Lose Weight. Feel Better. Lose Motivation. Repeat. #95

Lose Weight. Feel Better. Lose Motivation. Repeat. #95

Yesterday I turned 39, and it made me stop and think about what the first six months of this year have actually given me. For years, I measured my progress by one thing: the scales. Every birthday, every holiday and every Monday became another opportunity to promise myself that this time would be different. I spent years losing weight, feeling good for a while, losing motivation and starting all over again. In this episode, I reflect on one of the hardest personal years of my life, why I’m stronger and fitter than I’ve ever been despite not being the smallest I’ve ever been, and how my relationship with health, training and food has completely changed. I also talk about why so many teachers and busy women fall into the trap of waiting for the “right time”, why fat loss alone isn’t enough to keep you going, and why finding a goal that’s bigger than the scales changes everything. If you’ve spent the first half of this year promising yourself you’ll start next Monday, next month or after the holidays, I hope this episode helps you think differently about what you want the next six months to look like. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Who Is Looking After The Teacher #94

In this episode, I sit down with fellow coach and former teacher Suzie to talk about the side of teaching that rarely gets discussed. We explore why teachers often make incredible coaches, how years spent educating, supporting and understanding others shape the way we work today, and the transferable skills that followed us out of the classroom and into coaching. But we also dive into the hidden cost of teaching. The skipped lunches. The coffee-for-breakfast culture. The constant pressure to do more. The endless scrutiny, observations and expectations. The staffroom food culture. The comparison. The perfectionism. We discuss why so many teachers know exactly what they should be doing for their health but still struggle to prioritise themselves, and how years of putting everyone else first can quietly impact confidence, wellbeing and self-care. This is an honest conversation about what teaching gives us, what it takes from us, and why so many teachers feel exhausted trying to meet impossible standards both inside and outside the classroom. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Life Is On x2 Speed Right Now! #93

Does it feel like life is moving faster than it used to? One minute it’s Monday. The next it’s Friday. School terms disappear, summers vanish, and before you know it another year has passed. In this episode, I explore why so many of us feel like we’re constantly rushing through life and why I don’t think the problem is time itself. I share my thoughts on how modern life has changed the way we live inside our time. From phones and notifications to endless to-do lists and the pressure to always be productive, I talk about how our attention is being pulled in every direction and what that means for our health, happiness, relationships and ability to be present. I also share my own experience of living from holiday to holiday, term to term and always looking towards the next thing, only to realise how much of life was passing by while I was busy trying to get through it. In this episode, I discuss: • Why I think attention has become one of our biggest challenges • The hidden cost of constantly living on autopilot • Why being busy and being present are not the same thing • How modern life can leave us feeling disconnected from ourselves • Practical ways we can slow down without changing our entire lives This isn’t an episode about productivity. It’s a conversation about life, presence and the moments we often rush through without even realising it. Because maybe the goal isn’t to find more time. Maybe it’s to be more present inside the time we already have. GROUP AND 1:1 Coaching open NOW! DM @coachmarinahardiman "CHANGE" NOW FOR INFO! ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

"I'll Focus On Myself Later" #92

Every June, thousands of women make the same promise. This summer will be different. They’ll finally focus on themselves, get back into a routine, lose the weight they’ve been carrying, improve their energy, and return in September feeling like a different person. And every September, many find themselves having the exact same conversation they had the year before. In this episode, I explore the cycle I lived through during my 13 years of teaching and the same pattern I now see in the women I coach. From dieting all year for summer holidays to arriving in August feeling frustrated, exhausted and disappointed, I break down why more time doesn’t automatically create better habits and why waiting for the “right time” keeps so many women stuck. This episode is particularly relevant for teachers heading into summer, but the lesson applies to anyone who finds themselves postponing their goals until life becomes easier. If you’ve ever said, “I’ll start when things calm down,” this episode is for you. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Real Reason You Can't Finish What You Started #91

You think you can't finish anything. You can. In this final episode of The Real Reason series, Marina breaks down what is actually happening every time you start a diet, a programme, a plan, a challenge and abandon it three weeks in. Why the women who run businesses, raise families and hold everyone else's life together cannot see one eight-week plan through to the end. Why no amount of better starting will fix a problem that is not about starting. And why the resistance to getting help is part of the same pattern that has kept you abandoning every plan you have ever paid for. You will walk away understanding why the moment of stopping is not the moment the stopping happened, what staying actually looks like in real life, why willpower has never been the right tool, and the one shift that turns a woman who watches others run into a woman who finishes a 10k. If you have a folder on your phone full of unfinished plans, this is the episode that ends the loop. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.