The Weekly Riff with Louise Green
The Weekly Riff cuts through fitness culture’s noise with real talk from Louise Green — award-winning coach, author, and size-inclusive fitness trailblazer redefining what strength looks like. In a world where most fitness spaces still exclude, this podcast offers something rare: a space that honours all bodies and holds the belief that your body is fully capable of strength, power, and performance — through every season of life, including midlife and menopause.
Each 20-minute episode dives into strength training, body image, mindset, and the deeper layers of showing up for yourself — without the toxic pressure to shrink, conform, or apologize. Louise blends expert insight, lived experience, and raw honesty to explore how we can all train for strength and self-respect, not validation.
Expect conversations that challenge stereotypes, dismantle diet culture, and invite you to rise — as you are, right now.
🎧 Tune in weekly for unfiltered, empowering riffs on what it really means to be strong — in body, mind, and culture.
The Weekly Riff with Louise Green
Episode 7 - Adversity, Resilience, and the Strength to Handle Hard Things
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In this conversation, Louise Green explores the concept of resilience, emphasizing its scientific basis and personal significance. She shares her own experiences with adversity, illustrating how challenges can lead to personal growth and strength. Green discusses the importance of discomfort in building resilience and the role of trust in one's ability to endure hardships. The conversation highlights that resilience is not about avoiding pain but about moving through it and learning from it, ultimately leading to a deeper understanding of one's capacity to handle life's challenges.
takeaways
- Resilience is a biological and psychological process.
- Adversity can lead to personal growth and a new baseline of strength.
- Self-efficacy is crucial for health behavior and persistence.
- Stress can be a tool for building strength, not just a negative force.
- Physiological resilience works through challenge, stress, recovery, and adaptation.
- Emotional resilience is built through friction and discomfort.
- Adversity creates pressure, which over time creates strength.
- Resilience does not mean never falling apart; it means moving through pain.
- Growth can come from clarity gained through difficulty.
- Trusting oneself is key to overcoming challenges.
Louise Green is an award-winning coach with 20 years invested in working with women of all body sizes. She has coached thousands of women from all over the world, if you're ready take the next step in your strength, check out her coaching program: https://www.louisegreeninc.com/size-strong