wellness with Alicia
Alicia (health coach, massage therapist, pilates instructor, meat head-hippie) explores a wide range of topics related to women's health, intuitive eating, exercise, life after sport, CrossFit, relationships, mindset, and a whole lot of random, yet seemingly important topics that distracts Alicia in her day to day life. Wellness with Alicia covers these topics in a thoughtful, exploratory, and sometimes comedic format. ie. owning and running a business, finding peace with food and exercise, her current favourite things, and why she can't start her day without a good cup of coffee. Whether it's deep diving into: Body Goals, Fitness Culture, Fat Loss, Health, Food Freedom, Pop Culture, the Dogma of Diet Culture and the Anti-Diet Movement, her love-hate relationship for social media, why she's not sure about having kids and moving to the suburbs, or talking about the ups and downs of starting and running a business as a solopreneur. Alicia aims to talk about heavy topics, light topics, share her own lived experiences, while acknowledging that as someone in her mid 30's, she has a lot to share (so many thoughts, so little time) and a lot to learn! Beyond these topics, Alicia is also a Registered Massage Therapist, Pilates instructor, and has her own online Health Coaching business (Wellness with Alicia) helping women build their physiques without extremes. You can expect Alicia to share her honest struggles as a mid-30-something living in Vancouver, and topics that are taking up way too much brain space. Alicia hopes to bring something a little different to the health and fitness spaces. By speaking about these topics in a unique, conversational, and sometimes humorous way, she hopes to offer up value, provide some education, and perhaps a different point of view.
wellness with Alicia
should you diet while traveling? Hashimoto's & fat loss, 40+ weight gain, crossfit and fat loss frustrations, & healthy hacks for a busy life
In this week's episode, I'm talking about my week, my Pilates course, Selling Sunset, Taylor Swift winning at the VMA's, and answering your questions!
Q: Do you ever go back and listen to your older episodes?
Q: My biggest goal is to build muscle and get stronger. I love doing spin 3 days per week (45 mins), lifting 4 days per week (upper and lower split), will doing spin 3 days per week impact my gains? And how would you schedule spin around lifting?
Q: Do you think less steps/movement for 2 weeks require drastic decrease in calories? Worried about upcoming travel.
Q: I just turned 40 and keep seeing fear mongering stuff that I’m going to suddenly gain 10lbs of fat around my mid section. As long as I’m keeping everything the same (macros, activity, sleep, etc.) this is BS right??
Q: I want to lose fat and lean out…my crossfit workouts aren’t cutting it and neither is tracking macros. Any tips would be helpful.
Q: Any tips for keeping nutrition a priority in busy seasons of life? September to December is pretty crazy for my family and my work. It’s just a lot to juggle.
Q: I know you’ve talked about this before, so forgive me but I forgot your answer about this topic: I’ve heard women shouldn’t train fasted. But I hate working out after eating, can you touch on if women should eat something before a workout and why?
Q: What’s something that is mainstream popular that you’re not really into?
Q: Fat loss with Hashimoto’s/hypothyroidism, trying it all!!
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