Embrace Your Real

Honoring your body with movement is better than NOT honoring your body with movement at all. BUT, if you are 100% committed to building the body you want, you want to ensure you're utilizing your workouts to fullest. If you have goals of getting stronger, it would be a shame if you consistently put in the effort to show up, but the workouts you are doing aren't helping you reach your goals. In thi...

I know you want to build the body you want…I know I have talked about all the things you can do to build the body you want…but I also know I have never compiled it all into one podcast episodes where I give you a step-by-step guide. So that's what I am going to outline for you today in this episode of Embrace Your Real.

Are you mentally and emotionally drained?! Hint: Check out episode 179 to find out if you are + what you can do about it. There are a few things I didn't discuss in that episode that I believe are seriously contributing to us feeling drained and that's what I dive into in this episode of Embrace Your Real. In particular, there are 5 things we think we always need to do, that in fact, we don't. If...

Let's chat about being mentally and emotionally drained. Because here's the thing: Your mental and emotional health are tied to your physical health. If you are struggling to build the body you want, you will continue to struggle if you don't address your mental and emotional health. If you don't have these two under control, moving your body and nourishing your body will be extremely hard. Most o...

I don't know where you may find yourself today, this week, this month, or even this year…⁣⁣⁣   ⁣⁣⁣But I do know this…   I know that what I'm about to say is something you need to hear… ⁣⁣⁣ Stop being so hard on yourself.   I know most of you listening live day in and day out being way too hard on yourself, criticizing yourself, punishing yourself, speaking negatively to yourself, and guilt-trippin...

Many of us don't work out consistently simple due to the fact that we don't have enough energy. We barely have enough energy to get ourselves through our day, let alone a workout. Yet, we have fitness goals we want to reach and it feels impossible to actually make it happen. Does this sound about right for you? If yes, this episode of Embrace Your Real is for you. I'm about to share 9 ways boost y...

WARNING: I'm about to bring you a load of real talk….real talk I know 99.999 percent of you need to hear. Today we are going to talk about "THEY"…what *they* say, what they think, what their opinion and perception is…We need to stop allow THEM to dictate what we THINK or how we ACT. So if If you're struggling with this, I have a few reminders to share with you. 

It is long overdue for us to take some super common fitness myths. That's why in this episode of Embrace Your Real, I outline 7 of the most common fitness myths I see AND I give you the TRUTH for every single one. I'm super curious to know how many of these myths you believe! If you love this episode, then you'll also love... Episode 54: 5 Reasons Why I Don't Believe in "Cheat Meals" + 5 Things to...

Life doesn't allow us to go back and relive our past, but it does allow us to live each day better than our last. This is exactly what I want to focus on in today's episode. My business has been built on the idea that we should all focus on Living Every Day Better, yet it is a topic I haven't ever dived into in the podcast. So let's chat about it. How do we actually live every day better? What doe...

Alright, now that gyms are open again, I know many of you are transitioning from working out at home to getting back into the gym, or you're starting to go to the gym for the first time ever. Let's be real: The gym can be a scary place! Intimidation of the gym is a common fear and one I also personally struggled with. But, we have goals to reach an we can't let this gym-timidation be an excuse for...

My number one goal is to help you have a better relationship with your body. I want to do everything I can to ensure you accept it for everything that it is, you LOVE it for everything that it is and you EMBRACE it for everything that it is. But, I know it's hard. I know it's hard to break the toxic cycle that we're in and that's why in today's episode of Embrace Your Real, I want to share a super...

Real talk: I love protein. And you know what? I think all women should love protein, too. With that being said, I know protein has a bad rap, and that's why in this episode of Embrace Your Real I shed some light on why protein is so amazing (+ why we should all be prioritizing it daily). If you are afraid of it, this episode is for you. If you already prioritize protein, this episode will educate...

Today's episode is going to give you a much-needed dose of self-love and self-compassion. I know when we are on the journey or embracing our real, it's hard. So if you're finding yourself feeling down, I think this episode will bring you so comfort and reassurance. I highly recommend taking out a pen and paper and writing down these 7 reminders because I know they aren't things you need to hear on...

GIRL! Don't let social situations give you anxiety!!!! Life is meant to be LIVED, not meant to focus exclusively on weight loss. Going out and enjoying time with your friends and family should be a priority, something that brings you happiness and joy, and not something that causes you stress and anxiety. That's why in this episode, I want to share a few tips on how to enjoy your social life while...

If you feel burnt out, THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU! Let's be real, most people feel burnt out. If you are one of these people, I'm guessing it feels like there is no way overcome it, right? Guess what? You don't have to feel burnt out for the rest of your life. I have 3 simple lifestyle shifts I need to share with you that I KNOW FOR A FACT will reduce the burn out you feel in your life. If you need h...

Real talk: We are all going to have bad body image days.    Even those people you see on Instagram or Tik Tok that you may think never have bad body image days, they do. I can assure you of it.    And even though I talk ALL the time about being confident in your body, I STILL HAVE DAYS where I don't feel confident.    We are human.    We aren't going to reach a point where our mindset around our b...

I've had a lot of people reach out to me saying they struggle to eat intuitively. Every time they try, they end up overindulging. I know many body positive advocates heavily promote intuitive eating and suggest that anything that ISN'T eating intuitive means we are eating restrictive diets. But, I happen to disagree and in this episode of Embrace Your Real, I want to share why I don't believe intu...

Okay sister, I have a serious question to ask you: What goals are you trying to reach? AND how's it going trying to reach them? How long have you been working towards this goal?   So many of us say we want to reach certain goals, yet our actions don't align with the goals we want to reach.    We say we want to "lose weight" but continue to indulge in our old habits.   We say we want to work out mo...

Can you believe it's already September?! Where has the time gone?! I know this time of year is when we start to realize how far away we've gotten from the habits that make us feel our best and we're ready to "get back on track". But, I think many of us take the wrong approach for getting back on track. And I think the approach many of us chose to take actually sets us up for failure and pulls us i...

Are you hungry all the time?! I can tell you this is the worst feeling EVER! I don't know about you, but around my time of the month, my appetite goes through the roof. And, some days I'm just more hungry than others. Both are natural, but what do we do about it? So, in this episode of Embrace Your Real, I want to share a few tips for what you can do when you've already hit your macros but you're...

I'm going to be 100% real with you. When I gained 40+ pounds, it was extremely hard to grasp at first. I grieved my old body for a really long time. But I didn't feel like myself or feel comfortable in my old body because I was SOOOO convinced that I needed to be the skinniest I could possibly be.   Thankfully, I was able to break that belief. I'm not going to lie, breaking it was one of the harde...

We need to focus on our mental health just as much as we focus on our physical health. They go hand in hand. Although, I think taking care of our physical health is so much more straight forward than taking care of our mental health. We know to take care of our physical health we need to move our bodies and nourish our bodies. But what about are mental health? What do we do?    I'm a firm believer...

Let's chat about self-consciousness: It's something all of us struggle with it. Some of us let it control us more than others, so I'm curious how do you handle your self-consciousness? A part of embracing our real is learning how to deal with the things that make us feel self-conscious so it doesn't control us and our happiness. That's why in this episode of Embrace Your Real, I want to share the...

Lately, I have been noticing you all loving the more technical facts about nutrition, so I thought we could nerd out a little bit in this episode and talk about a few most common nutrition myths and debunk them!  And if you struggle to break your conditioning around what you believe about food, the first step I recommend is to count your macros. It really solves everything I discussed in this epis...

Do you HATE working out?! Do you fail to be consistent with honoring your body with movement because this hate you have for working out? If this is you, then you're in for a treat! In this episode of Embrace Your Real, I have a few tips to share with you for overcoming this fitness hate that help you be more consistent.  So if consistency or simply just STARTING are a struggle for you, I have a fe...