Busy Woman's Guide to Wellbeing

Alix Hubble
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The Busy Woman’s Guide is a wellness podcast for women looking for a healthy lifestyle that fits THEIR rhythm, not a cookie cutter version of all the “shoulds” and to-do lists out there. Hosted by Alix Hubble, women’s therapeutic, fitness and life coach, I take you deeper into a wellbeing for YOU. Because you already know what it takes to build healthy habits, and you’ve got enough productivity tips, workout motivation hacks, and tips for how to be consistent, how to stop procrastinating and how to achieve work life balance to last a lifetime. So let’s explore what really sits beneath your burnout, your lack of consistency, your self sabotage, or your need to always “be on it.” This is your permission slip to stop performing, start listening to yourself, and create a rhythm that actually fits your life. If you’re asking questions like these….this is the place to be: - How to stop overthinking? - How can I be productive without burning out? - How can I stop tying my self worth and self esteem to being busy? - How can I stop self-sabotaging my progress? - How do I feel more comfortable in my own skin again? Find out more at www.lifeeditcoaching.com

  1. Jun 22

    255 Five Years, 250 Episodes, and a Decision I've Been Sitting With

    After five years and 250+ episodes, I'm taking a short break from the podcast to focus on my biggest goal right now: working with more women and building the next chapter of Life Edit. This isn't goodbye - it's a strategic pause. The plan is to be back in the autumn, and in the meantime, all 250+ episodes are still there waiting for you to explore. Stay connected while I'm away: 📸 Instagram: @lifeeditwithalix — I'll actually be showing up more here📧 Work with me - explore my offers at lifeeditcoaching.com🎓 Free Masterclass: Consistency Codes - when you know what to do with food and fitness but can't quite seem to make it stick. Thank you for five years of listening, downloading, and sharing your feedback. It truly means everything. See you in the autumn. 🧡

    9 min

  2. Jun 15

    254 The Real Reason Intuitive Eating and Mindfulness Aren't Fixing Your Relationship With Food

    If you've tried intuitive eating, nervous system work, or mindful eating to fix your relationship with food and found it just didn't stick — this episode is for you. This week we're getting into why these approaches, as brilliant as they are, so often fall flat for women who've spent years in diet culture, dealing with emotional eating, and cycling through the stop dieting / start again loop. In this episode: Why intuitive eating feels chaotic rather than liberating for most women The real reason nervous system work and mindfulness don't always translate into day-to-day change around foodWhy regulation tools work on the symptom but often miss what's underneath itThe difference between React mode and Respond mode - and why that distinction changes everythingHow to start building body trust and making more mindful eating choices without throwing away the rules overnight Intuitive eating and nervous system work aren't wrong - they’re just missing a foundation. React to Respond builds that foundation first, so that food freedom becomes something you move towards gradually and safely, rather than something you fall into and hope for the best. Join me for Ditch the Diets — the 3-day Telegram coaching experience where I’ll walk you through the full React to Respond method, with personalised daily coaching to help you move out of the on/off diet cycle and into a calmer, more consistent relationship with food. Starting 23rd June. £33. Find out more and secure your space at lifeeditcoaching.com/ditchthediets

    28 min

  3. Jun 8

    253 The secret belief keeping you in the diet mindset (even when you know it's not working)

    If you're ready to stop dieting but keep getting pulled back in, this episode is for you. Whether you've been asking yourself how to stop emotional eating, whether food freedom and weight loss can coexist, or why your diet isn't working despite your best efforts - the answer might not be what you think. And in this episode, I’m unpacking the one belief quietly keeping you trapped in the diet cycle, and why trying harder is actually the last thing that's going to help. IN THIS EPISODE You know dieting isn't working. And yet here you are again, making the same promise to yourself. "I'll feel good when I've lost the weight." "I'll relax once I've got back on track." "Just this one last reset, and then I can breathe." That quiet little promise is not just keeping you in the diet cycle - it’s the exact reason you can never find peace with food. We’ll cover: - Why the "I'll feel good when…" belief is the engine behind the diet loop, and why it's so hard to let go of - What actually happens when you stop tying your confidence to the number on the scale - How to eat more mindfully and make healthier choices - not by adding more rules, but by changing where your decisions come from The React to Respond method, and how it creates the space between a thought and a spiralWhy food freedom doesn't mean giving up on your goals JOIN DITCH THE DIETS My 3-day Telegram coaching experience. Just £33, with 12 spaces available. If you're ready to start applying the React to Respond method to your own life, this is where to begin: lifeeditcoaching.com/ditchthediets CONNECT WITH ALIX Instagram: @lifeeditwithalix Website: lifeeditcoaching.com

    17 min

  4. Jun 1

    252 How to handle body triggers without feeling worse about yourself (nervous system edition)

    You're scrolling Instagram and suddenly - there it is. The beach body pic. The skinny celebrity. Your friend’s sudden weight loss. Body triggers that you’re experiencing every single day. And of course that voice that says “you should be doing that too” - whether it’s weight loss medication, a new diet or that 28-day bikini body challenge. The thing is, body triggers and changing emotions about your body image are unavoidable - it’s how you respond to it that actually counts. In this episode, I'm breaking down the difference between reacting and responding, why your nervous system sees body triggers as threats (fight/flight/freeze), and how to create space between the trigger and your action so YOU'RE in the driver's seat - not your old pattern. Here’s what we’ll talk about: Body triggers are normal it’s your reaction that matters - and how to take yourself away from the “threat” and towards a more empowered approach.Performance vs lived reality - because what you think you see, and what’s actually going on may be two very different things. I’ll share something that happened to me recently that highlighted exactly this.A practical framework for responding instead of spiralling - to set you up to manage body triggers with more ease. NEXT: 1. Join me inside The Body You’ll Love Living In to make peace with your body before summer arrives 2. Follow me on Instagram 3. Share this with a friend who needs to hear it!

    18 min

  5. May 25

    251 Is body positivity over? Beauty standards “whiplash”, why it’s happening and what it means for you

    Body positivity, body acceptance and learning to love your body in the last few years felt like real progress - not perfect, but better than what we experienced in our teens and twenties. But you can’t have helped noticing that lately - skinny celebrities, impossible beauty standards and even microdosing of weight loss drugs is in. The pendulum has swung - hard and fast - and it feels like we've been transported back to the 90s. So is body positivity over? And what does the return of skinny mean for you? In this episode, I'm breaking down why this shift is happening now (spoiler: it's not just fashion), how beauty standards are designed to be unachievable, and why body acceptance is something we all need more of. If you've been feeling the pull to "get smaller" again, this one will give you a new lens to see it through. What we’ll cover: Why the return of skinny isn't random but strategic - beauty standards are designed to be unachievable and they shift when "normal" people get too close. When body positivity made bigger bodies acceptable, the goalpost moved again. Why body acceptance can be more helpful right now than body positivity - "love your body” doesn't land for a lot of women, while body acceptance just says make peace with where you are now and stop waiting to live your life until you're smaller.Diet culture is a distraction tool that keeps women small - politically, as well as physically - because when they have us obsessed with our bodies, scrolling before/after photos, caught in the diet-binge cycle, we’re not paying as much attention to the systems that are failing us NEXT: 1. Join me inside The Body You’ll Love Living In to make peace with your body before summer arrives 2. Follow me on Instagram 3. Share this with a friend who needs to hear it!

    18 min

  6. May 18

    250 Summer bikini body dread: how to be more confident on the beach this summer

    You love the sun and the warmth - but with it comes that summer “bikini body dread”. What will I look like in a bikini? Can I wear sleeveless tops? Why do I still feel like this even though I swore I'd sort it out last year? In this episode, I'm breaking down why body image anxiety happens at this time of year, what's really driving that panic, and how to be more confident this summer without having to drop a single lb (hint: you don’t have to suddenly “love your body”) I'll also share the "pool praise party" exercise that helps you stop judging other bodies (and your own), and why body acceptance NOW- not after you've lost the weight- is the only way forward. Here’s what we’ll cover: Bikini body dread isn't about your body—it's about your relationship with it. What you think your body says about your worth, discipline, and value and how that’s driving your anxiety.Why you can't hate yourself into confidence. Panic dieting before a holiday won't make you feel good in a bikini if you haven't made peace with your body first.Try the "pool praise party" exercise: When you catch yourself scanning and judging other bodies, pay each person a silent compliment instead. You can't judge other bodies without reinforcing the system that judges yours - this is how you stop playing the game. NEXT: 1. Join me inside The Body You’ll Love Living In to make peace with your body before summer arrives 2. Follow me on Instagram 3. Share this with a friend who needs to hear it!

    24 min

  7. May 11

    249 How to stop dieting without losing control - how to make food freedom your new reality

    Grab your space inside the Food Freedom Intensive - my brand new 1:1 coaching container. Just 5 spaces available this month. Find out more here While the idea of no more diets and finally ditching the all or nothing mentality around food can feel exciting in theory - in practice it can feel like there’s nothing but chaos on the other side. So in this episode I’m breaking down what food freedom actually looks like day to day. Not a “perfectly balanced” diet, not losing control, not giving up on yourself but finding genuine neutrality around food and a path to more mindful eating. Where you finally get to listen (and respond) to what your body actually needs. This is the practical companion to last week’s episode (see details below) where I share the exact steps I’d take if I was starting this journey today. Including: Why nervous system work is the foundation that makes this shift possible.How to create space between the emotional eating urge and the reactionHow to start moving away from the diet mindset without having to throw out the whole rulebook overnight NEXT: Listen to Episode 248 - What 18 years of dieting taught me about my body (and how I finally found food freedom)Follow me on instagramShare this with a friend who needs to hear it

    20 min

  8. May 4

    248 What 18 years of dieting taught me about my body (and how I finally found food freedom)

    Secure one of just 5 spaces this month inside my brand new 1:1 space - The Food Freedom Intensive - find out more here You’ve spent years tracking, restricting and dieting - only to find yourself exhausted, still not feeling good enough and right back at square one. Well…same! At least until I decided to tackle my diet mindset, get honest about my all or nothing mentality, lean into body acceptance and finally find food freedom. In this episode I’m sharing my own 18-year journey through diet culture - from the Bridget Jones moment that made me question everything, to the moment in lockdown when I finally realised “I can’t do this any more”. This isn’t a quick fix or 3-step formula. It’s an honest look at why so many of us stay stuck in the binge restrict cycle, why dumping the diet mindset isn’t about food at all and how to stop dieting without the drama (and rediscover your confidence and self esteem). We’ll talk about: How your relationship with food is a direct mirror or your relationship with yourselfWhy food freedom isn’t the same as chaos and how to make healthier, more intuitive choices without the guilt, obsession or all or nothing mindsetBreaking the diet cycle one step at a time NEXT: Follow me on instagramShare this with someone else who needs to hear it!

    26 min
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The Busy Woman’s Guide is a wellness podcast for women looking for a healthy lifestyle that fits THEIR rhythm, not a cookie cutter version of all the “shoulds” and to-do lists out there. Hosted by Alix Hubble, women’s therapeutic, fitness and life coach, I take you deeper into a wellbeing for YOU. Because you already know what it takes to build healthy habits, and you’ve got enough productivity tips, workout motivation hacks, and tips for how to be consistent, how to stop procrastinating and how to achieve work life balance to last a lifetime. So let’s explore what really sits beneath your burnout, your lack of consistency, your self sabotage, or your need to always “be on it.” This is your permission slip to stop performing, start listening to yourself, and create a rhythm that actually fits your life. If you’re asking questions like these….this is the place to be: - How to stop overthinking? - How can I be productive without burning out? - How can I stop tying my self worth and self esteem to being busy? - How can I stop self-sabotaging my progress? - How do I feel more comfortable in my own skin again? Find out more at www.lifeeditcoaching.com

Information

  • Creator
    Alix Hubble
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    283
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2021 Life Edit with Alix
  • Show Website
    Busy Woman's Guide to Wellbeing

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