Chasing Highs

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!  In this episode I rate common (and not so common) advice to change your health behaviours, including discipline, building habits and self-compassion. Apply for coaching here Connect with me on Instagram here

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!  In this episode I discuss what makes somebody lucky. I talk about an interesting study I recently read about on luck, and what we can learn from it. I also share some tips for how you can become luckier in life. Apply for coaching here Connect with me on Instagram here

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!  In this episode I share my ten biggest failures and what I learnt from them. This was inspired by a book I read this week about failure and why we need to talk more about it and change our relationship with it. Apply for coaching here Connect with me on Instagram here

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!  In this episode I talk about why mindset work isn’t soft. I discuss what mindset work isn’t, what it is, and why it’s so essential to health and fitness.  Apply for coaching here Connect with me on Instagram here

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!  In this episode I discuss whether optimisation culture has gone too far. I share the problem with setting unrealistically high standards for ourselves, talk about the dangers of putting optimisation on a pedestal above everything else in life, and reflect on what matters more to me than optimising the shit out of my life. Apply for coaching...

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!  In this episode I share thirteen things that help me to exercise when I cannot be arsed (which is a lot of the time!). These are evidence-based behaviour change strategies that actually work, and I’ve used myself for over a decade, and with clients for over eight years. So if you’re struggling to motivate yourself to exercise, this episode...

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!  In this episode, I talk about why having a high level of social support is the best thing you can do for your health. I discuss the difference between practical and emotional social support, what the research says about social support and physical and mental health outcomes, and share six tips to help you increase your level of social suppo...

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!  In this episode, I asked AI to interview me. I re-introduce who I am, why I became a coach, and what Chasing Highs is really about. I talk about my coaching philosophy, my biggest fitness industry icks, and finish with some fun quick-fire questions. Apply for coaching here Connect with me on Instagram here

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!  In this episode I share an observation I’ve had recently about success. I talk about the one thing that successful people do that makes them so good at whatever area of life they excel at. I also share ten tips for how you can become successful at anything too. Apply for coaching here Connect with me on Instagram here

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!  In this episode I spill the tea on the worst experience I have ever had in my life of being coached at the weekend. I explain everything that was wrong with the way I was coached, and why coaching this way is problematic AF. I also share other women’s negative experiences of coaching. Finally I discuss what I think makes a great coach, and...

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!  In this episode I share how I’m getting stronger and fitter whilst having less time than ever to exercise. If you’re also time-poor then you need to listen to this episode, because it will give you some ideas of how to fit your training into a busy schedule and still make progress. Apply for coaching here Connect with me on Instagram here

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!  In this episode I talk all about dopamine. I discuss what dopamine is, why it matters, and how we can seek dopamine through healthy and less healthy behaviours. Apply for coaching here Connect with me on Instagram here

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!  In this episode I talk about how to set health and fitness goals that you can stick to, and that you’ll actually enjoy pursuing as well. Apply for coaching here Connect with me on Instagram here

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!  In this episode I discuss the science of fresh starts. I talk about what the fresh start effect is, what the research says about this phenomenon, why fresh starts can be beneficial when trying to change our behaviour and how to make fresh starts work for you. Apply for coaching here Connect with me on Instagram here

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!  In this episode I share my 5-step process to manage emotional eating, the HEART method. This is something many of my clients struggle with, so I hope this helps you too. Apply for coaching here Connect with me on Instagram here

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!  In this episode I share what has happened since I started doing pull ups (almost) every day this year. Apply for coaching here Connect with me on Instagram here

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!  In this episode I share the real reason why I do what I do. This is why I am so passionate about helping women to become healthier, and why I love my work so much. Apply for coaching here Connect with me on Instagram here

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!  In this episode I share two things that most people get wrong when they start a health and fitness journey, based on what I’ve seen from coaching hundreds of women.  The first problem is that people try to white-knuckle themselves into change, and use guilt, shame and discipline to change their behaviours. And the second problem is that peo...

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!  In this episode I talk about all or nothing thinking. I discuss what all or nothing thinking is, how it can sabotage your health and fitness, and how you can break free from this way of thinking. Connect with me on Instagram here: ⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!  In this episode I share exactly what I would do if I wanted to become inconsistent with exercise. Please don’t make the same mistakes that so many women make when trying to exercise regularly by avoiding doing these things! Connect with me on Instagram here: ⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!  In this episode I share the best things I ever did to love myself and my life. These five things that I’ve been working on for the past 15+ years have transformed the way I think, feel and show up in the world. I hope they help you too. Connect with me on Instagram here: ⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!  In this episode I talk about how you can feel more than 7% less anxious in under two minutes. This tool can also help you to feel less depressed, more mentally healthy and more satisfied with life. And it’s accessible to all of us, so it would be a shame to miss out! Connect with me on Instagram here: ⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!  In this episode I talk about how we can design our environments to become more active. I discuss things you can do at home, and things you can do when you’re out and about, to make being active an easier choice.  Connect with me on Instagram here: ⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!  In this episode I discuss why we need to do more things that scare us. I share something that scared me this week and how it made me feel, why we feel fear in certain situations, and why doing things that scare us is so good for us. Connect with me on Instagram here: ⁠maddie_freeman_fitness⁠

Welcome to Chasing Highs, my podcast about feeling good!  In this episode I ask whether you’re caring for your mental health as much as your physical health?  Sure, we all know we should be getting our 10,000 steps, eating broccoli and getting enough sleep. And most of us are pretty good at doing those things.  But how good are you at naming your emotions, talking to yourself kindly, knowing your...