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
Dolly Stokes Interview | Living & Thriving with MS While Inspiring Others in Fitness
This powerful and heartfelt episode features a story of courage, resilience, education, and hope.
In this deeply personal conversation, fitness professional and author Tracy L. Markley sits down with Dolly Stokes — fitness educator, course writer, and co-author with Tracy, Keli Roberts, and Elaine LaLanne.
Dolly openly shares her journey of living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) while continuing to lead, teach, and inspire in the health and fitness industry. Her story is one of incredible strength and grace — showing how movement, awareness, and a positive mindset can support quality of life while navigating a chronic condition.
Together, Tracy and Dolly discuss the power of community, the role of movement in managing symptoms, and the importance of listening to the body. Dolly also shares insights from her contributions to their upcoming collaborative book.
This conversation is uplifting, educational, and deeply human — a reminder that even in the face of challenges, purpose and passion can keep us moving forward.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
- How Dolly balances her career in fitness while managing MS symptoms
- Lifestyle habits and mindset practices that support her health
- Why movement, teaching, and connection continue to inspire her
- How resilience, self-awareness, and adaptability shape her journey
- Her role in the upcoming co-authored book with Tracy, Keli Roberts, and Elaine LaLanne
- Encouragement for anyone navigating chronic illness or life transitions
Dolly’s story is filled with honesty, strength, and authenticity — a beautiful example of living with purpose and compassion.
🌐 LEARN MORE FROM TRACY
Website: www.tracymarkley.com
Amazon Author Page: www.amazon.com/author/tracymarkley
Instagram: www.instagram.com/motivate_healthyfit