What if your drive for perfection is actually the thing holding you back? In this powerful episode, I sit down with high-performance nervous system coach Natalie Hummel to unpack how unresolved nervous system patterns can limit success, even in the most disciplined and ambitious women.

Natalie shares her journey from Olympic equestrian dreams to body shutdown, and how nervous system healing became the missing link in achieving real performance breakthroughs. This is the conversation every high achiever needs to hear…especially if you're tired of doing all the right things but still feel stuck at the same level.

You’ll learn:

• What the “nervous system set point” is and how it blocks success
• How ego-based perfectionism can keep high performers stuck
• Why nervous system capacity (not motivation) is the key to next-level performance
• How to identify your emotional “set point” and safely expand it
• Practical tools to build resilience, emotional safety, and flow state on demand

Whether you're an entrepreneur, athlete, or leader, this episode will show you how to stop self-sabotaging and start operating from embodied excellence.

Natalie’s 4-month signature program, How to Heal for More, is now accepting applications.

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In this solo episode, I’m getting really real about my experience navigating the “soft girl era” and the ways it almost made me lose herself entirely.

From moving across the country and completing my Pilates certification to untangling the spiritual programming that labeled my ambition as “too masculine,” I’m sharing a raw unfiltered account of reclaiming my voice, my vision, and the part of me that’s always been driven to go, do, and become.

Whether you’ve dabbled in the neo-spiritual space, been told to “be more in your feminine,” or just feel like you’re drifting away from your fire, this episode is a must-listen.

In today’s episode, I cover:

Why I moved away from the neo-spiritual space

• The dangers of romanticizing passivity in the name of femininity
• How the “soft girl era” disconnected me from her goals, health, and sense of self
• The difference between balance and harmony, and why high performers need the latter
• Why abandoning structure isn’t healing (and what real integration looks like)

I’m NOT anti-softness. I AM very pro reclamation of the ambitious woman’s right to FUCKING GO FOR IT without shame.

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This is not your average entrepreneurship conversation. In this episode of EMBody Radio, I’m sitting down with spiritual business mentor, psychic channel, and truth-teller Victoria Pippo for a raw, soul-deep dive into the side of spiritual growth and high visibility no one talks about.

We unpack the hidden costs of building a brand in the age of "algorithm pressure," psychic attack, and performative spirituality. If you’ve ever felt energetically fried, spiritually lost, or like your business success came at the expense of your soul… this episode is the permission slip and wake-up call you didn’t know you needed.

Together, we explore:

• What really happens when high-achieving women wake up spiritually
• The truth about psychic attack and energetic interference in business
• How to protect your energy while still showing up powerfully online
• Why “everything is a sign” is dangerous without discernment
• The New Age self-obsession vs. Christian bypassing, and the middle path
• Victoria’s story of falling in love, walking away from the New Age illusion, and finding God in her queer partnership
• Why so many successful entrepreneurs feel secretly empty (and how to get your light back)
• 4 core energetic tools for spiritually sovereign leadership: Ground, Cleanse, Shield, and Protect
• The hard truth about running a God-led business that still creates massive wealth

This one is deeply personal, wildly practical, and spiritually potent. Whether you’re in a spiritual awakening, building something big, or trying to hold both — this is the conversation you’ve been waiting for.

Tune in, take notes, and prepare to feel seen in a way few conversations allow.

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Welcome to the very first episode of The Excellence Edit, a new series on EMBody Radio where we sit down with high performers who embody what it means to lead with power, precision, and personal integrity.

Today’s guest? None other than Sue Bush: CEO, COO, and CFO of Physique Development, powerhouse fitness coach, and one of my closest friends and biggest inspirations.

In this candid conversation, we unpack what it really means to pursue personal excellence, not as a vague ideal, but as a lived, daily standard. Expect fire quotes, no fluff, and the kind of clarity that’ll call you forward.

We cover:

• Why excellence isn’t perfection, and how grace keeps you in the game longer
• How to structure your life when you don’t “feel like it”
• ADHD, time blindness, and removing friction for high performance
• Beauty, aesthetics, and how self-presentation reinforces self-respect
• Money, mission, and why more women should want to be wealthy
• The unsexy truth about consistency, boredom, and doing the reps
• Why your perfectionism is stalling your progress, and how to scale habits back without quitting
• Leadership, resentment, and the real cost of people-pleasing as a female founder

If you’ve ever struggled with self-trust, overthinking, inconsistency, or the fear of being “too much,” this episode is going to hit home in the best way.

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We're wrapping a little story time into a podcast! On today's show, I'm sharing more of the "why" behind our move to Austin, alongside the "lesson" of knowing when you've outgrown something and potentially even become complacent there. Cheers to new chapters!

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You're a high performing, self-aware, intelligent woman. You've done the therapy, you've listened to the podcasts and read all the books, you've done the journal prompts, and yet even though you KNOW better, it's not translating into DOING better. WTF? Today's guest, Bizzie Gold, has some answers. 

Bizzie Gold is a pioneering force in mental health innovation, reshaping the field with a data-driven approach to behavior prediction and rewiring. As the creator of Break Method, she has spent the last 11 years mapping tens of thousands of data sets, uncovering a groundbreaking truth: self-deception follows predictable patterns that can be accurately diagnosed and rewired without relying on a client’s self-awareness or narrative.

In today's episode, we're diving deep on the subconscious patterns that keep us "knowing better without doing better," the difference between instinct and intuition, and the tools to break your self-sabotage patterns for good.

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Check out Bizzie's newest book, "Your Brain is a Filthy Liar"

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Don't get me wrong, I'm THE champion for doing, being, and having it all. I want to live an absolutely HUGE life on my own terms. And also... I want to give a real peak behind the curtain, because everything in life involves tradeoffs - whether it's your fitness, your career, your relationships, everything is a give and take game. Give this episode a listen if you're in a season of evaluating what you REALLY want, and getting a clear idea of what some of those tradeoffs might look like for you, especially with fitness, body composition, entrepreneurship, and growing your social media platforms.

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This one is dedicated to all my high-achieving girls with... (sometimes crippling) anxiety. I know sometimes it feels like dealing with mental health issues, whether that's anxiety or depression or something else, means you have a "built in" ceiling. I'm here to a) talk about my own experience with anxiety, and b) remind you why that's absolutely not true. Or at least it doesn't have to be.

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Interested in a luxury 1:1 online health coaching experience? Look no further than FENIX ATHLETICA, where we fuse science and soul for life-long transformation (inside AND out).

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"You need to be more balanced." No... you don't. Balance is a lie, especially for high performers. It's an illusion that keeps you stuck and ends up feeling really unfulfilling in the long haul. In today's episode, we're diving into the lie of "balance" and how to practice strategic imbalance to foster the forward progression and growth you crave in your life without burning out or falling apart.

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So you say you want it... but are you showing up like you want it? In this today's show, we’re exploring the subtle but powerful gap between your intentions and your effort, and how to realign your mindset, habits, and energy toward what you really want. If you’ve been feeling stuck, inconsistent, or like you’re spinning your wheels, this conversation will help you get honest, get grounded, and start moving forward with integrity and direction. It’s not about doing "more," it’s about doing what actually moves the needle forward.

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