Making Her Choices

Tawana Hampton
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Making Her Choices is a podcast for women navigating growth, change, and new beginnings. Hosted by a nurse and wellness entrepreneur with 20+ years of real-life experience, each episode digs into personal wellness, self-preservation, and the courage to choose yourself at any stage of life. If you're seeking clarity or ready to step into a new season, this is your space. Join a growing community of women choosing themselves — one choice at a time, sis.

  1. 6d ago

    Family Roles and Guilt: When You Stop Being the Peacekeeper

    If you're a woman in your 40s or 50s who finally started living for yourself — and your family called it a betrayal — this episode is for you. Nurse and wellness entrepreneur Tawana Hampton unpacks the invisible roles assigned in family systems before you were old enough to consent: the peacekeeper, the fixer, the strong one who never needed anything. She explains why families push back hardest against the member who grows, what the science says about chronic stress in women who carry the emotional load, and how to leave your assigned role without burning the whole building down. The Nurse Note this week: the data on caregiver burnout is not for the faint of heart — and it is absolutely yours. Series 3 of Making Her Choices is The Unbecoming — and this week, we start at the root. Free tools from Series 1 & 2 (including the Body Honest Pledge Card): everwelljourney.com Here are the sources:  Gallup. "In U.S., GLP-1 Usage Reaches New High." Survey of 5,065 U.S. adults conducted May 28–June 5, 2026, via the probability-based Gallup Panel. Findings cited: 11% of U.S. adults currently using a GLP-1 medication for weight loss (up from 3% in 2024); 15% have used one at some point; 91% awareness (up from 80% in 2024). https://news.gallup.com/poll/712157/glp-usage-reaches-new-high.aspx

    Family Roles and Guilt: When You Stop Being the Peacekeeper

  2. Sep 4

    Exposing the $6.8 Trillion Wellness Playbook

    In this Series 2 finale, registered nurse and wellness entrepreneur Tawana Hampton breaks down the $6.8T wellness industry. Combining clinical expertise with her own personal health journey, Tawana exposes how predatory marketing profits off women's insecurities and shares essential rules for spotting fake claims. Free Resource: The Body Honest Pledge Card & Series Recap at everwelljourney.com. Disclaimer: Educational content grounded in clinical knowledge and personal experience, not medical advice. Always consult your healthcare provider.

    Exposing the $6.8 Trillion Wellness Playbook

  3. Aug 21

    The Body Honest – Bariatric Surgery, Reclaiming Worth, and Natural Upkeep

    In Episode 9 of Making Her Choices (Series 2: The Body Honest), host Tawana speaks with a registered nurse about her decision to undergo gastric bypass surgery and her ongoing health journey. Disclaimer: Both host and guest are registered nurses sharing personal experiences rather than medical advice. Free Resource: The Body Honest Decision Toolkit (featuring a Decision Clarity worksheet and values check) is available at everwelljourney.com.

    The Body Honest – Bariatric Surgery, Reclaiming Worth, and Natural Upkeep

  4. Aug 7

    The Ugly Middle: What “Doing It Naturally” Actually Looks Like

    If you think “doing it naturally” is all green smoothies and peaceful morning workouts… this is not that episode. This is the real story. The food scale frustration.The label-reading betrayal.The weeks where nothing changes even when you’re doing everything right. In this episode, I’m walking you through what the natural path actually looks like, no filters, no shortcuts, and definitely no highlight reel. From standing in the kitchen arguing with raw chicken at 6:30 AM… to realizing your “healthy” snacks aren’t so healthy… to learning that discipline will carry you where motivation won’t—this is the part nobody talks about. We’re getting into: Why tracking your food is humbling (but necessary) The difference between being consistent vs. being effective The mental battle of slow progress and comparison If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing everything right and still not seeing results… you’re not alone—and you’re not doing it wrong. You’re just doing it honestly. If this episode hit home, I want you to take it one step further. Download the Natural Path Tracker, it’s a simple weekly tool to help you track your food, movement, mindset, and real progress without perfection. Go to: everwelljourney.comClick Shop by Me → Making Her Choices It’s free. Use it. Stay consistent.

    The Ugly Middle: What “Doing It Naturally” Actually Looks Like

  5. Jul 24

    Food Is Not the Enemy: The Real Reasons Your Body Feels Stuck

    For years, many of us have been taught to fight our plates, but what if food was never the problem? In this episode, I break down why inflammation, gut health, and cortisol often play a much bigger role in how your body feels than calories, restriction, or another diet ever will. You’ll hear: Why chronic inflammation can quietly keep your body in survival mode. How gut health affects digestion, mood, cravings, energy, and weight. What cortisol does when stress never truly comes down. Why basic labs can look “normal” even when you still feel off. How to stop blaming food and start listening to your body’s signals. This episode also introduces the idea that food is information, not the enemy, and that real change starts when we move from punishment to partnership with our bodies. If you’ve been stuck in diet cycles, feeling inflamed, exhausted, or frustrated, this conversation will help you rethink what your body may actually be trying to tell you. I also mention my book, You First: The Radical Art of Self Preservation - Making Her Choices – Ever Well Journey, and the free Inflammation Inventory at Inflammation Inventory - S2E7 – Ever Well Journey, both designed to help you take the next step toward better health and self-awareness.

    Food Is Not the Enemy: The Real Reasons Your Body Feels Stuck

  6. Jul 10

    When the Protocol Fails You, You Become the Protocol

    The gym didn't fix it. The GLP-1 didn't fix it. Contrave didn't fix it. So I stopped looking for someone else's answer. In this episode, I'm laying out my entire failure timeline — three approaches, three different mechanisms, one common thread: every single one of them treated the symptom. Not one of them asked "why." This is the episode where I stop being the patient following someone else's plan and start being the nurse who builds her own. I'm breaking down what functional medicine actually means (not the buzzword version — the real one), why 20 years of nursing taught me to ask better questions for everyone except myself, and what happened when I finally gave myself permission to stop outsourcing my wellness to people who had 15 minutes and a prescription pad. This one is the turn. If Episodes 4 and 5 were about what didn't work, this is where I stop following and start leading. 🎧 New here? Start with Episode 1 of Series 2: The Body Honest. And if you haven't heard Episodes 4 and 5 (the GLP-1 constipation saga and the Contrave brain fog), go back. You need those first. 📥 Download the FREE Root Cause Reflection Worksheet — map your symptoms against what might actually be driving them, track what you've tried, and run your own health audit. https://everwelljourney.com/products/root-cause-reflection-worksheet-stop-chasing-solutions-start-asking-why-s2e6 📖 This is the body chapter of You First: The Radical Art of Self-Preservation. If this episode hit somewhere real, the book goes deeper. https://purposedlypenned.com/books/you-first-the-radical-art-of-self-preservation-tawana-hampton/B0GV25LM9Z Follow the podcast so you don't miss what comes next — because the protocol is mine now. everwelljourney.com One choice at a time, sis. 🌱

    When the Protocol Fails You, You Become the Protocol

  7. Jun 26

    Contrave, Cravings, and the Pill I Couldn't Remember to Take

    Everybody talks about the medication. Nobody talks about what happens when it doesn't fit your life. In this episode, I'm telling you about my experience with Contrave — the weight management medication that was supposed to be the next answer after the GLP-1 didn't work out. My provider recommended it. The pharmacology made sense. I filled the prescription with both my clinical brain and my personal hope at the table. And then the dreams started. Full-production, surround-sound, waking-up-at-3-AM dreams nobody warned me about. Then came the haze — this fog between me and my own life that never lifted. And as a nurse who makes clinical decisions that affect real people? That's not a side effect I can push through. I never even made it to the full dose. This is the episode about what happens when the tool doesn't fit the hand — and why that doesn't mean something is wrong with yours. 🎧 New here? Start with Episode 1 of Series 2: The Body Honest — and if you haven't heard Episode 4 (the GLP-1 and the constipation), go back. You need that one first. 📥 Download the FREE Medication Decision Worksheet — the questions to ask your provider before you start, a side-effect tracker, and an honest look at whether a medication protocol fits the life you're actually living. https://everwelljourney.com/products/making-her-choices-medication-decision-worksheet-s2e5 Follow the podcast so you don't miss Episode 6 — because two medications didn't work, and now everything has to change. I had hoped. https://everwelljourney.com/collections/making-her-choices-podcast One choice at a time, sis. 🌱

    Contrave, Cravings, and the Pill I Couldn't Remember to Take

  8. Jun 12

    I Tried the Trendy Fix — My Honest GLP-1 Experience (Yes, Including the Constipation)

    Everybody's whispering about the shot. Your coworker won't say how she lost the weight. Your cousin posted a transformation pic with nothing but a prayer hands emoji. Your group chat has opinions. But nobody — and I mean nobody — is talking about what happened in the bathroom. Well. I'm going to talk about it. In this episode, I'm sharing my real experience with semaglutide — what I expected, what actually happened, and the side effect that had me in my shower with medical gloves on questioning every choice I've ever made. As a registered nurse with 20+ years of clinical experience, I break down how GLP-1 medications actually work in your body, why the results aren't the same for everyone, and what your favorite wellness influencer will never tell you. This one is raw. This one is funny. And this one might be the episode you send to your group chat with no context. 🎧 New here? Start with Episode 1 of Series 2: The Body Honest — where I read my lab results out loud to the internet like a woman with no sense of self-preservation. 📥 Download the FREE GLP-1 Reality Guide — plain-language breakdown, side-effect tracker, and the questions to ask your provider before you start. https://everwelljourney.com/products/making-her-choices-glp-1-guide-s2e4 Follow the podcast so you don't miss Episode 5 — because I tried something else after this, and that one has its own story to tell. https://open.spotify.com/show/5LagcwJJF0gyoJsDQ9zl8Y?si=6c30452e6549430e https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/making-her-choices/id1880465802 One choice at a time, sis. 🌱

    I Tried the Trendy Fix — My Honest GLP-1 Experience (Yes, Including the Constipation)
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Making Her Choices is a podcast for women navigating growth, change, and new beginnings. Hosted by a nurse and wellness entrepreneur with 20+ years of real-life experience, each episode digs into personal wellness, self-preservation, and the courage to choose yourself at any stage of life. If you're seeking clarity or ready to step into a new season, this is your space. Join a growing community of women choosing themselves — one choice at a time, sis.

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  • Creator
    Tawana Hampton
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    21
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Tawana Hampton
  • Show Website
    Making Her Choices