After The Anchor Podcast is a peer-led healing community for people who’ve lived through hard things, faced themselves, and decided to do the work anyway. It’s not about what happened before; it’s about what came after.
Carrie shares how taking over a struggling Pilates studio during one of the hardest seasons of her life completely changed her path. While going through a divorce and trying to rebuild her personally, she poured herself into the business, became certified in Pilates, learned how to build the right team, and eventually transformed the studio into Carrie’s Pilates.
She also opens up about expanding the brand, navigating the challenges of COVID, spending years developing her own Pilates machine, and growing the business into multiple locations. Through every setback, mistake, and difficult season, Carrie continued working toward something she believed in.
This story is about resilience, entrepreneurship, mental health, and how fitness can become more than a workout. It can be a way to stay grounded, rebuild confidence, and keep moving forward.



