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Feeling tired, overwhelmed, and like youâre constantly behind no matter how hard you try? Youâre not broken â but you are likely being affected by hidden sources of stress you can actually do something about.
In todayâs episode, Iâm breaking down 3 invisible causes of stress that are draining your energy â and showing you simple ways to start reclaiming your time, calm, and sense of control.
Key Takeaways:
-Why lack of boundaries is secretly exhausting you â and how to start setting them.
-How people pleasing traps you in a cycle of stress â and tiny steps to break free.
-Why holding yourself to impossible standards fuels burnout â and how to redefine success with compassion.
-How shifting focus to what you can control creates more balance and ease.
-The first small actions you can take today to feel less overwhelmed â without overhauling your whole life.
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Ever felt a quiet frustration inside â a knowing that thereâs more out there for you, but no clear idea of what it looks like? Youâre not alone. This episode dives into why that feeling is actually a powerful sign of growth, and how to move through it with clarity, confidence, and trust.
Iâm sharing the exact mindset shift that helped me â and my clients â turn this restlessness into aligned, meaningful action. Plus, practical questions to start uncovering your next chapter today.
Key Takeaways:
-Why the "in between" phase is a sign of transformation, not failure.
-The #1 mindset shift you need: trust over certainty.
-How chasing surface-level goals keeps you stuck â and how to go deeper.
-What to focus on instead of hustling for clarity.
-Questions to ask yourself to start finding your aligned next step.
Resources:
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Have you ever found yourself fixating on the one bad comment, missed workout, or minor setbackâwhile completely ignoring all the wins? Thatâs your negativity bias at work. Itâs a totally normal, human thing⊠but when left unchecked, it can quietly sabotage your confidence, motivation, and progress for years.
In this powerful episode, we unpack why weâre hardwired to focus on fear, failure, and criticismâand how that might be keeping you stuck in a loop of self-doubt and pressure, even when you're doing all the "right" things. Youâll discover how to recognise your own negativity patterns, why they feel so real, and how to reframe your thoughts in a way that helps you move towards what you want, instead of just away from what you fear.
Whether youâre struggling with body image, inconsistent habits, or self-sabotage, this conversation will help you flip the script and finally start leading with belief, trust, and self-compassion.
Key takeaways:
-What negativity bias is, and why your brain holds onto the bad more than the good
-How fear of judgement, failure, or not being âenoughâ might be secretly running the show
-Why trying to âthink positivelyâ often doesnât workâand what to do instead
-The 3-step process: Notice, Name, Reframe â and how to use it to break free from fear-based thinking
-How to start shifting your motivation from escape mode to aspiration mode
Hit play and discover how to let positivity, trust, and self-worth take the lead.
Resources:
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People often assume that I stay consistent with my workouts because Iâm a fitness coach. That Iâm somehow built differently or naturally motivated. But honestly? That couldnât be further from the truth. In this episode, Iâm pulling back the curtain and sharing the real story behind my 25+ year fitness journey â including the messy bits, the hard bits, and the moments I didnât want to get off the sofa.
What Iâve discovered is that long-term consistency has nothing to do with being perfect or always feeling motivated. Instead, itâs about how you think about exercise, how you respond when life gets busy, and the small mindset shifts that make showing up so much easier. Iâm sharing five unexpected ways Iâve maintained my fitness routine over the years â no discipline queen vibes, just honest, human, and totally doable strategies you can make your own.
Key takeaways:
-Why aesthetic goals might get you startedâbut wonât keep you going
-The surprising power of not expecting 100% consistency
-Why I listen to my body more than I listen to my calendar
-How letting go of âfinding the perfect workoutâ freed me up to actually show up
-The real mindset work that underpins long-term fitness success
Hit play, and letâs rewrite what fitness consistency looks like for youâno hustle, no pressure, just an honest path forward.
Resources:
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Youâre committed. Youâre ticking the boxes. You know what to doâand youâre doing most of it. From the outside, it probably looks like youâve got your fitness and wellbeing nailed. And yet⊠something still feels off. Youâre not quite where you want to be, and the effort itâs taking to keep up feels exhausting.
In this episode, we dig into the real reason behind this frustrating feelingâand (spoiler alert) itâs not because you need to try harder or be more disciplined. Itâs likely down to the invisible pressure you're carrying to "get it right," to be in control, to live up to an ideal. This pressure can sabotage even your best intentions, keeping you in a loop of doing more without ever feeling fully satisfied.
If youâve ever felt like your efforts should be adding up to more by now, this conversation is going to bring you massive reliefâand a whole new perspective on what it means to actually move forward.
Key Takeaways:
-Why doing âall the right thingsâ can still leave you feeling stuck, tired, and out of alignment
-How internal pressure and perfectionism secretly sabotage your results
-What to do when you feel like you should be further ahead
-The difference between self-trust and self-judgmentâand how to spot which is driving you
-A simple but powerful exercise to release pressure and reconnect with what you really want
Hit play, and let this be the episode that finally gives you the permission slip you've been waiting for.
Resources:
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We all know that setting inspiring goals is a super important way to get and stay motivated. But right now, you might just be skimming the surface by only setting outcome based goals - and by exploring, and combining, that with other types of goals, you could be about to take your progress and success to the next level.
So in this weekâs episode weâre exploring all of the other types of goals and how each one plays a unique role in your journey, depending on your personality, life stage and current focus.
Here are your key takeaways:
-Why outcome goals alone often lead to frustration (and what to add to make them work)
-The 7 goal-setting types that can help you stay consistent, motivated, and aligned
-How to match your goals with your current life phase and personal motivation style
-Why habit and identity-based goals are often more powerful than chasing a number
-A new way to think about your goals that helps you stay inspired and make progress
Resources:
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Do you regularly find yourself trapped in the binge/starve cycle around food? You know - the one where you alternate between times when youâre dieting and being âgoodâ and the times where you get fed up, throw caution to the wind and feel like youâre completely sabotaging yourself?
If so, Iâve been there too! But the great news is Iâve managed to break free from that and find my own food freedom. And so can youâŠ.
In this episode we dive into that and discuss:
-The negative impact of landing in that binge / starve cycle (and itâs not just the obvious stuff)
-Why we need to cultivate a greater awareness of our relationship with food, and ourselves, to find a different path
-And how we can let go of the fear thatâs a big part of this cycle to discover greater balance and peace around food
Resources:
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Itâs normal when you set goals for yourself, that you get focused on the outcome. That the reason you work towards certain goals for yourself in the first place is because of that outcome that you want to achieve - an outcome which will have you feeling more confident, more balanced, more healthy or whatever it is that you want for yourself.
But what if youâre finding yourself struggling to achieve those goals? And what if itâs because youâre clinging on so tightly to the desired outcome and the happiness and success thatâs going to come with it, that youâre actually unknowingly pushing that outcome further away?
Well this week weâll be delving into this and talking about:
-What happens when you hold on too tightly to an outcome (or more precisely, the meaning youâve assigned to that outcome)
-How that can actually push your goals further out of reach
-The surprising thing you that you might just need to do to bring them much closer again and open up a world of possibilities
Resources:
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Ever find yourself dragged into shiny object syndrome? With every passing moment there seems to be something newer, better, more effective popping up. Whether itâs a brand new diet which is promising all the results for minimal effort, a new workout programme that can give you the body you desire in less time than it takes to have your shower in the morning, or the latest so called miracle cure to a problem you didnât even know you had.
Itâs what I call the noise. The noise that is constantly being projected by the world, that tells you that the answers that youâre looking for are hidden in their awesome 3 step programme, or magical supplement. The noise that consistently tells you that what you think you know - well that doesnât work any more and itâs time to move on.
And itâs so distracting. It makes you second guess yourself, it can feel ridiculously confusing and it can keep you in this kind of state of paralysis where you either donât know what to do for the best, or find yourself bouncing from one thing to the next in the vain hope that one day one of these things is going to start working.
Weâre diving into this today and weâre going to figure out:
-whatâs going on with the noise
-why youâre trapped in shiny object syndrome
-and how you can start to dial down the volume or even turn off the noise altogether to find consistency and balance in your life.
Resources:
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Do you ever feel like youâre living in a state of suspended animation? Itâs that place where you feel like youâre kind of doing things to start progressing towards your goals - the research, the dreaming, the thinking, but in truth, youâre not taking concrete action yet. Youâre caught between knowing what you want and actually starting that journey.
It can be a really comfortable place to be sometimes - full of the possibility of what lies ahead. But what if we end up spending way too long there? And that waiting becomes too comfortable. So comfortable in fact, that we stay stuck and just canât seem to move forwards.
Thatâs what weâll be tackling today. How to get you out of suspended animation and into action taking so you can finally start to realise your goals. Hereâs how you can do it:
-Utilise âthe gapâ to itâs full potential
-Focusing on process rather than outcome related goals
-Leaning into imperfection
-Make the individual steps work for you
-Stop searching for more information and instead turn inwards to what you already know!
Resources:
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If youâve ever felt guilty about taking time out for yourself, then I can confirm that you absolutely are not alone. For so many of us, it feels like to be a good mum, a good partner, a good employee, daughter, friendâŠor whatever other roles we might have in our lives, we have to give as much of ourselves as possible.
Which means that when weâre not doing that - when weâre not hustling, achieving, being productive or putting other things and other people first, the guilt can start to creep in. So that even when we know that taking a bit of time out would be good for us, it can start to feel almost impossible to do that.
So letâs get to the bottom of this today. Hereâs what weâre talking about:
-Nervous system regulation and why itâs the glue that holds us together!
-Why we feel guilty for taking time out - and why itâs part of our conditioning and not ours to carry
-How guilt ties into our sense of worth and our sense of identity, therefore making it hard to shift
-3 ways to reduce the guilt and reframe the idea of rest
Resources:
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Sometimes it feels like youâre doing a lot of the things you need to get a result - but youâre not quite doing everything you could. And yet in spite of the fact you know this, thereâs still a big part of you thatâs just getting frustrated that youâre not getting the result that you truly want.
And we can sometimes end up here for a long time - hoping that we can keep doing the same things and something is just going to magically shift or change, or that some super easy, effortless hack is going to pop up that means weâll finally get where we want to.
But we all know thatâs not the way things work. So today, Iâm talking about how to decide the best route to take when youâre in this situation, and how to decide what youâre truly willing to do to see the changes that you want.
Takeaways include:
-Why staying on âresistance roadâ is tempting - but unhelpful
-Empowering yourself by choosing between âacceptance avenueâ or the âcommitment causewayâ
-Weighing up the compromises and pros and cons to each approach
Resources:
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Safe to say that we all engage in a bit of emotional eating from time to time. But if its something that we start to feel is sabotaging our efforts with healthier eating on a regular basis, then it can become really tempting to try and control it with diets, restriction and cutting out certain foods for periods of time.
We feel like the more control we have over ourselves, the less likely we will be to react emotionally to food. But unfortunately, that strategy often falls on itâs face. Today weâll be delving into whatâs going on with emotional eating - whether what weâre experiencing is actually the result of something different, and then weâll explore some practical strategies for tackling the self sabotage of emotional eating once and for all.
Takeaways include:
-How to find out if youâre really experiencing emotional eating, or if it could be something else
-Why emotional eating isnât necessarily a bad thing
-The steps we can take to stop sabotaging with emotional eating
Resources:
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Weâd all love to feel more in control right - to be able to deal with all the day to day stuff that life throws at us, to be totally organised and to have the time to look after ourselves as well. And in that mythical land where we are the ones in control, everything suddenly feels easy, we can finally be exactly who we want to be, and we can have the life that we crave.
Except what if all of this effort weâre putting into having control is actually having the opposite effect - making us feel more anxious and keeping us awake at 3 in the morning as we try to figure out how to keep it all together and manage life to the very best of our ability.
Well today weâre going in. Weâre talking about what we think weâre going to achieve and feel in our lives by having more control - and weâre maybe going to busy a myth or two around that which will have you thinking very differently by the end of this episode.
Takeaways include:
-What really happens when we try and exert more control in our lives
-The dangers of super high personal expectations and all of those âshouldâ
-What happens when you finally let go of people pleasing
Resources:
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Iâve been a personal trainer for well over 11 years now - and in that time Iâve learnt so so much. But what Iâve particularly learnt from are some of those early experiences I had where I showed up full of the naivety of a newly qualified PT thinking that all I needed was to show up with a brilliantly designed programme and everyone was guaranteed to get the results they wanted.
So you can imagine my disappointment when it didnât always go to plan. But the great news for you is that it means Iâve learnt an awful lot about what women actually need - and I want to share that with you today - 5 of the key lessons Iâve learnt that you can apply to your own life to get so much closer to those fitness, wellbeing and lifestyle goals that you have right now.
Takeaways include:
-Why cultivating your own motivation is crucial for achieving fitness goals
-How connecting to the deeper emotional reasons behind fitness goals can drive real change
-What procrastination is REALLY about (itâs not what you think)
Resources:
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Listen to episode 173: The 3 vital phases you need to know about to create consistency with your fitness - https://pod.fo/e/27d857
Plateaus in fitness (and motivation) can be super frustrating. BUT they are a natural and necessary part of the journey toward long-term health and wellness. So this week weâre diving into how you can approach, bust through and even embrace those plateaus rather than seeing them as a failure which can ruin your long term progress.
In fact, fitness plateaus can be an amazing time to build resilience and mental strength - we just need to cultivate a few key skills and strategies in order to make that happen. Hereâs what weâll cover:
-Plateaus are a normal part of any fitness journey, and learning to embrace them is essential.
-The different ways in which we can measure our fitness, change our perspective, and therefore recognise the other ways weâre making progress.
-Learning the skill of patience - and all that it brings with it
Resources:
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Listen to Episode 153 - Body Image & Midlife - The NEW Impossible standard? Right here - https://pod.fo/e/248434
Our 40s and 50s can be a huge flashpoint when it comes to our relationship with our bodies. A flashpoint that can feel even harder to navigate when it feels like all the strategies that used to work for us are no longer working - when our bodies are changing in ways that we donât feel comfortable about and yet it feels like thereâs nothing we can do to stop it.
Now of course, there are absolutely things we can do to hold back the tide - Iâm sure you all know by now that things like more protein and strength training are the way to go - but I believe thereâs more to it than that. That this is also an opportunity for us to really address our body image and how we feel about our bodies in a way that we might never have done before.
So today I want to dive into body positivity and body neutrality, and how we can use them (especially the latter) to not just make friends with our bodies, but to improve our overall health and wellbeing too.
Resources:
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An honest hands up if youâve ever blamed a lack of willpower or motivation for why youâre not fitter, or why you canât seem to eat better, or why youâve not lost weight yet?
Well today, weâre going to tackle the concepts of willpower and motivation - and how basing our progress on these fleeting and unreliable resources could actually be holding you back from achieving your goals.
Because the truth is that willpower and motivation get easily disrupted Today, we tackle the often-misunderstood concepts of willpower and motivation, revealing how these fleeting resources can hold us back from achieving our goals. Hereâs what weâll be covering:
-Why willpower and motivation are unreliable resources and shouldnât be viewed as prerequisites to going for your goals
-Why you need to get clear on what really matters to you first
-Why dumping the all-or-nothing mindset allows for realistic progress and eases motivation struggles
-How to develop the art of patience, dump the cookie cutter approaches and find a strategy that feels good for you as an individual
-Putting this all together to discover your own formula for lasting success.
Resources:
-My website https://www.chickfit.co.uk/
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One of the biggest complaints I get from women is that theyâre knackered - exhausted, fatigued, burnt out - call it what you will, it feels like a bit of an epidemic. And the thing is I could sit here and give you 10 practical tips to increase your energy, but Iâm fairly sure if youâre in the exhausted camp you donât need yet another strategy or hack.
In fact, what you probably need is to look at growing your energy in a completely different way. So, thatâs exactly what weâre doing today - 5 ways to have more energy this year that you probably havenât even considered.
Resources:
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Struggling with self-control around food, exercise, and wellness is a common challenge, especially as the new year approaches.
So this week weâre taking a deep dive to understanding the nature of self-control, exploring why it often feels elusive and how we can reclaim it in a way that feels liberating rather than restrictive.
Hereâs what youâre going to take away from this episode:
-Self-control is often a learned behaviour influenced by our upbringing and experiences.
-Understanding the roots of our lack of self-control can lead to effective solutions.
-How calming the nervous system is crucial for improving self-regulation and decision-making.
Get ready to transform your mindset and discover practical steps to achieve your fitness and wellness goals with ease and confidence.
Resources:
-My website https://www.chickfit.co.uk/
-Find me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/alixchickfit
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