Vital Balance With Jess
Tired of wellness advice that revolves around weight loss, physical appearance, and rigid routines that feel impossible to maintain?
Vital Balance with Jess is your no-BS space for real conversations about hormones, metabolic wellness, and holistic health. It's for women who feel exhausted, inflamed, and out of sync with their bodies and minds.
Hosted by Jess, a former attorney turned certified hormone coach, this show is for high-achieving women who’ve been dismissed by doctors, told their labs are “normal,” or have tried everything and still don’t feel well.
Each week, you’ll get practical tools and root-cause strategies to help you:
– Reclaim energy and focus
– Reduce cortisol and inflammation
– Stabilize your mood and cycle
– Heal your hormones (without perfectionism)
If you’ve been stuck in survival mode and want real solutions that work in real life, you’re in the right place.
This isn’t about chasing an ideal—it’s about building real, sustainable vitality from the inside out.
Vital Balance With Jess
Health Extremism: Spotting the Red Flags and Finding Your Own Path (Episode #34)
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About This Episode:
Health extremism is everywhere—on social media, in podcasts, from influencers with millions of followers promoting rigid protocols that promise fast results.
But what sounds like empowerment and optimization is often fear-based, unsustainable, and rooted in shame.
In this episode, Jess shares a recent podcast she listened to that perfectly illustrates health extremism at its worst, plus her own history of falling into extreme thinking. She breaks down the red flags to watch for, why extremism is harmful, and how to filter through all the noise to find what actually works for you.
What You'll Learn:
- The red flags that signal someone is promoting health extremism
- Why health extremism is physically unsustainable and mentally damaging
- How extremism ignores bio-individuality and prioritizes appearance over actual health
- Jess's personal experience with restrictive diets and punishment exercise
- The tools to use for filtering health advice
- Questions to ask yourself when evaluating any health protocol
Key Takeaways:
- Health extremism thrives on fear, shame, and all-or-nothing thinking—and it's harmful to your physical and mental health
- You are your own best expert—pay attention to how you feel, not just how you look
- Health is about balance, sustainability, and joy—not perfection or control
Connect with Jess:
- Instagram: @vitalbalancewithjess
- Website: jessicatrone.com
- Email: vitalbalancewithjess@gmail.com