wellness big sis:: the pod
wellness big sis:: the pod, by elää wellness, includes wellness girl chats by founder, kelsy vick, a board-certified orthopedic doctor of physical therapy. join us as we learn about our bodies, movement, and all aspects of physical, spiritual, psychological, and environmental wellness, creating a sisterhood of empowered wellness big sisters... without the clothes-stealing ;)
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- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 23 minutes
- Episodes
- 100
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Mamapalooza:: Debunking Pregnancy & Postpartum Fitness Myths LIVE
Wellness girl chat with us for a special live episode recorded during a Mother’s Day workout event! We celebrate fitness, motherhood, and community. Listen in as Dr. Kelsy, along with pregnancy and p…
Mamapalooza:: Creatine for women (mama AND baby!) from conception to postpartum with Dr. Stacey Ellery, PhD
Wellness girl chat with Dr. Stacey Ellery, a pregnancy physiologist from the Hudson Institute of Medical Research. 🤰 She shares her pioneering research on the impact of creatine during pregnancy and …
Mamapalooza:: exercising during pregnancy & postpartum with Coach Sadie & Coach Jess, certified pregnancy & postpartum coaches
Wellness girl chat with us about all things exercise and training during pregnancy & postpartum! Today we are joined by Coach Jess, a NICU nurse, CF-L1 certified, and pregnancy & postpartum certified…
Mamapalooza:: sex, pregnancy, labor, delivery, & girly topics we are too afraid to talk about with Dr. Emily Tran, PT, DPT
Wellness girl chat with Dr. Emily Tran, PT, DPT, pelvic health specialist, and trained doula as we chat about topics that we are too afraid to ask about! We cover sex, foreplay, pain with sex, how to…
Mamapalooza Virtual Podcast Festival Kickoff!!
Introducing Mama Palooza: A Virtual Podcast Festival on Women's Health
In this episode, we introduce Mama Palooza, an exciting virtual podcast festival focusing on women's health. Over the month of Ma…
59:: breakdown for the baddies:: what exercise is right for my body & how can I be more disciplined in my healthy routines?
Let's break it down for the wellness baddies as we chat what exercise is right for our bodies and how to build the motivation and consistency to be more disciplined in our healthy routines. In this e…
hotter & smarter in 5:: rep range cheat sheet for muscular and cardiovascular health
Join us as we get hotter & smarter learning about how to exercise in the best way for our bodies! We chat specific rep ranges for our muscles & heart health!
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58:: break it down for the baddies:: body composition, fat loss, & muscle building
Let’s break it down for the baddies as we chat about body composition, toning, muscle building, fat loss, bone mineral density, and all the confusion surrounding our bodies as women! This episode goe…
hotter & smarter in 5:: the benefits of nasal breathing
Join us as we get hotter & smarter learning about the benefits of mouth taping! Mouth taping is trending right now, but what does it actually help? In this episode, we discuss the physiological and n…
57:: Dr. Dixie Stanforth talks staying motivated, exercising as women, and how to overcome challenges
Wellness girl chat with Dr. Dixie Stanforth, a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine & one of the top voices in the field of kinesiology & health education. We chat about atomic habits an…
hotter & smarter in 5:: why does alcohol raise my heart rate?
Join us as we get hotter & smarter learning about how alcohol affects our resting heart rate! Have you ever realized that your heart rate increases the night after a cocktail or glass of wine? I went…
56:: challenging the phrases "toning" and "cardio for fat loss" with Phil Stanforth, FACSM (& the ins & outs of female body composition)
Wellness girl chat (& boy chat!) with us this week as we welcome Phil Stanforth to the pod! Phil is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and a retired professor and director at The Uni…
hotter & smarter in 5:: fun facts about the luteal phase
Wellness girl chat with us as we get hotter & smarter and learn both some fun, and not-so-fun, facts about the luteal phase of our menstrual cycles! We chat about motivation, mindsets, recovery, crea…
55:: a menstrual cycle in my life! (workouts, fueling, recovery, sleep, & tips & tricks for how to structure your month around your menstrual cycle!)
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Wellness girl chat with us this week as we chat "a month in my life:: menstrual cycle style"! A new take on the day-in-my-life and week-in-my-life vlogs... join me as …
hotter & smarter in 5:: follicular phase fun facts!
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Wellness girl chat with us as we talk about fun facts about the follicular phase! (& my personal favorite phase). We chat glowy skin, risky behavior, and a few other fu…
54:: why you SHOULDN'T be cycle syncing (& what to do instead!)
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Wellness girl chat with us this week about what cycle syncing is getting all wrong! We chat what is wrong about the cycle syncing movement and what you can do instead t…
hotter & smarter in 5:: fun facts about your period!
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Wellness girl chat with us as we get hotter & smarter in 5 minutes learning fun facts about our periods! We talk about how periods were once viewed as powerful, how inj…
53:: our periods throughout history (women "inferior" to men?!, the history, marketing, & evolution of period care products!)
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Wellness girl chat with us this week about the history of how humanity has viewed the menstrual cycle! We talk about the “inferiority of women”, how women on their peri…
hotter & smarter in 5 min:: it's our 1 year pod-iversary! (THANK YOU, failures, successes, & getting vulnerable about the future!)
It is our 1 year anniversary! Take the time to celebrate with us & share our fears, successes, hopes, dreams, and failures as we reflect over the last year and look forward to the next! We get a litt…
52:: break it down for the baddies:: Mel Sulaver, RD & sports nutritionist talks nutrition in our 20s & 30s as women (Part I!)
Wellness girl chat with us this week as we break Mel Sulaver, RD’s episode down for the baddies! (Make sure you listen to episode 51 first!!) This series is like a podcast book club where we chat abo…