Épisodes

  • Quick Go To Dinners with Becoming Elli

    Quick Go To Dinners with Becoming Elli
    Feb 11 2025
    In episode #172 Jill and Chris explore quick go-to dinners that are easy to make and healthy for those nights that you are rushed and tempted to make less healthy choices. We feature go to dinners from: Amanda Nighbert - episode #96 Living Energized and Nourished with Amanda Nighbert Carol Simpson - episode #109 Rock Climbing and Yoga Jone Carpenter - episode #104 Find Your Tribe Joyce Guenther - episode #107 Bicycling all 50 States Katie Orlando - episode #114 Sharing Love of Tennis with Katie Orlando Kristin Kirkpatrick - episode #82 Nutrition for Women over 50 with Kristin Kirkpatrick Lisa Bartlett - episode #86 Fit after Fifty Forever with Lisa Bartlett Pat Bissell - episode #168 Find Your Passion and Stay Healthy with Pat Bissell For links go to our website at
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    24 min
  • Losing 100 Pounds and Finding Health with Karen Clark-Snitchler

    Losing 100 Pounds and Finding Health with Karen Clark-Snitchler
    Jan 27 2025
    We met Karen when she joined our Becoming Elli private facebook group. She has such a compelling story, we asked her to be a guest on our podcast. Karen Clark-Snitchler is a Music Director and Conductor. She has an impressive list of plays and musicals that she has music directed. By day, Karen is a music teacher. She also started a “Girls on the Run” club at her elementary school. Karen has lost over 100 pounds and become an athlete. She runs and strength trains. In 2020, Karen’s husband died suddenly of a heart attack. Not wanting to make their two daughters orphans, she decided to make a lot of health changes. She started at 276 pounds and over a couple of years, lost 100 pounds on WW and also took up running. For more information and links, visit our website at
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    57 min
  • Intro to Strength Training with Suzanne Fowler

    Intro to Strength Training with Suzanne Fowler
    Jan 14 2025
    Suzanne Fowler is a regular listener to the Fit Strong Women Over 50 podcast and a member of the Becoming Elli Community. She watched her parents' health decline and decided to prepare for the aging process. Chris and Jill spoke with Suzanne about how she recently re-invented herself and now lives in an active and engaging environment. In this episode we talk about getting started with strength training and progressing to the next level. For more information visit our website at
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    51 min
  • Do It Your Own Way with Chris and Jill

    Do It Your Own Way with Chris and Jill
    Dec 24 2024
    In this episode, we talk together about the successes and challenges of 2024. We realize that everyone is on their own fitness and health journey. Not everything works for everyone, but by following the Becoming Elli community and listening to the Fit Strong Women Over 50 podcast, you'll come away inspired, motivated and having a good sense of what you want to do to stay fit and strong. Some of the highlights of 2024 included some interviews with interesting guests, learning about new techniques at Podcast Movement 2024 and trying new challenges like eating the rainbow. For more information visit our website:
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    46 min
  • Find Your Passion and Stay Healthy with Pat Bissell

    Find Your Passion and Stay Healthy with Pat Bissell
    Dec 10 2024
    Pat Bissell talks with Jill and Chris about how she found her passion and has consistently found ways to stay healthy and fit. A long time friend of Chris's, Pat describes herself as a very active mature female. She has been active her whole life always enjoying sports, exercise classes and strength training for the past 25 years. For more info and links visit our website at
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    41 min
  • Being Real Athletes with Coach Adina O'Neill

    Being Real Athletes with Coach Adina O'Neill
    Nov 26 2024
    In episode 167, Jill and Chris talk with Adina O’Neill, the founder and head coach at Team B*REAL, an endurance sport community where athletes of any size, color, identity, age & ability are empowered to achieve their personal goals. She helps her clients to build confidence, define their own goals, go at their own pace and stand out despite believing they may not fit in. Adina is a marathon swimmer and triathlete who has completed over 100 endurance events including the Paris Marathon, ice swims, a 13-mile swim, IRONMAN Mont Tremblant, and a 200 mile single day bike ride. She enjoys traveling, eating cereal and listening to live music with her husband, 2 children and their yellow lab Mel. More information and links visit our website at .
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    1 h et 16 min
  • Running Over 50 with Coach Henry Howard

    Running Over 50 with Coach Henry Howard
    Nov 12 2024
    Henry Howard found running in his early 40s when he set out to achieve a bucket-list goal: run a marathon. Since then he has finished more than 40 marathons and ultras, including four 100-milers. Along the way, he has qualified for the Boston Marathon twice, become a running coach and launched his RunSpirited website. As a running coach, he guides awesome runners of all experience levels, backgrounds and fitness to achieve their amazing goals. As a professional writer and editor, he has merged his background with his passion for running and desire to give back to the community. RunSpirited offers coaching tips, interviews with inspiring athletes, product reviews and much more. More info:
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    51 min
  • Life After Menopause with Nicki Williams

    Life After Menopause with Nicki Williams
    Oct 22 2024
    In episode 165, Jill and Chris speak with award-winning nutritionist and author, Nicki Williams. She is the founder of Happy Hormones for Life, helping women of all ages to rebalance their hormones, reclaim their health and feel better than ever. After failing to find any medical help for her health issues in your early 40’s, she discovered that she could turn things around using diet, lifestyle and natural supplements. For links and more information visit our website:
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    57 min