Good Enough Health

Lindsay Martens
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Good Enough Health is a women’s health podcast for intelligent, high-functioning women who are done improvising and want structured, sustainable health systems that support their leadership and real life. If you care about your health and already know a lot — but are ready to operate with more clarity, less overthinking, and stronger follow-through —  you’re in the right room.  Hosted by Registered Dietitian Lindsay Martens, founder of Lindsay Martens Nutrition, this podcast explores the patterns shaping modern women’s health, including: • health decision fatigue• food noise and mental overthinking around eating• capacity vs willpower• how stress and life load shape consistency• why starting over keeps happening• how to build health systems that actually hold We don’t optimize everything.We don’t lower standards. We calibrate what matters and systemize it. You’ll hear grounded science, clear thinking, and practical frameworks that help you shift from reactive health to intentional design — so your health supports how you actually lead your life. This is health without perfectionism.Health without shame.Health built to last. Welcome to Good Enough Health. Let's begin.

Episodes

  1. 3D AGO

    Why Health Feels Harder the More You Try

    There’s a quiet moment many high-functioning women experience in their health. It doesn’t sound dramatic. It sounds reasonable. “I just need to be more on top of this.” Not overhaul everything. Not start over. Just tighten up a little. Pay closer attention. Be more consistent. Try a little harder. But what happens when health actually starts to feel harder the more you try? In this episode, we unpack why effort can sometimes make health feel heavier instead of clearer — and why trying harder isn’t always what builds consistency. If you’ve ever felt like: You care deeply about your health, but it still feels mentally exhaustingThe more you monitor and manage, the more pressure you feelConsistency starts to feel personalYou’re doing a lot, but it still takes too much mental energyThis conversation will likely feel familiar. We explore: Why high-functioning women default to effortThe difference between effort and structureHow pressure quietly reduces flexibilityWhy sustainable health habits require design, not just disciplineThe connection between capacity and consistencyEffort is not the problem. But when effort is used as a substitute for support, something shifts. Health decision fatigue builds. Pressure increases. Learning narrows into self-evaluation. And health begins to feel like something you’re managing instead of something that supports you. This episode helps you move from managing your health with effort to building sustainable health systems with clarity. We’re not lowering standards. We’re refining how consistency is built. In the next episode, we’ll explore what replaces control when you shift from managing health to structuring it. For women who are ready to build sustainable health systems, the Good Enough Health Club is where that work happens. Explore the club: https://lindsaymartensnutrition.com/club

    11 min

  2. FEB 11

    Why You Keep Following Health Advice Without Feeling Certain

    When health starts to feel high stakes, confusing, or urgent, many women stop asking, “Does this make sense for me?” and start asking, “What am I supposed to be doing?” This episode explores a pattern that is far more common than we talk about: following health advice without feeling fully certain about why. Not because you are uninformed. Not because you lack intelligence. But because modern wellness culture makes uncertainty feel risky. In this episode of Good Enough Health, we unpack: Why health advice often feels urgent, moralized, and difficult to evaluateHow supplements, protocols, and wellness trends become sources of borrowed certaintyWhy following advice can feel safer than sitting in uncertaintyThe psychological cost of relying on external rules instead of internal contextHow pressure increases vigilance and second guessing rather than trustWhy curiosity creates clarity, while pressure collapses itThis is not an episode about judging supplements, health trends, or the choices you have made. It is about understanding why certainty can feel so necessary in the first place. If you have ever found yourself adding something “because you heard it was good for you,” stacking routines without fully knowing what each one is for, or feeling unsettled even while doing all the right things, this conversation will help you slow down and reconnect with context. Because confidence in your health decisions does not come from compliance. It comes from understanding. In the next episode, we explore what happens when trying harder becomes the default response and why effort often increases pressure instead of resolving it.

    9 min

  3. FEB 4

    Why Taking Care of Your Health Feels Like Pressure

    At some point, taking care of your health stopped feeling supportive. It started feeling heavy. Measured. Monitored. High stakes. If taking care of your health feels like pressure instead of care, there’s a reason for that. In this episode of Good Enough Health, we zoom out from habits and follow-through to examine a deeper shift many intelligent, high-functioning women sense but rarely have language for. Why does taking care of your health feel so stressful now? We explore: • How health became more visible and measurable • Why tracking, monitoring, and optimization quietly raise the stakes • How prevention culture increases pressure as we age • The difference between care and control • Why pressure does not motivate the nervous system • The hidden cost of building health on performance instead of support Health didn’t always feel this intense. As conversations around longevity, prevention, and “doing it right” became louder, so did the pressure to manage every variable. What used to feel like care can slowly shift into control. Care responds. Control monitors. Care adapts. Control demands consistency. When health becomes something you manage instead of something that supports you, it starts to feel unsafe. Pressure narrows flexibility. It increases vigilance. It turns meals into tests. It turns habits into evidence. It makes normal fluctuations feel like problems to fix. Over time, building health on pressure costs: • Trust in your body • Ease around food • Flexibility during stressful seasons • Confidence in your own judgment This episode reframes health pressure not as a personal failure, but as the predictable result of a system that equates care with control. Because taking care of your health was never meant to feel like performance. And in the next episode, we explore what happens when pressure creates uncertainty — and we begin looking outside ourselves for answers.

    9 min

  4. JAN 28

    Why Willpower Isn’t the Problem (It’s Capacity)

    If you know what to do for your health but still struggle to follow through, you’ve probably blamed willpower at some point. Most of us have. We’re taught that consistency comes from discipline. That habits stick if we want them badly enough. That struggling means we need to try harder. But what if willpower isn’t the problem? In this episode of Good Enough Health, we explore why consistency has less to do with discipline and more to do with capacity. If you’ve ever thought: • Why don’t I have enough willpower? • Why can I stay consistent sometimes but not others? • Why do healthy habits fall apart when life gets stressful? • Why does follow-through feel unpredictable? This episode offers a different explanation. Habits don’t exist in isolation. They live inside nervous systems. And nervous systems have limits. You’ll learn: • Why willpower doesn’t work the way we think it does • What “capacity” actually means in real life • How stress, hormones, sleep, and emotional load affect consistency • Why skills can feel accessible one day and out of reach the next • How pressure reduces capacity instead of strengthening it Through a real client example, we unpack how habits can work beautifully when life is steady and still feel harder when demands increase — not because you failed, but because your system is already carrying more. Consistency is contextual. When stress rises, capacity shifts. When capacity shifts, access to skills changes. That isn’t weakness. It’s physiology. If you’ve ever told yourself “I don’t have a good track record” or “I always fall off,” this conversation will help you see those moments differently — as information about load, not evidence against you. Because sustainable health isn’t built on willpower. It’s built on understanding what your system can realistically hold — and designing from there. And in Episode 6, we expand on what happens when trying harder replaces support.

    7 min

  5. JAN 21

    Why Eating Feels Mentally Exhausting (Understanding Food Noise)

    Eating isn’t just about food anymore. It’s planning. Second guessing. Monitoring. Wondering if you did it “right.” Feeling guilt even when you’re trying your best. For many women, eating feels mentally exhausting — not physically difficult, but mentally loud. In this episode of Good Enough Health, we unpack why eating feels mentally exhausting and introduce the concept of food noise in a way that brings clarity instead of blame. If you’ve ever experienced: • Constant thoughts about food • Overthinking every meal • Guilt no matter what you choose • Mental exhaustion around eating • A loud internal commentary about “good” and “bad” foods You’re not imagining it. We explore: • What food noise actually is (and what it isn’t) • Why food noise is learned, not a personal defect • How diet culture and food rules create mental exhaustion • Why body monitoring increases cognitive load • How ADHD and neurodivergent brains may experience food noise differently • Why medications may quiet appetite or attention without addressing deeper belief systems Food noise isn’t about hunger. It’s the cognitive and emotional chatter that builds when food becomes something to monitor, manage, and moralize. Over time, that constant mental processing creates decision fatigue, guilt, and exhaustion. Instead of treating food noise as something broken in you, this episode reframes it as an adaptive response to pressure — one that can be understood and gradually untangled. Because mental exhaustion around food isn’t a character flaw. It’s often the result of living in a system that taught you to distrust your body. And in Episode 3, we unpack one of the biggest reasons food noise sticks around: capacity vs willpower.

    7 min

  6. JAN 14

    Why You Know What to Do for Your Health But Still Can’t Follow Through

    There’s a quiet frustration many high-functioning women carry: “I know what I should be doing for my health… so why can’t I just do it?” You’ve read the books. Saved the posts. Listened to the podcasts. You know what works. And yet, following through on healthy habits can feel inconsistent, exhausting, or impossible. In this first episode of Good Enough Health, we unpack why knowing what to do for your health is rarely the real issue — and why the gap between knowledge and follow-through often has nothing to do with motivation or discipline. If you’ve ever wondered: • Why you know what to do but still can’t follow through • Why consistency feels harder than it should • Why healthy habits fall apart even when you care • Why you struggle to stay consistent with health goals This episode will give you a different lens. We explore: • The difference between knowledge and capacity • Why willpower isn’t the missing piece • How mental load and emotional bandwidth affect consistency • Why expectations that don’t match capacity quietly create pressure • How comparison distorts what sustainable health habits actually look like The problem isn’t that you don’t want it badly enough. Often, the problem is trying to build health on top of already full lives without accounting for energy, bandwidth, and adaptability. Consistency isn’t about forcing the same routine forever. It’s about building habits that flex with real life — without turning inconsistency into self-judgment. If you’ve been blaming yourself for not following through, this episode will help you understand what’s actually happening beneath the surface. And in Episode 3, we go deeper into one of the most overlooked pieces of health consistency: capacity vs. willpower. Because struggling doesn’t mean you’re failing. It often means the design needs adjustment.

    6 min

  7. JAN 7

    Trailer | Good Enough Health

    Good Enough Health is a podcast for women who care about their health but feel tired of trying to control their bodies. If you know what to do, but struggle to do it consistently… If health feels mentally exhausting instead of supportive… If food, rest, and self care come with pressure, guilt, or second guessing… you’re not alone. Hosted by registered dietitian Lindsay Martens, this podcast explores why health habits can feel so hard when your body is overwhelmed, overextended, and constantly reacting to the world around it. You’ll hear grounded science, gentle reframes, and thoughtful conversations that make room for nuance not perfection. This is about learning how to work with your body instead of against it so health stops feeling like pressure and starts feeling possible again. Welcome to Good Enough Health. New episodes every week.

    2 min

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Good Enough Health is a women’s health podcast for intelligent, high-functioning women who are done improvising and want structured, sustainable health systems that support their leadership and real life. If you care about your health and already know a lot — but are ready to operate with more clarity, less overthinking, and stronger follow-through —  you’re in the right room.  Hosted by Registered Dietitian Lindsay Martens, founder of Lindsay Martens Nutrition, this podcast explores the patterns shaping modern women’s health, including: • health decision fatigue• food noise and mental overthinking around eating• capacity vs willpower• how stress and life load shape consistency• why starting over keeps happening• how to build health systems that actually hold We don’t optimize everything.We don’t lower standards. We calibrate what matters and systemize it. You’ll hear grounded science, clear thinking, and practical frameworks that help you shift from reactive health to intentional design — so your health supports how you actually lead your life. This is health without perfectionism.Health without shame.Health built to last. Welcome to Good Enough Health. Let's begin.

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  • Creator
    Lindsay Martens
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  • Episodes
    7
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