How to Connect with Your Spouse Through Running
Grant Baldwin, motivational speaker and all-around good guy, comes on the show to share his tips and tricks of balancing a career that takes him around the country with a family of five while partici…
30: Bird-in-Hand Half Marathon Race Report and a Fat-Adapted Diet
Serena Marie, RD comes on the show to discuss a fat adapted diet, sweet potatoes, and also the sugar detox program she is currently on. I also talk with Meaghan Nana-Sinkam to hear about her experien…
29: Being Mindful living a Hollywood Life with Anna Vocino
Anna Vocino, actress, comedian, voice-over talent and hit podcaster shares how she slips running and strength training in to her Hollywood lifestyle. We discuss Anna’s journey to finding out she has …
28: How and Why to Make Time for Exercise with Eric Tivers
Eric Tivers, licensed clinical social worker, psychotherapist and man with ADHD discusses the huge benefit of exercise for getting more things done. He shares tips and tricks of how to be intentional…
27: Where to Run and Dine at Disney World
If you’re racing around or just visiting Disney World, you won’t want to miss this episode. My husband Robert Gormley and I talk about where to run and not run at Disney World. In addition, I discuss…
26: How to Start Running and Keep on Going with Cheryl Brown
Cheryl Brown, personal trainer and running coach, shares with us how she started running and what is the key to success for beginners. We discuss the number one mistake new runners make, the equipmen…
25: Run a Race and Change your Life with Valerie Groth
Valerie Groth shares with us how completing a run you never thought possible can help you realize that the impossible is possible. From a life coach and social worker, we hear how finding the one thi…
24: What Happy People Do: Kari Gormley
Kari discusses Jeff Haden’s article "7 Things Happy People Do" and how running is integrated with happiness. Serena Marie RD comes on the show and reveals the Food of the week and why garlic is a gre…
23: Live in the Moment with Nichole
Nichole Bukowski, a runner, educator, Balanced Athlete instructor, Spin instructor and yoga instructor shares her passion. If you’re having a challenging time right now, then you definitely want to d…
22: Move Your Body to Feel Calm: Nicole Rendazzo, OT
Nicole Randazzo, occupational therapist (OT) shares with us the power of having our bodies in a calm state to be able to attend to everything we need to attend to on a daily basis. Understanding what…
21: Power of Connection and Collard Greens
Serena Marie, RD joins Kari to talk about collard greens and why they are so good for us. In addition, Kari chats one-on-one about how connection and intention go together and how this led to Kari me…
20: Megan Knepper Martin: A Runner’s Roller Coaster
Megan Martin shares with us how she went from hating running, to competing in Iron Man’s, to qualifying for the Olympic Trials to almost dying. She shares with us her motivation and the surprise she…
19: Bob Seebohar and Metabolic Efficiency
Bob shares why metabolic training is what so many Olympians are using to gain metabolic efficiency, also known as a fat-adapted diet, instead of a traditional high-carb diet. We find out what he eat…
18: Kari on The Power of Intention, Food on Friday
Serena Marie RD and Kari discuss how beets are one of the healthiest foods and why they’re great for runners. In addition, Kari discusses the power of intention and relates it to what Joanne Ambrogi…