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8th May 2025

Gaining Through Fitness: Building Strength, Muscle, and Self-Love with Shannon Amberg

Gaining Through Fitness: Building Strength, Muscle, and Self-Love

Featuring Shannon Amberg

Episode Summary:

In this empowering and soul-nourishing episode of Coffee Talk with Lina Midla, Lina sits down with her dear friend and soul sister, Shannon Amberg, for a deep dive into what it really looks like to take up more space - physically, emotionally, and energetically - through strength training.

Together, they unpack Shannon’s transformative journey from a naturally lean frame to intentionally building muscle mass over the past few years. This isn’t just a story about gains, it’s a reclamation of self-worth, nourishment, and reverence for the body. Shannon shares how lifting heavy became her most profound expression of self-love and how the process challenged old narratives around femininity, aesthetics, and worth.

About Shannon Amberg:

Trained as a scientist and educator, Shannon spent 10 years in academia as a professor of human dimensions of natural resources. Also a natural-born intuitive and empath, she left academia in 2017 to pursue her passion for quantum metaphysics and helping people heal through mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual hardships. Walking between the worlds of science and spirit, Shannon sees the world around her as a continuous gift of lessons for soul growth. Her journey in strength training is not only based on the understanding that “moving your body moves the energy,” but more importantly that care for our physical container is an incredibly devout act of self-love; coming home to our self and spirit, and honoring the container that carries it through our life for us.


💬 Big Topics Covered:

  • Women’s strength training and muscle-building
  • Body image, self-worth, and taking up space
  • Nutrition and protein intake for muscle growth
  • Shifting from aesthetics to embodiment and empowerment
  • Overcoming fitness plateaus and building consistency
  • The energetic and spiritual lens on movement and training


✅ 5 Actionable Takeaways:

  1. Prioritize Nutrition: You can’t build muscle if you’re undereating. Women need more protein than we think! Aim for 100–170g daily to support growth and recovery, especially with age.
  2. Shift Your Mindset from Aesthetics to Self-Love: Instead of training for a certain look, train to honor and strengthen your body. Muscle is beautiful, functional, and empowering.
  3. Commit to Consistency: Building strength is a long-haul journey: it happens over years, not weeks. Show up consistently, and trust the process.
  4. Raise Your Personal Floor: Create non-negotiables around movement. Whether you feel motivated or not, keep showing up for yourself. The reps you don’t want to do often lead to the most growth.
  5. Practice Body Reverence: Your body is not a project to perfect, it’s a sacred vessel. Train it, feed it, and love it like the powerful vehicle for your soul that it is.


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🧡 Final Words:

Shannon’s story is a powerful reminder that building strength isn’t just about what your body looks like, it’s about what it can do, how it can hold you, and how it can become a place of safety, empowerment, and love. This conversation is for every woman who’s ready to take up more space and come home to herself in the process.


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Lina Midla is a powerhouse in women's wellness, blending science, soul, and sweat to help women unlock their limitless potential. As a mother of two, a highly certified Women’s Fitness & Wellness Coach, breathwork facilitator, and SHERPA Breath & Cold Master Trainer, Lina has spent over a decade helping women reclaim their strength, resilience, and confidence. She has played a key role in growing a fitness brand and has consulted for multiple wellness tech companies, bringing her expertise in functional fitness, biohacking, and nervous system mastery to a broader audience. Whether through breathwork, cold plunging, strength training, or mindset shifts, Lina’s work is rooted in the belief that everything we need is already within us—sometimes, we just need the right tools to access it. And, of course, she believes all great things start with a strong cup of coffee.

On Coffee Talk with Lina Midla: Wellness, Wisdom, and Woo, Lina brings her signature blend of high-energy coaching and grounding wisdom to the mic, sharing actionable insights, expert interviews, and game-changing wellness tools. Her podcast is a space where science meets spirituality, where women can explore new perspectives on health, healing, and personal growth. With humor, heart, and a no-BS approach, Lina curates conversations that inspire resilience, curiosity, and joy—helping women move beyond limitations and into their most vibrant, limitless selves.