Walking & Talking with Helen - Walking Workouts

If your brain has been screaming for sugar, caffeine, a nap, or all three… this 10-minute guided walking workout helps you get over that slump. It’s a brisk walk designed to wake your body back up, loosen up all that desk-chair stiffness, and help you feel better and more focused. 
This quick walking break helps you:
Get a real energy boost. Yay! The “I need sugar immediately” feeling sometimes just means your body needs movement, oxygen, and a break from sitting like a pretzel for six hours
Loosen up stiff hips, tight shoulders, and sleepy glutes (and mine are super sleepy)
A NEAT boost: Tiny movement breaks (or “exercise snacks”) throughout the day matter for your energy, metabolism, and health
Get in about 1200 steps without noticing
You can do this walk outside, or indoors on a treadmill or walking pad.
And because I cannot stay on topic, I also…
Wrote you a dramatic poem about sugar (not very good, but it’s the thought that counts)
Make fun of myself back when I was a fitness instructor who could not stand up straight
Gush about a five-week-old rescue kitten who is trying to figure out how legs work
Tell you a story of my aunt and I doing a full Lucy-and-Ethel bit after a long flight to Norway with a runaway luggage cart
This is a podcast you can walk to with background music to help keep your pace, plus breathing reminders, posture resets, and shoulder tension relief along the way. 
If you need:
a quick walking workout
more energy
a mood boost
relief from sitting too long
…lace up your shoes and come for a walk. 
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PS. Want easy ways to get more steps in? Check out Ep. 37 — 15-Minute Walk: Fit More Steps In the Easy Way.
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(This episode originally released October 21, 2025. Let's clear some brain fog!)
Ever feel like your brain has 50... no, a thousand, browser tabs open at once? And then you try to talk into the cat food bowl instead of your phone. (Yep. I did that. Full story in the podcast.)
We'll fix it with this low impact guided walk you can do outside or at home on a treadmill or walking pad. And... you'll get about 2000 steps in! 
My concentration is a mess some days.
During this 20-minute walking workout I share a super simple 3-step hack I use to shut down distraction and find some actual focus. Yippee!
Here's what we chat about:
The "Just One Thing Rule" I use to figure out what really matters in the middle of the chaos.
My "tangled knot of yarn" trick for tackling huge projects.
The 5-minute "hide-under-your-desk" reset I stole from a TV show (you'll love it).
If your brain feels like a closet you are afraid to open, this one's for you.
P.S. You'll hear a bell halfway through the walk. If you're walking outside, that's your "turn around" cue. And tap Follow so next week's walk is waiting for you.
I also chat about cleaning out closets, talking into a cat food bowl instead of my phone, ADHD, cutting a chunk out of my hair, A Man on the Inside TV show.
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A entertaining podcast to walk to when you need something to keep you moving. Story, scandal, and steps.
This is a 15-minute guided story walk about Milli Vanilli, the lip-sync scandal that rocked the music world, and what really happened to the two men behind the illusion. 
You can do this walk outside, or at home on a treadmill or walking pad. There’s background walking music to keep your pace. 
You’ll wake up your heart rate and your metabolism, getting between 1,800 and 2,000 steps in without even noticing.  
What we're talking about while we walk:
The 1989 concert glitch that started the downfall of Milli Vanilli: 80,000 people, one skipping track, and one very memorable exit
Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan: the faces, the braids, the fantasy
Frank Farian, the German producer who built the whole illusion from a nightclub in Munich
The Grammy win in 1990, and the shocking Grammy revocation that had never happened once in 33 years of Grammy history
The press conference producer Frank held alone, and how Rob and Fab found out the same way the rest of us did: from the news
What happened to Rob Pilatus after the scandal
How Fab Morvan eventually made peace with the music, and why he says the joy people felt dancing to it was real
And because I cannot just tell a straight story without wandering off, I also detour into:
Teaching high-impact aerobics in an aqua unitard and high-top Reeboks, my pretend 80s husband... if you’ve listened before you know exactly who that is, “Rasputin” by Boney M, possibly the greatest walking song ever recorded, and why you might catch me dancing down the street.
This walk is a little different. A little nostalgic. A little sad. A little wild.
But if you need a story to pull you through your walk today, check i out. Put in your earbuds, lace up your shoes, and go for a walk.
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If you know someone who’d love this, a fellow 80s fan, a true crime lover, or just someone who needs to move more, send them this episode.
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If you've been running all day and still feel behind, this 10-minute ADHD-friendly walking workout is your circuit breaker. Not a productivity lecture. Not another system. Just a quick walk that gives you the receipts… proof that you're doing way more than your brain is giving you credit for.
This short walk break gives you:
A Dopamine swap: Change that "I’m behind" anxiety for the physical and mental hit of seeing what’s actually finished (you rock - seriously).
A movement snack: The cardio needed to kick the oatmeal-brain to the curb and reset your focus for whatever is next (it works).
Proof of your awesomeness: A no-effort way to see everything you actually did... so your brain can finally shut up about it. (Hush now.)
About 1,200 steps in (woo hoo).
You can walk outside or inside on a treadmill or walking pad. 
And because I cannot stay in a straight line, I also wander into:
The Norway dresser label story and the ordensmenneske dream that lasted 48 hours 
My ADHD diagnosis in my 50s
Cat notepads from TJ Maxx
Yello’s “Oh Yeah…”
Dancing in the streets during walks
Not caring what people think of me the older I get
This is a guided walk with background music to keep your pace and a bell at the halfway point so you don’t accidentally end up three neighborhoods over.
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Your brain's been foggy. Your energy's been missing. This 15-minute walk helps fix that and get you back to:
More energy
Clearer head
Better mood
Less hairy legs (you have to listen to find out)
This is a low-impact guided workout you can listen to while walking outside or inside on a treadmill or walking pad. There's background music to help you keep your pace (great for ADHD peeps) and a bell at the halfway point so you know when to turn around.
You'll start out feeling blah… and end up digging out your brightly-colored shirts.
I also chat about why your brain shuts down and sluggish during the dark months, and the connection between natural light, serotonin, and why a walk outside is one of the fastest ways to feel alive again. 
SAD is real. So is the fix. 
And because I never stay on track, I also wander into:
the time I made an Easter basket for my Catholic boyfriend using Playboy cutouts
winter making me eat all the carbs (mmm)
chasing summer for 16 months and realizing natural light actually matters
strawberries = love
putting on something that isn't gray or black (yes, 90% of my wardrobe is gray or black… don't judge me)
a quick musical moment (you've been warned)
If you want... 
a quick, refreshing spring walk
something to boost your mood and clear your head
a reason to finally get outside
or just 15 minutes that are just for you
...go grab your shoes. Let's walk.

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