Welcome to the very first episode of On The Strength™—where real ones come to reclaim their power through body(Work), mind, spirit, and energy.✨

In this debut episode, Coach Ci sets the tone for what this podcast is really about: whole-listic wellness with flavor, flow, and a little flex. You’ll hear why strength ain’t just physical, why vulnerability is vital, softness is sacred, and how movement, mindset, and luxury all speak the same language when done with intention.

With a very special guest to kick off our first episode, we’re talking:

✨ 💪🏾Fitness without the performance pressure 

✨🫐 🍓 Nutrition that doesn’t erase culture

✨ 🫶🏾Healing that makes room for hustle and rest

✨ Defining Coach Ci’s iconic phrase, “Matching Set Moments”™

✨ The kind of boundaries that feel like self-respect, not restriction

✨ And so much more!

Whether you’re healing, grinding, caregiving, softening, rebuilding, or resting—you’re in the right place.

Pull up, get grounded, and get ready—because this isn’t just a podcast ...

It’s a matching set that speaks luxury fluently™. 💅🏾✨

🎙️ Hosted by Coach Ci, your local global™ trainer, coach, and cheerleader

🦄 Indulge on IG: 

Embody your wellness @thoroughbred.wellness 

& 💅🏾🏋🏽‍♀️🏋🏾‍♂️@candipaintedbodywork

🦄 Connect with Coach Ci on LinkedIn: Candice C. Barnes, TBW 

🦄 Empower your mind in written form with Coach’s Medium articles on all things wellness, culture, music, and lifestyle.

🦄 Learn the ThoroughBred vision in Coach Ci's featured interview with Voyage LA Magazine!

Keep up with THE Dr. Phillip Barnes (AMFT, APCC) in the making!

Connect with Mr. Barnes on his LinkedIn. 

Enrich yourself through his Medium. 

Satiate your cravings for deeper knowledge on his website, Articulation of a King.

Read his featured Voyage LA interview!

AND tune in to our PUBLICLY ACCLAIMED PODCAST: Black by Unpopular Opinion (BBUO) for a big a** gumbo stew of the BOTH of us as we unpack and occasionally debate EVERYTHING Black and opinionated, in nothing less than raw and UNFILTERED, UNCUT.

Catch BBUO on ALL major audio streaming platforms:

Amazon Music. 

EPISODE 1: Strength Ain’t Just Physical

Welcome to the very first episode of On The Strength™—where real ones come to reclaim their power through body(Work), mind, spirit, and energy.✨

In this debut episode, Coach Ci sets the tone for what this podcast is really about: whole-listic wellness with flavor, flow, and a little flex. You’ll hear why strength ain’t just physical, why vulnerability is vital, softness is sacred, and how movement, mindset, and luxury all speak the same language when done with intention.

With a very special guest to kick off our first episode, we’re talking:

✨ 💪🏾Fitness without the performance pressure 

✨🫐 🍓 Nutrition that doesn’t erase culture

✨ 🫶🏾Healing that makes room for hustle and rest

✨ Defining Coach Ci’s iconic phrase, “Matching Set Moments”™

✨ The kind of boundaries that feel like self-respect, not restriction

✨ And so much more!

Whether you’re healing, grinding, caregiving, softening, rebuilding, or resting—you’re in the right place.

Pull up, get grounded, and get ready—because this isn’t just a podcast ...

It’s a matching set that speaks luxury fluently™. 💅🏾✨

🎙️ Hosted by Coach Ci, your local global™ trainer, coach, and cheerleader

🦄 Indulge on IG: 

Embody your wellness @thoroughbred.wellness 

& 💅🏾🏋🏽‍♀️🏋🏾‍♂️@candipaintedbodywork

🦄 Connect with Coach Ci on LinkedIn: Candice C. Barnes, TBW 

🦄 Empower your mind in written form with Coach’s Medium articles on all things wellness, culture, music, and lifestyle.

🦄 Learn the ThoroughBred vision in Coach Ci's featured interview with Voyage LA Magazine!

Keep up with THE Dr. Phillip Barnes (AMFT, APCC) in the making!

Connect with Mr. Barnes on his LinkedIn. 

Enrich yourself through his Medium. 

Satiate your cravings for deeper knowledge on his website, Articulation of a King.

Read his featured Voyage LA interview!

AND tune in to our PUBLICLY ACCLAIMED PODCAST: Black by Unpopular Opinion (BBUO) for a big a** gumbo stew of the BOTH of us as we unpack and occasionally debate EVERYTHING Black and opinionated, in nothing less than raw and UNFILTERED, UNCUT.

Catch BBUO on ALL major audio streaming platforms:

Amazon Music. 

Apple.* 

Spotify.

Or stream directly from our Official BBUO Podcast Website!

*Apple Podcast also automatically branches out to other alternatives such as Overcast, Castro, Podcast Addict, Player FM, and Goodpods. Just do a quick and easy search for On The Strength and Black by Unpopular Opinion there!