The Confidence Project Podcast

It's all just so tough- it's hard enough to get out of the obsession with weight loss and dieting as it is- but what do you do when you're the only one in your family or friends group that doesn't want to have the tired, boring, and exhausting conversations about weight loss and dieting anymore? You're stuck... right? And you feel like you have two choices: 1- if you can't beat them join them or 2...

UGH, I KNOW. This one hurts me- but it left me confused and stuck for YEARS. Anywhere I could, I would put all of my education and certifications- it was the cornerstone of my entire business. It was on my business cards, all over my website, I talked about it non stop on social media- and guess what? No one cared. Not once has a client asked me what my qualifications are- if clients did care abou...

It usually goes like this: "I'm so fat." "You are not fat." "Yes I am." "You are NOT fat! You're beautiful!" I hate this conversation- because it's all so well intentioned- yet still unhelpful for so many reasons. I heard it for years- as I hated my body more and more with each passing year, and agonized to my mother about how miserable I felt in my body, this was her advice. But, we don't know wh...

Love it or hate it, social media isn't going anywhere. While it can be time consuming, frustrating, and sometimes feel like you're screaming into the abyss, social media bridges the gap between "stranger" to "client." Social media has offered me so many wonderful connections and relationships- from colleagues, to peers, friendships, and of course- clients. But there's a lot of ways this can go sou...

"I'm gaining weight... so, I'm going to start eating a smaller lunch." Woof. We lose a lot of common sense when we start chasing weight loss. In this episode, I talk about the idea of thinking we need to eat a smaller lunch, or smaller breakfast and how it's likely problematic. Other topics covered in this episode are: -primal hunger, what is it? -what animals in the wild can teach us about hunger...

The least sexy topic in online business? Email marketing. But, whether you like it or not, you need an email list. We don't own social media. Yet, most online biz owners obsess over vanity metrics like how many followers and likes they have on social media. But, does it matter? Does it impact the viability of your business? Social media is now pay to play, which is annoying and expensive- and all...

What does it take to be a legit personal trainer? Does having a personal trainer certification really mean anything these days? Unfortunately, not really. it's super easy to get certified- and you could be employed as a certified personal trainer by the end of this week...no, really, you could. The problem is, as consumers of the fitness industry, we don't know what we don't know. So, what do you...

I call it Vanilla Marketing- where you're so afraid to niche down that you speak to no one specifically. I used to think this way too- "if I narrow down my marketing message, I'm going to leave people behind!" That's super base level thinking when it comes to being an entrepreneur. The most successful companies know exactly who they're speaking to and aren't afraid of "leaving customers behind." W...

What's it like being marginalized in height? Christina and Emily weigh in on the parallels (and the contrasts) of being 4'9" and 6"0 tall.  The IG post that inspired this episode can be found here: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxl76VenG29/ Find Emily: IG: emilygoughcoach Room to Grow Podcast

The developed world is interesting- it provides so many wonderful opportunities and advancements for quality of life increases- but what about movement? Humans were born to move- to move well and often. What we've done is developed things like cushiony shoes. While protecting our feet from the elements is important, our feet are actually meant to be just about as free as our hands. Think about how...

The Nike store in London debuted their plus sized mannequin. This story should end right here- but it doesn't- because the entire world is steeped in fat-phobia and it sucks. So, what's the issue? All of it. People have spoken out that this mannequin undoes all of the work put into "the war against obesity" and promotes unhealthiness. This episode stands as a big F-you to the ideologies that suppo...

I promised myself I'd never do this. But as more and more questions poured in over the past year or so, and as entrepreneurship has taken a front seat on social media (at least for me!) and from my point of view, is being totally misrepresented, we're doing it. Just like within the fitness and dieting industry, I see all the bullshit- and, in typical Christina fashion, I've got a lot to say about...

I hear this a lot. "I have to lose weight for medical reasons." Nope. Hate to break it to you, but doctors are the biggest perpetuators of intentional weight loss. Here's the thing: you can pursue health and still not dive into intentional weight loss. Here's the other thing: sometimes, yes, pursuing health leads to weight loss- but it is NOT THE WEIGHT LOSS that causes the health benefits. This i...

Many women turn to cooking meals at home from an all or nothing mindset. It must be super healthy or what's the point? Here's the thing with all or nothing: it always leads to nothing. After speaking with hundreds of women over the years, what typically happens is that they approach meals at home with such strict rules that it makes it hard to stick to, makes it stressful, and eventually sends the...

FOMO- Fear of missing out. Why does it matter if we have it and what can we do about it? FOMO is rooted in fear- it's right in the name of the title. And fear comes from a place of insecurity and uncertainty, which breeds scarcity mindset- and the whole thing is just not a good place to operate from. When it comes to creating a life we are truly passionate about, it is important that we make our o...

So, maybe you've got the time management think down pat. We covered this in episode #120. While poor energy management can totally lead to poor time management (they are closely linked!)- we have to separate the two ideas all together. Energy management requires awareness and the ability to tune into yourself. This alone can take a ton of time and practice. The second piece here is that we have to...

I got a brand new podcast mic! What does that have to do with you? A lot! We are constantly making choices that either keep us stuck or move us forward- and our decisions are largely rooted in our identity- how we identify with ourselves. My first thought when I went to buy this new mic was "who do I think I am to invest this kind of money in a MICROPHONE !?" My second thought was: " who am I not...

Main points in this episode: -Neither the scale nor your fitness tracker are inherently bad -We are not in the middle of an obesity epidemic- we're in the middle of a sedentary lifestyle epidemic -How we feel about anything is more important than the thing itself -Do you really need 10,000 steps a day? Where did that even come from?

"I LOVE your dress!" "Thanks! It has pockets!" vs "I don't like that shirt on you." "OMG I AM FAT AND UNWORTHY. I HATE MYSELF." Why are we like this? This is just one example of the way that we externalize success and compliments but internalize failures and shortcomings. In fact, it's been proven that we need about 7 positive experiences just to negate the effects of one negative experience. It's...

The Confidence Collective waitlist It took a long time for me to accept the fact that my body is not the body that clothing stores or designers make clothes for. It took me a long time to accept the fact that bodies come in different shapes and sizes. And it took me even longer to be OK with my body being different. Body image healing is hard work- it involves things like: -exposing yourself to bo...

Is the way you're spending your time working out making you better at LIFE? If not, we've got some things to figure out! All too often, I see women unable to fully participate in their own lives as a side effect of having a weak, incapable body because the way they're deciding to exercise just... isn't effective or truly useful. While there's nothing wrong with doing things that just make you happ...