In Fitness And In Health

Neither brief nor breezy, Rachel and Michael reflect upon the past year and hone in on all of the positives we can still collectively take from 2020-21's social unrest and quarantine. They each share their Top 3 (one for the world, one for themselves, and one for their relationship), and they encourage you to embrace the same exercise as we pursue the next light in our tunnel onward. They'll also be staying fit and healthy while they prepare for their trip home to New Jersey until next time, get it done!   Sister Jean's Pregame Prayer: https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/31107521/loyola-chicago-upsets-top-seeded-illinois-ncaa-tournament-sister-jean-pregame-prayer Marco Polo: https://www.marcopolo.me/

Rachel and Michael play out their magical treats tournament bracket LIVE here in another Disney Month, and reveal the regional winners you voted for, as well. Which snack shall reign supreme?

February brought on the challenge hardcore, so for March let's sprinkle just a little bit of pixie dust onto opportunity! Rachel and Michael practice the healthy art of distraction, covering five of their Disney hot topics early in 2021 - from Marvel to Muppets, and all cultural nostalgia turned growth in between. They also review their recent “Judas and the Black Messiah” movie theater date.   It's March Madness! In honor of this Disney-themed month, check out our Instagram stories every day from 3/7/21 to 3/13/21 to cast your votes in the “Sweets Sixteen” resort food bracket. We'll reveal yours AND our winner in next week's episode.   For more information on the references made in this episode, see the links below: “Judas and the Black Messiah” on HBOMax: https://www.hbomax.com/judas-and-the-black-messiah Dominique Fishback: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6195774/ Disneyland Paris' Removal of Tiger Lily and her village from Peter Pan Ride: https://wdwnt.com/2021/02/video-disneyland-paris-digitally-removes-tiger-lily-and-her-village-from-peter-pans-flight-ride-learn-video-but-not-from-attraction-itself/ In Fitness and In Health Mental Health Episodes:  https://open.spotify.com/episode/0UtSsCmNelUjJ9zac28deY https://open.spotify.com/episode/0f4lKUXLF2NFlCYTsxoG3B

In honor of Black History Month, Rachel and Michael dive deep into another grab bag with the notorious duck timer. They highlight their resonance with six current African-American figures in popular culture: Leslie Odom Jr.; Ava DuVernay; Bubba Wallace; Michelle Obama; Rachel Lindsay; and Amanda Gorman. As always, let's continue the conversation about these six and many other fruitful influences of color in our world.     For more information on... Leslie Odom Jr.'s latest role: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2021-01-25/leslie-odom-jr-one-night-in-miami-hamilton Ava DuVernay's efforts to create a more inclusive Hollywood: http://www.arraynow.com/ Bubba Wallace's response to possible hate crime: https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/story/_/id/29354447/fbi-says-rope-had-talladega-garage-last-fall-bubba-wallace-not-victim-hate-crime Michelle Obama's podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/71mvGXupfKcmO6jlmOJQTP Michelle Obama's Inauguration Fashion: https://www.marieclaire.com/fashion/a35260087/michelle-obama-inauguration-outfit/ Rachel Lindsay's podcast "Higher Learning": https://open.spotify.com/episode/0r3y29a5Su7e75thjdHuHh Amanda Gorman's full Inaugural poem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz4YuEvJ3y4     Come run our miles in your shoes, and find more of our content through our website, Instagram, YouTube, and Spotify playlists. Join our virtual running group!

Already hitting a wall with your 2021 workout goals? Don't sweat it (except keep sweating it)! Rachel and Michael have an exercise of an episode for you, with their keys to building both consistency and motivation throughout your fitness and health regimen. Put on your go-go pants, brace yourselves for the lightning round ab circuit, and join our runners group in time for our Coronation 5K later this month. Come run our miles in your shoes, and find more of our content through our website, Instagram, YouTube, and Spotify playlists. http://www.jeffgalloway.com/pdf/Motivation.pdf

Rachel and Michael follow up on their resolutions' discourse from last week, first in light of recent world events, and then by holding each other accountable in how their early goals are holding up so far, before hitting the mailbag for your own 2021 questions and mantras. Here's to already getting things done! Come run our miles in your shoes, and find more of our content through our website, Instagram, YouTube, and Spotify playlists.

Rachel and Michael are back! They kick off Season 2 by riding the silver linings of 2020 into the better tomorrows of 2021. Each of them offer their top three “resolutionary” goals or mantras for January and beyond, so climb aboard and get it done! We want to hear from you! How was your autumn break? More importantly, submit to our next episode's mailbag with any questions you have for us about fitness and health (yours or ours) heading into this new year. You can reach out to us directly through our website, Instagram, or email.

Postage paid a custom visit to the end of Relationship Month, and Season One! Thank you to everyone that submitted their relationship health questions in this mailbag edition. Rachel and Michael cover topics such as how the podcast has been treating them so far, adopted practices of care for both themselves and each other, the success secrets of their wedding and beyond...and there's a Disney question in there too. We look forward to preparing more bickering and bantering next season, but in the meantime, GET IT DONE!

Rachel and Michael celebrate their five-year wedding anniversary today! Enjoy this special ceremony as a gift to our beloved fit & healthy listeners.

In this next installment of Relationship Month, Rachel and Michael open up about their struggles and strategies with fertility, or rather coping with infertility. They share their stories, their human pitfalls, their lessons of reframed optimism, what to say and not say to someone experiencing anything similar, and their healthier goals towards ultimately having a baby but still fulfilling the fortunate life they lead today. As always, we're here to talk to whoever wishes to, but just keep these messages in mind.

It's another rankings head-to-head! Relationship Month continues en route to Rachel and Michael's five-year wedding anniversary, as Rachel and Michael each share their Top 5 stories from the relationship overall, and the lessons you can learn from them. See 7:45 to skip the opening bicker and banter ;)

To make up for “The Episode That Never Was,” Rachel and Michael commence Relationship Month with a deeper dive into the developmental practices of self and relationship that helped solidify their marriage - mainly the Love Languages quiz! Find out how you best receive and communicate love here.   16 Personalities Test: https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test DiSC: https://discpersonalitytesting.com/free-disc-test/ Enneagram: https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/type-descriptions Enneagram test: https://www.eclecticenergies.com/enneagram/test Tampa Bay Lightning History: https://www.nhl.com/lightning/news/how-phil-esposito-named-the-tampa-bay-lightning/c-293511432 Our First Post Covid Disney Date: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Hvq7qiDCQeJvurVZO9FXf How Disney World is keeping it's guests safe: https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/faq/parks/coronavirus-response/ 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: https://www.amazon.com/15-Invaluable-Laws-Growth-Potential-ebook/dp/B0076DF6T4  

Rachel and Michael wrap up Interview Month by answering a series of ten questions submitted by you, the lovely listeners! We tackle many things health including: fitness origins and motivations; food fear; dream podcast guests; and, of course; Disney.   Hear more about Michael's Running Journey here. Hear more about Michael and Rachel's Whole30 journey here.  New snack at Disney's Animal Kingdom! How Michael copes with his fear of food here. Michelle Obama's Podcast The Ringer Get Out Of Your Own Way by Dave Hollis

Your favorite fitness and health duo catch up with Michael's friend and former Disney coworker “Dear Ashley” Johnson, one of the hosts of the “America As We Know It” podcast! He and Rachel interview Ashley about how the parks propelled her into a radio career, their various roles in Black Lives Matter advocacy, and a unique bond of foodie development over time. Also, the recording abruptly before Michael could wish you your weekly deserved “Get It Done!”   Having Disney on your resume: https://medium.com/the-post-grad-survival-guide/how-the-disney-college-program-significantly-improved-my-resume-e17bb5d1622 BLM without social media: https://www.stuyspec.com/blacklivesmatter/blm-should-not-be-a-social-media-trend Disney's Coronado Springs Resort's Three Bridges Bar & Grill: https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/coronado-springs-resort/three-bridges/ IFAIH's Mickey Churro Pretzels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjyTtAHL39w

If you thought Rachel and Michael's coupled Disney fandom was intense, then get ready for them to be one-upped in this next Interview Month discussion! Friends and newlyweds (more like “toddler” weds) Cassidy and Mike Worboys join the Zoom panel - from Hong Kong - to enlighten us on how traveling and park magic specifically define and solidify their relationship health.   Check out Cassidy's travel blog here! Check out IFAIH's website there!

It's Interview Month! Rachel and Michael host a virtual catchup with dear friends and fellow artists, Deanna Frederick and George Robson. They play “What Did You Learn This Week?” and cover topics such as their wedding style processes, continually navigating through social habits, brand names, and layered sourcing of their music and writing. As always, check out IFAIH's episode archives, blogs, video series, custom playlists, and more on the website and the social media.   More on George's podcast style choice: https://www.gq.com/story/how-many-buttons-shirt More on what George learned this week: https://www.dmarge.com/how-to-wear-a-tuxedo   More on what Rachel learned this week: https://www.facebook.com/TeachingBlackHistoryFacts/posts/1649019965250299   More on what Deanna learned this week: https://www.byrdie.com/wash-and-go-hair-4768851   More on what Michael learned this week: https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/washington-releases-first-team-merchandise-and-its-possible-there-are-clues-for-the-franchises-future-name/ https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/29526830/grading-seattle-kraken-name-logo-colors-uniforms https://people.com/parents/ciara-russell-wilson-family-photo-after-son-win-birth/

What a difference a car ride makes! Buckle up for an exclusive trip spent with Rachel and Michael on their first drive to and from Disney World since COVID-19. Apart from the everyday bantering that ensues, come realize the journey that begins with perceiving optimism and concludes with optimistic perspective. Above all, they encourage continued safety and discretion during these times. In other news, Disney's Wine & Dine Race Weekend has transitioned virtually, so still stay on track as Rachel and Michael host their first virtual “Spaceship Earth” 5K Day on Saturday August 1st! Learn more about joining our runners group, share your fitness and health related experiences/questions/feedback, or just check out all of our old and new content on our website and social media channels. Get ready for Interview Month on the podcast and GET IT DONE!

Donald the Duck Timer makes his cameo appearance in Disney Month, as Rachel and Michael pick up another Grab Bag from the nearest merchandise location. Topics include the ongoing grappling with COVID at opening theme parks, the past decade's evolution in healthy storytelling, their hypothetical Imagineer goals, and a quick dive into fan theorizing per our listener's submission. Guys, we have a Runners Group! Join us on the trails for shared tips, tricks, resources, videos, challenges, giveaways, overall support, and our inaugural virtual 5K all day 8/1/20! Whether you're a cardio veteran or a fresh beginner, there is room for you in this buddy system. Learn more and keep up with the general magic on our website - as well as our Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Spotify networks.

Our magic withdrawals have us bickering and bantering at a premium this week. In continuing Disney Month, Rachel and Michael rehash tales of facilitating park magic for others in their lives, and how to truly appreciate what makes your partner passionate for a fresh perspective in yourself and your relationship. They specifically highlight their Top 5 Disney World attractions they love living through each other's eyes. You might have noticed us drop our “Enneagram” numbers every so often, so go ahead and learn about your own type here! We encourage you to keep participating with your loved ones in both the nostalgia and the new, and as always share with us your stories, mantras, questions, suggestions, and feedback across our channels.

You should have seen this coming - it's DISNEY MONTH! Rachel and Michael commend Disney for their recent steps forward in light of COVID and the Splash Mountain retheming (4:30). They then track seven ways your vacay can stay on regimen (10:45), before blessing their bodies with a “park hop food crawl” (26:30). Please keep your hands, arms, feet, and legs inside the podcast at all times.   Stay in tune with and submit your magical stories, questions, and feedback regarding our Disney-related content this month across all of our channels - Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Spotify, Email, and our Website!

Rachel and Michael bless the end of Food Month with their chronicles of Whole30, a recently discovered dietary restart that changed the trajectory of their health journeys, lifestyle, and relationship (4:25). They portion out their “Whole 3” lessons learned (23:15) before a new lite-ning Fast Food round (40:50) and thematic announcements for July! You can learn more about Whole30 here. Do you feel like a little “cosmic amazingness” is lacking from your life? Explore containers of newfound self discovery in a flexible introductory session. Just look for The Cosmic Connection on Facebook, and we're sure the tribe will welcome you  Guys, we have a website! Now, in addition to our Sunday podcasts, comes our never-ending voices advocating for fitness and health in the forms of blogs, videos, custom playlists, the question of the week, and more. As always, reach out to us for support in your journey, answers to questions, feedback for the future, and inclusion in our new Runners Group - all through Facebook, Instagram, email...and our website!

The next course of Food Month is prepared and devoured! Rachel and Michael set the table with some “therapizing” over how food played an integral role in the early parts of them being a couple (2:12). They follow up with five food-related questions you and your partner should reflect on for your own relationship (20:17), before a light yet hearty game of FAST FOOD ROUND for dessert (31:31). We're making friends! Thanks to Kimberly Taylor Designs, nail that next homemade decor gift for your loved one or yourself find them here and use the discount code FITANDDESIGN5 for $5 off of your order. As always, submit to us your questions, feedback, recommendations, or a simple hello via Instagram, Facebook, and email.

Rachel and Michael deliver their overdue food origin stories, relaying their individual relationships with coping through eating, with body image in their respective environments, and their overall health journeys before fusing them together as a couple. They hope these tales encourage you to embrace your own, identify your possible triggers, and find shared strength to take your next step towards happier nutrition. Breaking news - we have a theme song! Thanks so much to George Robson and his band, George Robson and the Herd of Butterfly, for their masterful contribution. You can hear more of their work here. Speaking of music, stay in tune with our newly personalized health and relationship inspired playlists through our Spotify channel! As always, you can check out our content and/or reach out with questions, comments, and suggestions via Instagram, Facebook, and email.

Rachel and Michael talk about how recent national events and the movement that is Black Lives Matter will reshape their active agendas as human beings and health advocates for bettering change in this world. We see, hear, love, and stand up to speak both for and with all of you. Please see below for resources on how you can make your voice heard within our nation and within your local community. Information on who to contact in your local government: https://myreps.datamade.us/ Justice for Breonna Taylor: https://act.colorofchange.org/sign/justiceforbre-breonna-taylor-officers-fired_copy Justice for George Floyd: https://act.colorofchange.org/sign/justiceforfloyd_george_floyd_minneapolis Listen to Trent Shelton's Latest Podcast “Angry? So Am I. Here Are Four Ways You Can Help Today: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6JcCFcjE2DiWKgoQSCSYp9 Watch Brit Baron's Ted Talk “What Beyonce Taught Me About Race”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDzj9vRw5yM&t=398s

In response to a listener's submission, Rachel and Michael trek the backstory of their choices to move back and forth, and to and from their loved ones, on several occasions. How do they still maintain these close long-distance relationships, and what other hindsight epiphanies are even in store for them today? Get inspired and take the leap towards your next best you! If you wish to hear your question answered or suggested topic explored in a future episode, as always remember to reach out to us via Instagram, Facebook, or email. We have some more exciting projects in store for you soon!

Rachel and Michael are grabbing more bags in another closeted therapy session with the duck, themed specially for Mental Health Awareness Month. They tackle timed topics such as physical health's role for emotional wherewithal, the inner workings of the list maker's mind, and reality television's aid or detriment to the viewers' real life.   We also featured a few listeners' submissions, so as always remember to reach out with your questions and feedback via Instagram, Facebook, email...and our upcoming website!

So far you've been listening to them make point of the fact that they run, but today Rachel and Michael train you through the basics of how YOU can get started on your cardio journey! They recently registered for the 2021 Walt Disney World Marathon, but if a half marathon is where you're at right now then this rough module is for you. Lace up and sit down for your first endurance lesson. Do you have any specific running questions for Rachel and Michael? Be sure to submit them via email and/or Instagram or Facebook to potentially be answered in future episodes! Stay tuned for their website down the line.

Rachel and Michael wish their Mothers a Happy Day, before taking a difficult turn into discussing their care towards anxiety during Mental Health Awareness Month and beyond—specifically Rachel's diagnosis of PTSD. We hope this interview can help you embrace processing and seeking treatment or counsel for your own truths.

Rachel and Michael figure out the rules of their own date night game live, and thus so much about relationship dynamic is about to be learned by you. Get to know them so that you can know your own partner even better! Which Newlywed-style questions should we ask each other next time? Send your suggestions via email and Instagram or Facebook, and we appreciate you in our quarantine network during Mental Health Month and onward :)

Whether you're in daily confinement with your partner or out and about in the free world, allow Rachel and Michael's date night “guidelines” to spark newfound consistency and passion within your quality time for refreshed relationship health.   Share YOUR dating tips and stories (pre or during quarantine) as a novice or veteran couple - via email, Instagram, or Facebook - and stay tuned for our weekly Date Night posts every Friday!

Our first interview exclusive finds Michael in the hot seat as Rachel digs deeper on his past-present-future journey as a runner. Run Michael's miles in your shoes, as physical and mental diagnoses pave the path to a healthy coping mechanism. Send us your questions about running to our email (and follow & reach out to us on Instagram and Facebook) for us to feature in a future mailbag episode.

Rachel and Michael - two Disney millennials shamelessly in love and removed from the parks - answer why that's still acceptably a thing at their age, before revealing each of their Top 5 healthy relationships of the movie canon. Will these rankings end happily ever after?

Rachel and Michael find themselves quarantined in the closet with a grab bag of timed topics, including the Twilight Saga's love legacy (or lack thereof), the secret ingredient to every run, and our declarations on if soulmates actually exist. Is our inaugural episode all it's quacked up to be? Follow us on Instagram and Facebook!