

Grace & Grit Podcast
Courtney Townley
The Grace and Grit Podcast takes the health fairy tale you've heard all your life and turns it upside down and inside out, helping women rebuild their relationship with their body once and for all. Placing the focus on love and respect, rather than the aggressive demands and unrealistic expectations that have become the norm, Courtney Townley is determined to help women mend the fabric of what is driving the female health story.
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Jan 16, 2016 • 18min
Episode 004: Making Room for Change
You will have to "trim the fat" in your life to make room to practice healthy living regularly.
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Notes:
1:20: Why change feels so hard.
1:55: Success boils down to these two things with ANY goal.
2:50: Why good intentions aren’t enough.
4:50: Why it doesn’t really matter about how you feel about doing the work.
7:00: The necessity of “trimming the fat” in your life.
8:20: Improving your health is a privilege, not a sacrifice.
13:00: How to make room for change more easily.
15:10: One of the best ways to carve out more time in your schedule.
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Jan 14, 2016 • 18min
Episode 003: Mindset
The superpower most women are under utilizing when it comes to improving their health.
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Notes:
00:45: The linchpin to success with ANY goal.
1:45: The mistake women are making when they set out to improve their health.
4:00: Why we tend to think of people we admire as having traits we do not possess.
4:40: Carol Dweck’s theory on fixed and growth mindsets.
5:45: How a fixed mindset prevents you from getting healthier.
8:40: How a growth mindset can help set you free and achieve anything.
12:50: How to cultivate more of a growth mindset.
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Jan 12, 2016 • 16min
Episode 002: The 3 biggest mistakes women are making in their effort to get healthier
The real reasons women are struggling to get healthy for the long term has more to do with mindset than strategy.
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Notes:
1:00: How “thinking small” sabotages long-term health goals.
1:35: The role the diet industry plays in “thinking small”
2:45: Examples of what “thinking small” looks like.
3:55: The ONE THING everyone needs for deep health.
4:25: Self-respect is really a process of expansion.
6:10: Health is not an either/or conversation between self-love & self- discipline.
7:20: What you really need to be happy and healthy.
8:10: What discipline means to your health transformation.
9:25: The real reason you aren’t “doing the work”
10:15: The third obstacle to being successful with your health.
11:30: Anything in life worth having requires daily consistent effort.
12:30: Steps to take to make real and lasting change with your health.
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Jan 5, 2016 • 23min
Episode 001: The Introduction
Welcome to the Grace & Grit Podcast! I am so excited you are here. In this episode, you will discover what compelled me to start the Grace & Grit Podcast and how the mission and message have evolved over 7 years of production. I even give you tips for how to get the most value from this show in the least amount of time, so you can start applying the tools to your own life immediately. You can listen here: https://graceandgrit.com/podcast-001 **** It's time to make MIDLIFE Magic! Grab your Midlife Magic Quickstart Guide - six episodes of the Grace & Grit Podcast, hand-picked by me to help you consider how you want to show up in the second half of your life. And most importantly, tools, systems, and strategies to help you show up in that way. Learn how to ROCK your second act with Grace & Grit™. **** Are you loving the Grace & Grit Podcast? Leave a Review: http://bit.ly/GGPReview Ready to Rumble? Join me in the Rumble & Rise Arena at https://graceandgrit.com/readytorumble Looking for more Grace & Grit? Visit https://graceandgrit.com/