The Health & Fitness Show with Tracy - Podcast
The Health & Fitness Show with Tracy is your source of practical, uplifting, and science-rooted guidance for living a stronger, safer, and more confident life — at any age.
Hosted by Tracy Markley, internationally recognized fitness educator, award-winning author, stroke recovery specialist, and creator of the bestselling books The Stroke Recovery Workbook, Brain & Body, and Balance Walking and Fall Prevention, this podcast blends expertise with heart. Tracy’s decades of experience helping stroke survivors, seniors, and everyday adults rebuild strength, balance, mobility, and hope shine through every episode.
Whether you’re looking to improve your proprioception, feel steadier on your feet, better understand your body, prevent falls, recover from injury, or simply age with power and grace, this show gives you real tools — not fluff. Tracy brings compassion, clear explanations, and encouraging motivation to help you feel capable, empowered, and ready to move forward.
🎧 Tune in for:
- Balance, gait, and fall-prevention tips
- Stroke recovery insights from one of the most trusted voices in the field
- Fitness and mobility guidance for seniors and pre-seniors
- Brain–body education and nervous system support
- Strength training, walking programs, and functional movement
- Real stories from people who regained independence and confidence
- Encouragement, mindset support, and realistic strategies you can use today
- Hearing loss
- Fitness and exercise for all ages
- Muscles, joints, ligaments, fascia and more
- and much more
⭐ Learn More & Stay Connected
Website: https://www.tracymarkley.com
Books by Tracy Markley: https://www.amazon.com/author/tracymarkley
YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/@TracyMarkley
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tracy.markley
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracyfitt
⭐ Your Host
Tracy Markley is a fitness trainer, educator, and author known for blending anatomy, neuroscience, and compassion to help others move better and live better. Her work has transformed lives around the world — from stroke survivors rebuilding mobility to adults who simply want their body to feel like home again
The Health & Fitness Show with Tracy - Podcast
Hearing loss does not define intelligence — and it certainly does not diminish a person’s value, ability, or potential.
Hearing loss does not define intelligence — and it certainly does not diminish a person’s value, ability, or potential.
In this powerful and personal episode, fitness professional and author Tracy L. Markley discusses the reality of hearing loss, the emotional challenges that come with it, and the importance of caring for both hearing and brain health.
Tracy shares insights from her book, “I’m Not Stupid, I Have Hearing Loss: A Story of Hearing Loss and Hearing Aids,” along with practical tips for navigating hearing changes, supporting your brain, and communicating more effectively. She also explains how untreated hearing loss can impact memory, balance, spatial awareness, cognitive processing, and overall brain wellness — and why early action matters.
This episode brings compassion, clarity, and empowerment to a topic that many people struggle to talk about.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR:
- Tracy’s personal experience with hearing loss and how it shaped her book
- Why hearing loss can be misunderstood — and often judged unfairly
- How hearing loss affects brain health, memory, and cognitive load
- The connection between hearing, balance, and spatial awareness
- Tips for caring for your hearing and protecting your brain
- How hearing aids support communication, confidence, and daily life
- Encouragement for anyone living with hearing challenges
- How to better support loved ones with hearing loss
This episode is a heartfelt reminder that hearing loss is not a character flaw — it is a physical condition that deserves understanding, support, and proactive care.