Ep. 12: Kat Zenger-Atienza | The Emergence Podcast

In this week's episode, Laura interviews fitness professional Kat Zenger-Atienza about her transition from general population training to specializing in prenatal and postpartum clients. Kat discusses how becoming a mother fundamentally shifted her perspective on movement, leading her to recognize the privilege of accessing quality fitness resources and education. The conversation explores her experience teaching 15 classes per week while pregnant, the challenges of "bounce back culture", and developing systems to manage motherhood while maintaining her career. Key themes include listening to your body's signals of safety, building supportive community networks, and shifting from aesthetic-focused training to sustainable, joyful movement practices for longevity. Kat emphasizes continuous learning in the fitness industry and her core philosophy that effective coaching requires practitioners to live authentically in alignment with what they teach, adapting as their bodies and circumstances evolve.