Travis Murrells

Your Unreasonable Bestfriend, with Travis Murrells

Hi, I'm Travis ( @travismurrells_ ), a health and mindset coach who teaches people to take back control of their health and life! If you've been on the constant rollercoaster of crash diets where you lose weight, gain it all back, and never feel truly happy, this is the podcast for you. I've helped over 1,000 people worldwide lose fat and build muscle, but most importantly, help heal their relationships with food, the scales, their body, and their mind so they can finally escape toxic diet culture and live a stress-free, healthy life. This podcast is an in-depth behind-the-scenes look into my...

Author

Travis Murrells

Category

Education

Podcast website

www.thefitnessgenie.com.au

Latest episode

Jun 17, 2026

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Episodes

#60 - Ex-Client Interview: Laurel, 6 months AFTER the Unf*ck Your Diet Program. 19.06.2022

In this episode, Travis sits down with his former client, Laurel, to find out where she is now 6-months after completing her 12-weeks of the Unf*ck Your Diet Nutrition & Mindset Coaching Program. One of our biggest desires for our clients is to be able to contact us well after their coaching has finished and be able to sustain and continue their journey in a healthy manner. This podcast goes o...

#59 - You're Doing Better Than You Think 12.06.2022

In this week’s episode of Inside the Genie’s Lamp, Head Coach Lindsay talks through how to recognize the shit that is actually going well; and how unlikely it is that you’re the actual dumpster fire that you believe you are. If we had a nickel for every time a new client told us they were a legitimate, hot mess express… We’d have at least $3.55. Our clients often show up thinking that their situat...

#58 - Forced Rest Made Me Productive... 06.06.2022

In this episode, Travis discusses what mindset shift it took for him to force himself to rest and not work every single day because "if I don't I'll feel guilty" This episode was 6 years in the making of constantly hearing from others "You can't pour from an empty cup" and understanding the reason behind it but never making the connection behind actually taking a rest for himself. Hopefully this m...

#57 - Wanna get shot in the face or play Russian Roulette? 30.05.2022

In this episode, Travis discusses the difference behind accepting a definite and taking a chance on something. This is a behind the scenes look at a coaching call that Travis had with one of his clients, what the call looked like, what was said, and how they came to an agreement that something had to change and how to take action. This is one of the most passionate podcast's that Travis has record...

#56 - The Big Exhale 23.05.2022

Have you ever felt like you’re holding your breath, waiting until you’ve “earned” the right to exhale? Have you told yourself that once you reach your goal weight, you can finally relax and be happy? If so, this episode is for you. In this episode, Head Coach Lindsay dives into the delusion that reaching our fitness and weight loss goals will magically improve our lives. Diet Culture has sold us t...

#55 - Crabs in a Bucket 16.05.2022

In this episode, Lindsay discusses what the term "crabs in a bucket" means and why it applies to every single person's life. Her old 'friends' verbally attacked her for going through a weight loss journey. You don't need to live your life on someone else's terms, you're the one out there doing it and enjoying life, and that's going to make the person who's not brave enough to go out and do that, t...

#54 - Stop restricting to build a life worth living: Building / Restrict Mindset 09.05.2022

In this episode, Travis discusses the importance of having a building mindset vs a restrictive mindset. A lot of the time the 'restrictive' mindset has been something we've picked up along the way from external sources usually from fearmongering. A building mindset is about adding things to your life that bring you joy, happiness, freedom, and fun. If you can have a building mindset for trying to...

#53 - Fuck Around and Find Out 04.05.2022

In this episode, our Head Coach Lindsay discusses her experience with weight loss, the Keto diet, OMAD, HIIT, fasting for 20-hours a day and the over all diet culture that she personally went through in order to achieve results. The highs of diet culture (looking fabulous) and the lows of diet culture (feeling like shit and getting sick)

#52 - Small Shit Bothering You? Listen to this! 02.05.2022

In this episode, Travis discusses the perspective shift around always focusing and taking action on the little things in life going wrong and what you can do about it. We always seem to take action on the small things in life but only ever in a negative aspect of life, we don't ever seem to take action in the positive aspect of life.

#51 - You can't get back on the horse because you ARE the horse 25.04.2022

In this episode, Travis discusses the typical response of "I did okay, but I need to just get back on the horse" and why that may be the very thing that's holding you back from achieving balance in your health journey and life. You're not the rider of the horse, the rider of the horse is life, you are the horse, attached to a cart filled with random ass baggage. Listen in to figure out how to move...

#50 - Temporary solutions for permanent changes 18.04.2022

In this episode, Travis reflects on his recent 'week off' and what it meant for him, his clients, the business, and how it helped or didn't help moving forward. This episode is built around making temporary adjustments or perspective shifts to give you the insight into making permanent changes in your life, if it's going to work, how to make it work, and what needs to be sorted before we take long...

#49 - F*ck Your Potential & What They Say 28.03.2022

In this episode, Travis runs through how to deal with the "would, could, should" that you inevitably will come across in your life when trying to better it in some way. Whenever someone gives you advice they're more than likely not giving advice on what's best for you based on what you've said, they're giving you advice based on what they've experienced in the past. How do we harness that and not...

#48 - Binge-Restrict Kcal Balance: Perceived Reality vs Actual Reality 21.03.2022

In this episode, Travis discusses how the binge and restrict cycle typically works out balancing in the end for you to remain 'stuck' and how to get out of that vicious cycle. He also runs through making decisions based on the perceived reality and the actual reality, our brain trying to predict the future based on what we've previously experienced and what's actually happening to us.

#47 - Lindsay's Introduction; "Who do you help and how do you help them?" 14.03.2022

In this episode, Travis sits down with the newest Head Coach of The Fitness Genie, Lindsay de las Alas to chat about who she helps, why she does what she does, and how she helps her clients. You'll be seeing and hearing a lot more from Lindsay as time goes on so hopefully, this podcast episode can act as the flagship introduction for Lindsay's coaching style!

#46 - Fireside Mindset Group Chat 07.03.2022

In this episode, Travis talks to a group of women being coached by Fiona @personaltraining _ with_fi and discusses a multitude of topics surrounding the mindset of weight loss. There's a lot of good back and forth, with the main topics around self-love while being a mother, anxiety, and expectations. Be a fly on the wall for this closed group chat and we hope it helps you in some way. If it does h...

#45 - 'Burn it to Earn it' Mindset is ruining your life 28.02.2022

In this episode, Travis discusses the typical mindset that a lot of his clients come to him to fix which is one that he's dubbing 'burn it to earn it' If you're focusing on burning as many calories as possible during your workout in order to justify having a certain amount of calories then this podcast is for you. Travis has had a week off with COVID and the principles he's lived by for years are...

#44 - Over-Restrict, Binge; How to avoid the cycle 21.02.2022

In this episode, Travis discusses the typical cycle that a lot of people are stuck on. Over-restricting and bringing ourselves into an intentional starvation period which is followed closely by a 'blow-out' and binge episode. Travis also discusses the 4-steps he likes to focus on with his clients to get them out of the restrict-binge cycle and how to make sure they can finish the program and know...

#43 - The Foundations of Happiness, getting back to them 14.02.2022

Welcome to the season 3 premiere! In this episode, Travis discusses the root cause behind why most people are wanting to sign-up as of late and a small perspective shift that leads to a lot more enjoyment and happiness while trying to achieve weight loss. If you enjoy this episode and feel like giving back, feel free to leave a review where possible!

#42 - Season 2 Finale; How to Manage the Holiday Calories 23.12.2021

In this episode, Travis discusses the typical advice he gives to his clients around the holiday period, he touches on new years' resolutions, and most importantly the advice we're all after... How in the absolute sh*t do we make it through the holiday period without completely blowing out physically, mentally, and emotionally? Enjoy and Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and we'll see you all in sea...

#41 - Why/How This Program is Different 13.12.2021

In this episode, Travis discusses why and how the Unfuck Your Self Transformation Program came to be and more importantly, why it's focus is primarily not weight loss and yet how it achieves better weight loss results than any program he's ever put together in the past.

#40 - Anxiety: Comfortable vs Uncomfortable; What's Needed? 06.12.2021

In this episode, Travis discusses what anxiety will do and how to overcome it specifically relating to the gym. You will need to ask yourself what's needed for you to achieve a life worth living, and you'll need to be temporarily uncomfortable in order to expand your comfort zone to include the things you want in your life.

#39 - Client Interview: Emmalee 2-years LATER, Where is she now? 29.11.2021

In this episode, Travis talks to Emmalee, who completed the 'Fitness Freedom Transformation Program' which is now titled 'Unfuck Your Self' 2 years ago. They catch-up and run through why she signed-up to the program in the first place and also where she is now 2-years after completion and if she's managed to keep it up and maintain everything she learned from coaching. In a crazy turn of events, i...

#38 - Weight loss is Unmotivating, Do This Instead... 22.11.2021

In this episode, Travis talks about why many people feel unmotivated when trying to achieve weight loss, spoiler alert, it's unmotivating to focus on losing weight. Instead, he gives you a different perspective around weight loss and why most people have it backwards when looking to change their life

#37 - Stop Fixing the Symptom, Fix the Root Cause! 15.11.2021

In this episode, Travis discusses where most people go wrong on their health journey and that's by fixing the symptoms that come along as opposed to dealing with the root cause issue of the symptom.

#36 - Client Interview: Della 08.11.2021

In this episode, Travis interviews his OG client Della, who had been with Travis for almost 4-years before the last COVID lockdown in Melbourne. This interview was short, sharp, and to the point. There are a few moments in this podcast that are still very emotionally raw for Della, so they didn't go as in-depth as a potential future podcast will offer, but this podcast was amazing to get the persp...

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