The Alpha Female Podcast With Robyn Baldwin

Dr. Nekessa S. Remy is a leading health & wellness professional and expert with a passion for sports injury prevention and enabling others to be their own health champions.  Her philosophy stems from her belief that healthy living is a RIGHT and not a privilege. Dr. Remy’s passion for health and rehabilitation lead her to earning an Honors Degree in Kinesiology from the University of Western Ontario followed by a Doctorate of Chiropractic from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College. She also holds certificates in Medical Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Acupuncture. With 15 years experience in the rehabilitation field Dr. Remy has developed an approach to injury management that is based on current research and measurable patient outcomes. She has lectured and continues to lecture at various running rooms, soccer and football clubs and was recently selected as the team doctor for One On One Pro Sport & Conditioning.  Dr. Remy is also a corporate wellness speaker at Nissan Canada.

Melissa Boufounos is a Certified Holistic Nutritionist who coaches OCR athletes to optimize their performance and improve their race times by making sure they are nourished on a cellular level. She has personally competed in over 30 races, including the 2016 OCR World Championships, a top 15 finish in her age group at Battlefrog Toronto in 2016, a top 10 finish for females in the elite heat at Prison Break Toronto in 2015, a top 5 finish in her age group at the Spartan Sprint Ottawa in 2014 and a top 20 finish in her age group at the Spartan Beast Ottawa in 2014. She has also completed two Spartan Trifectas (2014, 2015). Along with her education in Natural Nutrition from the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition, Melissa is currently taking the Precision Nutrition Level 1 course. She has a diploma in Broadcast Journalism from Seneca College and a post-graduate diploma in Sports Journalism from Centennial College. She is also CanFitPro certified as a Personal Trainer Specialist.

Natalie MacNeil is an Emmy Award-winning media entrepreneur, author of Conquer Your Year and The Conquer Kit, and the Creator of SheTakesOnTheWorld.com. She Takes On The World was featured by Forbes on its list of “Top 100 Websites for Entrepreneurs” and by ForbesWoman in “Top 10 Websites for Entrepreneurial Women”.

Anastasiya Gorshkova is the founder of the Anastasiya Craze YouTube Channel and fitness brand, which seeks to motivate and inspire women to stay fit and healthy through daily exercise. She was featured on The Steve Harvey Show as an up-and-coming YouTube star for her variety of workouts that take her community around the world. An NASM certified trainer, she puts her workouts together to help women keep their bodies challenged and their minds engaged. Anastasiya was born in Ukraine, immigrating to the United States at the age of 16. She spent 10 years in the banking industry, leaving to explore her true passions: fitness and travel. She speaks five languages, splitting her time between New York City and Rome, Italy. You can find Anastasiya at anastasiyacraze.com/alphafemale. YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Website

Lisa Simone Richards is a visibility strategist for fitpros and wellness-preneurs who want to see themselves and their businesses featured in magazines, on TV and around the web. As the principal of PR agency Vitality PR & Communications in Toronto, she coaches health, fitness and wellness entrepreneurs how to connect with the right media personalities and use the power of publicity to get seen and get clients. When she’s not shooting national TV segments or working with editors on magazine features, you can find her swinging a kettlebell, getting her zen on at hot yoga, or shopping at her local farmer’s market. Meet Lisa Simone and get ready to get noticed and get clients at www.vitalitypr.com.

Andrea Claassen is a certified personal trainer, 200 hour registered yoga instructor and mindset shifter. Her goal is to help you make yourself a priority again by creating your fitness lifestyle that sets your soul on fire. She doest this by helping you find your core desired feelings and helps you implement them into your fitness lifestyle. Andrea believes training is so much more than working out it truly is about helping you reclaim your fitness story. Website,  Instagram and Peaceful Power Podcast

Lesley-Anne Scorgie’s passion for personal finance was strong well before her appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show in 2001. What started all the fuss in the first place was when she took up teaching her high school business class about investing, much to her teacher’s surprise. Since appearing on the show in 2001 called “Ordinary People, Extraordinary Wealth”, Lesley-Anne has branched out as a bestselling author, entrepreneur, renowned professional speaker, educator and popular columnist and television personality. Her area of expertise has also expanded into career navigation, entrepreneurship and women’s workplace equity and diversity issues. Today she is armed with her three best-sellers Modern Couple’s Money Guide: 7 Smart Steps to Building Wealth Together (2016), Well-Heeled: The Smart Girl’s Guide to Getting Rich (April 2014) and Rich by Thirty: A Young Adult’s Guide to Financial Success (2007/15) Lesley-Anne is the founder of MeVest. Lesley-Anne has her BComm from Universi

Amber Eve is a car enthusiast, pro self-growth, determined, ambitious and a self-proclaimed Alpha Female as being a long time listener of the show!

Lisa Van Ahn is a professional boxer and kickboxer. She found her way to the sport after years of trauma and being victimized. She used kickboxing as an escape but soon after starting tapped into her strength and realized her value and worth in the world. She realized there were many things she didn’t have the opportunity to learn as a young girl to ensure her safety so she created the I AM Initiative; a confidence building curriculum girls and young women. The purpose is to teach the necessity of self-love in relationship to personal safety. Through dynamic movement and engagement, Lisa’s workshops teach the “rules” of self-protection, including self-compassion, trusting your “gut”, and creating positive change in the world. Lisa is passionate about teaching girls the principles she didn’t have the opportunity to learn until later in life. It is her deepest desire to give these young women the tools to be strong, in middle school, high school, college and beyond so they are able to confidently overcome the o

Margaret Schlachter is the creator of Dirt in Your Skirt, a website with race & gear reviews, industry insight and more. She was one of the first professional female obstacle course racer. She’s competed in the Death Race, 5 World’s Toughest Mudder, and Survival Run in Nicaragua among many. Schlachter helped found the Spartan Chicked movement with over 15,000 members today. She is a full-time author, writer, industry expert, and coach. Her first book, Obstacle Race Training was released April 15, 2014. She is the editor-in-chief for MudRunGuide.com. And last but not least, when not writing or taking on the next obstacle race or mud run she can be found working on her Urban Farm in Salt Lake City. Dirt In Your Skirt Facebook or Margaret’s Personal Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube

Kaylie Klitzing is a 24 year old fitness trainer, an IFBB figure professional and powerlifter. Her why is to help people love themselves and their lives. She wants to show others that fitness can be a blessing towards a healthy life and isn’t torture. After rebounding after earning her pro card she’s worked hard to learn self-compassion and enjoy fitness and nutrition again. She wants to share her experience to shed a light on the subject for others. Instagram,  Facebook, YouTube and Website

Rachel Adams is a realtor, public speaker, coach, author, and entrepreneur.  She lives in Northern California, and is the CEO of 4 different companies. In just 3 years in the real estate industry, Rachel had hit the top 1000 agents in the country for the Wallstreet Journal.  On the outside looking in, her life was perfect.  She had the perfect car, the perfect social life, and everything looked top notch.  You could say she had the perfect “Facebook” life.  But as we all know reality isn’t always what it seems.  And then one conversation changed everything.  Rachel decided to start leading her life with full authenticity and intention and everything changed! She now travels around the United States teaching others and coaching on her life changing book and program, “Lost to Found in 90 Days”. Download the first 3 chapters of the book for free. Connect with Rachel on Facebook or her Website

Suncana Selimovic is a serious coffee and muscles addict and creator of Body Connection Obsessed. A Canadian living overseas who’s in love with talking about body/mind connection, left brain vs right brain and fit & feminine stuff. She loves connecting to her body in new ways and loves to facilitate that connection for others as a yoga tune up and yoga instructor. Website Free eBook – 7 day guide to keep you healthy on the go Free Facebook Community – Health Fit Wanderlust

I’ve learned so many amazing things from 49 different Alpha Females and wanted to share some tidbits that have stuck with me over the year with you.

Linda Mitchell wants to help women reach a point of empowerment. Linda is an Institute of Integrative Nutrition graduate, an award-winning fitness competitor, and an elite obstacle racer. She collaborated on the fitness portion of the book “Fat Flush for Life” with mentor and New York Times Best Selling author Ann Louise Gittleman. She is now the author of “The Sisterhood of S.W.E.A.T.” and owns Chickfit Studio which opened in 2013. Her book and the studio are all about helping women build confidence and self-esteem and learning to feel 100% great about themselves. www.chickfit.me

Joanna Griffiths is Chief Knixpert – aka founder & CEO – of Knix Wear, a high-tech women’s underwear brand based in Toronto. Always consumer-focused, Joanna has over ten years of marketing and PR experience having worked for Universal Music, the Toronto International Film Festival and CBC. Joanna holds an MBA with distinction from INSEAD, where she won the Women’s Award for Entrepreneurship and the Business Venture Competition for Knix Wear, securing $20,000 to begin the business. Joanna launched Knix Wear via a crowdfunding campaign in May of 2013 on Indiegogo and became the most-funded Canadian fashion project of all time. Knix Wear made crowdfunding and retail history, when Hudson’s Bay placed an 18-store pre-order, marking the first time a brand has been picked up by a major retailer via crowdfunding. Joanna has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, Entrepreneur Magazine, The Globe and Mail, Dragons’ Den and hundreds of other media outlets. Robyn here – You have to click the Dragon’s Den link an

Jenna Switzer is an anatomy geek, yoga and tune up teacher as well as the yoga and wellness manager at The Retreat at Strathmere (a spa & wellness retreat centre just outside of Ottawa, Ontario – my hometown which I just moved back to. After meeting Jenna at a Yoga Tune Up class at OCR Academy my boyfriend’s gym and loving her vibe & energy. I just had to introduce her to you. Welcome Jenna. Website

Diana is an authenticity driven entrepreneur who is constantly seeking, creating, developing, growing and learning. She is passionate about business, personal development, wellness, travel, spirituality, productivity and maximizing her time and life to live exceptionally across all facets: faith, relationships, business and health. Her sensitivity coupled with her entrepreneurial mindset allows her to see opportunities through a unique lense leading to an overflow of ideas, reiterations and progress led execution. Being very unsure of her career path in her youth, she became even more unclear after completing law school. Pushed to find her passions she started her first company Tiny Devotions Inc. after taking a sabbatical in Bali post-graduating. Being keen to identify niches – Diana literally started an industry with her company selling mala beads and intentional accessories. Now with hundreds of competitors, Tiny Devotions founded in 2009 is still the innovative leader in the space. After dabbling with man

Heather Waxman is devoted to supporting women to rise into fierce, feminine leaders. She is an Amazon best-selling author, spiritual life coach, meditation guide and singer-songwriter. Her super power is helping women unpack and transform their emotional + behavioral patterns through spiritual practice, sound current, and meditation. It is Heather’s heartfelt belief that when we can clean up our thoughts and clean up our energy bodies of these subconscious memories and patterns, we can live truly radiant + peaceful + prosperous lives. heatherwaxman.com

The Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC).  She is also the creator of the Life Map. A coaching concept where she helps her clients build self-awareness by guiding them through a process of understanding how certain experiences, events and people in their life have shaped who they are. Through this journey, people become unstuck, set and achieve goals and make decisions they feel good about. She has also worked as a coach at Matthew Hussey’s 5 day Lifestyle Retreats, where she’s had the opportunity to help transform the lives of countless women and been voted as one of the top trainers. Sharon is a Certified Fitness Instructor, currently teaching BodyJam and Jillian Michaels’ BodyShred program.  Through her work as an instructor, she has been able to create lasting connections with her clients, and inspires them to live healthy, happy lives.  Sharon has also worked in the media for over 10 years as a Segment Producer for CTV’s etalk and The Marilyn Denis Show.