The Project Chatter Podcast S9E210: Healthy Habits for Busy Project Professionals with Becky Holliday
Dale flies solo (briefly!) to close out 2025 and welcomes first-time podcast guest Becky Holliday - a project manager turned health coach. Becky shares how redundancy in October 2023 became the catalyst for a career pivot, and why she now helps busy professionals (especially women) build sustainable health habits. Val drops in mid-episode and the conversation expands into discipline vs motivation, managing workload pressure, eating well without weekend meal-prep marathons, and why small wins beat heroic last-minute sprints.
In this episode, you’ll learn
Why Becky left project management and what she brought with her into health coaching
How to start improving health when you “don’t have time”
Why trying to change everything on Monday usually backfires
A simple way to reduce stress and decision fatigue: the “3-item to-do list”
Practical approaches to healthier eating that don’t require your Sunday afternoon
How movement can support mental resilience when work pressure spikes
Discipline vs motivation—and why habit size matters
The role of identity, purpose, and values (and a thoughtful detour into spirituality)