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After enticing 100 people to my run club off the back of putting a bulletin in a facebook group that essentially said 'we want you to come if you are shit at running' - I have thoughts. And I'm about to share them!

In this episode I talk with Beth from the Matrescence Project. When Beth speaks the room listens. I've seen it first hand and could not wait to get her on here to talk about Matrescence, the word so many of in our 40's and onwards probably wish we had known about so we could have labelled the sheer carnage that is navigating the transition from being who you are - into being you but with child! We discuss the resisting the societal expectations to be able to do it all and embracing 'dependence' rather than seeing it as a weakness and the power of creating a 'neighbourgood' rather than a village around your family set up. A feel good episode whether you about to enter it, you're in the trenches or just like a good old reflection back on it. And as always with Beth, plenty of nuggets of wisdom.

The minute I saw Liz I was so impressed with her, and if you are someone who feels completely lost in the world of supplements, she is someone you will want to listen to. Stuck on what works and what doesn't? Struggling to work out if it's worth the money? How to sniff out red flags? She covers the lot and explains how her brilliant software could be you new best friend and could save you so much money. Integral to the core, we need more women like Liz within the health and wellbeing space.

Are our kids really influenced by us when it comes to exercise. In this episode I explore the impact of you partaking (or not partaking) in physical exercise will have on your kids. This comes from my observations from running a run club where kids are welcome and most importantly a dig into the science surrounding this topic.

In this episode I explore what comes up in most initial calls with all my clients - how our mums spoke about and behaved around food and how it shapes our relationship with it and how we speak to our children. This episode is designed to empower you, not upset you and will enable you to make the dinner table a happy place again rather than an anxiety ridden war zone for all parties involved!

In this sort episode I try to challenge you to think about what it being sold to you online to fix your problems versus what you know fundamentally works but feels like harder work! The internet knows what you weaknesses are and it knows the money to be made in exploiting this and targeting you. Whereas I know the basics will serve you much better and I'm here to remind you of that.

Mind Your Mind. Mind Your Energy. How many times have you thought: "What is wrong with me?" "Why can't I just get my act together?" You're doing life. You're showing up. But you feel off. Tired. Foggy. Not quite yourself. In this episode, l'm joined by Gillian from Reignite, where we bring together two powerful perspectives: Mindset, patterns, identity Nutrition, energy, hormones and habits Because the truth is it's not just your mindset... and it's not just your hormones either. It's the interaction between your mind and your energy. Together, we explore: Why you feel "off" even when life looks fineWhy you feel in control one minute and completely off the nextWhat's really behind the "I know what to do but I don't do it" cycleWhy trying to be "good" often makes things worseHow women slowly stop being a priority in their own livesThis is a real, honest conversation that connects what's happening in your head with what's happening in your body. If you've been blaming yourself... this episode will change that

In this episode I explore what happens when people start to see the cracks in the all or nothing approach - but in trying to stay out of it, fall into the trap of feeling like they are just doing nothing! I explain why as a coach I can get on board with this and why I think you are probably doing better than you are giving yourself credit for.

In this episode I discuss the rise in women getting into recreational fitness but training at an intensity where their nutrition requirements are no longer being met - more from lack of realisation than intention. This is leading to a set of symptoms being mistaken for perimenopause and left unresolved, could potentially lead to more harm than good in future years. This is a topic that will be covered in far more depth at our Fitness Unprofessionals event on March 7th in Manchester. Details and tickets can be found here: https://www.michellecarroll.co.uk/fitnessunprofessionalslive

In this episode I explore why I found everyone's 2025 highlight reel a little triggering this year. But what I realised in trying to fathom it gave me a great reframe that I think would be useful to anyone feeling the same. Happy New Year Folks!

I never thought setting up a run club for people who hate running would have such a profound effect on my emotions! As a coach, its made me learn more in 4 weeks than I have in 4 years previous. Today I share some of the stories and the realiastions I've made about the stigma of the fitness industry, how it intimidates a lot of people and that creates paralysis to start moving in an shape or form. If we can all work in getting people to overcome this, you start to see the effect of one person empowering another and so on. This has been the most fulfilling gift I will get this Christmas.

In this episode I explain a framework I've used for many years with clients. The concept of intentionally doing a tiny segment of your usual version of health seeking behaviours throughout December so that by January 'the fear' hasn't kicked in and you have to use the toxic January hype to get back into it. This is one to listen to if every January if your 'kickstart' yet there you are again a year later in the same position or worst still, even further back that the year before!

This episode summarises the talk delivered at this weekend's mac nutrition live conference by Dr Nicola Guess on Personalised nutrition. I discuss what it actually is and share the research on its efficacy. If you've done Zoe or you've considered this, or another company's personal nutrition, this episode is worth listening to.

In this episode I explain why I coach the way I do and how it its the furthest thing away from what people expect from a nutritionist. This is worth a listen if you have tried every diet under the sun but are still no nearer your goals, or you spend your life thinking if you could just get better discipline you would crack it. You won't! If you want to understand the methods we know work and start being kinder and more understanding of yourself, this could be the episode for you, or I could be the coach for you!

I regularly hear this from people. They see that eating protein is important but they don't really know much beyond it helps grow muscle'. So in this episode I give you a brief explanation as to why it is such an important part of our diet in the hope it gives you a bit more of a reason to start making sure it features throughout your entire day.