After almost 12 years, our studio has closed its physical location in Watertown effective 12/31/25. Please check out our virtual listings. 

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From the archive

This archive provides an overview of all podcast episodes published until the closure of the Watertown studio in December 2025. You can listen to new episodes published after 2025, as well as all of the old episodes over on Spotify.

#84: From The Corner Office to My Yoga Mat

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/10060484/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/609339/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Get Lively celebrates 5 years! In this anniversary episode, I’ll be sharing the 5 biggest lessons that I’ve learned…

#83: Why I’m Eating HUMBLE PIE

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/10032530/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/609339/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Oh how life has a glorious way of keeping us in check and keeping us humble.  As a trainer…

#82: Are You Romanticizing Your Life Away?

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/10028168/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/609339/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Do you ever find yourself day dreaming or “romanticizing” your current life away?  I’m not talking having goals or…

# 81: Why we need to MIX it UP

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/9982418/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/609339/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Routines are great, but let’s face it, life has a way of trying to mess them up.  So let’s…

#80: What if Seeking RESULTS is Holding us Back?

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/9896840/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/609339/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] What if isn’t success that we should be seeking?  What if our drive to get results is selling us…

#79: It’s time to reinterpret the idea of FAILURE

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/9833090/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/609339/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] What if failing didn’t represent an end to the road.  What if we were able to look at failure…

#78: Should you jump on the Spring “cleanse” bandwagon?

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/9729293/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/609339/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Spring has sprung!  And with that, so has the season of cleanses, detoxes, juice cleanses, and dozens of trainers…

#77: Jan’s Book Recommendations from Self Help to Memoirs!

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/9606602/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/609339/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Time to talk books! Here are my current favorites in the following five categories to inspire, enlighten, education, and…

#76: Mastering the Habit of Showing Up

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/9514160/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/609339/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] In James Clear’s book, “Atomic Habits” he states: “The point is to master the habit of showing up.  The…

#Episode 75: Got Mom Guilt? One Mom’s story about taking HER first step to better her health and life. 

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/9460529/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/609339/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] If you are a mom who puts herself last on the list and feels you’ve lost yourself, this is…

#74: What does your MORNING ROUTINE look like?  

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/9223232/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/609339/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Here’s the thing… how you START the day is generally how the rest of your day will play out. …

#73: Would you say that to your seven year old self?

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/9105185/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/609339/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] We can be our own worst enemies… beating ourselves up relentlessly for things we ate, things we didn’t do,…

#72: When your Doctor doesn’t think Diet and Lifestyle have an Impact on your Health Situation

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/9103517/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/609339/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] If you’ve ever found yourself in a situation where you’ve been diagnosed with a health condition and you’ve wanted…

#71: How you do ONE thing is how you do EVERYTHING

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/9018983/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/609339/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Talking all about habits today and why we need to look at how we “do things” in our lives,…

#70: The Roadmap you NEED when you don’t know where to START

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/8912930/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/609339/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] What do you to when you WANT to make healthy improvements in your life, but you just don’t know…

#68: Why I don’t care about the 5 pounds I gained this Winter

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/8744606/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/609339/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Talking about why my jeans get tight during the winter and why I don’t CARE!  Tune in to hear…

#67: Chatting about our Perspective on Joy, Exercise, and Aging

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/8575046/height/100/width//thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/609339/custom-color/87A93A” height=”100″ width=”100%” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Chatting with my good friend and fitness pro Fran on all kinds of goodness.  In this week’s episode we…

After almost 12 years, our studio has closed its physical location in Watertown effective 12/31/25. Please check out our virtual listings.

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