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
How to Actually Feel Good The Week of Thanksgiving
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In this week’s episode, Lauren and Marci dive into the holiday week: the food, the family dynamics, the travel, the traditions, and the very real challenge of wanting to feel good in your body while still enjoying everything you love.
From Thanksgiving menus to NYC food tours, family boundaries, decision fatigue, the “Clean Plate Club,” and the skill of leaving bites behind… this episode is full of practical coaching and relatable moments you’ll feel in your bones.
Key Timestamps
04:40 — “Okay… Thanksgiving is HERE”
06:00 — Baking, frosting recipes, and the great box-cake conversation
07:10 — What’s on Lauren’s Thanksgiving menu this year
09:30 — Marci’s family plans + taking back the holiday kitchen
15:10 — How to choose what’s worth it without overthinking
17:20 — Practicing leaving bites behind & breaking the Clean Plate Club
21:14 — “Maintenance is progress” — especially this time of year
29:40 — Alcohol pressure & boundaries
35:50 — Scarcity mindset vs. intentional choices
37:40 — Feeling good as your guiding light for the holiday season
Resources Mentioned
FOCUS Journal: https://greatestdaymindset.myshopify.com/products/the-focus-journal
If this episode helped you rethink how you want to feel heading into the holidays, rather than spiraling into all-or-nothing, take a screenshot, share it on Instagram, and tag Lauren and Marci.
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