Sweat Equity with Sam

Sweat Equity with Sam

Sweat Equity with Sam is a podcast dedicated to the life journey that each of us walk--embracing the sweat, tears, and victories along the way. Join host Samantha Russo as she discusses everything from mindset to physical health with guests that will surely inspire and motivate you to continue pushing on!

Episodes

March 26, 2019 55 mins

I spoke about Kriss Blevens in my very first episode. She's someone I respect, admire, and credit with opening my eyes and mind to the law of attraction.

Kriss is the founder, creator and head makeup guru at Kriss Cosmetics. From her humble beginnings working out of a small makeup kit doing home parties, Kriss has grown to be the go to artist for political and celebrity events. While she always dreams big for herself and her compan...

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"Money doesn't grow on trees"

"Rich kids are brats"

"It's hard to save money"

"Money is root of all evil"

These are all things we tell ourselves about money. Things that we've grown up hearing over and over. We all want more money, right? Then why do we talk so doom & gloom about it when it comes to making more or saving & spending what we have currently.

In this episode I chat with Kelsa Dickey Financial Coach and Owner &a...

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SENSITIVE: In this episode my guest shares some specific details about her past with disordered eating and mental illness. If you're currently struggling with an eating disorder and in a delicate place, please avoid listening to this episode.

Christina Ennabe is a body positive health coach, and masters level therapist working toward licensure. Christina specializes in working with adults with eating disorders, body image issu...

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Amanda Fay is a Pre/Postnatal Corrective Exercise & Diastasis Specialist, head coach for Fit For Birth, the founder and owner of The Functional Bump, LLC (https://thefunctionalbump.com/) and a coach at her local Orange Theory Fitness. At the end of January, she shared her experience with a missed miscarriage. Amanda was ten weeks and three days pregnant when she went in for an ultrasound that pronounced her first preg...

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How often do you put things off until tomorrow? And then tomorrow turns into the next day, the next week, and the month. You have a decision every day to either do that "thing" or not. It'll pop up in your head every now and again and you'll be presented with the same decision. As humans, we have so many things going on in our head, many of them decisions we have to make, which undoubtedly leads to stress. This is what we call deci...

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We've all had and HAVE situations in our life that frankly suck. It's easy to use those as excuses, but not Jill. Jillian Leff is is currently the Managing Editor of celebrity gossip site PerezHilton.com. 

In this episode Jill and I cover A LOT from post-grad setbacks, career, chronic illness, and self-care.

Share this episode on your IG stories and tag @SamanthaLRusso & @JillianLeff

Check out Jill's Boss, Please! Podcast ...

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Do you believe you're meant to do something more or maybe you're just meant to do something else?

Stephanie Crededio had spent years building her resume at agencies and big brands in downtown Chicago but one day--she had enough. She knew there was more. She quit her corporate job and Socially Steph was created to deliver real time marketing efforts & quality content management services.

In this episode, Stephanie and I discuss ...

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As we get closer to the New Year, one of the most common New Year's Resolutions has to do with health & fitness. You'll hear about all of the things you NEED to do to make your goals happen, but I'd like to simplify it. These are the 5 things you need to STOP doing to help you reach your fitness goals once and for all. In this episode you'll hear about goal setting, Instagram, supplements, and poop. Let me know what thing you're r...
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In today's episode on the STRONGirl Podcast, I interview my coach and someone I consider to be one of my role models, Janelle Nicolo Monteiro. Janelle is the owner of Body Ambition fitness in Middleton, MA. She's a WBFF Pro and has coached dozens of women to earn their pro fitness & bikini titles as well as state pageant titles. But it's not all about the physical and aesthetic aspects for Janelle. In this episode we talk about deb...
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A beautiful blonde pageant girl from New England meets and starts dating a handsome professional baseball player from Georgia. Fairytale or nightmare? This is the premise of Taylor Higgins' best-selling non-fiction, Between the Stitching, and an actual recounting of her tumultuous relationship with a AA baseball player in the Boston Red Sox organization. This dark, real-life love story gone bad is riddled with abuse; sexual, emotio...
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Too often we put pressure on ourselves to figure out what we should be doing for a career or what our purpose is. But can you imagine what it would be like to just let life lead you to where you're meant to be? Meet Megan Lyman, CEO & Founder of Cannibabe, a California-based CBD company dedicated to creating high quality products made with ingredients your body craves. Cannibabe promotes, educates and publicizes the medical benefit...
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Lauren Lopez is my very first interview on the STRONGirl Podcast. Lauren is a holistic health enthusiast, yogi, part-time realtor, and stage 4 recurrent cervical cancer survivor. Lauren discusses her journey with cancer and how she says it gave her clarity. We discuss finding joy and making happiness a priority, the importance of regular screenings, holistic health approaches she took, and the power of surrender. www.laurenlopez...
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My whole life I've been called "strong" both physically and mentally but I haven't always felt that way. Maybe you can relate. In my first episode, I discuss hitting my all-time high and a situation that quickly plummeted me into my all-time low. I talk about the one thing that enabled me to pull myself out of that hole & begin to find the good in an emotionally traumatic situation.
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