When I was in my 30s and 40s, I thought health was something you earned with discipline. I ate clean, drank tons of water, ran marathons and swallowed whatever supplements were trending. And even though I appeared to be doing everything right, my stress was through the roof and my body constantly ached. I was always looking for the next thing to fix.

But here's what I didn't realize:

I wasn't broken, or even unhealthy. I just wasn't listening to my body. I cared more about how things looked than how they felt.

I thought I had to prove that I was healthy by doing hard shit–taking on more than I could actually handle. I didn't understand that relaxation isn't something you earn after you check all the boxes. It's an essential ingredient to success.

In today's episode, I'm talking with Courtney Townley, host of Grace & Grit and author of The Consistency Code. Courtney helps women navigate the health maze of midlife—when your resilience to stress is naturally lower, and the load you're carrying has never been heavier, and the old strategies you've used to just keep going are no longer working.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why doing more often makes you less healthy—and how your definition of self-care needs to change

• How to identify "integrity pain," the tension between who you are and how you're living

• What to do when your motivation disappears and you literally don't have the energy to keep up with your damn self

Being healthy isn't about external metrics…it's when you learn how to experience unconditional love for your body.

If you are ready to get support from a community of women who are co-creating this change with intention and clarity— Click here to BOOK A DISCOVERY CALL.

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You can find Courtney at Grace & Grit ---> Grab Her NEW Book, The Consistency Code, launching November 5th!

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