Grace & Grit Podcast Courtney Townley

Attention, ladies! It’s time to rethink our approach to health and wellness if we want to age power-fully.
Our bodies undergo profound changes as we cross the midlife threshold, with the departure of crucial hormones like estrogen and progesterone making us less resilient to stress.
Ignoring this reality makes the pursuit of powerful aging an uphill battle.
Join me in this episode of the Grace & Grit podcast, where I help you to consider:
The physiological shifts that demand our respect for a powerful aging journey. The profound ways our health approaches unknowingly add to our stress levels. Strategies to remain attuned to our overall stress load and leveraging this insight to inform our wellness strategies. You can listen here: https://graceandgrit.com/podcast-357
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Episode 356: Power-FULL Aging (Part 1): Embracing Change: https://graceandgrit.com/podcast-356 ****
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Let’s face it—getting older isn’t a negotiable part of life. You’ve got some serious control over how that aging journey unfolds.
You could make it a bit of a downer, trudging through the years…
OR you could make it a power-filled experience. (let’s do that!)
Today’s episode marks the start of a 4-part series on Power-FULL Aging, and we’re digging into why change, especially during midlife, is an invitation to level up.
Whether you’re switching up your job, refreshing your relationships, or tweaking your health game, change can actually be an opportunity to step into your power and own it. So, let’s roll up our sleeves and uncover how to rock your second act!
You can listen here: https://graceandgrit.com/podcast-356
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Emotional Wellness Essentials Masterclass: 
https://graceandgrit.com/masterclasses Power-FULL Self-Talk Practice
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To say that most women I have coached over the years have “a complicated relationship with their bodies” would be a massive understatement. In fact, it is a rarity that I work with a woman who has a healthy relationship with her body.
What is a healthy relationship with the body? Well, that is precisely the topic of this week’s podcast episode.
In this episode, specifically, I cover:
Body beliefs and how they impact every dimension of your life. How to edit the story you are telling yourself about your body. Strategies for improving the relationship you have with your body. … and so much more.
If you are a woman who would like to improve the relationship you have with your body, do not miss this episode!
You can listen here: https://graceandgrit.com/podcast-355
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Body Image Journaling Prompts: https://graceandgrit.com/bodyimage
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I have been traveling in the health and wellness space for nearly 30 years (yep! I got my first job as a fitness trainer when I was 18, and I just celebrated my 47th birthday).
The wellness industry is the ONLY field I have ever worked in, AND I am fairly certain this industry would not even exist if more professionals were teaching the REAL work of behavior change.
You can buy an endless supply of programs promising to change your life, but at the end of the day, there is really only 1 skill you need to do that.
I call it the master key, and it is the very thing I do a deep dive into in this episode of the podcast:)
You can listen here: https://graceandgrit.com/podcast-354/
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: The Art of Self-Coaching:
https://graceandgrit.com/masterclasses
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She’s Baaaacck…
Nervous system expert Irene Lyon that is.
If you have been a long-time listener of the Grace & Grit podcast, you are probably familiar with Irene Lyon. She does the MASSIVELY important work of helping people to better understand how their nervous system works AND develop skills that allow them to more easily regulate their nervous systems.
I repeatedly invite Irene back to the show because while I teach a lot of skills to my own clients to help them better manage stress, Irene teaches a layer of work that I consider to be foundational to creating any kind of meaningful behavior change.
Twice a year, Irene opens the doors to her 12-week SmartBody SmartMind program, for which I am a proud affiliate because not only has this program influenced my own life in profound ways, but I see it helping the women in my community in profound ways.
This conversation was actually an Instagram Live interview that I recently did with Irene and decided to repurpose it as a podcast episode so more people could listen to it.
In this episode, we cover…
How a dysregulated nervous system makes midlife so much harder than it needs to be. Why the nervous system regulation is such a brilliant place to begin if you want to improve your health. What the nervous system actually is and how it gets dysregulated. How to find qualified nervous system professionals. What makes SmartBody SmartMind different from a lot of programs out there. … and so much more!
You can listen here: https://graceandgrit.com/podcast-353
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE SmartBody SmartMind™: https://graceandgrit.com/sbsm FREE Healing Trauma Video Series: https://graceandgrit.com/healingtrauma 21-Day Nervous System Tune-Up: https://graceandgrit.com/21days  

The years between 40-65 can be wildly disorienting.  Not only are midlife women dealing with a changing hormonal landscape but the landscape of life is changing dramatically, as well.
In essence, there are a lot of “microstressors” at play in this phase of life that can add up to some serious breakdown mentally, physically and emotionally if one does not learn skills that can help unpack some of this stress.
In this episode of the Grace & Grit podcast, I invite you to consider the toll that “microstressors” are taking on your life and, more importantly, I introduce two key skillsets that can go a long way in helping you convert microstress into macro-resilience.
Have a listen.  I hope it helps you rise strong:)
You can listen here: https://graceandgrit.com/podcast-352
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Strategic Decision Making and Effective Time Mastery Masterclass: https://graceandgrit.com/masterclasses
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