Sex Birth Trauma with Kimberly Ann Johnson
Health & Fitness:Sexuality
In this episode, Kimerberly interviews Ajaye, the founder of The Project PT, a fitness center creating major social change in the community of Oxford, England. They discuss Kimberly’s experience at the gym, similarities of fitness culture in the U.S. and U.K. and how it is intimidating to many kinds of people interested in exercise. They also discuss the decrease of physical movement in schools and how that motivated The Project PT’s mission of supporting teen girls in health and fitness. They also discuss other community outreach programs that The Project PT runs as well as the importance and business model of ethical bonds and balancing service-related businesses with motherhood.
Bio
Ajaye is the driving force behind The Project PT, a fitness center committed to ethical business standards, social justice, and community outreach. Ajaye has over 18 years of experience in the fitness industry and is a fully qualified personal trainer, crossfit coach, Olympic weightlifting coach, and a sports therapist. The Project studio runs several social work programs in the Oxford community and continues to expand.
What She Shares:
–Intense gym culture and The Project PT
–Diversity and inclusion in fitness spaces
–Supporting youth in fitness
–Community outreach
–Balancing business & motherhood
What You’ll Hear:
–Different physical needs after motherhood
–Intense gym culture
–Diversity at Project PT Gym
–17% in UK attend gyms, 83% do not
–Forming community for Project PT
–Representation and informed professional development
–Limited physical movement in schools
–Working with fitness and teenage girls
–Skateboarding, boxing, and weight-lifting for girls
–Focusing on enjoyment in fitness
–Long-term goals for Project PT
–Forming a blueprint for other fitness centers
–Policy change needed
–Working with vulnerable young people
–Providing confidence and skills for young people
–Crime prevention program working with police
–Run social impact reports to study findings
–Importance of studies and representation
–Fitness, business, and motherhood of 3 children
–Struggling to find balance in business and parenting
–Kimberly navigating perimenopause and physical/emotional changes
–Accepting limitations and being open to change
–Adopting children and business thriving
–Ethical Bond
–Ethical Exchange supporting business bonds and shares
–Offering employee shares
–Collaboration and community with other businesses
–Ethics platform for housing, energy efficiency, etc.
Resources
Website: https://www.theprojectpt.com/
IG: @theprojectpt
34: *Jaguar Round Table- 5 Women Share Their Experience of Activate Their Inner Jaguar
EP33: Nikki Coffelt on Addiction, Somatic Recovery, and Soul Work
EP32: Ale Duarte Tunes In To Children from a Somatic Approach
EP31: Eileen Rosete on Motherhood, Miscarriage, and Loss
EP30: Ellen Heed on Hormones, Pheromones and Postpartum Sex
EP29: Emilee Saldaya on Free Birth and Waking Up from the Amnesia of Birth
EP28: Uma Dinsmore-Tuli on Yoga, Feminism and the Postpartum Period
EP27: Amy Jo Goddard on Sex Education, Sexual Empowerment, and #MeToo 3.0
EP26: Deej and Uma on Sexological Bodyworker- What is it? Who needs it? And who would make a great practitioner?
EP 25: Centehua Sage on Body Image, Plastic Surgery, Self- Love and Intergenerational Mother Healing
EP24: Joelle Hann, the Brooklyn Book Doctor, on The Fourth Trimester and Writing Your Book
EP23: Carlos Marin Interviews Kimberly about Natural Birth, Gender Roles, and Explorat
EP22: Dr. Kelly Brogan on Childbirth, Motherhood, and Postpartum as a PsychoSpiritual Awakening
EP21: Ellen Boeder on Motherhood, Feminism, and the Real Costs of Overvaluing Independence
EP. 20: Ellen Heed on Un-shaming, Radical Sexual Autonomy, and the Real Deal on Pelvic Touchwork
EP19: Sil Reynolds on Mothering and Daughtering “Better” (Not Easier) with More Connection and Support in the Digital Age
EP18: Bern Mendez on Finding the Love You Want
EP17: Ellen Heed on the Four Domains of Pelvic Health- Biomechanics, Biochemistry, Trauma/Emotions and Scar Tissue
EP16: Deborah Claire Bagg on Same Sex Fertility and the Vulnerability of the First Year of Motherhood
EP15: Erin Telford on Breathwork, the Role of Emotions, Grief & Redemption
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free