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
Cynthia Joi Towner Gets Real - Stroke Recovery Journey - Honest, Humor, & Encouragement
“Her mother died of a stroke — then she survived one too.”
In this deeply emotional and inspiring episode of The Health & Fitness Show with Tracy, fitness educator and stroke recovery specialist Tracy L. Markley talks with stroke survivor Cynthia Joi Towner, who bravely shares her story of loss, survival, and rediscovering strength.
Cynthia opens up about losing her mother to a stroke, facing her own stroke years later, and how she turned unimaginable pain into purpose. Her honesty and resilience offer hope to anyone recovering from trauma or supporting a loved one through healing.
This conversation is powerful, heartfelt, and filled with wisdom from two women who have dedicated their lives to helping others thrive after hardship.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT:
- Rebuilding physical and emotional strength after a stroke
- Facing fear, self-doubt, and grief with courage
- How mindset and persistence support recovery
- Finding connection, community, and hope
- Cynthia’s personal journey toward resilience and gratitude
- Tracy’s insights from working with stroke survivors worldwide
This episode will inspire stroke survivors, caregivers, families, and anyone who needs a reminder that even after trauma, healing is possible — and hope is real.
🌐 LEARN MORE FROM TRACY
Website: www.tracymarkley.com
Amazon Author Page: www.amazon.com/author/tracymarkley
Instagram: www.instagram.com/motivate_healthyfit
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http://youtube.com/@thestrenginyou?si=Rjh-KOHBv4mZj_3w
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thestrengthinyou
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