Busy Body

Accessible Alchemy with Professional Witch, Sarah Potter

You can now view the video version of Busy Body on Patreon! Support us HERE [https://patreon.com/BusyBodyPodcast?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink] for as little as $5/mo! I first heard Sarah Potter as a guest on the podcast Scared All the Time [https://scaredallthetimepodcast.com/], the absolutely only time you'll catch me listening to two white men talking! I was struck by how easily and accessibly she discussed all manner of what is typically described as 'woo woo'. As someone who believes in what we can’t see as much as what we can, I reached out to have her on Busy Body to discuss the aspects of our lives that are the least explainable. This was a really fun episode (that ends with a live tarot reading!) and Sarah Potter is a true light. Her book, Sober Magic [https://bookshop.org/a/55733/9798894140711], is out now and she's also doing lots of live events in the NYC area. Don't miss her! Connect with Sarah Potter here [https://www.instagram.com/iamsarahpotter/] and book readings with her here [https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule/fd3d1f53] Subscribe to her weekly tarotscopes here [https://iamsarahpotter.substack.com/?_src_ref=l.instagram.com] Every episode and essay takes hours of effort. Knowing you’re out there reading and listening makes it all feel worth it! Please ‘like’ share comment or review! Doing this helps these platforms promote my work and also lets me know real live people are actually listening!   Music by Rob Byrne, performed by the Wild Yaks. Podcast produced by Brad Parsons at Trains Sound Studio. Illustration by Azul Trejo.

Honoring Your ABC's with professional runner, author, Lauren Fleshman

I'm thrilled to have Lauren Fleshman on the pod today (wooo!) Lauren Fleshman is one of the most highly decorated professional runners in the US. She is also an award winning author. Her book, Good For A Girl, was a life changer for me. I had the supreme joy of joining one of her WILDER retreats this fall in the French Alps (!) where she led us as we ran, wrote and surpassed ourselves every day. Today we talk about running, women in sports and the multitude of pressures that come with athletics. I learned so much just in this convo! I hope you do too. Please remember to like, comment, share and subscribe wherever you get your pods - it actually really makes an impact on getting this pod to new listeners! You can buy Lauren's book HERE [https://bookshop.org/a/55733/9780593296806] Connect with her HERE [https://www.instagram.com/fleshmanflyer/] See more of her work and retreats HERE [https://www.laurenfleshman.com/] We also referenced Christine Yu, her book Up To Speed [https://bookshop.org/a/55733/9780593332399], and my conversation with Christine on THIS EPISODE [https://brooklynstrength.com/podcast/7mnkn9tat9z5rhg-wz4j2-92byj-t5ecr-mb2fn-nnn6c-7kx3p-633xs-b9ywg-pxg2z-53z4z-s4hpg-m56fg-cj9f3-58bb2-5t5st-fra86-jda9t-f339a-nxnyy-m7pcc-elxrs-f946f-6t6wa] . It's a great conversation on the inequality of sports equipment with a notable story nude cycling in order to best understand saddle needs! Busy Body is now on PATREON [https://www.patreon.com/cw/BusyBodyPodcast]! Please join us there [https://www.patreon.com/cw/BusyBodyPodcast] if you are a regular listener. New sign ups get a pack of stickers hand sent by me AND new tiers including 'unfiltered' conversations. I hope you'll join me there [https://www.patreon.com/cw/BusyBodyPodcast]! You can also find my writing on these subjects and much more at After Class on Substack  [https://substack.com/@afterclasswithcadence] Please take a moment to like, share, comment or rate and review this podcast wherever you are listening to it! Doing any of those things help more people to find this pod! Music by Rob Byrne, performed by the Wild Yaks. Podcast produced by Brad Parsons at Trains Sound Studio. Illustration by Azul Trejo.

Genes, Junk and GLPs; feeding our bodies with journalist and the co-author of Food Intelligence, Julia Belluz

The latest episode of Busy Body Podcast featuring conversation with Journalist and co-Author of the book Food Intelligence [https://bookshop.org/a/55733/9780593332306], Julia Belluz is out now. It’s a super informative conversation and a really great book. (order here [https://bookshop.org/a/55733/9780593332306]) Busy Body is now on Patreon [https://patreon.com/BusyBodyPodcast?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink]! If you’ve been a long time listener, please consider supporting the pod! Your support will help me be able to put more episodes out more regularly. If just twenty people joined the 2nd tier [https://patreon.com/BusyBodyPodcast?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink] we’d have an extra episode a month covered! The audio version of the podcast will continue here on Substack, you can also upgrade to paid and support the pod and my writing here. Truly anything helps. Subscribe now [https://cadencedubusbrooklynstrength.substack.com/subscribe] If you are more of a here-for-the-pod person, on Patreon [https://patreon.com/BusyBodyPodcast?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink], we’re offering an ad-free video tier, a gift-in-the-mail tier and an UNFILTERED tier where members get access to bonus content conversations as well as mini segments from me on topical subjects and my (strong) opinion on them - if that tier takes off, I can open the private chat option so we can all chat with each other! You can also find my writing on these subjects and much more at After Class on Substack  [https://substack.com/@afterclasswithcadence] Thank you for listening! I’m hoping this move will help me better understand and get to know my listeners and better understand and get to know my Substack readers! These communities are growing and are distinct - I so appreciate you and hope you’ll join me wherever is best for you! Now onto the show!   I've been following Julia Belluz's writing [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/opinion/food-environment-chronic-disease.html] for awhile and when I heard she was putting out a book [https://bookshop.org/a/55733/9780593332306] co-authored with Kevin Hall PhD I literally pre-ordered it twice (accidentally but still!).  Food Intelligence did not disappoint! We cover a lot in this conversation from 'food environments' to the unrelegated world of supplements, and of course the discourse around 'obesity', fat bodies and health. It's a great conversation and I also hope to have Kevin Hall on soon so stay tuned! You can buy Food Intelligence HERE [https://bookshop.org/a/55733/9780593332306] Follow Julia HERE [https://bsky.app/profile/juliabelluz.bsky.social] And find more about her and her work HERE [https://www.juliabelluz.com/] Please take a moment to like, share, comment or rate and review this podcast wherever you are listening to it! Doing any of those things help more people to find this pod! Music by Rob Byrne, performed by the Wild Yaks. Podcast produced by Brad Parsons at Trains Sound Studio. Illustration Azul Trejo.

Joy as integral to resistance and revolution

Before I get to the latest episode of Busy Body - News! I’m teaching my signature workshop: Fascia Release™ [https://brooklynstrength.com/fascia-release] VIRTUALLY this Saturday Nov 22nd - you can join FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD - just in time to de-stress you before the holiday season officially begins! If you’ve never engaged with my physical fitness work Enjoy this Free 15 minute preview [https://brooklyn-strength.kit.com/499b928042] - you need a foam roller to fully enjoy ❤️ Fascia Release™ is a guided self-massage workshop created by me! from many many and ongoing years of study on structural anatomy and how our bodies work so that we may feel better in them. Fascia Release™ decreases chronic tension, pain and gently re-aligns joints and tissue to give you more ease, mobility, pain and injury relief and prevention! I hope you can join me this weekend. If you can’t attend live you get 7 days recording access with sign up or join the membership and get full archive access to all past workshops [https://brooklynstrength.com/fascia-release#plans] PLUS mini Fascia Release™ modules focused on shoulders, low back, even TMJ and jaw relief, for when you need targeted release on your own time! Now to podcast time! I really loved this conversation - Enjoy ❤️ On this episode of Busy Body I got to dive deep on issues that are close to my heart with Writer, Speaker, Activist, Chrissy King. We discuss the commercialization of Body Positivity, the power and importance of Joy in relation to healing body image and even touch on recent celebrity weight-loss stories. We manage to go deep and laugh a lot throughout this conversation, which I think is a testament to us both! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.Purchase Chrissy’s book HERE [https://bookshop.org/a/55733/9780593187043]Find her courses HEREConnect with her on social media HERE [https://www.instagram.com/iamchrissyking/]Subscribe to her fantastic Substack The Body Liberation Collective HERE [https://chrissyking.substack.com/]Please take a moment to like, share, comment or rate and review this podcast wherever you are listening to it! Doing any of those things help more people to find this pod! Get full access to After Class with Cadence at cadencedubusbrooklynstrength.substack.com/subscribe [https://cadencedubusbrooklynstrength.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

The Subtle Signs of Physical Over-Extension

Today I talk with Allison Yamamoto, sports nutritionist and founder of Koa Foundations Program [https://www.koaathletic.health/koa-foundations-program] about REDS - Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport which you may have never heard of but might already have! REDS is common in athletes but can easily happen to the average hobby runner and over worked fitness enthusiast. REDS has come up as part of many conversations here on Busy Body and I’m so glad to devote an entire episode to this important topic!Allison was kind enough to extend a free stress relief resource to Busy Body listeners HERE [https://subscribepage.io/EyuCjq]To connect with Allison find her on IG HERE [https://www.instagram.com/allisonyamamoto/?hl=en]Or apply for her REDS Foundation program HERE [https://sy3haju7p9j.typeform.com/to/P0FHHIV5] I also own a virtual fitness and wellness studio that is about to be 15 years old. Please check out my offerings… For more info from my virtual fitness and wellness studio, Brooklyn Strength [https://brooklynstrength.com/] click ⬇️ I teach beginner strength and stability via The Self Paced Series [https://brooklynstrength.com/self-paced-stability] as well as several restorative classes and workshops including Anti-Anxiety Cardio [https://brooklynstrength.com/30min-mini-mobility] and Fascia Release™ [https://brooklynstrength.com/fascia-release] all of which are designed to gently shift our bodies into balance without the ableist, fat shaming ‘sweat is fat crying’ mentality that infects so much of mainstream fitness. Want to deep dive with me on YOUR unique issues? Get the accountability that private coaching creates? Join me for virtual one-to-one sessions [https://brooklynstrength.com/book-a-session], we’ll move together, relieving your pain, or talking about your needs and goals. If you liked this conversation please rate, review and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts AND heart comment or share on this substack post! It helps spread the word and get this podcast and these wonderful conversations heard and seen. Music by Rob Byrne, performed by the Wild Yaks.Podcast produced by Brad at Trains Sound Studio.Illustrations by me Get full access to After Class with Cadence at cadencedubusbrooklynstrength.substack.com/subscribe [https://cadencedubusbrooklynstrength.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]