Episode 28: Why You Keep Quitting Your Goals (ft. Paige C. Clark)
Annie Vinje and accountability coach Paige C. Clark talk about why motivation fades, why shame keeps you stuck, and how to actually follow through on what you said you'd do.
Episode 27: Why You Wake Up at 3am and Gain Belly Fat When You Eat Less
Annie Vinje breaks down why so many midlife women are under-eating, how it drives cortisol, 3am wake-ups, and belly fat, and what to put on your plate instead.
Episode 26: Reclaiming the Body You Were Taught to Hide (ft. Rachel Merrill)
Annie Vinje and Rachel Merrill, The MILFy Medium, talk body shame, religious conditioning, and coming back to feeling alive in your body in midlife.
Episode 25: You've Tried Everything and Still Don't Feel Better
Annie Vinje walks through what it's really like to work with an integrative health practitioner, why no two plans look the same, and real client results.
Episode 24: Why You Don't Have to Hide Your True Self (ft. Holly Million)
Annie talks with shamanic practitioner Holly Million about energy that isn't yours to carry, why nervous system work doesn't have to look like meditation, and why she finally stopped hiding this side of herself at 61.
Episode 23: Why Your Bathroom Cabinet Is Full of Things That Didn't Work
Annie breaks down why the wellness industry keeps selling one more product, and what actually happens when you look at the whole picture instead of chasing one symptom at a time.
Episode 22: Why Choosing Yourself Feels So Scary (ft. Judith Manriquez)
Annie talks with intuitive business mentor Judith Manriquez about the real cost of not choosing yourself, and how to tell real intuition apart from an old trauma response.
Episode 21: The Lie I'm Finally Unlearning at 48
Annie gets personal about her own Chiron wound, the belief that worth has to be earned, and the mantras and self-knowledge tools that are helping her finally put it down.
Episode 20: I Was Skeptical of Seed Cycling, Here's What Actually Happened
Annie breaks down how seed cycling actually works for hormone balance, the real research behind flax, pumpkin, sesame, and sunflower seeds, and why it's not a stand-alone fix for perimenopause or PCOS symptoms.
Episode 19: She Thought She Was Too Broken to Be Fixed, with Elizabeth Neal
Annie sits down with soul liberation coach Elizabeth Neal to talk about burnout, the real difference between your inner critic and your intuition, the guilt that was never actually yours to carry, and why being capable was never supposed to mean carrying everything alone.
Episode 18: Why Your Body Keeps Score: Grief, Stress, and Trauma with Courtney Copeland
Annie sits down with trauma-informed counselor Courtney Copeland to talk about how grief and stress physically show up in the body, from missed periods to migraines, why healing isn't linear, and the one question she asks every client first.
Episode 17: The Symptom-Free Myth That's Keeping You Stuck in Perimenopause
Annie breaks down why chasing "symptom-free" is the wrong goal in perimenopause, why sleepless nights and mood swings are feedback instead of failure, and how to become the detective of your own body instead of waiting for someone else to hand you a plan.
Episode 16: Your Body Isn't Broken. Your PMS Is Trying to Talk to You.
Amy's own PMS sent her looking for answers her medical training never gave her. That's where she found menstrual cycle syncing, the idea that your body moves through four distinct hormonal phases each month, and each one calls for different food, different movement, and different expectations of your own energy and brain function.
Episode 15: Movement, Cortisol Belly & the Visceral Fat Trap Nobody Warns Women About
Annie breaks down why the 10,000-step rule is a myth, how perimenopause changes what your body needs from movement, and why performing a workout instead of enjoying it can backfire straight into cortisol belly and visceral fat. Real talk on lifting heavy, barre strength, and moving without the performance.
Episode 14: The Cart, the Toilet, and the Lie We Keep Telling Ourselves
A guy at Lowe's offered to help lift a toilet. I said no. Why high-achieving women refuse help, and what burnout and perimenopause finally teach us to stop.
Episode 13: The perimenopause symptoms no one warns you about
Brain fog, itchy ears, joint pain, mood swings. The real list of perimenopause symptoms, and what your body is actually asking for.
Episode 12: You can't come back to a body that doesn't feel safe
Do you feel safe in your body when you walk out your front door?
Not safe from danger. Safe inside yourself. Safe enough to go slow. To take up space. To stop scanning and just be there.
If the answer is no, or if you've never even thought to ask that question, this episode is for you.
Episode 11: Why You're Still Exhausted Even When You're Doing Everything Right
Annie Vinje gets honest about why high-functioning women stay depleted even when they're doing everything right, and traces it back to something the wellness industry has never addressed.
Episode 10: Financial Stress and Your Health - What Your Body Is Telling You | Feel Good Every Day Podcast
In this episode: the lifestyle creep trap, the mindset stories we inherited in childhood, what to actually do first if you've been avoiding your finances, how life transitions change your entire financial picture, and why telling your daughter "I love money" might be one of the most radical things you can do.
Episode 9: Why You're Exhausted in Midlife — Your Nervous System Is Running the Show
Annie Vinje and personal trainer Byrd Graciano break down what's actually driving exhaustion for high-functioning women in midlife — nervous system dysregulation, cortisol, perimenopause, and why rest and regulation are not the same thing.