Meet Your Body with Jessica Valant, MSPT

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Join physical therapist, women's health expert, Pilates and movement teacher, mom of two, and coffee lover Jessica Valant, MSPT, as she brings her signature combination of expertise, science based research and compassion to the world of women's health and aging.  The Meet Your Body Podcast will cover topics to help women feel strong, safe and secure in their bodies in all seasons of life. Jessica will bring education and knowledge, uplifting stories, actionable strategies, expert guests, personal experiences and hope to address things like perimenopause and menopause, endometriosis, hysterectomy, prolapse, infertility, the aging process, exercise, how to advocate for yourself and more.  Join us as Jessica shares her own journey with these issues and ultimately provides a guide for aging and living as an empowered and strong woman.

  1. 10H AGO

    Highlights - Simple Goal Setting When You Feel Overwhelmed

    Today's Highlights episode is a clip from our full episode all about Overwhelm and Health Information. In this segment, Jessica explains the steps to take in order to set health goals that feel both motivating and achievable. If you are feeling overwhelmed and confused by the sheer amount of health information you are taking in, this episode is for you! Full episode Overwhelm and Health Information: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meet-your-body-with-jessica-valant-mspt/id1649561552?i=1000728219871 Resources mentioned in this episode: ⚫︎ Jessica’s website, resources, services & more:⁠http://www.jessicavalantpilates.com⁠ ⚫︎ Jessica’s UNLIMITED community and app with daily workouts for muscle strength:⁠http://www.jessicavalantpilates.com/unlimited⁠ ⚫︎Watch our podcast episodes on YouTube here: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@meetyourbodypodcast⁠  ⚫︎ YouTube workouts: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/JessicaValantPilates⁠  ⚫︎ Follow Jessica on Instagram: ⁠http://www.instagram.com/jessicavalantpilates⁠ Jessica Valant Pilates app: Apple IOS - ⁠https://tinyurl.com/mry5ya8r⁠ Google - ⁠https://tinyurl.com/yh3ty5fp⁠ Jessica Valant and Jessica Valant Pilates, LLC, recommend you consult with a physician before starting any new exercise program. The information given here is not meant to treat or diagnose any medical condition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    11 min
  2. 5D AGO

    Health Routines and Travel with Lesley Logan

    Struggling to stay consistent with your health routines when life gets busy—or when you’re constantly on the go? In this episode of Meet Your Body, Jessica sits down with her good friend, Pilates expert and global traveler Lesley Logan to share simple, realistic strategies for maintaining your health, energy, and sanity—no matter where you are. From navigating frequent travel to managing seasons like perimenopause, Lesley breaks down how to build flexible routines that actually fit your life (instead of fighting against it). In this episode, you’ll learn: How to create routines that adapt to travel, work, and unpredictable schedules Simple ways to stay consistent with movement, hydration, and self-care on the go Why listening to your body is the key to sustainable health The mindset shift that helps you let go of perfection and stay grounded How community and connection support your mental and physical well-being If you feel like you’re constantly “starting over” with your routines, this episode will help you build habits that travel with you—so you can feel your best in any season of life. Because real wellness isn’t rigid—it moves with you. About our guest: Lesley Logan is the world’s leading expert on how Pilates changes your life, and is the Chief Pilates Officer at OnlinePilatesClasses.com. She has taught thousands of students, trained hundreds of Pilates teachers, lead dozens of workshops at global conferences, and supported notable companies such as the Associated Press and Balanced Body, empowering participants with movement and happiness through Pilates and international retreats. With a comprehensive certificate (NCPT) from the National Pilates Certification Program, and additional certifications in trauma-informed breathwork, mindset, and habits coaching, and with teaching experience since 2008, Lesley is widely regarded by the Pilates community and corporate executives alike. Thanks to our sponsors! ➡️ Get 15% off your purchase of OneSkin with code MEETYOURBODY at http://www.oneskin.co/meetyourbody Resources mentioned in this episode: ⚫︎ Lesley Logan: ⁠http://www.onlinepilatesclasses.com ⚫︎ Lesley on Instagram: ⁠http://www.instagram.com/lesley.logan ⚫︎ Jessica’s website, resources, services & more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.jessicavalantpilates.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⚫︎ Jessica’s UNLIMITED community and app with daily workouts for muscle strength: ⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.jessicavalantpilates.com/unlimited⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⚫︎Watch our podcast episodes on YouTube here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@meetyourbodypodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠  ⚫︎ YouTube workouts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/JessicaValantPilates⁠⁠⁠⁠  ⚫︎ Follow Jessica on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.instagram.com/jessicavalantpilates⁠⁠⁠⁠Jessica Valant Pilates app:Apple IOS - ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/mry5ya8r⁠⁠⁠⁠Google - ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/yh3ty5fp⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jessica Valant and Jessica Valant Pilates, LLC, recommend you consult with a physician before starting any new exercise program. The information given here is not meant to treat or diagnose any medical condition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    54 min
  3. MAR 18

    Progressive Overload - The Key To Muscle and Strength Gains

    Strength training is essential for long-term health—but how you train matters just as much as what you do. If you’re not seeing the results you expect, you may be missing one key ingredient. In this episode of Meet Your Body, Jessica breaks down the powerful fitness principle of progressive overload—and why it’s crucial for building strength, supporting bone health, and staying resilient as you age. She explains what progressive overload really means, how to apply it in a simple and sustainable way, and how to adapt it for beginners, injuries, or autoimmune conditions. If you’re ready to make your workouts more effective, efficient, and empowering, this is an episode you don’t want to miss. Resources mentioned in this episode: ⚫︎ How to Start Lifting Weights ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meet-your-body-with-jessica-valant-mspt/id1649561552?i=1000719787855⁠ ⚫︎ Should You Be Sore After Workouts? https://youtu.be/HXfLW8Rboj0 ⚫︎ 20 Minute Beginner Dumbbell Workout: https://youtu.be/zRayn_kDjZw ⚫︎ Jessica’s website, resources, services & more: ⁠⁠⁠http://www.jessicavalantpilates.com⁠⁠⁠ ⚫︎ Jessica’s UNLIMITED community and app with daily workouts for muscle strength: ⁠⁠⁠http://www.jessicavalantpilates.com/unlimited⁠⁠⁠ ⚫︎Watch our podcast episodes on YouTube here: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@meetyourbodypodcast⁠⁠⁠  ⚫︎ YouTube workouts: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/JessicaValantPilates⁠⁠⁠  ⚫︎ Follow Jessica on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠http://www.instagram.com/jessicavalantpilates⁠⁠⁠Jessica Valant Pilates app:Apple IOS - ⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/mry5ya8r⁠⁠⁠Google - ⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/yh3ty5fp⁠⁠⁠ Jessica Valant and Jessica Valant Pilates, LLC, recommend you consult with a physician before starting any new exercise program. The information given here is not meant to treat or diagnose any medical condition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    43 min
  4. MAR 12

    How to Prepare Your Body for Perimenopause

    Perimenopause is inevitable, and there are a few things you can do in the years prior to help you enter this phase of life with strength, knowledge and awareness! In this episode of Meet Your Body, Jessica Valant talks about how to proactively prepare your body for perimenopause. She explains the hormonal shifts that happen during this stage of life and shares practical ways to support your hormones, nervous system, muscle health, and overall well-being. If you're in your 20s, 30s or 40s and want to feel more informed, empowered, and ready for the transition ahead, this episode will help you better understand what’s happening in your body — and how to support it along the way. Resources mentioned in this episode: ⚫︎ How to Start Lifting Weights https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meet-your-body-with-jessica-valant-mspt/id1649561552?i=1000719787855 ⚫︎ My Perimenopause Update https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meet-your-body-with-jessica-valant-mspt/id1649561552?i=1000653471907 ⚫︎ Nourishing your nervous system podcast episode: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meet-your-body-with-jessica-valant-mspt/id1649561552?i=1000733951049⁠ ⚫︎ Alcohol and health https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meet-your-body-with-jessica-valant-mspt/id1649561552?i=1000737413482 ⚫︎ Jessica’s website, resources, services & more: ⁠⁠http://www.jessicavalantpilates.com⁠⁠ ⚫︎ Jessica’s UNLIMITED community and app with daily workouts for muscle strength: ⁠⁠http://www.jessicavalantpilates.com/unlimited⁠⁠ ⚫︎Watch our podcast episodes on YouTube here: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@meetyourbodypodcast⁠⁠  ⚫︎ YouTube workouts: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/JessicaValantPilates⁠⁠  ⚫︎ Follow Jessica on Instagram: ⁠⁠http://www.instagram.com/jessicavalantpilates⁠⁠Jessica Valant Pilates app:Apple IOS - ⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/mry5ya8r⁠⁠Google - ⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/yh3ty5fp⁠⁠ Sponsors: ➡️ Get 50% off and free breakfast for a year from Factor Meals with code MEETYOURBODY50off here http://www.factormeals.com/meetyourbody50off ➡️ Get 20% off your first order of Cure with code MYB here http://www.curehydration.com/MYB ➡️ Get 15% off your OneSkin order with code MEETYOURBODY here http://www.oneskin.co/meetyourbody Jessica Valant and Jessica Valant Pilates, LLC, recommend you consult with a physician before starting any new exercise program. The information given here is not meant to treat or diagnose any medical condition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    57 min
  5. MAR 4

    Youth Sports - Finding Confidence, Joy and Resilience with Garry Linton

    In the midst of trying to help our kids succeed and find something they love, are we unintentionally pushing them toward burnout and injury in youth sports? In this eye-opening episode, Jessica talks with youth sports reform advocate Garry Linton. He shares how today’s win-at-all-costs culture, early specialization, and adult-driven incentives are contributing to rising burnout, ACL injuries, back pain, and mental health struggles — and why most kids quit sports by age 14. Garry explains his powerful “Reform” blueprint to help parents and coaches reveal hidden incentives, fix feedback, improve the playing field environments, and measure what truly matters. They also discuss the importance of multisport participation, delaying specialization, and prioritizing mental health alongside performance. If you want to raise resilient, confident kids who love sports for life — not just for trophies — this conversation will shift your perspective and give you practical tools to create a healthier, more balanced athletic experience. About our guest: Garry Linton is a father of three, speaker, mentor, and one of the most uncompromising voices in youth sports reform. Over two decades, he's held every role that matters: coach, trainer, AAU program director, and parent of a Division I full-scholarship athlete. He's guided dozens of young athletes to college programs at every level and built championship athletes along the way. He was winning by every measure the system values. Then he realized the system was broken. Now, Garry is dismantling the incentive structures that exploit children and rebuilding youth sports around what it was always meant to be: a place for growth, joy, resilience, and becoming...not just performing. He's not here to fix the game. He's here to reform it. Thanks to our sponsors! ➡️ Get up to $300 off your Air Doctor air purifier with code MEETYOURBODY http://www.airdoctorpro..com Resources mentioned in this episode: ⚫︎ Garry Linton: http://www.garrylinton.com ⚫︎ Garry on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/takeflightcoach ⚫︎ Part One - Kids and Exercise podcast with Jessica: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meet-your-body-with-jessica-valant-mspt/id1649561552?i=1000751737988 ⚫︎ Jessica’s website, resources, services & more: ⁠⁠⁠http://www.jessicavalantpilates.com⁠⁠⁠ ⚫︎ Jessica’s UNLIMITED community and app with daily workouts for muscle strength: ⁠⁠⁠http://www.jessicavalantpilates.com/unlimited⁠⁠⁠ ⚫︎Watch our podcast episodes on YouTube here: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@meetyourbodypodcast⁠⁠⁠  ⚫︎ YouTube workouts: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/JessicaValantPilates⁠⁠⁠  ⚫︎ Follow Jessica on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠http://www.instagram.com/jessicavalantpilates⁠⁠⁠Jessica Valant Pilates app:Apple IOS - ⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/mry5ya8r⁠⁠⁠Google - ⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/yh3ty5fp⁠⁠⁠ Jessica Valant and Jessica Valant Pilates, LLC, recommend you consult with a physician before starting any new exercise program. The information given here is not meant to treat or diagnose any medical condition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 1m
  6. FEB 26

    Kids and Exercise - Getting Our Kids Moving

    In this important episode of Meet Your Body, Jessica tackles a conversation every parent and caregiver needs to hear: kids and movement. Children need upwards of one hour of moderate to vigorous movement every single day to support both their physical and mental health. Yet in today’s world of devices, packed schedules, homework, and constant busyness, that recommendation is rarely met. So what can we do about it? Jessica breaks down why daily movement is essential for kids—not just for strong muscles and bones, but for emotional regulation, confidence, focus, and overall well-being. She shares realistic, applicable strategies you can start using right away to help the children in your life move more, without adding stress or pressure to already full days. She also explores what may be the most important piece of all: how the way we individually approach exercise and our own bodies can either support or hinder a child’s lifelong relationship with movement and their body. Whether you’re a parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, teacher, healthcare professional, or simply someone who cares deeply about kids, this is a must-listen episode about creating healthier, more empowered futures—one hour of movement at a time. Thanks to our sponsors! ➡️ Get 15% off your OneSkin order with code MEETYOURBODY http://www.oneskin.co/meetyourbody Resources mentioned in this episode: ⚫︎ Jessica’s website, resources, services & more: ⁠⁠http://www.jessicavalantpilates.com⁠⁠ ⚫︎ Jessica’s UNLIMITED community and app with daily workouts for muscle strength: ⁠⁠http://www.jessicavalantpilates.com/unlimited⁠⁠ ⚫︎Watch our podcast episodes on YouTube here: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@meetyourbodypodcast⁠⁠  ⚫︎ YouTube workouts: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/JessicaValantPilates⁠⁠  ⚫︎ Follow Jessica on Instagram: ⁠⁠http://www.instagram.com/jessicavalantpilates⁠⁠Jessica Valant Pilates app:Apple IOS - ⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/mry5ya8r⁠⁠Google - ⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/yh3ty5fp⁠⁠ Jessica Valant and Jessica Valant Pilates, LLC, recommend you consult with a physician before starting any new exercise program. The information given here is not meant to treat or diagnose any medical condition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    52 min
4.9
out of 5
138 Ratings

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Join physical therapist, women's health expert, Pilates and movement teacher, mom of two, and coffee lover Jessica Valant, MSPT, as she brings her signature combination of expertise, science based research and compassion to the world of women's health and aging.  The Meet Your Body Podcast will cover topics to help women feel strong, safe and secure in their bodies in all seasons of life. Jessica will bring education and knowledge, uplifting stories, actionable strategies, expert guests, personal experiences and hope to address things like perimenopause and menopause, endometriosis, hysterectomy, prolapse, infertility, the aging process, exercise, how to advocate for yourself and more.  Join us as Jessica shares her own journey with these issues and ultimately provides a guide for aging and living as an empowered and strong woman.

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