my Body can : putting myself back together again in my 50's Podcast

Falling Without Breaking Through Strength Training

How do you fall better?It’s not a question I ever expected to ask. Falling feels like something you avoid, not something you train for. And yet, last week, after a completely ordinary misstep on a quiet street, I found myself asking it honestly.I’m okay. Nothing dramatic happened. But what surprised me wasn’t the fall itself. It was how my body and my nervous system responded afterward.A quick note before we continueThis project is now reader-supported.Each month, 4 readers can sponsor the work so it stays open, ad-free, and unhurried.If that feels meaningful to you, you can sponsor a month here:https://zcal.co/i/AAUhO_89Just select any of the dates in the month (just one date).No pressure. No paid subscriptions. A one time sponsorship option. Thank you.💡 Check out the Substack post that goes into this topic in more detail: https://mybodycan.substack.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mybodycan.substack.com

What If I Want to Exercise While Sick?

When Rest Isn’t EnoughI’ve been sick again.Not dramatically sick. Not emergency sick. Just that low grade, lingering, frustrating kind of sick that doesn’t knock you out all at once, but quietly rearranges your days.The kind where you’re technically functioning, but something feels off.For me, that off feeling shows up as disconnection.Because movement, at least the way I experience it, isn’t just exercise. It’s how I stay in touch with myself. It’s how I know where I end and the day begins. It’s how I metabolize stress, anxiety, and whatever energy doesn’t have anywhere else to go.And when I can’t move the way that feels natural or good, even in small ways, I start to feel less like me.This episode of my Body can started with a question that felt almost ridiculous to say out loud.💡 Check out the Substack post that goes into this topic in more detail: https://mybodycan.substack.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mybodycan.substack.com

A return to joyful movement with resistance bands

What did I love to do as a kid, purely for the joy of it, that somehow disappeared when movement became serious?Not productive.Not corrective.Not attached to a goal.This episode, and this piece, came from remembering that movement doesn’t actually have to lead anywhere to be worth doing. It can just exist. It can meet us where we are. It can feel good in the moment and stop there.💡 Check out the Substack post that goes into this topic in more detail: https://mybodycan.substack.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mybodycan.substack.com

What I Wish Gyms Could Be

I didn’t record this episode while lifting weights or balancing on one foot or stretching my hips on the floor. I recorded it while walking outside in Bilbao, Spain, past a fountain, toward the river, on a break from work. That detail matters.Because this episode wasn’t really about gyms. It was about how my body responds to places, energy, sound, light, expectations, and pressure, and how I’m finally letting that information count.For most of my life, I’ve assumed the problem was me.Too sensitive. Too tired. Too overwhelmed. Too easily drained.But what if the problem isn’t my body at all?What if it’s the environments we keep asking our bodies to tolerate?💡 Transcripts, links and more: https://mybodycan.substack.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mybodycan.substack.com

Midlife Movement Reduces Stress And Pain

Vote for the mBc podcast!We’ve been nominated for a Discover Podcast podcast award in the Health and Fitness category. Hurrah!The Quiet Magic of Healing Sooner ✨Some weeks feel ordinary on the surface: little routines, little experiments, tiny adjustments that all blend together. Then one small moment reminds me that my Body’s changing in ways I never expected in my fifties.That happened to me this week. I expected to wake up with the usual neck and shoulder pain, the kind that settles in after a stressful day and hangs around like it paid rent. Instead, I woke up with the kind of mild discomfort that barely registers. For someone who’s spent more than a decade bracing for long stretches of soreness, that felt like quiet magic.I’m still thinking about it. in fact from me but not me exactly.💡 Transcripts, links and more: https://mybodycan.substack.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mybodycan.substack.com