You know what to do. You're just not doing it. And it's not because you lack willpower.

Courtney Townley has spent 30 years in the wellness space — from fitness trainer to fat loss coach to behavior change specialist — and she kept seeing the same pattern: women who knew exactly what the healthier choice was, and still couldn't make it. That gap between knowing and doing is what her new book, “The Consistency Code: A Midlife Woman’s Guide to Deep Health and Happiness,” was built to close.

In this episode, Courtney reframes everything you thought health was supposed to look like, and why the diet-and-exercise lens has been failing midlife women for decades.

If you're exhausted, running on empty by 5pm, and wondering why the wine always wins over the walk, this conversation is the one you didn't know you needed.

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

• Why midlife women are running on the least hormones with the most stress
• The real reason you reach for wine, Netflix, or sugar at the end of the day
• Why your nervous system was never designed to run in fight-or-flight all day long
• The four practices of the Consistency Code: Awareness, Organization, Follow Through, and Realignment
• Why "stop doing X" never works, and what to focus on instead
• Rigidity as the silent killer of consistency
• How to be your own coach: the art of insourcing your health

Connect with Courtney On Instagram @gracegrit

Want to learn more about Courtney’s work? Visit her website at https://graceandgrit.com

Listen to her podcast - Grace & Grit Podcast

BEST MOMENTS:

"You cannot be curious and judgmental at the same time. Choose curiosity."

"Rigidity is the death of consistency."

"I have never worked with a woman who didn't know what the healthier choice was. The bigger question is why aren't we doing it?"

"Health is not a destination. It's a direction you travel in for as long as you have breath in your lungs."

"You are one decision away from traveling back in the direction of health."

CONTACT THE HOST

• Website | www.thereikihealingcoach.com
• Instagram | @sophia_i_got_ig
• Instagram | @createlifeyourway
• Facebook | www.facebook.com/sophia.e.754
• LinkedIn | Sophia Elcock

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