Embrace Your Real

I know one reason why you're here, listening to this podcast, is that you want to build the body you want.  I also know that many of you are frustrated because you feel like you are putting in the effort, yet are still not seeing the results you want to see. And I get it, it's frustrating and it can feel hopeless. That's why in this episode of Embrace Your Real, I want to share with you 6 habits t...

So you want to get more consistent with nourishing your body, but for some reason can't get yourself to actually do it? I know so many women who want to nourish their body and build the body they want, yet they struggle to stick with it. They find themselves starting over on weekly basis and feel absolutely hopeless. These women are constantly reaching out to me and asking me how I'm able to stay...

No matter how much work we put into having a healthy relationship with our bodies, we're STILL going to have bad body image days.  It's going to happen, no matter what!  But how we can continue to have a healthy relationship with our body is simple. We NEED to deal with our bad body image days in a healthy manner.  We don't need to let it ruin our day. We don't need to punish ourselves with workou...

Hey beautiful human, guess what? You deserve to eat food – always! I know there are days where you think you doesn't deserve it because you didn't workout, or you ate too much yesterday, or you think you've gained weight. Regardless of why you think you don't deserve foods, it's not true.   In this episode, I am going to bust this belief you have that you don't deserve to eat. I am going to cover...

Who doesn't struggle with comparing themselves to others? From my years of experience, I know it's more women than not. I believe it's our natural response when we see someone who has what we wish we had, but I also believe it doesn't have to be our natural response.   We can rewire our brains to look at comparison in a different light. We can learn to look at the things we used to compare ourselv...

You know I'm a HUGE believer in honoring my body daily through movement, mindset, and macros. But one thing I haven't talked a lot about in the past and have been highlighting more recently on Instagram is HYDRATION.  I truly believe that hydration is just as important as movement and nourishment. That's why in this episode of the Embrace Your Real podcast, I share with you 7 reasons why I priorit...

DO NOT FEAR CARBS. DO NOT FEAR CARBS. DO. NOT. FEAR. CARBS. If you do fear carbs this episode is for you, and if you don't fear carbs, this episode is also for you.   Here's the truth: You don't need to fear them, you just need to be mindful of how much you are eating them.   My goal by the end of the episiode is for you to have a clear understanding of why it's important to eat carbs and also why...

Do you want to build the body you want? I know, I know, it sounds like a silly question because you're thinking, OF COURSE JULIE! But here's the thing: So many of you are trying to build the body you want, but are going about it in the wrong way. But the real kicker is that, you are going about it in the wrong way but have NO IDEA that you ware going about it in the wrong way. That's why in this e...

When we think about habits we want to adopt, we often think of habits like wake up earlier, put our phone away at night, read more, drink more water…you know what I'm talking about. As great as all these habits are, there are many other habits we should consider prioritizing. I took some time to put together a list of habits, that are a bit more unconventional that your typical habits, that I beli...

I'm going to start this episode off by sharing a few stats with you on new years resolutions…   Of those who make a New Year's resolution, after 1 week 75% are still successful in keeping it. After two weeks, the number drops to 71%. After 1 month, the number drops again to 64%. And after 6 months, 46% of people who make a resolution are still successful in keeping it. In comparison, of those peop...

The other day girl asked me on a Q&A "How did you become so confident" and quite frankly I told her that for years and years, I would try to read other thoughts from "guru's" on confidence and I always found myself in the same place, hating my body, hating myself and never feeling like enough.    Until I came to the realization: I, myself am not enough, I never have been enough and never will neve...

Okay, the holidays are officially over. Our holiday high is wearing off. And we kept telling ourselves "we'll get serious about our health" on January 1st. But January 1st has come and gone and we are STILL struggling to "start over" again. Now we are thinking about starting some fad diet, or we are wanting to eat as little as we can to lose our holiday weight. In our minds we can't stop thinking...

WOW! After some deep reflection on 2021, I realized I learned A LOT in 2021. Honestly, I believe starting the year off by reflecting on what I learned from the previous year is one of the best things I could do for myself. This helps me avoid making the same mistakes twice and helps set myself up for success for the year ahead of me. I think it's easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of life and...

Have you been waiting for the new year to come so you can finally become a "new you"? If your answer is yes, I have some real talk to share with you on this   "New Year New You" mentality. If you've been waiting for January 1st to "get back on track", or to break old habits, or to "become a new you", this episode is for you, you need to realize that nothing is changing January 1st except for the c...

Real talk: We don't prioritize our mental health enough. And you know what? It's nearly impossible to reach our physical goals when we aren't in a healthy place mentally. That's why prioritizing our mental health is JUST AS IMPORTANT as our physical health. In this episode, I have 7 questions I want you to start asking yourself about everything in your life. When you do, it will help you realize w...

I know you've heard me talk about gratitude practices before and how it's something I prioritize daily. I know you've also heard everyone else talk about it, too. I know many of you probably think it's just this fluffy practice that won't actually help, or that it sounds great but in reality you don't think it will actually help change they way you feel in your life. For all of you who feel this w...

Another year in the books sister, and if you are frustrated you STILL don't have the body you want, this episode is for you. I give you a step by step guide as to why you still don't have the body you want and what you can do about it. None of it is complicated, it's all straight-forward things you can implement into your life RIGHT NOW.  If you loved this episode, you will also love... Episode 86...

I know when we are embraced int he holiday season, eating all the treats, drinking more holiday cocktails, and a little bit more out of our routine than we usually are, it's common for insecure thoughts about our body to arise. When these thoughts of insecurity arise, it takes away from us experiencing our lives to the fullest. All we can concentrate on is what our body does and doesn't look like...

I know this time of your is the time of year when we are all tempted to over-indulge. And it's the time of year where most of us DO over-indulge. So if we do, then what? What do we do afterwards? How do we navigate it? In this episode of Embrace Your Real, I share 5 steps to help you feel GREAT after an episode of over-indulging. 

The holidays can be an extremely hard time for those who have fitness goals, you have temptation surrounding you, yet at the same time, you don't want to deprive yourself. How do you navigate through it? IS IT POSSIBLE to keep working towards your fitness goals while still enjoying the holiday says? I know many of you think NO, but I'm here to tell you that you CAN with the five tips I'm about to...

Did you not accomplish what you wanted to this year? Are you beating yourself up about and calling yourself a failure? The end of the year is coming up and I know for many of us, it magnifies the fact that we are not where we thought we would be. We feel frustrated we didn't accomplish what we said we would or we didn't get to where we wanted to be. I know this can be extremely discouraging, frust...

I know the holiday season is HARD for those of us who struggle with our relationship with food and our body. That's why, I want to share three things I suggest avoiding this holiday season so you can actually feel good in your body, while still enjoying your favorite holiday treats.

I have seven important reminders to share with those of you who are facing food guilt right now. I'm releasing this episode right after thanksgiving because I know SO MANY of you are experiencing this right now. You're having thoughts like, "WHY did I eat so much?" "I'm so mad at myself for over-indulging", "I need to go on fad diet ASAP"…you know what I'm talking about here. Well, having food gui...

Okay, so if things in your life are not going as planned, if life feels hard, you feel like no matter how hard you try, it just doesn't matter, if things don't seem to me falling in place the way you want them to, and things feel like they are falling apart, and everything you want seems so out of reach, and you feel completely hopeless….this episode is for you. I have a super important reminder I...

The holidays can be a really hard time of year for those of us who struggle with our body image and our relationship with food because for some reason, people like to make comments on our body and the food we eat. Unfortunately, we cannot control what other people say, but we can control what we do, how we respond, and the way we speak to ourselves. That's what I want to dive into today in this ep...