Have you ever said yes and felt your stomach drop the second the word left your mouth? Have you ever gone along with something, not because you wanted to, but because saying no felt too risky, too selfish, or just too hard?

That discomfort has a name, and it runs a lot deeper than conflict avoidance or wanting to keep the peace. People pleasing is a fear based pattern, and in this episode, we get into what's really driving it, why saying no can feel almost impossible, and what it actually costs you when your self worth gets tied to how much you give.

In this episode, you'll hear:

• What people pleasing in relationships really looks like: overgiving, over-helping, and automatically going along with what everyone else wants
• Where genuine kindness ends and self abandonment begins, and how to recognize which one's driving you
• How self worth, approval seeking, and conditional love shape the way you try to stay accepted and loved
• Why body image can become another arena where people pleasers learn to seek approval and shrink themselves to fit in
• How simple boundary language can help you pause before the automatic yes takes over
• Why learning to sit with discomfort is the real path to choosing yourself

If you've ever felt responsible for everyone else's comfort, this one's for you. Your self worth was never supposed to depend on how much you help, how agreeable you are, or how well you keep the peace.

Let’s rebrand wellness together! Elizabeth, Tara & Maria

Connect with us!

The Ultimate Self Care Planner: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.ck.page/9e817ab37e

Elizabeth Harris, MS, RDN, LDN FB: Health and Healing with Intuitive Eating community https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthandhealingwithintuitiveeating Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ElizabethHarrisNutrition Take the free quiz, What Type of Eater Are You?: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.com/quiz Join The Nourished Table: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.com/recipe-club

Tara De Leon, Master Personal Trainer Email: FitnessTrainer19@hotmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tara_de_leon_fitness Join Tara’s Newsletter: www.taradeleonfitness.com/connect

Maria Winters, LCPC, NCC Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coaching_therapist/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/MWcoachingtherapy Website: www.thecoachingtherapist.com

If you want to start a podcast or grow your existing one, visit julianabarbati.com and let them know we sent you!

What if the reason you hate working out isn’t because you’re lazy, but because the space was never built with you in mind?

Most of us have been there. You walk into a gym, the mirrors are everywhere, someone yells something about burning off the weekend, and you spend the whole class watching yourself and wondering why you don't look like everyone else.

In this episode, we get into why boutique fitness has become as much about belonging as exercise, the emotional exhaustion of fitness culture, and why Tara thinks most people don’t actually hate working out nearly as much as they hate the experience surrounding it, plus:

• Why she removed the mirrors from her fitness studio entirely and what that one decision says about everything else she's built
• How she's created a fitness community where the energy people walk in with is protected and the judgment doesn't get through the door
• What strength training for women looks like when the goal is chasing strong instead of chasing skinny
• How she runs a genuinely body positive gym without making it a whole thing every single session
• Why belonging, safety, and joy turn out to be the health behaviors that actually keep people consistent and what HAES fitness has to do with it

If you've always had a heavy feeling before, during and after going to your fitness studio, you'll need to hear what Tara shared in this episode about inclusive fitness as it's such a breath of fresh air.

Let’s rebrand wellness together! Elizabeth, Tara & Maria

Connect with us!

The Ultimate Self Care Planner: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.ck.page/9e817ab37e

Elizabeth Harris, MS, RDN, LDN FB: Health and Healing with Intuitive Eating community https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthandhealingwithintuitiveeating Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ElizabethHarrisNutrition Take the free quiz, What Type of Eater Are You?: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.com/quiz

Join The Nourished Table: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.com/recipe-club

Tara De Leon, Master Personal Trainer Email: FitnessTrainer19@hotmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tara_de_leon_fitness Join Tara’s Newsletter: www.taradeleonfitness.com/connect

Maria Winters, LCPC, NCC Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coaching_therapist/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/MWcoachingtherapy Website: www.thecoachingtherapist.com

If you want to start a podcast or grow your existing one, visit julianabarbati.com and let them know we sent you!

For so many women, the word "metabolism" has become tied to frustration, body shame, and the feeling that something must be wrong with them. You try to eat less, move more, push harder, and still feel like your body is not responding the way you hoped it would. Metabolism gets talked about constantly, but almost never explained correctly.

But what if your body is not fighting against you at all, and has actually been trying to protect you this entire time?

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Alyssa Olenick. She holds a PhD in Exercise Physiology, is a certified sports nutritionist, and a CrossFit Level 2 Trainer whose entire research background is rooted in metabolism and metabolic health. She is also a competitive strength athlete and ultramarathon runner who trains the way she teaches. What she brings to this conversation is the kind of clarity around women's health, strength training, and cardiovascular fitness that most women never get access to from a single source.

In this episode, you will discover:

• The part of metabolic health that has nothing to do with calories or weight
• What most women are never told about how resistance training actually works in the body
• What your fitness level actually signals about your long term women's health
• Why endurance training and strength training are not interchangeable, and why that distinction matters
• How hybrid training fits into a real schedule without overhauling everything you are already doing
• What cardio workout routines are actually building in your body over time
• Where athletic performance fits in even if you have never thought of yourself as an athlete

This conversation is grounded in science but written for real life, and it meets you exactly where you are with your body and your health.

The science of how your body works is not as complicated as it has been made out to be, and this episode shows exactly why.

Let’s rebrand wellness together! Elizabeth, Tara & Maria

Connect with Dr. Alyssa Olenick:

Website: www.doclyssfitness.com

Programs: www.thelyssmethod.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/doclyssfitness

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW4CCAMyceAtaGVKhpUqcfQ

Podcast: https://doclyssfitness.com/podcast/

Scientific publications: https://doclyssfitness.com/press/

Connect with us! The Ultimate Self Care Planner: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.ck.page/9e817ab37e

Elizabeth Harris, MS, RDN, LDN FB: Health and Healing with Intuitive Eating community https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthandhealingwithintuitiveeating Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ElizabethHarrisNutrition Take the free quiz, What Type of Eater Are You?: https://elizabethharrisnutrition.com/quiz

Tara De Leon, Master Personal Trainer Email: FitnessTrainer19@hotmail.com

Website: www.taradeleonfitness.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tara_de_leon_fitness Join Tara’s Newsletter: www.taradeleonfitness.com/connect

Maria Winters, LCPC, NCC Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coaching_therapist/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/MWcoachingtherapy Website: www.thecoachingtherapist.com

If you want to start a podcast or grow your existing one, visit julianabarbati.com and let them know we sent you!