TW Fertility, TTC, Abuse, Violence Wondering what your hosts have been going through besides 'it'? On this episode Marcia and Marybeth dive into the trials and tribulations of the past seven months, coping skills, and movement goals. The topics are heavy but the laughs are always light.  Deconstructing The Fitness Industrial Complex Book https://shorturl.at/bGLRT  Marcia's YouTube Series "FREE, a trauma tale" https://shorturl.at/hyDOT Hosts for this episode: Marcia D. (@movewithmarcia), Marybeth B (@merrbertt) Transcriptions can now be found on https://www.elasticpod.com/pod/disabled-girls-who-lift-by-dgwl!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/support

Marcia speaks with Brandi, a personal trainer and dyslexic artist with Narcolepsy. Brandi gives us the real on narcolepsy, which is totally different from what Hollywood sells us. She also shares her navigating her new body and building new businesses while living with a chronic illness. Listen for great tips on pacing and fatigue management and maybe to laugh at our corny AF jokes. Narcolepsy Subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/Narcolepsy/ Stuff That Works https://www.stuffthatworks.health/narcolepsy Body Arc RVA https://www.instagram.com/body_arc_rva/ RVA Crescent Collective https://www.instagram.com/rva_crescent_collective/ TheBrandFlake https://www.instagram.com/TheBrandFlake/ Transcriptions can now be found on https://www.elasticpod.com/pod/disabled-girls-who-lift-by-dgwl! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/support

In this episode, fellow powerlifter Rachael discusses how she’s navigated with a late diagnosis of ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia and sensory issues both in the workplace and in strength sports. Aside from accommodation and communication, it all comes down to being treated as human. We are not machines! Tools mentioned/used: Sunsama - https://www.sunsama.com/ Otter.ai - https://otter.ai/ Notability -  https://notability.com/ If you’d like to share your story and discuss your experiences with neurodiversity in strength sports, you can find and message Rachael on Instagram @rachaelelizabethlifts Host for this episode: Marybeth B. (@merrbertt) Transcriptions can now be found on https://www.elasticpod.com/pod/disabled-girls-who-lift-by-dgwl! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/support

This episode was so much fun to say the least. Kim Kelly, badass author, labor journalist, former VICE staffer, circus act, roadie and everything in between, shared her experience with putting ectrodactyly on a performing stage and traveling across towns as what sideshows called the “Lobster Girl.” Then writing about the beauties and flaws of heavy metal turned into labor rights and disability justice pieces and recently led to a book tour for her newest book, ‘FIGHT LIKE HELL: The Untold History of American Labor.' Tune in! Find the book here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Fight-Like-Hell/Kim-Kelly/9781982171056 Follow Kim on Twitter: https://twitter.com/grimkim Host for this episode: Marybeth B. (@merrbertt) Marcia D. (@movewithmarcia) Transcriptions can now be found on https://www.elasticpod.com/pod/disabled-girls-who-lift-by-dgwl! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/support

Marcia & Marybeth meet Moriah, a wheelchair user with polio that was adopted from India as a child. We discuss discrimination based on physical disability, culture shock as a child in a new country, and all the silly assumptions made by able bodied people that grind our gears. Grab a glass of wine and get ready for a good old fashioned vent session. Host for this episode: Marybeth B. (@merrbertt) Marcia D. (@movewithmarcia) Transcriptions can now be found on https://www.elasticpod.com/pod/disabled-girls-who-lift-by-dgwl! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/support

We’re talking adaptive tools, trinkets, doodads, equipment, and more to help us disabled girls, gays, & theys do life and lifting. Some of the tips and tricks we’ve tried for ourselves, or we’ve seen our own podcast guests use. There are so many options to make life a little easier and lifting more accessible, we hope that something here works for you! Equip Products - https://equipproducts.com/ Active Hands - https://www.activehands.com/ Mute Sports Equipment - https://www.mutesportsequipment.com/ T-Pull Door Closer - https://t-pull.com/ Abilitease https://www.instagram.com/abilitease/, http://www.abilitease.com/ FREE Tech Owl PA https://www.instagram.com/techowlpa/ Apple vision accessibility https://www.apple.com/accessibility/vision/ Stephanie Renburg - https://www.instagram.com/stephanierenberg/ Kym Dekyrel - https://www.instagram.com/kympossiblexoxo/ Host for this episode: Marybeth B. (@merrbertt) Marcia D. (@movewithmarcia) Transcriptions can now be found on https://www.elasticpod.com/pod/disabled-girls-who-lift-by-dgwl! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/support

Managing self-care might seem so cliche in today’s age of mental health awareness, but it’s one thing to say it and it’s another to act on it. We discuss the steps we take to find ourselves in the middle of life chaos, while the world is in dumpster fire flames, and doing so without breaking the bank. Not many of us have the privilege to escape, go on a backpacking trip through Europe to try and find peace, or move our home to the Hamptons, when living gets hard. How do we adjust our movement with mental health and illness changes? What does that look like for you? Do you put up boundaries for yourself and others? Books and resources discussed: Set Boundaries, Find Peace. Nedra Glover  Kat Lopez - Peer Support & Grief Worker Accountability Mapping - Free Resources Accountability Mapping Instagram Host for this episode: Marybeth B. (@merrbertt) Marcia D. (@movewithmarcia) Transcriptions can now be found on https://www.elasticpod.com/pod/disabled-girls-who-lift-by-dgwl! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/support

In this episode, we welcome ourselves back from a two or so month hiatus… After Marybeth’s wedding and long summer things, we discuss the lots that’s happened and what’s to come. Marcia is no longer physically dead, we learn that she’s allergic to the world (everything indoors and outdoors), long-COVID conference happenings, she’s writing a book and needs your help! Marybeth with a move and upgrade in home, new stay at home husband (with no kids ha), and fun family blending. Also, have y’all heard about the new IPF bench rules for powerlifting? What are your thoughts? Host for this episode: Marybeth B. (@merrbertt) Marcia D. (@movewithmarcia) Transcriptions can now be found on https://www.elasticpod.com/pod/disabled-girls-who-lift-by-dgwl! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/support

In this episode, Melina joins Marybeth to discuss life on the set as a queer, disabled director and producer. How can we make more sets, stages, and venues more accommodating for PWDs? How is this translated in the hiring or casting process? Where have we made headway and what needs more work? “I believe storytelling is inherently a mode of activism and being able to stand, through my work, for inclusion and positive representation is something that drives me in my whole career… Your voice matters. Creatives who are disabled need to be 10x as good as their abled counterparts to get half the opportunities. Through all of that, the thing that has saved me is knowing, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that I have something to say and a story to tell that is vital for audiences to hear.” Listen for more! Host for this episode: Marybeth B. (@merrbertt) Transcriptions can now be found on https://www.elasticpod.com/pod/disabled-girls-who-lift-by-dgwl! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/support

CW Grief, Death, Loss On this episode, Marcia and Marybeth meet with Kat, a queer polyamorous Xicanx femme and chronically ill survivor. They discuss all things boundaries, communication, grief, and relationships in this eye opening episode. . As a doula and facilitator, one of kat’s goals is to help folks frame reciprocal relationships from a place of curiosity and intention. So disabled babes take this episode to explore your relationship with grief, your relationship with yourself, and your relationship with others. Kat’s Offerings & Services https://www.katlopez.com/ Kat’s Podcast “Babes with Boundaries” https://spoti.fi/3xHIxU6 Host for this episode: Marcia D. (@thatdoc.marcia), Marybeth B. (@merrbertt) Transcriptions can now be found on https://www.elasticpod.com/pod/disabled-girls-who-lift-by-dgwl! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/support

TW: Food, Disordered Eating. On this episode, Ashley of RA Warrior Fitness sits down to discuss all the things Faith, Food, and Fitness. She shares how her journey with eating habits, learning to love movement, and mindset changes has led to better management of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Thanks to the pandemic, she pivoted her career and founded RA Warrior Fitness to help other spoonie sisters do the same. https://www.rawarriorfitness.com/ Host for this episode: Marcia D. (@thatdoc.marcia), Marybeth B. (@merrbertt) Transcriptions can now be found on https://www.elasticpod.com/pod/disabled-girls-who-lift-by-dgwl! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/support

In this episode, Rachel joins us to share her experience recently navigating life as a powerlifter, speech language pathologist and dog mom immediately after a right vertebral artery dissection. Thanks to the VAD facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/94854960694) and communities like @disabledgirlswholift it’s been a lot easier for her to understand her symptoms and the bittersweet need to rediscover passions and REST. Hosts for this episode: Marcia D. (@thatdoc.marcia), Marybeth B. (@merrbertt) Transcriptions can now be found on https://www.elasticpod.com/pod/disabled-girls-who-lift-by-dgwl! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/support

On this episode, Marybeth & Marcia chat with trauma mindful strength coach Gabby Brost on working towards inclusion and becoming a better coach as well as lifting with chronic illnesses and building a toolbox to balance training with variable spoons. Gabby is a multi-sport athlete (powerlifting, Olympic weightlifting, and strongman) who is also a tarot card reader, plant lover, author, and avid coffee drinker. Find Gabby on instagram at @gabstrength and @_the.gift.of.gab_ Get free tools or coaching from Gabby - https://www.gabstrength.com/freebies Buy Gabby’s book of essay’s and poems - https://bit.ly/3Jrx3rd Host for this episode: Marcia D. (@thatdoc.marcia), Marybeth B. (@merrbertt) Transcriptions can now be found on https://www.elasticpod.com/pod/disabled-girls-who-lift-by-dgwl! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/support

In the month of love, Marybeth and Marcia to talk about body image, self love, and all the perceptions about self that have changed over the years thanks to lifting and our relationships to movement. Listen along as we dive into the bullshit that is BMI, building a better relationship with our bodies, and how to explore these conversations for a little self reflection. Therapy for Black Girls episode on body image: https://therapyforblackgirls.com/2021/04/21/session-204-some-thoughts-on-body-image/ Host for this episode: Marcia D. (@thatdoc.marcia), Marybeth B. (@merrbertt) Transcriptions can now be found on https://www.elasticpod.com/pod/disabled-girls-who-lift-by-dgwl! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/support

On this episode, we welcome Jesi to the ‘cast to discuss daily nutrition, exercise, habits, and personal mindset. Her experience with a booth at Wodapalooza reminded us how important it is to not only include adaptive athletes in sporting events but also CENTER our narrative. Otherwise, we can easily be forgotten. Learn a little more about Wheelwod and the Wheel With Me foundation while you’re here too. Mentioned Wheel with Me - https://taplink.cc/wheelwithme Jesi Stracham - https://www.instagram.com/jesistracham Wheelwod - https://www.instagram.com/wheelwod Host for this episode: Marcia D. (@thatdoc.marcia), Marybeth B. (@merrbertt) Transcriptions can now be found on https://www.elasticpod.com/pod/disabled-girls-who-lift-by-dgwl! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/support

In our last episode of 2021, Marcia & Marybeth discuss podcast milestones, favorite moments, and much more. As we always say, this podcast is a labor of love that has built a beautiful community. We thank you for engaging and growing along this intersectional identity journey. Lifting is what draws us disabled girls and femmes together, community is what keeps us together. Host for this episode: Marcia D. (@thatdoc.marcia), Marybeth B. (@merrbertt) Transcriptions can now be found on https://www.elasticpod.com/pod/disabled-girls-who-lift-by-dgwl! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/support

The panel of spoons reunites with a few fresh faces and a couple of podcast veterans to discuss life after diagnosis, competing after coronavirus, and the tolls of adulting on our chronically ill bodies. We catch up with Kresenda, Jo, Shravya, Rebekah plus meet Brigitte for the first time. Our panel has enbys, femmes, and women from across the United States with different issues and backgrounds coming together in community. Host for this episode: Marcia D. (@thatdoc.marcia) Transcriptions can now be found on https://www.elasticpod.com/pod/disabled-girls-who-lift-by-dgwl! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/support

Marcia and Marybeth chat all the things poop, perspective, & identity with our guest Monica. Monica is a mixed Southern girl working in construction in California and dealing with Ulcerative Colitis. We tackle what it means to live at so many intersections of gender, size, chronic illness, accessibility, race with a touch of powerlifting. Hosts for this episode: Marcia D. (@thatdoc.marcia), Marybeth B. (@merrbertt) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/support

In this episode, Marcia and Marybeth speak with Dr Daria Oller on her new life with long COVID. Dr Daria is an physical therapist, athletic trainer, and dancer who noticed her body starting to change after having COVID early in the pandemic. We speak about balance, fitness, burlesque, gaslighting, chronic illness and so much more. To patients, listen to your body and advocate for yourselves. To providers, be open to paradigm shifts and receptive to new information. Post viral syndromes are here to stay. https://longcovid.physio/ https://twitter.com/ontapphysio2 @ontapphysio Hosts for this episode: Marcia D. (@thatdoc.marcia) and Marybeth B. (@merrbertt) Transcriptions can now be found on Youtube! Watch this episode live at https://youtu.be/rnWlLUbWekQ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/support

On today’s episode we dive deep into our feels about living and working in what seems like the apocalypse, what doing your own research when it comes to COVID-19 actually means (spoiler alerts, it’s not social media), and why mental health is just as important as physical health. We do a lot of heavy lifting on this episode as we cover our lives, this pandemic, and doing the mental work necessary to maintain sanity. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ https://therapyforblackgirls.com/ Hosts for this episode: Marcia Darbouze (@thatdoc.marcia), Marybeth Baluyot (@merrbertt) Transcriptions can now be found on Youtube! Watch this episode live at https://youtu.be/ZaD_ClmQx2o --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/disabled-girls-who-lift/support