Wellness for Real Life Podcast
Welcome to the Wellness for Real Life podcast!
Here we empower high achieving women to reach their goals in all areas by providing practical and straightforward advice that takes the overwhelm out of wellness.
Juggling work, family, and personal time can often feel like too much to manage, so we’ll provide simple tools and teach you how to set up routines that can seamlessly integrate into even the busiest season of life.
Tune in to hear us chat about everything from fitness, nutrition, mindset, time management, relationships, stress relief and self care, authentic communication, and more.
While sharing relatable lessons and takeaways from our own real life. You deserve to be and feel like the best version of yourself, and we’re here to help make that a reality.
Wellness for Real Life Podcast
Using Your Values to Drive Decision Making
In this episode, Lauren and Marci open up about values — what they are, how to identify them, and how they shape decisions in health, work, and relationships. They share stories about recognizing misalignment, learning to live by what truly matters, and making choices that reflect integrity rather than impulse. From defining personal and professional boundaries to letting go of comparison and perfectionism, this conversation reminds listeners that living by your values doesn’t mean being rigid — it means being grounded.
Key Timestamps
- 07:55 – Recent favorites: Marci shares what she’s watching lately (including Doc on Fox/Hulu) and Lauren reveals her latest DEXA scan results and what she’s learned from tracking progress beyond the scale
- 19:34 – Cutting ties with misaligned choices: Lauren and Marci discuss unfollowing or disengaging from coaches or creators who don’t reflect their values — and the freedom that comes with it
- 23:50 – Living your values in real life: Lauren shares how activity became a non-negotiable value for her and how it influences everything from parenting to dating
- 25:46 – Relationships as reflections of values: Marci tells a powerful story about recognizing emotional safety as a key value in partnership and what it’s like to date with self-awareness rather than adrenaline
- 41:49 – Balancing compassion and standards: Lauren and Marci unpack how to uphold high standards at work and in life without losing empathy, and what it means to “expect the best” without expecting yourself from others
- 43:28 – Lessons from leadership: Lauren shares how early feedback in her HR career taught her to temper ambition with realism and how she applies that lesson now as a coach and leader
If you’ve ever felt torn between your goals and your gut, this episode will help you reconnect with what truly matters. Listen in to reflect on the values that guide your choices and how honoring them can bring more ease, confidence, and alignment to every area of your life.
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