About Being... a Pilates Influencer (with Jessica Valant)
Tell Me More with Nicole Walters
Dear Media
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 14 October 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
" Nobody should ever make you feel like you are not good enough to be somewhere. I realized I had been creating a safe space for me... but we all have different visions of what a safe space is."
Pilates Instructor and Physical Therapist, Jessica Valant, is here to talk about accessibility and shifting trends in the fitness and wellness industries.
Jessica shares candidly about her lived experience in the Pilates Industry, the progress that has been made to be inclusive, and what still needs to be done so that everyone is truly welcomed. We also chat through the impact of capitalism on fitness, the role of social media, and the need for genuine human connection in fostering body positivity and healing.
Some days it feels like progress is made and other days it feels like we're moving backward but this chat will help put all of that into context as it comes to our bodies. Thanks for being here with an open mind!
Find Jessica on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/@Jessicasvalant
Connect with me over on Threads: https://threads.net/nicolewalters
Get the rest of the links and resources from this chat at
https://nicolewalters.com/episode517 and watch this chat on YouTube at
https://nicolewalters.com/youtube
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a Dear Media production. |
| 0:04.5 | Are you recording me? |
| 0:07.7 | We're about to go deep. |
| 0:10.2 | This is my first time. |
| 0:11.8 | I'm kind of nervous. |
| 0:14.7 | Wait, did you say come together? |
| 0:18.3 | You've been spending too much time with me. |
| 0:21.3 | Hey, I'm Aaron Dana Leachie and this is my husband, Abe. |
| 0:24.3 | Hey. |
| 0:24.8 | We've been married for over 10 years. |
| 0:26.7 | We have almost four kids. |
| 0:28.1 | And we've started and survived more businesses than we can count. |
| 0:31.2 | Some were great. |
| 0:32.2 | Some, let's just say, we learned a lot. |
| 0:34.5 | Reality TV, that's just part of our story. |
| 0:37.0 | But TV has limits and this show doesn't. |
| 0:39.3 | Our new podcast, come together, dives into everything. |
| 0:43.3 | Love, sex, parenting, business, and what it's really like to mix marriage with work. |
| 0:48.3 | It's raw, it's funny, it's honest, and yes, sometimes it's a little awkward. |
| 0:52.3 | Nothing is off the table because let's be real. |
| 0:55.1 | If you're not coming together, you're probably falling apart. |
| 0:58.5 | Join us every week on Come Together, wherever you listen to podcasts. |
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