Feel Good Every Day

Annie Vinje

Every episode, I will give you one real, usable insight about feeling better or even, dare I say, good. No trends, no overwhelm, just what actually works.

  1. 4d ago

    Why You Keep Putting Yourself Last (Even When You Know Better) ft. Kristen Griffin

    You know you're supposed to be on your own list. You've heard it a hundred times. And somehow you still end up at the bottom, under the kids, the job, your partner, your parents, and the group text. My friend Kristen Griffin calls herself a life designer, and I love that. She works with women who've built something successful and then realize their life hasn't caught up with who they've become. Think of it like a remodel, but for how you live. In this episode: The gap between knowing you belong on the list and knowing how to get thereWhy you don't have to give up your ambition, or stop caring for people, to stop abandoning yourselfKristen's VIBE Code: visibility, internal trust, boundary action, embodimentThe client who first checked in with her body and heard "I need to get my eyelashes done" (and what came next)Auto-writing, the journaling practice where you don't lift the penWhy your best ideas show up in the shower and on long walksThe belief loop that keeps handing you exactly what you expectedThe fancy toilet paper strategy (yes, really)You don't have to earn a spot on your own list. Find Kristen: Instagram @thekristengriffin · https://www.kristengriffin.co/ Kristen's free quiz: https://www.kristengriffin.co/quiz Mentioned: Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers Free Nervous System Reset (guided audio): annievinje.com

    Why You Keep Putting Yourself Last (Even When You Know Better) ft. Kristen Griffin

  2. Oct 26

    Why You Always Say "I'm Fine" (Even When You're Not) ft. Dr. Katie Estberg

    Someone asks how you are, and before you've even checked, it's already out of your mouth: "I'm fine." The house could be on fire. Fifty-seven tabs open in your brain, work, kids, everyone's schedule. Still fine. My friend Dr. Katie Estberg is back on the show. She's a therapist who works in grief, EMDR, breathwork, and somatic healing, and she said the thing I can't stop thinking about: fine isn't a feeling. Go find it on a feelings chart. It's not there. In this episode: Why your brain defaults to "fine," and the split-second math it does about who's askingDeciding for someone else that they can't handle your real answerWhat being the strong one costs you: connection, and anyone who actually sees youWhy "I'm sorry" and "I'm fine" come from the same placeYour body as data, like the tight chest that says "no you're not"Journaling that doesn't require three pagesHow to say one true thing without telling the cashier your life storyYou deserve more than fine. Find Dr. Katie: https://www.instagram.com/magic_overmatters/ Mentioned: Calm Is a Skill Free Nervous System Reset (guided audio): annievinje.com

    Why You Always Say "I'm Fine" (Even When You're Not) ft. Dr. Katie Estberg

  3. Oct 19

    Why You Keep Quitting Your Goals (It's Not a Discipline Problem) ft. Paige C. Clark

    You were going to start Monday. Then Monday got busy, Tuesday you were tired, and by the next Monday a whole week had gone by and the thing still wasn't started. My friend Paige C. Clark is a professional accountability partner with a master's in life coaching, and she said the line I keep repeating to clients: if you could have done it on your own, you would have done it already. That's not a character flaw. It's a missing piece. In this episode: Why motivation gives you the vision but was never built to carry you the whole wayWhat Paige calls radical accountability: one-to-one, one-way, and every single dayBuilding room to fall off into your plan, so you're never actually off planWhy whether you did the thing is morally neutral, and why shame grows in the darkPaige's two-day rule for getting back on trackHow one client built a six-month streak by texting her food plan every nightFight, flight, or freeze, and thinking like your future self when your nervous system is on red alertYour worth was never measured in streaks. Find Paige: Paige C. Clark - https://paigecclark.com/. https://www.instagram.com/paigec.clark/ Book a Feel Good Strategy Session: annievinje.com Free Nervous System Reset: annievinje.com/nervous-system-cold-page

    Why You Keep Quitting Your Goals (It's Not a Discipline Problem) ft. Paige C. Clark

  4. Oct 11

    Eating Less But Gaining Belly Fat in Midlife? Here's Why

    If you're waking up at 3am, running wired and cranky, skipping breakfast, and drinking coffee before you've eaten a single bite, this one's for you. Most women I work with aren't overeating. They're under-eating. We were trained to eat small so we could stay small, and in midlife that plan stops working. When your body doesn't get enough food, it reads it as stress. Cortisol goes up, muscle goes down, and the weight you're trying to lose gets harder to move. In this solo episode: The signs you're not eating enough (3am wake-ups, tired but wired, not hungry all day and starving at night)Why under-eating hits harder in perimenopause: cortisol, muscle loss, and your thyroidWhy coffee on an empty stomach keeps you stuck in the cortisol cycleProtein, fiber, and fat: what actually goes on your plate, 80/20 styleWhy intermittent fasting often backfires for women (and why I love Dr. Stacy Sims on this)Why breakfast doesn't have to be fancy. A protein shake and a banana counts.You don't have to shrink to be worth taking care of. Free Nervous System Reset (short video + guided audio): annievinje.com

    Eating Less But Gaining Belly Fat in Midlife? Here's Why

  5. Oct 11

    Reclaiming the Body You Were Taught to Hide (ft. Rachel Merrill)

    Rachel Merrill grew up in a church where her body was something to cover up and be ashamed of. She took catechism at 11, minored in religion in college, and has pastors and missionaries all over her family tree. Today she calls herself The MILFy Medium. She talks to people who've passed, and she holds space for grief with a lot of humor and a little sparkle. We get into how she went from being scared the devil was waiting inside a crystal shop to becoming a medium, a Reiki master, and a love, sex, and relationships coach. We talk about the shame so many of us were handed about our bodies, what happened when she spent time with 100 women who stopped hiding theirs, and why feeling turned on by your own life is a health issue. I share something I'm still sitting with at 48. After all the yoga, the meditation, and the priestess training, I've been numb in my body for a long time. Living in my head is easy. Coming back into my body is where my self-worth started showing up. You don't have to earn the right to feel alive in your own body. Fair warning, this one gets a little spicy. Find Rachel's upcoming MILFy Medium shows in Arizona and California: Get Tickets Here Want an easy place to start coming back into your body? Grab my free Nervous System Reset at annievinje.com

    Reclaiming the Body You Were Taught to Hide (ft. Rachel Merrill)

  6. Sep 28

    You've Tried Everything and Still Don't Feel Better (Here's Why)

    You've done the doctors, the diets, the supplements, the yoga. You've tried it all. And you still don't feel like yourself. In this solo episode, I walk you through what it actually looks like to work with me, and why it has nothing to do with handing you another protocol. We talk about why an hour is never enough to understand someone's whole picture, why the plan that works for one woman won't work for the next, and why stress regulation doesn't have to look like meditation if meditation just isn't your thing. I also share real client stories: a mom who wanted the energy to keep up with her five-year-old, a client who was able to come off her anxiety medication (and stopped needing her coffee), and a client with Hashimoto's who told me her life just feels easier now. If you've been waiting until things get "bad enough" to ask for help, this one's for you. Your symptoms aren't a verdict. They're feedback. Ready to look at your whole picture? Book a Feel Good Strategy Session at annievinje.com.

    You've Tried Everything and Still Don't Feel Better (Here's Why)

  7. Sep 21

    Why You Don't Have to Hide Your True Self

    My guest today is Holly Million, also known as The Shaman Artist, and we're actual birthday twins, both February 1st. Holly has had about five careers that happened without a single class on how to do any of them. Nonprofit executive director six times over, documentary filmmaker, and for the last 11 years, a professional shaman. She kept that last one quiet for most of her life. This year she turned 61 and finally decided she was done hiding it. We get into what a shaman actually does, what it feels like in your body when you're carrying energy that isn't yours, why nervous system regulation doesn't have to look like meditation or yoga, and why so many women 50 and older are done playing small. If you've ever kept a whole part of yourself quiet because you weren't sure it was safe to say out loud, this one's for you. Have a question or want to talk it through? Reach out at annievinje.com, where you'll also find the free checklist and the Feel Good Strategy Session. Find Holly at https://www.hollytheshamanartist.com/

    Why You Don't Have to Hide Your True Self

  8. Sep 21

    Why Your Bathroom Cabinet Is Full of Things That Didn't Work

    Open up your bathroom cabinet. How many of those things were bought to fix one symptom, and never actually did? I'll be honest, I'm a product person. I've been down the supplement path, the face product path, the hair path, all of it. A few years into doing this work as an integrative health practitioner, I realized the real problem: it's almost never just one thing causing a symptom, so it's almost never just one product that fixes it. I get into why the wellness industry is built to sell you the next thing, two client stories that show what actually happens when you stop chasing symptoms and start looking at the whole picture, and the one question to ask yourself before you buy the next thing. Have a question or want to talk it through? Reach out at annievinje.com, where you'll also find a free checklist and the Feel Good Strategy Session.

    Why Your Bathroom Cabinet Is Full of Things That Didn't Work
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Every episode, I will give you one real, usable insight about feeling better or even, dare I say, good. No trends, no overwhelm, just what actually works.

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  • Creator
    Annie Vinje
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    30
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Annie Vinje
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    Feel Good Every Day