Strength Training for the Soul with Ryan Olexson

About this episode

Ryan Olexson discusses living in alignment with inner truth and healing through various modalities.

“I was living for this version of myself that didn’t even fit who I am.” Ryan Olexson In this conversation, I sit down with Ryan Olexson - a counselling student, personal trainer and podcast host based in Texas - to explore what it really means to live in alignment with your inner truth. We talk about navigating depression, shifting from corporate life, healing through movement, plant medicines and the choice to live from the heart. Ryan brings a beautiful blend of science, intuition and lived experience, and shares the turning points that changed her life from the inside out. We also explore: • Emotion-based strength training and interoception • Postpartum depression, shame and healing through plant medicine • Childhood conditioning, perfectionism and identity loss • Insights from Ayahuasca and how plant medicines expand self-awareness • How somatic awareness rewires emotional regulation • Living with purpose, family alignment and generational healing • Reclaiming joy, imagination and inner voice ⸻ Listen to Ryan’s Beyond 80% Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/52edGbGTiKVjwAW5ykPHAU?si=U6RRP88vSk26LHTtOvEvqw Ryan’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beyond80percent 📣 Want…

People in this episode

Host: Ash Perrow

Guest: Ryan Olexson

Topics covered

• strength training
• mental health
• personal development
• plant medicine
• emotional healing
• identity
• self-awareness

Keywords

• strength training
• depression
• plant medicine
• emotional regulation
• self-awareness
• identity loss
• joy
• healing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Beyond 80% Podcast, Instagram, Magnetic Messaging Masterclass, Pia Evolution

Places: Texas

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