Manifesting Your Purpose: How Sweat Den Founders Turned Fitness into a Movement

2025-01-29

Join Emily this week for a conversation with Ross and Kelsey Sheehan, the powerhouse duo behind Sweat Den, a fitness community redefining growth and connection. Ross and Kelsey share their journey from traditional careers to pursuing their passion for fitness, highlighting the importance of stepping outside comfort zones, prioritizing self-care, and embracing resilience. Through their core values—passion, purpose, grit, and gratitude—they explore the balance between striving for excellence and self-acceptance, reminding us that growth is a lifelong journey fueled by patience.

Listen as Emily, Ross, and Kelsey discuss how to pursue goals with love and compassion, not fear or self-criticism, and explore the importance of intentionality in fitness and life.

Episode Highlights

Embodying your purpose requires self-awareness and a willingness to face discomfort.Creating a community that fosters growth involves clear values and intentional practices.The journey of self-discovery often includes trial and error, requiring patience and resilience.Striving for excellence must be balanced with self-compassion and acknowledgment of one's limitations.Success often comes from small, consistent actions aligned with a deeper purpose.

Chapters

(00:00) Intro

(06:06) The Masks We Wear

(14:31) The Journey to Sweat Den: From Burnout to Business

(30:12) Core Values and Community Impact

(46:37) Embracing Discomfort for Growth

(55:28) The Journey of Self-Improvement and Spiritual Practices

Host

Emily Bingham helps you free yourself from the “shoulds” to discover your authentic self. She is known for guiding clients through tragedy to find their truth – using their grief as a vehicle for growth and transformation! She is a Certified Spiritual Life Coach, Certified Grief Educator, and Founder of her coaching business I Am Emily Bingham, LLC where she empowers hundreds of clients through online and in-person coaching sessions, including magical, transformative retreats. 

Emily is also deeply connected to her mother archetype – not just as a widowed mom to two kids – but in her creative endeavors. She loves ushering in new ideas and birthing them into life and has done so with the publication of her book Love & Grief, her podcast It’s Just Me, Emily, and her social media content, which inspires millions of viewers to this day. 

Guests

Kelsey and Ross Sheahan are the founders of Sweat Den. What started as a personal training studio in our garage in 2014, has grown into a loyal community of like-minded individuals from all over the world. Sweat Den is a hybrid strength training and mindfulness studio. With a brick-and-mortar flagship space located in the heart of Denver and a subscription-based digital fitness platform recognized by Women’s Health as the “Best Virtual Fitness Community of 2022”. It is the strength and connection of our community that differentiates us.

Kelsey (CPT), is a Women’s Health trainer & consultant, an iFit / Nordictrack trainer & affiliate, and a former professional dancer / NFL cheerleader. She has educated, supported, and motivated thousands of women in their health and wellness journey to become the most confident and healthiest versions of themselves.

Ross (CSCS) is a former D1 collegiate football player, an iFit / Nordictrack trainer & affiliate, with extensive experience in coaching elite athletes at all levels of sport. 

Both have been in the health and wellness space for 15+ years. We know what it takes to achieve real results, and live and breathe to inspire those around us to lead a healthy lifestyle. We practice what we preach. We believe in deep health, and the importance of creating a lifestyle that fosters...

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2025-07-02

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Hey love. It’s Just Me, Emily. The podcast where we explore how to discover your soul’s purpose, embody your essence and live a life in alignment with your truth.

I’m your host Emily Bingham. I’m a Certified Spiritual Life Coach, published author, entrepreneur, widow, solo mom and mystic. But on this podcast I am JUST ME EMILY.

Each episode, I strip away all of my masks, ego roles and external identities to meet you at your essence – And I invite you to do the same! Through raw, vulnerable storytelling and deep spiritual conversations, you’ll learn how to trust your intuition, heal old wounds and release the societal “should’s”, in order to embody your most authentic self.