The Inspired Intentions Podcast

Wellness that fits your life

Are you too busy, stuck in a rut, or not taking care of yourself? You deserve better. It’s time to create awareness, find new courage, and build your confidence. The Inspired Intentions podcast from Skyterra Wellness Retreat is here to help you move toward meaningful change.

At Skyterra, we believe wellness should be accessible to everyone, no matter where you are. That’s why we created Inspired Intentions, a podcast produced right here in our on-campus recording booth. Through this self-produced show, we feature the voices of our Skyterra team, inspiring guest stories, and expert advice designed to make a difference in your life.

Join us every week as we simplify the world of healthy living with conversations about fitness, nutrition, yoga, stress management, recreation, and adventure. We cut through the unrealistic noise around diets and fitness, showing you how healthy living can fit seamlessly into your already busy life.

Even if you can’t visit Skyterra in person, this podcast is our way of extending our mission: to inspire as many lives as possible to embrace better health, happiness and longevity.

Episodes

214. Weight Loss 103: The Missing Piece of your Wellness Journey (Part 3 of 3)

213. Weight Loss 102: Move Smarter, Not Harder (Part 2 of 3)

212. Weight Loss 101: You Can’t Out-Train Your Fork (Part 1 of 3)

211. The Art of Saying ‘No’ and Meaning It: Your Guide to Healthy Boundaries

210. From Struggle to Strength: One Guest’s Journey to Lowering Blood Pressure Naturally

209. The Healing Power of Dry Needling

208. After the Storm: Finding Resilience and Peace in the Wake of Hurricane Helene

207. Benefits of Sauna: How Heat Therapy Boosts Recovery, Longevity and Brain Health

206. Building Your Mental Health Toolkit: Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Checklists

205. Pilates 101: The Game-Changing Workout You Never Knew You Needed

204. Navigating the Challenges of Weight Loss Drugs: A Dietitian’s Perspective

203. Inside Tips for First-Time Wellness Retreat Guests from Skyterra’s General Manager

202. Fall at Skyterra and Western North Carolina’s Autumn Magic

201. Behind the Scenes with LoseSmart Guest Paige: A Candid Q&A with the Skyterra Team

Episode 200: Celebrating Milestones and Growth!

199. Finding Balance: Navigating Food and Body Image in the Social Media Era

198. Just Do It: A Beginner’s Guide to Becoming a Runner

197. Boost your Health: Unveiling the Power of IV Micronutrient Therapy

196. Bullseye! The Timeless Art of Archery

195. How to Unlock Your Brain’s Potential

194. Breathe Easy: Transform Your Life with Simple Breathwork Techniques

193. Unlock the Secrets of Your Mighty Microbiome

192. How to Use Intuitive Eating to Rediscover Your Natural Hunger

191. Pawsitive Vibes: The Mental Health Perks of Owning a Pet

190. Composting for Wellness and Reducing Eco-Anxiety

189. Leah’s Continued Progress: How to Go After the Life You Want

188. The Spring Reset to Refresh Your Space and Life

187. How to Find Courage and Joy in Vulnerability

186. Unlock Your Executive Functioning Potential: Life Hacks for Smarter Planning and Goal Success

185. Mystical Lights: The Blue Ghost Fireflies of Western North Carolina

184. Briefly Inspired: The Mighty Mineral Magnesium

183. How to Rewrite Your Fitness Story

182. The Automatic Easy Button: How AI Can Improve Your Life

181. Conquering Social Anxiety: Strategies for Connection and Confidence

180. The Power of Recreation and Adventure at Any Age

179. Briefly Inspired: The Walking Pad Revolution

178. From Landscaping to Lunch: Growing Edible Beauty in Your Yard

177. How to Unlock the Fun of Pickleball: Growth, Learning and Community at Skyterra

176. Unlocking Lasting Health: The Science of Habit Formation with Dr. Campanile

175. Uniting for the Great Outdoors: The Power of NC’s Outdoor Recreation Coalition

174. Brushstrokes of Wellness: Exploring the Healing Power of Art on Mental Health

173. The Power of Rest: Enhancing Performance with Recovery

172. Dress to Express: How to Love and Honor Your Body

171. Finding Direction: Nick’s Journey to Adulthood at SYA

170. Embracing Self-Compassion: Transforming Your Life from Within

169. The Chilling Truth: Exploring the Wonders of Cold Water Therapy

168. Optimizing Health: Physician-Assisted Weight Loss and the Role of Weight Loss Drugs Like Ozempic

167. The Shared Table: Cultivating Community in Every Meal

166. Introducing Dr. Campanile: Enhancing Your Wellness Journey with Internal and Integrative Medicine

165. How to Use Indoor Gardens to Improve Your Winter Mood

164. One Giant Change that Led to Many More: A Journey of Transformation at Skyterra

163. Healing Through Grief with SYA Guest Kai

162. Building Habits for the New Year with Rachael’s Run Streak Journey

161. Play Your Way to Fitness: Exploring the Vital Link Between Recreation and Health

160. Strength vs. Circuit Training: A Comprehensive Comparison

159. Navigating the Challenges of Young Adult Wellness: Our Therapists Answer Listeners’ Questions

158. Defying Gravity: The Lift of Aerial Yoga at Skyterra

157. Embracing ADHD – A Gift in Disguise with Aimee

156. Skyterra’s Five Pillars of Wellness as Seen Through the Eyes of a Longtime Guest

155. The Art of Slowing Down

154. Why Being a Sports Fan is Good for your Mental Health

153. No One Wants to See You Fail: Tips for Public Speaking from a Theater Professional

152. Meal Prep Made Easy: Quick, Healthy and Delicious Ideas from Skyterra’s Dietitian

151. Growing Together: Gardening and Community Wellness

150. Roots and Reps: Physical Health through Gardening

149. Cultivating Calm: The Mental Health Benefits of Gardening

148. When Treatment isn’t Treatment: Making the Choice to Work on Your Wellness

147. How to Make — and Sustain — Big Changes in Your Life

146. How to Begin Healing Your Relationship with Food

145. A Message of Hope and Healing in a Labyrinth Dedication

144. A Toast to Life: Don’t Wait Until You’re Perfect for a Seat at the Table

143. What to do When Sleep Doesn’t Come Easy

142. Leah’s LoseSmart Journey, Part 2

141. A ‘Safe, Judgment-Free Zone’ in Skyterra’s LoseSmart program: the Lifestyle Change that Leah Needed

140. Exercise and the Female Body, Part Two

139. Exercise and the Female Body, Part One

138. Why You Need to try Forest Bathing

137. More of our All-Time Favorite Episodes of Inspired Intentions

136. More of our All-Time Favorite Episodes of Inspired Intentions

135. Taking a Deeper Dive into our All-Tme Favorite Inspired Intentions Episodes

134. Growth and Change: Goodbyes, Good Luck, and Best Wishes

133. The Struggle of Young Adulthood and How to Overcome

132. How to Avoid Corporate Burnout

131. How Acting Methods Can Help You Communicate Better, episode 3 of 3

130. How Acting Methods Can Help You Communicate Better, episode 2 of 3

129. How Acting Methods Can Help You Communicate Better, episode 1 of 3

128. How to Protect Your Feet by Making Smart Footwear purchases

127. How One Guest Got Her Life Back After Hitting Her Lowest Point

126. Tips and Tricks for Managing Anxiety

125. What to Look for in a Wellness Retreat

124. How Relationships can Improve Your Health

123. An Inside Scoop into Three Unique Wellness Journeys

122. How to Improve Your Sleep

121. Orange Theory, F45 and CrossFit: What are the Benefits and Drawbacks of Each?

120. Three Healthy Desserts You Need to Make

119. The Fastest Growing Sport in America AND at Skyterra

118. How to Heal from Grief and Loss

116. The Surprising Connection between Food and Mood

115. What Happens When One Guest Stopped ‘Numbing Out and Isolating’

114. Do Nutritional Supplements Work?

113. Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About Caffeine

112. How Depression Impacts Motivation

111. How to Decrease Your Pain

110. The Significance of Mobility for Older Adults

109. The Significance of Strength Training for Older Adults #1

108. ‘A New Style of Self-Care:’ Guest Janelle shares her Skyterra experiences.

107. Five-Minute Focus: The Problem With Overthinking

106. Change is a Process, Not an Event: Episode #3

105. Change is a Process, Not an Event: The Triangle of Change, Episode #2

104. Change is a Process, Not an Event: The Triangle of Change, Episode #1

103. How Recreation Gave Susan her Life Back

102. Unlock Your Full Potential: Skyterra’s Physical Therapist, Dr. Lee Pattillo

101. Five-Minute Focus: How to Brave the Storm

100. Let’s Cancel Diets #3: Why You Should Stop Counting Calories

99. Five-Minute Focus: How to Take Control of Your Mood

98. Let’s Cancel Diets #2, Veganism: Why Thinking You Have to be Perfect with Your Food Never Works

97. Five-Minute Focus: Why You Need to Prioritize You

96. Let’s Cancel Diets #1, Intermittent Fasting and Keto: Why Not Eating Can Actually Make You Eat More

95. Five-Minute Focus: You Don’t Need to ‘Fix’ Yourself

94. How Ellen Found Community and Reset Her life in LoseSmart at Skyterra

93. How Izzy Found Acceptance, Bonding and Instant Family at Skyterra Embrace

92. Five-Minute Focus: How to Live in Your Element

91. How Two Young Adult Women Found Their Confidence at Skyterra Embrace

90. How to Recalibrate Your Life

89. Five-Minute Focus: Breathe Along with Jeff to Slow Down Your Breath

88. What’s Wrong With Your Breathing and How to Fix it, part 2

87. Five-Minute Focus: Breathe Along with Jeff to Relax Right Now

86. How Vickie Arrived at Skyterra Using a Cane and Finished a 5k on her Last Day

85. Five-Minute Focus: The Seven Types of Rest Every Person Needs, Episode #7

84. How Brian Dropped 80 pounds and Changed his Life in LoseSmart

83. What’s Wrong With Your Breathing and How to Fix it, part 1

82. Five-Minute Focus: The Seven Types of Rest Every Person Needs, Episode #6

81. Why Digital Concussions Might be Ruining Your Life

80. Five-Minute Focus: The Seven Types of Rest Every Person Needs, Episode #5

79. How to Fix Your Knee Pain

78. Five-Minute Focus: The Seven Types of Rest Every Person Needs, Episode #4

77. How to Fix Your Lower Back Pain

76. Five-Minute Focus: The Seven Types of Rest Every Person Needs, Episode 3, Sensory Rest

75. How to Fix Your Plantar Fasciitis

74. Five-Minute Focus: The Seven Types of Rest Every Person Needs, Episode #2, Physical Rest

73. Change Your Day in 15 Minutes or Less

72. Five-Minute Focus: The Types of Rest Every Person Needs, Episode #1, Emotional Rest

71. Five Things You Can Do to Improve Your Relationship With Food and Your Body

70. Five-Minute Focus: Your Effort Matters. Here’s Why.

69. Why Weight-Inclusive Care is Everything

68. Five-Minute Focus: How to Avoid Decision-Making Fatigue

67. Health at Every Size: Why Everything You Know About Body Beliefs is Wrong

66. Five-Minute Focus: The One Thing You Need to Know to Build Your Endurance

65. Why You Need to Break Up With Your Fitness Tracker

64. Five-Minute Focus: The Sneaky Power of Mirror Moments

63. Why strength training is what you have been missing

62. Five-Minute Focus: How to Show Up With Passion Every Day

61. Five-Minute Focus: Be Careful With This One Thing You Do Every Day

60. Bulletproof Habits: How to Make New Habits Stick

59. Bulletproof Habits: The Science Behind How Habits Work

58. Bulletproof Habits: Why Terminology Matters

56: Building Bullet-Proof Habits for Long-Term Success

55. Weight Loss Series: Do These Five Things Today to Start Losing Fat

54. Weight Loss Series: How to Finally Lose the Fat

53. Weight Loss Series: The Sneaky Secret Behind Why Rapid Weight Loss Doesn’t Last

52. Weight Loss Series: The Three Things that are Preventing you from Losing Fat

51. Weight Loss Series: The Secret to Losing Weight and Keeping it Off

50. Five-Minute Focus: How to Get Back to You

49. Five-Minute Focus: How to Find Your Why

48. Five-Minute Focus: How to Stop the Self-Imposed Guilt Trips

47. Five-Minute Focus: The Forever Belief that Your Life Can be Different

46. Five-Minute Focus: The Secret of Self-Control Revealed

45. Five-Minute Focus: How to Feel Happier Right Now

44. Give Us 15 Minutes, and We’ll Give You More Energy

43. Five-Minute Focus: How to Get Off the Treadmill

42. Five-Minute Focus: The Reason Life Sends You Curveballs

41. Five-Minute Focus: The Power of Believing in Your Purpose

40. Five-Minute Focus: How to Notice the Greatness in Your Everyday Life

39. Five-Minute Focus: How to Banish Your Self-Doubt

38. Five-Minute Focus: Three Steps to Bulletproof Goals

37. Five-Minute Focus: The Sneaky Secret to Getting Things Done

36. Five-Minute Focus: How to Break Out of the Cycle of Perfection

35. Five-Minute Focus: Two Easy Ways to Give Yourself More Energy

34. Five-Minute Focus: How to Create a Clear Vision for Life, Especially Now

33. Five-Minute Focus: What To Do When Everything Changes

32. Five-Minute Focus: When You Fail Do You Set Yourself Back Up For Success?

31. Five-Minute Focus: Change Your Life to Change The World

30. Five-Minute Focus: The Self-Talk that Can Change Everything

29. Five-Minute Focus: Are You Living Out Your Passion?

28. Five-Minute Focus: How to Not Ignore the Opportunities in Your Life

27. How Pilates Can Help You Move Better

26. Learn About Qoya and How it Can Get You Moving

25. Meal Plan Ideas and More with Skyterra

24. Why You Aren’t Losing Fat

23. Learn About Fly Fishing with Skyterra Recreation

22. Three Ways to Feel Younger and Believe in Yourself Again

21. How to Keep Your Feet Healthy and Comfortable

19. Three Common Mistakes Made When Walking and Running

18. Try These Five Tactics to Build Better Habits

17. How to Become Your Inner Champion

16. How to Avoid Technology Anxiety

BONUS COVID episode #2: How Video Calls can Keep us Connected

15. The Reason Why You Need to Measure Your Window of Tolerance

BONUS COVID episode #1: Why Now is the Perfect Time for a Self-Care Basket

14. How to Sleep Soundly

13. You’re Already an Athlete. Here’s Why.

12. How Healing with Sound Can Help You

11. How to Get out of Your Comfort Zone

10. Why You Need a New Morning Routine

9. How to Master the Art of Slowing Down

8. The Art of a Messy Kitchen

7. Rewire Your Brain & Eating Patterns

6. Unique Valentine Gifts from Skyterra

5. How to Improve Your Fitness Faster

4. Why you Need to get Outside this Winter

3. How to Ditch Diet Culture

2. How to Stick Your New Year’s Resolution

1. Welcome to the Inspired Intentions Podcast