This Is Life — strength, physiology & stepping into your prime
This Is Life is a podcast about strength, physical, mental, and emotional, and what it really looks like to step into your prime in midlife.
Hosted by Jo Northwood, a strength coach and sports therapy graduate, this podcast blends real-life experience with evidence-based physiology to explore training, hormones, health, identity, and rebuilding yourself after life shifts.
Some episodes are practical and educational, breaking down strength training, metabolism, and how the body actually adapts as we age.
Others are personal, honest conversations about motherhood, losing yourself, finding your way back, and choosing to live bigger rather than shrink.
No fads. No extremes. No pressure to “bounce back.”
Just smart training, grounded nutrition, and real conversations for women who want to feel capable, strong, and in control of their bodies again.
This Is Life — strength, physiology & stepping into your prime
Why Motivation is Keeping You Stuck—And How to Finally Stay Consistent
If you’re someone who starts strong but always falls off track, this episode is a game-changer.
Most women think they just need to “get motivated again” to stay consistent. But here’s the truth—motivation is the reason you’re stuck. It’s unreliable, unpredictable, and disappears the moment life gets busy.
The women who actually see results? They don’t rely on motivation. They build discipline—but not in a rigid, force-yourself-through-it way. In a way that makes consistency easier, not harder.
In this episode, I break down:
🔥 Why motivation fades—and how to stop depending on it
🔥 The real difference between willpower and discipline
🔥 How to make consistency automatic—even when you don’t feel like it
🔥 What to do when you fall off track—without guilt or ‘starting over’
Because the strongest, most confident version of you doesn’t wait to ‘feel like it’—she just gets it done.
Thank you for listening to This Is Life.
This podcast is an extension of my work with women navigating midlife strength, health, and identity, blending real-life experience with evidence-based physiology, without extremes or quick fixes.
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This is where I share life lately reflections, strength training insights, and the thinking behind this podcast.