The WellFit Lab

Being Yourself Is Enough

Today, Cheya gets radically honest about her own complicated relationship with this podcast and why showing up as yourself sometimes means putting down good things that don’t belong to this season. She walks through her Good Opportunity Evaluator framework to help ambitious women stop picking up the wrong good things and start living in full alignment with their Greater Yes.
In this episode:
• Why saying no to good things is harder — and more important — than saying no to bad ones
• The Good Opportunity Evaluator: four questions to run every opportunity through
• What being yourself actually looks like when your plate is full
• Why mental health is not just crisis management — it’s daily alignment
Connect with Cheya:
Instagram: @cheyathousand
Newsletter: InJoyEQ Journal on LinkedIn
Website: ctwellnessco.com

Finding Your Way Back to Yourself

When did you last feel fully like yourself not the version the world shaped, but who God created you to be at your core?
In this episode, Cheya shares a personal and vulnerable story from a painful season of her own life and walks you through three powerful stones See Yourself, Speak Your Truth, and Step Forward, that will guide you back to the path of emotional wholeness. This is your invitation to stop performing and start returning to yourself.
In this episode:
• The one question that changes everything
• Why self-awareness is the most courageous act you can take this month
• The two kinds of silence — and which one is shrinking you
• Why you don’t need to see the whole staircase to take the next step
Connect with Cheya:
Instagram: @cheyathousand
Newsletter: InJoyEQ Journal on LinkedIn
Website: ctwellnessco.com

Unstack Your Plate

A double-minded person is unstable in all their ways, and sometimes the thing pulling you off course isn’t bad, it’s just not yours for this season. Today, I get transparent about a real decision I made recently and want to walk you through how to close Q1 with clarity, unstack your plate, and step into Q2 locked in and focused. Less things. More impact. This is your moment to become a specialist.
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Occupational and Financial Wellness with Nishaea Richardson

On today’s episode of The WellFit Lab, Cheya Thousand is joined by Nishaea Richardson, also known as The PlayMoney Coach. Nishaea is a financial wellness coach, corporate professional, and founder of Wealth Phenom LLC, helping high-achieving women and professionals build a healthier relationship with money so they can save intentionally, spend with confidence, and create real “PlayMoney” for the things they love.
Together, we dive into practical wisdom and tools to build your financial toolkit for 2026, simple, sustainable steps to reduce money stress, strengthen your habits, and feel more grounded in your financial decisions.
Learn more & connect with Nishaea via socials and her website listed below:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NishaeaRichardson?mibextid=wwXIfr
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nishaea-richardson
Website: https://shesthebudgetguru.com/
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🗣️I’m Back!! The WellFit Lab is Open!!

Welcome back to WellFit Lab. The Lab is officially open again.
In this 2026 kickoff episode, host Cheya Thousand shares a 5AM-style check-in and what this show is now: a faith-rooted, practical space for ambitious women who want to live well, lead well, and stay grounded without burnout. She is talking whole-person wellness (the 8 dimensions), and fitness as stewardship through movement that fits this season of life—walking, Pilates, and strength training, plus routines that support your body, mind, and spirit.
You’ll also meet our new signature close: The WellFit Reset—one mindset shift, one small action, and one reflection question you can use right away.
New episodes drop every other Tuesday at 5:00 AM ET.
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The Struggle Is Real- How to Stay Motivated After Layoffs

I am relaunching The WellFit Lab on March 3, 2026! To celebrate, I am digging into the vault and sharing our most downloaded episode. It is still very timely! Enjoy!!Aug '23 podcast description- Today I am sharing seven tips that helped me stay motivated when the struggle got real after being laid off! Don’t forget to like, share, comment and subscribe!

Layoffs and Mental Health

Today I'm going to talk about how to recover from layoffs and how to deal with the stress of it all while maintaining your mental health.

Body Matters: Your Fitness Matters with Coach Mack

Today I am in the lab with Coach Mack! Coach Mack is the founding health coach of Running with Bacon (yes, that's actually the name of her company) and she's obsessed with healthy habits! She helps busy - no, exhausted - women transform into the fittest and strongest mommas they can be, one small step at a time. Learn more about Coach Mack and her work by visiting Website: runningwithbacon.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/running.with.bacon/
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Mental Health & Body Matters

In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, today I am in the lab taking about the connection between mental health and physical health. Let me know your thoughts! If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health please text or call 988 for help now to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. You Matter and Your Life Matters! Help is available today!

Body Matters: Prioritizing You & More w/Esther Avant

Are you struggling with making time for your health and fitness?
If so this episode is for you! I am in the lab with Esther Avant today! Esther Avant is a health industry veteran with over 17 years of experience in fitness, nutrition, and wellness related roles. She is a certified sports nutritionist, personal trainer, wellness coach, and owner of EA Coaching, which has provided holistic health & lifestyle coaching since 2015.
Her mission is to help women live their happiest, healthiest, and most confident lives and to change the fact that the majority of women are so preoccupied with their weight and bodies that they never fully pursue their passions. She knows that if more women prioritized their health, they’d be able to unleash the confidence and focus they all need to leave their mark on the world.
She is also the host of Live Diet-Free podcast! Tune in here!  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-live-diet-free-podcast/id1543658046, find out more about her at www.estheravant.com, and message her on Instagram at www.instagram.com/esther.avant.
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