Goddess Got Goals
Goddess Got Goals is a podcast for women in midlife who feel tired of pushing, pretending, and holding it all together — and know, deep down, that something is ready to change.
Hosted by Lisa Barwise, Wellness Alchemist and author of Unarmoured, this show explores what it really means to soften, heal, and return to yourself after years of over-giving, people-pleasing, and carrying invisible armour. Through honest personal stories, nervous system wisdom, energy psychology, sacred strength, and practical magic, each episode invites you to stop fighting your body and start listening to it.
This isn’t about discipline, reinvention, or becoming someone new.
It’s about safety before strength, compassion before consistency, and learning how to live — and lead — from a regulated, embodied place.
This is the Warrior Goddess SAGA.
Not the rise before the fall — but the rise after you come home to yourself.
Because Goddess Got Goals.
Goddess Got Goals
186: Why You Always Fall Off the Plan (and Why It’s Not Just Self-Sabotage)
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If you’ve ever started strong… felt motivated… made the plan… and then “fallen off” — this episode is for you.
Because what you’ve been calling self-sabotage might not be sabotage at all.
In this episode of Goddess Got Goals, Lisa explores why falling off the plan is rarely a willpower problem and almost never a character flaw. Instead, it’s often a nervous system response to pressure, rigidity, and plans that don’t account for energy, hormones, ADHD wiring, or emotional load.
You’ll learn:
• Why most “self-sabotage” is actually self-protection
• What’s happening biologically when motivation suddenly drops
• How perimenopause lowers stress tolerance and changes the rules
• Why ADHD brains struggle with rigid, streak-based plans
• The hidden reason “just get back on track” makes it worse
• How to replace rigid plans with anchors, rhythm, and self-trust
This episode is an invitation to stop shaming yourself for falling off and start building something you can always return to.
Because the goal isn’t never falling off.
The goal is creating a way forward that feels safe enough to sustain.
✨ Links mentioned in this episode:
• The Quickening — a nervous system reset & re-entry point
• Warrior Goddess Archetype Quiz
• Unarmoured
Enter the Warrior Goddess Saga for your next step:
https://thewarriorgoddesssaga.com
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Be sure to connect with Lisa Barwise and Warrior Goddess Kettlebell Training on social media:
@lisa_barwise
@wgkettlebelltraining
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https://www.youtube.com/warriorgoddesskettlebelltraining
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