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How I Lost 95 Pounds in My 30s with PCOS (Everything I Actually Did) Oct 25, 2026

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2 experts, free live masterclass. Register at https://alliecasazza.com/body. A limited-time replay will be available to registrants.

I lost 95 pounds in my 30s while dealing with PCOS, depression, hormonal issues, and one of the hardest seasons of my life. And I did it without becoming a fitness-obsessed, clean-eating person who never touches french fries.

In this episode, I'm breaking down exactly how I lost the weight. Not the polished, oversimplified version. The actual changes I made, what worked, what didn't, and how I completely changed my relationship with food and my body along the way.

We're talking about the small food swaps that made a surprisingly big difference, how I stopped relying on emotional eating, what I changed about drinking alcohol, my experience trying a GLP-1 medication, and why I still don't particularly enjoy working out.

I'm also sharing how I used subconscious rewiring, hypnosis, and identity work to start changing the patterns that had kept me stuck for years. Including a really weird little experiment involving tea that genuinely changed how I saw myself.

And we're getting into something I feel strongly about: you can love and accept your body while still wanting to change it. Taking responsibility for your habits doesn't mean everything is your fault.

If you've been struggling to lose weight, dealing with PCOS or hormonal challenges, or constantly starting over with healthy habits, I hope my story helps you see that sustainable change doesn't have to mean completely overhauling your life.

FREE LIVE MASTERCLASS: STOP STARTING OVER WITH YOUR BODY

I'm joining hormone and digestive health expert Amber Romaniuk for a free masterclass where we're bringing together the physical and subconscious sides of why you feel stuck with your body.

We'll help you understand what might be happening beneath your recurring patterns and give you a practical place to start changing them.

Thursday, October 29 at 3 PM Pacific / 6 PM Eastern.

And if you have questions about my weight-loss journey after listening, send me a DM on Instagram. I'd love to put together a follow-up Q&A episode!

The Body Struggle: Part 1 The Physiology Oct 18, 2026

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You know what you're supposed to be doing. You've read the books. You've tried the diets, the supplements, the routines, the mindset work. You know you need more sleep, less stress, and probably a little more time taking care of yourself. So why do you keep ending up right back where you started? In this episode of The Purpose Show, Allie sits down with emotional eating, digestive, and hormone expert Amber Romaniuk for a conversation about what's actually happening underneath the patterns so many women blame themselves for. Because sometimes, the problem isn't that you don't know enough. It's that you've spent so much time trying to fix your body that you've forgotten how to actually listen to her. You'll hear: • Why doing all the "right" things doesn't always address the patterns behind emotional eating and burnout • How stress, emotional triggers, and learned behaviors can influence your relationship with food • Why high-achieving women often struggle to slow down and recognize what their bodies need • How childhood experiences can shape automatic eating habits you don't even realize you have • Why emotional eating isn't always about sadness, boredom, or stress • What it actually looks like to practice mindful eating when you're used to multitasking through every meal • How being the woman who handles everything can lead to ignoring your own needs • Why rebuilding body trust starts with awareness, compassion, and learning to pause • How to begin shifting from frustration with your body to a more supportive relationship with yourself This conversation is about so much more than food. It's about the relationship you've built with your body. The patterns you've learned. The pressure you've normalized. And the possibility of doing things differently. Because knowing what your body needs and actually responding to those needs are two very different things. And that's exactly where the deeper work begins. 🎧 CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION Part 2 of this conversation airs October 21 on Amber's podcast, The No Sugarcoating Podcast. Allie goes deeper into subconscious programming, identity, and why knowing better doesn't automatically mean doing better. ✨ JOIN OUR FREE LIVE MASTERCLASS Stop Starting Over With Your Body Allie Casazza and Amber Romaniuk are bringing their expertise together to help you understand what's happening in your body AND the subconscious patterns keeping you stuck. Thursday, October 29 3 PM PT / 4 PM MT / 6 PM ET It's completely free and happening LIVE on Zoom. 👉 Save your seat: https://alliecasazza.com/body

Motivation on Demand Oct 11, 2026

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What if you didn't have to wait until you felt motivated to actually do the thing?

Because here's the truth.

Motivation isn't magic.

And it's not something you have to sit around waiting for.

In this episode, Allie guides you through a short, powerful activation designed to help you shift your state, reconnect with the feeling of following through, and take action without waiting for the perfect moment.

Through intentional breathing, visualization, and a simple physical anchoring exercise, you'll practice accessing the confidence, drive, and certainty you've already experienced before.

In this guided audio, you'll:

• Shift your physical state through intentional breathing and posture

• Reconnect with a moment when you felt confident, capable, and unstoppable

• Practice creating a physical anchor you can return to when you need motivation

• Visualize yourself taking the next small step instead of waiting for the perfect feeling

• Reinforce a new identity built around action, consistency, and following through

• Practice the simple statements: "I move now. I continue now."

You don't need another Monday.

You don't need another dramatic reset.

And you definitely don't need to wait until you feel ready.

Sometimes, you just need to reconnect with the version of you who knows how to move.

Come back to this audio whenever you need a little help getting started.

Ready to stop starting over?

Join Allie for her FREE class, Stop Starting Over, where she'll show you why you keep falling back into the same patterns and how to start changing them at the root.

👉 https://alliecasazza.com/stopstartingover

Ready to stop starting over?

Why Most Affirmations Don't Work Sep 13, 2026

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You can repeat:

"I trust myself."

"I follow through."

"I'm good with money."

…and still feel your entire body going, "Yeah, absolutely not."

That reaction matters.

Because repeating the "right" words is not automatically the same thing as changing what you believe.

In this episode, Allie breaks down why the same affirmation can land completely differently for two people, what resistance is actually telling you, and how to stop trying to make giant, unbelievable jumps from the belief you have now to the one you wish you had.

You'll hear:

• Why positive affirmations can sometimes make you feel worse instead of better

• Why what you already believe affects how an affirmation lands

• The difference between forcing a new belief and building a believable bridge toward it

• Why "make it positive" is less useful than "make it accurate"

• How resistance, discomfort, and the immediate "yeah right" response give you valuable information

• Why Allie loves pairing affirmations with EFT tapping

• How your language and your behavior can work together to create evidence for a new identity

• Allie's process for using affirmations more intentionally: Choose it. Check it. Bridge it. Feel it. Prove it. Repeat it.

Affirmations aren't magic words.

But they aren't useless either.

They're a tool.

And instead of trying to bully your brain into believing something that feels miles away, you can intentionally practice language that supports where you're going while paying attention to everything that comes up along the way.

So don't throw out your affirmations.

Get better at listening to what happens when you say them.

Ready to stop starting over?

Join Allie's free live class: Stop Starting Over

👉 https://alliecasazza.com/stopstartingover

Watch Your Mouth: Your Words Wire Your Brain Sep 06, 2026

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Something happens…

and within about three seconds, you turn it into a statement about who you are.

You procrastinated → "I'm so lazy."

You overspent → "I'm terrible with money."

You missed the workout → "See? I can never stick to anything."

You felt awkward → "I'm just not confident."

The behavior happened.

But then you made the behavior mean something about your identity.

In this episode, Allie breaks down why the language you repeatedly use about yourself matters, how your self-talk can keep rehearsing an old identity, and what to do instead without forcing yourself into fake positivity or affirmations you don't actually believe.

You'll hear:

• Why your brain is listening to the language you repeatedly use about yourself

• The difference between describing something you did and turning it into who you are

• How phrases like "I always," "I never," "I'm just," and "that's how I am" can reveal the identity you're still rehearsing

• What research on self-talk and emotional labeling can teach us about the way language affects your brain

• Why replacing one negative statement with a positive statement you don't believe isn't the answer

• How to use Allie's three-step process: Catch it. Separate it. Recode it.

• How to choose language that is accurate, believable, and points toward the version of you you actually want to become

You do not need perfect thoughts.

You do not need to monitor every sentence that comes out of your mouth.

But what you repeatedly say about yourself matters.

Because you can consciously be trying to become more consistent, confident, or intentional while spending the rest of your day casually narrating yourself back into the identity you're trying to leave behind.

So for the next 24 hours:

Watch your mouth.

Catch it.

Separate it.

Recode it.

And start noticing which version of you is getting the most airtime.

Ready to stop starting over?

Join Allie's free live class: Stop Starting Over

👉 https://alliecasazza.com/stopstartingover

The Woman You're Trying to Become Is Keeping You Stuck Aug 30, 2026

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You might be trying to become a woman who isn't actually you.

Not because wanting to grow, change, or become a new version of yourself is wrong.

But somewhere along the way, "becoming her" can turn into chasing a fantasy woman who never gets overwhelmed, never loses momentum, always follows through, has the perfect routine, and apparently has no inconvenient emotions or actual life.

And every time real-life you doesn't behave like fantasy-you would, it feels like evidence that you're failing.

In this episode, Allie breaks down the difference between chasing an idealized version of yourself and actually discovering and becoming the woman you're here to be.

You'll hear:

•How your future self can quietly become another impossible standard
• The difference between your fantasy self, your current self, and your true self
How to tell the difference between something you genuinely desire and something you think you "should" want
Why you might be trying to rewire yourself into a life that isn't actually aligned with you
What happens when you separate who you are from what you accomplish, produce, and do for other people
Why becoming her was never supposed to mean becoming perfect

You're allowed to want more.

You're allowed to grow, expand, reinvent yourself, make more money, change your body, and create a completely different life.

But the question is:

Is the woman you're trying so hard to become actually you?

Ready to stop starting over?

Join Allie's free live class: Stop Starting Over: The Real Reason You Can't Stay Consistent (and How to Finally Change It)

👉 https://alliecasazza.com/stopstartingover

What if the goal of a daily ritual wasn't to complete it? Aug 23, 2026

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In this episode, Allie walks you through the Daily Reprogramming Ritual she created for herself years ago and now uses throughout her work inside Becoming Her Collective. But this isn't another 45-minute routine to add to your list and then feel guilty about when you inevitably miss a day. The point is repetition. Familiarity. Giving your brain repeated experiences of the thoughts, emotions, images, language, and behaviors you want to become more automatic, without turning "becoming her" into another obligation you rebel against. Allie breaks down the five pieces of the ritual:

Visualization: mentally rehearsing experiences and identities before you live them
EFT/tapping: working with the emotional charge underneath a pattern instead of trying to positive-think your way over it
Scripting: giving the identity you're becoming specific language instead of leaving her as a vague idea
Self-talk: intentionally changing the voice that gets the microphone in your head all day
Body + embodiment: taking the work out of your head and physically practicing what it feels like to treat yourself differently

She also explains how to adapt the ritual depending on your time, energy, and capacity, whether that means doing the full practice, choosing one or two pieces, or giving yourself five intentional minutes. Because missing Tuesday doesn't erase what you did Monday. And a five-minute ritual you willingly return to for a year will do a hell of a lot more for you than a perfect 45-minute ritual you force yourself through for 11 days. If you've ever known who you want to become but struggled to make that version of you feel natural, familiar, and real, this episode is for you.

The Pattern Behind "I'll Start Monday" Aug 09, 2026

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"I'll start Monday."

After vacation. Next month. When things calm down. When the kids go back.

It sounds like a timing problem.

But if Monday were actually the problem, Monday would have worked by now.

In this episode, Allie breaks down what your brain is really looking for when it keeps reaching for a fresh start, why starting over can feel so much better than picking back up in the messy middle, and the important difference between restarting and returning.

You'll hear:

Why your brain loves a clean starting line
What "I'll start Monday" may actually be doing for you emotionally
How this pattern fits into the Circle
Why a new date doesn't change an old subconscious pattern
The difference between restarting and simply returning

If you've spent years cycling between "this time I'm really doing it" and "I'll start again Monday," this one will make the pattern make a whole lot more sense.

Ready to stop starting over?

Join Allie live for her free class, Stop Starting Over, here:

👉https://alliecasazza.com/stopstartingover

Why Motivation Keeps Failing You (And What It's Actually Meant to Do) Aug 02, 2026

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If you've ever caught yourself saying…

"I just need to get motivated again."

…this episode is for you.

In this conversation, Allie challenges one of the biggest misconceptions in personal growth: that motivation is supposed to create consistency.

Instead, she explores why we've been asking motivation to do a job it was never designed to do—and why waiting to "feel motivated again" might actually be keeping you stuck.

You'll also hear two ideas that completely reframe the way you think about change:

Why your conscious decisions aren't enough to create lasting transformation
The difference between your goals and your defaults
Why motivation fades (and why that's actually good news)
The subconscious reason you keep returning to familiar patterns
The question that can change the way you approach growth forever

This episode isn't about trying harder.

It's about understanding why you've been expecting the wrong thing.

Ready to stop starting over?

Join Allie's free live class: Stop Starting Over: The Real Reason You Can't Stay Consistent (and How to Finally Change It)

👉 https://alliecasazza.com/stopstartingover

When You Know What to Do But Still Don't Do It Jul 26, 2026

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You already know what to do.

Drink more water. Move your body. Stop scrolling so late. Spend less than you make. Post the content. Have the conversation. Follow through on the plan.

So why doesn't knowing create change?

In this episode, Allie breaks down one of the biggest misconceptions in personal growth: the belief that your conscious decision should be strong enough to overpower years of subconscious familiarity.

Your conscious mind can make a promise in an instant.

Your subconscious mind keeps the patterns you have practiced.

That is why you can genuinely want something, clearly understand what needs to happen, and still find yourself repeating the same defaults when life gets stressful, busy, emotional, or uncomfortable.

You'll learn:

Why knowing what to do is not the same as being wired to do it
How your subconscious defaults take over when motivation fades
Why familiar behaviors often win, even when they are not helping you
How the start-stop cycle forms
Why one motivated decision cannot overpower years of repetition
The difference between your goals and your defaults
What to notice the next time you say, "I know what to do, I just don't do it"

If you struggle with procrastination, inconsistency, self-sabotage, motivation, discipline, habits, follow-through, or repeatedly starting over, this episode will help you understand the deeper pattern underneath it.

Ready to stop starting over?

Join Allie's free live class:

Stop Starting Over: The 5 Steps to Becoming the Woman Who Follows Through

https://alliecasazza.com/stopstartingover

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