Let's Talk :: FROM BURNOUT TO BODY CONFIDENCE: FITNESS, BEAUTY & MENTAL WELLNESS | Emily Bowman, TELUS Storyhive from Sass & Small TALK

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Let's Talk :: FROM BURNOUT TO BODY CONFIDENCE: FITNESS, BEAUTY & MENTAL WELLNESS | Emily Bowman, TELUS Storyhive

1 hour 3 minutes Posted Aug 4, 2025 at 3:00 pm.

Introducing Emily Bowman

Deb accepts "Squat challenge"

Challenge word is ...

Emily's childhood years with caregiving for her father

Cultural and Family upbringing - as foundation for her work ethic

Losing her Dad as a young adult

Keeping busy as coping mechanism with Grief

Positive reinforcement for being "busy" & creative - good work ethic becomes badge of honour

Discovering what "burnout" actually meant

First physical and emotional signs of burnout

Corporate life and moving up the corporate ladder

Earned reputation of the Corporate Hustler

Yearned to do "more" while working in corporate - Fitness as a side hustle

Made fitness her main career

Beginning phases of teaching fitness classes

Deb shares that beauty and taking care of herself has taken a back seat as a caregiver

How taking care of your physical health can affect the inner workings and vice versa - pendulum (they affect one another

Society's standard of beauty. Self Care as a "trigger point"

How Sandwich Gen Caregivers have a difficult time with taking care of their own needs.

How caregivers negate any need for self care due to their lack of time, energy, and purpose

The false promise of "starting Monday"

How caregivers feel shame for not being able to take care of themselves

Giving ourselves grace, unreasonable and unrealistic expectations of ourselves, the idea of discipline

Taking baby steps, and removing unrealistic expectations that will set us up for failure

Deb shares how she used to love working out

Unhealthy mindset about fitness and health

Embracing our bodies as mother - and what its been through. Deb shares carrying 11 babies in her body - (pregnancy/baby loss)

Celebrating our body's purpose, as women/moms

Emily coaches Deb on the proper squat form

The moments where we cave in - still give ourselves grace

Deb asks Emily for samples of how she fits in time to prioritize her physical fitness/beauty/spiritual needs

Finding out what activities you like to do - in order to stick to any routine

Introducing fitness practice with your kids

How physical movement affects our children's behaviour and mood

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Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Welcome to Sass & Small Talk: Reclaiming the Joy of Parenthood Beyond Burnout — Season 3, originally created with support from TELUS StoryHive "I’ll start Monday." Ever said that? Or: "Once the kids are older… once things calm down… once I have time." We’ve all been there. In Episode 2 of Sass & Small Talk: Reclaiming the Joy of Parenthood Beyond Burnout, I sit down with health coach and mama, Emily Bowman to talk about something a lot of us don’t say out ...

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