The Practice Brave Podcast

216: Building a Jiu Jitsu Community from the Ground Up: Battles Jiu Jitsu Opening Jan 2026

Dec 17, 2025

In this episode, I sit down with my husband, Jared Battles, to share the story behind our newest chapter together: opening Battles Jiu Jitsu. We reflect on how this idea moved from a quiet “what if” conversation to becoming a real, brick-and-mortar space rooted in purpose, faith, and community.

We talk about why...

215: Programming, Longevity & The Art of Training with Jason Brown

Dec 10, 2025

In this episode, I sit down with strength and conditioning coach Jason Brown to talk about what truly matters in training—for both athletes and coaches. Jason shares how his early exposure to powerlifting, years in the trenches coaching in-person, and deep dive into exercise physiology shaped his approach to...

214: Birth Trauma, Survival, and the Power of Community with Kayleigh Summers

Dec 3, 2025

In this episode, I sit down with Kayleigh Summers, a perinatal trauma therapist and the voice behind The Birth Trauma Mama. Kayleigh shares her powerful story of surviving an amniotic fluid embolism (AFE)—a rare and often fatal childbirth emergency—and how that experience completely reshaped her life, identity, and...

213: You Asked, We Answered: AMA with Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist Mindy English, DPT

Nov 19, 2025

In this episode, I’m joined once again by my good friend and collaborator, Mindy English — a pelvic floor physical therapist here in Eagle, Idaho, who works extensively with female athletes, especially pregnant and postpartum women.

We’ve been running a pelvic floor PT series this past year, aiming to make...

212: Olympian Hannah Miley on Motherhood, Identity, and Returning to Sport

Nov 6, 2025

In this episode, I talk with Olympian swimmer Hannah Miley about her transition into motherhood and what it’s been like navigating a return to swimming postpartum. We dive into the culture of swimming in Scotland, why pelvic floor health matters for swimmers and female athletes in general, and the identity shifts that...