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Why High-Performing Women Struggle With Their Body (and How to Fix It) | with host Emily Duncan

EMBody Radio

Emily Duncan

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I'm talking directly to high-performing women who feel like their body is the one area of life that won't fall into place, no matter how disciplined or successful they are everywhere else.

I see this pattern constantly: women who are crushing it in their careers, relationships, and personal standards, yet feel deep internal shame because their body doesn't reflect the level of excellence they hold themselves to. And the truth is — this isn't about laziness, lack of discipline, or "not wanting it badly enough."

In this episode, I break down why high-achieving women so often struggle with fat loss and body composition, even when they're doing "all the right things," and what actually needs to change to fix it.

We talk about metabolic adaptation from chronic under-eating, why effort without strategy backfires, how all-or-nothing thinking keeps women stuck, why your old fitness tools stop working as your life grows, and what it really means to reconnect with your body in a way that supports long-term performance.

This is about moving out of punishment and into partnership with your body — and building a fitness identity that matches the standards you already live by everywhere else.

In this episode, I cover:

  • Why high-performing women often feel disconnected from their bodies
  • Chronic under-eating, metabolic adaptation, and stalled fat loss
  • Why strategy beats brute force in fitness
  • All-or-nothing thinking and how it sabotages consistency
  • Outgrowing old fitness tools as life responsibilities increase
  • Nervous system regulation vs. performance avoidance
  • What embodied self-leadership in fitness actually looks like

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

The disconnect isn't necessarily in your work ethic. You have the work ethic. It's in your approach

0:05.2

and how that work ethic is being applied. Welcome to Embody Radio, the premier podcast for ambitious

0:11.3

women ready to elevate their body, mind, and life to the next level. On this show, we've used

0:16.1

high performance, wellness and aesthetics, and self-mastery into a real-world blueprint for personal excellence.

0:22.1

Each week, you'll get real, grounded strategies and unfiltered conversations with high performers

0:26.5

who walk the talk, no fluff, and no fake hype. Because excellence isn't an accident.

0:31.8

It's embodiment. And this is M-Body Radio.

0:35.3

Girl, what's up? Welcome back to M-Body Radio where excellence isn't an accident.

0:39.4

It's something you live.

0:40.4

And today we are talking to my women who feel like they are crushing it everywhere else in

0:46.1

their life except for their bodies and their fitness.

0:50.2

And this is an archetype of woman that I'm so familiar with.

0:53.6

Honestly, we have so many women that we talk to every single week that say pretty much

0:58.4

this exact thing where they're like every other area of my life is amazing.

1:02.5

And I feel this like internal shame and frustration because I feel like my body doesn't

1:08.4

match that.

1:09.4

So maybe you've either built the business or your stacking wins in your career.

1:14.1

Your partner is incredible.

1:15.8

Your home is beautiful.

1:17.0

You have amazing children.

1:18.6

Your standards are high.

1:20.0

Maybe even you feel like your habits are dialed in.

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