The Messy Middle

The Messy Middle

By Cassie CoveyHealth & FitnessNutrition
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The Messy Middle episodes

  • How to build a workout routine when you’re already burnt out: (Stronger Than You Think - EP. 8)

    You DON'T want to miss this! Episode 8: How to Build a Workout Routine When You’re Already Burnt Out

     

    If you’re listening to this today thinking,

    “I want to move my body, I want to feel better… but honestly? I’m just too damn tired." This episode is for you.

    Because what you need isn’t another rigid plan.

    It’s permission to build something flexible.
    Something that meets you where you actually are.

     

    Welcome to Stronger Than You Think — the series for strong women who are tired of feeling stuck. I’m your host, Cassie Covey — personal trainer, health coach, and a woman who knows firsthand what it feels like to lose herself under the weight of stress, exhaustion, and a body that doesn’t feel like home anymore. 

    Right now I’m your personal coach and guide as we peel back the layers of pressure, perfection, and burnout — and rebuild with strength, softness, and sustainability.

    Let’s rewrite your story, one episode at a time!

     

    My hope in talking about these things is that it will help you while you're going through this or have just been through it. Know that you're not alone and your feelings are important.

     

    Pull up a chair because you need to hear this. Once you know better...you do better...and can help others along the way.

     

    ✨Subscribe, follow and leave a FIVE STAR rating and a REVIEW!

     

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    Subject: The Messy Middle 

    11 min
  • The truth about lifting weights and ‘Getting Bulky': (Stronger Than You Think - EP. 7)

    You DON'T want to miss this! Episode 7: The Truth About Lifting Weights and ‘Getting Bulky'

     

    If you've ever thought that lifting weights would make me bulky, masculine, or “too much.”

    Spoiler alert: It won't

     

    Today we’re going to bust one of the most damaging myths still floating around the fitness world:

    The fear that lifting weights will make you bulky.

     

    Welcome to Stronger Than You Think — the series for strong women who are tired of feeling stuck. I’m your host, Cassie Covey — personal trainer, health coach, and a woman who knows firsthand what it feels like to lose herself under the weight of stress, exhaustion, and a body that doesn’t feel like home anymore. 

    Right now I’m your personal coach and guide as we peel back the layers of pressure, perfection, and burnout — and rebuild with strength, softness, and sustainability.

    Let’s rewrite your story, one episode at a time!

     

    My hope in talking about these things is that it will help you while you're going through this or have just been through it. Know that you're not alone and your feelings are important.

     

    Pull up a chair because you need to hear this. Once you know better...you do better...and can help others along the way.

     

    ✨Subscribe, follow and leave a FIVE STAR rating and a REVIEW!

     

    ✨Connect with Cassie Covey on Socials:

    Instagram | Facebook | TikTok

     

    Drop in my DMs and let me know your thoughts on todays episode.

     

    Email questions and topic suggestions to:

    Subject: The Messy Middle 

    10 min
  • Aches, pains, and ‘getting old’ — or something else?: (Stronger Than You Think - EP. 6)

    You DON'T want to miss this! Episode 6: Aches, Pains, and ‘Getting Old’ — or Something Else?

     

    Here’s what I've learned — and what I want you to hear today: Just because your body hurts… doesn’t mean it’s falling apart. It might just be asking you to listen.

    Today we’re diving into the difference between aging… and accumulated neglect. 

     

    Welcome to Stronger Than You Think — the series for strong women who are tired of feeling stuck. I’m your host, Cassie Covey — personal trainer, health coach, and a woman who knows firsthand what it feels like to lose herself under the weight of stress, exhaustion, and a body that doesn’t feel like home anymore. 

    Right now I’m your personal coach and guide as we peel back the layers of pressure, perfection, and burnout — and rebuild with strength, softness, and sustainability.

    Let’s rewrite your story, one episode at a time!

     

    My hope in talking about these things is that it will help you while you're going through this or have just been through it. Know that you're not alone and your feelings are important.

     

    Pull up a chair because you need to hear this. Once you know better...you do better...and can help others along the way.

     

    ✨Subscribe, follow and leave a FIVE STAR rating and a REVIEW!

     

    ✨Connect with Cassie Covey on Socials:

    Instagram | Facebook | TikTok

     

    Drop in my DMs and let me know your thoughts on todays episode.

     

    Email questions and topic suggestions to:

    Subject: The Messy Middle 

    10 min
  • Start with 5 Minutes - The Power of Tiny, Consistent Action: (Stronger Than You Think - EP. 5)

    You DON'T want to miss this! Episode 5: Start with 5 Minutes: The Power of Tiny, Consistent Action

    The part where you know something has to change… but you’re just too overwhelmed to figure out how to begin.

     

    Today’s episode is for the woman who’s tired before she even starts.

    The one who keeps saying, “I don’t have the time. I don’t have the energy. I don’t even know where to begin.”

     

    Welcome to Stronger Than You Think — the series for strong women who are tired of feeling stuck. I’m your host, Cassie Covey — personal trainer, health coach, and a woman who knows firsthand what it feels like to lose herself under the weight of stress, exhaustion, and a body that doesn’t feel like home anymore. 

    Right now I’m your personal coach and guide as we peel back the layers of pressure, perfection, and burnout — and rebuild with strength, softness, and sustainability.

    Let’s rewrite your story, one episode at a time!

     

    My hope in talking about these things is that it will help you while you're going through this or have just been through it. Know that you're not alone and your feelings are important.

     

    Pull up a chair because you need to hear this. Once you know better...you do better...and can help others along the way.

     

    ✨Subscribe, follow and leave a FIVE STAR rating and a REVIEW!

     

    ✨Connect with Cassie Covey on Socials:

    Instagram | Facebook | TikTok

     

    Drop in my DMs and let me know your thoughts on todays episode.

     

    Email questions and topic suggestions to:

    Subject: The Messy Middle 

    12 min
  • The Fear of Looking Silly in the Gym and How to Push Through: (Stronger Than You Think - EP. 4)

    You DON'T want to miss this! Episode 4: The Fear of Looking Silly in the Gym (and How to Push Through)

    If you’ve ever walked into a gym and instantly wanted to turn around and walk back out, you're not alone - and you’re in the right place.  

    Today we’re talking about something that so many of us struggle with, that gut-level fear: The fear of looking silly. Of doing it wrong. Of being judged. Of being the only one who doesn’t know what the heck they’re doing.

     

    Welcome to Stronger Than You Think — the series for strong women who are tired of feeling stuck. I’m your host, Cassie Covey — personal trainer, health coach, and a woman who knows firsthand what it feels like to lose herself under the weight of stress, exhaustion, and a body that doesn’t feel like home anymore. 

    Right now I’m your personal coach and guide as we peel back the layers of pressure, perfection, and burnout — and rebuild with strength, softness, and sustainability.

    Let’s rewrite your story, one episode at a time!

     

    My hope in talking about these things is that it will help you while you're going through this or have just been through it. Know that you're not alone and your feelings are important.

     

    Pull up a chair because you need to hear this. Once you know better...you do better...and can help others along the way.

     

    ✨Subscribe, follow and leave a FIVE STAR rating and a REVIEW!

     

    ✨Connect with Cassie Covey on Socials:

    Instagram | Facebook | TikTok

     

    Drop in my DMs and let me know your thoughts on todays episode.

     

    Email questions and topic suggestions to:

    Subject: The Messy Middle 

    10 min
  • Breathless, defeated, but not broken: (Stronger Than You Think - EP. 3)

    You DON'T want to miss this! Episode 3: Breathless, defeated, but not broken

    If you’ve ever had that moment — breathing heavy after stairs, heart pounding after carrying groceries, too exhausted to play with your kids — and then immediately spiraled into shame?

     

    If you’ve ever felt like your body’s holding you back or that you’re constantly starting over, you’re not alone — and you’re in the right place.

     

    Today, we’re diving into something that so many of us struggle with, getting winded walking up the stairs and think, “What the heck happened to me?”

    This episode is for YOU!

     

    Welcome to Stronger Than You Think — the series for strong women who are tired of feeling stuck. I’m your host, Cassie Covey — personal trainer, health coach, and a woman who knows firsthand what it feels like to lose herself under the weight of stress, exhaustion, and a body that doesn’t feel like home anymore. 

    Right now I’m your personal coach and guide as we peel back the layers of pressure, perfection, and burnout — and rebuild with strength, softness, and sustainability.

    Let’s rewrite your story, one episode at a time!

     

    My hope in talking about these things is that it will help you while you're going through this or have just been through it. Know that you're not alone and your feelings are important.

     

    Pull up a chair because you need to hear this. Once you know better...you do better...and can help others along the way.

     

    ✨Subscribe, follow and leave a FIVE STAR rating and a REVIEW!

     

    ✨Connect with Cassie Covey on Socials:

    Instagram | Facebook | TikTok

     

    Drop in my DMs and let me know your thoughts on todays episode.

     

    Email questions and topic suggestions to:

    Subject: The Messy Middle 

    9 min
  • Start for the woman you’re becoming: (Stronger Than You Think - EP. 2)

    You DON'T want to miss this! Episode 2: Start For the Woman You’re Becoming!

    If you’ve ever felt like your body’s holding you back or that you’re constantly starting over, you’re not alone — and you’re in the right place.

    Today, we’re diving into something that so many of us struggle with, the lie - You need to be fit… to start getting fit.

    Sounds ridiculous when you say it out loud, right!?

     

    Welcome to Stronger Than You Think — the series for strong women who are tired of feeling stuck. I’m your host, Cassie Covey — personal trainer, health coach, and a woman who knows firsthand what it feels like to lose herself under the weight of stress, exhaustion, and a body that doesn’t feel like home anymore. 

    Right now I’m your personal coach and guide as we peel back the layers of pressure, perfection, and burnout — and rebuild with strength, softness, and sustainability.

    Let’s rewrite your story, one episode at a time!

     

    My hope in talking about these things is that it will help you while you're going through this or have just been through it. Know that you're not alone and your feelings are important.

     

    Pull up a chair because you need to hear this. Once you know better...you do better...and can help others along the way.

     

    ✨Subscribe, follow and leave a FIVE STAR rating and a REVIEW!

     

    ✨Connect with Cassie Covey on Socials:

    Instagram | Facebook | TikTok

     

    Drop in my DMs and let me know your thoughts on todays episode.

     

    Email questions and topic suggestions to:

    Subject: The Messy Middle 

    9 min
  • Too tired to workout? Here's the real Fix: (Stronger Than You Think - EP. 1)

    You DON'T want to miss this! Episode 1: Too Tired To Workout? Here's the Real Fix

    If you’ve ever felt like your body’s holding you back or that you’re constantly starting over, you’re not alone — and you’re in the right place.

    Today, we’re diving into something that so many of us struggle with...You’re tired!

    Not just “I didn’t sleep well last night” tired. But deep in your bones, can’t-think-straight, don’t-even-have-the-energy-to-cry tired. And when you're that tired, even the idea of working out feels impossible.

     

    Welcome to Stronger Than You Think — the series for strong women who are tired of feeling stuck. I’m your host, Cassie Covey — personal trainer, health coach, and a woman who knows firsthand what it feels like to lose herself under the weight of stress, exhaustion, and a body that doesn’t feel like home anymore. 

    Right now I’m your personal coach and guide as we peel back the layers of pressure, perfection, and burnout — and rebuild with strength, softness, and sustainability.

    Let’s rewrite your story, one episode at a time!

     

    My hope in talking about these things is that it will help you while you're going through this or have just been through it. Know that you're not alone and your feelings are important.

     

    Pull up a chair because you need to hear this. Once you know better...you do better...and can help others along the way.

     

    ✨Subscribe, follow and leave a FIVE STAR rating and a REVIEW!

     

    ✨Connect with Cassie Covey on Socials:

    Instagram | Facebook | TikTok

     

    Drop in my DMs and let me know your thoughts on todays episode.

     

    Email questions and topic suggestions to:

    Subject: The Messy Middle 

    9 min
  • Ep. 22 Post-Traumatic Growth: This Pain Has a Purpose - A Personal Journey

    You DON'T want to miss this!

    In this episode Cassie talks about trauma and post traumatic growth. Staying stuck in trauma or growing from it - Where do you go from here? The things we don't want to talk about and that really aren't talked about...UNTIL NOW!

    My hope in talking about these things is that it will help people who are going through this or have just been through it. Know that you're not alone and your feelings are important.

     

    Pull up a chair because you need to hear this. Once you know better...you do better...and can help others along the way.

     

    ✨Subscribe, follow and leave a FIVE STAR rating and a REVIEW!

     

    ✨Connect with Cassie Covey on Socials:

    Instagram | Facebook | TikTok

     

    Drop in my DMs and let me know your thoughts on todays episode.

     

    Email questions and topic suggestions to:

    Subject: The Messy Middle 

    31 min
  • Overwhelmed before beginning: Grace Over Grind - EP. 14

    You DON'T want to miss this! Episode 14: Overwhelmed Before Beginning

    You’re overwhelmed… and haven’t even started.

    Today, we’re diving into something that so many of us struggle with the exhausting cycle of always starting over — especially when we don’t fully believe in yourself or your worth: That heavy, paralyzing feeling of being overwhelmed before you even begin.

     

    I’m Cassie, and this is The Grace Over Grind Series — a series for women who are tired of quick fixes, shame spirals, and starting over.

    This series is for the woman who’s been doing it all, and still feels like she’s failing.

    Today’s episode is your permission slip to pause, breathe, and believe there’s another way.
    Let’s get into it.

     

    My hope in talking about these things is that it will help you while you're going through this or have just been through it. Know that you're not alone and your feelings are important.

     

    Pull up a chair because you need to hear this. Once you know better...you do better...and can help others along the way.

     

    ✨Subscribe, follow and leave a FIVE STAR rating and a REVIEW!

     

    ✨Connect with Cassie Covey on Socials:

    Instagram | Facebook | TikTok

     

    Drop in my DMs and let me know your thoughts on todays episode.

     

    Email questions and topic suggestions to:

    Subject: The Messy Middle 

    10 min

About The Messy Middle

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Hey! I’m your host Cassie Covey. In this podcast we talk about everything faith, family, and fitness. We’re going in those uncharted territories of the messy middle. The part of it all that we wanna…