Natural Solutions with Stacy PierceNatural Solutions with Stacy Pierce
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Stacy Pierce shares how a family gym habit after her son’s injury led to a motivational towel business and a deeper commitment to natural health. The conversation links movement, food, and simple daily choices to mental health and addiction recovery, stressing small, consistent changes over quick fixes.
1:00:41•22 Mar 2022
Natural Solutions, Movement, and Family: Stacy Pierce on Building Health from the Ground Up
Episode Overview
- Regular movement, even 5–10 minutes a day, can significantly lift mood and support mental health.
- Shared fitness routines and projects can strengthen relationships between parents and teenagers.
- Simple habits such as better diet, sunlight, water, and sleep can be a first step before turning to medication.
- Addiction recovery is a long-term journey, and physical health practices like exercise can support emotional stability and sobriety.
- Aim for small, consistent progress—getting just 1% better each day and following the idea of “don’t miss something twice.”
“Movement and mental health really go hand in hand.”
What drives someone to seek a life without quick fixes and focus on the basics instead? This chat on The Elevate Experience brings that question to life through the story of entrepreneur and mum, Stacy Pierce. Stacy shares how her son’s serious lacrosse injury led to depression and how getting him into 5 a.m. workouts changed everything.
As she puts it, “movement and mental health really go hand in hand.” That simple shift sparked a family business: Work It Towels, a range of motivational gym and golf towels designed with her teenagers to inspire people to move. One of her favourites, the “strong as a mother” towel, was inspired by a woman at her gym who had no idea she’d become someone’s role model. You’ll hear how fitness and family connection blend together, from shared 5 a.m.
sessions to teenagers helping with design and marketing. Stacy and the hosts compare notes on working with their own children, using exercise as a shared purpose and a healthier outlet than typical teenage jobs. The conversation widens into natural health: diet, movement, sunlight, sleep and water as first-line options before reaching for medication.
Stacy draws on her years in the pharmaceutical industry to explain why she now leans towards “natural solutions” and why her family focuses on food and movement first. They also connect this to addiction treatment, questioning over-prescription and highlighting how many arrive at rehab heavily medicated yet far from feeling truly well.
In a powerful segment, Stacy talks about losing her sister to a rare brain condition and how that experience helped her support a colleague whose teenage daughter had a similar medical crisis. Her comment that “we all have something we can share, we all have a purpose” sums up the heart of the episode.
If you’re in recovery, supporting someone who is, or just trying to feel better in your own skin, this conversation might nudge you to ask: what small bit of movement or self-care could you add today?
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