Empowering Stories of Breaking Boundaries and Embracing Change.Join us as we explore the meaning of making unexpected decisions and stepping outside societal norms. We’ll focus on personal growth, relationships, overcoming challenges, and embracing individuality. Through a variety of topics and guest interviews, we’ll delve into their transformative stories, discussing decision-making, the impact of choices, and lessons learned. Our goal is to inspire and motivate listeners to embrace change, make bold choices, and live authentically. Because let’s be honest change can be hard but so worth it.
Leaving the Pack
Claim This Podcastby Veena Abraham
5.0(29 reviews)
15 episodes
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Empowering Stories of Breaking Boundaries and Embracing Change.Join us as we explore the meaning of making unexpected decisions and stepping outside societal norms. We’ll focus on personal growth, relationships, overcoming challenges, and embracing individuality. Through a variety of topics and guest interviews, we’ll delve into their transformative stories, discussing decision-making, the impact of choices, and lessons learned. Our goal is to inspire and motivate listeners to embrace change, make bold choices, and live authentically. Because let’s be honest change can be hard but so worth it.
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Recent Episodes
May 11, 2026
Episode 14: Strong Enough to Carry, Brave Enough to Heal: A Mother & Trainer on Resilience, Body Ownership & Breaking the Cycle with Dr. Tessa Koschel
Some friendships are forged in the fire. For Veena and Dr. Tessa Koschel, that fire was Miami — two young mothers holding down households while their husbands disappeared into the brutal hours of emergency medicine residency. In this episode, Veena sits down with her dear friend, personal trainer, and one of the most original voices in women's fitness today for a conversation about reclamation — of body, of identity, of the family story itself. Tessa is the creator of Fitness Therapy and the trademark owner of Perinatal Periodization™ — a methodology that's reshaping how women train through pregnancy, postpartum, and every season after. But before any of that, she was the mom in the trenches with Veena, navigating an existence almost no one talks about: the invisible labor of being married to a first responder while trying to hold onto yourself. In this conversation, Veena and Tessa get honest about: • The Miami years — how they held down their households, leaned on each other when no one else understood, and the unspoken weight carried by the spouses and families of first responders • Breaking generational trauma in real time — what it means to give your children a softer story than the one you inherited, and the exhaustion of parenting your kids while still parenting the parts of yourself that never got parented • The grief and grace of doing the inner work while the kids are watching — because they learn what wholeness looks like by seeing you choose it • How pregnancy changes a woman's relationship with her body forever — and what it really means to come back to it on your own terms, not anyone else's • Why most fitness programs fail mothers, and how Perinatal Periodization™ trains the body intelligently through pregnancy, postpartum, and every season that follows • The quiet revolution of women taking ownership of their bodies after years of giving them away — and why reclaiming your body and rewriting your family's emotional inheritance are the same work, just on different layers This is a conversation about sisterhood, survival, and what it looks like to come home to yourself — for your own sake, and for the children learning by watching you. If you're a mother trying to find your way back to your body, a first responder spouse who is in the trenches, or a parent doing the hard work of breaking cycles while raising the next generation, this episode is for you. — 🎙 Leaving the Pack with Veena Abraham — conversations for the ones rewriting the rules. Follow along: Instagram: @leavingthepack Learn more about Dr. Tessa Koschel and Fitness Therapy / Perinatal Periodization™ on Instagram @fitnesstherapy_org
February 19, 2026
Episode 13: Sweat Equity: The Grind Behind the Grid with Holton Irwin
Before the Instagram brand, the luxury listings, and the Tampa Magazine Real Estate awards — there was a homeschooled teenager stocking shelves and learning what hustle really meant. Holton Irwin has been outworking the room since he was 14, and nothing about his path was handed to him. First-generation college graduate with a double major from USF, Ritz Carlton trained, and now leading the Irwin Collective through Tampa Bay's luxury market. In this episode, Holton gets honest about the early grind, what homeschooling instilled in him that still drives him today, and how he built a personal brand that stands on its own in one of the most competitive markets in the country.
January 7, 2026
Episode 12: From the Stadium to CEO: Gerald Davis Jr. on the MLB, Mentorship, and Building "Pure Hitters"
What happens when the stadium lights go out and a new chapter begins? In this episode, we sit down with Gerald Davis Jr., a former MLB player who credits the game with not just giving him a career, but saving his life. Gerald opens up about his upbringing and how baseball was his escape and provided a path to success when the odds were stacked against him. We dive deep into his evolution from a professional athlete to the Founder of Pure Hitters, a clothing brand and lifestyle movement dedicated to those who strive for excellence. Tune in to hear how Gerald channeled his athletic mindset into entrepreneurship, why he is committed to mentoring the next generation, and what it truly means to be a "Pure Hitter" in business and in life.
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