Jessica and Kevan welcome Amber Sherrard to the podcast. Amber will also be interning at WE Fit Wellness™ (and Find Your Fit™). She is a registered dietician and a yoga instructor. WE are happy to have Amber on the team. Could you eat the same thing for breakfast for 3 years? Check out what Amber … [Read more…]
A Listen Not to Miss – Find Your Fit Special Paralympic Episode. From Jessica’s Monumental Pikes Peak Marathon to Rio de Janeiro with guests Mark Lucas (United States Association of Blind Athletes), Matt Simpson (USA Men’s Goalball), and Letticia Martinez (USA Women’s Swimming) Jessica and Kevan have Mark Lucas from United States Association of Blind … [Read more…]
“Over-thinking, overanalyzing, separate the body from the mind. Withering my intuition, missing opportunities and I must feed my will to feel my moment drawing way outside the lines. Reaching out to embrace the random, reaching out to embrace whatever may come.”-Tool Lateralus In February of this year, I moved to Colorado Springs. I began running … [Read more…]
It’s a family affair – Find Your Fit™ Jessica and Kevan discuss their recent trip to California. They tell us about their beach trips and the importance of R&R. They also experimented with AIRA: Visual Interpreters for the Blind. This is a service in which a blind user wears a pair of Google Glasses and … [Read more…]
By: Jessica Beecham There is nothing more frustrating for me as a blind person than waking up at 5 in the morning to grab a few miles before a long day of sitting in a conference just to realize that every piece of workout equipment at your hotel is either flat screen or touch screen. … [Read more…]
The first blind person to be certified as a CrossFit instructor, Bettina Dolinsek, and Tai Tomasi join Find Your Fit™ to tell us about CrossFit and the lifestyle that goes along with it. Jessica and Kevan enjoyed a productive trip to check out Envision in Wichita, KS to do some health and wellness consulting. They … [Read more…]
Maureen Bassmaster (Breaking Blind Youtube Channel & Colorado Center for the Blind) returns to talk more with the WE Team about how she incorporates health and wellness into her work at the Colorado Center for the Blind CCB). Jessica & Kevan talk about their experiences at the No Barriers Summit & NFB national convention. NF-Be … [Read more…]
On Thursday, June 23, the WE Fit Wellness team travels to copper mountain to participate in the No Barriers Summit where we will offer classes in Cardio Drumming and Eating Healthy on a Budget. Since we were gearing up for these activities we wanted to share a few tips for eating healthy on a budget … [Read more…]
This week WE welcome Leticcia Martinez. She is a paralympic swimmer preparing for Olympic trials. She discusses what it’s like to train at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. If you would like to help support the Team US athletes, click here to go to their support page. Mel Scott from Blind Alive … [Read more…]
Prior to This Find Your Fit™ in Which WE Are Joined by Lisamaria Martinez, San Francisco Lighthouse, and Special Guest Mike Armstrong, Blind Sword Fighter from SAAVI, WE Offer Sober Reflection, Hope, Acceptance, and Love The chair of the Board of the Garden Ranch Y, Mark Hoffman, often quotes Martin Luther King, “Darkness cannot drive out … [Read more…]
