Life by the Raines Podcast

Dana Suchow is an award-winning speaker and educator devoted to helping parents raise kids who love their bodies. In this episode, Dana opens up about her personal journey with eating disorders and how it sparked her current mission in helping parents and educators raise body confident children. We chat about diet culture and its impact on both children & parents, body confidence, intuitive eating and how parents can help kids develop healthy relationships with nutrition & movement.

This week we chat about our mindsets going into the summer and how we plan to make it the best one yet. We chat about conscious living, keeping self-care a priority even while the kids are home, creating fluid/flexible schedules, simplifying our summer plans, how boredom is the best gift we can give our kids (LOL!), and leaning into the laid back summer vibes while prioritizing staying present, relaxing and soaking up every moment. You can support our Podcast by subscribing, rating and leaving a review!

Such a pleasure to have Emily Abbott on this episode! Trav and I chat with Emily about finding her purpose through the shadows, which gave birth to her new journey with Psychedelic Gypsy Fitness. We chat about redefining success, breaking through the overachiever's narrative, becoming better humans by balancing the masculine & feminine energies, Emily's spiritual journey, her unique take on nutrition, movement and spiritual practice, as well as feminine sexuality and pleasure. This episode is absolute FIRE!

Trav and I chat about what's really helping us elevate our lives right now. We open up about what's really helping us feel like we are moving past merely surviving to actually thriving in life. We discuss the importance of embracing cycles and seasons of life, how rest is COOL AF, conscious parenting mindsets we've adopted with our children, and how being mindful of the messages we receive is so crucial.  Please don't forget to subscribe, rate and review our podcast.  We would be forever grateful!

This week, Trav and I chat about protecting your individuality in all seasons of life, especially parenthood.  We talk about how you should approach valuing your own needs, finding the joy in your season of life, how carving out time for yourself is NOT a luxury, and how being the best parents you can be means showing your children that individual time carved out for yourself is a MUST in life.  Please don't forget to subscribe, rate and review our podcast.  We would be forever grateful!

In this episode, Trav and Dani chat about why boundaries are important, why you desperately need them and how to protect them fiercely.   Boundaries are KEY in protecting who we are and becoming who we want and need to be.  So often we people please, we take on too much, we take on the problems of others, or we don't ask for exactly what we need.  When we value ourselves, we are more able to implement boundaries that allow us to elevate ourselves and thrive.   

Injuries.  Major life turning points.  Career shifts. A move. Setbacks are inevitable, and make us feel defeated, like we're losing traction, and sometimes have us feeling like a failure.  How do you navigate setbacks without feeling like you're losing all your progress, whether it's in the gym, in your career, in a relationship or in life in general?  In this episode, we share 4 lessons setbacks have taught us in our life, and how we still use these principles TO THIS DAY.

If you're constantly moving from one nutritional program or diet to another, this episode is full of information on breaking the diet cycle.  This week, we chat about what nutrition for life looks like, why it's important to adopt a sustainable nutritional approach, and how easy it is to get caught up in the mix with new, shiny diet fads.  We unpack how we came to look at nutrition for the long haul and how YOU can start changing your mindset about nutrition.

In today's episode, WE GO DEEP.  We open up about deep relationships, why they are so important and how you can start cultivating deeper relationships in your own life.  We share openly what's been successful in our own relationship of 19 years, as well as how we've navigated conflict over the years.  We also discuss vulnerability and connection as the foundation of deep relationships and how trust, honesty, communication, praise and feedback are critical in developing relationships that go deeper.  

In this episode, we chat about the importance of body confidence, why it matters and why it's more than just a female issue.  We talk about how body confidence goes deeper than vanity, how it affect our mental health and wellbeing, and why understanding how to support someone with body confidence issues is such an important key in deep relationships.  Have a listen, and don't forget to subscribe, rate and review!

We interview Andrew Sillitoe, professional professional athlete, business psychologist, performance coach, public speaker and author from Kent, England. His most recent book, The Four Keys, empowers people to take full responsibility in your business, body, relationships and mindset.  We dive into Andrew’s personal experiences as an athlete turned business coach and chat about the Four Keys and how you need to get serious about finding balance across those 4 pillars to fast track success.

Dani & Trav discuss things they wished they knew when they started this journey, including being wary of overly strict diets, understanding the nuances of nutrition, not chasing a number on a scale, having a focused fitness plan, embracing your personal journey and unique timeframe, the importance of rest and recovery, the importance of emotional health and challenging yourself.

We answer 10 of our listeners top questions about nutrition and fitness, what it's like after losing a TON of weight, body image after weight loss, how we've navigated injuries and setbacks, how Dani began prioritizing her divinely feminine health AND MORE!

We share how fear shows up in our lives and can rob us from the ability to reach our goals.  We uncover all the hidden ways fear plays a role in sabotaging our efforts.  We break down the science and psychology of fear, the emotional aspect, as well as ways you can start retraining your brain to face fear with vulnerability.

Join Dani & Trav as they discuss how to set goals AND actually achieving them!  Today's episode focuses on the missing ingredient in goal setting: intentions.  You'll learn what intentions are, why they're so important, and why they are the missing ingredient in the magic sauce to achieving your goals and dreams.

Dani & Trav continue to explore the final part of their series of a 3 revealing how and why you can include your kids in your health and wellness journey.  This week's episode is all about introducing yourselves and your kids to PERSONAL GROWTH.  Dani & Trav dig into Mindset, Journaling, Meditation, Habits & Routines.  Listen in as they discuss the importance of each and how you can start implementing these strategies into your life to do more than just survive...THRIVE!

We'll be back next Wednesday with Part 3 of our three part series on Introducing Your Kids to a Thriving Life with Personal Growth.  Be sure to check out Part 1 (episode #5) and Part 2 (episode #6) before next week.  From our family to yours, Merry Christmas!  Enjoy some downtime with your family, do something FOR YOU, stay moving and enjoy each moment.  

Dani & Trav continue to explore part 2 of a 3 part series exploring how and why you can begin to include your kids in your health and wellness journey.  This week's episode is all about introducing yourselves and your kids to MOVEMENT.  What is movement?  How can we move intentionally each day?  We dig into the science behind our evolution to move, why we should move daily, how to make it happen, and how to get your kids on board! Even if you don't have kids, there some great pieces of information you'll take away, so listen in!  

Join Dani & Trav as they explore part 1 of a 3 part series exploring how and why you should include your kids in your health and wellness journey.  They share great tips and strategies in getting your children involved and teaching them the very important life skill of nutrition.  Even if you don't have kids, there some great pieces of information you'll take away, so listen in!  

Dani & Trav talk about nutrition in a completely new light.  They chat about what nutrition means to them, what it meant to them before their transformation, and how changing the way they fundamentally thought about nutrition was CRUCIAL to their success.  Listen in as they discuss what's REALLY important about nutrition and how you can start making changes TODAY.

Dani & Trav share their personal journey and story behind their WHY.  Listen as they share details on their struggles and triumphs in overcoming obesity, diabetes, anxiety & depression and why they chose to completely overhaul their lifestyle.  Dani & Trav discuss what it took to finally decide to change their lives.  

Identifying your WHY is the single most important step when making lifestyle changes and setting goals.  So many people overlook the importance of finding their purpose when they set goals.  Listen as Dani and Trav discuss how understanding your WHY is what keeps you moving and on track, even when motivation is lost.

Dani and Trav discuss their 3 Pillars of Success while navigating big (or small!) lifestyle changes.