Coffee with Carly
Most women have no idea how good they’re supposed to feel — and it’s definitely not for lack of trying.
We’re waking up at 6am, crushing workouts, chugging protein shakes, grabbing salads for lunch, pushing to succeed at work, and holding everyone else together in the process. We’re doing everything we’re “supposed” to do. Following the rules. Checking all the boxes.
And yet…
So many of us feel off.
Burned out.
Bloated and inflamed.
Anxious and overwhelmed.
Exhausted but wired.
Running on guilt more than fuel.
Something isn’t adding up.
Fueled by my early career as a dietitian — watching women be fed the same cookie-cutter version of ‘wellness’ — and my own burnout in what was supposed to be my dream job, I realized the problem wasn’t effort or discipline. It was the system itself. The way we’ve been taught to live, work, love, and lead simply doesn’t support how women actually function.
And once a scientist, always a scientist, so off I went searching for what actually makes women feel good. Not just on paper, but in real life. Mind, body, and soul.
Coffee with Carly was born from that question.
Like a strong cup of coffee, this podcast is a wake-up call — an invitation to rethink health, success, and what it means to truly thrive as a woman. It’s about questioning the rules we inherited, understanding our biology, reconnecting with our bodies, and learning to live from the inside out instead of forcing ourselves to keep up.
Because being “healthy” is so much more than food and workouts.
It’s nervous system safety.
It’s intuition and self-trust.
It’s boundaries, fulfillment, creativity, and feeling at home in your body.
It’s giving yourself permission to live in alignment — even when it doesn’t make sense to anyone else.
Through personal riffs, honest storytelling, casual conversations, and guest interviews with women who are living differently, we explore what it really looks like to build a life that feels good — not just one that looks good. I blend science-backed physiology with real-life application, mindset, and embodied wisdom to help you understand why your body feels the way it does — and what to do about it.
Coffee with Carly is a space for women who know “good enough” isn’t the final destination — and are ready to listen to their bodies, rewrite the rules, and create lives that actually feel like theirs.
Stay bold. Stay balanced.
I’m Carly, and I’m so glad you’re here.
Coffee with Carly
21 | When Healing Becomes Another Hustle: The Trap of Spiritual Perfectionism
You left burnout behind—only to find yourself trapped in another version of hustle: this time in the name of healing.
In this short solo riff, Carly explores the subtle but powerful shift where meditation, journaling, and “doing the work” can start to feel like just another set of rules. She unpacks the spiritual trap of turning personal growth into a performance—and reminds you that the point of all of it is freedom.
This episode is for the woman who’s done the ice baths, skipped the wine, meditated every damn morning… and still feels stuck. Maybe what you really need? Laughter, connection, dance floors, martinis, and a little less pressure to heal perfectly.
Topics inside:
- The dark side of over-spiritualizing your self-growth
- Why rest isn’t always the answer
- Signs you’re in a “healing prison”
- How to reconnect with what actually lights you up
- Why freedom, not perfection, is the point
This is your permission slip to stop doing what you think you should and start doing what makes you feel alive again.
As always, let me know what lands and be sure to tag me! @carlyschade
☕️ Stay bold, stay balanced, stay thriving
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