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How you treat yourself, nourish yourself, speak to yourself, and everything in between.
This podcast is for anyone looking to elevate their life. If you feel the pull to level up and live the life of your dreams, you are in the right place.
Copyright: © Heather Maio
Perfectionism is not a high standard. It's an excuse wearing one as a costume.
This episode is about the two ways perfectionism kills consistency, and why they're the same problem showing up indifferent outfits.
The all-or-nothing spiral that turns one bad meal into a blown week. And the waiting-for-perfect-conditions trap that keepsyou starting over instead of just continuing.
We cover:
-Why perfectionism isn't a high standard — it's a protection mechanism
- The all-or-nothing spiral — how it starts, why it's so automatic, and how to break it
- The waiting trap — why the perfect time, the perfect plan, and the perfect week don't exist
- What consistency actually looks like when it's working (hint: it's not pretty)
- Why done, imperfect, and messy will always beat perfect and never started
If you've ever blown a whole week because one day went sideways - this one is going to reframe everything.
Resources Mentioned:
Not Another Diet Book:https://www.amazon.com/Not-Another-Diet-Book-learning/dp/B0B45Q4CLH/
Schedule a Session: https://www.heathermaio.com/coaching-options
This is not a cleanse. There is no juice. Nothing is being detoxed. Nobody is selling you anything.
This is just an honest conversation about what happens to your body when you've been eating highly processed food,drinking more than usual, and generally running on garbage for a while — AND how to start feeling like a human again.
This episode is about recognizing whenyou're in that cycle, understanding why it's so hard to break, and what eating better — not less, better — actually looks like to get yourself back to baseline.
We cover:
- The signs your body is telling you it needs a reset (even if you've been ignoring them)
- Why highly palatable food hijacks your hunger signals and makes real food sound terrible
- Why this has nothing to do with eating less and everything to do with eating better
- What actually eating better looks like — protein, produce, cooking, no liquid garbage
- How long it takes before you start feeling like yourself again
No protocol. No program. Just what it looks like to feed your body like you respect yourself.
Resources Mentioned:
Not Another Diet Book: https://www.amazon.com/Not-Another-Diet-Book-learning/dp/B0B45Q4CLH/
Schedule a Session: https://www.heathermaio.com/coaching-options
Every decision you make today is either agift to tomorrow-you or a debt she has to pay.
This episode is about one of the simplest mindset shifts I've made that changed how I move through my days: Stopping thehabit of creating messes, extra work, and unnecessary friction for future-me, and starting to think about what I can do right now to make everything easier and lighter later.
We cover:
→ Why every undone small thing is heavierthan it looks
→ The "under 5 minutes" filter — and why it's the only rule you need
→ How to become a "might as well" person and why it's one of the most underrated habits out there
→ What momentum looks like in a regular day
→ How to start thinking about your future self as someone worth taking care of right now
This one is practical, fast, and immediately applicable. You'll finish it and want to go do something.
Resources Mentioned:
Not Another Diet Book: https://www.amazon.com/Not-Another-Diet-Book-learning/dp/B0B45Q4CLH/
Schedule a Session: https://www.heathermaio.com/coaching-options
The female health space has found a new way to make women feel broken — and perimenopausal women are the current target.
The messaging is everywhere right now: your belly fat is unavoidable, losing weight is harder for you, the normal rules don't apply, you need special exercise protocols, you need more supplements, you need a completely different approachbecause your body is essentially working against you now….
Fear mongering to play into your insecurities. No thank you very much.
Yes, things change in perimenopause. But the fundamentals of body composition have not been repealed.
In this episode we cover:
- What changes in perimenopause and what doesn't
- The specific claims being pushed right now and what the evidence says
- Why calories in versus calories out still very much applies
- How the industry profits from making you feel like the normal rules don't work anymore
- What perimenopausal women need, and it's not a special protocol
Aging is a gift, treating it as such makes things a lot better. If you are sick of being told everything is harder, this episode is foryou.
Resources Mentioned:
Not Another Diet Book: https://www.amazon.com/Not-Another-Diet-Book-learning/dp/B0B45Q4CLH/
Schedule a Session: https://www.heathermaio.com/coaching-options
You keep waiting for something to change before you give yourself permission to be the person you want to be. Waiting until you hit the goal weight.
Waiting until you've been consistent long enough to "deserve"it. Waiting until you trust yourself again after the last time you quit.
This episode is about stopping that wait.
The woman you're trying to become — the one who eats well, trains hard, feels good in her body, and doesn't fight with herself about food every day — she doesn't exist at a different weight. She exists at a different decision. And you can make that decision right now.
We cover:
If you've been trying to earn your way into becoming her — this episode is going to reframe the whole thing.
Resources Mentioned:
Not Another Diet Book:https://www.amazon.com/Not-Another-Diet-Book-learning/dp/B0B45Q4CLH/
Schedule a Session: https://www.heathermaio.com/coaching-options
Everyone's so busy telling you to stop restricting that nobody's giving you permission to just... have standards.
This episode is about being intentional with your food — not in arules-based, diet-culture way, but in the way that a woman who has their sh.t together.
Being picky isn't a red flag. It's a strategy. And once you figure out what clears the bar for you — the mental debate mostly disappears.
We cover:
• The calorie budget analogy and why it changes how you think about food choices
• My personal "not worth it" list — and why having one makes life easier
• Why this is NOT restriction (and the hair dye analogy that makes it click)
• The flip side: what being picky frees you up to enjoy
• How to build your own list so you stop having the same internal argument on repeat.
If you've ever eaten something mediocre out of obligation andimmediately regretted it — this one is going to feel like a relief.
Resources Mentioned:
Not Another Diet Book:https://www.amazon.com/Not-Another-Diet-Book-learning/dp/B0B45Q4CLH/
Schedule a Session: https://www.heathermaio.com/coaching-options
Something shifts around 35. Your body starts responding differently.Things that worked before stop working. And if no one explains why — it feels like your body is betraying you.
It's not. But you do need a different playbook.
This is the episode I wish existed when I started noticing the changes.Not a doom-and-gloom conversation about getting older — a practical breakdown of what changes hormonally and metabolically after 35, and what to do about it so that this decade and the ones that follow are the ones where you look and feel the absolute best.
We cover:
• What changes in your body after 35 — hormones, metabolism, muscle, recovery
• Why the strategies that worked in your 20s are working against you now
• What perimenopause is and why it starts earlier than most women expect
• Thes pecific training and nutrition adjustments that make the biggest difference at this stage
• Why the women who look incredible in their 40s and 50s are not doing more — they're doing smarter
• What "getting hotter after 35" looks like and why it's completely possible
This is not about aging gracefully. It's about aging intentionally — and feeling great while you do it.
Resources Mentioned:
Not Another Diet Book:https://www.amazon.com/Not-Another-Diet-Book-learning/dp/B0B45Q4CLH/
Schedule a Session: https://www.heathermaio.com/coaching-options
I know. You've heard it. Eat more protein. But if you really understood what protein does at the cellular level — what it does for fat loss, muscle retention, hunger, cravings, and metabolism — you'd stop treating it like a suggestion and start treating it like a non-negotiable.
This is the deep dive. Not a beginner overview, not a macro 101 — a conversation about why protein is the single most important nutritional lever for the women I work with, and why most of them are still chronically under-eating it.
We cover:
• What protein does in your body — the mechanisms, not just the headline
• Why under-eating protein is one of the most common reasons fat loss stalls
• How much you need (and why the RDA is not a useful target)
• How to hit your protein without choking down six chicken breasts a day
• Why protein timing matters more as you get older
• The one nutritional change that moves the needle faster than almost anything else
You don't need a new diet. You need more protein. Let's get into it.
Resources Mentioned:
Not Another Diet Book:https://www.amazon.com/Not-Another-Diet-Book-learning/dp/B0B45Q4CLH/
Schedule a Session: https://www.heathermaio.com/coaching-options
You already know what to do. You're not confused. You're not missing information. You're just leaving yourself an out — and then taking it.
This episode is a direct callout of the habit of vague intention.
"I'm going to work out this week" is not a plan. It's an opening for a negotiation you're going to lose. And you'll lose it every time because you're really good at talking yourself out of things when you haven't pre-decided them.
No more drifting. No more "I'll figure it out."
This episode is about closing the exit doors — and then using the next 30 days to prove to yourself what actually happens when you stop giving yourself wiggle room.
We cover:
- Why vague intentions are just pre-scheduled failures
• The negotiation loop — how it starts, how it ends, and why you always find the out
• What pre-deciding means and how it removes the argument entirely
• How to hold yourself accountable without white-knuckling it
• The 30-day push — what it is, how to run it, and why one month of no exits changes everything
If you've been telling yourself you're going to do the thing and then not doing it — this episode is for you.
Resources Mentioned:
Not Another Diet Book:https://www.amazon.com/Not-Another-Diet-Book-learning/dp/B0B45Q4CLH/
Schedule a Session: https://www.heathermaio.com/coaching-options
This is the one-word swap that changed how I think about my habits, my identity, and myself.
Stop saying I can't. Start saying I don't.
Sounds small. It's not.
"I can't" is a limitation. Something is being taken from you.And somewhere in the back of your brain you know that's not actually true — which means the door is still open. "I don't" is a decision.
It's identity. It's who you've decided to be. And that door stays closed.
We cover:
• Why "I can't" is keeping you in negotiation mode without you realizing it
• How one word swap changes the way you see yourself — not just the way others see you
• The difference between following a rule and being a person who doesn't need one
• Specific "I can't" → "I don't" swaps to start using today
• Why the language you use about yourself is building an identity whether you're paying attention or not.
Resources Mentioned
Not Another Diet Book:https://www.amazon.com/Not-Another-Diet-Book-learning/dp/B0B45Q4CLH/
Schedule a Session: https://www.heathermaio.com/coaching-options
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