KaisaFit Guest Appearances

“My goal was to be able to create an online studio. Many people would be familiar with the Pelotons of the world today, and this was my goal 15 years ago. It's still my goal today knowing that we are not selling weight loss, but we are focused on creating movement for every single level of a human being that is ready to start their movement journey, continue their movement journey, or advance their movement journey. “I also am very aware that people would choose to move more if we weren't so narrow-minded about what working out means. So we have dance on our platform. We have all the traditional strength, cardio, yoga, and it's ever-growing. But really the goal behind Just Move is to create movement for everybody, and to really vary the types of movement we have without ever focusing on weight loss.” --- This feed includes all the podcast episodes where Kaisa makes a guest appearance! Podcast: Fascinating Entrepreneurs Episode: Just Move with Multi-Million Dollar Business Founder Kaisa Keranen Release Date: Dec 6, 2022

“I think the biggest thing is to know your north star. Because running a business comes with so many failures, so many mistakes, and so many learning lessons. But if you know your north star, you can consistently stay grounded. As a company now, we are so clear on the big goal, but we do not know the recipe or the path. And we are constantly testing. Going back to my days in training, I realize the fitness industry only talks to the 10% of the population that's already in fitness. So when we look at how to help people get up off the couch and move, most “beginner” workouts are way too advanced. The people we're speaking to don't even know what a squat is. They don't know what a lunge is. They're probably in pain. They've never moved before. And that was the population I wanted to speak to and make sure that we took care of. When we say we have movement for everybody, do we really? And so, we developed a START level. The levels go start, beginner, and intermediate. Six months into the Just Move subscription, we realized that Start Human deserves to be in their own safe space. And so we pivoted as a company.” --- This feed includes all the podcast episodes where Kaisa makes a guest appearance! Podcast: Behind Here Empire Episode: Daily Habits to Unlock Your Full Potential & Purpose Release Date: Oct 31, 2022

“Why does everybody come into the gym wanting to change the way that they look? “I think underneath it all when we want to change the way we look; we ultimately think that by looking different, we will be happier. We think by looking different that so much of our life will change. Maybe we will be able to be in a relationship, or a better relationship, or our friends and family will love us better, or we'll get that job that we've always wanted. “I realized I needed to meet people where they're at and encourage people that changing the way you look doesn't bring those things. It doesn't bring any form of sustainable happiness. The happiest you can become is by developing a relationship with your body and developing a positive appreciation for what your body can do for you. “Not for what it looks like. “It’s a nearly impossible message to sell. I am in an industry, and we live in a world of quick fixes, and that you are what you look like, especially for women. Our initial value to everyone, even to other women, is what we look like. “And so, selling this message is a very, very difficult one. It's one that I will never give up on. It is the reason why I'm here today. And I think I will be talking about this message for the rest of my life.” Kaisa talks with Dr. Hazel Wallace, on the The Food Medic podcast. (Original air date: Aug 29, 2022) --- This feed includes all the podcast episodes where Kaisa makes a guest appearance! Podcast: The Food Medic Episode: We are more than our bodies with Kasiafit Release Date: Aug 29, 2022

“The fitness industry and wellness industry has told everyone that if you are healthy, you look a certain way. And the reality is that's not true at all. It’s really just a way for the industry to make money because we're pushing an image on and trying to get everyone to buy products and, basically basing it on a lie. “And so I say health is a feeling. Health is a version of you taking care of yourself, given your own circumstances. It's moving regularly. It’s eating relatively well, and hydrating, and sleeping. And that's what health is. And everybody's version of health looks a different way. “Health just doesn't look one way.” Kaisa talks with Nina Collins, the chief creative officer at Revel, on the Raging Gracefully podcast. (Original air date: Aug 26, 2022) --- This feed includes all the podcast episodes where Kaisa makes a guest appearance! Podcast: Raging Gracefully Episode: Health is a Feeling Release Date: Aug 26, 2022

“Every single morning I look in the mirror and I look at my arms. My arms are huge… I have very muscular arms. The first thing I think is goddamn these big ass arms, a second later I remind myself these big ass arms help me do 10 pull-ups, 20 push-ups, crazy movement that I want to do every single day. They carry me throughout this life… they do not define me. “It might be something that I look at because of media and because of everything else I’ve been told, but I don’t sit in that. I don’t dwell in that. What my arms look like does not define who I am as a woman. Some days I’m more positive to myself than others, but on a positive day I’d be like look at all the shit I did this week in business, in family life, and all the other things I’m proud of that are not defined by what I look like.” Kaisa talks on THE IDEALISTS podcast with Melissa Kiguwa who seeks to feature the world’s most visionary women, femmes, and gender-expansive persons around the world. (Original air date: Aug 2, 2022) --- This feed includes all the podcast episodes where Kaisa makes a guest appearance! Podcast: THE IDEALISTS Episode: Kaisa Keranen on Redefining Fitness and Moving for Pleasure Release Date: Aug 2, 2022

“I'm trying to sell movement in a completely different way than the rest of the world... I am trying to sell movement without the carrot of weight loss. And I think every single day that brings on a new challenge. “Every day we're fighting an intense beast. There are so many like the beauty standards and so much of what social media has done. People really believe that they need to change the way that they look to be happy. And so it's harder and harder to stay away from that and, to be doing something almost in some sense, the exact opposite.” Kaisa talks on the Wings of Inspired Business podcast with Melinda Wittstock who speaks with women entrepreneurs who've "been there, built that" with 7, 8 and 9-figure businesses. (Original air date: July 26, 2022) --- This feed includes all the podcast episodes where Kaisa makes a guest appearance! Podcast: Wings of Inspired Business Episode: Get Moving: Fitness Entrepreneur Kaisa Keranen on Why Health is a Feeling and Not a Look Release Date: Jul 26, 2022

“I was super frustrated at the start of the New Year (and I still am) that we have made it through a pandemic, and all we want to do is change the body that helped us get through it! So for me, it's always a conversation that there is nothing wrong with you or your body! “Can we stop entering into the New Year with what is a negative mindset and negative conversation around ourselves? Can we have a grateful conversation? “If you wanna walk into the New Year grateful for your body you have and thankful for everything that is done for you, that's a much better start!” Kaisa talks on the What The Actual Fork podcast with Intuitive Eating Registered Dietitians Sammy Previte (Owner of Find Food Freedom) and Jenna Werner (Owner of Happy Strong Healthy) about her relationship with her body as her best friend, and about her frustrations with the “New Year, New You.” marketing that companies sell in January. (Original air date: June 10, 2022) --- This feed includes all the podcast episodes where Kaisa makes a guest appearance! Podcast: What The Actual Fork Podcast Episode: Your Body is Your Best Friend Release Date: Jun 10, 2022

“How about all of the people that are on the sideline of the fitness industry? We know that we're not doing our job because the world, the US, has never been in a more unhealthy place… And I think, as an industry, we need to take ownership of that… “10% of the world is in fitness. How will we reach the missing 90% that are still sitting on the couch and don't think that fitness is for them? They have a body, they should be moving. We need to communicate differently to them. We need to figure out how to reach them.” Kaisa talks with Brad Jensen on The Key Nutrition Podcast about her passion for helping people to just start moving. (Original air date: May 19, 2022) --- This feed includes all the podcast episodes where Kaisa makes a guest appearance! Podcast: The Key Nutrition Podcast Episode: Get Up and Just Move with KaisaFit Release Date: May 19, 2022

“I think that if we, as fitness professionals, own how much power we have individually and really own that we are trying to encourage people to be a healthier version of themselves. I think the entire world becomes a healthier place. “Not by what they look like. But about how they truly are emotionally, mentally, physically. I think the entire world becomes a healthier place. And obviously, we could afford to have a healthier world right now. We could afford healthier humans, making healthier decisions, that are in the best interest of all of us. “And I think that's where I get so excited about the potential that we have as the fitness and wellness industry. If we choose to step into that, if we choose to own that.” Kaisa talks with Barry and Shay Kostabi on the Fitness Career Mastery podcast about the responsibility and incredible opportunity that fit pros have to make a huge impact on their clients and the world. (Original air date: March 4, 2022) --- This feed includes all the podcast episodes where Kaisa makes a guest appearance! Podcast: Fitness Career Mastery Episode: Giving the Fitness Industry A Reality Check & What It Means To Be A Fit Pro with Kaisa Keranen Release Date: Mar 4, 2022

“I had to start creating a relationship with my body that was positive. What she was doing for me, you know, the fact that we wake up every single day is a miracle. And yet the one thing we want to do is just nitpick what our body looks like when it is the one thing that allows you to do everything you want to do in this world. So I want to switch that relationship. “It's the same way with movement. My evolution with movement grew as a way to celebrate what your body can do, as a way to say, ‘Thank you. And I appreciate you. And I want to be here with you until I'm 85 years old.‘” Kaisa talks with Steve Jordan on the The Steve Jordan Experience podcast. (Original air date: March 4, 2022) --- This feed includes all the podcast episodes where Kaisa makes a guest appearance! Podcast: The Steve Jordan Experience Episode: Movement That Meets You Where You Are At With Kaisa Keranen Release Date: Mar 4, 2022

“Here's the truth. When you look at your life, and you think about the things that bring you joy, if you start to walk towards those, whether it is cooking, being a boss ass business woman, being a mother, being all these things. If you walk to the things that light you up your life will completely change. “I happen to walk to the one thing that brings me the most joy, which is movement and spreading my love of movement. And for me, the thing that I love is related very closely to my body. But when you come to life and you look at all the things that bring you joy, you're less critical about yourself because you're in a space that you're so full of, light and happiness. “And I think that radiates to others. And that's what I try to encourage. I think that it makes an absolute difference in your life to not focus on all the negative things, but just walk more towards the things that you love.” Kaisa talks with Selene on the Hit Play Not Pause podcast. (Original air date: February 16, 2022) --- This feed includes all the podcast episodes where Kaisa makes a guest appearance! Podcast: Hit Play Not Pause Episode: You Are More than Your Body with Kaisa Keranen Release Date: Feb 16, 2022

“If we were to take a moment and get honest with ourselves, we all think that when we change our body, when we look the ideal way that we have in our head, we all think there are all these other things that are going to go with it. “For me, I'm a single woman. I think if I change my body, maybe I'm going to meet my partner. We all think these things. It's not true! It's literally not true! There are so many other things that need to be addressed on the other side of thinking that you need to look a different way. “And those are the things that we have to start talking about. Because when you start running towards the things that bring you joy in life, you forget about (for me) the extra big arms or whatever. Those thoughts are not as loud. You don't think about it as much. “It never goes away. Never fucking goes away. But it means less.” Kaisa talks with Joy with Girls Gone WOD caring for our bodies, and that health isn't about what we look like. (Original air date: February 3, 2022) --- This feed includes all the podcast episodes where Kaisa makes a guest appearance! Podcast: Girls Gone WOD Episode: Owner of KaisaFit Kaisa Keranen Release Date: Feb 3, 2022

“Five minutes of movement will make a big difference in your day. Even one minute of movement. One minute of breath work makes a huge difference in your day. So I really try to use that feeling that you get as positive reinforcement to keep you going and motivated on your, on your movement journey.” Kaisa talks with Colleen and Bridgett with Hot Flashes & Cool Topics about the importance of moving our bodies, especially for women in midlife and beyond. (Original air date: January 12, 2022) --- This feed includes all the podcast episodes where Kaisa makes a guest appearance! Podcast: Hot Flashes & Cool Topics Episode: We’ve Got to Move It! Meeting Your Body Where It’s At with Kaisa Keranen Release Date: Jan 12, 2022

“My motto is ‘Just Move,’ and my goal is to get everyone around the world up and moving. Because I think in the training industry we focus on the small percentage of people already training and already working out. And I realized as I stepped into the industry that we're forgetting about the other 90% of the population.” Kaisa talks with Emily Coffman about the best ways to start your fitness journey, no matter what level you are at right now. (Original air date: January 10, 2022) --- This feed includes all the podcast episodes where Kaisa makes a guest appearance! Podcast: Live Your Personal Best Episode: Treating Your Body Like Your BFF Release Date: Jan 10, 2022

“Most people get into movement and fitness because they want to change the way that they look. And so it's a negative relationship with movement right out of the gate. Movement is almost a form of punishment… But I was absolutely not going to co-sign that belief. I was going to teach them something different. I was going to give them an opportunity to explore their body and get connected with their body. I was absolutely never going to co-sign it by measuring them, or by high-fiving weight loss. “What you look like is not important, it's how you feel. It's how you feel inside of your body. And it's how you feel about what your body can do. And that was constantly the message that I reinforced. And I get it, it’s a hard sell! It's a hard thing for people to grasp. But movement is such an incredible tool that people started to understand it. And soon, what I started to see, especially with my female clients, is they started to be really proud of maybe doing one full pushup, or being able to do a weighted squat… And they saw reinforcement from me about those things. And slowly, they started to value what their body was doing for them rather than just valuing, you know, what it looked like.” Kaisa talks with Katie Hake about healing our relationship with movement, and finding fun and innovative ways to move our bodies. (Original air date: December 27, 2021) --- This feed includes all the podcast episodes where Kaisa makes a guest appearance! Podcast: Fit Friends Happy Hour Episode: More than a Body with KaisaFit Release Date: Dec 27, 2021

"My phrase, ‘I am more than my body’, really helped me to understand that I'm not defined by what my body looks like. I'm grateful for everything that she can do, but when she is her healthiest, when I'm taking care of her, I'm moving, I'm sleeping I'm eating, she's going to look whatever the hell she wants to look like, and I'm not going to be able to change that. “So when it comes to training and helping to encourage people to live a healthier lifestyle, it's also helping them to understand that looking a certain way isn't the same thing as being your healthiest self.” Kaisa talks with Steven Sashen about why many people get left behind in the movement industry, and how to include them. (Original air date: December 22, 2021) --- This feed includes all the podcast episodes where Kaisa makes a guest appearance! Podcast: The Movement Movement Episode: You Don’t Want to Look Healthy Release Date: Dec 22, 2021

Kaisa talks prioritizing our health and happiness over weight loss with Victoria Myers. (Original air date: December 3, 2021) --- This feed includes all the podcast episodes where Kaisa makes a guest appearance! Podcast: Nourishing Women Podcast Episode: Just Move, It Doesn’t Have to Be About Weight Loss with Kaisa Keranen Release Date: Dec 3, 2021

Kaisa talks consistency, sustainable habits, and finding fun in slowing down with Scott Gazzoli. (Original air date: November 22, 2021) --- This feed includes all the podcast episodes where Kaisa makes a guest appearance! Podcast: Causing the Effect Episode: Just Move with Kaisa Keranen Release Date: Nov 22, 2021

Kaisa sits down with Dr. Jen and Dr. Dom on The Optimal Body to talk about how the fitness industry fails beginners, navigating fun and work, and how to be real and consistent with yourself and your goals. (Original air date: November 10, 2021) --- This feed includes all the podcast episodes where Kaisa makes a guest appearance! Podcast: The Optimal Body Episode: Getting Real About Movement with Kaisa Keranen Release Date: Nov 10, 2021

Kaisa joins Kat DeFatta on You Need Therapy to share her perspectives on body positivity and movement as a vector for change, and how movement saved her. (Original air date: August 2, 2021) --- This feed includes all the podcast episodes where Kaisa makes a guest appearance! Podcast: You Need Therapy Episode: Toxic Body Positivity with Kaisa Keranen Release Date: Aug 2, 2021