EMBody Radio

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Operation Podcast
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Welcome to EMBody Radio - a podcast devoted to educating and empowering listeners on all things training, nutrition, wellness, and growth. Host Emily Duncan is an exercise science major, bikini competitor, coach, and sports nutrition specialist devoted to bringing you nothing but the best in educational and uplifting content. This is THE show to teach you how to improve your body, expand your mind, and live your fullest life.

  1. Sep 22

    Rock Bottom Isn't a Waiting Room, it's a Workshop | with host Emily Duncan

    I've been talking a lot lately about the winning season I'm in right now, and it's easy to look at that and assume it's always been this way. And GWORL… it hasn't. This episode is the chapter before the chapter. The years I got sick from breast implant illness and gained 70+ pounds, the 2022-2024 stretch where our business had months bringing in less than $30K and I wasn't paying myself so I could pay my team. These weren't single bad days, they were sustained seasons where nothing seemed to move in a positive direction, and what felt like TRUE rock bottom moments.   When you're an ambitious woman who's used to winning, that specific kind of stuck is uniquely destabilizing because it breaks the unspoken contract you've built your whole identity on: effort in, result out, on a predictable timeline.   In this episode I'm breaking down exactly what happens when that contract breaks, why it tricks you into treating a temporary season as a permanent verdict on who you are, and the four reframes that turned my own rock bottoms into springboards instead of the new normal. If you're in a season right now that feels like a waiting room, I want to give you a different way to see it: it was never a waiting room. It's a workshop.   —   For the high-achieving hot girls that want to recover better, support glowier skin, and promote longevity through better cellular health, get up to 39% off Mitopure Gummies with code EMDUNC and make wellness easier than ever. Fitness, health, and holistic wellness for $22/month Interested in a luxury 1:1 online health coaching experience? Look no further than FENIX ATHLETICA, where we fuse science and soul for life-long transformation (inside AND out). Follow me on Instagram Follow EMBody Radio on Instagram

    Rock Bottom Isn't a Waiting Room, it's a Workshop | with host Emily Duncan

  2. Sep 15

    We Bought a Gym (And Other Chaos): A Break Room Episode | with host Emily Duncan and Chris Beal

    We needed a palate cleanser. After a stretch of some pretty intense, deep-diving episodes the last few months, I put Chris back on the mic for a lil break room energy. Rapid-fire questions, zombie apocalypse survival predictions, an impression battle, and a big life update we haven't formally announced anywhere else yet- Chris is officially the new owner-operator of Kollective's North Austin location - huge, and I'm so proud of him.   We played "translate the other person," debated beige flags, ranked the most useless thing I own, and somehow ended up talking about Cheerios, grape jelly sandwiches, and why Chris's emotional world is a lot deeper than his deadpan delivery lets on.   If you've been with me through the heavier identity and mindset episodes lately, this one's your breather. Fun, a little chaotic, genuinely funny, and a real look at the relationship dynamic I talk about on the show but rarely let you actually hear in real time. Stick around for the end… Chris drops a really sincere piece of perspective that hit harder than either of us expected.   -   Fitness, health, and holistic wellness for $22/month Interested in a luxury 1:1 online health coaching experience? Look no further than FENIX ATHLETICA, where we fuse science and soul for life-long transformation (inside AND out). LMNT is LMNT is a DELICIOUS, science-based electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don't. No sugar. No coloring. No artificial ingredients. No gluten. No fillers. No BS. Head to drinklmnt.com/emdunc to get a FREE variety pack with your purchase! Follow me on Instagram Follow EMBody Radio on Instagram

    We Bought a Gym (And Other Chaos): A Break Room Episode | with host Emily Duncan and Chris Beal

  3. Sep 8

    Perfectionism is a Crutch | with host Emily Duncan

    Perfectionism is one of the sneakiest traps I coach high-achieving, high-responsibility women through, and today I'm breaking down exactly why. We're going three levels deep: the top-level story and behavior, the mid-level symptoms, and then the deeper truth underneath all of it, which isn't actually "fear of failure" like a lot of us would say or think.   It's that perfectionism is an unconscious permission slip to avoid mastering the gray area, because the ambiguity of the middle is scarier than the certainty of all-or-nothing ever will be.   If you've ever lost and regained the same 20 pounds, made a hundred plans that never turned into real change, or told yourself "I'm just a perfectionist" like it's a personality trait instead of an avoidance strategy, this episode is for you. I'm sharing my own story of learning to win in the gray after years of all-or-nothing extremes in competitive bodybuilding, and how rebuilding self-trust, not stricter rules, is what actually gets you unstuck.   —   For the high-achieving hot girls that want to recover better, support glowier skin, and promote longevity through better cellular health, get up to 39% off Mitopure Gummies with code EMDUNC and make wellness easier than ever. Fitness, health, and holistic wellness for $22/month Interested in a luxury 1:1 online health coaching experience? Look no further than FENIX ATHLETICA, where we fuse science and soul for life-long transformation (inside AND out). Follow me on Instagram Follow EMBody Radio on Instagram

    Perfectionism is a Crutch | with host Emily Duncan

  4. Sep 1

    How I Went From Burnout to My Most Successful + Capable Season | with host Emily Duncan

    Four years ago, this pace of life would have flatlined me. Today I've doubled my coaching team since the start of the year, maintained the leanest and healthiest physique I've had in over five years, gotten married, healed a partial meniscus tear, and I'm handling more stress than ever. Not because I have less on my plate, but because I've fundamentally changed how I operate at a physical, mental/emotional, and relational level.   In this episode I'm walking through the real, unglamorous shifts that got me here: the habit and routine changes (spending way less time in a deficit, training less but harder, radically simplifying my routines, learning the difference between willpower and real systems), the relationship shifts (my marriage, my faith, and getting brutally honest about which friendships were actually serving me), and the mental and emotional work that made all of it sustainable: somatic tools, learning to stop romanticizing my struggles, and building real emotional maturity instead of just muscling through.   This one's long and it's dense, because this is genuinely the accumulation of years of work, not a quick fix. If you've been wondering what it actually takes to build a life and a body you're proud of without burning it all down again, this is the closest I can get to showing my work.   — Fitness, health, and holistic wellness for $22/month Interested in a luxury 1:1 online health coaching experience? Look no further than FENIX ATHLETICA, where we fuse science and soul for life-long transformation (inside AND out). Follow me on Instagram Follow EMBody Radio on Instagram

    How I Went From Burnout to My Most Successful + Capable Season | with host Emily Duncan

  5. Aug 25

    Loving and Firm: Ditching Shame and Building Standards | with host Emily Duncan

    I don't believe in fluffy self-love, and I don't believe in motivating yourself through self-hatred, because both crash and burn eventually. In this episode I'm breaking down the old script most high achievers are running vs. the new script you NEED to build. Standards and discipline: the old script, where you only stay disciplined if you hate your body enough, where work is armor against feeling worthless, where rest has to be earned, and where shame is the only enforcement mechanism you know. And the new script, where standards come from self-respect instead of self-hatred, where they're firm without the cruelty, and where progress is slower to build but doesn't cost you your body, your relationships, or your sanity to sustain, AND lasts for life. I'm also unpacking why the new script often feels harder at first, not easier, and the specific signs that tell you you're slipping back into the old one. If you've ever wondered why you can't seem to stay motivated once you stop hating your body, or why "giving yourself grace" doesn't actually feel like it's working, this episode is for you. -- For the high-achieving hot girls that want to recover better, support glowier skin, and promote longevity through better cellular health, get up to 39% off Mitopure Gummies with code EMDUNC and make wellness easier than ever. Fitness, health, and holistic wellness for $22/month Interested in a luxury 1:1 online health coaching experience? Look no further than FENIX ATHLETICA, where we fuse science and soul for life-long transformation (inside AND out). Follow me on Instagram Follow EMBody Radio on Instagram

    Loving and Firm: Ditching Shame and Building Standards | with host Emily Duncan

  6. Aug 18

    The Habits Nobody Wants to Admit Are Sabotaging Their Body | with host Emily Duncan

    I'm not here to coddle you today (am I ever? lol) I'm here to have the hard conversation most coaches are too afraid to have. After 10+ years working with women, especially high achievers, I keep seeing the same sticky, unsexy patterns sabotaging fitness results: the "I can't" mindset that becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, skipping meals all day and overeating at night, staying in toxic relationships that keep your body in survival mode, chasing goals without a habit foundation, trying to crush competing goals at once, chronically under-eating out of desperation, and refusing to own the role you've played in getting where you are.   None of this is about blame. It's about ownership. If you're tired of workarounds that don't work, and you're ready to stop lying to yourself about what's actually standing between you and the body and life you want, this episode is for you. If you're not ready to look in the mirror yet, that's okay too, but this one might not be for you.   Fitness, health, and holistic wellness for $22/month Interested in a luxury 1:1 online health coaching experience? Look no further than FENIX ATHLETICA, where we fuse science and soul for life-long transformation (inside AND out). LMNT is LMNT is a DELICIOUS, science-based electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don't. No sugar. No coloring. No artificial ingredients. No gluten. No fillers. No BS. Head to drinklmnt.com/emdunc to get a FREE variety pack with your purchase! Follow me on Instagram Follow EMBody Radio on Instagram

    The Habits Nobody Wants to Admit Are Sabotaging Their Body | with host Emily Duncan

  7. Aug 11

    Pushing for More Without Losing Yourself | with host Emily Duncan

    I've climbed out of burnout before and found myself in that space where I was scared of pushing myself because, "what if I burn out again." In this episode I'm breaking down the real, practical tools I've collected over 10+ years as an entrepreneur (and lifelong fitness/movement enthusiast) for pursuing bigger goals without losing yourself in the process: building systems you can actually lean on, embracing more support than feels comfortable, resting and playing without guilt, getting ruthlessly boundaried with your time and energy, building real emotional and mental discipline, and, my favorite, giving yourself permission for a little superficial joy along the way.   If you're an ambitious woman who's tired of swinging between hustle-until-you-crash and doing-nothing-for-six-months, this one's for you. This one's for you if you crave becoming someone who can hold bigger goals without abandoning or forsaking yourself to reach them.   For the high-achieving hot girls that want to recover better, support glowier skin, and promote longevity through better cellular health, get up to 39% off Mitopure Gummies with code EMDUNC and make wellness easier than ever. Fitness, health, and holistic wellness for $22/month Interested in a luxury 1:1 online health coaching experience? Look no further than FENIX ATHLETICA, where we fuse science and soul for life-long transformation (inside AND out). Follow me on Instagram Follow EMBody Radio on Instagram

    Pushing for More Without Losing Yourself | with host Emily Duncan

  8. Aug 4

    Bulletproof Your Mindset: 6 Shifts That Make High Performers Unstoppable | with host Emily Duncan

    After last week's episode on the traps keeping high-achieving women stuck in their bodies, I'm flipping the script and sharing the six mindset shifts that have actually bulletproofed me (in my fitness, my business) and my life over the last 14+ years. We're covering radical ownership even when something genuinely isn't your fault, why the biggest goals require the most support (not the least), why I actively seek out failure instead of avoiding it, why "always something, never nothing" has replaced all-or-nothing thinking in my life, what it actually means to jump and build the parachute on the way down, and why believing everything is figureoutable might be the single most important mindset any high performer can adopt.   These aren't feel-good affirmations, they're the specific, repeatable mental shifts I use with myself and with my clients to keep moving forward when things get harder, not easier, the more you grow. If you're the woman who's used to being good at things and shrinks a little when you're not, this episode is your permission slip to get messy, ask for help, and trust that you'll figure it out — because you already have, more times than you're giving yourself credit for.   For the high-achieving hot girls that want to recover better, support glowier skin, and promote longevity through better cellular health, get up to 39% off Mitopure Gummies with code EMDUNC and make wellness easier than ever. Fitness, health, and holistic wellness for $22/month Interested in a luxury 1:1 online health coaching experience? Look no further than FENIX ATHLETICA, where we fuse science and soul for life-long transformation (inside AND out). Follow me on Instagram Follow EMBody Radio on Instagram

    Bulletproof Your Mindset: 6 Shifts That Make High Performers Unstoppable | with host Emily Duncan
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Welcome to EMBody Radio - a podcast devoted to educating and empowering listeners on all things training, nutrition, wellness, and growth. Host Emily Duncan is an exercise science major, bikini competitor, coach, and sports nutrition specialist devoted to bringing you nothing but the best in educational and uplifting content. This is THE show to teach you how to improve your body, expand your mind, and live your fullest life.

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