Busy Bodies

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By: Becky Lalonde

Welcome to “Busy Bodies”, the podcast that empowers busy working women to prioritize their health and wellness without falling into diet culture. I’m Trainer Bex from Flex with Bex Fitness, and I’ll be your host and cheerleader on your journey toward feeling strong, confident, and balanced. Here, we celebrate body positivity and self-love, sharing real conversations, practical tips, and a supportive community to help you thrive — one episode at a time.

Episode 7: Sizing Up the Fashion Industry with Clothing Designer Navdeep Parmanand
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Today at 8:00 AM

In episode 7 of the Busy Bodies Podcast, Trainer Bex explores body positivity, confidence and the impact of fashion on how we feel about our bodies with Inclusive Fashion Designer and CEO Navdeep "Navi" Parmanand of Celebrate Your Curves. Featuring audio from the Beyond the Runway event from September 27, 2025, Part 1 shares a powerful, perspective-shifting experience around self-acceptance and body positivity. In Part 2, Bex sits down with Navi to discuss body inclusivity in fashion and why it matters and how Celebrate Your Curves is challenging and transforming the fashion industry. This episode will inspire you to approach your body (and your...


Episode 6- From Self Doubt to Self-Driven with Executive Coach Carol Myers of Empowering the Potential Within
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03/12/2026

My next guest is Carol Myers, an Executive Coach from Empowering the Potential Within Coaching that will reveal how we can achieve personal and professional growth and development with her latest workshop, “From Self-Doubt to Self-Driven”. She is a Maxwell Leadership Certified Coach, DISC Consultant and Corporate Facilitator with over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur. While she mainly focuses on success in the corporate climate, there are many applications of building confidence, silencing self-doubt and reframing our mindset for improving our physical and mental health. #bodypositive, #womenwellness, #podcast, #womenwholift, #womenempowerment

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Episode 5- Wired for Wellness: The Brain Behind Our Health Choices with Wellness Coach Amber Allan
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03/05/2026

Wellness Coach Amber Allan takes the focus off calorie counting and
weight loss by realizing what really influences our health decisions: the
brain. She outlines her own fitness journey, her ABC Program and her
new facility, Velvaere Wellness!

Amber's new health spa, Velvaere Wellness, is located in Ingramport, Nova Scotia at 8164 St Margarets Bay Rd. For more information, you can check her website velvaerewellness.ca or contact Amber@velvaerewellness.ca.

#healthateverysize, #busybodies, #womenwellness, #bodyconfidence, #bodypositivity, #bodypositivefitness, #womenwholift

The Podcast for Busy Women, Strong Bodies


Episode 4: A Weight-Neutral Approach to Nutrition with Eating Disorder Dietitian Courtenay Vickers
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02/26/2026

What if the healthiest thing you could do is to stop dieting forever? In the fourth episode of the Busy Bodies Podcast, Trainer Bex and Eating Disorder Dietitian
Courtenay Vickers have a conversation and introduce an anti-diet approach to healthy living that helps women reclaim food freedom & body trust.

To learn more about Courtenay's Virtual Eating Disorder Services, you can search https://www.courtenayvickersrd.com/, Sign up for her newsletter  or email her at hello@courtenayvickersrd.com. 

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Episode 3- Breaking Free from the Weight Cycle with Coach Leslie Gordon Christie of BUFF Nation
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02/19/2026

In our third episode of the Busy Bodies Podcast, Trainer Bex has a conversation with Wellness Coach Leslie Gordon Christie of BUFF Nation about her masterclass on "Breaking Free from the Weight Cycle". Drawing from her personal journey from weight gain and poor body image and finding fitness after burn-out from being a media personality, she reveals the 4 main patterns of thinking that keep us trapped in the weight cycle and how to shift our mindset with tools that calm stress, shift cravings and help you feel lighter without chasing the scale.

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Episode 2- Diets Don't Work with Trainer Bex
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02/12/2026

In Episode 2 of the Busy Bodies Podcast, "Diets Don't Work", Trainer Bex explores the shocking truth that 80-95% diets fail within 5 years and the reasons behind the
failure. We examine how diet culture creeps into everyday life with the story of the Brownyn Black and the contestants of the Biggest Loser Competition and why health isn't about striving for thinness.

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#busywomenfitness, #womenshealth, #womenwellness, #busybodies, #bodypositive, #plussizefitness, #h...


Episode 1- Welcome to Busy Bodies Podcast: Busy Women, Strong Bodies
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02/05/2026

Busy Bodies is the podcast for busy women who want to get healthier and stronger... without dieting, guilt, or overwhelm. Hosted by women’s wellness coach Trainer Bex (Becky Lalonde), each weekly episode delivers quick, practical tips and empowering mindset shifts to help you build sustainable habits, boost your energy, and feel confident in your body at any size. Real stories, expert advice, and zero shame just the support you need to feel your best. New episodes every Thursday drop at 5 am on Apple Podcast, Spotify and Youtube. 

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Busy Bodies Podcast Trailer: A Body-Positive Approach to Women's Health & Wellness
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01/03/2026

Welcome to Busy Bodies, the Podcast for Busy Women, Strong Bodies from your Host Trainer Bex (Becky Lalonde) of Flex with Bex Fitness. In this short promotional trailer,  I’m sharing who I am, who this podcast is for, what we’ll focus on, and why now is the time to shift the conversation around health and wellness for women.  

This podcast is for women who are busy, capable, and tired of health advice that doesn’t fit real life. We talk about health, empowerment, body-positivity, and building body confidence and strength without dieting, shame, or unrealistic expectat...