Hey, hey, beautiful human. Can I steal five minutes of your time? I have something super important to share with you, but I promise I'll be really quick. You're listening to my weekly bonus episode of Embrace Your Real with me, Julie Labbetter. I'm about to give you a quick tip for building your confidence, honoring your body, and unconditionally loving your authentic self. Stay tuned. If you're ready to embrace a real, let's get it.

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Hello and welcome back to another bonus episode on the Embrace Real podcast.

I'm really glad that you're here for this one because today we're going to be talking about something I think a lot of women need to hear right now. There comes a point where taking care of yourself stops feeling good and starts feeling like another thing on the to-do list. Like the workouts feel like a grind. The eating feels like a chore. And instead of feeling like something that you're doing for yourself, it starts feeling like something that you're constantly failing at. And when it feels like that, it's really easy to just stop. Like you'll tell

yourself, I'll get back to it when it's later, when life slows down, when I feel more motivated,

when something clicks. But then later, like, never has a way of coming, right? So that is what

today's episode is all about. And I want you to know if any of this

sounded familiar. You are exactly who I made this episode for. Here is what you're going to

leave this episode with. Five practical ways to reconnect with your health in a way that actually

feels good again. Why the intention behind your habits matters just as much as the habits

themselves. And lastly,

how to build a routine that fits your real life so that showing up stops feeling like a battle.

Before we dive in, I want to share this review. She gave a five-star review and said, hey there,

if you're just like me and get so much joy from exercise and eating healthy, but may have

found yourself on the border of having

an unhealthy transactional relationship with food and movement during your journey. I highly recommend

listening. I'm so grateful I found Julie and Embrace your Reel. Over the past two days, she has helped

me shift my mindset and I feel empowered to make small shifts to make sure I'm fueling my body

optimally and also quiet my inner critic. Thank you so much for creating the content that will change lives for the better. I'm so grateful that you sent this in. Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to send in this review. They really do mean the world to me and I'm so grateful that these episodes have helped you. So thank you, thank you, thank you. All right. Let's just dive right into it. Before I give you the five things I want to say this, the reason your health

stops feeling like self-care is almost always because the goal has drifted. It has moved away from how

you feel to really how you look, what the scale says, or whether or not you hit the number.

And when the goal is external,

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