Confessions of a Bikini Pro Podcast

In this episode, Host Celeste Rains-Turk talks to Morgan Lindsey, online fitness and mindset coach who works with bikini and lifestyle clients with her slogan change your mindset change your life, she is co owner of drizzle cookie co, has been competing for four years and went pro in 2017 at her second national show.

Morgan talks about how she fell into competing, what she does every day for her mindset, and how she overcomes her Generalized Anxiety Disorder. She opens up about what it was like to be bullied in school and how her fixation on being skinny led to disordered eating behaviors and negative body image.

Morgan also discusses how she has and continues to work through body image related issues as a competitor. She shares her passion for cookies, her love of personal development, and her belief about the power of being in the present moment.

Morgan gives us insight into what she does to help her clients when they have moments of anxiety and her take on moving past 'slip ups'. She shares some of her thoughts on the current coaching industry and talks about what she would like to see change like macroshaming and comparison traps. Morgan discusses her approach with clients and how she has been able to help others develop lifestyles like she has. She even gives her daily habits that have and consistently help her.

Morgan tells us about what it was like to leave a stable corporate job for her coaching business. She talks about waitressing to keep herself afloat while building her brand and expresses how much she loves what she does.

Morgan also co-owns Drizzle Cookie Co. with her best friend Ashley Bowden. She talks about how they started, why they started, and what sets them apart from other cookie companies. She even gives us some insight into their goals and plans for the company and how they run it now.

Morgan answers listener submitted questions about motivation, supplements, workouts, glute building, and more. This episode is full of implementable information and activities from Morgan and Celeste so make sure to listen closely so you don't miss the golden nugget that could help you change your life!

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ANYA NICHOLSON; Overcoming Bulimia with Bodybuilding, Posing Insights and Trends, Dating Your Coach and Boss, Finding Comfort in a Surplus, and Committing to Cardio

1/24/2020

In this episode, Host Celeste Rains-Turk speaks with Anya Nicholson a posing coach and office assistant with Team Elite Physique who works alongside Adam Bonilla traveling to shows and helping competitors backstage. She studied Sports Management and spends most of her days at the contest prep center doing online posing with athletes all over the world, and turned pro at NPC Nationals in 2019.

Tune in to hear about Anya's recover from bulimia and how one friend, and bodybuilding, changed her life for the better. Anya shares openly her struggle with bulimia, how it started, and what helped her. She also talks about how her relationship with food is now versus before. Celeste and Anya speak to disordered eating and food relationships to show you that there is a way out!

Anya gives us insight into how to get over the urge to do a mini cut because of weight gain. Celeste and Anya get into positive and negative reinforcements and how powerful perspective is on everything we do. They discuss the power of food labels, getting to know your body, and how influential self-love is on our decision making. Anya gives us a run down of exact process for self-evaluation each day along with what she has done to improve her day to day life.

Anya talks about how she helps athletes overcome the urge to mini cut at the sight of weight gain as well as how Team Elite Physique helps their athletes to focus on the right progress when things get tough.

Celeste asks Anya about posing and pulls out some interesting and key details from the analyzing and implementing Anya has done as a posing coach. She gives us some insight into what might look better, what routines and looks are being favored, and even tells us her posing pet peeve. She shares exactly what she saw at USA's and NPC Nationals and gets into the trends at the amateur and pro level. Anya even makes some awesome suggestions for anyone to implement to improve their posing!

Anya also talks about how she and Adam Bonilla separate work from their relationship and some of the struggles they had in the beginning in doing this. She shares how she does check-ins with him, why they kept their relationship on the DL for so long and how they have grown together.

Cody the labradoodle makes a big difference at the prep center so make sure to listen in for how you would be greeted if you went.

With a degree in sports management, Anya talks about why she pursued it and if she uses it in the work she does now. She talks about her life as a competitor and what her journey to her pro card was like and if she expected to get it when she did. She shares the challenges she overcame in her prep and what she did to overcome them.

Anya talks about the exercises she used to make the improvements the judges were looking for, how she communicates with Adam so she gets the best plan for the way her body responds and muscles activates, and Celeste and she both share their go to glute exercises and something they both do with the lying hamstring curl machine that has made a big difference.

This episode is packed with relatable, interesting, and fun conversation that you will surely LOVE!

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DR. HARRIET DAVIS; Is Veganism for Everyone?, Menstrual Health for Competitors, Self-Care for the Busy Woman, Conscious Eating, Living on Purpose, Food as Medicine

1/17/2020

In this episode, host Celeste Rains-Turk has an extensive conversation with Dr. Harriet Davis, a board-certified family medicine physician with fellowship training in sports medicine with a passion for motivating and inspiring others. She is also a wife and a mother who has been consuming a 100% plant-based diet for 14 years.

Tune in to hear all about being a vegan athlete, if veganism is right for everyone, how to approach improving your health, menstrual health for competitors, physician viewpoint on various topics, protein and seasoning ideas, how Harriet got into competing, what inspired her to become a doctor and so much more.

Harriet opens up about how losing her father at a young age inspired her to pursue a career as a doctor and how she approaches her practice and her own needs every day to create a positive environment and experience for everyone.

Dr. Davis shares what she thinks about veganism, explains who it may not be for, goes into detail on her approach as a physician using food as medicine, and what her approach is when she has competitors walk into her office.

Harriet talks about what she does to maintain a positive attitude and thankful mindset. She and Celeste get passionate about increasing conscious behaviors when eating and what you can do to improve your relationship with food and your body.

Dr. Davis talks about her competition career and how not being able to do push-ups one day inspired her to go head first into strength training. She shares what she has learned from various coaches to make her vegan approach easier, enjoyable, and more sustainable.

With so much knowledge packed into this episode, you won't want to miss it!

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LAUREN ADAMS; Let's Talk About the Darksides, Stopping Thyroid Medication, No More Food Scale?!, Are you Giving Your All?, Should You Switch to Wellness Division?

1/10/2020

In this episode, host Celeste Rains-Turk, speaks with Lauren Adams, who won first place and turned pro at NPC USA’s in 2019 after 5 years of competing and doing 6 national shows! She has competed 13 times, is a posing coach for bikini and wellness division and does bikini competition prep online coaching and lifestyle training.

Tune in to hear Lauren and Celeste get into all sorts of 'swept under the rug' topics that even writing about them here would be questionable. Lauren shares how she got into competing, what horrible experience she had with a coach that made her sickly and emaciated, how she gave up weighing her food and it hasn't made her any less intense or competitive, and what she did to overcome lingering health issues including getting off thyroid meds.

Lauren gets real about her perspective on bodybuilding and the awareness required coming into the sport of the potential risks and mental shifts that will be demanded. She also talks about how she learned from her mistakes and now is able to listen to her body's cues much more, communicate her needs and expectations with her coaches now, and what she does to determine if she is really giving her all.

Celeste shares some of the tools she gives her clients for decision making and body image. Lauren reflects on how she has been able to gain more acceptance with her body and the desire to build more muscle meaning putting on some fat tissue too. Lauren even shares how she has never been able to fully stick to a reverse diet but that she has her own ways that work for her to achieve her goals.

Lauren answers listener questions like her most memorable stage experience and if she is ever going to switch divisions. She also talks about what it feels like to be so close you can taste it and taking in the now without becoming hyper-focused on the end goals.

With her experience in posing and coaching Lauren's presence at NPC and IFBB meetings has allowed her to gain an understanding of the wellness division and talks about what girls need to consider before thinking abut switching divisions.

This episode covered SOOO much and both Lauren and Celeste went into great depth together in a conversation you won't want to miss.

To see the post Lauren references in regard to her poor coaching experience and falling to emaciation can be found here: https://www.instagram.com/p/BlbGyPzhTmS/?igshid=1g3tozvx0dr3s

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SHELBY PIERCE; Preparing for Post-Show, Developing Mental Strength, Crohn's Disease and Remission, Should You Continue Competing?

1/3/2020

Kicking off 2020, host Celeste Rains-Turk talks with Shelby Pierce, a Fit Body Fusion coach who we just heard about in the last episode with Maya Astabie, she is from Sacramento, California and started competing in 2016 then earned her pro card in 2017 at North Americans.

Tune in to hear Shelby discuss what it is like to be a coach answering some of your questions like her approach in prep v off season, what she wishes clients would do / knew, and what she loves about it.

She also talks about what you should understand before competing or continuing to compete, how she gave up the gym she opened at 20 years old to find something more fulfilling, and why she values staying present in the moment.

Shelby also talks about the best approach post-show when it comes to eating, hunger cues, body image, and more expressing how a positive mindset could change your experiences.

Celeste and Shelby discuss mental strength, overcoming challenges, and reducing our own created stress. Shelby talks about her own experiences with ignoring her body and continuing to allow stress mount up to the point where she discovered she had Crohn's Disease.

She gets into what having Crohn's Disease was like from being bed ridden to taking time off the stage and constant pain. Shelby also discusses how she learned to tune into her body more and develop more relentlessness.

With so many topics covered in this episode, you won't want to miss it.

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Happy New Year! 2019 in Review Celebrating YOU! Answering Your Questions, Sharing Funny Stories from Competitors, and 3 Big Questions to Ask Yourself Heading into a New Year!

12/29/2019

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In this episode, Host Celeste Rains-Turk wraps up 2019 answering your questions, sharing big takeaways submitted by listeners, reading funny stories from competitors, & giving you 3 big questions to ask yourself to make the most of a new year! She says a huge THANK YOU to all and even gives you a chance to win something! Don't Miss It!

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MAYA ASTABIE; 3,000 Calories and Yoga?!, Increasing Adherence, Being Selfish, Intrinsic Motivation, Favorite Cookie, Self-Advocacy, and Trusting Your Coach

12/27/2019

Maya Astabie is a San Francisco native and honorary New Yorker, the athlete we are speaking with today is a Filipino-French 25-year old IFBB Bikini Pro. She is a proud FitBody Fusion Athlete and Ambassador happily rising and grinding every day to become the best version of herself! She believes that when we let our own UNIQUE light shine, we encourage others to do the same. When she’s not putting in work at the gym or cooking in the kitchen, you can find her hustling as a healthcare Advertising Account Executive. She feels most alive strutting on stage, in the zone at the gym or dancing at music festivals. She’s passionate about spreading positivity, training and traveling, the power of community and freshly baked chocolate chip cookies.

Tune in to hear Maya's journey to earning her pro card, the intense dedication to her coach and plan that would surprise most bodybuilders, what she loves about the grind, and how self-advocacy helped her find the perfect fit for a coach. She even answers questions from the audience!

She also discusses how she stays positive, what she does to work on her mental game (including being a member of the On-Demand Mindset Coaching Platform for Competitors), and shares some of her favorite quotes with us throughout the conversation.

Maya talks about what it was like to go pro within a year, how she feels about friends and the comradery in the sport as well as what her lifestyle was like before she found fitness including online shopping and drinking.

We also get into how early morning training has been a game changer for Maya and how she was able to adjust to early mornings using her alarm clocks as motivation. She shares her day to day life balancing work, life, and competing.

Maya reflects on things like what it was like to earn her pro card, adjusting to bodybuilding life, going to USAs, and her favorite cookie companies. She also shares how she maintains adherence to her plan and what helps her to do so even at music festivals.

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NOORA MAHONEN; 2nd Callouts to Olympia Qualified, Self-Belief, Making Necessary Changes, Prioritizing Posing, Winning Money, 2 a Days

12/20/2019

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In this episode, Celeste Rains-Turk chats with Noora Mahonen, 22 year old Olympia qualified competitor who earned her pro card in July of 2018 and went on to place 2nd at her pro debut and has since won two pro shows.

Noora talks about what got her into competing and how she stepped on stage for the first time at 17 years old. She shares what she has had to focus on given her body type and what she has done to level up since turning pro.

Noora gives us some insight into what she learned from gaining 20 kilos in 2 weeks after one of her shows and how it impacted her preps. Celeste and she get into the impact of mindset work in physique sport longevity. They even discuss why finding a plan that you love is important and how to change your mindset to overcome pressure.

Celeste asks Noora what it was like to go from getting second callouts one month to being Olympia qualified the next and how her perspective in the gym and with food has changed since knowing she would be on one of the most prestigious stages in bodybuilding.

Noora mentions how working with Breena Martinez was a game changer for transforming her posing and presentation and how often she practiced her posing to nail it. She also discusses what she does to maintain a full look when her body wants to get lean and flat so quickly.

The two get into Noora's usual day to day life, her love of travel, what she does when training 2x a day and how her shoot with JM Manion for the Miami Beach shoot was.

Noora shares great advice and experience throughout the episode that you won't want to miss.

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CASEY TORRES (SAMSEL); Key to Longevity, Self-Coaching, Behind the Scenes of the Most Prestigious Shows, Becoming a Champion of the Sport, Enjoying Food, Walk the Talk

12/13/2019