Made Good

If you've ever felt stuck in your cycle, your dating life, your career, or a habit you can't seem to keep, this Q&A episode is for you. Flo takes your Instagram questions one by one and gets to the root of each: what's actually going on, and what to do about it.

In This Episode:

• Missing period after going raw vegan, and how to get it back
• Gaining 40 pounds on antidepressants
• How to flirt
• How to start over when you feel like a failure 
• How Flo discerned starting The Catholic Nutritionist

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Flo posted a video that said "just because you're Catholic doesn't mean you have to be ugly." Days later a comment rolled in: look at the saints. Rose of Lima made herself ugly on purpose. Vanity is a sin. Please don't try to normalize it.

So this is the full breakdown. Flo is joined by Mary Harper (@theliturgicalstyle), author of The Liturgical Style Guide and the forthcoming What the Saints Wore, who quite literally wrote the book on dressing like the saints. Together they go to Matthew 6, the mystics, the extreme penances, and the question underneath all of it: can a Catholic woman care about her appearance? 

In This Episode:

• Why discarding your looks can be its own act of pride

• The St. Martin de Porres story about "nice, neat little shoes" that will change how you judge what someone's wearing

• The examination of conscience question that makes vanity clear

• Mary's guided prayer with Our Lady in front of your mirror

• The St. Francis detail almost nobody knows

  
  

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Imagine waking up on October 1st and instead of thinking "I really need to get back on track," you've got 12 workouts, a cleaned-out closet, better skin, and receipts. In this solo episode, Flo lays out the exact 12 things she'd do if she had 30 days to look and feel noticeably better, no total life overhaul, no becoming a different person, just what actually moves the needle in a month. She sorts them by how fast they pay off, tells you which ones to bust out in an afternoon, and which ones take the longest, so the sooner you start the better. 

In this episode:

• Why 12 workouts in one month does more for your brain than for your body

• The protein question to ask before you plan a single meal, and what it fixes in your energy, hunger, and hormones

• The microwave wins that take an hour and will already show up in photos.

• What is secretly draining you, and how you can fix it in one afternoon

The 30-Day Glow Up Challenge starts September 1st, which means doors close August 31st.

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Somewhere along the way we confused loving ourselves with never expecting anything of ourselves. In this episode, Flo unpacks the one lie that's quietly keeping so many Catholic women stuck, the belief that wanting to change means you don't love yourself, and the one cardinal virtue that can actually get you moving.

If you've been circling the same goal for years, afraid that structure and discipline will cost you your freedom or your food peace, this one's for you. Flo makes the case that you can hold two things at once: I am made good and lovable, AND there are things in my health, habits, and life I want to change.

In This Episode:

• Why "radical self-acceptance" can quietly become self-abandonment

• How to tell whether you actually accept where you are, or you're just lying to yourself about it

• Why the structure you're avoiding is far less frustrating than six more months of halfway results

• Aquinas' three steps to prudence (counsel, judgment, command) and how to use them on your health goals this month

• The trellis and the garden: how to build structure that makes you blossom instead of shrink

• The script to use on yourself when you fall short, and why shame shuts your brain down completely

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What if the thing standing between you and a real prayer life isn't discipline, it's the fact that nobody ever made it simple?

Allan Smith, author of The Soul of a Disciple: Fulton Sheen's Meditations on the Cross, the Eucharist, and the Christian Life, joins Florencia for a conversation about Fulton Sheen, the Holy Face, and the very small habits that shape a soul. Allan spent years as a plumber before becoming one of the most published voices on Sheen in the world, and he brings the same practicality to prayer: baby steps work. One page. One scripture line. One honest "I'm here."

In this episode:

• The Holy Face devotion the saints could not stop practicing, and the 1849 Vatican miracle behind the images you've seen

• A realistic framework for prayer when you work full time or have small children

• The five-retreat path Allan believes Fulton Sheen would give us today

• What to do when you've prayed a holy hour before and can't anymore: how to release the shame and start where you actually are

• The rule that changed Florencia's prayer in college

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Imagine it's Christmas 2026 and you're looking back at photos from this summer. Will you be proud of where you are? In this episode, Flo lays out exactly how to have an end-of-summer glow up — the mind, body, soul kind — before the year gets away from you. She covers the mistakes that stop most women before they start, the framework behind three years of her own glow ups, and the four categories to organize the whole thing around.

In this episode:

• Why summer beats January for changing your life, and how to use the back-to-school energy of August as your on-ramp into fall
• The four mistakes that will stall your glow up, including the one almost everyone makes in the first five minutes
• Happy, healthy, holy, hotter: the four-pillar audit that shows you exactly what's been slipping
• The clothes-shopping mistake Flo made that proves why you need decision frameworks, not willpower
• How community accelerates consistency — and why glowing up in total isolation almost never works
• The honest way to talk about weight loss without shame, extremes, or pretending you don't care

Flo also shares what's inside the 30-Day Summer Glow Up Challenge — daily homework, meal plans, live coaching, and yes, earnable patches. Starts August 1st, 2026.

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What does it actually take to find deep, healing feminine friendship? In this episode, Florencia sits down with client and grad Kaelyn to pull back the curtain on the Made Good Retreat — a sold-out weekend where women who'd only ever met online became the kind of friends who want to reunite in France next year. It's a conversation about loneliness, the ache for real Catholic community, and why getting out of your environment can heal what months at home can't.

In this episode:

• Why secular wellness retreats leave you on guard, and how the Made Good retreat is different
• The reason every single guest registered early — and the retreat sold out before the doors opened

• The "roller rink" trick for finally getting into the conversation when you're the quieter one
• What makes a woman easy to approach, safe to open up to, and the person everyone wants near

Whether you're single, married, or somewhere in between, this one is a balm for any heart longing for community. Waitlist and application linked in the show notes.

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In this episode, Flo sits down with Molly Clark, a licensed massage therapist and Made Good grad, to talk about something most of us only think about as a spa-day treat: massage therapy. Together they unpack the Catholic perspective on the healing power of touch — why your body holds onto stress, trauma, and memory, and how the right kind of body work can help you finally release it. They also tackle the question on every Catholic woman's mind before booking: how do I make sure there's no New Age "woo-woo" in the room?

In this episode:

• Why "the body will whisper before it screams" — and how to catch the signals before you can't even walk
• The surprising truth that trauma and memory get stored in your fascia (not just your mind)
• How to vet a massage therapist as a Catholic and spot the red flags: Reiki, chakras, and crystal beds
• What chronic stress actually looks like under a therapist's hands — even when you can't feel it yourself
• Why "everyone has a therapist, but nobody lets anyone touch their body" — and what you're missing
• The freeing reminder that your body already knows how to heal; you just have to stop forcing it

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Flo is back with Myla for another glow-up check-in — this time straight off their dream trip through Rome, Florence, and Paris. They get honest about what a "dream trip with your friend" actually does to you: the healing, the joy that brought them both to tears, the unexpected chaos

In This Episode:

• Why getting out of your environment gives you radical clarity on what actually matters
• How a film camera can change your life
• A surprise spiritual moment that left them both in tears and pondering how God sees them
• The healing power of taking the dream trip with a friend instead of waiting "someday"
• Our hidden-gem Paris church you'd walk right past

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This might be one of the most controversial topics for Christian women but we're opening the conversation because your soul matters most.

In this episode, Florencia sits down with Linda Carl — a certified yoga instructor and Reiki master for 20 years — who walked away from it all and expose what's really happening behind the "it's just a good stretch" myth.

If you've ever wondered whether you can do yoga as a Catholic, this is the conversation that gives you a clear answer — and the confidence to act on it.

In this episode you'll learn:

• Why "it's just exercise" is the exact lie that keeps you spiritually trapped

• What yoga is really about (according to Hindu's)

• The most dangerous type of yoga

• The hidden meaning behind sun salutations, warrior poses, and "downward dog"

• Why "nothing bad has ever happened to me" is the most dangerous thing you can believe — and Linda's two-word response

• Exactly which stretches are safe and which to drop today

• The journaling prayer to bring to adoration this week if you're struggling to let it go

If you are someone who actively goes to yoga classes, be open to hearing this conversation!

Mentioned in this episode:Yoga Unveiled: My Spiritual Journey from Darkness to Light by Linda CarlThe Exorcist Files — Yoga Episode

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