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
Loneliness is not a flaw, a weakness, or something people “catch.” It’s a human experience.
Loneliness is not a flaw, a weakness, or something people “catch.” It’s a human experience — one that affects emotional and physical health more deeply than most people realize.
In this heartfelt episode, Tracy Markley opens up an honest conversation about loneliness, compassion, human connection, and the importance of being present for one another. Drawing from her professional experience and years of supporting others through difficult seasons, Tracy explores what loneliness really is, why it’s misunderstood, and how kindness can profoundly impact someone who feels alone.
You’ll hear an empowering reminder that people need people — and that reaching out, including others, and offering support matters more than you may ever know.
This episode is for anyone who has ever felt lonely, anyone who has struggled to reach out, and anyone who wants to be a source of connection and compassion in their community.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
- Why loneliness is not negativity and not a personal failing
- How loneliness affects emotional and physical well-being
- Why many people fear or misjudge loneliness in others
- How kindness, inclusion, and connection can be healing
- Why we all need support, and why reaching out matters
- Simple ways to show up for someone who may be struggling
- How to soften the stigma around loneliness and encourage openness
This is a gentle reminder that every life touches another. A moment of compassion, an invitation, or a listening ear can truly change someone’s day — or their life.