Fit Minds
The Fit Minds podcast with your host: Coach Mariah Jean. Discussing all things health and fitness, nutrition, training, mental health, bodybuilding, competitions, sports performance, female specific health and debunking fitness/nutrition industry myths.
Coach Mariah has been training for 10+ years in the gym. She’s a full time online nutrition and fitness coach and a qualified, accredited, registered and insured sports nutritionist and personal trainer under the Mariah Jean fit brand.
Coaching clients and other coaches since launching her business in 2017. Mariah coaches clients nationally in Australia and internationally around the world. Mariah is not just a fitness/nutrition coach, but a business owner, life coach, business coach and mentor within her company: Mariah Jean Pty Ltd. She is a 2 x pro and national champion natural women’s bodybuilding figure athlete.
Mariah recovered from anorexia and bulimia nervosa plus severe depression and anxiety in 2015 and has been no stranger to mental health struggles since childhood. Post recovery she decided to pursue her passion in helping others to avoid the all too common mistakes she made herself along her fitness journey. Mariah’s aim is to help everyday people just like you, discover sustainable nutrition and fitness information and education to utilise for the rest of your lifetime.
To simplify the process once and for all by opening the doors on the fitness and nutrition industry. Peeling back the layers to discover the right mindset and mentality required to live your best, balanced and healthiest lifestyle. To finally remove the confusion, take back your power and establish a better relationship with yourself, your food and your exercise.
The Fit Minds Podcast will help you improve your attitude and approach towards tackling your life challenges, goals and success.
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Episodes
177 episodes
Top Tips for Getting Started With Your Health and Fitness
Starting your health and fitness journey doesn’t mean you need to change EVERYTHING overnight.Whether it’s your first time starting or your 20th, getting the foundations right can make the difference between another short-lived attempt ...
The Real Reason You’re Not Motivated to Exercise and Eat Well
In this episode, we unpack what’s REALLY going on when you feel like you’ve lost the motivation to exercise, eat well and stay consistent.From losing your “why” and getting stuck in an all-or-nothing cycle, to the role of support, struct...
Snacking and Weight Loss
Can you snack on the foods you love AND still lose weight? 👀In this episode, we’re breaking down why weight loss doesn’t mean cutting out every donut, Tim Tam or snack you enjoy.We talk about how to make snacks work within your ...
How to Train and Eat to Grow a Booty
Want to grow your glutes but not sure if you’re actually training AND eating the right way? 🍑In this episode, we’re breaking down what it really takes to grow your glutes, from progressive overload and lifting heavier, to choosing the ri...
Eating Healthy But Not Losing Weight?
"You're not eating badly. You're just not eating smart." 🧠Stop beating yourself up.You're not a bad person for not losing weight.You're not doing it "wrong."You're just over-consuming calories without even realizing it. ...
The Benefits of Strength Training for Women
"I don't want to lift weights... I don't want to get bulky." 👀If you're a busy mum, chances are you've had this thought before.It's one of the biggest myths stopping women from getting stronger, feeling more confident, and ...
Why you've got no energy as a Busy Mum
You're exhausted.Dragging your feet through the day.Snapping at the kids.Tired even after a full night's sleep 😩So you go looking for answers.Maybe it's my hormones.Maybe it's my cortisol.Maybe it's an imbala...
Are you overcomplicating weight loss?
Mums, this one is going to hit different.You've been doing everything "right."The early gym sessions.The salads.The calorie counting.And you're STILL stuck. 💭So this week, we're breaking down why you're m...
Stop waiting for the right time to start your fitness journey
Mums, here's the truth no one says out loud 👇:You don't have tomorrow.You don't have next week.You don't have time. ⏳And the right moment? It's not coming.You keep waiting until after the event, after the holidays, a...
The Power of Self-Belief
Busy mum, read this twice:Every time you say "I can't"...Every time you say "that's just how I am"...You're not describing yourself.You're programming yourself.Self-belief isn't something you wake up with.It's so...
Are you lazy or just burnt out?
Busy mums, you're not lazy. You're burnt out.You're the cook.The taxi.The therapist.The financer.The one holding it all together.You're even mothering your husband.And underneath the surface? You're frazzled.
How to manage painful, heavy, missing or irregular periods
Mums, your period is trying to tell you something. 👀Late cycle? Heavy? Missing?It's not just "one of those things."It's a signal.Your body's check engine light.Before you reach to suppress it, ask: Am I eating...
Are you eating too much or not enough?
To the busy mum who finally gets the kids to bed, only to find herself raiding the pantry...You finish dinner, but you are still starving. 🤔Then the frustrating cycle starts: you snack, you binge, you snack, you binge.You p...
Are you exercising enough?
To the exhausted mum scrolling social media and feeling like you're failing because you aren't in the gym six days a week... take a deep breath.Stop trying to be the 5 AM "fitspo" who trains every single day just because you saw it onlin...
Using the school holidays to eat shit and not exercise
Busy mums, let's be honest.Every Easter. Every Christmas. Every school holiday.Same excuse."I'll get back into it once the kids are back at school."But here's the thing, your kids aren't stopping you.You are.<...
What to do if you ate too much chocolate over Easter
Mums, you do not need to flog yourself at the gym to fix your Easter weekend.You burn maybe 200 to 300 calories in a session. That's not even a whole Easter bunny.And dropping to 1200 calories? That's just setting yourself up to...
Is Perfectionism Ruining Your Progress?
You didn't fail. You just stopped.Missing a week of workouts isn't failure.Life getting in the way isn't failure.Giving up is the only thing that is.But here's the problem. Most of us are waiting for the perfect moment t...
Women Should Be Strong, Not Skinny
The fear of looking "too muscular" is literally stealing your future independence. 💪Imagine not being able to get out of your chair. Not being able to reach a cupboard. Not being able to make yourself a cup of tea.That's not just ...
Why Mums Need More Accountability Not More Motivation
You don't need more motivation. Your brain is just full. 🧠Trying to figure out what to eat, when to move, and how to lose weight on top of literally everything else you're already carrying?That's not a motivation problem. That's a...
Why Mums Who Skip Breakfast Can't Lose Weight
Skipping breakfast isn't discipline. It's a setup.If you've ever told yourself you "did really well today" because you ate under 700 calories... and then found yourself destroying a family bag of crisps after dinner... that's not a will...
Non-Scale Victories
The scale doesn’t tell the whole story, but your consistency does.If your answer to “have I been on track?” is “mostly” or “pretty good”... that’s not consistency. That’s where we need to get honest with ourselves.Tick the boxes...
Why Mums Need Personalised Nutrition & Training
Mums, you CAN’T eat and train like everyone else.Between the constant fatigue and running on little sleep, your body needs to prioritise recovery – not overexertion.That’s why a one-size-fits-all approach won’t work.You need mea...
The 4 (actually 5) worst eating habits busy mums fall into
Let’s be real — most mums aren’t “bad at dieting”…They’re just stuck in habits that make fat loss harder than it needs to be.In today’s episode of the Fit Minds Podcast, I break down the most common patterns I see every single day:<...