Why Movement Isn’t About Discipline: A Body-Aware Approach to Exercise for Ambitious Moms

Why Movement Isn’t About Discipline: A Body-Aware Approach to Exercise for Ambitious Moms

January often brings renewed focus on exercise, discipline, and getting “back on track.”
But for many ambitious moms, movement quickly becomes another place where worth is measured by output — intensity, frequency, or consistency — rather than support.

In this episode of the Bodyful Minds Podcast, I explore why movement doesn’t automatically reconnect you with your body — and how exercise, when approached without awareness, can quietly reinforce pressure, self-optimization, and disconnection.

Drawing on body awareness, nervous system insights, and everyday lived experience, this episode invites you to rethink movement as a conversation rather than a performance.

In this episode, you’ll explore:

  • Why movement is often used as proof of discipline and commitment

  • How early messages about control, productivity, and “good behaviour” shape our relationship with exercise

  • Why the same movement can feel supportive one day and draining the next

  • How everyday, organic movement can support regulation, creativity, and emotional processing

  • A simple post-movement check-in to rebuild trust with your body

This episode is for ambitious moms who want movement to support their energy, clarity, and nervous system — without turning it into another self-improvement project.

Invitation for the week:
Notice one moment where movement changes how you feel — not how you look.

Denne episoden er hentet fra en åpen RSS-feed og er ikke publisert av Podme. Den kan derfor inneholde annonser.

Episoder(93)

Why Optimising Alone Won't Fix Your Exhaustion (And What Will)

Why Optimising Alone Won't Fix Your Exhaustion (And What Will)

You've optimised the mornings, the meals, the workouts — and you're still one email away from unravelling. This week Katherina looks at why doing everything "right" doesn't actually fix the exhaustion...

28 Jul 8min

Mom Guilt, Ambition, and the Standards You Can Change Today

Mom Guilt, Ambition, and the Standards You Can Change Today

If you were once the person always exceeding expectations — top of your class, a stellar employee — and now feel like you're failing at everything, a little bit, all the time, this episode is for you....

21 Jul 10min

False Proxies: Why Mothers Get Talked Over at Work (Even When They're Right)

False Proxies: Why Mothers Get Talked Over at Work (Even When They're Right)

You come back from maternity leave and somehow have to prove yourself all over again — while your maternity cover, with less experience than you, is the one whose opinion gets asked for in the room. N...

14 Jul 10min

How Heat Affects Your Nervous System (and Why You Might Be More Irritable)

How Heat Affects Your Nervous System (and Why You Might Be More Irritable)

Hot weather doesn't just leave you sweaty—it can also make emotional regulation, concentration and patience much harder. In this episode, I explore the science behind heat and the nervous system, and ...

7 Jul 9min

Rethinking Regulation: It Doesn't Always Start With Stillness

Rethinking Regulation: It Doesn't Always Start With Stillness

Have you ever felt like all the advice about nervous system regulation simply isn't made for mothers?Take a few deep breaths.Sit quietly.Meditate.Spend some time alone.But what if you're never alone? ...

30 Jun 9min

I Did What I Tell My Clients Not to Do: Why Getting Off Track Isn't Failure

I Did What I Tell My Clients Not to Do: Why Getting Off Track Isn't Failure

I recently did something I regularly tell my clients not to do.I pushed through.Life got busy, my practice became inconsistent, and I found myself slipping back into old habits.But instead of seeing t...

23 Jun 11min

You Pay Attention to Data at Work - What If the Information You're Missing Isn't in a Spreadsheet?

You Pay Attention to Data at Work - What If the Information You're Missing Isn't in a Spreadsheet?

We all know what happens when we work with the wrong information: projects get delayed, mistakes happen, and things take longer than they need to.Yet when it comes to ourselves, many of us ignore some...

16 Jun 8min

Why You Still Feel Exhausted on Vacation (And What Your Nervous System Needs Instead)

Why You Still Feel Exhausted on Vacation (And What Your Nervous System Needs Instead)

Do you ever arrive at vacation feeling completely exhausted—only to discover that relaxing is harder than you expected?In this episode of the Bodyful Minds Podcast, we're exploring why time off doesn'...

10 Jun 7min

Populært innen Business og økonomi

stopp-verden
lydartikler-fra-aftenposten
dine-penger-pengeradet
e24-podden
rss-penger-polser-og-politikk
rss-borsmorgen-okonominyhetene
rss-skravla-gar
pengepodden-2
utbytte
rss-pa-konto
livet-pa-veien-med-jan-erik-larssen
lederpodden
finansredaksjonen
rss-orjasater
pengesnakk
liberal-halvtime
morgenkaffen-med-finansavisen
tid-er-penger-en-podcast-med-peter-warren
okonomiamatorene
stormkast-med-valebrokk-stordalen