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Aging Strong: Fitness After 40 with Kerstin Schulze

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Fitness expert Kerstin Schulze shares powerful insights on staying healthy as we age, particularly for women over 40. Her approach emphasizes adapting workout routines and nutrition to women's changing hormonal needs, with practical strategies for maintaining strength and wellness.

• Training needs change dramatically as we age—shorter workouts (30 minutes) are more effective than long sessions
• High-intensity interval training (20-30 seconds intensity, 2 minutes rest) regulates hormones better than steady-state cardio
• Women should train differently than men—higher reps for legs (15-20) versus the heavier weights men typically use
• Aim for 1 gram of protein per pound of target body weight, focusing on easily digestible sources
• Eat within an 8-10 hour window, stopping by 5-6pm since "we gain weight at night, not in the morning"
• Recovery becomes crucial—consider red light therapy, infrared saunas, and neuromuscular massage
• Women need 8-10 hours of sleep (versus 6-8 for men) and shouldn't feel guilty about taking short power naps
• Cold therapies like ice baths work better for men; women may benefit more from heat therapies
• Regular movement helps injuries heal through increased blood flow
• Start with just 5 minutes of morning exercise to build a sustainable fitness habit

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Shanna Star:

Hello and welcome back to an episode of the Sean podcast. I'm your host, shana Starr. Today, I have a powerhouse of a guest with me. I'm so excited Kirsten Schultz is here with me. She is known for global fitness, wellness and personal transformation and is a force in doing so. Born and raised in Germany, she achieved early success as a junior Olympic silver medalist a wealth of knowledge and such an inspiration, and she has built a personal brand and business and continues to help so many people in their journey with health, fitness, wellness and, specifically, ages 40 to 75, with designed routines, flexible solutions and understanding challenges with injuries, travel, working at home and so much more, with more than 30 years of experience.

Shanna Star:

And today we're going to be talking about the power of action and staying healthy as we age. Welcome, kirsten Schultz, to the podcast. I'm so excited to have you on the show. This is a topic that has been extra close to my heart and I know it's, of course, to yours as well just with my research and experience and staying healthy as we age. So welcome, thank you for having me, shana. Yes, yes, I know you have such an incredible story We'll get to that in just a minute but I really love this topic as somebody who did bodybuilding and powerlifting and, like I said before we started recording, found out I have a lot of metabolic damage and I've been seeing a functional doctor, all of those things. So really digging into hacks and getting labs done and all the other things that you know, maybe when you're 20, you don't even think about so and it changes in a huge way. So let's let's start there. So what are some maybe things that you've noticed for women as we age that are big changes as we want to stay healthy.

Kersten Schulze:

The number one change is the way we train. When I was in my 20s and 30s, cardio was no problem, where now I'm really more mindful of what kind of cardio I do. I'm more mindful about lifting weights first and cardio is secondary for me. Where I used to, in one day I should be able to do an hour cardio, an hour weights an hour. You know, in the body is just differently now, where it stresses easier because of hormones have to rebalance itself. I always call uh, going pre-menopause or going to menopause or any autoimmune problems. Your body's readjusting hormones, right? It's kind of like the second uh um, puberty, I call it. And when we are younger, in our teenage years, our body's doing all kinds of things and it happens again a second time in life for us women and I think we have to listen to the body and adapt with that. How I train and that's the biggest change that I've seen- yeah, I completely agree.

Shanna Star:

I used to be one where I'm like, oh, if I need to lose a quick little bit, I would add in running. And recently my doctor was like you cannot run specifically me. I know it's fine for a lot of women, but it just was making my cortisol jump for sure. So what are some cardio that you love or would suggest to women that might be in that range as well?

Kersten Schulze:

So I'm. I'm like you. I'm not a big runner as far as long distance. I also train marathon runners and I tell them all the time find the balance when you don't, because they love the marathon and I get it's a runner's high, but her cortisol was out of the yin yang and so I'm a big, strong believer in uh sprints, jumps, uh short exposures of energy 20 to 30 seconds um, I till this day still do all my track workouts, uh implement um little jumps, little exertions 20 to 30 seconds.

Kersten Schulze:

I'm actually certified in hormonal treatments with exercise and they found out scientifically that when you do 20 to 30 second high intensity and then wait two minutes or do something low impact for two minutes, the body actually burns body fat better, builds stronger muscles, bone density, stronger joints, and so I've been a big fan of that. Also, it regulates your hormones more. When we train heavy weights or doing explosions hormones more. When we train heavy weights or doing explosions, your body goes to an autophagy, which is what we go through when we do a prolonged fasting. It happens that your body renews its cells and builds muscle and raises its HGH levels. So I'm a big fan of short intervals. I don't train more than 30 minutes a day with weights, and then I might do a 30 minute cardio. So my my whole day consists of one hour exercise.

Shanna Star:

That's really not very much. I remember when I first started it would be like two and a half hours, and now my body's like I cannot handle that. That's way too much.

Kersten Schulze:

Yeah, and it's always better to just break it up. I always say 30 minutes in the morning, 30 minutes afternoon. If you can do that, it's it's the winner.

Shanna Star:

Oh, I love that you have built such like an incredible business foundation and who you are, and, for those listening who might not know who you are although I feel like a lot of people do tell us a little bit about your story, how you got here, and just a little bit of background about you as well. Tell us a little bit about your story, how you got here, and just a little bit of background about you as well, how did I get here?

Kersten Schulze:

Well, I live in California, los Angeles, and I have a very successful training business that reaches around the world and I get people ready in front of the camera and behind the camera. I've gotten Chris Hemsworth ready for Thor, nicole Ari Parker for Broadway. But I also trained a lot of executives, ceos, moms, and I started my journey when I was 12 years old in Berlin at the Junior Olympics. Track and field was always my feel good. I never trained for the look, I trained for the feeling. I love the way it felt. And I know some people say, oh, I never trained for the look, I trained for the feeling. I love the way it felt. And I know some people say, oh, I never had that same experience. But with that came, um, staying with it and learning. What made me feel good was movement or the what, what the feeling was afterwards, you know, and I never, never, ever heard somebody one day, after they were done exercising, that they didn't feel good about themselves Absolutely. And that's the feel good I'm talking about. Yeah, it doesn't feel good to start. There's days I don't want to start and it's just dragging and just like oh, I just rather want to sit on a couch, have a glass of wine, some popcorn and watch a good movie, but with once you get started, that's, that's it. So my journey continued through in my 20s Into now I'm 51. And I've gone through the whole pre menopause and menopause.

Kersten Schulze:

I competed myself in figure competitions and the reason why I started competing is because I knew that after the corporate world I wanted to be in fitness and nobody knew me in fitness and so I said, okay, how can I be in all the magazines? Back then we buy magazines and I just said I'm going to do a figure competition. I won that and won the overall. Did the second one? Won that, won the overall. And then I was in all the magazines and Robert Kennedy, who owned all the publications like Oxygen and American Curves and all of that, just was a big fan of me and David Paul at the time was shooting me all the time. And that's how I really build a business is just by showcasing what I do and trial and error. And I always say I would never, ever do something with somebody that I have not tried myself and shown the success. And my success rate is 99%. There's always that 1%. When people don't listen to me. I can't help you, but if you listen to me, you will have success.

Shanna Star:

It's hard for it to work if they're not doing it. Absolutely, yeah, oh, I'm sorry, keep going.

Kersten Schulze:

I was going to say so. I've been in the business for over 30 years, you know in California for 24 years.

Shanna Star:

You said something that sparked. I had to write down where you said starting it is basically the most difficult, and I can't remember who it was. It was a famous bodybuilder.

Shanna Star:

He said just go to the gym you don't even have to work out, just get yourself to go sit. You can sit right in front of the gym and do nothing. And he said but I guarantee, as soon as you get there and you get started, you're going to want to keep going. And that's what those little like white lies. You tell yourself like I'll just go and do a little walking. And as soon as you get there you're like oh yes, I'm excited. And so as long as you get started, that that's absolutely the most difficult, for sure.

Kersten Schulze:

Yeah, I've learned a little trick and I wrote that in my e-book that's for free on my website. It's called Fitness. The secret to being fit is how do we even get started? And I always say start with five minutes. You have to set your timer. So let's say you, I always say the best time to work out is first thing in the morning. Um, because you're fresh, you, you full of vibes, right? And who can't just do five minutes in the morning for themselves?

Kersten Schulze:

You can do it at set your timer and I don't know, do 20 squat. You can do a whole full body workout in five minutes. At least one round, 20 squats, 10 dips, reverse crunches. You can probably do that two to three times within five minutes. And once the five minutes are up, you have to stop. You're not allowed to continue and you have to do that for two weeks because everything is a program. Your mind is programmed to wake up at a certain time, to eat at a certain time, to like certain things, to have emotions connected to certain things. So the only way you can change your habits is you have to rechange your program, and that has to start with small steps and driving every day to the gym and sitting outside is one of them. Right, you make that a habit to go there first thing before you drive home. Or when you get home, don't sit down on the couch First thing, you have to go and grab your gym bag. Just little habits will reprogram how you, how you live your day today.

Shanna Star:

Absolutely so. There was something else that popped up when we were talking about it. Uh, a lot of research for working out and I'm sure you know this as well, you've been at it longer than I have but a lot of the research that's done on how to diet or how to exercise or when to eat is first done on men, which is great, good for them, but it's not considering women's. Like intermittent fasting some hit if it's not somebody who can handle that. Or cortisol, like we already kind of touched on, and there's a lot of information that then the early 20s women are doing and they're like, yes, this works for me, and so that changes over time.

Shanna Star:

And I know you said a little bit of what changes for women as we age. But what are some more things that we can take action and change as we age that will help us continue the health journey? That doesn't seem overwhelming, or things that maybe aren't for us, that we've seen like men have to do, like that intermittent fasting, and I know we've talked about that in other podcasts too. But what are just some things that women can do?

Kersten Schulze:

Great question. So I agree with you Most of the studies have been done on men and not women. I mean, they've just found out that men sleep at six to eight hours and women actually need to sleep eight to 10 hours, and we've always felt so guilty that we are always more tired. But no, we, we have a superpower body. We can create life and we can multitask, and we can. We have a much higher pain tolerance than men. So women have just superpowers, which means means we need to recharge more.

Kersten Schulze:

I'm a big fan of prolonged fasting once a month, but never, ever, do a fast a week before your period, because it changes your hormones and it can mess with your progesterone. And so I, because we need the carbs. When we get the crop craving, eat them, it's okay, but eat clean carbs. Don't eat processed carbs. So it's all those.

Kersten Schulze:

What we say a calorie is not a calorie. It all depends on what the calorie is made out of, right? And also, don't eat so much sugar. You know guys can get away with sugar way easier than women. We have an extra layer of fat by nature that men don't have. So I always say don't eat like a guy and watch the sugars high proteins. Don't train like a guy, because women are bottom heavy and men are top heavy. So men by nature are built stronger on top and women stronger on the bottom. So we don't go heavy, heavy on our legs like 10 reps. We go 15, 20 reps for our legs, unless you do explosions due to tens. But to burn out legs usually women have to work a little bit harder than men and men have to go heavier. So it all depends um. And then you know everybody's individually differently. Some women do really well on intermittent fasting and some not. Depends.

Kersten Schulze:

When you're younger, you can get away with intermittent fasting. When you're older, you need your proteins in the morning. You can't. Intermittent fasting is actually not that great for you. There's a rule called 30, 30, 30, 30, 30 minutes of awakening. You have 30 grams of protein and you do a 30 minute workout.

Kersten Schulze:

Now, if you wake up first thing in the morning and you can roll out of bed and do your workout, do it on an empty stomach and then do your 30 grams of protein. But if you have to wait an hour, you need to eat your protein first because the body will lower its metabolism and if you don't eat now you're raising your stress level and cortisol levels go up and that means you are getting fat layers in your stomach. So I always say, depending on what the timeframe is in morning, if you can work out right away, wait to have the protein, but if you can't, you have to have your protein first. And men in general eat breakfast. You know, unless they're, they're an endometriosis, and they just constantly go, go, go go, and I mean they have to eat their proteins first too. But a lot of times you see them not being hungry because their body is just built that way and they have to really train their body to eat. What's another thing different for women than for men is nutrition.

Shanna Star:

What about the eating window? Because intermittent fasting is so centered around having such a small eating window and I know it's going to be different for every person, but what's like an average that you suggest for women who are aging, to start how long they should have for food every day? I know I've heard like 10 hours is a good place you can start from morning to night but do you have a suggestion as well?

Kersten Schulze:

I think anywhere between eight and 10 hours is great. To start off, my biggest thing is always is we gain weight at night. We don't gain weight in the morning, we gain weight at night. It's when the metabolism starts slowing down. Your clock changes, it's getting dark outside, the body knows it's slowing down and then basically you fueled your nose, it's slowing down and then basically you fueled your car all day long and then you park it in your garage and then you're going to put more gas in and the gas tank is already full.

Kersten Schulze:

So I always found a good gauge was like to stop eating after five o'clock. Okay, maybe six if you're pushing it, um, because you are not going to burn it off unless you have an activity that you will burn it off. But most people don't have a late activity. Most women don't like to train late at night. You know most women like to train in the morning, around 10 o'clock. So it all depends on when. But the best time I think is for women to eat is from depending on, let's say, she wakes up at 6am, yeah, or seven. Most women mothers have to wake up at six because of the kids and they should have their first meal within that hour, so from six to seven o'clock, I think, and then stop, because your intermittent fasting also happens through the night. You know your body which rebuilds itself and repairs itself, and so if you eat your first meal at seven o'clock, then you need to stop eating by five o'clock.

Kersten Schulze:

Okay that is your, that's your nine hour window and you should eat every three to four hours because they have shown and the best is every three hours high protein, protein, protein and fats. I cannot sweat it enough, especially the older we get. We don't need so many complex carbs Now. We do some. I would eat your carbs around your lunchtime. Don't eat it for the first meal. The first meal should be high in protein and fats, the last meal should be high in protein and fats and the mid day should be with carbs, because that's when you have your fuel and you should be. You know you need it for your brain function and that's why they always call bodybuilders dumb when we go to the low carb cycles, because couldn't think anymore. You know it was like you just depleted and so carbs are there for you. Form words.

Shanna Star:

Me crying when I had two low carbs and I couldn't function. That's what immediately came to me.

Kersten Schulze:

Yeah, that's why when you have, you're getting your period, be really careful because it really messes with your brain function, absolutely.

Shanna Star:

So I know when women are listening to protein. There's a lot of different things around that. Especially like here in the US, I feel like there's a misconception of protein intake. Maybe maybe list some that you love, love some of your favorite proteins that you suggest food or supplements, and then also how much protein you you suggest that we start getting just an average person, of course, not the bodybuilder who's trying to maybe gain muscle or you know whatever that looks like.

Kersten Schulze:

So the average person should have one gram per pound that they want to weigh. So if I want to weigh I'm 180 pounds, I'm 6'1" and I'm 180 pounds I make sure I get 180 grams of protein a day. Now, if you are a bodybuilder, you need 1.5 grams of protein. But yes, it is a lot. But my favorite one is always I.

Kersten Schulze:

I was a sponsored athlete and the best shakes that I have found were not the ones that I was sponsored by was the one because whey protein always bloated me, you know, and it's a great building protein, but I like a ham protein which it was more easier for me to digest. And for all the vegans out there, this is a great one. It's Arbonne's proteins are really high quality and I really enjoy them. They taste amazing. I have all my clients that ever asked for protein. That's the one I always recommend my daughter's on it.

Kersten Schulze:

I drink mine every day. That's what's in my shake right now. I have 30 grams 36 grams, of protein in there. I put a little bit of berries in it, some avocado, always good fats, some power greens, and I have that every day, and they have in them different flavors. And then I also I'm a big fan of eggs and I eat egg yolk because we need the fat, I just don't need to toast with it.

Kersten Schulze:

You know, I eat the egg yolk because we need the fat, I just don't need a toast with it. You know, and if I, on the weekends, I have my carb cycle, which is a rotation diet we can talk about later, that's when I have some bread as well, and then I have fish. I'm a big fan of fish salmon, cod, wild cod, fish and then I do ground turkey or ground chicken. I don't do the whole chicken, and the reason why is because it takes so much to digest and when I competed I couldn't eat full chicken or turkey because I just it was too much for my body to digest. So now I found, when I had it ground like a turkey patty, my body could handle it much easier and digest it faster Because it was already pre-broken up, basically. So, for instance, what I would have for the day I always start my day with a shake Because it's very easy to digest, it's easy on the digestive track. Your body's just coming. Yeah, very good, you have yours right there. Yeah, I make sure my daughter has hers in the morning, and then I have my first meal solid meal three hours later and that usually has some form of either rice with chicken or turkey patty. I pre-make mine and I put a little bit of apple slices in it to keep them moist and it gives you my fiber. And also then later I always usually finish my day with fish.

Kersten Schulze:

I'm a big fan of fish at the end of the day, great omegas, light protein, and I'm a big cottage cheese fan. So, yeah, it's great. It's great casein protein. It's the best before you go to bed, or like the as a last meal of the day, like or as a sweet treat. One container has over 50 grams of protein and it's so high. So I think, to get into your proteins, make a shake that has at least 30 to 40 grams of protein in it.

Kersten Schulze:

Have, um, your eggs. I eat about, uh, five to six eggs a day and I also have the fish. I always do about eight ounces of fish, six to eight ounces, just to get enough protein in. But remember, I'm a 180 gal, so if you are 140, you are dialing it down to 140. So I always say, take your protein and divide it by four. That's how much. You know how much protein you need for a meal, because most people will be able to do four meals. Yeah, and I don't call it breakfast, lunch and dinner ever. I call it meal one, two, three and four Because we have this conception that for breakfast we need to eat a certain way and for dinner we need to eat a certain way. And then people tell me they have snacks. I said I don't believe in snacks, I believe in balanced meals meal one, two, three and four.

Shanna Star:

Oh, I'm so glad you said cottage cheese. I recently, probably in the last six months, started really adding that in. I found out I was allergic to eggs, so that made me bloat and I was like, no, it took eggs away from me. Um, and also about the ground chicken, because I feel like you know, back in the day it was just chicken and rice all the time. So now when I have too much chicken, I'm like it almost makes me a little sick. So the ground chicken might be a great way to switch that.

Shanna Star:

I love hearing. Yeah, for you to try that, yeah, that would be perfect. Uh, so I kind of want to get into like, even maybe some Perfect. So I kind of want to get into like even maybe some I'm going to call them hacks, but they're not necessarily hacks Maybe things you love. For example, we started using like grounding sheets or hydrogen tablets or red light therapy or anything that you really love to use. You know, daily or weekly that you have found helped just feel good and help help that health journey as well you have found helped just feel good and help help that health journey as well.

Kersten Schulze:

My routine is I do a red stand in red light therapy once or twice a month.

Shanna Star:

I do a face red light therapy once a month.

Kersten Schulze:

I do microneedling every six weeks because I do believe it helps with collagen renewal. You can even do it on your legs for all the women that start having skin that is not snapping back the way we want it. I'm a big fan of that. Also, I do endomology, which helps you to distress, um, the, the fascia, and you get, uh, lymphatic drainage from it, um, and then I get, once a month, I get a deep tissue neuromuscular massage, because when you work out all the time, you know joints and you don't, and you're not as well, even if you're stretching. I was going to say if you don't stretch enough, but even if you're stretching, I was going to say if you don't stretch enough, but even if you're stretching, you need to have a neuromuscular massage just to get into the trigger points. We all have them. Most people have it in their back and in their hips and you get somebody to know and go in there and release those pressure points. And if that doesn't work, a wasabi message method is the one that has really helped me, and a wasabi method is something that they used in Europe to get rid of kidney stones. It's a hammer that they used on the back and they found out once they use that method on the back, the lower back went away, pain went away. So I had a locked hip from all the jumps and all the you know exercising, which is, you know, wear and tear and it's normal, and I went and got a wasabi method done and they I never had an issue with my hip again. Wow. So wasabi methods are so powerful that sometimes we only need one to two treatments. I had two treatments done and never had a problem with it again, and so I'm a big fan of that.

Kersten Schulze:

I'm a big fan of stem cells. I've done a stem cell drip. I do peptide treatments all the time. I have done a BP 157. I had an injury. I had a MCL second degree tear. Somebody fell on my leg backwards, you know. They just lost their balance and fell on me and, um, I had an mri done and I had an mcl tear, second degree. I went and got 157, 500, 400 to do injections myself. It's like new, no problem. So I a lot of times we think that we need surgery. No, you do not.

Kersten Schulze:

I believe in peptides and I've done copper peptides for my skin. My hair has been growing and I you do that. You know, when you get these high quality products, um, for beauty products, they have copper in them, a peptide copper. But I just chose to just do injections for 20 days. You do it once a year and you'll never have to deal with it again, because there's too much for me to think about, you know. So I just like you know what I'm just gonna. You can do it more than 22 days, so I did it for 20 days and it's been wonderful for my skin and my hair and my nails. Um, so those are the things that I do.

Kersten Schulze:

I'm very big on self-care. I'm very big on taking care of myself. I did for a long time I did I love infrared saunas till still and I did cryos for a while and I've learned that cryos for women we have to be really careful because it can actually shock our system too much, like these uh uh bathtubs that people are going in. Ice bath Men are very different than women, where women can go out and get, get into a shock, and it can actually raise our cortisol levels. So, too much hyperbaric, too much um cryo, um or uhes are not good for women.

Kersten Schulze:

Every now and then and I have done them and they feel great. Once a month, twice a month, I go into a cryo just to help with inflammation, but really it's not my favorite, and there's a reason. Women's bodies are just very different than men. Yeah, and I also have gone into hyperbaric chambers. Great things about those. Oh, fantastic, never done it.

Kersten Schulze:

But, oh my gosh, if you have a chance to go into the hyper and the clinical hyperbaric chambers about 49 feet deep you have to have a nurse there. You're going down, you have a uh, you know it's. I I'm a claustrophobic person, so I thought if I go in it I'm going to be claustrophobic. No problem, they have. You can look out. There's a person sitting next to you with the phone. You have a uh, um, a um, oxygen max or mask on. They have a tv there.

Kersten Schulze:

You're going to be in there for an hour and watch your TV, but once you get out now your body's full of oxygen in your cells and then I do an IV drip. It is like magic. You give me your body superpowers and they actually do. Hyperbaric chambers for people with wounds that need to heal faster Cancer patients, injuries with wounds that need to heal faster cancer patients, injuries, athletes they all go in hyperbarics and I don't believe that the hyperbaric chambers that they sell that you don't have to have a nurse there or you don't have to have an oxygen tank on mask on are the same thing, because you can't go to a 49 feet level where the pressure happens that the body now gets filled with new oxygen cells.

Shanna Star:

Yes, that is a brand new concept to me. I started listening to the ultimate human podcast and he talks about all of the things that he does as a human biologist and that is one he's spoken of, and so I would love to try that.

Kersten Schulze:

Oh yeah, it's, I highly highly recommend it. The other thing that you touched try that. Oh yeah, I highly highly recommend it.

Shanna Star:

The other thing that you touched on that I just started researching too and learned about, is first the saunas. Yes, I've been loving that, added that back in to my routine as well, and I've always noticed, like especially my husband, but any man is like, oh, it's too hot, they can't handle it's hot. And so when I started researching it, it was women can handle hotter temperatures, but the cold temperatures, like you said, the cold plunges, even if we do them and you kind of touched on this too we don't need it as cold and we can't handle as cold or, like you said, it raises cortisol. And so I think that's such an important thing because a lot of women that I talk to just every day feel like they need to be doing it, because a lot of men say how great it is and it has its merit, but we just don't need to go to the extreme that they do, and that's such an important thing yeah, yeah, my boyfriend is the same way.

Kersten Schulze:

He doesn't like to go into heat, doesn't make him feel good, um, but I do believe that women tend to do much better infrared saunas than guys. Guys still need it. I'm not saying they don't need it, because it detoxifies us. What's the difference between a regular sauna and infrared sauna? The infrared sauna goes deeper into the tissue, which helps to, then goes to the organs, to detoxify the organs and it's just great for cell renewal. But I, yeah, cryo chamber. I've gone literally from an infrared sauna into a cryo. Yeah, from heat to the cold, and that was okay. But I couldn't do it too much. After a while my body's like, nah, I don't want that, I don't like that.

Kersten Schulze:

And you know the body will tell you what feels good and whatnot.

Shanna Star:

Absolutely. I know we kind of touched on recovery and those hacks that you do and that was one of the questions I had for you too, but is there anything that we kind of missed that you would suggest maybe starting or implementing or really loved, or something you do for your recovery as well?

Kersten Schulze:

I do a lot of beet juice for recovery Interesting.

Kersten Schulze:

I get a fresh press beet juice every week and I drink my beet juice because they're very good for muscle recovery. I also do castor oil, but with a Yoba and Frankincense on it for my skin elasticity. You know all these expensive lotions you buy with jojoba and frankincense on it for my skin elasticity? You know all these expensive lotions you buy. Castor oil is so good for your skin, for your gut functioning. I always have castor oil in my house. And what else do I do? I get naps in.

Kersten Schulze:

I'm a big believer in naps, you know 20, 30 minutes. And I set my alarm. You know I do take naps. I do. I call them meditation naps Because our minds is constantly in their fight or flight state, which is the 200 frequency of our mind, the beta state, and when you meditate, you bring yourself into a theta state, which is the 400 frequency, which is the positive state of mind, which also regulate the way your body feels and your the mind controls your cells in your body. Believe it or not, we can control how fast we heal with a positive state of mind, absolutely. And now this sounds woohoo and all of that, but it's really, really worth it. I do all my mass manifestations like that, everything that I want to accomplish in my life. I meditate daily and I fall asleep when I do it.

Shanna Star:

That's awesome. I feel like you've just given permission to not only me but everyone listening, cause I started doing that, not not every day, but once in a while. My husband will be on the way home from work and he'll be like he'll almost be home and I'm like, okay, I just need to lay down for just till you get home, just those few minutes, and it really helps me feel recharged. I get up, it's like I have a whole nother part of the day where I'm energized again, and otherwise I feel like I'm dragging. Once in a while, especially like you said, like maybe around PMS or just your period or whatever it really helps.

Kersten Schulze:

And yeah, and don't feel scared to ask for help. I think women, we tend to think that we have to do it all. Who said that? You know, I mean I. It is all these years of us having to carry it all the kids, they're looking good, they're making money and all of that. Take time for yourself and recharge, and don't feel guilty wanting to take a nap and don't feel guilty not fulfilling everybody's desires, you know, because in the end of the day, you have to take care of yourself and it's okay to love on yourself. And and take care of yourself because in the end of the day, if you're not happy, the whole house won't be happy.

Shanna Star:

Yeah, you're absolutely right oh is there anything, maybe lately any podcasts or books or anything that you've been listening to or reading to, that you would love to talk about or maybe suggest to those listening?

Kersten Schulze:

so I'm always reading. I wake up in the morning. It's my part of my uh routine of waking up. I give myself actually an extra hour to wake up and I read.

Kersten Schulze:

So the one book that I love the most is the one command six steps to attract wealth with the power of your mind, and it's it's. It's basically steps on, touches on what I just spoke about the positive mindset and how we get there and how we can manifest. And a lot of times we say I can't do that. But it's not about not can, because there's a lot of times we don't know how to get there. It's about saying I don't know how, but I know it's going to happen. And having that set of mind really can maneuver things around, because you're still putting your focus into something that you want. You want this body. I don't know how, but I'm going to focus on doing it. So you're going to show up for it and it will happen or wealth, or jobs, or whatever. So I'm a big fan of that book.

Kersten Schulze:

And then I'm an actress. I'm a professional actress and you might have seen me on the Righteous Gemstones right now or I just booked another HBO show and Achieving your True Potential as an Actor. The Intent to Live by Larry Moss is one of my favorites right now. He just really breaks it down how to get into a script and you know how to have your imagination, how to be authentic as a person. I always say, even if you don't want to be an actor, take an acting class. It will teach you a lot about yourself. It will teach you how you speak with others, how you listen. A lot of acting is active listening and a lot of times people don't active listen and acting classes make you active listen. You have to or you can't be a good actor.

Shanna Star:

That is good for everyone. There's a lot of people who you can speak to and you're like I know you're not listening to a word I say so that's, that's an incredible advice. I wrote those books down for myself as well, because I'm always needing more. I love that you say that's that's part of your routine and what you do every day. I know we also touched on just doing that five minutes in the morning. Is there anything else that's maybe been on your heart or your mind to share with everyone listening today? Anything that you feel is important?

Kersten Schulze:

Yeah, you know what? I'm a big believer on taking action and not you know? Mel Robbins says this really well five, four, three, two, one, just go. A lot of times we just can't. We are our worst enemy and we are our own dream killers. But dream big, go after it, whatever it is you want to do and don't stop yourself. Just take action, beat with your body, give it five to 10 minutes a day and even when you have injuries, you can work out through your injuries. It's actually very important to create blood flow to an injury than to not work out around on it.

Shanna Star:

I love that too. I know when, as soon as you're talking about acting, I was like, yes, I started like following you more on Instagram and seeing all the amazing things that you've been doing. So I think it's awesome, all the wonderful things. So is there anything? How can we then find you work with you? And then, is there anything that you would like to give away to those listening to you work?

Kersten Schulze:

with you. And then, is there anything that you would like to give away to those listening to? Yeah, I'd love to. So you can find me on partyanddietcom you can reach out there or on my Instagram, partyanddiet, as well. And the reason why I call it partyanddiet is because I believe that we can be in a healthy lifestyle and dieting and all of that, and also have a social life and have a balance in all of it.

Kersten Schulze:

And I'm giving away right now my tools on my website for a month, free for all the listeners, and the code is PARTY15. And there you can see fitness for the busy lifestyles, for all people that don't want to go to the gym or are stuck in a hotel room or at home or at work, and there will be five to 10 minute workouts or up to 30 minutes. You can design it yourself with all the tools I gave. Given you. I have my 16 week program on there, my gym transformation, where I this is the program I personally use myself to get ready on stage and also my track workout, and all of that you can find there.

Shanna Star:

Perfect. I'll put that all in the notes too, in case they're driving and listening or working out now. And I just thank you so much for everything and all your wisdom. You're absolutely beautiful.

Kersten Schulze:

I'm so excited to keep following I'll let you do so, yes, well, thank you again and have a wonderful day, you too.

Shanna Star:

Thank you. Are you ready? Well, thank you again and have a wonderful day.

Kersten Schulze:

You too, thank you.

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